HomeMy WebLinkAboutOUTBoard agenda 111914AGENDA
Orange Unified Transportation Board
November 19, 2014
7:00p.m.
You can bring your laptops/tabletsif you would like to use them.
Conference Room 004 (LowerFloor) Orange County West Campus
131 West Margaret Lane, Hillsborough
Time Item Title
7:00 1.Call to Order and Roll Call
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Introductions of New Members
Approval of Minutesfrom April 16, 2014 - Minutes from August 20, 2014and October 15, 2014
(no-quorum meetings) provided for informational purposes.
Consideration of Additions to the Agenda
Regular Agenda (Action Items)
Yearly Election of Chair and Vice Chair
OUTBoard Action: Elect Chair
OUTBoard Action: Elect Vice Chair
Recommended Hillsborough Circulator Changes – Staff is consideringchanges to the
Hillsborough Circulator to correct some deficiencies that are currently manifesting with
the operation of the serviceand to provide service to new locations in and around
Hillsborough. Attachments in agenda packet. (Bret Martin)
OUTBoard Action: Receive information and provide comments
OUTBoard proposed 2015 Work Plan – Development of list of concerns or emerging issues for
the upcoming year that the OUTBoard plans to address, or wishes to bring to the Board of
County Commissioner’s attention. Handout at meeting.(Abigaile Pittman)
OUTBoard Action: Discuss proposed 2015 Work Plan and provide comments (final Work Plan
will be recommended to the BOCC at the December 17, 2014 meeting.
Staff Updates
Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Action Plan Advisory Committee (Abigaile Pittman)
OUTBoard Action: Receive updates
Board Comments
OUTBoard Action: Receive comments
Upcoming Future Agenda Items
a. Review of Protection options for Old NC 10
b.Efland-Buckhorn-Mebane Access Management Plan (AMP) revisions
OUTBoard Action: Receive information
Adjournment - The OUTBoard’s next meeting will be December 17, 2014
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Charge of the OUTBoard(from Section I, Part C of the adopted Rules and Procedures)
1.The OUT Board is charged with advising the Board of County Commissioners on the planning
and programming of transportation infrastructure improvements and other County transportation
planning initiatives, as directed by the Board.
2.From time to time the OUT Board may be directed to provide input on regulations on which the
Planning Board has primary statutory and local ordinance advisory duties. In such instances,
the OUT Board shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Planning Board.
Meetings (from Section IV, Part C of the adopted Rules and Procedures)
C. Date, Time, and Location of Regular Meetings
3.Regular meetings of the OUT Board shall be held as needed toaddress items that require
Board action consistent with its Charge andDuties identified herein. Meetings are held on the
third Wednesday ofthe month. The start time and location of the meeting shall be includedon
the agenda and shall typically be 7:00 p.m. at the Orange CountyWest Campus Office Building
located at 131 West Margaret Lane,Hillsborough. The OUT Board Chair, in consultation with
staff, shallhave the authority to change the start time and location of a regularmeeting to meet
any special circumstances, provided the information isincluded on the distributed agenda.
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D R A F T
MINUTES1
ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION BOARD2
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MEMBERS PRESENT: Paul Guthrie, Chapel Hill TownshipRepresentative;Jeff Charles, Bicycle Advocate6
Representative;Alex Castro, Bingham TownshipRepresentative;Ted Triebel, Little River TownshipRepresentative;7
Amy Cole, Transit Advocate; Gary Saunders, CFE Representative;Brantley Wells,Hillsborough Township8
Representative9
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MEMBERS ABSENT: Don Wollum, Eno TownshipRepresentative; Sam Lasris, Cedar Grove TownshipRepresentative;12
Pedestrian Access & Safety Advocate - Vacant;Cheeks TownshipRepresentative- Vacant;Economic Development 13
Commission - Vacant;Planning Board Representative – Vacant;14
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STAFF PRESENT:Abigaile Pittman, Transportation/Land UsePlanner;Tina Love, Administrative Assistant II17
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OTHERS PRESENT:Chuck Edwards, NCDOT; Ed Lewis, NCDOT; Elizabeth Gregory, Orange County Assistant Fire 20
Marshall; Matthew Day, TARPO; 21
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AGENDA ITEM I: CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL24
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AGENDA ITEM II: APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 19,201427
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Alex Castro: Line 266 should read, “This has great implications for the County”.29
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TheFebruary 19, 2014OUTBoard Minutes were approvedwith correctionby consensus.31
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AGENDA ITEM III: CONSIDERATIONS OF ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA34
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Paul Guthrie: I have tried to let the committee have a free handin how we conduct business. We have made it 36
difficult to let the presenter finish the presentation. If you have a burning question, get an authorization from me to 37
interrupt. We will always have a question/answer time after the presentation. 38
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AGENDA ITEM IV: REGULAR AGENDA41
a.Board discussion with NCDOT to include the following topics: 42
i.Issues with some bike and pedestrian projects within the county (i.e. the quality 43
of the two-foot widening on Dairyland, prioritizing the widening of Old NC 86 at 44
Calvander, and the destruction of road surfaces during the gas line construction 45
on Mt. Sinai and other connecting roads, and opportunities for improved 46
coordination with, or oversight of state contractors during project construction).47
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ii.The status ofany state discussions/projects related to the feasibility of using 49
existing triangle region railway infrastructure for commuter rail purposes as part 50
of a multi-modal transportation system.51
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iv.Available resources for minor improvements at problem sites/intersections within 56
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v.Pedestrian safety concerns on (new) Hwy 86/I-40 bridge overpass.59
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vi.Other topics as raised by the Board.61
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OUTBoard Action:Receive information and participate in discussion.63
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b.Review of selected private road and access standards from the Unified Development 65
Ordinance (UDO) Section 7.8 Access and Roadways.66
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OUTBoard Action:Review selected standards and recommend to the BOCC that 68
planning staff review/revise and develop amendments.69
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Abigaile Pittman had Jeff Charles describe photos. 72
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Jeff Charles: I am the bicycling advocate for the Boardand I am also on the Chapel Hill Bike Ped Board andI’ve 74
been appointed to the new TARPO bike planningthat is coming up. Dairyland is a key bicycling route in the county. I 75
would like to give credit to the fine jobdone onNC 10 and that was our expectation as to what would happen on 76
Dairyland. I went to the intersection of Union Grove Road and Dairyland and drove up to Maple View Ice Cream 77
Store. Most of these photosare on the right side of the road going toward Maple View. (Displayed photos).78
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Chuck Edwards: The issues with the PSNC gas lines goingin. Public Service gas has a large comprehensive 80
project to put in new gas lines and they are affecting a lot ofstate maintained roads. The instrument used is an 81
encroachment agreement that spells who is responsible for what. This is to be expected with the extent of the work 82
they are doing. Prior to a final inspection, we will look at areas like this and if there is damage that warrants repair, 83
we shouldrequire them to do that. Back to Dairyland Road, it was included on our secondary road construction 84
program presented to the BOCC. This was a time we were moving secondary road construction funds from their 85
primary purpose of paving unpaved roads to going toward paved road improvements because we have effectively86
paved out the available unpaved county roads in the county. Our project was to widen the pavement on the road two 87
feet and resurface. The existing pavement is variable. This is a low tech project. It is not intended to be specifically 88
a bike ped type of project, just a safety improvement. Because of that variability and the way the pavement is89
marked, the widthdoes vary.We are looking at doing Lebanon Road in the Mebane area and a portion ofNew 90
Sharon Church Road. All remaining unpaved roads were reprioritized by a competing statewide basis for $12 million 91
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Jeff Charles: In the past, we have talked about Old 86, the Calvander section,as part of a bigger improvement of 94
taking Old 86 all the way to Hillsborough. Is there a way to partition it?95
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Chuck Edwards: For the past few years, I was relying on the secondary paved improvements to deal with some of 97
these routes. A road like Old 86 is typically not going to be paved ina single year anyway.98
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Jeff Charles: Our hope was that if the Hogan Farmarea would donate the right-of-way, it would reduce the cost.100
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Chuck Edwards: Yes.102
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Jeff Charles: How do you do that?104
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Chuck Edwards: There are ways to do that and there may already be dedicated right-of-way.106
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Abigaile Pittman: We recently had an Orange County Expo and the planning departmenthad to man atable for four 108
hours. We had of our bike map and I only got one comment consistently. They picked up the bike map and said this 109
is a hot issue for me because when I try to drive through the county roads, the bikers don’t have anywhere to ride.110
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Chuck Edwards: That reflects in the list.112
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Abigaile Pittman: Thenext topic on the agenda isa discussion of the status of any state discussions/projects related 114
to the feasibility of using existing triangle region railway infrastructure for commuter rail purposes as part of a multi-115
modal transportation system.Ms. Pittman showed the Board a copy of the 2008 commuter rail capacity study done 116
by HNTB. 117
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Chuck Edwards: I tried to get information about this topic before tonight’s meeting and failed.119
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Paul Guthrie: I was on the task force that looked at the Hillsborough Rail Station. There was a lot of conceptual 121
planningabout the railroad right-of-way. Is anyone paying attentionto the fact that we have a 300-foot right-of-way 122
through the county that could be used for transportational purposes?123
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Ed Lewis: I had an opportunity to attend the TSS (Traffic Separation Study) workshop.125
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Paul Guthrie: At some level, this project is not going to move becauseyou ask but for a lot of other reasons. As this 127
position comes out, this could be a good time for an opportunitythat this couldbecome the key ingredient in 128
beginning anintegrated transportation system in this county.129
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Alex Castro: The Research Triangle Foundation which is doing a revamping of the RTP, in their presentation, they 131
have two commuter rail stations, one which will provide shuttles to RDU airport. 132
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Abigaile Pittman: The next topic of discussion is issues related to private street conversions for acceptance into the 134
state maintained system.Typical issues are people in subdivisions with private streets and the burden of maintaining 135
that over years, and then they decide they want the state to take over maintenance of the state.136
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Chuck Edwards: The process starts when the developer has to make a decision as to whether he wants to pursue 138
state maintained or privately maintained roads. The bottom line is if they choose state maintained, it has to be 139
designed by our standards. DOT is involved in the beginning.Once we sign off, the developer will take it, develop it 140
and sellhomes. Once he meets a certain threshold of a certain house count per mile he can petition the road for 141
state maintenance. There are times when usually the homeowners want to pursue state maintenance for a private 142
road. The issues are the private roadshave a private right-of-way so it is not eligible for that alone. So there has to 143
be a conversion. The typical issue that we deal with is school stops. School buses won’t go down a private road. 144
There are moderate subdivisions that are built to the design and construction standards of a state maintained road, it 145
is a matter of replating the private to public but we have learnedthat can create issues with the county as to whether 146
that developer was trying to circumvent the subdivision regulations.147
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Abigaile Pittman: There is problem ifthe road has been constructed to our Class B standards and they have to 149
overcome issues such as the placement of utilities, road widening, ditching, and encroachments. It is almost 150
impossible to overcome and sometimes the maintenance cost on those roads becomes a huge burdenon the 151
property owners. 152
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Chuck Edwards: The Class B road, we sometimes refer to those as a glorified driveway and it isnot be feasible to 154
bring them upto our standards.155
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Abigaile Pittman: Another topic for discussionis if there are available resourcesfor minor improvements at problem 157
sites/intersections within the county.I have been in discussion with Orange County School Districts regarding several 158
sites. There are issues with intersections to their driveways, wherethey need minor improvements to help the flow of 159
traffic. We have a list of improvements, what do I do with that list and arethere any available funds?160
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Chuck Edwards: There is a group within our traffic engineering branch called Municipal School and Transit 162
Assistance (MSTA)and their purpose is to help school systems solve existing problems and avoid future ones. 163
Funding is fairly low at this point butthere are ways to get funding and you need to ask.164
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Ted Triebel: One that comes immediately to mind is the Cameron ParkElementary and St. Mary’s Road;has that 166
been looked at?167
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Chuck Edwards: It has been looked at. Recommendations have been made for internal improvements. We will be 169
glad to revisit that.170
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Jeff Charles: The ChapelHill Bike Ped Board received a letter from a gentlemanthat lived of Whitfield and he walks 172
into Chapel Hill area and his concern was the new 86 and I40 Bridgefor pedestrians. We weren’t sure if it was in the 173
Town or County.174
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Chuck Edwards: We received the same information. Our traffic folks are looking at that. An obvious thing was the 176
bridge was not designed for pedestrian walking. 177
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Paul Guthrie:Are yougiving attention to the deteriorationof the old Kerr Scott Bridges? 179
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Chuck Edwards: Absolutely. 181
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Paul Guthrie: Some things tend to get overlooked. How are you approaching that issue?183
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Chuck Edwards: One well-funded program we have is for the replacement of public bridges. 185
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Paul Guthrie:I’ll give you one example, Old Greensboro Road and Phil’s Creek Bridge.There is more and more 187
heavy truck traffic using that road, 18 wheelers and every time they go down that hill they knock another hole in the 188
pavement. I assume you are doing regular inspection of these older bridges.189
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Chuck Edwards: I wish I had brought my list, I will get back with Abigaile with more information.191
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Jeff Charles: NCDOT worked on onebridge on Arthur Minnisnear Borland. There is another old bridge by that one 193
that was actually in worse shape. Do you know if that one is prioritized?194
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Chuck Edwards: Yes. They are handled by a design contractor.196
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Jeff Charles: That will hit the cyclingcommunity hard.198
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Chuck Edwards: We do reach out to others on these projects to provide public information.200
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Abigaile Pittman: In theBuckhorn Economic Development District, there is old bridge on the south perimeter. We 202
wouldn’t want it replaced as it is because the development in the areawill be industrial. When you look at these 203
issues with related land use changes involved,do you consider upgrading the bridge to accommodate industrial 204
traffic? 205
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Chuck Edwards: Under this program, we are trying to get the best bang for the buck. At some point, if there is a 207
need to change that, that particular bridge may not fit this program but another program.208
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Paul Guthrie: If there are no other topics, we can move on.210
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Chuck Edwards: Abigaile is giving out information about resurfacing roads.212
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Abigaile Pittman: Reviewed information.Elizabeth Gregory will tell us about some of the problems encountered with 214
emergency service vehicles on these 12-foot private road standards.215
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Elizabeth Gregory: The main problem is the width because fire trucks are large and the ambulances also. People do 217
not realize the county has no hydrants so the fire truck cannot hook up to a hydrant. They have to shuttle water 218
which means trucks go to water sources and fill the truck that is on the scene of the fire. The main problem is the 219
trucks have to turn around, so if they can’t pass each other. Our standard when weget into a subdivision is 20 feet 220
but we try to work with DOTwith their standard of 18 feet. When you get down to 12 feetas in the Class B roadway,221
they will need to send a smaller fire truck which holds less water. It is an access problem. Fire trucks are very 222
expensive. If there are roads they cannot get down; they need to wait for another fire truck to get additional hose. 223
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Jeff Charles: What is the limit of length because of the pressure issue?225
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Elizabeth Gregory: You can go as far as you want. We have learned who helps us the most with this issue is the 227
insurance company. They tell them itis important to have a driveway large enough to get a fire truck down. Also, 228
there are problems with ambulancesas a safety for both the patient and the workers. The biggest complaint we hear 229
from fire departments is access.230
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AbigailePittman: What are some typical widths of the fire trucks and ambulances?232
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Elizabeth Gregory: The ambulances are 12 foot. Fire trucks are usually that size but a latter truck is wider. 234
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Abigaile Pittman: What is the width of the ladder truck?236
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Elizabeth Gregory: I am not sure.238
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Abigaile Pittman: We have a related issue that you may be able to comment on. There are types of subdivisions that 240
are exempt from the county’s subdivision regulations. The staff would like you to discuss doing away with the Class 241
B roads and only allow Class A and to develop a requirement that newly created lots have access to a compiling 242
road.243
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Jeff Charles: This is all new construction.245
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Abigaile Pittman: To allow reasonable and affordable options for small subdivisions, staff suggests consideration of a 247
revision that may allow three lots to share a driveway as long as they are designed so the emergency service 248
vehicles can turn around and it is not longer than a certain determinednumber of feet. There would have to be 249
discussion as to what that numberis.250
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Elizabeth Gregory: A lot of it has to do with if it is a 20-foot wide road,or if it has a hydrant and it should be 26 feet 252
wide.What we ask for is a 96-foot radius because a fire truck does not run like a car. The money for fire trucks and 253
ambulances comes from the tax payer.254
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Jeff Charles: How do you approach the condition of the surface for turning around?256
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Elizabeth Gregory: If you hit bumps in the road in an ambulanceand it costs $250,000. That makes a difference.258
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Jeff Charles: Over the coming years, there will be more of the Tobacco Trail situations where you need emergency 260
services, not a fire truck. Maybe we should add a fourth item of concern to staff’s list about emergency access to trail 261
systems. I am recommending you think about that.262
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Paul Guthrie: I was comparing the Fire Code in Appendix D with the local ordinance and why is there a disconnect 264
when the Fire Code requires a much greater capability than this.265
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Abigaile Pittman: We connect with the NCDOT standards for the Class A roadways. 267
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Paul Guthrie: As Ms. Gregory mentioned regarding turn around, there is no way a fire truck could make use of that 269
turn around.270
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Abigaile Pittman: I think it would tough to change the Class A since NCDOT has this adopted 18-footstandard. 272
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Ted Triebel: I think the action you are asking for tonight is for us to suggest to the Boardof County Commissioners 274
that it is time for review these standards. 275
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Abigaile Pittman: We are not asking you to decide what those standards are but to tell the BOCC what you think the 277
issues are they need to have staff reviewthemand bring back more detail.278
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Ted Triebel: This problem has existed for decades in this county. My question is whether there would beany 280
documentation as to havethis proven to be a problem in 5 out of 100, etc. Is this a problem or not?281
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Elizabeth Gregory: As far as documentation, I believe the fire departments, when they do their incident reports to 283
the state or fire marshal they documentif they had an access issue. We have not pulled the actual statistics. If we 284
can’t access one person, one house,itis a huge issue.We can research thatinformation. 285
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Ted Triebel: Anytime we make a big change, thereneeds to be a data to back it up. 287
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Paul Guthrie: As I understand the recommendation, you are asking this Boardto tell the BOCC to have staff to take 289
a look at this issue.290
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Abigaile Pittman: We are saying if you agreewith staff’s recommendations,then recommend to the BOCC that they 292
have the staffcontinue to research it. 293
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MOTION made by Jeff Charles to accept recommendations for the staff with the addition of the emergency access 295
for trailsystems. Seconded by Alex Castro.296
VOTE:Unanimous297
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Ted Triebel: I live right by Little River Park which is a joint Durham/Orange County Park. We can look at those type 299
parks to say, this is what we accept as risks and this is what we think we shouldn’t accept.300
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AGENDA ITEM V: STAFF UPDATES303
a.Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Action Plan304
OUTBoard Action: Receive updates305
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Abigaile Pittman: Last night, the BOCC adopted the Safe Routes to School Action Plan. The next step is we will be 307
establishing a committee for implementation activities and they will be planning staff from Orange County, from the 308
Town of Hillsborough, someone from the School Board, the original steering committee and one or twomembers309
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AGENDA ITEM VI: BOARD COMMENTS313
OUTBoard Action:Receive commentsand participate in discussion.314
a.Chair initiated a comment session regarding Board members’ thoughts on the 315
following potential topics:316
i.Critical transportation issues for Orange County, now and into the future.317
ii.The role of the OUTBoard in the examining of the difficulties in transportation 318
planning brought about by the programmatic fragmentation of current 319
transportation planning and funding.320
iii.Improved OUTBoard engagement of Orange County residents’ transportation 321
concerns.322
iv.Improving OUTBoard advisory service to the Board of County Commissioners.323
v.Agenda development.324
vi.The role of each member of the Board.325
vii.Meeting format, including presentations and member participation.326
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OUTBoard Action: Receive comments and participate in discussion.328
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Paul Guthrie: I would like to pose several questions for the Boardto considerover the next several meetings:income 330
and housing locations, work locations, school locations, affordable housing, income diversity, a discombobulating of331
transportation planning and providers, public and private, a lack of resources in revenue and authority statutory for 332
the city and county, the state governments role and responsibility and the costs and uncertainty of the future. The 333
role of the OUTBoard in examining the difficulties in transportation planning brought about by the programmatic 334
fragmentation of our current transportation planning of funding in private and public. Also, improved OUTBoard 335
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engagement of Orangecounty residentsand transportation concerns; how we can improve our advisory service to 336
the BOCC; how we want to be involved in agenda development;what we see asthe optimum role for each member 337
of this Board;and we should look at meeting format including presentation and perception.I want to ask a question 338
and I hope every member of this Board knows the answer to this. What is the largest single transportation 339
organization inthis county;public or private? 340
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Gary Saunders: Chapel Hill Transit.342
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Paul Guthrie: Actually it’s the Orange County Schoolsand Chapel Hill Schools.The Orange County schools have 72 344
bus routes, 70 buses plus activity buses operating. Chapel Hill schools have 50 buses, 16 mini-buses, and 19 activity345
buses operating; so we have 120, 16 mini-buses, and probably another 30 activity buses all operating under two 346
different but similar systems. Chapel Hill Transit is the largest public transit organizationbut it doesn’t approach those 347
numbers of vehicles.My whole point is that while we probably spend less time on this issue, I wanted to point out that 348
thereis a number of things on transportation that go beyond what we now think of as transportation systems and at 349
some point I will argue that we ought to at least make a passing comment on is there a way to better coordinate 350
school transportation and public transportation in terms of route structure and things like that as we grow?That’s the 351
key word as we grow. We become less and less rural and more and more urban. Do we need to look at those 352
interfaces?There are a lot of statutory problems of the school bus issue, and the financing issue but that is the kind 353
of issue I would hope at some point in time we pay attention to. Where are we going in five years or ten years? A 354
perfect example to me is the way in which we approach the Triangle Transit government’s transportation systems 355
that they are trying to put in place now. It’s a little piecehere, a little piece there, and division is really about two 356
things. Building a coordinated bus system and building a limited rail system. I would hope thatover the next few 357
months and probably even years, we could tackle some of those things. I will be glad to send everyone what I just 358
said, that’s where I’m coming from so that we can really give good solid long term advice and not just be reactive to 359
the current issue if we just reacted to the current issue we will never build a vision for the future and this County will 360
need it. I have been doing something lately that scares the dickens out of people, take Google Earth,now for those 361
of you who have Google Earth;it will show you the 1993 flyovers and 2014 flyovers in sequence. Take parts of the 362
county and just click up the number of 10 to 14 different views that you can get for those years. See what has 363
happened in 20 years and then think what is goingto happen in the next 20 years. So that my little sermon for the 364
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Alex Castro: The service provided by OPT (they call it Old People Transportation)and Chapel Hill’s Easy Rider the 367
criteria, the determination of who gets the service is different. Individuals that are customers get confused. That 368
should be seamless and it should be one for everyone.369
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AGENDA ITEM VII: UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS OF INTEREST ON OTHER REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION RELATED 372
BOARD AGENDAS 373
OUTBoard Action:Receive information374
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Abigaile Pittman: On May 8, the BOCC will review recommended bus expansion services program. In late May and 376
early Junewe have scheduled meetings for public outreach for the recommended bus expansion route, asking for 377
input on recommended specific routes.On June 12, from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, there will be a Map 21 Funding 378
Program given by the Town of Carrboro and Carrboro Bicycle Coalition. The next OUTBoard meeting is May 21.379
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Jeff Charles: I would be interested in meeting with the Orange County Sherriff’s Department to talk about a project I 381
am working on with respect to the bicycle safety rules and the non-cyclist perception of cyclists. 382
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Matt Day: The main information from TARPOis the project scoring for Strategic Transportation investments. We will 384
have a public hearing in early June to present draft scoring results.385
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AGENDA ITEM VIII: ADJOURNMENT388
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The meeting was adjourned by consensus.390
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Paul Guthrie, Chair
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SUMMARY NOTES1
ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION BOARD2
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MEMBERS PRESENT: Paul Guthrie, Chapel Hill TownshipRepresentative;Jeff Charles, Bicycle Advocate5
Representative;Alex Castro, Bingham TownshipRepresentative;Amy Cole, Transit Advocate6
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MEMBERS ABSENT: Don Wollum, Eno Township Representative; Sam Lasris, Cedar Grove Township Representative; 8
Pedestrian Access & Safety Advocate - Vacant;Cheeks TownshipRepresentative- Vacant;Economic Development 9
Commission - Vacant; Planning Board Representative – Vacant;Ted Triebel, Little River Township Representative; 10
Gary Saunders, CFE Representative; Brantley Wells, Hillsborough Township Representative11
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STAFF PRESENT:Abigaile Pittman, Transportation/Land UsePlanner;Tina Love, Administrative Assistant II13
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OTHERS PRESENT:Eileen Apicella,Orange County’s new Mobility Manager15
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AGENDA ITEM I: CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL18
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Paul Guthrie: There was an article that Wake County will pass the one million population mark this month. That will 20
require us to look ahead to balance costs, revenues, etc. to decide what is best for Orange County. You have heard 21
me talk about the differentplanning groups that have their finger in rural transportation,but we still have the basic 22
fundamental fact that rural Orange County has limited access to rural transportation. If we can afford to build 23
wonderful walking trails on Morgan Creek, why can’t we build safe walkways and bikeways parallel alongside of the 24
54 bypass and look at how we canimprove rural transportation. We need to build a fire under the urbanized planning 25
groups to deal with these issues. 26
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Abigaile Pittman: In this new landscape of funding with everyone finding their way, most of those projects are not 28
being funded by the state. We applied for Section 5310 funding with DCHCMPO and Orange County’s two projects 29
will probably get scored. Oneis more years of the Mobility Manager, and the other is for an Aging Department 30
contract to provide additional services to seniors.31
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Paul Guthrie: There are two major rural issues in North Carolina now. One is the hospitalization issue in small 33
countieswhere medical attention is not there. The second is rural transportation.34
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AGENDA ITEM II: APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR APRIL 26,201437
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AGENDA ITEM III: CONSIDERATIONS OF ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA40
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AGENDA ITEM IV: REGULAR AGENDA43
a.Draft Parks and Recreation Master Plan 2030 – Presentation by Orange County 44
Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation (DEAPR) staff. 45
Pursuant to the OUTBoard’s recommendation at its April 2014 meeting regarding 46
emergency access for trail systems. Planning staff has held discussions with DEAPR 47
staff regarding the development of emergency access goals and objectives being 48
included in the Master Plan. Attached is a copy of the presentation and draft Goals 49
and Objectives for Emergency Access to Trail Systems at Orange County Parks for 50
the OUTBoard’s consideration (Attachment 1, pages 11-24)51
b.Bicycle Safety – OUTBoard Vice, Jeff Charles requested that this item be added to 52
the agenda. Attached for informational purposes is related information and a history 53
of prior discussions of bicycle safety as related to the OUTBoard since 2011 54
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OUTBoard Action:Review selected standards and recommend to the BOCC that 56
planning staff review/revise and develop amendments.57
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OUTBoard Action:Receive information and provide input.59
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RichShaw: My position is Land Conservation Manager. I work with private land owners and other conservation 61
partners to identify important sites worthy of being set aside for a park or nature preserve. I also work with people to 62
conservetheir own private land. DEAPR completedthis Parks and Recreations Master Planin houserather than 63
hiring a contractor.Reviewed PowerPoint presentation.This draft master plan went to the BOCC in June and they 64
asked us to share it with advisory boards, solicit input, and take the plan back to the BOCC this fall.DEAPR was 65
also asked to consider the issue of emergency access to trails in the County parks and nature preserves and has 66
developed some initial goals and objectives to address that issue.67
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Jeff Charles. I was on the American Tobacco Trail and there was a bad bike accident and we had trouble getting 69
EMS to this person in trouble. 70
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Alex Castro: It would seem there would be coordination among the various entities. You have facilities and the 72
operations are independent of other. There should be one standard with one protocol.73
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RichShaw: There is an Intergovernmental Parks Work Group that meets four times of year to discuss these types of 75
issues. I am not sure this issue has been brought up. It is chaired by Alice Gordon.76
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Alex Castro: I have a copy of the Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation Department Summer Program Guide. Why can’t 78
we have one guide? In the back of that was what was going on in road construction. Why can’t wehave one guide 79
for all ofOrange County? We have too many silos so we need to get together and do it jointly.80
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Paul Guthrie: I want to congratulate you for doing what you have done in the short amount of time. The real 82
challenge is managing what you have and building a consistent program from the future which will cost money and 83
will be difficult. It is difficult to create new trails because of land owner concerns so I would encourage you to see if 84
the landowners are interest to see if the public is interested. The other issue is that on some of those trails, they 85
might go near settlement centers so you try to have a rest stop area for picnics or water area that becomes a safety 86
item and that builds confidence in trails. That will be viable especially on the Mountains to Sea Trail. I would caution 87
you on going too far on physical facilities because that is a cash eater if you have to do the high financing on it. I 88
think the report you want to study make a lot of sense. One of the problems in your survey is that people responded 89
to things they had done, not what they wanted to do. I certainly would encourage getting closer to the water. 90
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Abigaile Pittman: I would like to provide DEAPRstaff and a message to the BOCC as to whether or not the 92
OUTBoard supports the overarching goal and objectives about emergency access to trail systems that DEAPRstaff 93
and planning have worked together to develop.94
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Paul Guthrie: Obviouslythere needs to be a good coordinated emergency plan but I am not convinced thatyou have 96
to make it motor vehicle friendly to do that. On the other hand, you can have smaller vehicles that can run down 97
trails with the ability to haul a stretcher. There is no reason a rescue squad can’t carry a bolt cutter to open a gate for 98
a trail. 99
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RichShaw: We have a number of trails that have not built yet. Having some objectives that have been drafted at the 101
front end will be helpful.102
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Jeff Charles: With the new trails, you need to think about traffic control because bicyclist want to go 15 to 20 miles 104
an hour which is totally inconsistent with pedestrians so you have to have some thought about posted speed limits. 105
You need to think about safety issues, certainly when you come to intersections and streets.106
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Alex Castro: This is already been done at the American Tobacco Trails. Some states actually post speed limits for 108
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Abigaile Pittman: How can you tell how fast you are going?111
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Jeff Charles: Most serious cyclists have odometers but if you not, you learn pretty quickly. 113
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Paul Guthrie: The mixed use trails in this country have wide rights-of wayand the track is wide.115
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Jeff Charles: Mountain biking, etc., if we don’t improve our rural roads, they will look for other options and as you 117
develop these trails, you will see them go where you did not expect them to.118
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Abigaile Pittman: Other than thesecomments, I would like the Board to consider supporting the goal and objectives 120
developed by DEAPR staff. 121
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Paul Guthrie: This recommendation is pretty good. The comments on emergency needs to be better defined. It is 123
not just what the Parks department can do but what the potential responders may need to modify with how they 124
respond and what kind of equipment but both sides need to inform the others.125
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RichShaw: The Emergency Responsestaff hasnot reviewed this draft yet. If you think of anything or have any 127
questions, let me know.128
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Jeff Charles: In your packet, there is an N&O news article about the June 25th alleged road incident in the court 131
system where a gentleman has been cited for misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon associated with this 132
alleged road rage incident. I ride 5,000 plus miles per year and the vast majority is in Orange County and I have 133
been seeing an increase in friction between motorists and cyclist which is why we came up with the road safety 134
guidelines which will support now. I ride with about 100 people a year and of those 100, three of those have been hit 135
by a car or had car interactions in the last two months. In this case, it was road rage involved. Presented videos of 136
ride. You can make a legal pass if you have 500 foot visible with a double lane.If there are 20 plus cyclist riding in 137
the same lane, it is frustrating for motorists. How do you convince cyclists to break into smallergroups? This is part 138
of an education process. The League of American Bicyclists listed the top ten states, each one has the following 139
statement in their vehicular law, and bicyclistscannot ride more than two abreast and cannot impede traffic. North 140
Carolina is ranked 23rd because we don’t have very good bicyclist rules. There are two groups of Orange County 141
trying to work on this problem. There is a motorist group working on this alsoand I am sitting on that group. 142
Commissioner Price has agreed to head a working group to get law enforcement involved. Gail Alberti is the 143
motorist’s representative in our group. We do not want to get legislature involved in this. We also need to be 144
concerned about mopeds and the elf vehicle.145
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Alex Castro:As the population increases, more and more people will want to get out. I would recommend you make 147
contact with the Grange in Schley. 148
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Jeff Charles: Bonner Hauser is heading up the motorist group and Renee and I are heading up the cyclists.150
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Paul Guthrie: It has been my observation of the last 10 years, how much cruder the driving is.152
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Jeff Charles: This is also an enforcement issue. The law is that you have to stop if anyone is walking across the 154
cross walk. We don’t want to get legislature involved. 155
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Alex Castro: We need to raise awareness and have a good publicity campaign. What is the law? Having a public 157
awareness campaign to highlight these points tonight would be very helpful.158
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Jeff Charles: Enforcement and education are the way I go. We are bringing ideas from Europe for education. I hope 160
these videos have a role in enforcement for laws.161
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Alex Castro: What about getting the bicycle shops to help get some of those videos on the air.163
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Jeff Charles: I want to make sure law enforcement can use the videos.165
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Paul Guthrie: Theyare good evidentiary issues and they are alsogood instructive tools. I am not sure they can be 167
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AGENDA ITEM V: STAFF UPDATES170
a.Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Action Plan171
b.Protection options for Old NC 10 corridor172
c.Review ofselected private road and access standards173
d.Review of selected private road and access standards174
e.Buckhorn EDD environmental and transportation contracts175
f.OUTBoard vacancies176
OUTBoard Action: Receive updates177
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Abigaile Pittman: We are moving forward to get the SRTS Advisory Committee rolling. There is a mission statement, 180
core responsibilities and the concept about the membership. We will meet quarterly or more frequently if required. I 181
need two OUTBoard members, please email if you are interested. The original steering committee representative will182
probably be Nancy Cole Baker.There will be a representative from the health department.183
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Abigaile Pittman: I have been reviewing various protection options for the Old NC 10 corridor. I have a list attached 185
of the options and also a map. When reviewingprotection options for Old NC 10, I considered that the corridor starts 186
back at Hwy 86. This project will come out in fall and I will go back to the BOCC with my analysis. I have narrow in 187
onthree options that stand out.188
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Jeff Charles: It is a very popular bicycle route. It is important to cite commuting. 190
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Abigaile Pittman: When I get comments and instructionsback from the BOCC, I will be back to you.192
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Abigaile Pittman: I willgoing to the Planning Board on September 3to have them review the matter of private road 194
and access standards. We have met with DEAPR staff and obtained their comments on emergency access for trail 195
systems in county parks.We will return to the BOCC in the fall to get comments and instructions fromthem. 196
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Abigaile Pittman: We have hired an environmental firm and a different transportationfirm to complete contractual 198
workin the Buckhorn EDD area. We realized that some of the development efforts beginning to take place in the 199
EDD were revealing the need to revise the access management plan adoptedin 2011. Before competing these 200
revisions we decided it was advisable to gain additional information with regard to environmental issues in the area, 201
and that we need to know more about the recommended functional classification of those future roads in the EDD. 202
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Abigaile Pittman: You have the OUTBoard roster before you. Weneed to be aggressive about filling these positions.204
Please let me know if you know of any interested and qualified person that would be willing to serve on the 205
OUTBoard. 206
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Paul Guthrie: Craig will speak to the Rotary Club that I am the president of and he may want to mention the need 208
there. 209
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Alex Castro: The Department on Aging, Engage, which are community spark plugs - I can try to get some of those.211
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Jeff Charles: I would suggest someone from Orange County who uses the Orange County roadsto replace my 213
position, but Iwill stay on until someone is appointed. 214
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Abigaile Pittman: There is a handout called Transportation Advisory Board attached. The NCDepartment of 216
Transportation has given me this criterion. In order for us to receive Federal Section 5311 funding for our transit 217
system, we have to recreate the Transit Advisory Board. I will be working with Peter Murphy, who is the new 218
Transportation Managerwith OPT. This board will also need BOCC approval. I see this as a sort of subcommittee of 219
the OUTBoard. We have to meet, at least quarterly, probably before the OUTBoard meeting.220
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Abigaile Pittman: On yesterday’sBurlington Graham MPO TCC the agenda there was a proposal to use Section 222
5307 monies to buy buses and startup capital for the proposed Burlington bus system. There was a motion223
appointing themselves as a designated recipient and you can’t do that because it can only be a direct recipient, per 224
federal statute. They wanted the TCC and TAC to approve a resolution that they can be the designated recipient so 225
they would be the lead decision maker regarding the distribution of funding. However, under the federal law, they 226
can only be a direct recipient, meaning they can receive the funds from the designated person, which would be either 227
NCDOT or PART. They also requested all ofthe federal allocation for this region for the next several years because 228
they needit for theirbus system in Burlington. We acknowledged and accepted their first year needs and stressed 229
thatthey could only be a direct recipient. They agreed. We compromised in their first year of capital and operations 230
expenses and then everything after that, werequested that there bea collaborative decisionmaking process with all 231
the other interested parties, meaning the other service providers.232
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Paul Guthrie: There has been a big story about Triangle Transit’s rate increases. Is there advanced discussions 234
about it with the people in this county?235
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Abigaile Pittman: No to my knowledge.237
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Paul Guthrie: It would not hurt to mention that when you start juggling Triangle Transit fares, you should contact all 239
jurisdictions. 240
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AGENDA ITEM VI: BOARD COMMENTS243
OUTBoard Action:Receive comments.244
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AGENDA ITEM VII: UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS OF INTEREST ON OTHER REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION RELATED 247
BOARD AGENDAS 248
OUTBoard Action:Receive information249
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AGENDA ITEM VIII: ADJOURNMENT252
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SUMMARY NOTES1
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ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION BOARD3
OCTOBER 15,20144
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MEMBERS PRESENT: Paul Guthrie, Chapel Hill TownshipRepresentative;Brantley Wells, Hillsborough Township 7
Representative;Alex Castro, Bingham TownshipRepresentative;Amy Cole, Transit Advocate8
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MEMBERS ABSENT: Don Wollum, Eno Township Representative; Jeff Charles, Bicycle Advocate Representative;11
Ted Triebel, Little River Township Representative; Gary Saunders, CFE Representative;Cedar Grove Township 12
Representative - Vacant;Pedestrian Access & Safety Advocate - Vacant;Cheeks TownshipRepresentative- 13
Vacant;Economic Development Commission - Vacant; Planning Board Representative – Vacant; 14
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STAFF PRESENT:Abigaile Pittman, Transportation/Land UsePlanner;Bret Martin, Transportation Planner; Peter 17
Murphy, Orange Public Transportation Manager; Eileen Apicella; Mobility Manager; Tina Love, Administrative 18
Assistant II19
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AGENDA ITEM I: CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL25
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AGENDA ITEM II: APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR AUGUST 20,201428
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AGENDA ITEM III: CONSIDERATIONS OF ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA33
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Paul Guthrie referred to a diagram he drew on the whiteboard for discussion during comments.35
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AGENDA ITEM IV: REGULAR AGENDA38
a.Recommended Hillsborough Circulator Changes – Staff is considering changes 39
to the Hillsborough Circulator to correct some deficiencies that we are currently 40
manifesting with the operation of the service and to provide service to new 41
locations in and around Hillsborough.42
Presenter: Bret Martin43
OUTBoard Action:Receive information and provide comments. 44
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Bret Martin reviewed the material and information regarding the changes considered for the Hillsborough 46
Circulator.47
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OUTBoard members discussed item with staff.49
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OUTBoard members will submit comments at the next OUTBoard meeting.51
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AGENDA ITEM V: STAFF UPDATES54
a.Central and Rural Orange County Five-Year Bus Service Expansion Concept - 55
OPT56
b.Transportation project prioritization statue57
c.DCHC MPO and TARPO RPO activities58
d.Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Action Plan Advisory Committee59
e.Mountains-To-Sea Trail Conference Sept. 4-5, 201460
f.OUTBoard vacancies61
OUTBoard Action: Receive updates62
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Abigaile Pittman and Bret Martin updated the OUTBoard on current transportation projects and activities.64
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Tina Love updated the OUTBoard on the current combined efforts to attract new applicants for the OUTBoard.66
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AGENDA ITEM VI: BOARD COMMENTS69
OUTBoard Action:Receive comments.70
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Paul Guthrie spoke to the OUTBoard regarding his suggestions for light rail between Chapel Hill and Durham.72
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OUTBoard Action:Receive information76
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Abigaile Pittman informed the OUTBoard of the next meeting and future items including the election of officers at 78
the November OUTBoard meeting.79
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ORANGE COUNTY
ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION BOARD (OUTBoard)
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date:October 15,2014
Action Agenda
Item No.4
SUBJECT:Review of Recommended Changes to the Hillsborough Circulator
DEPARTMENT:Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N)N
ATTACHMENT(S):
1.Existing Hillsborough Circulator Route
2.Proposed Hillsborough Circulator Route
3.Hillsborough Circulator Service Change
Summary
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bret Martin, TransportationPlanner, 245-2582
Abigaile Pittman, Transportation/Land Use
Planner, 245-2567
Tom Altieri, Comprehensive Planning
Supervisor, 245-2579
PURPOSE:To review recommended changes to the Hillsborough Circulator to correct some
deficiencies that are currently manifesting with the operation of the service and to provide
service to new locations in and around Hillsborough.
BACKGROUND: Planning staff, including the Orange Public Transportation (OPT) Manager, is
considering minorchanges to the Hillsborough Circulator to correct some deficiencies that are
currently manifesting with the operation of the service and to provide service to new locations in
and around Hillsborough.The recommended changes have been reviewed and are supported
by the Hillsborough Planning Director and Town Board members.
Problem:The existing Hillsborough Circulatorroute (Attachment 1) with its current schedule and
stops manifests with a number of problems. These include but are not limited to:
1)Inefficiently tracing along the same corridor multiple times;
2)Traversing streets and making turns that prohibit speedy service times;
3)Serving stops that provide very low ridership but not serving locations with the potential
for higher ridership (e.g., Lakeshore Drive, U.S. 70 Food Lion);
4)Serving locations with either very minimal or nonexistent access to transit, such as those
lacking pedestrian facilities and those with limited neighborhood connectivity;
5)The route rarely, if ever, is on time because the route and associated stops are too
burdensometo service in one hour under normal daytime traffic conditions along its
existing alignment;
6)A survey of Eno Haven residents indicated a need for more grocery options along the
route; and
7)Operators currently have no layover time to preparefor the next scheduled Circulator
run.
The Hillsborough Circulator will soon additionally need to service the UNC Hospital –
Hillsborough campus when it is open to the public.
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Staff-RecommendedChanges:
Theattached map (Attachment 2) depictsthe staff-recommendedroute changes and ordering
of stops. These changes to the Hillsborough Circulator will free up time currently consumed
along the route involving service provided to low productivity stops while still providing
reasonable access options for those stops that are being eliminated. The recommendedroute
is more time-efficient yet will cover more geography than the existing route and offer transit
access options at more locations.
A summary of the recommended changes tothe Hillsborough Circulatorroute is provided in
Attachment 3.In Table I: Existing Hillsborough Circulator Stop Order and Times, the stops that
are recommendedfor elimination are highlighted in yellow. These four (4) stops were all well
below the average calendar year 2013 ridership per stop of 643 boardings. The stops
recommendedto replace these stops will still provide reasonable access within walking distance
of the stops that are recommendedto be removed but will allow the operator to manage access
to those locations more efficiently and save time.
The recommendedroute additionally does not traverse the same corridor along Churton Street
three (3) times as does the existing service design, which will free up additional time to provide
service to the additionalrecommended stops. The recommendedroute will provide access to
the UNC Hospital – Hillsborough campus after stopping at Durham Tech and will more
efficiently make use of NC 86 to access Hampton Pointe (Walmart/HomeDepot) rather than
using Churton Street and U.S.70Business, both highly congested corridors during daytime
hours. The recommendedroute will serve a new stop at a residential area off U.S. 70 and will
serve the newer Food Lion located on U.S. 70 before traveling back to the North Hills Shopping
Center to make the next run. Table II: Proposed Hillsborough Circulator Stop Order and Times
provides the recommendednew order of stops and the new stop locations (highlighted in
green).
NEXT STEPS: Following the OUTBoard’s review of these recommended changes, the changes
will be considered by the BOCC. If approved by the BOCC, the changes will be advertised on
the County’s OPT webpage and on board OPT’s busesvia the distribution of amended
schedulesand service maps. Existing Hillsborough Circulator schedule and stop information will
be replaced with the new schedule and map of stop locations to inform the public of the new
changes.OPT will allow a period of two (2) months between when service changes are
approvedand when they are implemented to allow the public to adapt to the changes.
RECOMMENDATIONS:The Staffrecommends the OUTBoard:
1.Review the recommended changes to the Hillsborough Circulator route; and
2.Recommend approval of the staff-recommended changesto the BOCC, to include any
additional comments the OUTBoard might have.
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Town of hillsborough and orange county
Save SomeCash …
Take the Bus!
New Schedule with More Stops!
Hillsborough Circulator
A.m. circulator bus schedule
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 1
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9:009:039:059:069:099:109:129:149:179:209:219:239:249:269:299:359:419:459:489:519:55
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2-Rainey Street 7- South Nash and Calvin Streets 12- Daniel Boone (antiques area) 17- Walmart/Home Depot (around loop)
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ATTACHMENT 3 - Hillsborough Circulator Service Change Summary
Table I: Existing Hillsborough Circulator Stop Order and Times
Map
ID Stop Location
First Run
Timing-
Start 8am**
Existing
Annual
Ridership
(2013)***
1North Hills Shopping Center(Former Maxway)8:00441
2Rainey Street/Hillsborough Police Substation8:031,049
3Hester/Whitted/Daye8:05866
4Whitted Forest8:06494
5*West Hill Avenue 8:09 390
6*King Street/West Hill Avenue 8:10 219
7*South Nash and Calvin Streets 8:12 138
8Library8:141,493
9Timbers Mobile Home Park8:17353
10Coachwood Apartments8:20736
11Gateway Apartments8:211,767
12Daniel Boone Center8:23248
13Orange County Social Services8:24652
14UNC Family Practice8:26150
15Durham Tech Campus8:29495
16Food Lion8:35741
17Walmart/Home Depot (around loop)8:411,680
18Eno Haven8:45318
19Triangle Sportsplex/Central Orange Senior Center8:48381
20*Courthouse 8:51 248
*Stops highlighted in yellow proposed for elimination to add time back to route.
**Existing Circulator timings are those printed on the public schedule and are not realistic.
***Average calendar year 2013 ridership per stop was 643 boardings.
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Table II: Proposed Hillsborough Circulator Stop Order and Times
Map
ID Stop Location
Estimated
First Run
Timing-
Start 8am
Existing
Annual
Ridership
(2013)**
1North Hills Shopping Center8:00441
2Rainey Street/Hillsborough Police Substation8:031,049
3Faucette Mill Rd and Cornelius Rd8:06866
4Whitted Forest8:08494
5*Lakeshore Drive 8:10 N/A
6*Lakeshore Drive and King Street 8:11 N/A
7*King St. and Nash St.8:12 N/A
8Library8:141,493
9Orange County Social Services8:18652
10Rebecca Drive Shopping Area (Food Lion)8:21741
11Timbers Mobile Home Park8:25353
12Coachwood Apartments8:28736
13Gateway Apartments8:281,767
14UNC Family Practice8:31150
15Durham Tech Campus8:36495
16*UNC Hospital –Hillsborough Campus 8:39 N/A
17Hampton Pointe (Walmart)8:451,680
18Eno Haven8:49318
19Triangle Sportsplex/Central Orange Senior Center8:51381
20*Riverside Drive/U.S. 70 8:56 N/A
21*Scottswood Blvd/U.S 70 (Food Lion)8:58 N/A
22*Kerr Drug Store/Walgreen’s 9:00 N/A
*Stops highlighted in green are newly proposed stops.
**Averagecalendar year2013 ridership per stop was 643 boardings.
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