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MINUTES1 <br />ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION BOARD2 <br />JUNE 19,20133 <br />4 <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: Paul Guthrie, Chapel Hill Township;Jeff Charles, Bicycle Advocate; Alex Castro, Bingham 5 <br />Township; Susie Enoch, Cheeks Township;Annette Jurgelski, Eno Township;Jeff Miles, Pedestrian Access & Safety 6 <br />Advocate;Andrea Rohrbacher, Planning Board Representative;7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />MEMBERS ABSENT: Sam Lasris, Cedar Grove Township; Ted Triebel, Little River Township;Amy Cole, Transit 10 <br />Advocate;Hillsborough Township - Vacant;Economic Development Commission - Vacant; CfE Representative-11 <br />Vacant; 12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />STAFF PRESENT:Craig Benedict, Planning Director; Abigaile Pittman, Transportation/Land UsePlanner;Tina Love, 15 <br />Administrative Assistant II16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />OTHERS PRESENT:Erik Landfried, Triangle Transit; Darcy Zorio, Triangle Transit19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />AGENDA ITEM I: CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />AGENDA ITEM II: APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR APRIL17,201325 <br />REVIEW OF MEETING NOTES FOR MAY 22,201326 <br />27 <br />The April 17, 2013 OUTBoard Minutes were approved by consensus.28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />AGENDA ITEM III: CONSIDERATIONS OF ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />AGENDA ITEM IV: REGULAR AGENDA34 <br />1.Update from John Tallmadge, Triangle Transit (TT) Director of Regional Services 35 <br />Development on the status of the Orange County Bus and Rail Investment Plan 36 <br />(OCBRIP) and it implementation. 37 <br />2.Update from Craig Benedict, Orange County Planning Director on theBoard of 38 <br />County Commissioners’ (BOCC) Review of, and comment on TT’s implementation 39 <br />plans for the OCBRIP40 <br />OUTBoard Action:To receive the updates from TT staff and Orange County Planning 41 <br />Director and provide feedback.42 <br />43 <br />Craig Benedict: Introduced Darcy Zorio and Erik Landfried. We are going to talk about the Orange County Bus and 44 <br />Rail Investment Plan (BRIP). I am going to present the PowerPoint information from last night. The BOCC meeting 45 <br />last night was a further staff update to a presentation done by Triangle Transit done on May 1, 2013. For the past 46 <br />month, we have addressedthe monies from the half cent sales and the seven dollar tag fees which are some of the 47 <br />revenue sources for public transit in OrangeCounty. Thosewill move forward to both project developmentsin the48 <br />Light Rail System (LRT) and also for use in the Enhance Bus Services in Orange County. We transmitted comments 49 <br />from the May 21 meeting. One of the BOCCs recommendations last night was that comments/questions should be 50 <br />coordinated by the joint staffs and have those resolved before the meeting. Next, Triangle Transit’s East West route 51 <br />options. We also suggested a public outreach schedule at the May 21 meeting. Triangle Transit suggested a series 52 <br />of workshops by January 1, 2014. The next item was better coordination between triangle staff and planning staff. 53 <br />54 <br />Jeff Charles: When will the $30 to $36 milliondollars, when will they start spending the money?55 <br />2 <br />ReturntoAgenda