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/Z, <br />~~ ~~l~ln <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />A RESOLUTION ENDORSING A COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING <br />STUDY FOR ORANGE COUNTY <br />WHEREAS, Orange County realizes the significance of a county-wide comprehensive <br />multi-modal transportation plan in replacing all previous highway thoroughfare plans and <br />in providing guidance for all future modal travel need, recommendations and decisions; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, Orange County, as a member of the Triangle Rural Planning Organization <br />(TARPO, has previously informed the North Carolina Department of Transportation <br />(NCDOT) of its desire for a comprehensive multi-modal planning study to be performed; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, Orange County is also a member of the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro <br />(DCHC) Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO); and <br />WHEREAS, DCHC MPO recently completed transportation studies to develop a <br />Comprehensive Transportation Plan while developing its current 2035 Long-Range <br />Transportation Plan; and <br />WHEREAS, Orange County recently adopted a 2030 Comprehensive Plan that includes <br />a Transportation Element with goals and objectives, one of which is to "Create and <br />implement an Orange County Comprehensive Transportation Plan that provides the <br />framework for a comprehensive and connected transportation system supporting a mix <br />of all transportation modes, including sidewalks and bicycle facilities, bus and rail transit <br />facilities, and highways. The plan should be coordinated with the goals and objectives of <br />this Comprehensive Plan and seek to maintain and enhance community character and <br />the natural environment."; and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange Unified Transportation Board (OUTBoard) and the Planning <br />Board served as the Lead Advisory Boards for developing the Transportation Element <br />of the Comprehensive Plan; and <br />WHEREAS, there is a critical need to analyze the specific needs of the strategic <br />highway corridors in Orange County as designated in the North Carolina Strategic <br />Highway Vision Plan and to recognize these strategic highway corridors in a <br />Comprehensive Transportation Plan; and <br />WHEREAS, the NCDOT Transportation Planning Branch, with assistance from the <br />Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization, is charged with cooperatively developing a <br />multi-modal Comprehensive Transportation Plan for the area in Orange County outside <br />Metropolitan Area Boundaries including all stakeholders, as well as the interests of the <br />general public; and <br />