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RES-2016-006 <br /> 'I <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> RESOLUTION ADOPTING AMENDED ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION <br /> BOARD (OUTBOARD) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES <br /> WHEREAS, on November 8, 2012 the Orange County Board of County Commissioners <br /> approved a specific Policies and Procedures document for the OUTBoard, with the <br /> intent to give guidance in the performance of its duties, establishing its membership, <br /> charge and goals; and <br /> WHEREAS, the OUTBoard Policies and Procedures were amended on March 3, 2015 <br /> to add Public Health as one of seven (7) areas of expertise or specific interest for the six <br /> (6) at-large positions; and <br /> WHEREAS, the current proposed amendments to the OUTBoard Policies and <br /> Procedures document would add a seventh (7t") at-large position, bringing the total <br /> number of voting members to fourteen (14), and that at-large members have expertise <br /> or specific interests in as many of the following areas as possible: <br /> • Bicycle transportation • Economic development <br /> • Pedestrian access and safety • Planning <br /> • Public transit • Public health <br /> • Environmental issues <br /> WHEREAS, North Carolina General Statute 153A-76 grants to boards of county <br /> commissioners the broad authority to organize county government, including the <br /> authority to "create, change, abolish, and consolidate offices, positions, departments, <br /> boards, commissions, and agencies of the county government, may impose ex officio <br /> the duties of more than one office on a single officer, may change the composition and <br /> manner of selection of boards, commissions, and agencies, and may generally organize <br /> and reorganize the county government...."; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Orange County Board of County <br /> Commissioners, pursuant to North Carolina General Statute 153A-22, adopts the <br /> amendment to Section III.B. of the Orange Unified Transportation Board (OUTBoard) <br /> Policies and Procedures; and <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, in determining whether there is a conflict between or <br /> among a governing ordinance and the terms of the amended Orange Unified <br /> Transportation Board (OUTBoard) Policies and Procedures document, staff may consult <br /> with the County attorney, who shall take into consideration the intent of the Board of <br /> County Commissioners, in assisting staff to resolve the conflict. <br />