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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />February 26, 2014 <br />S:\Managers Working Files\BOH\Agenda & Abstracts\2014 Agenda & Abstracts/Feb Page 2 <br /> <br />V. Educational Session <br /> <br />A. Outside Agency Funding Request Review <br /> <br />Each year a number of non-profit agencies apply to the county for funding. A review <br />along with a completed scoring sheet needs to be available to the Health Director for <br />presentation to the County Manager when the departmental budget is presented for his <br />review. <br /> <br />The Health Department received 8 applications this year. Each BOH member was <br />assigned to review 2-3 applications. BOH members will assess the applications using <br />the Application Scorecard, which rates the program’s mission, customer value, prior <br />year results and implementation plan. The applications, financial information, score <br />cards, and instructions were given to each BOH Member to review and send back to <br />Tersee Flores by March 21st. <br /> <br />B. Panel: NCDOT & Active Transportation <br /> <br />Lauren Blackburn, AICP Director of the North Carolina Department of Transportation <br />Bicycle and Pedestrian Division discussed the following main points regarding Bike and <br />Pedestrian Planning: <br /> <br />• Data Collection and Planning <br />• Promotion and Evaluation <br />• Education and Enforcement <br />• Infrastructure Improvements <br /> <br />The current focus areas of the division is on promoting and facilitating active <br />transportation of many varieties in North Carolina through programming and policy. <br /> <br />The information presented can be found on the North Carolina Department of <br />Transportation website at the following links: <br /> <br />http://www.ncdot.gov/bikeped/download/FinalSummaryDoc110113WalkBikeNC.pdf <br /> <br />http://www.ncdot.gov/bikeped/download/WalkBikeNCPlanChapterslowres.pdf <br /> <br />http://www.ncdot.gov/bikeped/download/WalkBikeNCPlanAppendixlowres.pdf <br /> <br /> <br />C. The Local Landscape of Active Transportation <br /> <br />Bret Martin, Transportation Planner with the Orange County Planning Department. Mr. <br />Martin's presentation focused on understanding the local context for built environment <br />decision making that is affected by and can affect health outcomes in Orange County.