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218 <br /> DRAFT <br /> 822 <br /> 823 Beth Bronson: ****for everybody,yes, and I'm glad that you were provided a copy as well to look over. That is <br /> 824 great. I will say that what you were speaking about earlier was a willingness to, you know, not <br /> 825 even petition but to write— <br /> 826 <br /> 827 Josh Reinke: That's pretty much what it is. It's putting together— <br /> 828 <br /> 829 Beth Bronson: —a petition to the DOT. <br /> 830 <br /> 831 Josh Reinke: —a letter saying we're requesting for these reasons. And I've done this a number of times, <br /> 832 primarily for schools. Schools are an easier one, but I think crashes are another one where you <br /> 833 could say here's a concern of ours. We present it to DOT. They review it in different groups, <br /> 834 division and higher, and then they say— <br /> 835 <br /> 836 Beth Bronson: Absolutely. <br /> 837 <br /> 838 Josh Reinke: —we agree with the logic behind why that is, and we will or we will not,for whatever reasons. And <br /> 839 that's why I'm happy to write the letter. I think the team is supportive of that. I just can't promise <br /> 840 the outcome of that. <br /> 841 <br /> 842 Beth Bronson: Certainly. <br /> 843 <br /> 844 Josh Reinke: Yeah. <br /> 845 <br /> 846 Beth Bronson: Same as any other negotiation or any other condition that we don't have control over. <br /> 847 <br /> 848 Josh Reinke: Right. <br /> 849 <br /> 850 Beth Bronson: But I think it's the intention there, right, because a lot of the comments that we've heard from the <br /> 851 surrounding residents and a lot of the concerns that the planning board members have do <br /> 852 surround not necessarily the impact from this project. <br /> 853 <br /> 854 Josh Reinke: Right, it's an existing— <br /> 855 <br /> 856 Beth Bronson: I mean, obviously,the new project— <br /> 857 <br /> 858 Josh Reinke: —it's an existing issue. <br /> 859 <br /> 860 Beth Bronson: —it's an existing capacity. <br /> 861 <br /> 862 Josh Reinke: Correct. <br /> 863 <br /> 864 Beth Bronson: Exactly. And so and the same is in good faith, I think, that a letter to the DOT and to the West <br /> 865 Orange MPO where you,you know, and you make Hillsborough and the county aware that this is <br /> 866 what you are petitioning for them. Being able to cite the many factors that not even necessarily <br /> 867 that are anecdotal but that are factual, right, is that the lower number versus the high,the upper <br /> 868 limit that you might be able to you have for your traffic study. And while a TIA is not required, it <br /> 869 would absolutely behoove DOT to review that failing intersection and/or the surrounding areas <br /> 870 because of the blind spots, because of the speed zones, and the difference of 45 and 55 is <br /> 871 significant. <br /> 872 <br /> 873 Josh Reinke: Yeah. <br /> 874 <br />