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493 Abigaile Pittman noted that Todd Jones is coming to the upcoming meeting to talk about market testing for the final 494 logo options 495 496 Heidi Perry asked if anyone has any questions. Hearing none she moved forward on the agenda. 497 498 AGENDA ITEM 6: INFORMATIONAL ITEMS 499 500 AGENDA ITEM 7: STAFF UPDATES 501 502 7A. STAFF UPDATE ON THE CONCEPT OF A PROJECT TO INCLUDE BICYCLE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ON OLD NC 86, 503 INCLUDING THE INTERSECTION OF OLD NC 86 AND HOMESTEAD RD /DAIRYLAND RD (ABIGAILE PITTMAN) 504 505 Abigaile Pittman guided the Board to page 47 of the Agenda Packet. There is a developing project proposal that 506 relates to this. She recalled that the OUTBoard had questions at the April and August Board meetings about the 507 roundabouts at intersection of Old NC 86 and Homestead Rd. /Dairyland Rd. The main question was if a feasibility 508 study could be done about bicycle lanes. The OUTBoard voted on April 191h to add the concept of a Calvander 509 roundabout proposal to the projects in the 2020 -2029 Statewide Transportation Improvements Program (STIP). The 510 BOCC approved the proposed project list with that revision on May 2, 2017. Heidi Perry inquired about the feasibility 511 study of bike lanes from Carrboro to Hillsborough, inclusive of the roundabout project. While this proposal was being 512 reviewed there was a corresponding conversation between NCDOT, the Town of Carrboro, and the MPO for a 513 highway project inclusive of bicycle safety improvements on Old NC 86 between Homestead Road and Old 514 Fayetteville Road. She noted the map on page 50 showing the boundaries of the proposed project and read the 515 description aloud. There is a chunk of this roadway that will be 3 lanes with bike lane paved shoulders; not full bike 516 lanes, but this was NCDOT's and the MPO's response to bicycle safety in this section of Old NC 86. 517 518 Heidi Perry asked if the proposal had already gone through the funding process. 519 520 Abigaile Pittman answered that no, it has not. 521 522 Heidi Perry said that Tina Moon in Carrboro relayed that initially this was presented to the MPO for STPP funding but 523 NCDOT and the MPO wants to control the design part. There are some places along this stretch where you do not 524 want to have extra bike lanes. 525 526 Abigaile Pittman said that she had a somewhat different conversation with Ed Lewis. He stated that the concept was 527 to have some bike lanes, have some turn lanes, but the exact location will have to be designed. 528 529 Heidi Perry agreed and said that this does not mean there will be a roundabout but rather that the intersection will be 530 improved. 531 532 533 7B. STAFF UPDATE ON THE ORANGE COUNTY PROCESS TO SUBMIT PROJECTS TO MPOS /RPOS (ABIGAILE PITTMAN) 534 535 Abigaile Pittman reviewed the abstract. She that Andy Henry's presentation mostly addressed this item but to clarify 536 further - each MPO and RPO work with member jurisdictions like Orange County and they create proposed project 537 lists to submit to NCDOT. The process is in its fourth iteration which occurs every 2 years and is now beginning its 538 5th cycle of the Strategic Transportation Prioritization Process. Orange County belongs to two urban MPO groups 539 including Durham - Chapel Hill- Carrboro, and Burlington- Graham ;and a rural RPO group with the Triangle Area Rural 540 Planning Organization. We prepare a draft list as everything changes a bit along the way. Current Orange County 541 project lists are substantially similar to the items on the last iteration. New local projects include the Daniel Boone 542 area and Mayo area. The preliminary project list first comes to the OUTBoard for consideration. The OUTBoard then 543 forwards that list to the BOCC. The BOCC approves the list for further consideration with the MPO and the RPO. 544 Sometimes items on the list do not get scored and do not make it into the TIP list. The timing of project submission is 545 determined by the MPO and RPOs in coordination with NCDOT. See page 53 in the packet for the timeline and list. 546 This 41h iteration will get approval and funding in December 2018 - January 2019 by the state Board of Transportation. 547 Ms. Pittman said she wanted to make sure OUTBoard members understood the process and point of reference. 14