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Approved 3/16/11 <br />1 <br />MEETING MINUTES 1 ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION BOARD REGULAR MEETING 2 FEBRUARY 16, 2011 3 <br /> 4 5 MEMBERS PRESENT: Nancy Cole Baker, Pedestrian Access & Safety Advocate; Julian (Randy) Marshall, Bingham 6 <br />Township; Sam Lasris, Cedar Grove Township; Jeff Charles, Bicycle Advocate; Paul Guthrie, Chapel Hill Township; 7 <br />Amy Cole, Transit Advocate; Dan Barker, Hillsborough Township; Renee Price, CFE Representative; Tommy 8 <br />McNeill, Planning Board Liaison 9 <br /> 10 11 MEMBERS ABSENT: Annette Jurgelski, Eno Township; Al Terry, Transportation Services Board; Economic 12 <br />Development Commission -Vacant; Cheeks Township - Vacant; Little River Township-Vacant; 13 <br /> 14 <br /> 15 STAFF PRESENT: Karen Lincoln, Transportation Planner; Mila Vega, Transportation/Land Use Planner; Tina Love, 16 <br />Administrative Assistant 17 <br /> 18 <br /> 19 OTHERS PRESENT: Patrick McDonough, Triangle Transit Senior Transportation Planner; Damien Graham, Director of 20 <br />Communications & Government Affairs for Triangle Transit. 21 <br /> 22 <br /> 23 <br />I. Call to order 24 25 <br />Chair Nancy Baker called the meeting to order. 26 27 28 <br />II. Consideration of additions to the agenda 29 30 31 <br />III. Approval of Minutes 32 <br /> 33 <br />Moved to March Meeting 34 <br /> 35 <br /> 36 <br />IV. Triangle Regional Transit Plan 37 <br /> 38 <br />Patrick McDonough and Damien Graham of Triangle Transit gave a presentation on the Regional Transit Plan 39 <br />(Attached to Minutes) and answered questions. Patrick advised them members of a public meeting scheduled for the 40 <br />24th of March in Chapel Hill at The Friday Center from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., and encouraged the OUTBoard to attend. 41 <br />The website can be found at www.ourtransitfuture.com 42 <br /> 43 <br /> 44 <br />V. Orange County Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) 45 <br /> 46 <br />Randy Marshall updated the members on the latest meeting on the CTP. He noted that Sarah Lee created a 47 <br />summary list of responses from the survey taken in the fall of 2009. Randy noted Paul Guthrie suggested, and the 48 <br />Steering Committee agreed to draft a letter to the MPO referencing the survey and let the MPO benefit from the data 49 <br />collected from the citizens of Orange County for area in the Metropolitan Area Boundary. He advised the deficiency 50 <br />analysis, the survey results and input from the public input meeting held on February 7 would probably go to the 51 <br />Board of County Commissioners in April 2011. We hope the County Commissioners will endorse the information 52 <br />gathered so far and approve moving to developing the first draft of the CTP. 53 <br /> 54