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593 Donna Musson asked if there is outreach to young people to ride the bus. She said that in Chapel Hill they ride the 594 bus a lot. 595 596 Heidi Perry said that this was a great question and commented that transit services go to the Sportsplex. 597 598 Lisa Berley commented that riding the bus helps young people get their freedom. 599 600 Heidi Perry said that the Sportsplex is another place to advertise for riding public transit. 601 602 Motion by Art Menius to recommend to the Board of County Commissioners to support the participation by Orange 603 County Public Transit in “Try Transit Week” and recommend the continuance of their ongoing activities. Seconded 604 by Jenn Sykes 605 Vote: Unanimous 606 607 Peter Murphy said that OPT’s presentation was concluded and that he appreciated the great feedback from the 608 Board. 609 610 Alex Castro thanked and complimented Staff for all their hard work. 611 612 AGENDA ITEM 6: REGULAR OUTBOARD AGENDA (ACTION ITEMS) 613 614 6A. BICYCLE SAFETY TASK FORCE (BSTF) REPORT IMPLEMENTATION SUBCOMMITTEE (ABIGAILE PITTMAN) 615 616 Abigaile Pittman presented. Ms. Pittman reminded the Board that at the last meeting, Staff’s recommendation was to 617 form a subcommittee from the OUTBoard, per the Advisory Board Policies. At this stage, the subcommittee 618 structure, budget, parties involved, and the actions to be taken for the first funding year (FY17-18) need to be 619 reviewed (see Attachment 2, page 23 in the packet). After the Board reviews this, Ms. Pittman recommended that it 620 takes action to form the subcommittee tonight. Once the subcommittee is formed, Ms. Pittman can help set-up a 621 meeting date and develop an agenda with members. She is also getting other Staff lined-up to assist the 622 subcommittee. 623 624 Heidi Perry asked Abigaile Pittman if she had the list of people who said that they would sign-up as subcommittee 625 members. 626 627 Abigaile Pittman said that Alyson West, Art Menius and Heidi Perry had volunteered to serve on the subcommittee. 628 629 Heidi Perry asked if there were any others who signed-up from the previous Bicycle Safety Report Taskforce. 630 631 Abigaile Pittman answered that she had received some emails from folks who volunteered to assist on agenda items 632 as needed. These volunteers may not attend every meeting but could assist as needed, which is appropriate for 633 someone not formally on the subcommittee. She added that County Staff is available from Planning and also Todd 634 McGee from Community Relations and Melissa Blackburn who does graphic design, and perhaps someone from the 635 Visitor’s Center. She said that they can request different County Staff from the appropriate departments as needed. 636 637 Alex Castro asked about the structure of the subcommittee noted in Attachment 2. In referenced to item 6.b. on 638 voting rights on the subcommittee; he asked why those with voting power had to be members of the OUTBoard. 639 640 Abigaile Pittman answered that the advisory policies adopted by the BOCC set the voting rights for OUTBoard 641 subcommittee members. 642 643 Heidi Perry asked why the BOCC would not approve the original members of the Bicycle Safety Report Taskforce to 644 be kept on the subcommittee as well. 645 646 14