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1 <br /> • - ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date March § 1989 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item H <br /> SUBJECT: CONSULTANT CONTRACT FOR COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes x No ' <br /> • <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam Jones <br /> Proposed Contract <br /> Project Understanding <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider a proposed contract with Kimley-Horn, Inc. <br /> for professional consultant services in the prepara- <br /> tion of a Comprehensive Transportation Plan for Orange <br /> County. <br /> BACKGROUND: A new definition of the Comprehensive Plan was adopted <br /> on April 4, 1988 and is referenced as Article 2.2.12 <br /> of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance. Seven major <br /> elements of the Plan are identified in this article. <br /> The transportation element is defined as follows: <br /> A transportation element which identifies the <br /> general location and extent of existing and <br /> proposed major highways, scenic roads, rail- <br /> roads, transit routes and facilities, bikeways <br /> and pedestrian facilities, airports, and other <br /> public and private transportation facilities. <br /> A major objective in the approved County Budget for <br /> FY 1988-89 is to complete the Transportation Element <br /> of the Comprehensive Plan. The services of a <br /> professional transportation planning consultant are <br /> needed to assist with the technical aspects of the <br /> plan as well as overall review. It will also be <br /> necessary to phase the work into FY 1988-89. County <br /> staff will be used wherever possible to hold down <br /> consultant costs. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: Approval of the contract and the scope of services <br /> as defined in Exhibit A, Phase I. <br /> 7 <br />