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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 18, 2014 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 5 -b <br />1 <br />SUBJECT: Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Strategic Action Plan — Continuation of Public <br />Hearing to April 15, 2014 <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />1. Amendment Outline Form <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) Yes <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Abigaile Pittman, Transportation /Land <br />Use Planner, 245 -2567 <br />Tom Altieri, Comprehensive Planning <br />Supervisor, 245 -2579 <br />Craig Benedict, Director, 245 -2585 <br />PURPOSE: To continue the public hearing on the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Strategic <br />Action Plan required for implementing a Safe Routes to School program in Orange County to <br />April 15, 2014. <br />BACKGROUND: This item was presented at the November 19, 2013 Board of County <br />Commissioners (BOCC) meeting where the public hearing was adjourned to February 18, 2014 <br />to obtain a recommendation from the Orange Unified Transportation Board (OUTBoard), and to <br />receive comments and actions from Orange County Schools and the Town of Hillsborough. <br />This item was reviewed and recommended for approval by the OUTBoard at its December 18, <br />2013 meeting. However, due to agenda demands, Orange County Schools rescheduled its <br />meeting date for consideration of the SRTS Plan to February 24, 2014; and the Town of <br />Hillsborough rescheduled its meeting date to March 10, 2014 to allow for prior discussion of the <br />issue of sidewalk maintenance at the February 27, 2014 Joint Orange County /Town of <br />Hillsborough meeting. <br />The public hearing needs to be continued to April 15, 2014 to allow time for the rescheduled <br />meeting dates of Orange County Schools and the Town of Hillsborough, and to also provide <br />staff sufficient time to assemble the necessary materials for the BOCC to take action (i.e., <br />OUTBoard minutes, and notes on actions of the School Board and Hillsborough Town Board). <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact from the rescheduling of this item. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the BOCC take the following actions: <br />1. Open the public hearing, and <br />2. Continue the hearing by adjourning it to April 15, 2014 in order to receive comments and <br />actions from Orange County Schools and the Town of Hillsborough, a recommendation <br />from the OUTBoard, and any submitted written comments. <br />