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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 1, 2000 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Trans ortation Im rovement Pro ram Comments <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager, Planning ~ PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Inspections <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />10/16/00 Planning Department <br />Transportation Improvement Program <br />Document to Commissioner Gordon <br />(Under Separate Cover) <br />__ INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />John Link, ext. 2300 <br />Gene Bell, ext. 2589 <br />Karen Lincoln, ext. 2594 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To provide the opportunity for BOCC members and the Board as a whole to make <br />comments and take possible positions on future transportation plans in and around Orange <br />County. . <br />BACKGROUND: At the October 17, 2000 BOCC regular meeting, Commissioner Alice Gordon <br />distributed a package of information from the Planning Department on the Transportation <br />Improvement Program in and around Orange County. It was noted that the Board and/or <br />individual Board members may want to provide feedback on these materials and the future <br />transportation plans. As determined by the Board, some discussion may be appropriate so that <br />concerns and positions of the Board and/or individual Board members can be presented to the <br />Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), North Carolina <br />Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Division 7 officials and North Carolina Board of <br />Transportation (NCBOT). The MPO will release the Draft Metropolitan Transportation <br />Improvement Program (MTIP) fora 60-day public comment period starting November $ and will <br />hold the public hearing for the MTIP in December. Division 7 will hold its public hearing for the <br />TIP on November 28. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no direct financial impact on the county budget with the Board <br />discussing these transportation issues other than possible staff follow-up time to document and <br />present any county positions to MPO and NCDOT officials. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board discuss the information <br />and provide any direction to staff as necessary. <br />