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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 13, 2010 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Orange County Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) Update <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Follow-up Report to 02/02/2010 BOCC Meeting <br />(Including Attachments 1a through 1d) <br />2. Orange Unified Transportation Board <br />Recommendation <br />3. Advantages and Disadvantages of Potential <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Karen Lincoln, 245-2594 <br />Craig Benedict, 245-2592 <br />Actions <br />PURPOSE: 1. To receive information requested at the February 2, 2010 BOCC meeting <br />regarding development of the Comprehensive Transportation Plan; and <br />2. To explicitly endorse a course for proceeding with the Plan. <br />BACKGROUND: The BOCC, on <br />Comprehensive Transportation Plan <br />explicit endorsement by the Board. <br />provided in Attachment 1: <br />• Process for approval <br />• Regional options <br />February 2, 2010, voted to continue development of the <br />with a phased plan for improvements to NC 86 but with no <br />The following additional information was requested and is <br />• Assumptions underlying designation of the NC 86 as a strategic highway corridor <br />• Relationship of the Comprehensive Transportation Plan to the Orange County Land Use <br />Plan <br />• What is being contemplated to include public comment before the approval of the <br />Comprehensive Transportation Plan <br />The Orange Unified Transportation (OUT) Board, at its meeting on April 21, received notification <br />from the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Planning Division 7 that it was <br />unwilling to support the County's proposal for a phased construction plan for "unscheduled" <br />improvements to NC 86. <br />Orange Unified Transportation (OUT) Board Recommendation - In response to NCDOT's <br />unwillingness to support the County's proposal, the OUT Board unanimously recommends the <br />Board of Commissioners explicitly: <br />• Endorse the principle of strategic highway corridors; <br />• Proceed with development of the Comprehensive Transportation Plan to include NC 86 as <br />a strategic highway corridor; and <br />