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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 1, 2018 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 6 -b <br />1 <br />SUBJECT: SPOT 5.0 Update and Recommendations on County Transportation Priorities in <br />TARPO <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: (919) <br />1. Orange County Recommendation for Nishith Trivedi, Transportation Planner <br />Ranking Projects within TARPO and 245 -2582 <br />Map Tom Altieri, Planner III, 245 -2579 <br />2. Orange County - Preliminary Scores Craig Benedict, Planning Director, 245- <br />2575 <br />PURPOSE: To receive an update on Strategic Prioritization Office of Transportation (SPOT) 5.0 <br />activities from Orange County Transportation Planning staff and consider the Orange Unified <br />Transportation Board's (OUTBoard) recommendation for Orange County's priorities within the <br />Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization ( TARPO). <br />BACKGROUND: <br />SPOT 5.0 Update — The North Carolina Department of Transportation ( NCDOT) released its <br />SPOT 5.0 scores on April 3, 2018. Metropolitan and Rural Planning Organizations (MPO /RPO) <br />are limited to the number of transportation projects that can be submitted and scored through <br />the process. Orange County's prioritized transportation projects scored in SPOT 5.0 are now <br />subject to different MPO /RPO adopted — and NCDOT approved — local input point processes. <br />Projects receiving local input points will ultimately score higher than those that do not, which <br />increases likelihood of State funding through the State Transportation Improvement Program <br />(STIP) FY 2020 -2029. Following are some key aspects of the local input assignment <br />methodologies from each of the County's applicable transportation planning organizations: <br />Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization ( TARPO) <br />• Orange County submitted 6 transportation projects to TARPO of which 3 were scored. <br />• Its process for assigning local input points incorporates both quantitative data <br />and briorities from member iurisdictions who must rank their scored aroiects. <br />• The top two ranked projects scored for each member county (Chatham, Lee, Moore, and <br />Orange) in TARPO will be given the full 100 local input points. <br />• Additionally, the 6 next - highest scoring projects within TARPO will also be allocated 100 <br />local input points. These projects will be determined after all counties have submitted <br />their rankings, which are due to TARPO staff by May 15. <br />• TARPO staff will conduct a public drop -in session to present the local input assignments <br />and gather input during late- May /early -June. <br />