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7 <br />1 Commissioner McKee said he has no concerns about the setback. He said this is about <br />2 accommodating small businesses and allowing them to continue operating. He said this is <br />3 about incentivizing a small business. <br />4 <br />5 VOTE: Ayes, 6 — Nays, 1 (Commissioner Gordon) <br />6 <br />7 c. Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Strategic Action Plan (No Additional Comments <br />8 Accepted) <br />9 The Board received the Orange Unified Transportation Board (OUTBoard) <br />10 recommendation, received comments and actions from Orange County Schools and the Town <br />11 of Hillsborough, and made a decision by considering a resolution approving the draft Safe <br />12 Routes to School (SRTS) Strategic Action Plan required for implementing a Safe Routes to <br />13 School program in Orange County. <br />14 <br />15 Craig Benedict reviewed the following PowerPoint slides: <br />16 <br />17 Orange County Board of County Commissioners Meeting <br />18 Agenda Item 5.c. <br />19 Safe Routes to School (SRTS) <br />20 Strategic Action Plan <br />21 (No Additional Comments Accepted) <br />22 <br />23 Purpose of Tonight's Meeting: <br />24 To receive: <br />25 1) The OUTBoard recommendation; <br />26 2) Comments and actions from Orange County Schools; <br />27 3) Comments and actions from the Town of Hillsborough; <br />28 and <br />29 4) Consider adopting resolution approving SRTS Strategic <br />30 Action Plan required for implementing a SRTS program <br />31 in Orange County. <br />32 <br />33 Background <br />34 Attachment 1: Amendment Outline Form <br />35 Attachment 2: Link to online copy of SRTS Plan <br />36 The BOCC held a public hearing on the SRTS Plan at its November 19, 2013 meeting. <br />37 No members of the public spoke in favor of, or against the Plan. <br />38 The BOCC requested: <br />39 1) additional details about project costs and funding (meeting held with NCDOT, Attachment <br />40 3); <br />41 and <br />42 2) that staff prepare charts depicting the number of students within walking distance <br />43 (Attachment 4); <br />44 <br />45 Background <br />46 The SRTS Plan was reviewed and approved by: <br />47 The OUTBoard on December 18, 2013 (Attachment 5) <br />48 o Nancy Baker, Pascale Mittendorf, and Holly Reid provided <br />49 history on the need and benefits of the SRTS program and <br />50 plan and spoke in favor <br />