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Approved 8/27/08 Page 1 of 2 MINUTES 1 ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION BOARD MEETING 2 JUNE 18, 2008 3 4 MEMBERS PRESENT: Nancy Cole Baker (Vice Chair), Pedestrian Access Advocate; Karen Barrows, Little River Township; Jan 5 Grossman, Bicycle Transportation Advocate; Paul Guthrie, Chapel Hill Township; Julian (Randy) Marshall, Bingham 6 Township; Pascale Mittendorf, Hillsborough Township; Bryn Smith, CFE Representative; Al Terry, Transportation Services 7 Board Representative; Eric Tillman, EDC Representative; Alice Gordon, Board of County Commissioners. 8 9 MEMBERS ABSENT: Sam Lasris, Cedar Grove Township and Chair, Dawn Brezina, Eno Township. 10 11 STAFF PRESENT: Karen Lincoln, Transportation Planner. 12 13 OTHERS PRESENT: Pat Strong, Triangle J. COG. 14 15 I. Call to order and roll call 16 Vice Chair Nancy Baker called the meeting to order. 17 18 II. Consideration of additions to the agenda 19 Bryn Smith stated that she is writing a letter to the editor of multiple newspapers to request support for obtaining free 20 or reduced transit passes like UNC’s “Go” pass for employees who work in the the Duke University system. She would like to 21 mention her affiliation with the OUTBoard and it’s role as Orange County’s transportation advisory board. 22 23 III. Board Comments/Updates 24 Nancy Baker gave an update on Orange County’s Safe Routes to School Action Plan Service Award application, 25 which the OUTBoard championed. Leza Mundt, NCDOT SRTS Coordinator has notified the County that Orange County has 26 received the award. 27 28 IV. Approval of Minutes of May 21, 2008, meeting 29 The OUTBoard approved the May 21, 2008, minutes by affirmation. 30 31 V. Election of Officers 32 The board unanimously affirmed reelection of Sam Lasris as Chair and Nancy Baker as Vice chair. 33 34 VI. Final report of the Special Transit Advisory Commission (STAC) 35 Pat Strong gave a presentation of the final report of the STAC, and distributed handouts of his presentation. Key 36 points of the presentation included: 37 • STAC process and relationship to the regional transportation process; 38 • Capital Area MPO and the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro MPO agreement for joint development of a Regional Transit 39 Vision Plan; 40 • Robust public outreach/community engagement effort through the appointment of the Special Transit Advisory 41 Commission; 42 • Guiding principles for the Regional Transit Vision Plan study; 43 • Transit Infrastructure Blueprint Project technical analysis; 44 • Types of corridor transit investments; 45 • Maps showing 1) recommended Regional Transit Vision Plan transit investments; 46 2) enhanced region-wide bus service; and 47 3) recommended rail investments; 48 • Cost of recommended transit improvements and recommended major funding sources. 49 50 Paul Guthrie asked if the technical analysis considered changes in development trends. Pat Strong replied that the 51 technical analysis included a land use analysis that looked at current and projected development in corridors. He directed the 52 board to look at the full report, which is available on the internet. 53 54