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D R A F T Chuck Edwards: That reflects in the list.112 113 Abigaile Pittman: Thenext topic on the agenda isa discussion of the status of any state discussions/projects related 114 to the feasibility of using existing triangle region railway infrastructure for commuter rail purposes as part of a multi-115 modal transportation system.Ms. Pittman showed the Board a copy of the 2008 commuter rail capacity study done 116 by HNTB. 117 118 Chuck Edwards: I tried to get information about this topic before tonight’s meeting and failed.119 120 Paul Guthrie: I was on the task force that looked at the Hillsborough Rail Station. There was a lot of conceptual 121 planningabout the railroad right-of-way. Is anyone paying attentionto the fact that we have a 300-foot right-of-way 122 through the county that could be used for transportational purposes?123 124 Ed Lewis: I had an opportunity to attend the TSS (Traffic Separation Study) workshop.125 126 Paul Guthrie: At some level, this project is not going to move becauseyou ask but for a lot of other reasons. As this 127 position comes out, this could be a good time for an opportunitythat this couldbecome the key ingredient in 128 beginning anintegrated transportation system in this county.129 130 Alex Castro: The Research Triangle Foundation which is doing a revamping of the RTP, in their presentation, they 131 have two commuter rail stations, one which will provide shuttles to RDU airport. 132 133 Abigaile Pittman: The next topic of discussion is issues related to private street conversions for acceptance into the 134 state maintained system.Typical issues are people in subdivisions with private streets and the burden of maintaining 135 that over years, and then they decide they want the state to take over maintenance of the state.136 137 Chuck Edwards: The process starts when the developer has to make a decision as to whether he wants to pursue 138 state maintained or privately maintained roads. The bottom line is if they choose state maintained, it has to be 139 designed by our standards. DOT is involved in the beginning.Once we sign off, the developer will take it, develop it 140 and sellhomes. Once he meets a certain threshold of a certain house count per mile he can petition the road for 141 state maintenance. There are times when usually the homeowners want to pursue state maintenance for a private 142 road. The issues are the private roadshave a private right-of-way so it is not eligible for that alone. So there has to 143 be a conversion. The typical issue that we deal with is school stops. School buses won’t go down a private road. 144 There are moderate subdivisions that are built to the design and construction standards of a state maintained road, it 145 is a matter of replating the private to public but we have learnedthat can create issues with the county as to whether 146 that developer was trying to circumvent the subdivision regulations.147 148 Abigaile Pittman: There is problem ifthe road has been constructed to our Class B standards and they have to 149 overcome issues such as the placement of utilities, road widening, ditching, and encroachments. It is almost 150 impossible to overcome and sometimes the maintenance cost on those roads becomes a huge burdenon the 151 property owners. 152 153 Chuck Edwards: The Class B road, we sometimes refer to those as a glorified driveway and it isnot be feasible to 154 bring them upto our standards.155 156 Abigaile Pittman: Another topic for discussionis if there are available resourcesfor minor improvements at problem 157 sites/intersections within the county.I have been in discussion with Orange County School Districts regarding several 158 sites. There are issues with intersections to their driveways, wherethey need minor improvements to help the flow of 159 traffic. We have a list of improvements, what do I do with that list and arethere any available funds?160 161 Chuck Edwards: There is a group within our traffic engineering branch called Municipal School and Transit 162 Assistance (MSTA)and their purpose is to help school systems solve existing problems and avoid future ones. 163 Funding is fairly low at this point butthere are ways to get funding and you need to ask.164 165 Ted Triebel: One that comes immediately to mind is the Cameron ParkElementary and St. Mary’s Road;has that 166 been looked at?167 5 ReturntoAgenda