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0 <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />48 <br />49 <br />50 <br />51 <br />AI Teny said that there have been several meetings with Steve Spade, and one of the <br />options is using some new Freedom Funds from the Metropolitan Planning Organization that <br />would give an inner-city senior route that would get the seniors to more populated areas and <br />ease up on the EZ-Rider senrice that normally carries the senior adults. There is no discussion <br />with OPT and Chatham County at the moment. <br />Chair Jacobs said that, as far as Carolina North, this would be non-senior. Mayor Foy <br />said that Chapel Hill is just about finished with its long-range transit plan, and it has implications <br />for the broader region. <br />Carolyn Efland said that there are some modeling issues with Carolina North and it may <br />be April before there is any more information on the transit issue. <br />Mayor Foy said that it turns out that the regional model numbers are bad because it says <br />that no one is riding the bus on Martin Luther King Boulevard, and this is wrong. The next step <br />will be engaging Orange and Chatham Counties. <br />Chair Jacobs said to make sure and engage Hillsborough. <br />Craig Benedict said that Orange County put together an Orange Unified Transportation <br />Advisory Board last year, and some of these topics could be broached at these meetings. <br />There are representatives from Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough. <br />Mayor Foy said that UNC is very interested in Alamance County because it has a lot of <br />employees there. <br />AI Terry said that Alamance County Transit Authority accesses Chapel Hill through US <br />70 and NC 86. There is another transit agency that goes into Chapel Hill called Piedmont Area <br />Regional Transit, which is an express route for commuters. This is an option of looking at <br />another agency coming into our area. <br />6. Joint Plannino <br />Method of sharing information among governments <br />^ Bi-monthly meetings <br />^ Shared website <br />^ Special word groups <br />^ Tiered Priorities <br />o Collaborative Planning Topics <br />o TransportatioNUtilities Land Use Planning <br />^ Water resources <br />^ Housing <br />^ Parks and environment <br />^ Mapping/GIS <br />Chair Jacobs asked where this was left off last time and Roger Stencil said that Planning <br />Directors have been meeting. <br />Craig Benedict said that they have been working on a shared website for joint planning. <br />There have been discussions with the Information Technology departments. The Planning <br />Directors are meeting on a regular basis to talk about these topics in general. <br />Chair Jacobs asked how to move forward with making something happen. Craig <br />Benedict said that there could be a resolution at the AOG meeting. <br />Mayor Foy said that he is interested in Cary and Chatham and what they are doing, and <br />their joint planning. There is also a work group with Durham. He would like to know what could <br />be done in this regard. <br />George Lucier said that the work with Cary came out of the annexation issue. He said <br />that at one time Cary was more environmentally conscious about planning than Chatham and <br />now it is the other way around. He thinks there are some river protection issues with the Haw <br />River. There are some areas that the governmental entities need to work on together. <br />