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Information Item
Memorandum
Date : January 27, 2015
To: Board of County Commissioners
Bonnie B. Hammersley, County Manager
From: Abigaile Pittman, Transportation/Land Use Planner
Tom Altieri, Comprehensive Planning Supervisor
Craig Benedict, Planning Director
Re: BOCC Petition Regarding OUTBoard/Bicycle Safety
Attachment: 1.November 18, 2014 BOCC Meeting Information Item – Manager’s
Response to Petition regarding bicycle safety
2. Staff Plan to Address Board of County Commissioners
Petition RegardingOUTBoard/Bicycle Safety
BACKGROUND
At the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC)November 6, 2014 regular meeting, the
following petition regarding bicycle safety was brought forth by Commissioners Price and
Jacobs:
Request for Planning staff toreview Chapel Hill and Carrboro policies related to
pedestrian and bicycle access and begin working with cyclist groups, law
enforcement and transportation officials to develop a culture of sharing the road.
The petitionwasreviewed by the Chair/Vice Chair/Manager Agenda team.The Manager’s
response to BOCC Petitionwas provided as an Information Item at the BOCC’s November 18,
2014 meeting (Attachment 1):
Manager to discuss with Town Managers; Chair and Vice Chair to discuss with
NCDOT at the quarterly meeting on 11/12; and
Manager to ask Planning staff to work with OUTBoard to set up sub group(s) to
discuss/develop plan with input on membership from BOCC.
Planning staff’s proposed plan to address the BOCC petition regarding OUTBoard/Bicycle
.
Safety is provided as Attachment 2
Next Steps
1.Planning staff will proceed with the attachedplan to address the BOCC petition
regarding OUTBoard/Bicycle Safety. BOCC representation citizen participation is also
discussed in Attachment 2.Staff willreturn to the BOCC on June 16 with an update
andseek direction on any next steps.
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Attachment 2
PSPABOCCP
ROPOSED TAFF LAN TO DDRESS ETITION
RO/BS
EGARDING UTBOARDICYCLE AFETY
Proposed Structure
Venue: Full OUTBoard rather than a subcommitteedue to staff and
administrative capacity, and to ensure better attendance.
BOCC Representation:Unless others are identified, Commissioners Price and
Jacobs will be noticed of meetings as the BOCC representatives to attend and
participate in discussion when bicycle safety is an item on the OUTBoard’s
agenda.
Citizen Participation:All citizens are welcome to attend and participate in
discussion. If participation is high, guidelinesmay need to be established to
ensure that all have equal opportunity to participate, to stay on topic, and to
ensure that any other required items are addressed by the OUTBoard during the
course of its meetings.Mrs. Bonnie Hauser will receive personal notification as a
citizen that has expressed appreciable interest in the topic. If there are any
others that County Commissionerswould like to identify to receive personal
invite, please make staff aware. All OUTBoard meetings are notified consistent
with public meeting law.
Public Outreach:
Notify identified stakeholders
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Public notice via Carla Banks and News of Orange
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Create brochure and use as a handout at meetings and to any interested
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parties
Task Objectives:
Review County authorityand State law
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Provide copy of County-endorsed bicycle routes (map)
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Get updated on topic and recent activities
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Define current problem statement
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Create broad categories for addressing problem (education; law
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enforcement; NCDOT; etc.)
Suggest/recommend policies, procedures, etc. for addressing problem
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Identify agencies, County departments, etc. for addressing problem
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Calendar: Will attempt to resolve task over the course ofthree (3) OUTBoard
meetings, and wrapped up by the end of May, 2015: Mtg. 1 – Intro, County
authority and State law, update and recent activities; Mtg. 2 – Problem
statement, categories for addressing problem, recommended policies and
procedures, and identify agencies/departments for addressing problem; Mtg. 3 –
Review recommendations/plan developed by staff, comment, and staff
finalization and forwarding to BOCC.
BOCC Next Steps:Staff will report back to the BOCC in June with
recommendations and seek direction for next steps or closure.