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S <br />I <br />i <br />ORANGE C O U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date Sent. 17,_1991_ <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # VZT _TB <br />SUBJECT: REPORT ON REGIONAL BICYCLE PLAN <br />DEPARTMENT: <br />PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes _x —No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene Bell <br />- Report on <br />Regional Bicycle Plan Ext. 2589 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Durham - 688 -7331 <br />Mebane - 227 -2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 967 -9251 <br />PURPOSE: <br />To report to the Board of Commissioners on the status <br />of a proposal for a Regional Bicycle Plan and to <br />solicit Commissioner Comments in response to the <br />report. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />A Regional Bicycle Plan has been proposed by the <br />Durham - Chapel Hill - Carrboro (DCHC) Urban Area <br />Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC). The plan <br />would focus on increasing public education and <br />awareness of bicycling, developing appropriate <br />enforcement guidelines, and establishing a framework <br />for planning and constructing new bicycle corridors. <br />A consultant would be employed to conduct the study at <br />an estimated cost of $30,000. As originally proposed, <br />participants in the study would be the municipalities <br />of Durham, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro and the counties <br />of Durham and Orange. Carrboro withdrew its support <br />in February. Funding would be based on a formula of <br />50% equal share and 50% proportional to population as <br />follows: <br />Chapel Hill $ 6,187 <br />Durham 11,375 <br />Durham County 6,413 <br />Orange County 6,025 <br />$30,000 <br />Chapel Hill and Durham budgeted funds for the study; <br />Orange and Durham Counties did not. Durham County <br />Commissioners received a request for funding at <br />