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Approved 11/16/16 <br />104 MOTION by Jeff Charles to accept the petition from Walkable Hillsborough Coalition. Seconded by Art Menius. <br />105 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />106 <br />107 MOTION by Jeff Charles that the OUTBoard's request be placed on a future County Commissioners agenda to talk <br />108 about the petition just received. Seconded by Art Menius. <br />109 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />110 <br />111 AGENDA ITEM 5C: OUTBOARD ANNUAL REPORT AND WORK PLAN 2016 -2017 - (ABIGAILE PITTMAN) <br />112 <br />113 Abigaile Pittman presented. <br />114 <br />115 Max Bushell pointed out that the SPOT process will be coming to a close this round but will reopen in June 2017 and <br />116 asked the Board members to keep in mind any transportation deficiencies they notice or any projects they'd like to <br />117 suggest. <br />118 <br />119 Jeff Charles voiced his concern of not having bike or walkability up to Whitfield and its residents not having access to <br />120 Chapel Hill and wants to prioritize that issue. Max Bushell explained that it's an issue of who pays for the sidewalk <br />121 and of liability and maintenance and that's the next step. <br />122 <br />123 Abigaile Pittman asked the Board for suggestions for emerging issues including Bicycle Safety Task Force, Safe <br />124 Routes to School, and other issues they want to work on. Amy Cole requested to have pedestrian access on the <br />125 bridge that's going to be rebuilt on new 86 by the Walmart. <br />126 <br />127 Amy Cole inquired about the Strategic Transportation Investments legislation methodology for funding projects and <br />128 asked if it could change again when there's a change in legislation. Max Bushell answered that that was very <br />129 possible. <br />130 <br />131 Max Bushell presented the Board with the information that some areas have changed the weights for specific factors <br />132 in the methodology for prioritizing and funding their projects. There was discussion about this strategy being <br />133 successful in funding more projects in Wilmington, but changing the methodology for factor weights was ultimately <br />134 unsuccessful in changing the distribution of funding in the Northeastern part of the state in Division 1. Max Bushell <br />135 recommended that the Board remove item 7, which states "Promote development of new regional /division <br />136 prioritization criteria for highway modernization projects," as this will be very difficult to implement. <br />137 <br />138 MOTION by Jeff Charles to remove item 7 from the concerns or emerging issues list: Promote development of new <br />139 regional /division prioritization criteria for highway modernization projects. Seconded by Erle Smith. <br />140 VOTE: 6 -1 (HEIDI PERRY OPPOSED) <br />141 <br />142 <br />143 5.D. NCDOT DIVISION 7 TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS LOCATED IN THE DURHAM - CHAPEL HILL - CARRBORO <br />144 METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION (DCHC MPO) PLANNING AREA. (MAX BUSHELL) <br />145 <br />146 Jeff Charles asked when the bridge between Borland and Rocky Ridge was supposed to be replaced. Max Bushell <br />147 stated that he will look into it and get back to him. <br />148 <br />149 5.E. REVISION TO OUTBOARD RULES AND PROCEDURES (6:30 PM MEETING TIME) FINALIZED BY BOARD OF COUNTY <br />150 COMMISSIONERS ON SEPTEMBER 6 (ABIGAILE PITTMAN) <br />151 <br />152 Abigaile Pittman updated the Board on some membership changes: She announced that this is Amy Cole's last <br />153 OUTBoard meeting. Allison West has been appointed to her position. Donna Musson will also be filling the Eno <br />154 Township slot but she's actually from Cedar Grove Township. The rules allow an appointment to be made from <br />