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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: September 15, 2009 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 3 - G <br />SUBJECT: Oran a County Comprehensive Transportation Plan <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1. PowerPoint Presentation Karen Lincoln, 245-2594 <br />2. CTP Timeline Craig Benedict, 245-2592 <br />3. Draft Survey <br />4. Comprehensive Plan Strategy Form <br />PURPOSE: To: <br />1. Receive a presentation from North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) <br />Transportation Planning staff, Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization (TARPO) <br />staff and Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro (DCHC) Metropolitan Planning Organization <br />(MPO) staff on the Orange County Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP); <br />2. Consider approving timeline for the CTP process; and <br />3. Consider approving CTP survey. <br />BACKGROUND: In June, the BOCC approved a resolution endorsing a comprehensive <br />transportation planning study for Orange County with the participation of staff and the <br />OUTBoard to assist NCDOT with the comprehensive transportation planning process. <br />The Transportation Element of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan includes creation and <br />implementation of an Orange County Comprehensive Transportation Plan as Objective T-3.2 <br />for Goal 3 (Integrated Land Use Planning and Transportation Planning). <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 8 of the following. <br />Orange County Board of 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 />7. Water Resources Preservation <br />8. Promotion of Economic Prosperity and Diversity <br />9. Preservation of Community Character. <br />