Agenda - 01-24-2017 - 6-a - Minutes

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19 1 Planning Organization (DCHC MPO) has initiated two actions: 1) The extension needs to be 2 included in its Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) and 2) the extension needs to be included in 3 its 2040 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP). 4 5 At its October 19 meeting, the MPO Board released the amendments for public comment, 6 which is taking place through November 29, and held a public hearing on November 9, 2016. 7 The Durham City Council and Durham Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) endorsed the 8 amendments in September and October, respectively. The Orange County BOCC received a 9 presentation on the extension at its meeting on November 15. 10 11 NCCU Station 12 • FTA issued a combined Final Environmental Impact Statement/Record of Decision 13 (FEIS/ROD) on the D-O LRT Project in February, 2016 14 • In response to comments, FTA and GoTriangle committed to look at some specific 15 refinements including analyzing the feasibility of extending the alignment to NCCU 16 o Early analysis indicated that the extension is feasible 17 o FTA determined that s Supplemental Environmental Assessment (EA) would be 18 required 19 20 Proposed NCCU Station Location 21 22 Current Activities 23 • The Supplemental EA on the NCCU LRT Station Refinement is now available for 24 Public Review and Comment until Dec 7, 2016 25 http://ourtransitfuture.com 26 NCCU James E. Shepherd Memorial Library 27 Main Branch of the Durham Public Library 28 GoTriangle's Administrative Office 29 • DCHC MPO to vote on Metropolitan Transportation Plan Amendment to include 30 NCCU Station on December14, 2016 31 32 Questions 33 34 Alderman Seils said he is appreciative of this station. He asked if there is an 35 expectation that the addition of this leg will increase the scoring process. 36 Danny Rogers said the project scored really well, and this addition will make the project 37 better. 38 Alderman Slade said he hoped the next leg of the light rail will be in Carrboro. 39 40 5. Greene Tract- Deferred 41 Chair McKee noted that the time is 10:02 p.m. He said the next item is not critical and 42 can be given as an information item. He said to let the Managers come back with a proposal 43 fora task force. 44 Mayor Hemminger said she hoped there would be a task force to get moving on this 45 topic, and agreed with the Managers working together to come back with a strategic process. 46 Mayor Lavelle agreed. 47 Alderman Slade said he hopes the task force will look at the work done in the Rogers 48 Road community as a starting point from which to move forward.