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Approved 2/20/13 <br />163 Session scheduled for January 29, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the Southern Haman Services <br />164 Center, 2401 Homestead Road, Chapel Hill <br />165 OUTBoard Action: Receive updates <br />166 <br />167 <br />168 Abigaile Pittman: Item 5a, we are still trying to finalize this. Mebane held up the process because they wanted more <br />169 weighted votes. This wasn't based on the 2010 Census and their population has increased. The boundaries cannot <br />170 be finalized until the MOU is signed. It was heard by the TCC yesterday and they recommended they change the <br />171 weighted votes based on the population of the 2010 census. It went to the TAC and they tabled it until March. <br />172 <br />173 Abigaile Pittman: Item 5b, workshops were heavily attended. The first workshop was for Greenbrier and Gordon <br />174 Thomas, most people were generally accepting and at the second workshop in Byrdsville, they were screaming in <br />175 opposition. Multiple Commissioners were at each one and planning staff was there also. We had an original <br />176 comment letter from Orange County of an analysis of planning issues and transportation and now based on a <br />177 comment letter we received from NCDOT addressing our initial concerns and the additional public comments, we <br />178 have a second letter going out with further comments. Everything we have to date is on the transportation website if <br />179 you would like to review it. I have been unofficially advised that the State Legislature may be entering the discussion. <br />180 <br />181 Annette Jurgelski: I read about this in the News of Orange. Are the railroad crossings on private land? <br />182 <br />183 Abigaile Pittman: They are private rail crossings. <br />184 <br />185 Annette Jurgelski: If they are private crossings, are they not on private land? <br />186 <br />187 Paul Guthrie: Not at the right of way. <br />188 <br />189 Annette Jurgelski: Why would one group endorse it and another oppose it? <br />190 <br />191 Abigaile Pittman: The Byrdsville group ... there are multiple lakes up by the crossing with a grouping of nicer homes <br />192 and they have always been oriented to NC 10 and below them is the Byrdsville Mobile Home park which is a different <br />193 type of subdivision and they don't want to have to go through that to get out because they said their property values <br />194 would be destroyed if they were identified with the mobile home park. <br />195 <br />196 Paul Guthrie: Did they offer a solution? <br />197 <br />198 Abigaile Pittman: One solution was to go west of the lakes into the Joppa Oaks subdivision which they say is a much <br />199 better socio- economic solution for their property values, this route would take them out to NC 86. Another solution is <br />200 proposed because the NCDOT public road standards are proposed to end before they get into the mobile home park, <br />201 they are proposing to leave that as a big private lane that connects to the west where Duke Forest starts with public <br />202 road. So the opposing property owners are suggesting that they make a public road through the mobile home park, <br />203 which would make this a 60 foot wide right -of -way through the mobile home park. This would wipe out a number of <br />204 the mobile homes because the lots are so narrow and they thought this would be another way to address their <br />205 concerns, however, planning staff has noted that these mobile homes are not on permanent foundations and can be <br />206 moved back to allow for a new public road. <br />207 <br />208 Paul Guthrie: What is the terrain like at the crossing? <br />209 <br />210 Abigaile Pittman: It is a slight hill. <br />211 <br />