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Attachment 1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY ADVISORY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS <br />INPUT FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ ANNUAL PLANNING <br />RETREAT <br />The Board of Commissioners welcomes input from various advisory boards and <br />commissions in preparation for its annual planning retreat. Please complete the <br />following information, limited to the front and back of this form. Other <br />background materials may be provided as a supplement to, but not as a <br />substitute for, this form. <br />NAME OF BOARD/COMMISSION: Orange Unified Transportation Board <br />(OUTBoard) <br />Report Period: 2016 <br />Person to address the BOCC at Retreat (if requested by BOCC) and contact <br />information: <br />Heidi Perry, Chair. Telephone 919-618-8199 <br />E-mail: heidiperov@gmail.com <br />Primary County Staff Contacts: <br />Primary Administrative and Professional Support for General Agenda Topics – <br />Abigaile Pittman, Transportation/Land Use Planner <br />Burlington-Graham Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) – Abigaile Pittman, <br />Transportation/Land Use Planner <br />Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro MPO and Triangle Area Rural Planning <br />Organization (RPO) – Max Bushell, Transportation Planner <br />Transit Services/OPT – Peter Murphy, Transportation Administrator, OPT <br />Secondary Administrative – Meredith Pucci, Administrative Assistant (Provided <br />for distribution/website posting of agenda packets, quorum polling, room set-up, <br />recording of meetings, note taking and preparation of detailed minutes, and <br />coordination with the Clerk’s office regarding Member appointments and <br />attendance records.) <br />Management – Craig Benedict, Planning Director; Tom Altieri, Comprehensive <br />Planning Supervisor <br />How many times per month does this board/commission meet, including <br />any special meetings and sub-committee meetings? <br />The OUTBoard meets as needed per its BOCC adopted Rules of Procedure <br />(09/06/2016), generally 6 to 8 times per year. When held, meetings take place <br />on the third Wednesday of the month. The Board met eight (8) times in 2016, as <br />needed to address Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) priorities. At three <br />(3) of these meetings the Transit Advisory Services/OPT Group, including <br />supplemental staff from other County departments (Aging; DSS; Housing, <br />39