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Commissioner Jacobs said that the elephant in the room here is the State Legislature. <br /> He said that he thought he heard that the State wants to eliminate local matches from the <br /> upcoming budget. He suggested trying to expedite this project before the State adopts its <br /> budget. He made reference to the license fee that was authorized in the legislature to allow <br /> counties to take a %2-cent sales tax for public transit and said that some of it goes to TTA and <br /> the rest of it comes to the County, but then it is further divided between those that provide <br /> public transportation. He would like to have a discussion to work with Hillsborough to apply <br /> some of these funds to transportation in this part of the County. <br /> Frank Clifton said that the way the statutes read is that the money can go to an existing <br /> service and it is distributed based on the populations of the communities providing the service. <br /> It would provide $770,000 countywide. <br /> Michael Gering asked about the spending deadlines and Karen Lincoln said that the <br /> CMAQ window is still open, but the clock is ticking. There is still time. <br /> d) Draft Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Action Plan <br /> Karen Lincoln said that in the agenda packet is a PowerPoint presentation. She <br /> introduced some citizens that are part of Walkable Hillsborough and that initiated this process. <br /> Orange County Action Planning Process <br /> Study Schoo/s <br /> Grady Brown Elementary <br /> Cameron Park Elementary <br /> Stanford Middle <br /> FINAL DRAFT SRTS ACTION PLAN <br /> Final Draft SRTS Action Plan Components <br /> ^ Goals — Connectivity and Safety <br /> ^ Comprehensive Recommendations for each school <br /> ^ Priority Engineering Projects & photo visualizations <br /> ^ Programs and Policies <br /> ➢ Top Priority Programs <br /> ^ Implementation <br /> ^ Appendices <br /> ➢ Public Input Summary <br /> ➢ Federal and State Policies <br /> ➢ Funding <br /> ➢ Design Guidelines <br /> MAJOR IMPLEMENTATION ACTION STEPS <br /> Approve and Adopt SRTS Action Plan <br /> Identify Specific Funding Sources for Project Implementation <br /> Improve and Enforce Local Regulations Pertaining to Complete Streets and Pedestrian Access <br />