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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 1. <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: September 15,1998 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # /p~~ <br />SUBJECT: Proposed Bicycle Plan Component to the Transportation Element of the Comprehensive <br />Plan and Research on Innovative Non-Motorized Transportation Planning in North Carolina <br />Counties <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning & Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: Yes _X_No <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes _X No <br />SEPARATE ENCLOSURES: INFORMATION CONTACT: Slade McCalip <br />- Draft Bicycle Transportation Plan Extension 2595 <br />- Non-Motorized Transportation Facilities <br />in NC Counties (without attachments) TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br />ATTACHMENTS: Durham - 688-7331 <br />- 8/5/98 Draft Planning Board Minutes Mebane - 227-2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br />PURPOSE: To review a draft Bicycle Transportation Plan for inclusion in the Transportation. <br />Element of the Comprehensive Plan. To review reseazch on Non-Motorized <br />Transportation Facilities in North Cazolina Counties. <br />BACKGROUND: The Bicycle Plan Component Task Force was appointed by the Orange County <br />Boazd 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 aze 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 />