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Approved3/21/18 3 109 Jenn Sykes suggested adding the timelines for funding and the restrictions to that funding.110 111 Alyson West suggested addingdescriptions ofthe funding streamsand how one gets them. 112 113 Alex Castro suggested also sharing the orientation material with the BOCC.114 115 Abigaile Pittmannoteda Transportation 101presentationfor the commissioner that isbeing worked on by staff.116 117 Heidi Perry mentioned funding sources.118 119 Alex Castronoted those funding sources may be changing soon. 120 121 Abigaile Pittman said information about funding sourceswill likely have to be updated as changes are made. 122 123 Erle Smith said he finds the Durham-Chapel Hill explanationhelpful,particularly Section 2, and he suggested adding 124 it to the website. He also agreed that adding a “who is who” document would be helpful.125 126 Alex Castro said MaxBushell did some tutorials when changes went into effect. He thinks the previous staff meetings 127 would have elements that could be pulled for the primer. 128 129 Jenn Sykes suggested addingroadmaps that arecolor coded so that people can easily identify whether a road is a 130 state road or town road. This would help people understand why some roads get plowedwhen it snowsand others 131 do not get plowed by the same government.132 133 Abigaile Pittman replied that there arestate maps that havestate route numbers to indicate state maintained roads.134 The state also has an alphabetical list of roads that the state maintains. A link could be provided to this information 135 and placed on the county’s website. 136 137 Heidi Perry noted there is a number to call the state to fix potholes on state roads, which should be included inthe 138 transportation area of the county’s website.139 140 Abigaile Pittmansaid she cannotupdate these materialsall at once butshe wouldlike to get started. She willwork on141 a table of contents for the Board’s approval, and after that start on the first couple of chapters and add them to the 142 agendafor a future meeting, and so forth.143 144 8C.B-GMPOUPDATES (ABIGAILE PITTMAN)145 146 Abigaile Pittman reviewed that last NovemberOrange CountyPlanning staff expressed some concerns regarding the 147 process the Burlington-GrahamMPO hadin place. Specifically, staff members were concerned aboutinfrequent 148 meetings (four times a year), the meetings not syncingwith the NCDOT schedule for deadlines for project 149 submissions, Also,Planning staff felt thatthe MPO has beentoo dependent on the way the project was scored 150 during the past SPOT cycle; Orange County staffacknowledges that the quantitative scores are very important but 151 feltthat there wasn’tenough local involvement in developing the projectlist. Also, Orange County staff had concerns152 that there wasn’t enough consideration at the TCC level for regional efforts. Orange Countystaff proposed a TCC 153 subcommittee to work on future6.0 SPOT criteria and is trying to get revised rules about the process. The B-G MPO 154 Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC)gavethe go-ahead to createthe subcommittee.155 156 Abigaile Pittman reviewed the revisionsthe subcommittee has made so far. The TCC will meet10 times a year. 157 (however the TAC will continue to meet four times a year).There is now a full-time MPO staff person hired to replace 158 a previouspart-time contractual position.The TCC subcommittee has identified SPOT methodologies it likes 159 (Tarboro’s, Fayetteville’sand Wilmington’s).The subcommittee isencouraging regionalism. The previous day the 160 subcommitteeraisedthe cap ofthe transportation planning grant from$25,000 to $50,000.If any money is left over, 161