HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 12-17-1996 - 5a 1
ORANGECOUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: December 17, 1996
Action Agenda
Item
SUBJECT: Appointment to North Carolina Board of Transportation
DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: Yes No
ATTACHMENT(S): BUDGET AMENDMENT: Yes No
Resolution INFORMATION CONTACT:
County Manager Extension 2300
TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
Hillsborough - 732-8181
Durham - 688-7331
Mebane - 227-2031
Chapel Hill - 967-9251/9684501
PURPOSE: To consider a resolution that requests Governor Hunt to reappoint Dr. Gorman Gilbert
as this area's representative to the North Carolina Board of Transportation
BACKGROUND: Policy and operations of the North Carolina Department of Transportation are
essentially guided by the North Carolina Board of Transportation. Members of
this board are appointed by the governor and serve specific geographic areas of
the state. For the past four years- since January of 1993 -this area has been
ably represented by Dr.Gorman Gilbert,a resident of Chapel Hill and the
Director of the Institute for Transportation Research and Education
(ITRE) at North Carolina State University. As Dr.Gilbert's service on the
Board of Transportation has been beneficial to the citizens of Orange County,
the Board of County Commissioners may desire that Governor Hunt reappoint
Dr. Gilbert to a second four year term on the Board of Transportation. A draft
resolution to Governor Hunt requesting reappointment of Dr. Gilbert is
attached for the Board's consideration.
RECOMMENDATION: As the Board decides.
DRAFT
Resolution of Support
for the
Reappointment of Gorman Gilbert
to the
N.C. Board of Transportation
WHEREAS, Dr. Gorman Gilbert has served the citizens of Orange County with dedication and
responsiveness from January 1193 through December 1996 as a member of the
North Carolina Board of Transportation , and
WHEREAS,Dr. Gilbert's distinguished career in the field of transportation in his roles as
educator, public servant and Director of the Institute of Traffic Research and
Education,has provided him with a level of experience and insight sufficient to
qualify him to be an outstanding resource person for transportation issues; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Gilbert has been an excellent liaison between the citizens and officials of
Orange County and the North Carolina Board of Transportation and staff of the
North Carolina Department of Transportation, and
WHEREAS,Dr. Gilbert has been diligent in applying his knowledge as a transportation
professional to identifying and addressing the challenges and issues of
transportation in Orange County, and
WHEREAS,Dr. Gilbert has consistently exercised good judgment, collaboration and reason to
address those issues.
NOW,THEREFORE the Orange County Board of Commissioners do hereby commend Dr.
Gorman Gilbert to the Honorable James E. Hunt, Governor of North Carolina and strongly
request that Dr. Gilbert be reappointed for a second four year term to the North Carolina Board of
Transportation.
This is the 17th day of December. 1996
William L. Crowther, Chair