HomeMy WebLinkAboutOUTBoard Minutes - 091620 Approved 1.20.21
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2 ORANGE COUNTY OUTBOARD
3 SEPTEMBER 16,2020
4 REGULAR MEETING
5 (Due to current public health concerns, this meeting was held virtually.
6 Members of the OUTBoard, staff and public participated remotely)
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8 MEMBERS PRESENT: Eric Broo (Chair), At-Large Representative; Art Menius, At-Large Representative; Jenn Sykes,
9 At-Large Representative; Ed Vaughn, Cedar Grove Township Representative; David Laudicina, Cheeks Township
10 Representative; Johanna Birckmayer, At-Large Representative; Heidi Perry, At-Large Representative; Tony Blake,
11 At-Large Representative; Roy Schonberg, Chapel Hill Township Representative; Randy Marshall, Bingham Township
12 Representative;Todd Jones,At-Large Representative
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14 MEMBERS ABSENT: Amy Cole (Vice-Chair), At-Large Representative; Brantley Wells (Vice Chair), Hillsborough
15 Township Representative; Vacant, Eno Township Representative;
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17 TRANSIT ADVISORY SERVICES MEMBERS PRESENT: Theo Letman, Allyson Coltrane; TeLeishia Holloway, Percy
18 Mahone,William Russell,Allison Smith, Janice Tyler,
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20 STAFF PRESENT: Nish Trivedi, Transportation Planner; Tom Ten Eyck, Land Use/Transportation Planner, Tina Love,
21 Administrative Assistant III;
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23 OTHERS ABSENT: Zachary Hallock,Town of Carrboro;Tina Moon, Town of Carrboro
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25 AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER AND DETERMINATION OF QUORUM
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28 AGENDA ITEM 2: APPROVAL OF MINUTES
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30 MOTION by Heidi Perry to approve the August 19, 2020, OUTBoard Minutes. Seconded by Roy Schonberg.
31 VOTE: UNANIMOUS
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34 AGENDA ITEM 3: CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA
35 There were none
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38 AGENDA ITEM 4: TRANSIT ADVISORY SERVICES(TAS)IORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION(OCPT)
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40 AGENDA ITEM 4A: OCPT ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATES
41 PRESENTERS: THEO LETMAN, TELEISHIA HOLLOWAY, ALLYSON COLTRANE, PERCY MAHONE,
42 RUSSELL WILLIAMS
43 Orange County Public Transportation Director and Staff gave a PowerPoint Presentation on their Annual
44 Presentation on the Fiscal Year Report of Activities through the year to include the Orange County Commute Options
45 Program;Fleet Services Report; Transit Report;Grant; Contracts&Planning, and Administrator Reports
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47 Heidi Perry asked if training is provided to the drivers on how to pass cyclist and Theo Letman replied there is some
48 but that it is an excellent suggestion to include more.
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50 Heidi Perry asked if the fare media Delerrok would be by Go Triangle and TeLeishia confirmed that the goal was to
51 have the same fare media across systems.
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54 AGENDA ITEM 4.13.: TRANSIT ADVISORY SERVICES(TAS)COMMENTS/QUESTIONS
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56 TAS and OUTBoard members thanked the OCPT staff for the comprehensive reports and quality of presentation and
57 information covered
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60 AGENDA ITEM 5: REGULAR OUTBOARD AGENDA
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62 AGENDA ITEM 5.A: DURHAM-CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION (DCHC MPO)
63 COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AMENDMENT
64 PRESENTER: NISH TRIVEDI
65 Nish Trivedi presented information and draft statements on the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning
66 Organization (DCHC MPO) Comprehensive Transportation Plan Amendment.
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68 OUTBoard members discussed and asked clarifying questions
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70 MOTION by Art Menius to recommend to the BOCC to approve projects 1-13, which are already in the DCHC MPO
71 CTP, to be considered for all Complete Streets opportunities. Attachment 1, page 1 contains the recommended
72 cross-sections and multi-modal instruments and shall accompany our recommendation. Seconded by Tony Blake.
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74 Heidi Perry commented she is glad it is coming to the Board this way and it was a good job explaining it. She
75 suggested one small edit, in the list at the beginning of why this is important. One thing was that there are
76 destinations that would be trip generators along the corridors, services that would be available to people and they
77 would need to access those because she doesn't think all of it is going to be a through highway. Another that staff
78 might have included in the evaluations was what services are available along the corridors or that there are services
79 along the corridors that people would need to access. Are there medical service, educational services, grocery and
80 shopping services along the corridors all that people need to get to, generating destinations.
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82 Nish Trivedi responded that it was helpful and lends another argument to the discussion, another reason to the MPO.
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84 Tony Blake added that there is commuting traffic to and from work but there is also commercial traffic for businesses
85 or for pleasure.
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87 Heidi Perry added that development will create nearby services people could easily access by walking and biking and
88 we want to make that accessible to them so they don't have to get in the car to go half a mile because the road is too
89 dangerous. She clarified that she isn't recommending any change to the motion before the Board but requesting a
90 modification to the introductory piece but still recommending approval of the projects.
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92 ROLLCALL VOTE:
93 Art Menius Yes
94 Erik Broo Yes
95 Heidi Perry Yes
96 Jo Birckmayer Yes
97 Randy Marshall Yes
98 Roy Schonberg Yes
99 Tony Blake Yes
100 Ed Vaughn Yes
101 Dave Laudicina Yes
102 VOTE: UNANIMOUS
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104 MOTION by Heidi Perry to recommend to the BOCC to approve projects 14-26 to be added to the DCHC MPO CTP
105 Amendment list and that they be considered for all Complete Streets opportunities. Attachment 1, page 2 contains
106 the recommended cross-sections and multi-modal instruments and shall accompany our recommendation. Seconded
107 by Roy Schonberg.
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109 ROLLCALL VOTE:
110 Art Menius Yes
111 Erik Broo Yes
112 Heidi Perry Yes
113 Jo Birckmayer Yes
114 Randy Marshall Yes
115 Roy Schonberg Yes
116 Tony Blake Yes
117 Ed Vaughn Yes
118 Dave Laudicina Yes
119 VOTE: UNANIMOUS
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122 AGENDA ITEM 6: STAFF UPDATES
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124 AGENDA ITEM 6A: MPO/RPO AND NCDOT UPDATES
125 PRESENTER: NISH TRIVEDI
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127 Nish Trivedi noted there were no new updates for the MPO or RPO but gave updates for NCDOT
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130 AGENDA ITEM 7: INFORMATION ITEMS
131 Tom Ten Eyck gave the OUTBoard members information on a zoom webinar for the October 1, 2020 Transit Summit
132 and encouraged the Board to share the information. He indicated that in preparation of the Transit Summit, a survey
133 is live and can be found on the OC Transit 2020 website, (www.octransit202O.com) the consultant's website. He
134 indicated it has links to the site as well as how to sign up for the webinar and he will email all the information to the
135 Board.
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138 AGENDA ITEM 8:ADJOURNMENT
139 OUTBoard meeting was adjourned.
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143 Erik Broo, Chair
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