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<br />ORANGE couNTY BOARD of couNTYCOMMISSIONERS <br />RESQLUTION of SUPPORT AND ADMINISTRATION FoR A NORTH CARt]LINA <br />DEPARTMENT of TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN SERVICE AWARD ~`aR <br />DEVELOPING AN ACTION PLAN FoR NEW GRADY BROWN ELEMENTARY <br />SCHOOL, STANFgRD DIDDLE SCHOOL AND CAMERON PARK ELEMENTARY <br />SCHOOL <br />WHEREAS, ~7range County gives priority to identified safety needs, especially <br />with regard to schools, and to transportation projects that encourage alternatives to <br />automobile travel; and <br />WHEREAS, the SAFETEA-LU federal transportation reauthorization of August <br />2405 established the Safe Routes to School Program to empower communities tv <br />improve conditions fvr bicycling and walking tv school; and ~ . <br />WHEREAS, the Safe Route to School SRTS} programs facilitate the planning, <br />development and implementation of projects and activities that will improve safety and <br />reduce traffic, fuel consumption, and air pollution in the vicinity of schools; and <br />WHEREAS, the North Carolina Department of Transportation has appropriated <br />$3oa,o44 to assist communities in preparing Action Plans to address active travel to <br />schools serving Kindergarten -~ Grade S; and , <br />WHEREAS, the North Carolina Department of Transportation has issued a call <br />for projects for SRTS Action Plan Service Awards; and <br />WHEREAS, the Grange Unified Transportation Board endorses making <br />application fvr a SRTS Action Plan Service Award; and <br />NC]W, THEREI=ORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Qrange County Board of County <br />Commissioners that The Board. of County Camr~nissioners is willing and able to enter <br />into an award agreement with the North Carolina Department of Transportation, and <br />supports development of a Service Pian that addresses engineering, education, <br />encouragement, enforcement and evaluation of programs and projects to improve <br />conditions for bicycling and walking to New Grady Brown Elementary School, Stanford <br />.diddle School and Cameron Park Elementary School. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners commits <br />to administration of a Service Plan, and charges the Orange County Planning <br />Department to act as program managerfor the preparation, management, and <br />completion of the Action Plan. <br />