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Approved May 21, 2008 Page 3 of 5 3 MOTION made by Bryn Smith made a motion that the criteria favor sites convenient for rail access for the transfer of 105 the waste out of the County. Seconded by Randy Marshall. 106 VOTE: Unanimous 107 108 Paul Guthrie returned to discussion about Nancy’s proposed revisions to the Transportation Element. He stated that 109 the board needed to be visionary and that was not seen in the document prepared by the consultant. 110 111 Nancy Baker reviewed her document that explained that transportation is a network of nodes (places) and edges 112 (connections between the nodes) and traffic is the activity on that network. The last two sections define qualities the 113 OUTBoard wants the system to include and the system should relate to other systems. 114 115 There was discussion about the document template and the information listed in the document. 116 117 Paul Guthrie described the format and the way the plan was laid out will set the course for the document which takes 118 the given (existing conditions) and projects into the future. He said the consultants should know they have limited the 119 vision of this document by the way it was portrayed up front. 120 121 Karen Barrows asked Paul to give examples of what he means by a visionary. Paul Guthrie responded that the plan 122 should reflect on what will the county be like in the year 2030 and ask if the current structure is adequate for the 123 community of 2030 (and propose actions to ensure adequate facilities for 2030). 124 125 Jan Grossman expressed that he is not sure the group believes that Orange County should have more control over 126 funding. 127 128 Sam Lasris stated the plan is an effort to take control of it. 129 130 Commissioner Gordon stated that the group should propose what it thinks needs to be done. Sam Lasris said the 131 group did make comments before, but the consultants did not change the document to include them. 132 133 Bryn Smith said someone told her there could be legislation pushing the counties to begin funding their roads and 134 taking away State money. 135 136 Nancy Baker asked how our objectives could be flexible. Sam Lasris asked if there is something in the plan about 137 funding. Karen Lincoln answered that it comes in the implementation part that will follow. 138 139 Nancy Baker asked Karen Lincoln if the objectives would change. Karen Lincoln said they might. She also stated 140 the plan should be revisited in a reasonable amount of time. 141 142 Paul Guthrie expressed concerned that one area that nether document deals with is the place where individuals can 143 come and go from one type of transportation to another, transit connection centers. Karen Lincoln said that issue is 144 addressed under A (future nodes) that includes development of regulations conducive to efficient transportation hubs. 145 The transportation plan could identify appropriate locations for multi-modal stations. 146 147 Eric Tillman said that private transportation was excluded from this plan completely. Nancy Baker replied that it 148 belongs in several places. Paul Guthrie asked what is “private transportation”? Eric Tillman said privately owned 149 transportation providers (taxis and subscription van services). Nancy Baker suggested calling it private commercial. 150 Paul Guthrie offered a suggestion that it should be publicly and privately owned transportation. 151 152 Eric Tillman stated that Section 2F (establish Hillsborough in-town bus route) was a Hillsborough issue. Karen 153 Lincoln said Hillsborough does not have a public transportation system, but could contract with Orange Public 154 Transportation to establish an in town bus route. Paul Guthrie said we could encourage the establishment of 155 appropriate bus transit service systems throughout the County. The issue would be the ownership, public or private? 156