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Approved 4/18/18 <br />Kim Livingston said Orange County’sMillhouse regional park has some greenway andislooking at some affordable 113 <br />housing and greenway options in that area.114 <br />115 <br />Heidi Perry said the2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan includes an Old N.C. 86 connection. Kim Livingston said 116 <br />she is aware of that.117 <br />118 <br />Art Menius said Orange County is slowly moving towarda county historical marker process. 119 <br />120 <br />Alyson West asked what kind of facilities would be at Seven Mile Creek.121 <br />122 <br />Kim Livingstonsaid the road and parking area are currently under constructionand staff has constructed official 123 <br />trails. This will be a nature preserve.124 <br />125 <br />Jenn Sykes said it could be possible to connect Hillsborough’s Kings Highway Park with Seven Mile Creekand asked 126 <br />Kim Livingston how that could be done. 127 <br />128 <br />Kim Livingstonsaid that isn’t something she has explored but she could see that being a good spur trail. 129 <br />130 <br />131 <br />AGENDA ITEM 5.REGULAR OUTBOARD AGENDA (ACTION ITEMS)132 <br />133 <br />134 <br />AGENDA ITEM 5A.BICYCLE SAFETY IMPLEMENTATION SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT (ART MENIUS,ABIGAILE PITTMAN)135 <br />Abigaile Pittman said the subcommittee hasbeen focused on creatingvideos involving some local well-known 136 <br />people, high school students and some professional videographers. She and Heidi Perry described some of the 137 <br />scenarios from the videos. Videos created so far have involved Hillsborough Mayor Tom Stevens and the principal of 138 <br />Cedar Ridge High School. Two more videos in April will involve Orange County Commissioner Renee Price and 139 <br />Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood.The videos will be shown June 5 at the meeting of the Orange County 140 <br />Board of Commissioners.141 <br />142 <br />Art Menius added thatprimarily the distribution will be on YouTube and shared on social media. 143 <br />144 <br />AbigailePittmannoted that the subcommittee hastoencumber all of itsmoney through estimates and purchase 145 <br />orders by April 30. 146 <br />147 <br />David Laudicina said he used to frequently see cyclists pulling a baby trailer on Dairyland Road and asked how the 148 <br />subcommittee addresses that safety concern. 149 <br />150 <br />Heidi Perry answered that you have tobuild a greenway.151 <br />152 <br />Alyson Westsaid enforce the speed limit. 153 <br />154 <br />David Laudicina pointedout the baby traileris wider than the bicycle.155 <br />156 <br />Abigaile Pittman reported thatOrange Countyhas plans to install 20 signs around edges of rural buffers. On seven or 157 <br />eight of those sign poles, the bicycle subcommittee will install a drive safely sign.158 <br />159 <br />Heidi Perry added that thesubcommittee was also thinking of holdinga reception with possibly a bike rodeo for kids. 160 <br />161 <br />162 <br />AGENDA ITEM 5B.DRAFT OUTBOARD ORIENTATION TABLE OF CONTENTS (ABIGAILE PITTMAN)163 <br />Abigaile Pittman said good comments were made about the orientation materials at the last meeting. Staffheld 164 <br />meetingsto discusschanges.The orientation materials would be available online and include a lot of links to primary 165 <br />sources so that as information from the primary sources changes, anyone reading through the orientation materials 166 <br />would have access to the latest information. There will also be a page with transportation acronyms. 167 <br />168