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Approved 9/20/2017 897 Heidi Perry said that she should talk to Dawn McPherson about this issue. She said that she would like to make a 898 motion to ask NCDOT to lower the speed limit on that School Zone area by the bridge. 899 900 Alex Castro said that he thought the speed limit was 40 miles per hour right now. 901 902 Ted Triebel asked what the speed limit would be lowered to. 903 904 Heidi Perry said that she thought it should be lowered to 30 miles per hour for the bridge, but thought it should match 905 the standard School Zone speed limit, since there are children walking across the bridge. 906 907 Ted Triebel said that School Zone speed limit signs specify the change of speed limit during certain times and days. 908 Does Ms. Perry want a standard speed limit sign, or a school sign? 909 910 Heidi Perry said that the signs stating the certain times would also work. 911 912 Jenn Sykes asked if the bridge is close enough to the school that it fits inside a School Zone. 913 914 Heidi Perry said that there are School Zone signs on either side of the bridge but no lower speed limit. 915 916 Alex Castro said that he did not see on- pavement marking associated with a School Zone. 917 918 Jenn Sykes said that the School Zone signs may just be a courtesy but do not indicate that vehicles are entering in a 919 certain distance from a school. 920 921 Heidi Perry said that maybe the speed limit signs she is recommending can be a courtesy too, but all she wants is for 922 the kids to arrive safely. 923 924 Abigaile Pittman said that she will be glad to discuss the matter with Dawn McPherson and will report back in 925 September. Ms. Pittman said that she was not sure if this idea requires a motion since Ms. McPherson may have 926 some other suggestion on how to deal with this issue. 927 928 Ted Triebel said that the bridge fencing is a great example of an important issue being pushed by people in this 929 community when otherwise nothing was going to be done, and now something is being done. Of the four years he 930 has served on this committee, the OUTBoard accomplished something great and he is happy to be a part of it, and it 931 can happen on other things too. 932 933 Alyson West agreed that it was a great accomplishment. 934 935 7.E. ENO EDD SEWER PROJECT, PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN 936 937 Abigaile Pittman reviewed the abstract. She said that this Eno Access Management Plan was adopted in 2013 and it 938 is for one of three strategic economic development areas in the County. She showed the different land uses on a 939 map in the presentation and oriented the Board to the area shown on the map (Durham County to the right). Ms. 940 Pittman said that the two main things holding this area back from development have been: (1) no sewer and very little 941 water; and (2) lack of improved road infrastructure. There is an Orange County Capital Improvement Project 942 underway with extending sewer from the City of Durham into the area. There are already some water lines in the 943 area. The Planning Department has also received a development proposal in the area. Residents in the area are 944 working with the County to get connected to the new sewer lines and the water lines, and are also discussing 945 dedicating right -of -way for the future roads that will need to be built. She showed the Board the Eno EDD Access 946 Management Plan and pointed out the proposed extension of Highway 751 north of US 70, which she described as 947 the most important road access component for the Eno EDD. The County does not qualify for the STIP funding with 948 the scoring system because there is no congestion here yet. So, at this point, the County would need to compete for 949 economic development funds. The County has Article 46 quarter -cent sales tax funds and NCDOT has some 18