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Approved 11/20/19 <br />1 <br /> <br /> MINUTES 1 ORANGE COUNTY OUTBOARD 2 October 16, 2019 3 <br />REGULAR MEETING 4 5 MEMBERS PRESENT: Art Menius, Little River Township Representative (Chair); Heidi Perry, At-Large Representative; Ed 6 <br />Vaughn, Cedar Grove Township Representative; Todd Jones, At-Large Representative; Jenn Sykes, At-Large 7 <br />Representative; Amy Cole, At-Large Representative, Eric Broo, At-Large Representative; Randy Marshall, Bingham 8 <br />Township Representative; 9 <br /> 10 MEMBERS ABSENT: Johanna Birckmayer, At-Large Representative; David Laudicina, Cheeks Township Representative; 11 <br />Brantley Wells (Vice Chair), Hillsborough Township Representative; Eno Township Representative - Vacant; Chapel Hill 12 <br />Township Representative– Vacant; At-Large Representative - Vacant; 13 <br /> 14 STAFF PRESENT: Tom Altieri, Comprehensive Planning Supervisor; Nish Trivedi, Transportation Planner; Tina Love, 15 <br />Administrative Support 16 <br /> 17 OTHERS PRESENT: Zachary Hallock, Town of Carrboro; 18 <br /> 19 AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF QUORUM AND INTRODUCTION OF NEW MEMBERS 20 <br />Art Menius called the meeting to order. 21 22 AGENDA ITEM 2: APPROVAL OF MINUTES 23 MOTION by Heidi Perry to approve the January 16, OUTBoard Minutes with correction. Seconded by Todd Jones 24 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 25 <br /> 26 AGENDA ITEM 3: CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA 27 <br />There were none. 28 <br /> 29 AGENDA ITEM 4: REGULAR OUTBOARD AGENDA 30 <br /> 31 AGENDA ITEM 4.A.: NC 54 WEST CORRIDOR STUDY SUPPLEMENT (A.K.A. PHASE II) – NISH TRIVEDI 32 33 <br />Nish Trivedi gave a PowerPoint presentation on the NC 54 West Corridor Study 34 <br /> 35 <br />Nish Trivedi: This report is now up for public comment, it’s going through a 30 day public comment period. VHB will 36 <br />present this the Board of County Commissioners on the 7th. 37 <br /> 38 <br />Nish Trivedi: The slides showing future projections of jobs –shows to be at the ends of the corridor and beyond those 39 <br />ends. The model takes into consideration and projects where the traffic is going to be. 40 <br /> 41 <br />Heidi Perry: So, if we could just get all those people who are moving into Mebane, Chapel Hill and Durham, to have 42 <br />jobs in Mebane, Chapel Hill, and Durham. 43 <br /> 44 <br />Jenn Sykes: Just knowing from the hospital the demographics, you get the doctors coming north and throughout the 45 <br />Carrboro/Chapel Hill area to the hospital. All the nurses are in Alamance County. All the environmental services are 46 <br />Alamance County. I’ve had enough people I know say, I would use the bus if I can get better hours for it and get slightly 47 <br />more extension on where need to go. And they want a crosswalk. 48 <br /> 49 <br />Nish Trivedi: One of the things VHB was asked, UNC, the school and hospital. Where are the people coming from, 50 <br />what is happening, and why? UNC only accounts for 12 percent of the traffic along NC-54. Orange County was the 51 <br />focus of Phase 2 study and almost 60 percent of UNC commute is on the east side from Durham, Wake, and a little bit 52 <br />further southeast. 53