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Approved 5.18.11 1 MEETING MINUTES 1 ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION BOARD REGULAR MEETING 2 APRIL 20, 2011 3 4 5 MEMBERS PRESENT: Nancy Cole Baker, Pedestrian Access & Safety Advocate; Julian (Randy) Marshall, Bingham 6 Township; Sam Lasris, Cedar Grove Township; Paul Guthrie, Chapel Hill Township; Amy Cole, Transit Advocate; 7 Annette Jurgelski, Eno Township; Renee Price, CFE Representative; Al Terry, Transportation Services Board; 8 9 MEMBERS ABSENT: Dan Barker, Hillsborough Township; Jeff Charles, Bicycle Advocate; Planning Board Liaison - 10 Vacant; Economic Development Commission -Vacant; Cheeks Township - Vacant; Little River Township-Vacant; 11 12 STAFF PRESENT: Karen Lincoln, Transportation Planner; Mila Vega, Transportation Planner; Tina Love, 13 Administrative Assistant 14 15 I. Call to order 16 17 Chair Nancy Baker called the meeting to order. 18 19 II. Consideration of additions to the agenda 20 21 Mila Vega asked the Board to add time for an overview for an Orange Public Transportation –Chapel Hill Transit 22 consolidation study steering committee which is seeking a volunteer from the OUTBoard. 23 24 III. Approval of Minutes 25 26 The OUTBoard approved the minutes from March 16, 2011 with change by affirmation. 27 28 IV. Orange Public Transportation System Safety Program Plan 29 30 Al Terry came before the Board and presented information on an Audit performed by the Federal Government on 31 NCDOT and found they had not followed some regulations. Orange Public Transit is now going through multiple 32 audits from NCDOT to find out and correct any Federal regulation that was being missed. He continued that one of 33 those programs is a System Safety Program Plan which has several elements. He briefed the OUTBoard on this 34 program and advised that he had compiled and taken this to NCDOT to ensure that the core elements are covered 35 and NCDOT has verbally approved the plan. Al advised that Orange Public Transit must have an approved System 36 Safety Program Plan in order to receive administrative and operating fund for next year. The transportation advisory 37 board for the transit agency must approve a System Safety Program Plan to forward to NCDOT for approval. 38 39 Al reviewed the components of the plan and the corrections made and answered questions. 40 41 The OUTBoard unanimously approved the Orange Public Transportation System Safety Program Plan as presented. 42 43 V. Discussion of information presented at last three meetings 44 45 Al Terry gave the OUTBoard some background on the Hillsborough Circulator Route. Orange County applied for and 46 received a Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) grant for three years operating assistance for a 47 Hillsborough in-town bus route that will hopefully reduce congestion in and around the Town of Hillsborough. It is a 48 twenty mile route and there are seventeen stops. The Board reviewed the map of the routes. 49 50 Al Terry advised that a newsletter is going out on May 4th to all Town of Hillsborough residents. There will be a video 51 tape on the local cable channel and News of Orange will be contacted. 52 53 54 55