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Alex Castronoted those funding sources may be changing soon. 113 114 Abigaile Pittman said information about funding sourceswill likely have to be updated as changes are made. 115 116 Erle Smith said he finds the Durham-Chapel Hill explanationhelpful,particularly Section 2, and he suggested adding 117 it to the website. He also agreed that adding a “who is who” document would be helpful.118 119 Alex Castro said MaxBushell did some tutorials when changes went into effect. He thinks the previous staff meetings 120 would have elements that could be pulled for the primer. 121 122 Jenn Sykes suggested addingroadmaps that are color coded so that people can easily identify whether a road is a 123 state road or town road. This would help people understand why some roads get plowedwhen it snowsand others 124 do not get plowed by the same government. 125 126 Abigaile Pittman replied that there arestatemaps that havestate route numbers to indicate state maintained roads.127 The state also has an alphabetical list of roads that the state maintains. A link could be provided to this information 128 and placed on the county’s website. 129 130 Heidi Perry noted there is a number to call the state to fix potholes on state roads, which should be included inthe 131 transportation area of the county’s website.132 133 Abigaile Pittman said she cannotupdate these materialsall at once butshe wouldlike to get started. She willwork on134 a table of contents for the Board’s approval, and after that start on the first couple of chapters and add them to the 135 agendafor a future meeting, and so forth.136 137 8C.B-GMPOUPDATES (ABIGAILE PITTMAN) 138 139 Abigaile Pittman reviewed that last November Orange County Planning staff expressed some concerns regarding the 140 process the Burlington-GrahamMPO hadin place. Specifically, staff members were concerned aboutinfrequent 141 meetings (four times a year), the meetings not syncingwith the NCDOT schedule for deadlines for project 142 submissions, Also,Planning staff felt thatthe MPO has beentoo dependent on the way the project was scored 143 during the past SPOT cycle; Orange County staffacknowledges that the quantitative scores are very importantbut 144 felt that there wasn’tenough local involvement in developing the projectlist. Also, Orange County staff had concerns 145 that there wasn’t enough consideration at the TCC level for regional efforts. Orange Countystaff proposed a TCC 146 subcommittee to work on future6.0 SPOT criteria and is trying to get revised rules about the process. The B-G MPO 147 Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) gavethe go-ahead to createthe subcommittee.148 149 Abigaile Pittman reviewed the revisionsthe subcommittee has made so far. The TCC will meet10 times a year. 150 (however the TAC will continue to meet four times a year). There is now a full-time MPO staff person hired to replace 151 a previouspart-time contractual position.The TCC subcommittee has identified SPOT methodologiesit likes 152 (Tarboro’s, Fayetteville’sand Wilmington’s). The subcommittee isencouraging regionalism. The previous day the 153 subcommitteeraisedthe cap ofthe transportation planning grant from$25,000 to $50,000.If any money is left over, 154 it will into unobligated funds that can be used for future project requests. All grants from this fund require a20-155 percent local match. 156 157 Heidi Perry said one of those“who’s who”charts, referred to earlier in the meeting, mighthelp explain Orange 158 County’s relationship with the B-GMPO. She asked if Hillsborough is in the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro MPO. 159 160 Abigaile Pittman answered that it is and then reviewed that the B-GMPO area islocatedto the eastof Mebaneand 161 includes some incorporated areas of Mebane. 162 163 6B.ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS MAP AND WEBSITE UPDATE (NISH TRIVEDI) 164 165 Nishith Trivedireviewedthenew website. 166 167 Heidi Perry asked about accessing the map. 168 5