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<br />DRAFT MINUTES 1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY OUTBOARD 2 <br />AUGUST 16, 2017 3 <br />REGULAR MEETING 4 <br /> 5 <br /> 6 <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: Heidi Perry (Chair), At-Large Representative; Art Menius, At-Large Representative; David 7 <br />Laudicina, Cheeks Township Representative; Alex Castro (Vice-Chair), Bingham Township Representative; Ted 8 <br />Triebel, Little River Township Representative; Alyson West, At-Large; Jenn Sykes, At-Large; Erle Smith, Chapel Hill 9 <br />Township Representative; Donna Musson, Eno Township Representative; Ed Vaughn, Cedar Grove Township 10 <br />Representative; 11 <br /> 12 <br />MEMBERS ABSENT: Jeff Charles, At-Large Representative; Brantley Wells, Hillsborough Township Representative; 13 <br />Gary Saunders, At-Large Representative; Justin Miller, At- Large Representative. 14 <br /> 15 <br />TRANSIT ADVISORY SERVICES MEMBERS PRESENT: Janet Sparks, Child Support Director; Janice Tyler, Aging Director; 16 <br />Lisa Berley, Transportation Specialist; Serena McPherson, Administrative Services Supervisor (DSS). 17 <br /> 18 <br />STAFF PRESENT: Abigaile Pittman, Transportation/Land Use Planner; Peter Murphy, Transportation Administrator; 19 <br />Theo Letman, Transit Director; Meredith Kern, Administrative Assistant. 20 <br /> 21 <br />OTHERS PRESENT FOR TRANSIT ADVISORY SERVICES: Rachel McCook, Minutes Preparer. 22 <br /> 23 <br />AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 24 <br /> 25 <br />Heidi Perry called the meeting to order. 26 <br /> 27 <br />Ms. Perry asked the Board and Staff to introduce themselves. 28 <br /> 29 <br />AGENDA ITEM 2: APPROVAL OF MINUTES 30 <br /> JUNE 21, 2017 MEETING 31 <br /> 32 <br />Art Menius pointed out a misspelling on line 127. 33 <br /> 34 <br />MOTION by Heidi Perry to approve the June 21, 2017 OUTBoard Minutes with the correction. Seconded by Alex 35 <br />Castro 36 <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS 37 <br /> 38 <br />AGENDA ITEM 3: CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA 39 <br /> 40 <br />Heidi Perry noted two additions to the agenda. She requested that members of the Bicycle Safety Implementation 41 <br />Subcommittee decide on a good meeting time (Item 6.a.). She also added a discussion item on lowering the speed 42 <br />limit under item 7.d., in regards to Orange County bridge improvements. 43 <br /> 44 <br />AGENDA ITEM 4: SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 45 <br /> 46 <br />Abigaile Pittman said that Staff had no Special Presentations. 47 <br /> 48 <br />AGENDA ITEM 5. TRANSIT SERVICES/ORANGE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION (OPT) 49 <br /> 50 <br />AGENDA ITEM 5A. OPT QUARTERLY OPERATIONAL UPDATES (THEO LETMAN, PETER MURPHY) 51 <br /> 52 <br />Peter Murphy began the presentation. He reviewed the Quarterly Operational Update which corresponded with a 53 <br />presentation projected onto the screen in the room. Mr. Murphy explained that Staff had collected more ridership 54 <br /> 3