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18 <br /> Chapter 1: Current Conditions <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) is the official governing body of OPT, though <br /> public transportation is just one of the numerous county services that the Board oversees. The <br /> Board provides policy and legislative direction, overseeing the business affairs of the system. <br /> The seven members of the Board of Commissioners are nominated by district and elected at- <br /> large in countywide elections; they serve four-year terms. The Board is led by a Chair and Vice- <br /> Chair and supported by the Office of the Clerk to the Board. The Board of Commissioners <br /> included transit as part of the 20th of 26 priorities developed for the 2009-2o10 budget year: <br /> "Support transit, pedestrian, bicycle facilities and other alternatives to the single passenger <br /> automobile."2 This priority list is still posted on the BOCC website as the list of Board priorities. <br /> The Board of Commissioners meets regularly, usually twice a month on the first and third <br /> Tuesdays of the month. The first meeting of the month is held at the Whitted Building in <br /> Hillsborough and the second at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill. Meeting <br /> agendas and minutes are available via the Board of County Commissioners' Website at <br /> http://server3.co.orange.nc.us:8o88/weblink:Z/Browse.a5px. <br /> Orange Unified Transportation Board(OUTBoard) <br /> OUTBoard advises the Board of Commissioners and provides information and comments on <br /> major transportation issues. It functions as the Transportation Advisory Board (TAB) for <br /> services funded by grants from the Public Transportation Division of the NCDOT. It makes <br /> recommendations regarding planning and programming improvements, including: identifying <br /> and prioritizing the county's roadway and transit needs, associated costs and sources of <br /> funding; developing and reviewing the transportation component of the county's <br /> comprehensive plan; and providing recommendations to the Board regarding Federal and state <br /> legislation affecting transportation in the county. The group replaced the former <br /> Transportation Services Board in July 2010 when OPT transitioned from the Department on <br /> Aging to the Planning and Inspections Department. The OPT Transportation Administrator is <br /> one of the fourteen current members of OUTBoard.3 Other members include advocates for <br /> pedestrians, bicycle transportation, transit and representatives of townships. <br /> Recently the OUTBoard was expanded to ensure that it meets the NCDOT Public <br /> Transportation Division Community Transportation program requirements for a representative <br /> Transportation Advisory Board (TAB). It expanded the transportation services/OPT advisory <br /> function by adding transit topics to OUTBoard agendas on a quarterly basis. Supplemental staff <br /> from other county departments (Aging, Department of Social Services, Housing, Human Rights <br /> and Community Development, Health; Child Support Enforcement and the library) have been <br /> invited to attend OUTBoard meetings for the portion of the agenda that is transit specific.A <br /> z Orange County Board of Commissioners Website, http://www.co.orange.nc.us/OCCLERKS/BOCCPrioritO9.pdf. <br /> 3 Current as of May 2015.The OUTBoard has four vacancies. <br /> KFH <br /> NCDOT Orange County 2 <br /> Transit Assessment Study <br />