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Approved 11/20/19 3 107 Amy Cole: I would like to get information on where UNC staff is commuting from it would like to know how that has 108 changed in the last ten years. 109 110 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 111 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. 112 113 Nish Trivedi: I’ll look into that from the UNC demographer and to Carolina Demography. 114 115 Heidi Perry: On every single cross-section that they show, they need to make it very clear that there’s not right away for 116 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 117 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 118 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 they 119 aren’t complying with it if there’s no right-of-way for it. 120 121 AGENDA ITEM 5: STAFF REPORT/UPDATES 122 123 Tom Altieri: The Planning Department has hired a new planner and his name is Tom Ten Eyck, he has been working 124 with NC Central University as their TDM coordinator. He has a Master’s Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from 125 Iowa and a Bachelor’s Degree in English from Miami. He starts Monday, October 21st. Also there was some questions 126 and discussion from the TAS portion of the August meeting about the Transit Plan update. It was mentioned another 127 robust outreach process similar to what was done in 2017 with the updated plan. We have received new information 128 from GoTriangle, specifically information about the financial model and now have a full understanding of how much 129 additional monies there are available to Orange County absent the light rail project. For the next five years there is little 130 to none. The reason for that, primarily, is that we have a Chapel Hill Transit BRT project that will need funding for the 131 next few years. Beyond five years, we do begin to build up some surplus capacity again in those funds and will have the 132 ability to expand upon some services at that time. What I think will take place is, we are going to have to have some 133 type of an outreach to communicate to the public, what are the services that can be expected, a review of what was in 134 the 2017 plan and then this explanation to be able to show the financial landscape. There is a lot of work to be done, 135 including the cost share and even the structure of the Staff Working Group. 136 137 AGENDA ITEM 5A: FY 19-20 ORANGE COUNTY BUDGET APPROPRIATION FOR SIDEWALK STUDY – TOM ALTIERI 138 139 Tom Altieri: Within this year’s fiscal-year budget there is $50,000 to complete some type of a consultant study for safety 140 improvements, primarily along Orange Grove Road, in the areas we have been discussing in the Focus of the Safe 141 Routes to Schools Initiative. We are aware that there was an accident last month where a student was hit, and it 142 certainly looks as if he was hit on the bridge. An attachment was added to your packet which was the Principal’s 143 response immediately following the accident. Over the course of the next few weeks, Nish and I are going to be 144 meeting with DOT, a representative from Orange County Schools, as well as Margaret Hauth, The Town of 145 Hillsborough, primarily to help form a scope of work for these consultant services, but also to reestablish an equal 146 knowledge base of all of the study, work, and effort that has gone on by different parties. Chuck Edwards provided 147 input based on his review of the recommendations on the Safe Routes to School Plan with things that can be done to 148 achieve the recommendations in that plan for sidewalks and crossing improvements. We will be having that meeting in 149 the next couple of weeks. I have some notes here on what we think is a possible scope of work for that consultant. By 150 going back to the original Orange Grove Road Access Management Plan, we can compile data and information in order 151 to try to help us with recommendations on implementation. This could also help as a reminder to our commissioners 152 some of the critical path issues that need to be accomplished in order to make a project work. Recently, we have heard 153 formally that the Town and its attorney have determined that it cannot maintain infrastructure outside of its incorporated 154 area, as it is would be inconsistent with state law, so we know that if there is going to be sidewalks there, Orange 155 County would have to provide the maintenance. That’s a policy decision. Much like providing local funding for local 156 match for competitive projects those are some critical path issues that we just haven’t been able to get beyond to date. 157 The bridge is really the problem. We’ve had our staff engineer, Chris Sandt, do a rather detailed cost estimate for some 158 sidewalk from Patriots Point to the bridge and I-40, and it would be a rather large investment due to the need of curb 159