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Attachment 1 <br />RESOLUTION REQUESTING APPROVAL BY THE ORANGE UNIFIED <br />TRANSPORTATION BOARD OF SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROJECT <br />IMPLEMENTATION NEXT STEPS <br /> <br />WHEREAS, The Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Strategic Action Plan was <br />collaboratively developed under the NC SRTS Program to identify improvements that <br />can help make bicycling and walking to and from school a safe and healthy <br />transportation alternative; <br />WHEREAS, The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC), the Town of Hillsborough <br />Board, and the Orange County School Board adopted the SRTS Plan in April 2014; <br />WHEREAS, Project implementation action has been delayed due to revisions to <br />federal and state funding sources that limited future funding resources for the SRTS <br />program; a lack of local matching funds, funds for engineering and sidewalk <br />construction, and project management funding and capability; difficulties in entering into <br />maintenance agreements with local jurisdictions; and the metrics used to generate <br />project scores now prioritizing highway projects to a greater degree than other modes <br />(such as bicycle and pedestrian); <br />WHEREAS, the following identified actions can be accomplished primarily with Staff <br />support and/or without minimal County funding, and would serve to help make bicycling <br />and walking to and from school a safe and healthy transportation alternative; <br />WHEREAS, North Carolina State law creates a quantitative process to evaluate funding <br />priorities and other funding sources are also available through the Durham-Chapel Hill- <br />Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization; <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange Unified Transportation Board <br />(OUTBoard) recommends the following SRTS next step actions included in this <br />Resolution, to be forwarded to the Board of County Commissioners for its consideration: <br /> Pursue projects from the SRTS Plan related to safety improvements for Grady <br />Brown Elementary School and Cedar Ridge High School: <br />o Crosswalks; and <br />o Sidewalks providing connectivity from Grady Brown Elementary School <br />and Cedar Ridge High School to bridge over I-40 and along Orange Grove <br />Road to Patriots Pointe, and ultimately to Churton Street (in phases as <br />possible). <br /> 10