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7 <br />Meeting Notes <br />Homestead -High School Road Safety Task Force <br />April 11, 2005 <br />The Task Force met on April 11, 2005. Those in attendance included the following: <br />Task Force Members: <br />Sharon Cook, Orange County Community Representative <br />Chuck Edwards - N.C. Department of Transportation <br />Alice Gordon, Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Mary Rabinowitz, Carrboro Community Representative <br />,lim Ward, Chapel Hill Town Council <br />Alex Zaffron, Carrboro Board of Aldermen <br />Others in Attendance: <br />Mike Mills, NCDOT Division 7 Engineer <br />Mike Cowan, NCDOT Deputy Division Engineer <br />Eric Chupt, Winmore Development <br />Beth Velaiquette, Chapel Hill Herald <br />Patrick Winn, Chapel Hill News <br />Karen Lincoln, Orange County <br />Dale McKeel, Town of Carrboro <br />Gordon Sutherland, Town of Chapel Hill <br />After introductions, Karen Lincoln stated that Mike Mills, NCDOT Division 7 Engineer, <br />was present to clarify confusion from the meeting on February 21St regarding the status <br />of the project to constnact sidewalks along the north side of Homestead Road from High <br />School Road to Rogers Road and along Rogers Road from Homestead Road to the <br />existing sidewalk at the Glenbrooke subdivision. <br />Mike Mills, NCDOT Division 7 Engineer, gave an overview of the NC Moving Ahead <br />program and explained that the two-year program was intended for projects that could <br />be completed within a short timeframe and did not require lengthy processes for <br />obtaining additional right-of-way or environmental mitigation. He reviewed criteria for <br />selecting projects for the Moving Ahead program. <br />Homestead Road was included in the Moving Ahead program's projects (year one) for <br />improvements within in the right-of-way (2-foot paved shoulders, some intersection <br />improvements and resurfacing), and those improvements have been completed. <br />Mr. Mills stated that NCDOT, in January 2005, faced a budget issue that forced NCDOT <br />to start delaying some projects, Although the money is available to complete approved <br />programs, NCDOT does not have the spending authority to complete some <br />transactions. NCDOT has, therefore, extended the Moving Ahead program to three <br />years. Completion dates for year-two projects are not certain. <br />NCDOT was confident that, after the Moving Ahead year-two projects were completed, <br />there would be money left over for more projects (such as the Homestead Road <br />