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OUTBoard Staff Update <br />Item 6.a. - Handout <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date:January 21, 2016 <br />Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Orange Unified Transportation Board (OUTBoard) Policies and Procedures <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br />& County Clerk’s Office <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1. Proposed revision to OUTBoard Policies and <br />Procedures <br />2. Resolution Adopting Amended OUTBoard <br />Policies and Procedures <br />Abigaile Pittman, 245-2567 <br />Thom Freeman, 245-2125 <br />Donna Baker, 245-2130 <br />PURPOSE:To consider the attached resolution amending OUTBoard Policies and Procedures <br />to add a seventh (7th) at-large position to encourage membership with expertise or interest in <br />Public Health. <br />BACKGROUND:At the December 15th BOCC meeting, Commissioner Pelissier made a <br />petition to the Board to add another at-large position to the OUTBoard with expertise or specific <br />interest in Public Health. <br />In response to the Commissioner’s request, Planning Department staff has prepared a <br />proposed amendment to Section III.B. of the Board’s Policies and Procedures (Attachment 1) <br />that would add an additional at-large position to encourage membership with expertise or <br />interest in Public Health. Adoption of this modification will increase the number of at-large <br />members from six (6) to seven (7), and the total number of members from thirteen (13) to <br />fourteen (14). Additionally, the required quorum for a meeting of the OUTBoard would be <br />increased from seven (7) to eight (8) members. <br />Public health representation on the OUTBoard could be a benefit to the Board in the following <br />ways: <br />1. Address improving the built environment for safe and accessible physical activity and <br />transportation, which is a key component of addressing obesity and its related health <br />effects. <br />2. Address transportation concerns, which are frequently cited by clients of the Health <br />Department is accessing its services, as well as services around the county. <br />3. Further the Board’s capacity to examine transportation planning and funding <br />decisions with a public health perspective. <br />4. Provide regular opportunities for continuous communication between public health, <br />planning and transportation, to enhance decision making, data sharing, and to <br />conduct mutually reinforcing activities. <br />However, other considerations include: <br />24