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12 <br /> <br />• Its process for assigning local input points incorporates both quantitative data and <br />priorities from member jurisdictions that must rank their scored projects. <br />• The top two ranked projects scored for each member county (Chatham, Lee, Moore, <br />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 /> <br />No BOCC actions are required at this time for the Durham – Chapel Hill – Carrboro <br />Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO) and Burlington-Graham Metropolitan <br />Planning Organization (BG MPO). Following is a brief update on their local input point <br />processes for information. <br /> <br />DCHC MPO <br />• Orange County submitted 19 transportation projects to DCHC MPO of which 6 were <br />scored. <br />• DCHC MPO staff is conducting its quantitative based process and will publish the results <br />for a 21-day public review period running from May 14 through June 4. <br /> <br />BG MPO <br />• Orange County submitted 3 transportation projects to BG MPO, none of which were <br />scored through SPOT 5.0 due to BG MPO project ranking and selection processing, <br />which put projects with the highest pre-preliminary scores forward. <br />• Orange County staff is working with BG MPO staff and staff of other member <br />jurisdictions to develop a process for SPOT 6.0 that considers more than just pre- <br />preliminary scores as prerequisite for formal scoring. <br /> <br />Additional specifics on the local input point methodologies of the two MPOs and RPO were <br />provided as an Information Item to the BOCC at its January 23, 2018 meeting. <br /> <br />OUTBoard Recommendation for Ranking of County Transportation Priorities in TARPO – All <br />counties within TARPO have been asked to rank their scored transportation projects. At its <br />April 18, 2018 meeting, the OUTBoard recommended the following: <br /> <br />• Orange County Public Transit Purchase of Two Light-Transit Vehicles be ranked as the <br />County’s top project, followed by Old Greensboro Road and Efland-Cedar Grove Road <br />Modernization and 4’ paved shoulder (Attachment 1). <br />• NC-54 should not be ranked, as it is not identified as a County priority and completion of <br />the NC 54 Corridor Study remains pending. <br />• NCDOT should include crosswalks, intersection improvements and bike/pedestrian <br />safety modifications when doing modernization projects. <br />• Bridge on Old Greensboro should accommodate pedestrian and vehicular safety. <br /> <br />Transportation Planning Staff Comments – It is clear that Orange County’s top two ranked <br />projects will receive the maximum (100) local input points from TARPO through its <br />methodology.