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16 <br /> <br />Cedar Grove Road ranked number 2; and OCPT ranked number 3. He said staff agrees with <br />these recommendations, and the OUTBoard recommends ranking OCPT as number one. <br />Commissioner Marcoplos said he drives Old Greensboro Road all the time, and it would <br />be nice to see some improvements. <br />Chair Dorosin referred to the same slide, and asked if the maximum number of points a <br />project could receive is 50. <br />Nishith Trivedi said yes, the maximum score is 50 based on NCDOT’s quantitative data. <br />Chair Dorosin clarified that none of Orange County’s projects scored higher than 25. <br />Nishith Trivedi said yes. He said NCDOT is now looking for local input points, which will <br />raise the score. <br />Chair Dorosin asked if the local input scores will go in the second column, or be added <br />to the division score. <br />Nishith Trivedi said it will be added to the division score. He said the top ranking item will <br />get the most number of points added, but there is no guarantee that any projects will get <br />funded. He said the maximum amount any project can score is 100 points total. <br />Commissioner McKee said given that the impact of the reservoir expansion on Efland - <br />Cedar Grove Road is an unknown, he suggested that the BOCC be laser focused on getting <br />transit services, and thus move Efland - Cedar Grove out of contention. <br /> Commissioner Marcoplos asked if choosing only one item to recommend, would <br />guarantee any more certainty of funding. <br /> Nishith Trivedi said items number one and two will each receive 100 points. <br /> <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Rich for the Board to approve the OUTBoard <br />recommendation included in Attachment 1 as the County’s ranking and submit to the TARPO. <br /> <br />Commissioner McKee said Old Greensboro Road is more critical, since it has a lot of <br />bike traffic, and he would rank this project higher than the transit buses. He said he would love <br />to see 4-foot shoulders added to Old NC 86. <br />Commissioner Marcoplos echoed Commissioner McKee’s comments, and said so many <br />of the rural roads are dangerous on a daily basis. <br />Commissioner Marcoplos asked Theo Letman, Transportation Director, if he could give <br />the relative value of recommending the transit buses versus the roadwork. <br />Theo Letman said the transit vehicles are necessary for the fixed deviated services that <br />the County has been planning to deploy, as well as for ADA services. <br />Commissioner Marcoplos asked if the cost for these buses is known. <br />Theo Letman said $54,000 per bus. <br />Commissioner Jacobs said, at the last meeting, three advisory boards reported a need <br />for increased transportation in rural areas, and the Board also recently discussed the lack of <br />funding to purchase a public transportation vehicle. He said he likes the idea of the bike lanes, <br />but he said the highest priority is public transportation. <br />Commissioner Price asked if the BOCC could just recommend only two projects, and <br />put all the weight of the points on the top 2. <br />Nishith Trivedi said yes. <br />Commissioner McKee said Old Greensboro Road and OCPT are priorities, and he does <br />not oppose the motion in any way. <br />Commissioner Burroughs seconded the motion. <br /> <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />