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Alex Castro pointed out that Gravely Middle School is on the north side of West Ten Road, however, on the map 107 <br />provided in Figure 2 they show it on the south side. Also on Figure 4 they show the school in the Economic 108 <br />Development Transition District. 109 <br />110 <br />Abigaile Pittman said she will review this with the consultant. 111 <br />112 <br />Heidi Perry asked if they are doing anything for bicyle facilities on Buckhorn Road. 113 <br />114 <br />Abigaile stated that that the TIP project that was proposed on Buckhorn Road had some bicycle lanes on it. 115 <br />116 <br />Alyson West asked how this design fits into Mebane’s bicycle plan. 117 <br />118 <br />Abigaile Pittman explained that the section they are talking about has not been annexed by the City of Mebane yet 119 <br />and that while many of Mebane’s Planning efforts extend into Orange County, the bicycle/pedestrian plan is limited to 120 <br />the Mebane city limits. 121 <br />122 <br />Alex Castro stated that during the voting for the Burlington Graham MPO there were 24 votes and Orange County 123 <br />was one of those 24 votes. He then asked if they extend jurisdiction further east what does that do for Orange 124 <br />County’s representation with the Burlington Graham MPO. 125 <br />126 <br />Abigaile Pittman stated that Orange Coutny’s representation with the Burltington Graham MPO is determined by 127 <br />population, which is calculated routinely, such as every Census. 128 <br />129 <br />Alyson West asked if any future transit plans are considered in the traffic forecast studies. 130 <br />131 <br />Abigaile Pittman explained that vehicles on the road are primarily considered in the traffic forecast. 132 <br />133 <br />134 <br />7B. TRANSPORTATION ITEMS FROM THE REVISED MASTER AGING PLAN (ABIGAILE PITTMAN) 135 <br />136 <br />Lisa Berley from the Department on Aging introduced herself 137 <br />138 <br />Abigaile Pittman reviewed the abstract. 139 <br />140 <br />Alex Castro said that he thinks it is important that the various departments within the local governments participate in 141 <br />the development of the Master Aging Plan so that they can actually develop realistic goals and plans. 142 <br />143 <br />Lisa Berley stated that the Master Aging Plan was brought to the Chapel Hill Town Council and it was approved. 144 <br />145 <br />Abigaile Pittman stated that the Planning Department will participate as needed in the implementation process of the 146 <br />Master Aging Plan. 147 <br />148 <br />7C. ORANGE GROVE ROAD BRIDGE FENCING (ABIGAILE PITTMAN) 149 <br />150 <br />Abigaile Pittman briefly reviewed the abstract. 151 <br />152 <br />Heidi Perry asked when they should expect to hear back from James Trogdon. Transportation Secretary. 153 <br />154 <br />Abigaile Pittman stated that there is not a set time to hear back. 155 <br />156 <br />7D. REPLACEMENT OF ATKINS ROAD BRIDGE (ABIGAILE PITTMAN) 157 <br />158 <br />Abigaile Pittman briefly reviewed the abstract. 159 <br /> 7