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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 15, 2005 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 5- I <br />SUBJECT: Orange County Transportation Priority List for 2007-2013 TIP <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) NO <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Comparison of 2006-2010 TIP and <br />2007-2013 TIP Priority Lists <br />2. Resolution of Adoption and Priority List of <br />Transportation Projects Within the DCHC <br />Planning Area <br />3. Resolution of Adoption and Priority List of <br />Transportation Projects Within the <br />TARPO Planning Area <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict, Planning Director, ext 2592 <br />Karen Lincoln, Trans. Planner, ext. 2594 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough <br />Chapel Hill <br />Durham <br />Mebane <br />732-8181 <br />968-4501 <br />688-7331 <br />336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider priority transportation projects for inclusion in the North Carolina <br />Department of Transportation (NCDOT) 2007-2013 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), <br />BACKGROUND: Biennially, the North Carolina Board of Transportation (BOT) adapts a multi- <br />year State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) that specifies needed transportation <br />improvements across the state, The next STIP will be for FY 2007-2013 and the public hearing <br />process has been changed from October -November, 2005 to April -May, 2005, NCDOT, <br />because of the short time frame, suggests that local jurisdictions submit priority lists developed <br />for the 2006-2012 TIP plus any new projects that those jurisdictions may wish to add, <br />The process starts with local jurisdictions drafting local transportation priority lists, which are <br />then submitted to the regional transportation planning agencies (Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro <br />Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO) and Triangle Area Rural Planning <br />Organization (TARPO), The transportation advisory committees (TAC) of each of those <br />agencies then endorse a prioritized list of projects that each submits to NCDOT. Federal and <br />state regulations provide for public input into the process, <br />At the BOCC/Planning Board work session on February 28, 2005, Planning Staff reported on <br />efforts at preparing a priority list of transportation projects for the 2007-2013 TIP. This included <br />comments received from various advisory boards with an interest in transportation issues. <br />Using Orange County's 2006-2012 TIP Priority List as the starting paint, and taking into <br />consideration the comments of advisory boards, the BOCC formulated the attached lists for <br />projects within the DCHC MPO and TARPO portions of the County (Attachments 1 and 2, <br />respectively), <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is na financial impact associated with this item, <br />