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Approved 4/17/13 one of the handouts, he noted that it contains objectives, strategies, and indicators. He advised that in year two fiscal needs will be addressed. He referred the members to review the handouts and to email him with any inquiries. He would love to have anyone interested get involved in workgroups as they are developed to work with transportation issues. He added that the focus in this area is the rural areas. Abigaile Pittman suggested that when Craig Benedict presents the BRIP to the OUTBoard in March that perhaps he could give some thought to those issues aired in the course of the OPT analysis with the input of the OUTBoard. Alex Castro advised the members that the Department on Aging has applied for a grant to staff a Mobility Manager that would be working from the Department on Aging but coordinating with the Planning Department. Abigaile Pittman updated the Board on the status of the proposed railroad closures. She advised that the BOCC approved a second comment letter on 2/21/13 which will be posted to the website by 2/23/13. The next step is for Orange County to provide comments to NCDOT. NCDOT will be meeting with Planning staff in the next month to try to clear up some issues for the public and the BOCC. Abigaile noted that there is a proposed interchange design at 70 and 85 that needs to be redone and it hasn't been slated as a project yet but she has a draft drawing. Abigaile Pittman referred the members to the information regarding the annual statement for 2012 from NCDOT on secondary road construction. She noted some of the completed roads are Buckhorn Rd. and Dairyland Rd. Jeff Charles commented that the 2 -foot extensions to the shoulders are not 2 feet in many areas. They go from 3 feet extensions down to 6 inches in places. Jeff Charles would like NCDOT to be asked why the signed off on the project and would like Chuck Edwards to visit the OUTBoard. Jeff would like staff to get information about new construction this year. It is his understanding that they are going to do repair on New Hope Church Rd. replacing a bridge and he would like to know when that construction is going to begin as it will require shutting down New Hope Church Rd between Old 86 and Union Grove Church Rd. It is going to have a dramatic impact on the bicycling community and he would like to get the word out. Abigaile Pittman informed the Board of the updates in the Burlington- Graham Metropolitan Planning Organization (BGMPO) including appointments to that group and to DCHC MPO and TARPO. She also advised that Dwight Stone of Greensboro has been appointed as the Orange County representative on the NC Board of Transportation. Ted Triebel noted that while 50% of the drivers using the highway are female and that 10 men were appointed by the Governor which seems to be a lack of gender diversity on his part. Matt Day gave the Board some updates on items being discussed at the next TARPO meeting including reviewing a map of the whole TARPO region showing all of the current plans. It puts about 15 plans into one map. He noted that a project coming up is the locally coordinated Transit Tlan that they will be working with the transit agencies in the four counties and this is a federal requirement. Matt informed the group that a 15 -501 Corridor Study by DOT is getting ready to start it will be on 15 -501 from 54 in Chapel Hill down to 64 in Pittsboro and they will be looking at how the roadways function in terms of traffic operations, placement of traffic lights, and improvement that can be done to make that function better from an operational perspective. Paul Guthrie asked Matt Day to provide a summary of the 15 -501 Corridor Study to Abigaile. He noted it is fairly crucial to southern Orange County. .Abigaile Pittman referred the group to the handout regarding the roundabout project on Erwin Road requested by Jeff Charles at the January OUTBoard meeting. Abigaile Pittman reviewed the outcome of the BOCC retreat with regard to the OUTBoard goals for 2013.