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the adoption of the foregoing and that said proceedings are recorded in the minutes of said <br /> Board. <br /> WITNESS my hand and the seal of said County, this day of 12013. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Pelissier seconded by Commissioner McKee, to <br /> approve attachments 2, 3, and 4, related to TARPO. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> REVISED RESOLUTION — DCHC-MPO <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> A RESOLUTION ENDORSING ORANGE COUNTY'S PRIORITY TRANSPORTATION <br /> PROJECTS FOR THE DURHAM-CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO METROPOLITAN PLANNING <br /> ORGANIZATION (DCHC MPO) REGIONAL PRIORITY LIST FOR THE 2016 —2022 <br /> TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM <br /> WHEREAS, the North Carolina Board of Transportation (BOT), every two years, prepares a <br /> Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) that identifies transportation projects to <br /> be implemented over the next seven years with State and Federal funding; and <br /> WHEREAS, the North Carolina BOT solicits input for identifying transportation projects of local <br /> and regional importance to be included in the FY 2016-2022 STIP; and <br /> WHEREAS, the DCHC MPO Transportation Advisory Committee is charged with the <br /> development of a regional priority list and Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program <br /> (MTIP); and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County is a member jurisdiction of the DCHC MPO; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County gives priority to identified safety needs on existing roads and <br /> bridges, to transportation projects that encourage alternatives to automobile travel, to projects <br /> that minimize adverse impacts on the natural environment and cultural sites, and to those <br /> projects that foster economic development in the County's designated Economic Development <br /> Districts; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County strongly encourages the North Carolina Department of <br /> Transportation (NCDOT) to design all highway projects, where appropriate, to accommodate <br /> bicycle and pedestrian traffic to provide alternative means of transportation that may result in <br /> reduced automobile traffic and related air and water impacts; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County encourages the NCDOT to design all new or replacement bridges <br /> with sufficient clearance to allow wildlife to cross safely under them, and to allow pedestrian <br /> passage along any existing or planned trail-system connectors; and <br />