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1 <br />SUMMARY NOTES 1 ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION TRAINING SESSION 2 JULY 22, 2009 3 <br /> 4 MEMBERS PRESENT: Sam Lasris (Chair), Cedar Grove Township; Nancy Cole Baker (Vice-Chair), Pedestrian Access 5 <br />Advocate; Mary Bobbitt-Cooke, Planning Board Representative; Julian (Randy) Marshall, Bingham Township; Karen 6 <br />Barrows, Little River Township; Leo Allison, Cheeks Township Representative; Jeff Charles, Bicycle Transportation 7 <br />Advocate; Amy Cole, Transit Advocate 8 <br /> 9 STAFF PRESENT: Karen Lincoln, Transportation Planner; Tina Love, Administrative Assistant II 10 <br /> 11 OTHERS PRESENT: Tommy McNeill, Planning Board Member 12 <br /> 13 Training Topics 14 15 <br />Karen Lincoln gave a background on the need and subsequent formation of the Orange County Unified 16 <br />Transportation Board as established by the Board of County Commissioners in 2006. She covered the federal 17 <br />transportation funding and the Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO), Rural Planning Organization (RPO), state 18 <br />implementation plans, Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP), (Unified) Planning Work, (UPWP), Transportation 19 <br />Improvement Program (TIP), and regional organizations including the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro (DCHC) and 20 <br />Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization (TARPO). 21 <br /> 22 <br />She reviewed maps and took questions. She continued with explanations on priority lists, Transportation 23 <br />Enhancements (TE), Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ), division managed programs, and American 24 <br />Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). She also talked about the Orange County Comprehensive Plan with a 25 <br />background and transportation elements and coordination with other agencies. 26 <br /> 27 <br />The members asked questions and talked about the future and direction of the OUTBoard. 28 <br /> 29 <br /> 30 Adjournment 31 <br /> 32 <br />The session adjourned by consensus 33 <br /> 34 <br /> 35 <br />Items for Staff: 36 <br />Subcommittees List with additions 37 <br />VFD definition and addition to terms (Sam Lasris) 38 <br />Previous yearly activities and updates to County Commissioners (Leo Allison) 39 <br /> 40 <br /> 41 <br /> <br /> _______________________________________ <br /> Sam Lasris, Chair <br />