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retain the flexibility to come back with changes if necessary, as more information becomes available. Chair Jacobs asked if Commissioner Gordon was proposing this for each resolution. Commissioner Gordon said this would just be for DCHC MPO, as TARPO has a different process. Resolution- TARPO ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS A RESOLUTION ENDORSING ORANGE COUNTY'S PRIORITY TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS FOR THE TRIANGLE AREA RURAL PLANNING ORGANIZATION (TARPO) REGIONAL PRIORITY LIST 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, North Carolina has established Rural Planning Organizations (RPOs) to coordinate regional transportation planning in rural areas in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT); WHEREAS, Orange County is a member of the Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization (TARPO) charged with developing and prioritizing proposed transportation projects that the RPO believes should be included in the STIP; 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 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 transportation needs within the TARPO planning area in an attachment to this resolution;