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D R A F T 1 MINUTES 1 ORANGE COUNTY OUTBOARD 2 AUGUST 19, 2020 3 REGULAR MEETING 4 (Due to current public health concerns, this meeting was held virtually. 5 Members of the OUTBoard, staff and public participated remotely) 6 7 MEMBERS PRESENT: Art Menius, At-Large Representative (Chair); Jenn Sykes, At-Large Representative; Ed Vaughn, 8 Cedar Grove Township Representative; David Laudicina, Cheeks Township Representative; Eric Broo, At-Large 9 Representative; Johanna Birckmayer, At-Large Representative; Heidi Perry, At-Large Representative; Brantley Wells 10 (Vice Chair), Hillsborough Township Representative; Tony Blake, At-Large Representative; Roy Schonberg, Chapel 11 Hill Township Representative; 12 13 MEMBERS ABSENT: Amy Cole, At-Large Representative; Randy Marshall, Bingham Township Representative; 14 Vacant, Eno Township Representative; 15 16 STAFF PRESENT: Nish Trivedi, Transportation Planner; Tom Ten Eyck, Transportation/Land Use Planner; 17 18 OTHERS PRESENT: Matt Day, TARPO 19 20 AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF QUORUM AND INTRODUCTION OF NEW MEMBERS 21 Eric Broo called the meeting to order and roll call was taken 22 23 AGENDA ITEM 2: APPROVAL OF MINUTES 24 MOTION by Art Menius to approve the February 19, 2020, OUTBoard Minutes. Seconded by Heidi Perry. 25 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 26 27 AGENDA ITEM 3: CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA 28 29 AGENDA ITEM 4: REGULAR OUTBOARD AGENDA 30 31 AGENDA ITEM 4A: ORANGE COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN (CTP) – (NISH TRIVEDI) 32 Nish presented the item and reminded Board members that no action is required at this time. Action will be requested 33 at the September meeting. Key highlights from the presentation include the preliminary work started last year 34 following the MTP amendment, subcommittee meeting with all jurisdictions, and forthcoming schedule. The focus of 35 the amendment is highway projects in Orange County’s portion of DCHC MPO. 36 37 Heidi Perry: Freight, does that mean rail? I have never seen it considered part of complete street as part of 38 multimodal. Maybe it should be reworded. 39 40 Nish Trivedi: No, US 70 is considered a strategic freight corridor. I’ve received pushback from NCDOT and MPO and 41 they want to see multiple reasons and data to back up those reasons why these should be considered for multimodal. 42 That is why I am requesting your assistance to get them considered. I am adding freight because we are 43 experiencing lots of development around Hillsborough. The Planning Board is considering one major development 44 tonight and there are economic development involving lots of freight along US-70. 45 46 Tony Blake: Regarding the consideration tonight, is this area being considered? I was wondering if this is being 47 considered across other issues or is this going ahead. 48 49 Nish Trivedi: Yes, #9 is Old NC-86 around this new development proposal. It is an approved County Priority it as a 50 County priority. We are also keeping an eye on Davis Road. 51 52 Heidi Perry: I am in favor of modernization but confused, are we seeking widening? 53 3