Agenda - 03-07-2017 - 6-a - Minutes

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18 1 the dedication of right of way based on the concepts shown on the CTP and local 2 collector street plans, based on N.C.G.S. § 136-66.2 and § 136-66.10. 3 / Report Text: 4 ° Locally approved transportation plans may contain street or highway right-of-way 5 dedication recommendations or requirements, and collectively function as the 6 collector street plan for the MPO or municipality as referenced under G.S. § 136- 7 66.2. 8 9 To Summarize 10 / CTPs replace Thoroughfare Plans 11 / CTP Maps are adopted by the Board of Transportation 12 / The controversial alignments from the Thoroughfare Plan have been removed 13 / To Note: There is a drop-in meeting on February 16, 5:30-7:30 in the Orange County 14 Library on the CTP 15 16 OUTBoard Action 17 / The OUTBoard 18 ° Endorsed the CTP in principle; 19 ° Is working through specific comments for their February 15 meeting; and st 20 ° Will provide these comments for your review at the February 21 meeting. 21 22 Action Today 23 The Manager recommends the Board: 24 25 • Receive the report; 26 • Provide any initial comments; and 27 • Ask any questions. 28 29 Commissioner Jacobs explained why the Thoroughfare Plan was never adopted in 30 1990. He said the Department of Transportation (DOT) ignored the BOCC, to the point that 31 Orange County hired a traffic consultant to re-do what DOT was doing in the rural parts of the 32 County, around Hillsborough. He said DOT was trying to do an entire Raleigh outer loop 33 around Hillsborough, including Davis Road, Elizabeth Brady Road, and a highway across the 34 upper Eno watershed. He said the County Government at the time, as well as many Orange 35 County citizens were very much opposed to some or all of those alignments, and so the BOCC 36 hired a consultant. He said it was a struggle, partially, because Hillsborough had already 37 adopted a plan before Orange County was consulted. He said Hillsborough's plan did not 38 consider rural Orange County. He said they were also asked to design to the Efland 39 Interchange, which is almost as incomprehensible as the Hampton Pointe parking lot. He said 40 the County was not part of those conversations, and the BOCC objected. He said a meeting 41 was meant to take place to resolve the differences, but this never occurred. He said at the 42 same time, in August 1990, the BOCC decided not to add a large meeting room to the 43 Government Services building, and were discussing the status of a countywide school district 44 tax, but were waiting to hear from Orange County Schools (OCS), and were also discussing the 45 possibility of combining into one school district. 46 Commissioner Jacobs said, at the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), he 47 wanted to make sure that none of these roads appeared on any contemporary maps, because 48 those battles have been fought and won previously. 49 Commissioner Jacobs asked if 1-40 is missing from the maps.