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Approved May 21, 2008 <br />Page 1 of 5 <br />1 <br />MINUTES 1 ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION BOARD MEETING 2 MARCH 19, 2008 3 <br /> 4 MEMBERS PRESENT: Sam Lasris, Cedar Grove Township; Nancy Cole Baker, Pedestrian Access Advocate; Jan 5 <br />Grossman, Bicycle Transportation Advocate; Julian (Randy) Marshall, Bingham Township; Paul Guthrie, Chapel Hill 6 <br />Township; Karen Barrows, Little River Township; Pascale Mittendorf, Hillsborough Township; Alice Gordon, Board of 7 <br />County Commissioners; Bryn Smith, CFE Representative; Dawn Brezina, Eno Township; Eric Tillman, EDC 8 <br />Representative 9 <br /> 10 MEMBERS ABSENT: Sandra Quinn Johnson, Eno Township, Planning Board Representative; Al Terry, Transportation 11 <br />Services Board Representative 12 <br /> 13 STAFF PRESENT: Karen Lincoln, Transportation Planner; Donna Davenport, Administrative Assistant II 14 <br /> 15 OTHERS PRESENT: Pat Strong, TJCOG 16 17 <br />I. Call to order and roll call 18 <br /> 19 II. Consideration of additions to the agenda 20 <br /> 21 III. Board Comments/Updates 22 <br /> 23 <br />Randy Marshall inquired about the bids for widening and resurfacing of Orange Grove Road. How could they be 24 <br />reminded to add two feet from Dodson Crossroads to NC 54, and also the two feet that was promised this year? 25 <br /> 26 <br />Sam Lasris suggested they be contacted. He said he went to the DOT website and gave five places that had 27 <br />problems and they quickly had them repaired. He suggested the website. 28 <br /> 29 <br />IV. Approval of Minutes of November 14, 2007 meeting 30 <br />a) January 16, 2008, meeting minutes (Attachment 1) 31 b) February 20, 2008 meeting minutes, (Attachment 2) 32 <br />OUTBoard Action: A. Approve January 16, 2008 minutes 33 <br /> 34 MOTION made by Paul Guthrie to approve minutes. Seconded by Jan Grossman. 35 VOTE: Unanimous 36 <br /> 37 <br />OUTBoard Action: B. Approve February 20, 2008 minutes 38 <br /> 39 <br />Bryn Smith shared concerns about the minutes not being inline with what had been suggested before about 40 <br />summarization. The February minutes were not summarized but detailed. 41 <br /> 42 <br />Sam Lasris agreed with her statements. 43 <br /> 44 MOTION made by Bryn Smith to table the minutes for February 20, 2008. Seconded by Paul Guthrie. 45 VOTE: Unanimous 46 <br /> 47 <br />V. Comprehensive Plan Update: Transportation Element 48 <br /> 49 <br />Nancy Baker discussed the information from the joint meeting with the Planning Board, and discussed the 50 <br />OUTBoard’s meeting following the joint meeting. She discussed her work regarding the possible objectives she had 51 <br />prepared in a different format than the consultant’s format. She explained that she had developed a format that 52