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DRAFT 105 Motion to endorse the CTP in principle as a replacement for the Thoroughfare Plan with the reservation that it has 106 not addressed mitigation of the traffic capacity issues on Churton Street through downtown Hillsborough, and 107 express reservations with insufficient time given for the Board to review such a detailed plan. Specific comments 108 will be provided at the February 15th meeting for consideration by the BOCC at its February 21st meeting. 109 110 Max advised the Board that where most of the focus should be is looking at specific facilities and understanding 111 what’s proposed there. 112 113 Heidi Perry asked to move the item to the next meeting, Feb 15th. 114 115 Motion by Art Menius to endorse the CTP as a replacement for the Thoroughfare Plan, but withhold 116 recommendations on any specific details until further review. Seconded by Gary Saunders. Abigaile suggested a 117 friendly amendment, namely to add that specific comments be submitted to the MPO and NCDOT. This 118 amendment was accepted by Art Menius and Gary Saunders. 119 Vote: Unanimous 120 121 AGENDA ITEM 5B. SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL (SRTS) PLAN IMPLEMENTATION DISCUSSION – (ABIGAILE PITTMAN) 122 123 124 Abigaile Pittman Presented 125 126 Heidi Perry informed the Board that she’s been contacted by two different groups who were looking for projects that 127 were ready to do. She added that there are other funding options and ways to raise the match but is unsure of how 128 they’re going to get an engineer to assess the bridge. 129 130 Alex Castro suggested the Mayor and local governments need to meet together to address this issue jointly. Amy 131 Cole informed the Board that at the last MPO Board meeting she attended had representatives from the Hillsborough 132 Board, the Go Triangle Board, and the BOCC and everyone that was there supported this issue completely. She 133 added that there was no question of them not realizing this safety issue. Amy asked the Board to put this back on the 134 TIP and reprioritize it so it can score higher. She’s also advised the Board that there are some temporary options that 135 can be done in the meantime such as, putting a fence on the overpass, reducing speed during school hours, and 136 putting a light at the intersection. Abigaile Pittman added to Amy’s suggestions by informing the Board that the high 137 school is working on an expansion and there are some initial discussions to coordinate with the school to see if 138 there’s room in the budget for the school to include sidewalks along the road frontages. She’s going to follow up with 139 that possibility. 140 141 Alex Castro suggested putting in a strobe light that can be activated by bicyclists or pedestrians to cross the street 142 like Chapel Hill did. He added that it would be minimal monetary impact and would basically close it to vehicular 143 traffic when people are crossing. Amy Cole said she would fully support that, but is unsure how the rest of the County 144 citizens would feel. 145 146 Justin Miller asked when the overpass was built. Amy Cole believes it was around 1984. She added that it wasn’t due 147 for any sort of maintenance, but even though it was built to code then it’s not up to standard code now. Justin Miller 148 informed the Board that if a complaint is brought forward and it’s not up to code now they should go ahead with the 149 plan to get it safe and eliminate the risk of falling. 150 151 Ted Triebel asked about the side railing that was suggested. Amy Cole answered that there were two different people 152 who are supposed to be looking into that but she hasn’t gotten an update yet, one being Jim Crawford who is the 153 State DOT representative, the other being Ed Lewis who is the Division Planning Engineer. 154 155 5