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10 <br />Charge 6. Suggest/recommend policies, procedures for advancing bike and <br />pedestrian safety in the county. <br />1. Create a Task Force to put together an action plan for implementing the list of <br />actions suggested in Charge 5, and have the action plan reviewed by the <br />OUTBoard and presented to theBOCC. Have one member of the BOCC serve <br />as a member of the Task Force. <br />2. Charge the Task Force withproviding a list of roadways or areas in Orange <br />Countythat need improvements for the OUTBoard to review, and send to the <br />BOCCor to staff for approval. <br />3. Have staff create a list ofgoals for improving the roadways identified by the <br />Task Force, includingdesired timelines and approximate costs. <br />4. Instruct staff to review with the OUTBoard roads that are scheduled for <br />resurfacing and recommend wideshoulders or otherappropriateimprovements <br />on roads identified as rural bikeways. <br />5. Ask NCDOT to adhere to their Complete Streets manual and to their written <br />policies concerning rumble strips wheninstalling them on rural roads (see <br />Appendix B) <br />6. Receive semi-annual updates and annual written reports from staff regarding <br />progress of the above noted actionitems and goals for thepast and the <br />upcoming year. <br />Charge 7. Identify agencies, departments, groups that might work to move <br />this forward. <br />All of the following, in addition to every Orange County resident, are stakeholders who <br />should work together tomake our roads safer. <br />1. Law enforcement agencies (Sheriff's Department, Highway Patrol) <br />2. School representatives <br />3. Orange County Visitor's Bureau <br />4. NCDOT staff <br />5. County and regionalplanning staff <br />6. Elected representatives <br />7. Countybusinesses <br />g. Bicycle advocacy groups <br />g. Those who work with driver's education classes and traffic offenders <br /> 32