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D R A F T OUTBoard Action: Receive updates166 167 168 Abigaile Pittman: Item 5a, we are still trying to finalize this. Mebane held up the process because they wanted more 169 weighted votes. This wasn’t based on the 2010 Census and their population has increased. The boundaries cannot 170 be finalized until the MOU is signed. It was heard by the TCC yesterday and they recommended they change the 171 weighted votesbased on the population of the 2010 census. It went to the TAC and they tabled it until March.172 173 Abigaile Pittman: Item 5b, workshops wereheavily attended. The first workshop was for Greenbrier and Gordon 174 Thomas,most people were generally accepting and at the second workshop in Byrdsville, they were screaming in 175 opposition. Multiple Commissioners were at each one and planning staff was there also. We had an original 176 comment letter from Orange County of an analysis of planning issues and transportation and now based on a 177 comment letter we received from NCDOTaddressing our initial concerns and the additional public comments, we 178 have a second letter going out with further comments. Everything we have to date is on the transportation website if 179 you would like to review it. I have been unofficially advised that the State Legislaturemay be entering the discussion.180 181 Annette Jurgelski: I read about this in the News of Orange. Are the railroad crossings on private land?182 183 Abigaile Pittman: They are private rail crossings.184 185 Annette Jurgelski: If they are private crossings, are they not on private land?186 187 Paul Guthrie: Not at the right of way.188 189 Annette Jurgelski: Why would one group endorse it and another opposeit?190 191 Abigaile Pittman: The Byrdsvillegroup … there are multiple lakes up by the crossing with a grouping of nicer homes 192 and they have always been oriented to NC 10 and below them is the ByrdsvilleMobile Home park which is a different 193 type of subdivision and they don’t want to have to go through that to get out because they said their property values 194 would be destroyed if they were identified with the mobile home park.195 196 Paul Guthrie: Did they offer a solution?197 198 Abigaile Pittman: One solution was to go west of the lakes into the Joppa Oaks subdivision which they say is a much 199 better socio-economic solution for their property values, this route would take them out to NC 86. Anothersolution is 200 proposed because the NCDOT public road standards are proposedto end before they get into the mobile home park, 201 they are proposing to leave that as a big private lane that connects to the west where Duke Forest starts with public 202 road.So the opposing property owners are suggesting that they make a public road through the mobile home park, 203 which would make this a 60 foot wide right-of-way through the mobile home park. This would wipe out a number of204 the mobile homes because the lots are so narrow and they thought this would be another way to address their 205 concerns, however, planning staff has noted that these mobile homes are not on permanent foundations and can be 206 moved back to allow for a new public road. 207 208 Paul Guthrie: What is the terrain like at the crossing?209 210 Abigaile Pittman: It is a slight hill.211 212 Paul Guthrie: And the track is up high and the road on either side is low.213 214 6 ReturntoAgenda