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Approved 1/19/12 1 MINUTES 1 ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION BOARD 2 OCTOBER 19, 2011 3 4 MEMBERS PRESENT: Nancy Cole Baker, Pedestrian Access & Safety Advocate; Julian (Randy) Marshall, Bingham 5 Township; Alan Campbell, Planning Board Representative; Paul Guthrie, Chapel Hill Township; Amy Cole, Transit 6 Advocate; Jeff Charles, Bicycle Advocate; Annette Jurgelski, Eno Township; 7 8 9 MEMBERS ABSENT: Sam Lasris, Cedar Grove Township; Renee Price, CFE Representative; Al Terry, Transportation 10 Services Board; Economic Development Commission - Vacant; Cheeks Township - Vacant; Little River Township-11 Vacant; Hillsborough Township - Vacant 12 13 14 STAFF PRESENT: Craig Benedict, Planning Director; Tom Altieri, Comprehensive Planning Supervisor; Tina Love, 15 Administrative Assistant II 16 17 18 AGENDA ITEM I: CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 19 20 21 AGENDA ITEM II: CONSIDERATIONS OF ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA 22 23 24 AGENDA ITEM III: APPROVAL OF MINUTES 25 26 The August 17 OUTBoard minutes were approved by consensus 27 28 The minutes from the September 21 meeting were approved with changes by consensus 29 30 31 AGENDA ITEM IV: Efland-Buckhorn-Mebane Commercial Industrial Transition Activity Nodes and Economic 32 Development District Access Management Plan (Tabled from Sept. 21st ) The BOCC directed 33 staff to obtain recommendations from the Planning Board and the Orange Unified Transportation 34 Board to bring back to the BOCC for consideration to adopt the Access Management Plan by the 35 November 15, 2011 BOCC meeting. 36 OUTBoard Action: Discuss and endorse recommendation to the BOCC. 37 38 Craig Benedict discussed the general meaning of Access Management Plans are and how it would end up working. 39 The BOCC approved a tie-in for site planning processes to ensure that when a site plan comes forward that if there 40 are plans for roads to be connected or stubbed out, etc. that site plan would reflect those Access Management Plans. 41 He mentioned the Access Management Awareness Project on Orange Grove Road in 2003. The “Access 42 Management Program” handout was part of that project. He reviewed the handout. 43 44 Nancy Baker asked if these were the aspects of the Access Management Plan that were approved or would be 45 approved. Craig Benedict responded that they were not approved yet. They are guidelines to be approved. 46 47 Alan Campbell asked how much would this ties the County’s hands if there were a situation that a development 48 would not be ideal to have a road to go through it. Would that bind the County if it were adopted? Craig answered 49 that these are suggestions. If the same objectives can be accomplished in another manner that manner would be 50 used. Craig discussed maps for the Access Management Plan. 51 52 Nancy Baker asked if the high-speed railroad project give funds for accommodating traffic getting back and forth? 53 Craig responded by saying there will be a negotiation. 54