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9 <br /> 1 A motion was made by Commissioner Rich, seconded by Commissioner Price to adopt <br /> 2 the sexually oriented business provisions into the Orange County Code of Ordinances; to <br /> 3 authorize the Chair to sign the attached Resolution of Adoption; and authorized the County <br /> 4 Attorney to make any minor non-substantive changes or corrections that may be necessary <br /> 5 prior to submission of the amendment to Municode. <br /> 6 <br /> 7 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 8 <br /> 9 8. Reports <br /> 10 <br /> 11 a. North-South Corridor Study Update— Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) <br /> 12 The Board received an update on the North-South Corridor Study and provided <br /> 13 comment as appropriate. <br /> 14 Max Bushnell, Orange County Planner and Mila Vega, Chapel Hill Transit Service <br /> 15 Planner, reviewed the following information: <br /> 16 <br /> 17 BACKGROUND: <br /> 18 The study corridor runs along Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard (Historic <br /> 19 Airport Road/NC Hwy 86), South Columbia Street (including the portion of Pittsboro Street <br /> 20 along <br /> 21 the one-way pairing in this corridor through the UNC campus), and US 15-501 South. This <br /> 22 corridor, which is approximately 7.3 miles long, has its northern terminus at Eubanks Road and <br /> 23 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard and its southern terminus at US 15-501 near the Southern <br /> 24 Village mixed-use development. <br /> 25 <br /> 26 The North-South Corridor study, funded through a combination of federal (Federal Transit <br /> 27 Administration [FTA]) and local funds, identifies and evaluates a series of transit investment <br /> 28 alternatives for implementation within the study corridor. It is managed by Chapel Hill Transit <br /> 29 and guided by a Policy Committee, Technical Committee, Transit Partners Committee and a <br /> 30 substantial public involvement process. The Technical Committee includes a representative <br /> 31 from Orange County Planning. <br /> 32 <br /> 33 The study expands on previous planning work to identify a locally-preferred transit investment <br /> 34 alternative that facilitates safe, efficient and expanded levels of mobility within the increasingly <br /> 35 busy study corridor, and to improve connectivity between the corridor and the Research <br /> 36 Triangle region. Additional reasons for this study include improving connections with other local <br /> 37 and regional transit routes (including the planned Durham-Orange Light Rail line), supporting <br /> 38 future development within the corridor, and increasing transit mode share and ridership to the <br /> 39 UNC campus/hospital. The Orange County Bus Rail Investment Plan (OCBRIP) has this project <br /> 40 identified in its adopted 2012 plan, including some assumed local funding from the mobility tax. <br /> 41 The study process was guided by strategic and comprehensive public involvement process that <br /> 42 included three rounds of public meetings that were well attended. The process also included <br /> 43 web-based outreach via project website (www.nscstudy.org), Facebook, Twitter and email. The <br /> 44 project website provides valuable resources such as study documents, materials from all public <br /> 45 meetings, presentations and a visualization video showing a range of potential improvements <br /> 46 for the corridor. <br /> 47 <br /> 48 Following a multi-phased alternative development and evaluation process, a Locally Preferred <br /> 49 Alternative (LPA) recommendation, consisting of three (3) variations (i.e. Alternatives 6-1, 6-2, <br /> 50 and 6-3), was developed by the Study Technical and Policy Committee and the Transit Partners <br />