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140 M. Hughes: What do you think the cost will be? <br /> 141 Originally the cost for submission was $7 million with the SPOT 7, but after realizing the grant can go up <br /> 142 to $25 million I can have WSP expand on the design engineering for the project. <br /> 143 <br /> 144 S. Appel: I agree with Josh's recommendations, and I think Safe Routes for school would also have some <br /> 145 political interest, due to its rural location in Orange County. They did the Broadband into Rural America <br /> 146 and was a huge win for rural America and rural North Carolina. As for Safe Routes for Schools, I think <br /> 147 Orange County has been dealing with the bridge to the High School, I believe several options could attract <br /> 148 the administration.The administration in January 2025 might have a very different view than the current <br /> 149 administration. <br /> 150 <br /> 151 N. Trivedi: I can get more information once I review the Safe Routes for Schools reports to see if I should <br /> 152 pursue the RAISE GRANT.They provide the recommendations and have them put in the cost; I have more <br /> 153 information for safe routes than the mobility hub. The hub is more of a county priority. I will bring both <br /> 154 packets back for your review and suggestions in November. <br /> 155 A. Menius: It's a competition, I don't see them both getting funded in the same cycle. It doesn't increase <br /> 156 our chance of success to have two projects. <br /> 157 <br /> 158 J. Mayo: I'm still sticking to my original suggestion for the mobility hub, as for the safe routes for school, <br /> 159 1 would want to see buy from the schools. When we got our grant we collected letters and support from <br /> 160 anybody and everyone we could find. In the future, Safe Routes would be a good project for funding and <br /> 161 would not matter to the administration. <br /> 162 A. Menius: Is this one cycle for FY25 and FY26 or can we go with one in FY25 and the other in FY26? Nish <br /> 163 yes that is an option. <br /> 164 <br /> 165 M. Hughes: What would a Safe Routes for Schools construction project look like? <br /> 166 N. Trivedi: Two miles and Bike PED on highway infrastructure improvements around transit facilities and <br /> 167 Bike PED access in rural Orange County. <br /> 168 J. Mayo: In Durham they recently got the grant to fill all sidewalk gaps along Holloway St, which is one of <br /> 169 their biggest bus corridors all the way out to rural Durham County and to fill in every sidewalk gap and <br /> 170 make it ADA accessible and do safety analysis, fixes all bus stops, 3-mile stretch of road where about half <br /> 171 of it already had sidewalks.So,can we fill in gaps today that already have sidewalks that lead into schools? <br /> 172 Those are the texts of projects that could be packaged for Safe Routes. <br /> 173 N. Trivedi: Developers can develop or put together designs to help fill in the sidewalk gaps or put a <br /> 174 sidewalk in several locations. The gap needs to be addressed that's what is happening around some of <br /> 175 the schools. <br /> 176 <br /> 177 J. Mayo: The reason Durham received the RAISE grant is to buy the property from all the businesses and <br /> 178 homes that are nearby, not to get the concrete laid down. <br /> 179 <br /> 180 Art Menius made a motion for the Transportation Department to pursue the Regional Multimodal Hub, <br /> 181 RAISE grant application for FY25 and authorized the implementation of the 2024 Orange County Safe <br /> 182 Routes to School update in FY26. <br /> 183 <br />