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03 The next step was to take this preliminary ranking to the Joint Planning Commission. The JPC met on the evening of April 28t' and had vigorous discussion about the rankings. As a reminder, the JPC includes two elected officials and the planning board chair from each of the three jurisdictions for a total of nine (9) voting members. Lee County is represented by Chair Dalrymple, Commissioner Tim Sloan and Planning Board Chair Kathy Woodell. The biggest issue discussed was whether or not to include the Kelly Drive (CCCC) project and where to rank it. The preliminary listing as created by the ad- hoc transportation committee had the project as #1 even though it did not score well as compared to other projects. The thinking was that the project is of such importance that we should rank it very high despite the low score. However, when discussed by the JPC, the group discussed that the cost of the project was relatively low and likely could be accomplished through local funding. As such, the Kelly Drive project was removed from the list completely and all other projects simply moved up one spot as based on the preliminary ranking by the ad-hoc transportation committee. The JPC approved this revised list and has been forwarded to TARPO for consideration. (Please note that in order to meet NCDOT's timetable for input, local action/input requires a very quick turnaround as TARPO is set to meet on May 17`h (tomorrow) to discuss the collective lists.) Attached you should find (1) the original listing and scoring of Lee County projects by NCDOT and (2) the recommended ranking of local transportation projects by the Joint Planning Commission to be submitted to TARPO and NCDOT for possible funding through their Strategic Transportation Investment (STI) process.