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ORANGE COUNTY" <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 22, 1998 <br />461 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item #a _4L1 <br />2 f h 1 <br />SUBJECT: Proposed Bicycle Plan Component to the Transportation Element of the Comprehensive <br />Plan <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning & Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: X Yes No <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes _X —No <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: Slade McCalip <br />Extension 2595 <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />- 8/5/98 Planning Board Minutes TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />- Draft Bicycle Transportation Plan Hillsborough -732-8181 <br />Durham -688-7331 <br />Mebane -227-2031 <br />Chapel Hill -967-9251 <br />PURPOSE: To consider a draft Comprehensive Plan Amendment for the update to the <br />Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan. <br />BACKGROUND: The Bicycle Plan Component Task Force was appointed by the Orange County <br />Board of Commissioners on November 19, 1997 with the following specific <br />charge: To prepare a Bicycle Plan Component to the Transportation Element of <br />the Orange County Comprehensive Plan, including recommendations for <br />implementation, for all of Orange County outside of the municipal extra- <br />territorial planning jurisdictions and the transition areas of the Joint Planning <br />Land Use Plan. To perform research for presentation to the Orange County <br />Board of Commissioners on innovative bicycle and pedestrian connections <br />between subdivisions and other developments. The Bicycle Plan Component <br />should be based on the recommendations in the DCHC Regional Bicycle Plan and <br />the results of the 1995 Orange County Bicycle Suitability Study. Appointment to <br />the Task Force will expire with the Board of Commissioners decision on whether <br />or not to adopt the recommended Bicycle Plan Component. <br />The Bicycle Plan Component Task Force created the Draft Bicycle Transportation <br />Plan over a 6 -month period. The Task Force provided their input as to what the <br />Goals of this plan should be and also which cycling routes are the most important <br />to the cyclists of Orange County. Staff was then directed to develop a plan with <br />recommendations for implementing the goals and making improvements to the <br />priority routes. The Task Force endorsed the draft plan contained herein at their <br />June meeting. <br />