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Item 2.0 <br /> DRAFT 3 <br /> 1 MINUTES <br /> 2 ORANGE COUNTY OUTBOARD <br /> 3 JANUARY 16,2019 <br /> 4 REGULAR MEETING <br /> 5 <br /> 6 MEMBERS PRESENT: Art Menius, At-Large Representative (Chair); Jenn Sykes, At-Large Representative; Ed Vaughn, <br /> 7 Cedar Grove Township Representative; David Laudicina, Cheeks Township Representative; Heidi Perry, At-Large <br /> 8 Representative; Eric Broo, At-Large Representative; Amy Cole, At-Large Representative, Ram Athavale, Chapel Hill <br /> 9 Township Representative; Randy Marshall, Bingham Township Representative; <br /> 10 <br /> 11 MEMBERS ABSENT: Brantley Wells (Vice Chair), Hillsborough Township Representative; Donna Musson, Eno Township <br /> 12 Representative;Johanna Birckmayer,At-Large Representative;Alyson West,At-Large Representative; <br /> 13 <br /> 14 STAFF PRESENT: Abigaile Pittman, Transportation/Land Use Planner; Nish Trivedi, Transportation Planner; Tina Love, <br /> 15 Administrative Assistant III; <br /> 16 <br /> 17 OTHERS PRESENT: Matthew Day,TARPO;Tina Moon,Town of Carrboro <br /> 18 <br /> 19 AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER,DETERMINATION OF QUORUM AND INTRODUCTION OF NEW MEMBERS <br /> 20 Art Menius called the meeting to order. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 AGENDA ITEM 2: APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br /> 23 Art Menius: Change line 151 change relative to favorable. <br /> 24 <br /> 25 MOTION by Art Menius to approve the November 28, 2018 OUTBoard Minutes with correction. Seconded by Randy <br /> 26 Marshall. <br /> 27 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 28 <br /> 29 AGENDA ITEM 3: CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA <br /> 30 There were none. <br /> 31 <br /> 32 AGENDA ITEM 4: REGULAR OUTBOARD AGENDA <br /> 33 <br /> 34 Art Menius: Nish isn't here so where do you want to start? Abigaile? <br /> 35 <br /> 36 Abigaile Pittman: I can start with the Bicycle Safety report—page 23. <br /> 37 <br /> 38 AGENDA ITEM 413: BICYCLE SAFETY IMPLEMENTATION SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT(ABIGAILE PITTMAN) <br /> 39 Abigaile presented the status of the Bicycle Safety Subcommittee activities and next steps. <br /> 40 <br /> 41 Heidi Perry: For the signs being put up in the County, it would be really nice if along with those signs, if there were signs <br /> 42 the state would put up that say "4 feet or change lanes to pass". We've never asked them about this and since we are <br /> 43 trying to make people aware of the new law this would be a reinforcement of the new laws passed in 2016. <br /> 44 <br /> 45 Amy Cole: I have a question regarding conversations we had at the last meeting about the signage for the reduced speed <br /> 46 on Orange Grove Road. You mentioned it would be discussed at the next NCDOT luncheon meeting, how did that work <br /> 47 out? <br /> 48 <br /> 49 Abigaile Pittman: I put it on that agenda for the meeting that was held on January 91" and NC DOT is going out to look at <br /> 50 the intersection of Oakdale and Orange Grove Road for any additional potential SPOT safety improvements which could <br /> 51 include signage or speed limits or flashing lights, etc. In addition, we have a staff engineer, Chris, preparing an estimate <br /> 52 for preliminary engineering the purpose of entering discussions with Hillsborough about the sidewalks and maintenance. <br /> 53 The 15 bicycle safety road signs are planned to be up by the end of this week. The website has all the links, and you can <br />