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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING
THE ORANGE COUNTY UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD
WHEREAS, the citizens of Orange County have expressed a strong and continuing
desire to have safe and adequate multimodal transportation facilities that offer options
for travel that enhance the social and economic well-being of the County; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of County Commissioners (the Board) has
promoted the improvement of the County's transportation facilities through participation
in regional transportation planning organizations, the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro
Metropolitan Planning Organization and the Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization,
and through inviting discussions with the North Carolina Department of Transportation;
and
WHEREAS, the Board wishes to continue to emphasize the importance of
improvements to the County's transportation network, and to ensure that aregion-wide
and County-wide perspective is maintained, while at the same time remaining sensitive
to the needs of its citizens and businesses; and
WHEREAS, the Board recognizes the correlation between transportation and land use;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of County
Commissioners establishes an Orange County Unified Transportation Advisory Board
(OCUTAB). OCUTAB, under continuing direction of the Board of County
Commissioners, will advise the Board and provide information and comments on major
transportation issues; and provide to the Board recommendations regarding the overall
planning and programming of transportation improvements in the County; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the OCUTAB will:
• Identify and prioritize the County's roadway and transit needs along with
associated costs and specific sources of funding;
• Assist in development and review of the transportation component of the
Comprehensive Plan;
• Provide recommendations to the Board regarding Federal and State legislation
affecting transportation in Orange County; and
• Explore and make recommendations on innovative techniques and methods to
improve the efficiency and capacity of existing and future transportation systems;
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the OCUTAB will consist of fifteen members, who
are residents of Orange County, and are qualified by knowledge or experience to make
recommendations on transportation issues, and membership will contain one member
from each of the seven townships, one Board liaison, one member from the Planning
Board, one member from the Economic Development Commission, one member from
the Commission for the Environment, one member from the Transportation Services
Board, one member/advocate for bicycle transportation, one member/advocate for
pedestrian access and safety, and one member/advocate for transit. The members will
be appointed by the Board, with a regular term of membership of X years, with the initial
term of Y members being Z years. The OCUTAB will determine a regular meeting
schedule; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County will adequately staff, and task other
offices to support, the Orange Count Unified Transportation Advisory Board.
Upon motion of Commissioner ,seconded by Commissioner
the foregoing resolution was adopted this the ~ day of
2005.
I, Donna Baker, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange, North
Carolina, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true copy of so much of the
proceedings of said Board at a meeting held on May 17, 2005, as relates in any way to
the adoption of the foregoing and that said proceedings are recorded in the minutes of
said Board.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of said County, this/~ day of ,2005.
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