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Approved 9/18/13 Bret Martin: The money that is being divided up throughout the state for divisions is 30% of the state's transportation money and will go to capital projects. There is a statewide scoring methodology that applies to all projects but all the division projects will be ranked at the division level and then the MPO /RPO level. Alex Castro: We are in division 7, Orange County, less the MPO, Durham is in Division 5 so you have cross - jurisdictional conflicts, how do you resolve that when the Chapel Hill Durham MPO is partially in Division 7 and partially in Division 5. Do they have to be coordinated by both divisions? Bret Martin: Yes, they will. Paul Guthrie: Why don't you go through the description because there are other questions? Bret Martin: (Continued presentation). Paul Guthrie: If you look at our previous materials from the Triangle Transit, you notice there is a commuter rail link that starts in Raleigh and stops in Durham County which is part of a longer plan. One of the motivations is because that is the line where the district ends. I think that is a manifestation of what we will see as we go along with the plan and we need strategy as to how we deal with that. Bret Martin: Some of the criticism regarding the equity formula will pop up with this. (Continued presentation). Jeff Charles: In this formula, decisions are made at the district level for some things and on a regional level for other things. At the district level, we are competing with Greensboro and Burlington /Graham . At the regional level, we are competing with Winston Salem and a whole list of towns down to Charlotte. Most of our contacts are now to the east, we are at a disadvantage in being able to fully incorporate ourselves in the Research Triangle under this formula. Bret Martin: That is a fair statement. Paul Guthrie: When were these divisions set up? Bret Martin: Many decades ago to coordinate with prison labor to deal with road maintenance. (Continued presentation). Jeff Charles: Do bicycle facilities fall under this? Bret Martin: Yes. Jeff Charles: The division needs the SR routes which are the regional ones where we want the bike lanes for the most part. Bret Martin: I will get to that in a moment. There are specific changes that apply to that. Paul Guthrie: 25% of the 50% is local input and the other 25% is DOT Engineer input. The 50% is really 25 %. Bret Martin: 25% is the division rank and 25% is the local input. The division rank means, how did the project score according to the same criteria within the division as opposed to against. (Continued presentation). Jeff Charles: If DOT is going to have 100% statewide; 50% plus the division DOT Engineer's 25 %, that is 75% regional control and then in the sub regional they get 50% plus another 25 %. It seems the MPO /RPO rank is 0 at the statewide region and 25% at the sub - regional. Ted Triebel: Minimal influence. Bret Martin: This is what we worked off of before. At the division level, the MPO /RPO rank has always been a hefty 40% which is profound. For quantitative data, this is the scoring criteria.