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281 Heidi Perry asked is the goal to try to accommodate more traffic or to reduce the amount of traffic.282 283 Nish Trivedi said the plan is designed to address all the issues pointed out to the consultants by providing variety of 284 recommendations at the conclusion of the study. 285 286 Nish Trivedi said consultants did some calculationsand projections 20 years out. There’s an argument for widening. 287 Residents say they don’t want that but rather want bike/pedestriansafety and transit.288 289 Heidi Perry said my point is it isa given there willbe more traffic. She thinksthe goal should be toreduce traffic and 290 not to accommodatean increase, which is what happens if a bigger road is built. 291 292 Alex Castro said the NC119 traffic is coming down from the outlet, Cone HealthMedcenter, and Alamance293 Community College.294 295 David Laudicina noted there is a large Honda factory on NC 119.There was brief speculation on where the people 296 who work at that factory might live. 297 298 Heidi Perry said no one in this room knows where the people using the NC 54 corridor live. Wejust guess. Someone 299 canfind out wherethe Alamance Community College students live.300 301 8B.SPOT5.0LOCAL INPUT POINTS FOR TARPO,DCHC AND B-GMPO(NISH TRIVEDI) 302 303 Nish Trivedi presented informationand apologized that it was not on the January agenda, which would have allowed 304 for this board to have input. He explained that each MPO has to put together a process approved by NCDOT. The 305 Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization (TARPO) process has been adopted. We cannot make anymore changes 306 to that process. It is too late for input for DCHC,too.307 308 NishTrivedisaid the two MPOs and TARPO are going to accept NCDOT scores. The qualitative part is different. 309 TARPO requires that the county prioritizeprojects. Orange County has two regional projects and three divisional 310 projects. He’ll discuss those morein April after NCDOT releases the scores in late March. DCHC MPO basesthe 311 prioritizationon their input process which is more quantitative and does not require any action. 312 313 Alex Castro asked about TARPO. Are the other threecounties subjected to the fragmentation. Does Sanford. Nish 314 Trivedi answeredSanford is in Lee County. Orange County isthe easiest because we have no cities in TARPO. 315 Other counties have cities so they must coordinate with transportation priorities with them. We are simply Orange 316 County. 317 318 8D.ORANGE COUNTY &NCDOTHIGHWAY (DIVISION 7&DISTRICT 1)LUNCHEON MEETING NOTES,NOVEMBER 30,2017319 (ABIGAILE PITTMAN) 320 321 Abigaile Pittman noted the materials included in the agenda packet. She then passed around a news release that 322 NCDOT had just sent out regarding lane closures to install the chain-linked fencing on the Orange Grove Road 323 bridge over Interstate 40. 324 325 Heidi Perry said we didn’t get a sidewalkalong Orange Grove Road.Abigaile Pittman said there is discussion about 326 having a work session discussionregarding a county sidewalk policy. Heidi Perry said a date needs to be set for that 327 discussion. AbigailePittman said the county hasmultiple adopted plans supporting sidewalks but no formal policy. 328 She reminded the Board that counties don’t maintain roads. The county has transit stops with no sidewalk access. 329 Heidi Perry said it makes them impossible to access and she noted there was just a fatality in Chapel Hillat a bus 330 stop with no crosswalk because there is no sidewalk. Abigaile Pittman said NCDOT doesn’t createsidewalksbut 331 Orange Countycould apply for an encroachment agreement if they planned to construct a sidewalk. 332 333 Alex Castro said Eno HavenApartments, which isaffordable housing for seniors,has a sidewalk that does not 334 connect to Meadowlands Drive where the Jerry M. Passmore Center(senior center)is located.SomeEno Haven 335 residents push walkers along Business 70 to reach the Passmore Center. 336 8