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DRAFT 4 159 AGENDA ITEM 6A:ANNUAL REPORT (2018)AND WORK PLAN (2019)(ABIGAILE PITTMAN)160 Abigaile Pittman reviewed the OUTBoard Annual Report 2018 and Work Plan 2019. Responding about activity #1, High 161 Impact-Low Cost projects, Abigaile Pittman stated that these projects do not go through a SPOT scoring process, but are 162 prioritized by criteria and the OUTBoard comments but does not vote on candidate projects.163 164 Heidi Perry: Could High Impact-Low Cost projects put shoulders on roads?165 166 Abigaile Pittman: That is possible, and some of the county’s candidate projects are shoulder road widening. These 167 projects are a separate item on the agenda tonight. 168 169 Heidi Perry: Referring to #8 on the list, I see we are going to go back and look at the Efland-Mebane Access 170 Management Plan. I don’t see Hwy 54, but we are going see Hwy 54 again too, right? Nish said he was going to come 171 back to us with that. We just approved the Minutes that said he was going to do that. I want Hwy 54 included on the list 172 in case it comes before us again. There was consensus among the Board to add Hwy 54 plan review to the list.173 174 Abigaile Pittman: I’ll review this with Nish.175 176 Heidi Perry: Aren’t they putting a park and ride at White Cross? 177 178 Abigaile Pittman: Park and rides have been discussed as part of the Hwy 54 plan179 180 Abigaile Pittman: The OUTBoard continues to press for improvements of the safe process goal. The safety fencing on 181 the bridge on Orange Grove Road came from this group and a group in Hillsborough. How high is the railing?182 183 Amy Cole: It is 32 inches, which was to code when it was built but is no longer.184 185 Randy Marshall: Referring to #9 on the list, my recollection is that we were going to try to get the Town of Hillsborough 186 to put in the sidewalks as part of the Save Routes to School plan implementation efforts.187 188 Amy Cole: We met with the Town of Hillsborough and the dilemma was who funds sidewalks, who puts them in, and189 who maintains them.190 191 Abigaile Pittman: And who owns the road.192 193 Randy Marshall: Do the Hillsborough town limits extend to that bridge?194 195 Amy Cole: The Hillsborough town limits extend to the bridge. The county cannot maintain a sidewalk, so we need an 196 agreement where the Town of Hillsborough will maintain the sidewalk for the County. We have asked for them to come 197 to an agreement. 198 199 Randy Marshall: What about getting the school district to ask for voluntary annexation? It should be dense enough.200 Could the school board ask for annexation? 201 202 Amy Cole: The high school is the property abutting up to the highway. And there is a lot of foot traffic every day that 203 goes over that bridge. I consider the fence a stepping stone but would also like to see the speed limit reduced there and 204 to put a stop light. I would love to see something that slows the traffic down during the morning and afternoon when 205 students are walking to and from school, and at the Oakdale intersection. Has NCDOT reviewed safety measures for the 206 Oakdale Drive intersection?207 208 Abigaile Pittman: This is not something that needs to go in the OUTBoard’s work plan though. Spot safety 209 improvements at the Oakdale intersection could be discussed at an upcoming NCDOT luncheon agenda. 210 211