RES-2013-081 Resolution Endorsing Transit Projects for the TARPO Regional Priority List and the DCHC MPO Transportation Improvement Program

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RES-2013-081 7� ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS RESOLUTION ENDORSING TRANSIT PORJECTS FOR THE TARPO REGIONAL PRIORITY LIST AND THE DCHC MPO TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PRGRAM A RESOLUTION ENDORSING ORANGE COUNTY'S PRIORITY TRANSIT PROJECTS FOR THE TRIANGLE AREA RURAL PLANNING ORGANIZATION (TARPO) AND DURHAM-CHAPEL HILL- CARRBORO METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION (DCHC MPO) REGIONAL PRIORITY LISTS FOR THE 2016—2022 STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WHEREAS, the North Carolina Board of Transportation (BOT), every two years, prepares a Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) that identifies transportation projects to be implemented over the next seven years with State and Federal funding; and WHEREAS, the North Carolina BOT solicits input for identifying transportation projects of local and regional importance to be included in the FY 2016-2022 STIP; and WHEREAS, the TARPO Rural Transportation Advisory Committee (RTAC) is charged with the development of a regional priority list and the DCHC MPO Transportation Advisory Committee is charged with the development of a regional priority list and Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP); and WHEREAS, Orange County is a member jurisdiction of the TARPO and the DCHC MPO; and WHEREAS, Orange County and other member jurisdictions have been asked by the DCHC MPO to submit a list of priority transit projects by October 15, 2013; and WHEREAS, Orange County gives priority to identified safety needs on existing roads and bridges, to transportation projects that encourage alternatives to automobile travel, to projects that minimize adverse impacts on the natural environment and cultural sites, and to those projects that foster economic development in the County's designated Economic Development Districts; and WHEREAS, Orange County strongly encourages the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to design all highway projects, where appropriate, to accommodate bicycle and pedestrian traffic to provide alternative means of transportation that may result in reduced automobile traffic and related air and water impacts; and WHEREAS, Orange County encourages the NCDOT to design all new or replacement bridges with sufficient clearance to allow wildlife to cross safely under them, and to allow pedestrian passage along any existing or planned trail-system connectors; and WHEREAS, Orange County has outlined its transit-specific transportation needs within the TARPO and DCHC MPO planning areas in an attachment to this resolution; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange County Board of Commissioners that the Board endorses the following prioritized list of transit-specific transportation projects to be considered for the FY 2016-2022 TARPO regional priority list and DCHC MPO regional priority list and MTIP. 1 Orange Public Transportation Expansion Vehicles: Request/purchase up to six (6), 25-foot, 18- passenger cutaway bus vehicles to accommodate bus service expansion as recommended in the Orange County Bus and Rail Investment Plan (OCBRIP) and the Five-Year Orange County Bus Service Expansion Program currently under development.