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Approved 4/18/18 <br />MINUTES1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY OUTBOARD2 <br />MARCH 21,20183 <br />REGULAR MEETING4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />MEMBERS PRESENT:Heidi Perry (Chair), At-Large Representative; DavidLaudicina, Cheeks Township 7 <br />Representative;Alex Castro (Vice-Chair), Bingham Township Representative;Jenn Sykes, At-Large; Ed Vaughn, 8 <br />Cedar Grove Township Representative;Brantley Wells, Hillsborough Township Representative; Art Menius, At-Large 9 <br />Representative; Alyson West, At-Large Representative;Ted Triebel, Little River Township Representative;Donna 10 <br />Musson, Eno Township Representative11 <br />12 <br />MEMBERS ABSENT:Jeff Charles, At-Large Representative;Justin Miller, At-LargeRepresentative; Gary Saunders, 13 <br />At-Large Representative;Erle Smith, Chapel Hill Township Representative;14 <br />15 <br />STAFF PRESENT:Kim Livingston, DEPAR; Abigaile Pittman, Transportation/Land Use Planner;Nishith Trivedi, 16 <br />Transportation Planner; Meredith Kern, Administrative Assistant.17 <br />18 <br />OTHERS PRESENT:Cheryl Sadgrove, Minutes Preparer.19 <br />20 <br />AGENDA ITEM 1:CALL TO ORDER AND DETERMINATION OF QUORUM21 <br />HeidiPerrycalled the meeting to order at6:34p.m.and confirmed the presence of a quorum.22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />AGENDA ITEM 2:APPROVAL OF MINUTES25 <br />FEBRUARY 21,2018,MEETING26 <br />27 <br />Art Menius requestedadding thedate of the June BOCC Meeting (June 5) at line 74.28 <br />29 <br />MOTION by Alex Castroto approve the February 21, 2018,OUTBoard Minuteswith correction. Seconded by Art 30 <br />Menius.31 <br />VOTE:UNANIMOUS32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />AGENDA ITEM 3:CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA35 <br />There were no additions.36 <br />37 <br />AGENDA ITEM 4:SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS38 <br />39 <br />AGENDA ITEM 4A:APPROVAL OF MOUNTAINS TO SEA TRAIL (MST)THROUGH ORANGE COUNTY (KIM LIVINGSTON,40 <br />DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT,AGRICULTURE,PARKS AND RECREATION,AND ABIGAILE 41 <br />PITTMAN)42 <br />Kim Livingston shared a map of the possible Mountains-to-Sea Trail route through Orange County, which would be 43 <br />about 15 milesofthe roughly 1,000-mile trail. 44 <br />45 <br />The parts in Orange County are called Segment 11 and Segment 12. Segment 12 is Hillsborough’s River walk46 <br />greenway,which will connect to Eno River State Park. OrangeCounty isfocused on Segment 11, which will startin 47 <br />Hillsborough and will use the Occoneechee Mountain trails, connect to the Seven Mile Creek Preserve, go across 48 <br />ruralproperty toconnect to the Cane CreekReservoir, and exit the county toward Saxapahaw.49 <br />50 <br />Kim Livingston reviewed that the planning process for the Orange County trail segments began more than two years 51 <br />ago and included several community meetings. On January 23, 2018, the Orange County Board of Commissioners 52 <br />adopted the proposed route. 53 <br />54 <br />Kim Livingston reviewed that the connection to Saxapahaw had been anticipated to beSaxapahaw-Bethlehem 55 <br />Church Road but AlamanceCountyis working on bringingthetrail through Morrow Mill Road,which is less busy. 56