HomeMy WebLinkAboutOUTBoard Minutes - 012021 Approved 4.21.21
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2 ORANGE COUNTY OUTBOARD
3 JANUARY 20,2021
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: Amy Cole (Vice-Chair), At-Large Representative; Tom Gray, Hillsborough Township
9 Representative; Randy Marshall, Bingham Township Representative; Tony Blake, At-Large Representative; Roy
10 Schonberg, Chapel Hill Township Representative; Jamie Crandell, Eno Township Representative; Joshua Mayo, At-
II Large Representative; Heather McAndrew,At-Large Representative;
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13 MEMBERS ABSENT: Eric Broo (Chair), At-Large Representative; David Laudicina, Cheeks Township Representative;
14 Johanna Birckmayer, At-Large Representative; Todd Jones, At-Large Representative; Vacant, Little River Township
15 Representative;Vacant, Cedar Grove Township Representative
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17 STAFF PRESENT: Nish Trivedi, Transportation Planner; Tom Ten Eyck, Transportation/Land Use Planner; Tina Love,
18 Administrative Support
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21 AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER,DETERMINATION OF QUORUM AND INTRODUCTION OF NEW MEMBERS
22 Amy Cole called the meeting to order and quorum was established
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25 AGENDA ITEM 2: APPROVAL OF MINUTES
26 MOTION by Tony Blake to approve the September 16, 2020, OUTBoard Minutes. Seconded by Randy Marshall.
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28 Roy Schonberg: Yes
29 Joshua Mayo: Yes
30 Heather McAndrew: Yes
31 Tom Gray: Yes
32 Jamie Crandell: Yes
33 Tony Blake: Yes
34 Randy Marshall: Yes
35 Amy Cole: Yes
36 VOTE: UNANIMOUS
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39 AGENDA ITEM 3: CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA
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42 AGENDA ITEM 4: REGULAR OUTBOARD AGENDA
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44 AGENDA ITEM 4A: 2020 ANNUAL REPORT AND 2021 WORK PLAN—(NISH TRIVEDI)
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46 Nish Trivedi reviewed the abstract for the work of the OUTBoard for 2020 and the anticipated work plan for 2021.
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48 Tony Blake asked if there were plans for bus shelters.
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50 Nish Trivedi will bring that information back to the next meeting.
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52 Amy Cole requested to have the wording changed for#6 under emerging issues to something more strongly worded.
53 Instead of saying 'consider' studying to studying policies so that it is a continuation effort rather than something the
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54 OUTBoard is thinking about doing. She added that it is still a needed effort to have that collaboration between the
55 Town and the County and there is still a lot of work to do on it.
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57 Nish Trivedi indicated that he would make that change.
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59 Amy Cole asked about the pedestrian data on the report for the school.
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61 Tom Ten Eyck related that since the students are not physically in school, it's not really possible to collect the
62 pedestrian data and there is no definitive timeline on when that might happen.
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64 Amy Cole suggested the need for traffic calming measures and pedestrian safety, traffic lights etc.to reduce traffic
65 and speed in that area. She asked if it is possible to get an update from NCDOT.
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67 Tom Ten Eyck will bring it up at the next quarterly meeting with NCDOT.
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69 MOTION by Tony Black to approve the 2020 Annual Report and 2021 Work Plan as amended. Seconded by Roy
70 Schonberg.
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72 Roy Schonberg: Yes
73 Joshua Mayo: Yes
74 Heather McAndrew: Yes
75 Tom Gray: Yes
76 Jamie Crandell: Yes
77 Tony Blake: Yes
78 Randy Marshall: Yes
79 Amy Cole: Yes
80 VOTE: UNANIMOUS
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83 AGENDA ITEM 5: STAFF REPORTS/UPDATES
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85 AGENDA ITEM 5A: ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT PLAN UPDATE(TOM TEN EYCK)-
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87 Tom Ten Eyck gave the OUTBoard updates for the Orange County Transit Plan and referred the members to
88 information about the plan on the website https://octransit202O.com/
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91 AGENDA ITEM 513: MPO/RPO AND NCDOT UPDATES(NISH TRIVEDI)—
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93 Nish Trivedi gave MPO/RPO, BGMPO and NCDOT updates to the OUTBoard
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96 AGENDA ITEM 6: INFORMATION ITEMS
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98 AGENDA ITEM 7:ADJOURNMENT
99 OUTBoard meeting was adjourned by consensus
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Erik Broo, Chair
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