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D R A F T <br />Abigaile Pittman responded that it is not on anyone’s job description and that he is right.165 <br />166 <br />Alex Castro suggested that it would be worthwhile to have photographs of the road sections mentioned.167 <br />168 <br />Jeff Charles noted he planned to do that whenever Chuck Edwards come to an OUTBoard meeting.169 <br />170 <br />Abigaile Pittman reminded the members that Chuck requested an agenda be created prior to setting a date for him to 171 <br />attend a meeting.172 <br />173 <br />Abigaile Pittman noted that she has an item for that list that relates to schools. She said that there are other schools 174 <br />in the district that have minorissues. She suggested the OUTBoard have a survey of those and noted there is one 175 <br />elementary school that has a drop off area with a lot of traffic that all it would take is a slip lane at the exit to the right 176 <br />so people can get out. She noted there are all these minor issues at schools all over the County that are not 177 <br />necessarily on SRTS and staff can go around and evaluate those needs. She advised that it could then be brought 178 <br />to the OUTBoard for input and then on up for the BOCC to ask DOT to do something. She added that DOT has 179 <br />money to do projects for small things like slip lanes or flashing lights, etc.180 <br />181 <br />Paul Guthrie noted that while it is a good discussion, the County has no jurisdiction on the state road system. The 182 <br />building of the lanes was done speedily and was probably not very well inspected and included curb cuts that were 183 <br />never put back in place. 184 <br />185 <br />Jeff Charles responded that DOT was supposed to do Old Greensboro Road with the 2 foot for cyclists and if they 186 <br />say they are going to do it, then they should do it.187 <br />188 <br />Paul Guthrie stated that what he’s hearing is that the Board would very much like to talk to the district engineer and 189 <br />suggested that the members prepare a list of things for discussion and then Abigaile can put in the request.190 <br />191 <br />Alex Castro would like to add to the list the following- study the feasibility of using existing triangle region railway 192 <br />infrastructure for commuter rail purposes. He noted that one of thebackgrounds on this is the 440 that will be under193 <br />repair for the next three year and one of the way they are looking to relieve congestion is to use an existing rail link 194 <br />from Selma up to Raleigh and putting in temporary commuter rail station along the existing route to take some of the 195 <br />commuters off the highway. Alex thinks that could be extended through the triangle region as there is existing rail 196 <br />infrastructure that goes right through the RTP and through Hillsborough and a there is a plan to put a station in 197 <br />Hillsborough. Alex suggested initiating a study to see what is, what it will take, and then piggyback what DOT is 198 <br />doing as they are implementing this already for the 440.199 <br />200 <br />Paul Guthrie noted that he served on the Hillsborough Rail Station Task Forceand it was stimulated by Amtrak 201 <br />saying it was financially feasible for them to make a stop at Hillsborough. He noted that one of the ideas with the 202 <br />Hillsborough station that he would like to see the OUTBoard to query the Town of Hillsborough is where they are in 203 <br />that process. He indicated that the station could be used as a hub for bus lines and other forms of transportation.204 <br />205 <br />Alex Castro showed the Orange County Land Use Map and noted the light rail link and the economic development 206 <br />zones which is along existing railways. He noted that we have it if we get it worked out. He referred to Northern 207 <br />Virginia and they put in commuter rail on existing rail links and it’s called Virginia Railway Express and they have 208 <br />good ridership. He says that is the ideato address where future development is proposed and see what can be done 209 <br />using what is with additional on the margin funding compared to what is being talked about for the LRT. 210 <br />211 <br />Alex Castro amended what he suggested earlier to say –Study the feasibility of using existing triangle region railway 212 <br />infrastructure for commuter rail purposes as part of a multi-modal transportation system.213 <br />214 <br />Motion made by Alex Castro to approve the report to the County Commissioners as amended. Seconded by Jeff 215 <br />Charles216 <br />Vote:Unanimous217 <br />218 <br />AGENDA ITEM VI: STAFF UPDATES219 <br />5
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