HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 05-17-2005-6bORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: May 17, 2005
Action Agertd~
Item No.
SUBJECT: Resolution Establishing the Orange County Unified Transportation Advisory Board
DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No
ATTACHMENT(S):
Resolution Establishing OCl)TAB
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Lincoln, ext. 2594
TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
Hillsborough 732-8181
Chapel Hill 968-4501
Durham 688-7331
Mebane (336)227-2031
PURPOSE: To consider a resolution establishing a transportation advisory board far Orange
County to study transportation issues in Orange County and, as appropriate, advise the BOCC,
BACKGROUND: The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC), on February 28, 2005, discussed
the formation of a transportation advisory board, and agreed to create the Orange County Unified
Transportation Advisory Board having 14 members with a BOCC liaison (total of 15 members):
• 7 members, one from each Township, with knowledge/interest in transportation issues;
• 5 members from advisory boards having transportation interests, one from each board lis
- BOCC (will serve as a liaison);
- Planning Board;
- Economic Development Commission;
- Commission For the Environment;
- Transportation Services Board;
• 1 at large member with expertise/interest in bicycle transportation;
• 1 at large member with expertise/interest in pedestrian access/safety; and
• 1 at large member with expertise/interest in transit,
FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no immediate financial impact associated with this agenda item;
however, the Orange County Unified Transportation Advisory Board would require additional staff
time including assistance for the Transportation Planner,
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the resolution
establishing the Orange County Unified Transportation Advisory Board.
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
far 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
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DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foreg g s are recorded in the minutes pf
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said Board. this _ day of ______'2005.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of said County,
Clerk to the Board of Commissioners