HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2002-060 Resolution Endorsing Establishment of Rural Planning OrganizationO~~ ~~~ Z
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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
A RESOLUTION TO ENDORSE THE ESTABLISHII~ENT OF
A RURAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGA~IIZATION
FOR THE COUNTIES OF ORANGE, CHATHAM, LEE E\ND MOORE
WHEREAS, section 135 of Title 23, United States Code, declares that it is in the
national interest to encourage and promote the development of tran:~portation systems
embracing various modes of transportation in a manner that will sen~e all areas of the State
efficiently and effectively; and
WHEREAS, North Carolina General Statutes 136-211 enacted July 6, 2000, provides
for the establishment of Rural Transportation Planning Organization:> (RPOs) similar in
concept to Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) for transportation planning in North
Carolina's urban areas; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners is committed to provide
comprehensive and multimodal transportation options to all county rE;sidents, including
those in rural areas; and
WHEREAS, the Counties of Chatham, Lee, Moore and Oranc~e comprise a portion of
the Region J Planning Area; and
WHEREAS, Triangle J Council of Governments is the coordinating agency for
regional planning efforts in the RegionJ Planning Area, and would serve as the Lead
Planning Agency for the RPO; and
WHEREAS, the establishment of a Rural Transportation Plani~ing Organization
(RPO) would provide rural areas of Orange County the opportunity tc~ work in partnership
with the North Carolina Department of Transportation toward develo~-ment of sound, short
and long-range transportation planning for rural areas within the Reg!on J Planning Area;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, It is the desire of Orange County
government to establish a Rural Transportation Planning Organization with the Counties of
Chatham, Lee and Moore in the Region J Planning Area and excludir~g areas of Orange
County that are already included in the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning
Organization boundary.
Upon motion of Commissioner , seconded Cornmissioner
, the foregoing resolution was adopted this the ~}~ay uf , 2002.
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I, Donna Baker, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners for the County ~~f Orange, North
Carolina, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true copy of :~o much of the
proceedings of said Board at a meeting held on August 20, 2002 as r~~lates in any way to
the adoption of the foregoing and that said proceedings are recorded in the minutes of said
Board. ~t`
WITNESS my hand and the seal of said County, this ~~ day of _~ , 2002.
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Clerk to the Buard of Commissioners