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23 <br />~~ <br />1 The OUT Board added three projects -Hillsborough train stop and two bicycle lane <br />2 projects (Eubanks Road and Mt. Carmel Church Road). <br />3 For the rural projects, the OUT Board added bicycle lanes on Old Greensboro Road. <br />4 <br />5 Commissioner Gordon said that the Homestead Road project was #2 last year on page <br />6 15 and it is now #7. She suggested making it #4. <br />7 Chair Jacobs said that he has never liked Orange County's bicycle plan and it is not a <br />8 logical plan. He suggested that the bicycle projects should not be in this document. Also, he <br />9 would like to move up Mayo Street/Eno Mountain Road realignment before the NC 86 north of <br />10 Hillsborough improvements. He suggested acknowledging that there is no longer a bicycle plan <br />11 and direct the OUT Board to adopt a bicycle plan that is consistent with their own <br />12 recommendations. <br />13 A motion was made by Chair Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Carey to direct the <br />14 OUT Board to make a bicycle plan that reflects what is being recommended and pursue <br />15 funding. <br />16 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />17 <br />18 Karen Lincoln verified that Chair Jacobs wanted the Mayo Street/Eno Mountain Road <br />19 improvements to be moved to #6. <br />20 Chair Jacobs clarified that #5 would be Orange Grove Road refinishing, #6 would be <br />21 alignment of Mayo Street/Eno Mountain Road, #7 would be Homestead Road improvements, <br />22 #8 would be Eubanks Road bicycle. <br />23 A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Carey to <br />24 approve the priority lists to submit to the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning <br />25 Organization and the Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization as amended, and endorse the <br />26 resolutions to submit priority projects to the DCHC MPO TAC and the TARPO RTAC. <br />27 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />31 <br />32 A RESOLUTION ENDORSING ORANGE COUNTY'S PRIORITY TRANSPORTATION <br />33 PROJECTS FOR THE DURHAM-CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO METROPOLITAN PLANNING <br />34 ORGANIZATION REGIONAL PRIORITY LIST FOR THE 2011 - 2017 TRANSPORTATION <br />35 IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM <br />36 <br />37 WHEREAS, the North Carolina Board of Transportation, every two years, prepares a <br />38 Transportation Improvement Program that identifies transportation projects scheduled for State <br />39 and Federal funding over the next seven years; and <br />40 <br />41 WHEREAS, the North Carolina Board of Transportation solicits input for identifying <br />42 transportation projects of local and regional importance to be included in the FY 2011-2017 <br />43 Transportation Improvement Program; and <br />44 <br />45 WHEREAS, Orange County gives priority to identified safety needs on existing roads and <br />46 bridges, to other transportation projects that encourage alternatives to automobile travel, to <br />47 projects that minimize adverse impacts on the natural environment and cultural sites, and to <br />48 those projects that foster economic development in the designated Economic Development <br />49 Districts; and <br />50 <br />