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D R A F T <br />MINUTES1 <br />ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION BOARD2 <br />MARCH 20,20133 <br />4 <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: Paul Guthrie, Chapel Hill Township;Jeff Charles, Bicycle Advocate; Alex Castro, Bingham 5 <br />Township; Annette Jurgelski, Eno Township; 6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />MEMBERS ABSENT: Susie Enoch, Cheeks Township; Bryant Warren, Hillsborough Township; Sam Lasris, Cedar 9 <br />Grove Township; Ted Triebel, Little River Township; Jeff Miles, Pedestrian Access & Safety Advocate; Amy Cole, 10 <br />Transit Advocate; Economic Development Commission - Vacant; CfE Representative-Vacant; Planning Board 11 <br />Representative- Vacant; 12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />STAFF PRESENT:Craig Benedict, Planning Director; Abigaile Pittman,Transportation/Land UsePlanner;Al Terry, 15 <br />Transportation Manager; Tina Love, Administrative Assistant II16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />OTHERS PRESENT:Tamra Shaw, NCDOT; David Bonk, Town of Chapel Hill19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />AGENDA ITEM I: CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />AGENDA ITEM II: INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS:Craig Benedict, Planning Director; Al Terry, Orange County 25 <br />Transportation Manager; Tamra Shaw, Senior Mobility Development Specialist NCDOT 26 <br />Public Transportation Division; David Bonk, Town of Chapel Hill Senior Transportation 27 <br />Manager28 <br />29 <br />Paul Guthrie welcomed and introduced the guests. 30 <br />31 <br />Tamra Shaw advised the group that her office had just had a call for projects which has ended but there is an annual 32 <br />call for projects and she would like to talk about that when the time rolls around,probably around August or 33 <br />September. She would like to come and talk about the funding opportunities. The big thing her department is 34 <br />dealing with right now is the locally coordinated human services transportation plan, developed byworking with the 35 <br />local councils of government. It is an assessment of unmet needs in the county.36 <br />37 <br />Craig Benedict introduced David Bonk from the Town of Chapel Hill andnoted that David is the Durham-Chapel Hill- 38 <br />Carrboro MPO Vice-Chair and is the primary conduit to the MPO for matters dealing with transportation and funding 39 <br />for a variety of public transit initiatives.40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />AGENDA ITEM III: APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 20,201343 <br />44 <br />Approval of minutes for the February 20, 2013 meeting weremoved to the April 17, 2013 OUTBoard meetingdue to 45 <br />lack of a quorum. 46 <br />47 <br />48 <br />AGENDA ITEM IV: CONSIDERATIONS OF ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA49 <br />50 <br />51 <br />AGENDA ITEM V: REGULAR AGENDA52 <br />Next Steps for Implementing the Bus and Rail Investment Plan(BRIP)53 <br />OUTBoard Action:To receive information in preparation for future OUTBoard role.54 <br />55 <br />9 <br />ReturntoAgenda