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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: June 21, 2016 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 7-c <br /> SUBJECT: Bicycle Safety Task Force Amended Resolution, Appointments and <br /> Identification of Commissioner Liaison <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. Bicycle Safety Task Force Abigaile Pittman, Transportation/Land <br /> Applications Use Planner, 919-245-2567 <br /> 2. April 4, 2016 Orange Unified Tom Altieri, Comprehensive Planning <br /> Transportation Board (OUTBoard) Supervisor, 919-245-2579 <br /> Minutes (Excerpt) Craig Benedict, Planning Director, 919- <br /> 3. Proposed Amended Bicycle Safety 245-2592 <br /> Task Force Resolution <br /> PURPOSE: To review applicants to the Bicycle Safety Task Force, consider an amended <br /> Bicycle Safety Task Force Resolution, and make appointments. <br /> BACKGROUND: This item was removed from the Board of Commissioners' June 7, 2016 <br /> agenda and referred back to the Orange Unified Transportation Board (OUTBoard) for a <br /> review of the revised slate of applicants. <br /> The Resolution authorizing the creation of a Bicycle Safety Task Force and future appointment <br /> of members to serve on the task force was approved by the Board of County Commissioners <br /> (BOCC) at its March 1, 2016 meeting. The BOCC requested that staff work with the OUTBoard <br /> and return with a recommended list of names to be appointed to the Task Force. <br /> At its March 16, 2016 meeting, the OUTBoard finalized the application form for the Bicycle <br /> Safety Task Force. With the assistance of OUTBoard members and County staff, Public <br /> Service Announcements (PSAs) for the task force application process were: <br /> • Circulated on social media; <br /> • Included in the County newsletter; <br /> • Provided to multiple local newsgroups and other media sources; <br /> • Provided to the chambers of commerce; <br /> • Provided to the school system; <br /> • Provided to membership groups identified in the Resolution; and <br /> • Provided to other groups previously expressing interest in the topic of bicycle safety. <br /> Staff and the OUTBoard made an extensive good faith effort towards fulfilling the intent of the <br /> BOCC's guidelines for Task Force composition. A total of 14 applications were received and <br /> recommended by the OUTBoard at its meeting on April 4, 2016, representing 9 of the 11 <br /> membership groups. <br />