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7 <br /> including parents, teachers, principals, children, Town of Hillsborough staff, and Orange <br /> County staff. This input and analysis led to the development of a draft plan that <br /> consisted of an analysis of existing conditions, and recommendations in the areas of <br /> engineering, education, encouragement, enforcement, and evaluation (the essential `5 <br /> E's' of the program). <br /> A draft Plan was completed, reviewed locally, and comments were submitted to <br /> Greenways, Incorporated for inclusion in the final draft. <br /> The draft Plan was reviewed by the NCDOT Bicycle and Pedestrian Division and a final <br /> draft was completed and returned to the Planning Staff in December 2012. <br /> Staff has been reviewing the final draft and developing recommended initial actions for <br /> adoption. <br /> Orange County Schools, the Town of Hillsborough, and Orange County will be asked to <br /> adopt the Plan. Following adoption, the next recommended step in the Plan will be to <br /> establish a SRTS Action Plan Advisory Committee that would be responsible for <br /> advocating plan implementation and assist with programming and grant writing, <br /> evaluating plan progress, and assessing plan priorities. <br /> SRTS Action Plan Framework and Goals <br /> The Action Plan with its recommendations was developed with a comprehensive, <br /> framework approach addressing all 5 E's of the SRTS program — engineering, <br /> education, encouragement, enforcement, and evaluation. <br /> CONSIDERATIONS FOR CHOSEN SCHOOL SITES <br /> The three schools chosen for the SRTS Action Plan are part of the Orange County <br /> school system, and all are located inside or adjacent to the Town of Hillsborough: Grady <br /> Brown Elementary School; CW Stanford Middle School; and Cameron Park Elementary <br /> School. A comprehensive, multi-faceted approach was taken to examine existing <br /> conditions including the collection of data from parent surveys and student travel tallies, <br /> site work and field interviews, and area mapping. A thorough inventory of existing <br /> conditions was assembled at each school site to provide a baseline by which to <br /> measure the results and outcome of the SRTS Program at the community, school and <br /> street levels. <br /> Grady Brown Elementary School — located on New Grady Brown School road just off <br /> Orange Grove Road <br /> • The school is south of 1-40 and the roadway bridge has very narrow shoulders <br /> • There are multiple two-lane rural roadways that pose safety barriers for school- <br /> age cyclists and pedestrians <br /> 2 <br />