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Home My WebLink AboutOUTBoard minutes 0615161 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 APPROVED 8/17/2016 MINUTES Orange Unified Transportation Board June 15, 2016 MEMBERS PRESENT: Alex Castro, Bingham Township Representative; Heidi Perry, At -Large Representative; David Laudicina, At -Large Representative; Amy Cole, At -Large Representative; Art Menius, At -Large Representative; Erie Smith, Chapel Hill Township Representative; Gary Saunders, At -Large Representative; Brantley Wells, Hillsborough Township Representative; Ted Triebel, Little River Township Representative MEMBERS ABSENT: Ed Vaughn, Cedar Grove Township Representative; John Rubin, At -Large Representative; Jeff Charles, At -Large Representative; STAFF PRESENT: Abigaile Pittman, Transportation /Land Use Planner; Max Bushell, Transportation Planner; Meredith Pucci Administrative Assistant OTHERS PRESENT: Earl McKee, Chair of the Orange County Board of County Commissioners AGENDA ITEM 1: Call to Order and Roll Call Heidi Perry called the meeting to order. AGENDA ITEM 2: Approval of Minutes for April 4, 2016 Minutes were approved. MOTION made by Alex Castro. Seconded by Art Menius. VOTE: Unanimous AGENDA ITEM 3: Consideration of Additions of the Agenda No additions. AGENDA ITEM 4a: Orange Unified Transportation Board (OUTBoard) Rules and Procedures Amendment (Abigaile Pittman) OUTBoard Action: Consider an amendment to the OUTBoard specific Rules and Procedures to revise its meeting time, and forward a recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC). MOTION made by Art Menius. Seconded by Alex Castro. VOTE: Unanimous AGENDA ITEM 4b: Bicycle Safety Task Force Applicants, Proposed Revised Resolution, Task Force Charge, and Orange County Bicycle Crash Report 2007 -2013) (Abigaile Pittman and Max Bushell) OUTBoard Action: To review and make a recommendation on revisions to the slate of Bicycle Safety Task Force applicants; to review and make a recommendation on a proposed amended Bicycle Safety Task Force Resolution; to receive and discuss the Orange County Bicycle Crash Report 2007 -2013; and to discuss implementation of the Task Force Charge as set forth in the Resolution. 1 APPROVED 8/17/2016 Heidi Perry asked about other Orange County staff being on the bicycle safety force. Abigaile Pittman explained that more information will be given in the presentation for the Bicycle Safety Task Force Applicants you want to do presentation. Abigaile Pittman presented the Bicycle Safety Task Force Applicants Heidi Perry inquired about removing two members so that she and Jeff Charles could be voting members on the task force. Amy Cole stated that she is opposed to taking anyone off the applicant list but that she does agree with Heidi Perry in that she and Jeff Charles should be able to vote on the task force. Alex Castro I think if Heidi is going to do so much work on the force I think she should be able to vote. Ted Triebel states his support, indicating that since the OUTBoard recommended the Bicycle Safety Task Force and since Heidi will be undertaking substantial administrative work as part of the task force, the OUTBoard should have voting representation. Motion made by Art Menius to allow 18 members on the Bicycle Safety Task and that the new two additional members should be from the OUTBoard. VOTE: Unanimous Motion made by Alex Castro to approve the revised slate as presented in attachment one. Seconded by Art Menius. VOTE: Unanimous Max Bushell delivered crash report presentation. There were questions about the accuracy of the data being reported, regarding incidents that are not reported and if the alcohol involved was with the motorists. Max Bushell stated he would look into which crashes involved alcohol and whether the driver or the bicyclist was intoxicated. He will also examine at which times of day the fatal crashes occurred. Additionally, he will examine the driver demographics to assess appropriate groups to target with safety messaging. Max Bushell continued with presentation Heidi Perry spoke about House Bill 959 that just passed and is going to senate that will make it legal for motorists to cross a double yellow line to go around cyclists. She also mentioned counters that have gone up in Carrboro that will give a better idea of how many cyclists are going on county roads. Max Bushell concluded presentation. Abigaile Pittman delivered Task Force Charge Presentation. Heidi Perry led the discussion and identified a few different areas to focus on. First, the Bicycle Safety Task Force (BSTF) should identify areas with a significant bicycle safety issue. She clarified that the BSTF is not charged with creating new laws or suggesting infrastructure changes. The BSTF's priority is safety and education. The biggest area of discussion was how to get more public awareness of the rules of the road. There was a lot of brain storming on how to do this such as billboards; through schools, such as liaising with the Let's Go NC group and working to include bicycle safety information in Driver's Education classes; information on OPT buses, such as bus PA APPROVED 8/17/2016 wraps or at bus stops; using UNC students to create PSAs; providing information to ambulance drivers; and working with NCDOT to install signage. More strategies will be created by the BTSF over the course of the meetings. AGENDA ITEM 5: Staff Updates 5a. Flow charts indicating the progress of transportation projects through the SPOT 4.0 Transportation Project Prioritization Process (STIP) 2018 -2027. (Max Bushell) OUTBoard Action: Receive information Max presented flow chart There were questions about the budget for sidewalks and Max Bushell explained that small scale sidewalks are very difficult to fund through STIP. Heidi Perry inquired about alternate means to get funded through. Max Bushell explained about another option through the MPO called surface transportation program direct. Through this option the MPO gets funds to allocate as they see fit and three key safe route projects would be great to implement including Orange High School Road, Cameron Park Elementary, and Orange Grove Road. Max also mentioned that another problem with getting these projects done in Orange County is the county's not set up for it in terms of engineering and public works. Max stated that his goal at the MPO level is to fund sidewalks and bike lanes. Max continued presentation. Heidi Perry inquired about getting Orange County to put in two -foot shoulders. Max explained that in a meeting for TARPO people opposed widening on Buckhorn Road. He also added that there's a proposed widening on West 10 Road south all the way down to Mebane but there's concern for rural character and vehicle speeds. Max Bushell will continue to look into it. It was requested to add Chuck Edwards' email to the Minutes (gD.g, °jwv a.l.::b „(ilacrjq...ggy). 5b. Update on NCDOT Division 7 transportation projects located in the Durham - Chapel Hill - Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO) planning area. (Max Bushell) OUTBoard Action: Receive information Max provided an attachment of current projects AGENDA ITEM 6: Board Comments Heidi Perry had a question about the closing of Borland Road. Abigaile Pittman explained that there is not much time to turn around a press release between receiving the communications of road /bridge closings from NCDOT and the start of the project. Abigaile will send the link for how to join the Orange County listsery that publicizes these project notifications. 3 APPROVED 8/17/2016 154 Heidi Perry suggested adding another item to next meeting's agenda, namely to ask the BOCC to add a project to 155 create a separated, shared -use path between Chapel Hill /Carrboro and Hillsborough along Old NC 86. 156 157 Alex Castro indicated that much of the effort to create separated facilities may already be used to support the 158 Mountains to Sea trail. There was, however, agreement that this should be added to the next agenda. 159 160 161 AGENDA ITEM 7: Adjournment 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 MOTION made by Art Menius to adjourn the meeting. Seconded by Alex Castro VOTE: Unanimous Heidi Perry, Chair ll