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1 <br /> ORANGE C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 3 , 1993 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # <br /> SUBJECT: REGIONAL BICYCLE PLAN <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes x No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene Bell <br /> - Agenda Item #11 from 3-10-93 Ext. 2589 <br /> TAC Meeting <br /> - Excerpts from 3-10-93 TAC <br /> Minutes TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider a request for additional funding for <br /> the Regional Bicycle Plan consultant. <br /> BACKGROUND: On October 1, 1992 the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro <br /> (DCHC) Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) held a <br /> public hearing in Durham to receive comment on the <br /> proposed Regional Bicycle Plan for Durham and Orange <br /> Counties. Comments were also requested from NCDOT. <br /> Extensive comments were received in December and <br /> ranged from relatively minor technical corrections to <br /> more fundamental issues such as the target group for <br /> which bicycle improvements are recommended. <br /> The consultant, Greenways, Inc. , has indicated that it <br /> will cost approximately $5,000 to conduct further <br /> research on the NCDOT comments and revise the Plan to <br /> incorporate them along with comments from the hearing. <br /> The TAC discussed additional funding on March 10, 1993 <br /> and voted unanimously to request that participating <br /> jurisdictions share the cost in the same proportion as <br /> the original cost estimate for the project. Orange <br /> County contributed 20.085% of the project cost making <br /> its share of the additional funding $1,004 . The City <br /> of Durham has committed to additional funding as <br /> detailed in Agenda Item #11. Durham County will <br /> consider it on April 26 and Chapel Hill is tentatively <br /> scheduled to consider additional funding in early May. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: The Administration recommends approval of the <br /> additional $1,004 in funding from contingency. <br /> DK15:5-3BIKE.DOC <br />