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5 <br /> 1 The Board agreed with adding "bicycle and pedestrian" to the first item under Goals and <br /> 2 Objectives. <br /> 3 Commissioner Gordon made reference to #6, "serve as an advisory body to the <br /> 4 Administrative Staff of the Orange Public Transit system." She said that it is strange to have an <br /> 5 advisory board of the County Commissioners be an advisor to the staff. <br /> 6 Chair Pelissier said that it was agreed that it would be folded into the OUT Board, which <br /> 7 would serve as advice to the staff because they were dealing with transportation. <br /> 8 Darcy Zorio said that NCDOT requires that Orange Public Transportation have a <br /> 9 transportation advisory board as a recipient of subgrades. DOT also requires that the <br /> 10 transportation advisory board have specific membership. At this time, the board does not <br /> 11 address the issues required by the state statutes. She said that the OUT Board needs to keep <br /> 12 its goals and objectives "clean" and satisfy the DOT requirements. There are some <br /> 13 membership issues on the TAB that might not be pertinent to the OUT Board. <br /> 14 Chair Pelissier made reference to page 4 where it says that there would be three <br /> 15 members from the advisory boards having transportation interests — Commission for the <br /> 16 Environment, Economic Development Commission, and Planning Board. She said that her <br /> 17 concern is that when there are these requirements it means that people have to be on two <br /> 18 boards. She is hearing that this is problematic and that it does not work very well. She knows <br /> 19 that there should be communication between two different boards, but maybe the staff people <br /> 20 can summarize pertinent issues. She questioned having this as a stipulation of inembership. <br /> 21 Commissioner Gordon said that the Commission for the Environment might have an <br /> 22 interest, but she is not sure about the Economic Development Commission. There is an <br /> 23 overlap between planning and transportation. <br /> 24 Chair Pelissier suggested not requiring this, but maybe having someone with specific <br /> 25 interests or expertise on the OUT Board. <br /> 26 Commissioner Gordon suggested asking the boards how they felt about it. <br /> 27 Frank Clifton said that the commonality with all of these boards is that the County staff <br /> 28 supports them all. <br /> 29 Commissioner Yuhasz suggested saying, "six at-large members with expertise or <br /> 30 specific interests in the environment, economic development, planning, bicycle transportation, <br /> 31 pedestrian access and safety, and public transit." <br /> 32 After discussion, the Board decided to remove item B-4 regarding the staggered terms. <br /> 33 <br /> 34 Aqricultural Preservation <br /> 35 Rich Shaw is staff support for this board. He said that Objective B-2 should be divided <br /> 36 up and bulleted. <br /> 37 John Roberts made reference to Section IV, B, #4 and said to delete this statement <br /> 38 about quorum. <br /> 39 <br /> 40 Animal Services <br /> 41 John Roberts said that the current date and time was included, but it somehow got <br /> 42 deleted from this one. He suggested that the current meeting dates and times should be <br /> 43 included. <br /> 44 Bob Marotto said that this board meets the third Wednesday of every other month from <br /> 45 6:30-8:30 p.m. <br /> 46 It was suggested to change "Townships" to "Towns" in section III, B, 2-a. <br /> 47 <br /> 48 <br /> 49 <br /> 50 Visitors Bureau <br />