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568 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 Approved 11/15/17 Alex Castro asked if there is an easement along the road. Abigaile Pittman said that each lot has to be researched; sometimes NCDOT does not know where exactly the right - of -way starts. NCDOT wants to ensure that there is enough right -of -way to have a sidewalk. Heidi Perry commented that it would be a good thing to have this agreement in place regardless of this particular spot. Abigaile Pittman said that NCDOT wants to verify the right -of -way first and they do not want to go County -wide with this agreement. Heidi Perry replied that they could use it when necessary. Andy Henry said that he has some surveys on this area from a project done on the other side of the street. Abigaile Pittman suspects that 10 —11 feet may allow for enough room. She plans to work with Andy Henry on further research. Ms. Pittman said that Staff was asked for comments on a future plan for 2020 researching New Grady Brown Rd. Her comments covered New Grady Brown Rd. being within the Safe Routes to School Plan approved by the OUTBoard and the BOCC. While sidewalks might not be possible along this road due to lack of funding, due to the large number of students walking along the road and increased number of vehicles, suggested safety improvements like adding pavement at the northwest corner of New Grady Brown and Orange Grove Church Road, a very sharp turn. The buses turning here get tied -up in a muddy rut. When it rains, school children have to go out in the middle of the street to get on the bus. Further improvements could include widening the shoulder and pavement on the north side of Grady Brown across from the high school frontage; put a crosswalk between the schools. These additions would pair well with the bridge safety project. She also suggested that this be advanced before 2020. All improvements she suggested are directly from an adopted plan. Ms. Pittman was asked to comment on the researching program on Old 86, going north on Calvander, do widening and improve visibility, rescue shoulders and such would benefit multimodal transit. Finally, Ms. Pittman informed the Board that the department is getting a new employee named Niche who is starting on September 251h. There is another position that needs to be filled; the interview process is underway with the TDM, half Orange County Public Transit and half Asset Management with Brennan Bouma and Theo Letman. Ms. Pittman is serving on the interview panel which is in its final interviews. The person in this position will interact with Planning Staff, OCPT and the OUTBoard is tasked with matching real commuter goals for multimodal transit, involved with advisory boards and the Bicycle Safety Subcommittee, will attend annual conferences, and the committee work on implementation of the master aging plans, and will have access to grant funding for giveaways. Alex Castro asked about the previous item on safe routes to school, does it help if the OUTBoard receive the presentation and endorse it? Is it helpful to support it in this way? Mr. Castro sees the safe routes to school program as a continuum to the improvements on the Orange Grove Rd. bridge. Abigaile Pittman said that if the Board is inclined, she recommended that they also advance the project to 2018. Alex Castro asked if anyone objected to supporting this program, and hearing no opposition, he made a motion. He said that the OUTBoard received a briefing on the recommended safe routes to schools initiative regarding the high school and the Grady Brown School and endorse the recommended improvements therein. The OUTBoard encourages moving of the timetable for the resurfacing project to 2018. MOTION by Alex Castro regarding safe routes to school. Seconded by Erle Smith. VOTE: UNANIMOUS AGENDA ITEM 8: BOARD COMMENTS 12