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Approved 2/18/09 4 VI. UNC-CH Airport Siting 167 168 Sam Lasris asked the member to review the letter from the County Commissioner to Dr. Thorpe that he passed out. 169 170 Karen Lincoln let the Board know that at the BOCC meeting the night before (11/18/08) citizen Glen Wallace spoke 171 and urged the County to act before the airport authority becomes active in siting the facility in order to protect scenic 172 byways and enact ordinances to offer protection to the scenic byways in Orange County. She also let them know 173 that the Planning Board had written a letter that is part of the OUTBoard packet. 174 175 Paul Guthrie said that he had read very carefully the statute that created the mess and he thinks it is without limit and 176 totally counter to the way the way the County and State operates. It removes or seriously hampers County 177 governance and could potentially void all the work that has been done on good planning and rezoning. 178 179 Alice Gordon suggested that since it says that the stricter zoning will apply that if Orange County doesn’t want this 180 and the County needs to act quickly to make changes. 181 182 Paul Guthrie offered that he has the economic analysis used as backing for this on disk if anyone wants it and that 183 you can also find it on Will Raymond’s blog (www.citizenwill.org). 184 185 Bryn Smith commented that North Carolina is home to the one person who conquered eminent domain (Hugh 186 Morton). He prevented the Blue Ridge Parkway from cutting into Grandfather Mountain. 187 188 VII. OUTBoard Fiscal 2008-2009 Calendar 189 190 Karen Lincoln asked the members to review Attachment 2 for accuracy. She asked that the board advise her of any 191 information needs that she could provide for the committees. 192 193 Sam Lasris asked if the Board needs to get direction from the BOCC on the initiatives. He mentioned the bike plan 194 and asked Alice Gordon about it. 195 196 Alice Gordon explained that it started on the 1999 priority bicycle routes so if it was related Karen wrote it in the 197 information. Your recommendations didn’t match and I don’t think you had that and Commissioner Jacobs wanted it 198 done again. One problem is that DOT doesn’t fund as transportation any recreational routes. Alice also added that 199 the reason for prioritizing is to target funding. 200 201 Karen Lincoln added that the BOCC voted for this Board to come up with a bike plan, she did add that you do have to 202 have a transportation element. She thinks one thing with the existing bike plan is that they did prioritize routes and 203 normally you don’t prioritize routes, you just say these are the ones we want and use opportunities as they become 204 available to implement projects. There is a strong emphasis on connectivity of off-road as well on-road facilities. She 205 thinks the Board could work on a bike plan that combines the two. Having a transportation element and how the 206 other things are connected. She offered that first part of doing the plans is to develop a structure, an outline, and 207 what needs to take place, and get the Commissioners to approve it and give further guidance. If a consultant is 208 needed it will have to be included and allow for public involvement. 209 210 Jan Grossman said it can be put together, he noted that the only way to get routes is when roads are being improved 211 or subdivisions are being put in. 212 213 Karen Lincoln noted that in looking at those routes you could look at areas that would be suitable for riding if you had 214 this curve straightened out or if you had a little bit more paving rather than looking for outright bike lanes. 215 216 Sam Lasris asked if the bike plan was a free standing plan or if it gets folded into the comprehensive transportation 217 plan, also if there is a time frame. 218 219 Karen Lincoln answered that it is part of the transportation plan and there is a requirement in urbanized areas, but not 220 in counties, to develop Comprehensive Transportation Plans (CTPs). The MPO plans to start working on a CTP in 221