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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 23, 2007 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Resolution Endorsing Comments to the DCHC MPO TAC Regarding the Regional <br />Priority List for the 2009-2015 MTIP <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) C-~ <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Draft Resolution of Endorsement <br />OUTBoard Comments <br />Draft Regional Priority Lists (Highway; <br />Bicycle and Pedestrian; and Transit) <br />Methodology and Criteria for Ranking Projects <br />Orange County's Priority List for the 2009-2015 MTIP <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Karen Lincoln, 245-2594 <br />Craig Benedict, 245-2592 <br />__ <br />PURPOSE: To consider a resolution endorsing comments to the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro <br />(DCHC) Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) <br />regarding the Draft DCHC MPO Regional Priority List for the 2009-2015 Metropolitan Transportation <br />Improvement Program (MTIP). <br />BACKGROUND: The DCHC MPO TAC, at its meeting on September 12, 2007, released a Draft <br />Regional Priority List for a minimum 21-day public comment period. The draft Priority List is made <br />up of all priority lists submitted to the MPO by local jurisdictions. (The Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners approved Orange County's Priority List for the 2009-2015 MTIP -see Attachment <br />5, pages 26-28 of this abstract - on June 12, 2007.) The TAC held a public hearing on October 10, <br />2007 to accept comments regarding the Draft Priority List, and plans to adopt the Regional Priority <br />List for the 2009-2015 MTIP at its meeting on November 14, 2007, with recognition that the priority <br />list may be amended after input from the local jurisdictions. <br />The Draft DCHC MPO Regional Priority List (Attachment 3, pages 6-14) reflects each project's <br />priority with respect to priority projects submitted by all jurisdictions in the MPO, based on the <br />MPO's endorsed ranking system and methodology. The ranking methodology (Attachment 4, <br />pages 15-25) is only one tool used to produce the final regional priority list. The TAC will consider <br />other criteria, i.e. local government project priorities, public comments and the long-range <br />trancnnrtatinn elan in c~PVPlnnina the final regional oriority list. Proiects of note include: <br />Draft DCHC <br />Regional Rank of Project as Submitted by <br />Local Jurisdiction <br />Priority List <br />Rank Project Orange <br />Count Hillsborough Carrboro Chapel <br />Hill <br />5 S. Churton St. Im rovements 3 2 <br />6 Oran a Grove Rd. Extension 9 <br />8 Eno Mtn. Rd/Mayo St. at Orange <br />Grove Rd. Reali nment 5 4 <br />11 Elizabeth Brad Rd. Extension 2 1 4 4 <br />13 Homestead Rd. Im rovements <br />