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' 8 Norwood stated that a public hearing was not required in the case of changing priorities. He said the process of priorities with a city was basically the same as with county commissioners approving paving priorities. A public hearing was required only when amendments to the plan itself were being considered. Link said he thought it would be good if there was more local coordination of funding priorities before the annual TIP hearings. Link then shifted discussion back to Best' s question on the DCHC Plan and consideration of public hearing comments . He asked if his understanding of the process was correct in that once a public hearing was held and comments received, the DOT staff would make recommendations to the State Board of Transportation based on those comments tempered with professional judgement. Norwood stated this was basically the process . Link also asked if copies of comments received at public hearings were available to the State Board. Norwood stated that such comments were made available to the, Board members to consider at their discretion. Discussion then shifted to the Hillsborough Thoroughfare Plan and Whitaker asked why the County had not adopted it. Jacobs said he knew some of the history on the County' s position and referred to a County Commissioner meeting in Chapel Hill in which there was a discussion on the DCHC and Hillsborough Plans. He said the County was reluctant to adopt these plans until there was a plan for the rural areas and it could be seen how the urban plans fit in and meshed with everything else. He further stated that what he seemed to be hearing now was that, de facto, the County had adopted the Hillsborough Plan and this related back to his previous question on where a County resident got a chance to speak. Lindsay Efland mentioned a hearing/meeting held in the Efland community by DOT to get input on the 1-85 projects and there was no apparent County involvement. He felt that, at least on an informal basis, there had been an attempt at state/local coordination. Marvin Collins said he felt that DOT needed to be more specific in their public notices so citizens could decide whether or not an upcoming hearing was important to them. Norwood agreed and stated that DOT was in the process of developing a public involvement section to address this issue. At this point, Link announced that he would like for Paul Thames, County Engineer, and Gene Bell, Planner III, to serve as liaison on transportation matters for the County. Bill Crowther asked what the process was when a town or county had an adopted thoroughfare plan and a decision was made to change priorities in that plan. Norwood emphasized that priorities were not part of an adopted thoroughfare plan. Jacobs asked what determined the status of priorities. Norwood stated that the TIP was the major vehicle for this .