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1 <br /> ORANGE C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 16 . 1997 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # $S_Q <br /> SUBJECT: RESOLUTION AFFIRMING ORANGE COUNTY' S SUPPORT FOR A NEW FEDERAL <br /> SURFACE TRANSPORTATION LAW THAT CONTINUES THE PROVISIONS OF THE <br /> INTERMODAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY ACT OF 1991 <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING YES _X—NO <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT YES _X—NO <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Slade McCalip <br /> Extension 2595 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> - Draft Resolution Hillsborough-732-8181 <br /> Durham -688-7331 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill -967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider a resolution affirming Orange County' s support <br /> for a new federal surface transportation law that <br /> continues the provisions of the Intermodal Surface <br /> Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991 . <br /> BACKGROUND: The current law, ISTEA, expires this year without <br /> reauthorization by Congress. ISTEA has enabled greater <br /> inputs to the transportation planning and improvements <br /> process by towns, counties and regional metropolitan <br /> planning organizations. ISTEA has also enabled the <br /> funding of more modes of transportation other than just <br /> highways (i.e. , bicycle paths, sidewalks, vanpools, rail, <br /> and transit) . The only major improvement needed to ISTEA <br /> would be a new funding formula that would create a more <br /> equitable return to North Carolina of its federal <br /> transportation tax dollars . <br /> RECOMMENDATION: The Administration recommends adoption of the attached <br /> resolution affirming Orange County' s support for a new <br /> federal surface transportation law that continues the <br /> provisions of the Intermodal Surface Transportation <br /> Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991 . <br />