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ORANGE COUNTY <br />ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION BOARD (OUTBoard) <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 15, 2016 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Orange Unified Transportation Board (OUTBoard) Rules and Procedures <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning <br />ATTACHMENT(S):INFORMATIONCONTACT: <br />1.Proposed revision to OUTBoard Rules and <br />Procedures <br />Abigaile Pittman, Transportation <br />Planner, 245-2567 <br />Tom Altieri, Comprehensive Planning <br />Supervisor, 245-2575 <br />PURPOSE:To consider a recommendation amending the OUTBoard specific Rules and <br />Procedures to revise its meeting time. <br />BACKGROUND:In April OUTBoard members discussed revising the starting time of its meetings <br />from 7:00 p.m. to an earlier time to reduce the lag time between the end of the typical work day at <br />5:00 p.m. and the start of the meeting, and allow members to get home earlier afterwards. A follow- <br />up poll indicated that a meeting time of 6:30 p.m. would accommodate all members. The Board did <br />not feel that moving the meeting time up by half an hour would negatively impact civic participation. <br />To revise the meeting time, Section IV.C.1 of the Board’s adopted Rules and Procedures must be <br />approved by the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC). Planning staff has prepared a proposed <br />amendment that would revise the meeting time from 7:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. (Attachment 1). <br />The OUTBoard’s Rules and Procedures were last amended on January 21, 2016 to add a seventh <br />(7th) at-large position to encourage membership with expertise or interest in Public Health. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with amending the OUTBoard specific <br />Rules and Procedures. <br />SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goal is associated with <br />this item: <br />GOAL: ENABLE FULL CIVIC PARTICIPATION <br />Ensure that Orange County residents are able to engage government through voting and <br />volunteering by eliminating disparities in participation and barriers to participation. <br />The revision of the OUTBoard’s regular meeting time will result in positive outcomes related to <br />eliminating barriers to volunteer member participation, and will not negatively impact attendance by <br />Orange County residents. <br />D <br />7