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SUMMARY NOTES 1 ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION TRAINING SESSION 2 JULY 22, 2009 3
4 MEMBERS PRESENT: Sam Lasris (Chair), Cedar Grove Township; Nancy Cole Baker (Vice-Chair), Pedestrian Access 5
Advocate; Mary Bobbitt-Cooke, Planning Board Representative; Julian (Randy) Marshall, Bingham Township; Karen 6
Barrows, Little River Township; Leo Allison, Cheeks Township Representative; Jeff Charles, Bicycle Transportation 7
Advocate; Amy Cole, Transit Advocate 8
9 STAFF PRESENT: Karen Lincoln, Transportation Planner; Tina Love, Administrative Assistant II 10
11 OTHERS PRESENT: Tommy McNeill, Planning Board Member 12
13 Training Topics 14 15
Karen Lincoln gave a background on the need and subsequent formation of the Orange County Unified 16
Transportation Board as established by the Board of County Commissioners in 2006. She covered the federal 17
transportation funding and the Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO), Rural Planning Organization (RPO), state 18
implementation plans, Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP), (Unified) Planning Work, (UPWP), Transportation 19
Improvement Program (TIP), and regional organizations including the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro (DCHC) and 20
Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization (TARPO). 21
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She reviewed maps and took questions. She continued with explanations on priority lists, Transportation 23
Enhancements (TE), Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ), division managed programs, and American 24
Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). She also talked about the Orange County Comprehensive Plan with a 25
background and transportation elements and coordination with other agencies. 26
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The members asked questions and talked about the future and direction of the OUTBoard. 28
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30 Adjournment 31
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The session adjourned by consensus 33
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Items for Staff: 36
Subcommittees List with additions 37
VFD definition and addition to terms (Sam Lasris) 38
Previous yearly activities and updates to County Commissioners (Leo Allison) 39
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Sam Lasris, Chair