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ORANGE COUNTY <br />ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION BOARD <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: January 17, 2018 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 7.d. <br />SUBJECT: SPOT 5.0 Local Input Point Process — TARPO, DCHC MPO and B -G MPO <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: (919) <br />1. TARPO Process Nishith Trivedi, Transportation Planner, <br />2. DCHC MPO Process 245 -2582 <br />3. BG MPO Process <br />PURPOSE: <br />Receive an update on SPOT 5.0 local input point process for Triangle Area Rural Planning <br />Organization ( TARPO), Durham - Chapel Hill - Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization <br />(DCHC MPO), and Burlington- Graham Metropolitan Planning Organization (BG MPO) from <br />Orange County Transportation Planning staff and provide any input that the Board might have <br />for internal Staff consideration. <br />BACKGROUND: TARPO, DCHC MPO and B -G MPO have unique local input point <br />processes for Strategic Transportation Prioritization (SPOT). These processes must first be <br />adopted by their corresponding boards before they are submitted to North Carolina <br />Department of Transportation ( NCDOT) for state approval. State law requires a 21 day public <br />comment period prior to DCHC MPO and TARPO board adoption. <br />In an effort to satisfy the quantitative prioritization portion of the local input point process, <br />TARPO, DCHC MPO, and B -G MPO have elected to accept NCDOT quantitative scores and <br />project data. Member jurisdiction agencies will accept the raw scores, scheduled for release <br />late March 2018, as determined by NCDOT. However, because the qualitative portion varies <br />between the three agencies, a brief summary describing their unique processes is provided <br />below. <br />TARPO Local Input Point Process <br />Orange County transportation projects will be ranked according to NCDOT scores. Within each <br />county, the top two scoring projects will be allocated 100 points each (Region and Division). <br />Subsequently ranked projects (regardless of County) will also be allocated 100 points each <br />until 1,400 points, for TARPO as permitted by NCDOT, have been distributed. <br />Example: <br />19 <br />County <br />Quantitative <br />Total Score (100) <br />Recommended for 100 <br />Project <br />County <br />Rank <br />Points (50) <br />Local Points <br />Regional <br />Division <br />Regional <br />Division <br />Regional <br />D <br />ID <br />Points <br />(50) <br />19 <br />