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D R A F T engagement of Orangecounty residentsand transportation concerns; how we can improve our advisory service to 336 the BOCC; how we want to be involved in agenda development;what we see asthe optimum role for each member 337 of this Board;and we should look at meeting format including presentation and perception.I want to ask a question 338 and I hope every member of this Board knows the answer to this. What is the largest single transportation 339 organization inthis county;public or private? 340 341 Gary Saunders: Chapel Hill Transit.342 343 Paul Guthrie: Actually it’s the Orange County Schoolsand Chapel Hill Schools.The Orange County schools have 72 344 bus routes, 70 buses plus activity buses operating. Chapel Hill schools have 50 buses, 16 mini-buses, and 19 activity345 buses operating; so we have 120, 16 mini-buses, and probably another 30 activity buses all operating under two 346 different but similar systems. Chapel Hill Transit is the largest public transit organizationbut it doesn’t approach those 347 numbers of vehicles.My whole point is that while we probably spend less time on this issue, I wanted to point out that 348 thereis a number of things on transportation that go beyond what we now think of as transportation systems and at 349 some point I will argue that we ought to at least make a passing comment on is there a way to better coordinate 350 school transportation and public transportation in terms of route structure and things like that as we grow?That’s the 351 key word as we grow. We become less and less rural and more and more urban. Do we need to look at those 352 interfaces?There are a lot of statutory problems of the school bus issue, and the financing issue but that is the kind 353 of issue I would hope at some point in time we pay attention to. Where are we going in five years or ten years? A 354 perfect example to me is the way in which we approach the Triangle Transit government’s transportation systems 355 that they are trying to put in place now. It’s a little piecehere, a little piece there, and division is really about two 356 things. Building a coordinated bus system and building a limited rail system. I would hope thatover the next few 357 months and probably even years, we could tackle some of those things. I will be glad to send everyone what I just 358 said, that’s where I’m coming from so that we can really give good solid long term advice and not just be reactive to 359 the current issue if we just reacted to the current issue we will never build a vision for the future and this County will 360 need it. I have been doing something lately that scares the dickens out of people, take Google Earth,now for those 361 of you who have Google Earth;it will show you the 1993 flyovers and 2014 flyovers in sequence. Take parts of the 362 county and just click up the number of 10 to 14 different views that you can get for those years. See what has 363 happened in 20 years and then think what is goingto happen in the next 20 years. So that my little sermon for the 364 day. 365 366 Alex Castro: The service provided by OPT (they call it Old People Transportation)and Chapel Hill’s Easy Rider the 367 criteria, the determination of who gets the service is different. Individuals that are customers get confused. That 368 should be seamless and it should be one for everyone.369 370 371 AGENDA ITEM VII: UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS OF INTEREST ON OTHER REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION RELATED 372 BOARD AGENDAS 373 OUTBoard Action:Receive information374 375 Abigaile Pittman: On May 8, the BOCC will review recommended bus expansion services program. In late May and 376 early Junewe have scheduled meetings for public outreach for the recommended bus expansion route, asking for 377 input on recommended specific routes.On June 12, from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, there will be a Map 21 Funding 378 Program given by the Town of Carrboro and Carrboro Bicycle Coalition. The next OUTBoard meeting is May 21.379 380 Jeff Charles: I would be interested in meeting with the Orange County Sherriff’s Department to talk about a project I 381 am working on with respect to the bicycle safety rules and the non-cyclist perception of cyclists. 382 383 Matt Day: The main information from TARPOis the project scoring for Strategic Transportation investments. We will 384 have a public hearing in early June to present draft scoring results.385 386 387 AGENDA ITEM VIII: ADJOURNMENT388 389 The meeting was adjourned by consensus.390 391 9 ReturntoAgenda