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MEMORANDUM <br />To: Transportation Advisory Committee <br />From: David Bonk, Senior Transportation Planner <br />Re: Status of the Regional Bicycle Plari <br />Date: July 18, 1991 <br />This memorandum serves to update you on the status of the proposed <br />Durham - Chapel Hill - Carrboro Urban Area Regional Bicycle Plan. <br />During the Fall of 1990, the' TAC requested the Technical <br />Coordinating Committee (TCC) to prepare a request- for - proposals <br />(RFP) for the development of a Regional Bicycle Plan. The focus <br />of the plan would be to increase public education and awareness of <br />bicycling, develop appropriate enforcement guidelines, and to <br />establish a framework for planning and constructing new bicycle <br />corridors. The project would be administered by the Town of Chapel <br />Hill, and would be reviewed by a bicycle task force of staff and <br />citizens from each jurisdiction. Funding for the plan would be <br />split proportionately among each participating jurisdiction. <br />Subsequent to the initial draft of the RFP Carrboro withdrew <br />funding support for the development of the regional bicycle plan. <br />Despite this however, the TAC remained committed to developing the <br />plan. The TAC directed the TCC to recalculate the proportional <br />funding requirement for each jurisdiction and continue the process <br />toward selecting a consultant. The table below summarizes the <br />approximate funding distribution, based on a combination equal <br />share and population proportion for each jurisdiction: <br />Population 50% Equal Share <br />Equal Share Proportion 501 Proportional <br />Carrboro - 0% $0 0% $0 0% $0 <br />Chapel Hill - 25% $7,500 16% $4,875 21% $6,187 <br />Durham - 25% $7,500 51% $15,249 38% $11,375 <br />Durham County --'25% $7,500 18% $5,325 21% $6,413 <br />Orange County- 25% $7,500 151 $4,551 20% 6,_025 <br />$30,000 $30,000 $30,000 <br />On June 13, 1991,1the Bicycle Task Force began interviewing <br />prospective firms as consultants for developing the Regional <br />Bicycle..Plan. <br />AS of today, only the Town of Chapel Hill and the City of Durham <br />have included a provision for funding in their annual budgets. <br />Orange County and Durham County did not specifically include the <br />plan.. in . this- years_. budget request. <br />VA <br />