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D R A F T 3 107 Heidi Perry: I was wondering if there was a way to compare it to like, is this area growing in terms of the number of 108 people coming in from this area as opposed to ten years ago. I don’t know if that exists but would be great if it did.109 110 Nish Trivedi: I’ll look into that from the UNC demographer and to Carolina Demography.111 112 Amy Cole: On every single cross-section that they show, they need to make it very clear that there’s not right away for 113 the bike-ped thing that is there. There should be a way for bikes and pedestrians to get safely from a part of it to 114 another. I don’t think it needs to go from here to Mebane or to Burlington, but I think it’s disingenuous to show it on their 115 as a cross-section when it is really still an add-on. I feel like they’re doing that just to comply with lead streets, but they116 aren’t complying with it if there’s no right-of-way for it.117 118 AGENDA ITEM 5: STAFF REPORT/UPDATES119 120 Tom Altieri: The Planning Department has hired a new planner and his name is Tom Ten Eyck, he has been working 121 with NC Central University as their TDM coordinator. He has a Master’s Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from 122 Iowa and a Bachelor’s Degree in English from Miami. He starts Monday, October 21st. Also there was some questions 123 and discussion from the TAS portion of the August meeting about the Transit Plan update. It was mentioned another 124 robust outreach process similar to what was done in 2017 with the updated plan. We have received new information 125 from GoTriangle, specifically information about the financial model and now have a full understanding of how much 126 additional monies there are available to Orange County absent the light rail project. For the next five years there is little 127 to none. The reason for that, primarily, is that we have a Chapel Hill Transit BRT project that will need funding for the 128 next few years. Beyond five years, we do begin to build up some surplus capacity again in those funds and will have the 129 ability to expand upon some services at that time. What I think will take place is, we are going to have to have some 130 type of an outreach to communicate to the public, what are the services that can be expected, a review of what was in 131 the 2017 plan and then this explanation to be able to show the financial landscape. There is a lot of work to be done, 132 including the cost share and even the structure of the staff.133 134 AGENDA ITEM 5A: FY19-20ORANGE COUNTY BUDGET APPROPRIATION FOR SIDEWALK STUDY –TOM ALTIERI135 136 Tom Altieri: Within this year’s fiscal-year budget there is $50,000 to complete some type of a consultant study for safety 137 improvements, primarily along Orange Grove Road, in the areas we have been discussing in the Focus of the Safe 138 Routes to Schools Initiative. We are aware that there was an accident last month where a student was hit, and it 139 certainly looks as if he was hit on the bridge. An attachment was added to your packet immediately following the140 accident. Over the course of the next few weeks, Nish and I are going to be meeting with DOT, a representative from 141 Orange County Schools, as well as Margaret Hauth, The Town of Hillsborough, primarily to help form a scope of work 142 for these consultant services, but also to reestablish an equal knowledge base of all of the study, work, and effort that 143 has gone on by different parties in that quarter. Chuck Edwards provided input based on his review of the 144 recommendations on the Safe Routes to School Plan with things that can be done to achieve the recommendations in 145 that plan for sidewalks and crossing improvements. We will be having that meeting in the next couple of weeks. I have 146 some notes here on what we think is a possible scope of work for that consultant. By going back to the original Orange147 Grove Road Axis Management Plan, we can compile data and information in order to try to help us with look for some 148 recommendations and recommendations on implementation. This could also help as a reminder to our commissioners 149 some of the critical path issues that need to be accomplished in order to make a project work. Recently, we have heard 150 formally that the Town and its attorney have determined that it cannot maintain infrastructure outside of its incorporated 151 area, as it is would be inconsistent with state law, so we know that if there is going to be sidewalks there, Orange152 County would have to provide the maintenance. That’s a policy decision. Much like providing local funding for local 153 match for competitive projects those are some critical path issues that we just haven’t been able to get beyond to date. 154 The bridge is really the problem. We’ve had our staff engineer, Chris Sandt, do a rather detailed cost estimate for some 155 sidewalk from Patriots Point to the bridge and I-40, and it would be a rather large investment due to the need of curb 156 and gutter, and we would have to stay within the existing right-of-way and topography. We have most recently added 157 comments and provided those to DOT with regard to the I-40 widening project so we know they’re going to be widening 158 I-40 through this area under the bridge all the way to where 40 and I-85 come together, and it’s possible that they are 159