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Approved 1/19/12 <br />5 <br />Jeff Charles: With all this transportation initiative going on in the three counties, it might be a good idea to create 216 these bicycling commuting pathways. Just as Orange County has numbered their map, we could have a more 217 regional listing where you do talk about it being bicycle commuting or walk able path, which would accomplish what 218 you are suggesting. 219 220 Nancy Baker: What is the plan for the MPO? 221 222 Tom Altieri: I am not certain but I think they are between six months and one year behind. 223 224 Nancy Baker: It think at some point in the process, we need to have a presentation to make sure our plans are the 225 same. 226 227 Paul Guthrie: Remember it is not just one jurisdiction. You are talking about four or five jurisdictions. At some level, 228 we need to give the BOCC some idea of what is going on. 229 230 Tom Altieri: After the meeting last night, these MPO boundary lines are somewhat in dispute. We thought we had a 231 meeting set up to work on it but it was postponed. The rescheduled is December 7 but the maps and plans reflect a 232 MP0 boundary that we are not sure is accurate. The last comment I heard last night was about two park and ride lots 233 and said it would be good if we could include in the plan what we had in mind. 234 235 Craig Benedict: As a note, a big element of the Orange County Transit Plan is light rail but a substantial is enhanced 236 bus service in Urban and Rural areas and how that would feed into light rail. The one in White Cross would be more 237 of a commuter drop off and bused into UNC. We don’t have numbers on that but we do know how many commuters 238 go down 54 to UNC to work. We also know that Piedmont area rapid transit has a bus that goes down 54. We may 239 put written text together of things that are out there. 240 241 Nancy Baker asked about the status of the TIP. Tom Altieri replied that the MPO, the Technical Coordinating 242 Committee (TCC) has received a prioritization of the projects within the district and needs to move forward with a 243 recommendation about how points are assigned. The points are assigned by the MPO and the ranking is done by 244 the state based on a quantitative process. All the MPOs and RPOs get a bucket of points (1,400) that can be 245 assigned to high priority projects. The staff sticks to the quantitative aspects. Recommendations will be made to the 246 TACs on how they might assign points. There will be a public hearing on both based on rankings and how the TAC 247 is giving out those points. Randy Marshall noted that he and Nancy Baker had been on the Board seven or eight 248 years and could not figure out the process and how the Board could affect the process. Craig Benedict commented 249 that it takes years to get through the process. Randy noted that all the groups assign the points and make the 250 decision. The Board’s job is to identify things that should go and the other bodies make the decision about the 251 project that get the approval. Craig Benedict responded that the Board’s job is to inform the BOCC about projects 252 and what should be the priority project and the BOCC considers that. Randy Marshall expressed a concern that the 253 little influence the Board had dissipated because there were no connections because of lack of time and staffing. 254 Craig informed the Board they had approval to hire another transportation planner. 255 256 Randy Marshall suggested an agenda item on each meeting agenda for a TIP update. 257 258 Annette Jurgelski asked about the new bus route. Craig Benedict said they were getting 20 or 30 people a day riding 259 so there is a learning process. 260 261 Randy Marshall asked about the schedule for a commentary at the BOCC to be integrated into the plan. Tom Altieri 262 responded that the steering committee will need to meet on a date to be decided 263 264 265 AGENDA ITEM X: ADJOURNMENT 266 267 ___________________________________ <br /> Nancy Baker, Chair