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D R A F T <br />Bret Martin: The money that is being divided up throughout the statefor divisionsis 30% of thestate’s transportation56 <br />money and will go to capital projects. There is a statewide scoring methodologythat applies toallprojects but all the 57 <br />division projects will be ranked at the division level and then the MPO/RPO level.58 <br />59 <br />Alex Castro: We are in division 7, Orange County, less the MPO, Durham is in Division 5 so you have cross 60 <br />jurisdictional conflicts, how do you resolve that when the Chapel Hill Durham MPO is partially in Division 7 and 61 <br />partially in Division 5. Do they have to be coordinated by both divisions?62 <br />63 <br />Bret Martin: Yes, they will. 64 <br />65 <br />Paul Guthrie: Why don’t you go through the description because there are other questions?66 <br />67 <br />Bret Martin: (Continued presentation).68 <br />69 <br />Paul Guthrie: There is already, if you look at our previous materials from the Triangle Transit, you notice there is a 70 <br />commuter rail link starts in Raleigh and stops in Durham County which is part of a longer plan. One of the 71 <br />motivations is because that is the line where the district ends. I think that is a manifestation of what we will see on 72 <br />moreactivities as we go along with the plan and have strategy as to how we deal with that.73 <br />74 <br />Bret Martin: Some of the criticismregarding the equity formula will pop up with this. (Continued presentation).75 <br />76 <br />Ted Triebel: In this formula, decisions are made at the district level for some things and a regional level for other 77 <br />things. At the district level, we are competing with Greensboro and Burlington/Graham than anything inOrange 78 <br />County. At the regionallevel, we are competing with Winston Salem and awhole list of towns down to Charlotte. 79 <br />Most of our contacts are now to the east, we are at a disadvantage in being able to fully incorporate ourselves in the 80 <br />Research Triangle under this formula.81 <br />82 <br />Bret Martin: That is a fair statement. 83 <br />84 <br />Paul Guthrie: When were these divisions set up?85 <br />86 <br />Bret Martin: Many decades ago to coordinate with prison labor to deal with road maintenance.(Continued 87 <br />presentation).88 <br />89 <br />Jeff Charles: Do bicycle facilities fall under this?90 <br />91 <br />Bret Martin: Yes.92 <br />93 <br />Jeff Charles: The division needs the SR routes which are the regional ones where we want the bike lanes for the 94 <br />most part. 95 <br />96 <br />Bret Martin: I will get to that in a moment. There are specific changes that apply to that.97 <br />98 <br />Paul Guthrie: 25% of the 50% is local input and the other 25% is DOT Engineer input. The 50% is really 25%.99 <br />100 <br />Bret Martin: 25% is the division rank and 25% is the local input. The division rank means, how did the project score 101 <br />according to the same criteria within the division as opposed to against. (Continued presentation).102 <br />103 <br />Jeff Charles: If DOT is going to have 100% statewide; 50% plus the division DOT Engineer’s 25%, that is 75% 104 <br />regional control and then in the sub regional they get 50% plus another 25%. It seems the MPO/RPO rank is 0 at the 105 <br />statewide region and 25% at the sub-regional.106 <br />107 <br />Ted Triebel: Minimal influence.108 <br />109 <br />4