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DRAFT <br />1 <br /> <br />MINUTES1 <br />Orange Unified Transportation Board2 <br />March 16, 20163 <br />4 <br />MEMBERS PRESENT:Alex Castro, Bingham Township Representative; Heidi Perry, At-Large Representative; 5 <br />David Laudicina, At-Large Representative; Amy Cole, At-Large Representative; Ted Triebel, Little River Township 6 <br />Representative; Jeff Charles, At-Large Representative; Ed Vaughn, Cedar Grove Township Representative; Art 7 <br />Menius, At-Large Representative8 <br />9 <br />MEMBERS ABSENT:Gary Saunders, At-Large Representative; Erie Smith, Chapel Hill Township Representative; 10 <br />Brantley Wells, Hillsborough Township Representative; John Rubin, At-Large Representative11 <br />12 <br />STAFF PRESENT:Abigaile Pittman, Transportation/Land Use Planner; Max Bushell, Transportation Planner13 <br />14 <br />OTHERS PRESENT: Matt Day, Principal Planner, Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization (TARPO)15 <br />16 <br />AGENDA ITEM 1:Call to Order and Roll Call17 <br />18 <br />Heidi Perry called the meeting to order. 19 <br />20 <br />AGENDA ITEM 2:Introduction of Max Bushell, Transportation Planner21 <br />22 <br />Heidi Perry introduced Max Bushell.23 <br />24 <br />AGENDA ITEM 3:Approval of Minutes for February 17, 201625 <br />26 <br />Minutes were approved with one correction/addition. 27 <br />28 <br />MOTION made by Alex Castro to approve Minutes. Seconded by Jeff Charles.29 <br />VOTE:Unanimous30 <br />31 <br />AGENDA ITEM 4:Consideration of Additions of the Agenda32 <br />33 <br />Discussion about Alex Castro presenting at the Chapel Hill Transportation and Connectivity Advisory Board on 34 <br />Complete Streets on March 22, 2016 at 7:00 pm at Town Hall in Chapel Hill. 35 <br />36 <br />AGENDA ITEM 5:MPO and RPO Methodologies for ranking Transportation Improvement Program 37 <br />(TIP) Project Request (Max Bushell)38 <br />39 <br />OUTBoard Action: Receive and review information. 40 <br />41 <br />Max Bushell delivered his presentation.42 <br />43 <br />Abigaile Pittman explained that a revision was made to the NC HWY 54 project when it was reviewed by TARPO and 44 <br />the DCHC MPO, which resulted in it being brokenup into sections of intersection improvements, instead of widening 45 <br />it. A corridor study has been added to the current STIP that will to help determine feasible alternatives for the project. 46 <br />47 <br />Alex Castro questioned what the continuity is since NC Hwy 54 is in the MPO, but then goes into TARPO. Matt Day 48 <br />explained that was the original problem and discussed how the RPO and MPO didn’t support each other’s plan and 49 <br />he expressed that they’re coordinating much more closely now to avoid running into that type of problem again. Matt 50 <br />Day informed the Board that the county plan and the RPO wantedto widen NC Hwy 54and Carrboro opposed. 51 <br /> 3