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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: January 21, 1999 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~ <br />SUBJECT: Parking Matters <br />DEPARTMENT: County Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) ~Vcr~'~? <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) N ~'.=t'n <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />6/13/90 Report from Hillsborough Parking <br />Committee <br />INFORMEiTION CONTACT: <br />Commissioner Barry Jacobs, 732-4941 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To discuss pazking related issues for downtown Hillsborough and the County campus. <br />BACKGROUND: Commissioner Jacobs has suggested that the Orange County and Hillsborough <br />Boards of Commissioners discuss a number of parking related issues of interest to the County and Town <br />governments, as well as citizens and visitors to Hillsborough. Points the Boazds may wish to discuss <br />could include, but are not necessarily limited to: <br />• Court/juror needs as articulated by the courts <br />• Orange County staff needs (quantified) <br />• Safety concerns after dark <br />• Importance of citizen accessibility to county offices when doing business <br />• Possible additional pazcels to consider for downtown pazking <br />• Van pooling: incentives and disincentives for county and town employees <br />A Hillsborough Pazking Committee met during 1990 to discuss relevant issues, and included <br />representatives of the County, Town, and Hillsborough Chamber of Commerce. A copy of a June 1990 <br />report prepazed by that committee is attached for reference. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Boards discuss the parking issues, and <br />provide direction to staff as appropriate. <br />