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2 <br />Attachment 5 gives the tentative schedule for development of the draft and final 2009-2015 STIP. <br />Orange County has endorsed five planning documents that recommend options for transportation <br />improvements to address current and future transportation needs: <br />• A Bicycle Transportation Plan <br />• Recommendations of the Economic Development Transportation Work Group <br />• Access Management Awareness Project & Report for Orange Grove Road <br />• Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC) 2030 Long Range <br />Transportation Plan. <br />• Efland-Mebane Small Area Plan <br />The list of priority projects that Orange County endorsed for the 2007-2013 TIP was based on <br />recommendations from the above listed documents that were available at that time. <br />The Orange Unified Transportation Board has reviewed potential priority projects, and recommends <br />that the Orange County Board of Commissioners endorse the Transportation Priority List for Areas <br />Within the DCHC MPO Metropolitan Area Boundary and the Transportation Priority List for Areas <br />Within the Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization that the County endorsed for the 2007-2013 <br />TIP. The board noted scarce funding available for new projects stemming from federal <br />transportation funding cuts and more recent rescissions that took place this year. The OUTBoard <br />will continue to research TIP issues, and work toward developing recommendations for acquiring <br />funding for TIP projects. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with this item. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board endorse the <br />recommendations of the Orange Unified Transportation Board. <br />