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Approved 4/2/14 <br />9 <br />Michael Harvey: The previous users had a special use permit. 431 <br /> 432 <br /> 433 <br />AGENDA ITEM 10: COMMITTEE/ADVISORY BOARD REPORTS: 434 <br />a. Board of Adjustment 435 <br />Michael Harvey: There was no meeting this month. 436 <br /> 437 <br />b. Orange Unififed Transportation 438 <br />Paul Guthrie: We will meet in a couple of weeks with a main focus of continuing to focus on rural transporation 439 <br />projects. The BOCC representative on Triangle Transit will take a message saying what Orange County needs to 440 <br />being its rural transportation. The first project will be dancing with Triangle Transit over the Mebane express route 441 <br />whether it runs strictly on the interstate or it might get down on a road to pick up people at a resonable distance. 442 <br /> 443 <br />Craig Benedict: Even thought the population is 55% Chapel Hill/Carrboro and 45% Hillsborough and Orange County 444 <br />there are more senior citizens in that 45% of the County than in Chapel Hill/ Carrboro. We are trying to provide 445 <br />access to quality public transportation. 446 <br /> 447 <br />Tony Blake: Since Perdita presented the Eno EDD Small Area plan, that is screaming for transit. 448 <br /> 449 <br />Perdita Holtz: That was the Efland Small Area plan. 450 <br /> 451 <br />Tony Blake: Is there any movement to bring these people together and help the landowners to see the vision? 452 <br /> 453 <br />Craig Benedict: We are trying to create a hub in Efland. We are working on an East/West transporation route from 454 <br />Mebane, Efland, Hillsborough and Durham. We think Efland is the key. We will still have remote small van service in 455 <br />rural areas. 456 <br /> 457 <br />Tony Blake: It is also bringing people into the area too. 458 <br /> 459 <br />Paul Guthrie: I would suggest the budget the president sent to congress will rekindle the discussion on the 460 <br />expenditure of transportation of all kinds. If we could get the Hillborough rail station established, I am pretty sure 461 <br />Amtrak would sign on soon and it would give us a place to make a regional transit hub to connect various 462 <br />transporation services to change. 463 <br /> 464 <br />Michael Harvey: We would like to express our thanks to Buddy Hartley for chairing the Quarterly Public Hearing. 465 <br /> 466 <br /> 467 AGENDA ITEM : ADJOURNMENT 468 <br /> 469 MOTION: made by Paul Guthrie to adjourn. Seconded by Tony Blake. 470 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 471 472 <br /> <br /> <br /> __________________________________________ <br /> Pete Hallenbeck, Chair