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Approved 3.1.17 105 106 Motion to endorse the CTP in principle as a replacement for the Thoroughfare Plan with the reservation that it has 107 not addressed mitigation of the traffic capacity issues on Churton Street through downtown Hillsborough, and 108 express reservations with insufficient time given for the Board to review such a detailed plan. Specific comments 109 will be provided at the February 151h meeting for consideration by the BOCC at its February 21s' meeting. 110 111 Max advised the Board that where most of the focus should be is looking at specific facilities and understanding 112 what's proposed there. 113 114 Heidi Perry asked to move the item to the next meeting, Feb 151h 115 116 Motion by Art Menius to endorse the CTP as a replacement for the Thoroughfare Plan, but withhold 117 recommendations on any specific details until further review. Seconded by Gary Saunders. Abigaile suggested a 118 friendly amendment, namely to add that specific comments be submitted to the MPO and NCDOT. This 119 amendment was accepted by Art Menius and Gary Saunders. 120 Vote: Unanimous 121 122 AGENDA ITEM 513. SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL (SRTS) PLAN IMPLEMENTATION DISCUSSION - (ABIGAILE PITTMAN) 123 124 125 Abigaile Pittman Presented 126 127 Heidi Perry informed the Board that she's been contacted by two different groups who were looking for projects that 128 were ready to do. She added that there are other funding options and ways to raise the match but is unsure of how 129 they're going to get an engineer to assess the bridge. 130 131 Alex Castro suggested the Mayor and local governments need to meet together to address this issue jointly. Amy 132 Cole informed the Board that at the last MPO Board meeting she attended had representatives from the Hillsborough 133 Board, the Go Triangle Board, and the BOCC and everyone that was there supported this issue completely. She 134 added that there was no question of them not realizing this safety issue. Amy asked the Board to put this back on the 135 TIP and reprioritize it so it can score higher. She's also advised the Board that there are some temporary options that 136 can be done in the meantime such as, putting a fence on the overpass, reducing speed during school hours, and 137 putting a light at the intersection. Abigaile Pittman added to Amy's suggestions by informing the Board that the high 138 school is working on an expansion and there are some initial discussions to coordinate with the school to see if 139 there's room in the budget for the school to include sidewalks along the road frontages. She's going to follow up with 140 that possibility. 141 142 Alex Castro suggested putting in a strobe light that can be activated by bicyclists or pedestrians to cross the street 143 like Chapel Hill did. He added that it would be minimal monetary impact and would basically close it to vehicular 144 traffic when people are crossing. Amy Cole said she would fully support that, but is unsure how the rest of the County 145 citizens would feel. 146 147 Justin Miller asked when the overpass was built. Amy Cole believes it was around 1984. She added that it wasn't due 148 for any sort of maintenance, but even though it was built to code then it's not up to standard code now. Justin Miller 149 informed the Board that if a complaint is brought forward and it's not up to code now they should go ahead with the 150 plan to get it safe and eliminate the risk of falling. 151 152 Ted Triebel asked about the side railing that was suggested. Amy Cole answered that there were two different people 153 who are supposed to be looking into that but she hasn't gotten an update yet, one being Jim Crawford who is the 154 State DOT representative, the other being Ed Lewis who is the Division Planning Engineer. 155