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D R A F T Attachment 1 <br />3 <br />109 <br />110 <br />111 <br />112 <br />113 <br />114 <br />115 <br />116 <br />117 <br />118 <br />119 <br />120 <br />121 <br />122 <br />123 <br />124 <br />125 <br />126 <br />127 <br />128 <br />129 <br />130 <br />131 <br />132 <br />133 <br />134 <br />135 <br />136 <br />137 <br />138 <br />139 <br />140 <br />141 <br />142 <br />143 <br />144 <br />145 <br />146 <br />147 <br />148 <br />149 <br />150 <br />151 <br />152 <br />153 <br />154 <br />155 <br />156 <br />157 <br />158 <br />159 <br />160 <br />161 <br />162 <br />Tom Altieri: In general, when you compare attendance to the number of people in the jurisdiction or noticed with the <br />information, it is a very small percentage. <br />Tom Altieri reviewed the request for a seat on the Burlington Graham MPO. <br />Annette Jurgelski: On page 32, are the points on that page from the MPO or the RPO that is another set of points? <br />Tom Altieri: Those are RPO projects. <br />Tom Altieri reviewed the status of the Safe Routes to School Action Plan. He noted that when Karen Lincoln left, her <br />update was that this Board had completed a draft plan working with a consultant, reviewed the draft, provided <br />comments and DOT was also to provide comments on the draft plan and the consultant was awaiting those <br />comments and intended to incorporate both OUTBoard comments and DOT comments simultaneously. I have <br />inquired about the status of the project and have not received a response to date. <br />Tom Altieri gave a brief update on the CMAQ noting he has familiarized himself with the reimbursement process and <br />the County just received its first check. <br />There was a short discussion about the bike rack for the buses and how they would be used. <br />Randy Marshall: What is the status of the Chapel Hill County Joint Transit Study? <br />Darcy Zorio: We are currently trying to get a schedule from the consultant as to when we can expect things to be <br />complete. <br />Tom Altieri: One of the County concerns is following consolidation, how does Orange County continue to maintain a <br />seat the table that ensures we maintain adequate service in the rural areas. <br />Randy Marshall: Chapel Hill, Durham/Raleigh, Triangle area has sucked all the transportation money anywhere they <br />can. <br />Tom Altieri: The last item is on Bicycle Safety. The response from Chair Pelissier has been included in your packet. <br />Randy Marshall: What is the appropriate length of time to wait to ask the Sheriff what he plans to do about this? <br />Nancy Cole Baker: We can invite the sheriff here to discuss this. <br />Jeff Charles: I think that is an excellent idea because part of the issue with cyclist is that sheriffs are enforcing traffic <br />safety laws for cyclists. A number of our cyclists go through red lights, stops signs without stopping and I think if <br />Orange County was known that the sheriff/deputies were enforcing by giving tickets that would benefit cyclists’ <br />safety. It would also defuse some of the comments made by drivers on the other side of the fence they also need to <br />enforce the two foot path that cars have to give cyclists, etc. They need to do both. It would be good to have the <br />sheriff here and have that discussion. <br />Renee Price: In this letter did you want the letter to talk to us or the BOCC or both? <br />Nancy Baker: I think we were talking about forwarding the issue to the sheriff but I think…… <br />Randy Marshall: Well we don’t tell the BOCC what to do with the referral, we referred it in hopes they would do they <br />did which was to refer it the sheriff. How that the sheriff has it, it seems it comes upon us to say, okay, this was <br />brought to us originally and referred to you by the Commissioners, can you give an idea what the response will be. <br />Two weeks ago a sheriff deputy was behind me and a cyclist went right through a stop and didn’t even slow down <br />and it didn’t even register to them that it had happened, it’s not on their radar. <br />Nancy Baker: If you could invite the Sheriff to come and talk to us at a meeting that would be great. <br />3