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01-24-2013 BOCC Public Hearing Comments on CTP Alice Gordon asked a question about the initials “MAJ” that is used on page 101 of the agenda packet. Do we need a key? What does this mean? Sara Lee referred Alice to page 100 and showed her that MAJ refer to Other Major Thoroughfare. Alice Gordon asked Sara Lee about what kind of comments DOT was looking for from the BOCC. Is the BOCC trying to figure out if the CTP recommendations are correct? Sara Lee replied that DOT is looking for approval on the recommendations when the CTP comes back to them in March. Mark Dorosin asked about how coordination worked with the MPO CTPs, transit plan, etc. Replies came from staff as well as a few other commissioners. Earl McKee explained that the various plans have different controlling organizations and different funding sources. Mr. Ed Flowers, Hillsborough spoke. He had special interests with regard to bus/transit services for the aging, and especially increasing these services for rural senior citizens, and having more buses with better communicationsystems. Mr. Alex Castro, Bingham Township spoke. Alex is also on the Advisory Board on Aging and the OUTboard, but stressed that he was speaking tonight strictly as a private citizen. He said that there is a problem of governance and coordination with all the transportation plans and issues and there needs to be some consolidation. He also said that seniors fall through the cracks; they have disabilities, etc. and there are few bus services, and these are fragmented and disjointed. Ms. Bonnie Hauserspoke. She asked if it would be possible to combine cycling lanes/trails with the Mountain-to-Seal Trail through Bingham Township. The BOCC didn’t offer a response at this time. There were various questions about project funding sources from various commissioners. Alice Gordon and Bernadette Pelissierboth asked about the park-and-ride lots depicted on the CTP Transit Map - is there consistency with the Transit Plan and coordination of funding?They asked if the park-and-ride lots would be funded by DOT or through the Transit Plan. Tom Altieri responded, reiterating that the CTP is not fiscally constrained and the funding for projects in the plan is not known at this time. Earl McKee stated that funding decisions through the TARPO TAC has been very fair, and added that Orange County doesn’t have a lot of control over this DOT CTP. Barry Jacobs stressed that the CTP is not fiscally constrained. Barry Jacobs made a brief statement about the Orange County vs the DOT positionon the NC 86 StrategicHighway Corridor. He stated that Orange County has long been opposed to widening NC 86 from the Caswell County line to where it comes into Hillsborough, and this CTP (Highway Map project) is NCDOT’s way to make it a major Boulevard. This will create a huge bottleneck where NC 86 comes into Hillsborough and this hasn’t really been addressed in the CTP or by anyone, and now we’re going to try to run transit though the same bottleneck. Earl McKee moved the Manager’s recommendations from the Abstract. RenePrice seconded the motion.It was unanimously approved. 23 &RPPLVVLRQHU&RPPHQWV 3XEOLF&RPPHQWV Attachment7 ReturntoAgenda