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APPROVED 4/4/2016
MINUTES
Orange Unified Transportation Board
March 16, 2016
MEMBERS PRESENT: Alex Castro, Bingham Township Representative; Heidi Perry, At -Large Representative;
David Laudicina, At -Large Representative; Amy Cole, At -Large Representative; Ted Triebel, Little River Township
Representative; Jeff Charles, At -Large Representative; Ed Vaughn, Cedar Grove Township Representative; Art
Menius, At -Large Representative
MEMBERS ABSENT: Gary Saunders, At -Large Representative; Erie Smith, Chapel Hill Township Representative;
Brantley Wells, Hillsborough Township Representative; John Rubin, At -Large Representative
STAFF PRESENT: Abigaile Pittman, Transportation /Land Use Planner; Max Bushell, Transportation Planner
OTHERS PRESENT: Matt Day, Principal Planner, Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization ( TARPO)
AGENDA ITEM 1: Call to Order and Roll Call
Heidi Perry called the meeting to order.
AGENDA ITEM 2: Introduction of Max Bushell, Transportation Planner
Heidi Perry introduced Max Bushell.
AGENDA ITEM 3: Approval of Minutes for February 17, 2016
Minutes were approved with one correction /addition.
MOTION made by Alex Castro to approve Minutes. Seconded by Jeff Charles.
VOTE: Unanimous
AGENDA ITEM 4: Consideration of Additions of the Agenda
Discussion about Alex Castro presenting at the Chapel Hill Transportation and Connectivity Advisory Board on
Complete Streets on March 22, 2016 at 7:00 pm at Town Hall in Chapel Hill.
AGENDA ITEM 5: MPO and RPO Methodologies for ranking Transportation Improvement Program
(TIP) Project Request (Max Bushell)
OUTBoard Action: Receive and review information.
Max Bushell delivered his presentation.
Abigaile Pittman explained that a revision was made to the NC HWY 54 project when it was reviewed by TARPO and
the DCHC MPO, which resulted in it being broken up into sections of intersection improvements, instead of widening
it. A corridor study has been added to the current STIP that will to help determine feasible alternatives for the project.
Alex Castro questioned what the continuity is since NC Hwy 54 is in the MPO, but then goes into TARPO. Matt Day
explained that was the original problem and discussed how the RPO and MPO didn't support each other's plan and
he expressed that they're coordinating much more closely now to avoid running into that type of problem again. Matt
Day informed the Board that the county plan and the RPO wanted to widen NC Hwy 54 and Carrboro opposed.
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Max Bushell noted that some of the projects originally reviewed were not taken through the MPO or the RPO
because they're only allowed to take ten projects per mode forward, so a lot of the more rural Orange County
projects were not carried forward because they didn't score well. He stated that with the way the scoring works it
heavily favors urban projects. There were unanimous concerns about the Board's efforts not going anywhere, but
Max Bushell explained that it's still very important to have all of these plans on paper because that's the only way
they are eligible at all. Amy Cole suggested re- wording the scoring methodology to incorporate rural bike /pedestrian
projects. To which Matt Day advised that in order to do that all of the MPO's, RPO's in several NCDOT divisions
comprising our region would all have to agree to be able to make that change.
AGENDA ITEM 5b: SPOT 4.0 PRO and RPO Project Lists (Abigaile Pittman)
OUTBoard Action: Receive and review information.
Abigaile Pittman informed the Board of a Commissioners meeting on April 19, 2016. She stated that they may be
able to get on that agenda if the staff abstract is written and turned in on April 4, 2016. Max Bushell advised that it
would depend on whether NCDOT gets the scores to them on or before March 31, 2016 or not. Abigaile Pittman
suggested that the Chair, Heidi Perry, call a special meeting to do the Bicycle Task Force and if they receive the
score from NCDOT by then they can just add that to the agenda.
AGENDA ITEM 5c: Bicycle Safety (Abigaile Pittman) — Recommendations of Bicycle Task Force
Membership
OUTBoard Action: Receive and review information, provide comments and recommendations on Task Force
Membership, charge and term.
Abigaile Pittman discussed the application form that she created to try to recruit people with an interest in bicycle
safety to join the Bicycle Task Force. It was discussed and decided that the Chair, Heidi Perry, will be in charge of
writing a blurb explaining the proposed Task Force for distribution with the application in email blasts. The first
meeting for the Bicycle Task Force is expected to be in June, and the commitment or term to the Task Force is no
longer than one year, although Heidi stated that much could be accomplished in five meetings.
There was a discussion regarding how to achieve greater public awareness and education of things that are
happening in the community before it's already done and too late to comment or do anything about.
Amy Cole suggested advertising Public Safety Announcements (PSAs) on the televisions in the Department of Motor
Vehicle (DMV) offices.
AGENDA ITEM 6: Staff Updates (Abigaile Pittman) — Handouts included in packet
Status of NCDOT Division 7 projects located in DCHC MPO
OUTBoard Action: Receive information.
Abigaile Pittman informed the Board of two staff updates regarding the project statuses located in the packets.
AGENDA ITEM 7: Board Comments
No additional comments.
AGENDA ITEM 8: Adjournment
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103 MOTION made by Alex Castro to adjourn. Seconded by Jeff Charles.
104 VOTE: Unanimous
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Heidi Perry, Chair
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