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22 <br /> <br />o Wheelchair Lift @ Central Recreation & Parking Improvement @ Efland <br />Community Center - $32,000 <br />o Fire Alarm System Upgrades - $25,000 <br /> Court Street Annex <br /> OCPT Administration <br /> Chapel Hill Visitors’ Center Building <br /> <br />Commissioner Price said more signage is needed downstairs in the Whitted building to <br />inform the public of the option to go inside the glass doors and ride the elevator up to the <br />second floor meeting room, instead of using the outside stairs. <br />Commissioner Price said the exterior steps are not safe, and there has to be some way <br />to improve them. <br />Jeff Thompson said the steps are coming out of design now, and funding is already in <br />place to fix them. He said he is working with the Town of Hillsborough on this item. <br />Bonnie Hammersley said the signs for Whitted can be done without adding them to the <br />CIP. <br />Travis Myren resumed the presentation: <br /> <br />• Orange County Public Transportation Bus Shelters - $125,000 (page 40) <br />Project Description/Justification: The Orange County Transit Plan, updated in April 2017, <br />includes bus stop improvements for Orange County Public Transportation (OCPT) through the <br />½ cent public transit sales tax. During FY 2018-19, $124,971 will be made available to design, <br />engineer, and install up to five bus shelters on OCPT routes. An Orange County staff team, <br />with assistance from GoTriangle is considering the highest ridership stops for improvements. <br />Sites presently being considered include Faucette Mill Rd/US 70; Rainey St./US 70; Hampton <br />Point/New NC 86 (2-shelters, one on each side of New NC 86); and at two stops on Martin <br />Luther King Boulevard in Chapel Hill. These stops are located on either the Hillsborough <br />Circulator or the Orange-Chapel Hill Connector OCPT routes. The transit shelter includes a <br />bench and shelter, and can be equipped with solar lighting for any to be located in low-light <br />areas. <br /> <br />FY2018-23 Recommended Capital Investment Plan <br />Policy Priorities <br />• Orange County Public Transit – Bus Shelters - $125,000 (p. 40) <br />o Five Bus Shelters <br /> Located along Hillsborough Circulator and Orange-Chapel Hill <br />Connector Routes <br /> May be used for Chapel Hill Transit and GoTriangle Routes <br />o Funded with Article 43 (1/2 Cent Transit Sales Tax) Funds <br /> <br />Chair Dorosin asked if it is possible to have benches without the anti-homeless dividers <br />at the bus shelters. <br />Theo Letman, Transportation Director, said he thinks this may be is an ADA component <br />to the bench. <br />Chair Dorosin asked if this information could be verified and shared with the BOCC. <br />Commissioner Price said she has heard that those in a wheelchair find it difficult to get <br />from the sidewalk to the bus due to patches of grass or dirt. <br />Commissioner Price said the bus stop on Highway 70 is bad, and there is nothing there <br />but a pole in the grass. She said it is dangerous. <br />Travis Myren resumed the presentation: