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Abigaile Pittman updated the members on the DCHC MPO MTIP projects. The draft TIPwas released for public  <br />comment and a public hearing was held on November 14th by the DCHC Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC).  <br />Every two years the DCHC MPO approves its TIP and NCDOT produces the state TIP (STIP). They coordinate the  <br />projects on these companion TIPs which identify the transportation projects to receive funding over the next seven  <br />years. The DCHC MPO adopted a regional priority list for the TIP to provide guidance to the state and the MPO and  <br />the TIPs. The final TIP approval date was scheduled for June 2013. However, NCDOT announced a delay until the  <br />spring of 2014. There is some additional informationwhich she will bring to the Boardin January. <br /> <br />Sam Lasris asked for the STIP list. <br /> <br />Abigaile Pittman gave the Board information regarding the quarterly NCDOT luncheon meeting.She advised them  <br />that Attachment six is the notes from that meeting. <br /> <br />Craig Benedict advised that Orange County put together a plan for the economic development zones and worked  <br />with DOT and identified intersections and access management roads that would be a continuation of a frontage road  <br />in front of Collington Farms in Mebane. DOT is interested in seeing if Orange County can acquire right-of-way in that  <br />area.  <br /> <br />Craig Benedict noted that the future jail site in Hillsborough is south of 85 next to the DOT compound.  <br /> <br />Abigaile Pittman discussedthe SPOT process and how it is used to review and rank projects for the TIP.  <br /> <br />Matthew Day advised that it is basically the process by which the MPOs and RPOs submitprojects to DOT for  <br />funding. <br /> <br />Sam Lasris asked if there was any discussion on bicycles on any of these updates. <br /> <br />Abigaile Pittman advised that NCDOT has announced that they are going to be increasing funding for their bicycle  <br />and pedestrianprojects, significantly. <br /> <br />Abigaile Pittman advised that the local prioritization process that TARPO has adopted consists of three parts: <br />selection and ranking of projects at the countywide level, quantitative scoring of submitted projects and ranking of  <br />scored projects, and assignment of SPOT points.  <br /> <br />Paul Guthrie advised that he was less than impressed with the process.  <br /> <br />Abigaile Pittman advised the members on the TARPO Division 7active projects status and noted that NCDOT did a  <br />presentation at the last TARPO meeting and she referred tothe projects contained in the attachment. She advised  <br />that for the January meeting she’d like to do anoverview of a list that just released byDCHC of some MPO projects. <br /> <br />Abigaile Pittman also advised that there is a new law that was passed by the General Assembly that requires MPOs  <br />and RPOs to be treated as boards for the purposes of the state government ethics act and it is effective January 1,  <br />2013. It is rather involved but the two main requirements of the act, in addition to conducting business in an ethical  <br />manner, are the completion of an annual statement of economic interest and an annual ethics training course. It  <br />applies not to the OUTBoard but to members and alternates of both the TCC and TAC committees. It is rather  <br />controversial and it applies to not only to the member but to their household,including children. <br /> <br /> <br />AGENDA ITEM VI: OUTBOARD INPUT FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ANNUAL PLANNING RETREAT: <br />Development of a list of concerns or emerging issues for the upcoming year that the  <br />OUTBoard plans to address, or wishes to bring to the Commissioners’ attention. <br /> <br />ReturntoAgenda