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Approved 6/19/13 1 MINUTES 2 ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION BOARD 3 APRIL 17, 2013 4 5 MEMBERS PRESENT: Paul Guthrie, Chapel Hill Township; Jeff Charles, Bicycle Advocate; Alex Castro, Bingham 6 Township; Susie Enoch, Cheeks Township; Sam Lasris, Cedar Grove Township; Ted Triebel, Little River Township; 7 Amy Cole, Transit Advocate; Annette Jurgelski, Eno Township; 8 9 MEMBERS ABSENT: Bryant Warren, Hillsborough Township; Jeff Miles, Pedestrian Access & Safety Advocate; 10 Economic Development Commission - Vacant; CfE Representative- Vacant; Planning Board Representative- Vacant; 11 12 STAFF PRESENT: Abigaile Pittman, Transportation /Land Use Planner; Tina Love, Administrative Assistant II 13 14 AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 15 16 AGENDA ITEM II: APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 20, 2013 17 APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR MARCH 20, 2013 18 19 The February 20, 2013 and March 20, 2013 OUTBoard Minutes were approved by consensus. 20 21 AGENDA ITEM III: CONSIDERATIONS OF ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA 22 23 AGENDA ITEM IV: REGULAR AGENDA 24 Next Steps for Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Plan Adoption and Implementation. The 25 Planning staff has received authorization from the BOCC to proceed with initial SRTS 26 Action Plan adoption steps. Following adoption, the staff is recommending that the future 27 SRTS Advisory Committee be a sub - committee of the OUTBoard, supplemented by 28 additional staff as needed from the County, Orange County Schools, and the Town of 29 Hillsborough. Related documents: 30 http: / /www.oranaecountync.aov/ planning / documents /Compie eFinalDraftSRTS.pdf 31 OUTBoard Action: To receive information in preparation for future OUTBoard role. 32 33 Abigaile Pittman reviewed the Safe Routes to School Plan and advised the role of advisory committee would be a 34 subcommittee of the OUTBoard responsible for advocating plan implementation and assisting with programing, 35 evaluating plan progress and assessing plan priorities. The subcommittee with include interested OUTBoard 36 member, representatives for the schools, the Town of Hillsborough, and planning staff as needed. Others will be 37 brought in as necessary, such as NCDOT regarding road improvement, etc. and consultation from engineers and so 38 forth. Staff is meeting on April 301h 39 40 Jeff Charles commented that it is a good segue to the WalkBike NC Plan because you can't do the SRTS Program 41 by itself, it has to be integrated into the bigger plan because of connectivity issues and you can use the SRTS to help 42 defend trying to get financing from NCDOT on the bicycle issues where they are trying to upgrade the monies. He 43 noted his cautionary point is to make sure it is not in its own bunker working on just this little issue, and talk about 44 more interconnectivity as it might relate to WalkBike NC Plans that NCDOT frees up these additional funds. It is 45 certainly a long term plan that doesn't mean you don't certainly do what you can around the schools but make sure 46 that there is a plan for interconnectivity somewhere down the road and think it through. 47 48 AGENDA ITEM V: REGULAR AGENDA 49 WalkBike NC Plan — a North Carolina Statewide Pedestrian and Bicycle Plan 50 WalkBike NC is North Carolina's first statewide master plan to define a vision, goals 51 and strategies for improving walking and bicycling for residents and visitors. The Plan 52 identifies current conditions for walking and bicycling in North Carolina and serves as a 53 policy guide for state agencies, local governments, and private sector interests to develop 54 a transportation system that safely and efficiently accommodates walking and bicycling. 55 The review period is short and the State is only accepting comments until April 301h