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01/21/2016Attachment 1 <br />Orange Unified Transportation (OUT) BOARD POLICIES AND PROCEDURES <br />Amendment Note: <br />Proposed additions/changes to existing text are depicted in red and underscored. <br />SECTION III: MEMBERSHIP <br />A. Authority <br />1. North Carolina General Statute 153A-76 grants boards of county <br />commissioners the authority to establish advisory boards and to <br />appoint members to and remove members from those advisory boards. <br />In acting on this authority the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />hereby establishes certain general conditions to which applicants and <br />members of advisory boards should conform. <br />B. Composition <br />1. The OUT Board is composed of thirteen (13) fourteen (14) voting <br />members. <br />2. The OUT Board does not have alternate members. <br />3. Members shall represent demographic, geographic, cultural and <br />professional characteristics, as follows: <br />a. Seven members, one from each township: <br />b.Six (6) Seven (7) at-large members, with expertise or specific <br />interests in as many ofthe following areas as possible: <br />x Bicycle transportation <br />x Pedestrian access and safety <br />x Public Transit <br />x Environmental issues <br />x Economic Development <br />x Planning <br />x Public Health <br />26