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there’s been a lot of controversy. Heidi Perry asked how much of the trail had already been developed, to which 53 Marabeth informed her it was a little over halfway completed. 54 55 AGENDA ITEM 5: REGULAR OUTBOARD AGENDA (ACTION ITEMS) 56 57 58 AGENDA ITEM 5A. DRAFT TRANSPORTATION PROJECT PRIORITY LIST (MAX BUSHELL) 59 60 Max Bushell presented 61 62 Heidi Perry asked if there was a better chance of getting projects done if they submitted fewer of them. Matt Day 63 explained that they’re going to go through the same scoring process and that the MPO and RPO are going to want to 64 submit as many projects as they can. Heidi inquired about Asheville and how they got their funding for their greenway 65 projects. Art Menius said they switched designated responsibility for their greenways from the city’s park and 66 recreation department to the city’s department of transportation. Heidi Perry inquired about the widening on NC 54 67 not being submitted. Max Bushell explained that it was a sibling project and it’ll automatically carry over to this 68 prioritization process. Ted Triebel asked if they expected that these projects would not score well again. Max Bushell 69 explained that they’re changing the scoring criteria slightly as opposed to last time, so hopefully that will boost the 70 project scores for some of the projects. He added that the area is continuing to grow and develop and the roads in 71 question are going to continue to be more congested, so these projects can be considered as local priorities and will 72 likely have higher congestion than before. This will increase the score. Heidi Perry requested adding a round-about to 73 the bike lane project along Old NC 86. Max mentioned that he will add the roundabout in Calvander at the 74 intersection of Old NC 86 and Homestead Road/Dairyland Road as a separate project. Alex Castro asked if there 75 was consistency in the 4-foot shoulders on the Old NC 86 project or if it will only be two feet in some places. He 76 added that this had been a problem before. Max Bushell explained said he thinks that that is a project scope and 77 funding issue and that a two foot shoulder is more feasible than a four-foot shoulder, as constructing a four foot 78 shoulder would require moving the ditch. Matt Day added that it makes a project more difficult if there’s a ditch that 79 they have to move to make the shoulder four feet, which is why the shoulder is so narrow in some places. Alex 80 Castro also mentioned a concern about having a four-foot shoulder and then adding rumble strips, which defeats the 81 purpose of adding the shoulder for cyclists. Matt Day said they now have bicycle friendly rumble strips, where it’s 82 either where the paint stripe is rather than on the shoulder, or that there are gaps to allow bicyclists to access the 83 travel lane. 84 85 MOTION by Ted Triebel to recommended the list to the BOCC. Seconded by Art Menius. 86 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 87 88 89 AGENDA ITEM 6: INFORMATIONAL ITEMS 90 91 92 6A. CARRBORO TO HILLSBOROUGH MULTI-USE PATH UPDATE – (MAX BUSHELL) 93 94 Max Bushell presented 95 96 Heidi Perry mentioned that during a previous discussion regarding the bike lanes on Old NC Hwy 86 it was said that 97 they thought the shoulders would work well for strong cyclists. However, due to the fact that it would bring tourists, a 98 separated bike lane would be preferred. She added that it wouldn’t have to run parallel with the road, and it would 99 have a lot of merit as a bicycle tourism destination. Art Menius stated that NC Hwy 86 has much higher speeds than 100 Old 86. Heidi Perry also suggested using Duke Energy easements. Max Bushell said that’s something that’s typically 101 done in cities, but hasn’t been explored much in counties. Heidi asked if it could be funded with DOT funding that 102 way. Max said it could, but it would still require the same 20% local match and local administration. Heidi asked what 103 they could do to see if it was a feasible idea. Max said a feasibility study would be a good place to start, but doubts 104 the County would fund that. He added that he found one source from Asheville that used funding of $75,000 for a 105 4