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pre-prioritization of projects will be necessary, we will return to the OUTBoard in August so that we can then 265 make the BOCC’s calendar in September. 266 267 268 MOTION madeby Art Meniusto recommendthe DCHC MPO project list. Seconded by Ed Vaughn. 269 Vote: Unanimous. 270 AGENDA ITEM 5,CONTINUED271 B.BICYCLE SAFETY – Continuation of the Board’s April 15 discussion regarding the 272 plan to address the Board of County Commissioners petition related to bicycle 273 safety (Attachment 1). The Draft Bicycle Plan is provided as Attachment 2. 274 (Heidi Perov, Abigaile Pittman).275 276 OUTBoard Action:Receive and review information, provide comments, and forward 277 to the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) with, or without a recommendation of 278 endorsement. 279 280 Heidi Perry: Stated that the goal is to have a draft document/resolution at the end of the meeting to present to 281 the BOCC. 282 283 Art Menius: I appreciate both Bonnie Hauser’s concerns and the official report which does a wonderful job of 284 balancing the interest of bicyclists and motorists sharing safe driving responsibilities. 285 286 Heidi Perry: Reviewed the document, several minor edits. 287 288 Bonnie Hauser: Submitted a written statement regarding the Report (copy attached to Minutes). She stated she 289 met with Lauren Blackburn, NCDOT, Bike/Pedestrian Division and discussed: 290 x Vocabulary for bikers and motorist and it being more urban based; 291 x Urban centers are the biggest problems; 292 x Secondary roads have higher speed with no bike lanes; 293 x Road designs or laws that support sharing the road safely and it will take a long time to fix. 294 295 She stated that the bike problem has not been solved which is why this work has been done, to provide insight. 296 It is important for Commissioners understand the problem, and understand that if it is addressed just as a 297 Bike/Ped thing we will not fix the problem. It takes $500,000/mile to add bike lanes and there are 900 miles of 298 road in rural Orange County. Much of this is not in county jurisdiction it is state jurisdiction. She stated that she 299 would like the OUTBoard to acknowledge rural roads separately from things done in urban areas and that rural 300 roads need special attention. 301 302 Paul Guthrie: Asked what kinds of things on rural roads would be useful short of barring bicycles. 303 304 Bonnie Hauser: 1) 2-foot shoulders are not helping. It is adding bicyclists to the road and not allowing motorists 305 to pass safely; 2) Many of the lines are not properly/evenly drawn and this really needs to be looked at; 3) Her 306 group asked Chuck Edwards, NCDOT, to look at five dangerous hills and curves, and he is going to consider 4-6 307 foot wide safety shoulders on the road where there is a poor line of sight and where motorists can pass safely 308 and bicyclists have somewhere to go; and 4) We could pilot a concept for a new kind of complete streets model 309 for secondary roads. 310 311 Alex Castro: Referred to page 34, item 15 of the Draft Plan which specifically addresses this. 312 313 MOTION made by Ted Triebel to approve this report, with the edits, and to forward it to the BOCC for their 314 information and endorsement. Seconded by Alex Castro. 315 Vote: Unanimous 316 317 8