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Approved 1/16/13 transportation services and operational duties. Pau Guthrie asked that the word planning be removed from number 5 because there will be some operational issues pop up that we should have a legitimate question on. Sam Lasris questioned how that goal could be pursued. Paul Guthrie responded that the OUTBoard should keep its toe in on the implementation of transportation activity which is going to be the big deal down the road and part of it is planning now but as this money begins to kick in between Durham and Orange County, you will start seeing some manifest things. Some of the earliest things are going to be bus service. Routes, structures, and those become key in the long haul because one of the key ingredients of that bus structuring is to build the customer base at certain locations where future transportation of a different mode, more rapid transportation, will be able to have a fixed customer base ready to make a transfer from bus to light rail or commuter rail, etc. Craig Benedict added that when the Commissioners passed 3 resolutions concerning moving forward with the ' /z cent sales tax, they mentioned the rural routes and rural representation of how to tie in to potential east/west route and maybe how to bring in Cedar Grove and Whitecross. I think they are going to be looking to a Board such as this as these monies are put forward to how they can best be spent and how to build the rider base. Alex Castro suggested a language change to number 4- Review of new transportation related technologies and assess suitability for employment to meet transportation requirements within Orange County. For example, smart phones have GPS functions so we can use smart phones to locate a transportation requirement and match it with a transportation source. He referred to another revision that he brought up at the beginning of the meeting: Review the Orange County Master Aging Plan 2012 -2017 Strategies involving transportation and mobility and provide recommendations. Here we have a list of strategies that pertain to transportation and mobility and we as perform transportation planning we can comment on it and come up with suggestions. I think that serves two purposes and shows that we are doing something and we are working with others and advancing something. Craig Benedict: Technologies are good. It took me three and a half years to upgrade the new demand response software and it is still not what I want. I would want the mobile based which is somewhat like the smart phones so there is more mobile technology within the vans. I think in order to be more efficient in the future, and use the technology that is available, I would love an advocate of the OUTBoard and my OPT manager to get into developing a strategic plan of IT, where the needs meets technology. Alex Castro: What I've just brought up is being used. It's already in the initial use in the San Francisco Bay Area. What I am talking about in our case is applying it to the mobility issues of the disabled and seniors in the rural part of the county and see if we can do that. There is a disconnect because the seniors don't have smart phones. We have to do something in that regard but that's the idea I am talking about. Paul Guthrie added that a future topic he would like to discuss is how to integrate private transportation into the systems so it isn't a contention between private and publically sponsored transportation. OUTBoard approved the staff recommendations for the annual work plan with the changes suggested by consensus. AGENDA ITEM VII: PREVIEW OF JANUARY 2013 AGENDA ITEMS: a. Public Hearing Draft of Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) b. Final Draft Safe Routes to School Plan (SRSP) OUTBoard Action: Receive as information Abigaile Pittman advised the members of the public hearing draft of the CTP that is on the NCDOT website and referred the members to the handout. She noted that the environmental maps are not yet posted but hopes to receive them in the next week or so. She gave them some background and informed them that it will go to a public