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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 16, 2009 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~- - Z <br />SUBJECT: Resolution Endorsing Comprehensive Transportation Planning Study for <br />Orange County <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Resolution <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Karen Lincoln, 245-2594 <br />Craig Benedict, 245-2592 <br />PURPOSE: To consider endorsing a comprehensive transportation planning study for Orange <br />County and the participation of staff and the Orange Unified Transportation Board <br />(OUTBOARD) in assisting the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Planning <br />Branch in the comprehensive transportation planning process. <br />BACKGROUND: Orange County, in November 2008, adopted a 2030 Comprehensive Plan <br />that included a Transportation Element. Objective T-3.2 for Goal 3 (integrated land use planning <br />and transportation planning) is to create and implement an Orange County Comprehensive <br />Transportation Plan ("Create and implement an Orange County Comprehensive Transportation <br />Plan that provides the framework for a comprehensive and connected transportation system <br />supporting a mix of all transportation modes, including sidewalks and bicycle facilities, bus and <br />rail transit facilities, and highways. The p{an should be coordinated with the goals and objectives <br />of this Comprehensive Plan and seek to maintain and enhance community character and the <br />natural environment."). <br />Links with Commissioners Planning Principles and other Comprehensive Plan Elements <br />Objective T-3.2 is linked with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 of the following Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners Planning Principles: <br />1. Efficient and Fiscally Responsible Provision of Public Facilities and Services <br />2. Sustainable Growth and Development <br />3. Encouragement of Energy Efficiency, Lower Energy Consumption, and the Use of Non- <br />polluting Renewable Energy Resources <br />4. Promotion of Both Air Quality Protection and the Development of an Effective Transportation <br />System <br />5. Natural Area Resource Preservation <br />6. Preservation of Rural Land Use Pattern <br />