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DRAFT 4 way dedication a statutory right that North Carolina towns have but not counties. Therefore, crafting this linkage 156 between our access management plan(s) and the CTP/MTP documents is a way to ensure our right to require right-157 of-way dedication at the time of development, as warranted. The revised CTP/MTP documents are being approved 158 by the MPO’s and RPO’s. Jeff Charles was concerned that legislature was going to have a problem with this and 159 inquired if this had been done before. Abigaile Pittman confirmed that the process had already been approved by 160 NCDOT and as they are the ones that created it it’s also already approved in the Burlington/Graham MPO and is 161 going forward next year for the DCHC MPO. And Max Bushell also confirmed they’ve done their due diligence and 162 checked through various lawyers. 163 164 Abigaile Pittman continued presentation. 165 166 Abigaile Pittman was reviewing the list of items of concerns or emerging issues that they want the BOCC to be aware 167 of, and wanted to know how the Board wanted to word their efforts on Safe Routes to School. Heidi Perry suggested 168 titling it “Pursue implementation opportunities for Safe Routes to School”. 169 170 Alex Castro inquired about research for funding. Abigaile Pittman explained that it didn’t have to be federal, just any 171 kinds of funding sources, which could even be County. 172 173 Jeff Charles inquired about the light rail and pointed out how it keeps being delayed year after year, and inquired 174 about all the money that was going into it. Max Bushell explained that they’re 15% short of funding right now, which is 175 about 200 million dollars. Jeff Charles asked what will happen to the money when the plan just doesn’t go through. 176 Max Bushell answered that some of the money has been expended in the process of trying to get it built but not all of 177 it. He went on to say that essentially there will be a new plan developed to achieve the same purpose and that it’s 178 something they’re working on but the process has been set back a couple of years. 179 180 Abigaile Pittman reviewed item 4. 181 182 Jeff Charles questioned whether the bicycle related things should be kept on there due to the fact that state 183 legislatures have taken away current and future funding for it. Heidi Perry suggested leaving it on there just in case 184 there is funding that becomes available to bicycle related things. Heidi Perry also inquired about why electric bikes 185 were separated. Abigaile Pittman explained that it was a carryover from last year. It was agreed to take them out. 186 187 Abigaile Pittman referred to the item “To work with NCDOT to promote funding of pedestrian and bicycle projects in 188 rural areas to a greater degree”. Jeff Charles commented that they need to come up with some issues that they have 189 some chance to be successful with. Alex Castro made an item addition suggestion regarding a commuter rail going 190 from Garner to West Durham. He proposed that they find a way to make an extension of the currently planned 191 commuter rail from West Durham to the Hillsborough Amtrak state. He added that Hillsborough’s population if going 192 to double with everything planned and there could be a lot of people very interested in having that service. It was 193 agreed to call it “Explore expansion of commuter rail”. 194 195 Jeff Charles recommended point 4 be modified regarding connectivity between Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Bicycle 196 Pedestrian Plans. 197 198 MOTION by Art Menius to approve the Work Plan for 2017 with the discussed revisions, and with item 4 being 199 modified to address connectivity and infrastructural changes. Seconded by Alex Castro. 200 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 201 202 6.B. NEXT OUTBOARD MEETING DATE - (ABIGAILE PITTMAN) 203 204 Abigaile Pittman suggested that the Board not meet in December due to the holidays and the lack of agenda items 205 for the meeting. The items they have for the next meeting would not be ready until January. 206 207 6