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Approved 4.21.10 <br />1 <br />MINUTES 1 ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION BOARD REGULAR MEETING 2 FEBRUARY 17, 2010 3 <br /> 4 5 MEMBERS PRESENT: Sam Lasris, Cedar Grove Township; Alice Gordon, Board of County Commissioners liaison; 6 <br />Leo Allison, Cheeks Township; Julian (Randy) Marshall, Bingham Township; Bryn Smith, CFE Representative; 7 <br />Paul Guthrie, Chapel Hill Township; Jeff Charles, Bicycle Advocate; 8 9 10 MEMBERS ABSENT: Amy Cole, Transit Advocate; Nancy Cole Baker, Pedestrian Access Safety Advocate; 11 <br />Mary Bobbitt-Cooke, Planning Board Liaison; Al Terry, Transportation Services Board Representative; Eric Tillman, 12 <br />Hillsborough Township Representative; Little River Township-Vacant; Economic Development Commission-Vacant; 13 <br />Eno Township Representative-Vacant; 14 <br /> 15 <br /> 16 STAFF PRESENT: Karen Lincoln, Transportation Planner; Tina Love, Administrative Assistant II 17 <br /> 18 <br /> 19 <br />I. Call to order 20 21 22 <br />II. Consideration of additions to the agenda 23 <br /> 24 <br /> 25 <br />III. Board Comments/Updates 26 27 <br />Paul Guthrie updated the Board on the Rail Station Task Force meeting on Monday, February 15, 2010, and gave 28 <br />instruction for draft conclusion for a final report. Paul advised the report will recommend the station be built in the 29 <br />northwest corner of the property and the only ball field that will be moved initially will be the tee ball field. He noted a t 30 <br />some point in the future, those will move out and by then, other development may occur. He advised the notion is to 31 <br />build the station and feeder streets including the underpass of the NCRR corridor to US 70A. Paul notified the Board 32 <br />there will be a public meeting at the end of next month, probably March 31st. Paul also noted it does not look like 33 <br />the stimulus money from DOT will be enough to include the station. The group is looking at looking for alternative 34 <br />funding sources. Paul advised there will be a second cycle of stimulus funds and another option could be to sell a 35 <br />portion of the 20 acres for private development and use the proceeds to pay for the station. 36 <br /> 37 <br />Karen Lincoln related the TAC meeting report on high speed rail shows stimulus funding will be used for projects to 38 <br />increase speed and safety for a third and fourth frequency of the current Amtrak service in the corridor. The 39 <br />Hillsborough stop and station are planned for a fifth daily frequency. 40 <br /> 41 <br /> 42 <br />IV. Approval of Minutes 43 44 <br />The OUTBoard approved the minutes from January 20, 2010 by affirmation. 45 <br /> 46 <br /> 47 <br />V. Orange County Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) 48 49 <br />Karen Lincoln noted that this item went to the Commissioners for the approval to continue studies because the Board 50 <br />had expressed concerns to the NC 86 designation as an expressway. She advised that the Commissioners did 51 <br />approve looking into option 3, as recommended by the OUTBoard but the Commissioners want more information. 52 <br />She related that the Commissioners also requested information on the relationship of the Comprehensive 53 <br />Transportation Plan (CTP) and the Land Use Plan and they want some options for routing the north/south traffic 54 <br />around Hillsborough. Karen advised that staff is working on some maps and researching if corridors were considered 55