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DRAFT Heidi Perry asked about other Orange County staff being on the bicycle safety force. 52 53 Abigaile Pittman explained that more information will be given in the presentation for the Bicycle Safety Task Force 54 Applicants you want to do presentation. 55 56 Abigaile Pittman presented the Bicycle Safety Task Force Applicants 57 58 Heidi Perry inquired about removing two members so that she and Jeff Charles could be voting members on the task 59 force. 60 61 Amy Cole stated that she is opposed to taking anyone off the applicant list but that she does agree with Heidi Perry in 62 that she and Jeff Charles should be able to vote on the task force. 63 64 Alex Castro I think if Heidi is going to do so much work on the force I think she should be able to vote. 65 66 Ted Triebel states his support, indicating that since the OUTBoard recommended the Bicycle Safety Task Force and 67 since Heidi will be undertaking substantial administrative work as part of the task force, the OUTBoard should have 68 voting representation. 69 70 Motion made by Art Menius to allow 18 members on the Bicycle Safety Task and that the new two additional 71 members should be from the OUTBoard. 72 VOTE: Unanimous 73 74 Motion made by Alex Castro to approve the revised slate as presented in attachment one. Seconded by Art Menius. 75 VOTE: Unanimous 76 77 Max Bushell delivered crash report presentation. 78 79 There were questions about the accuracy of the data being reported, regarding incidents that are not reported and if 80 the alcohol involved was with the motorists. Max Bushell stated he would look into which crashes involved alcohol 81 and whether the driver or the bicyclist was intoxicated. He will also examine at which times of day the fatal crashes 82 occurred. Additionally, he will examine the driver demographics to assess appropriate groups to target with safety 83 messaging. 84 85 Max Bushell continued with presentation 86 87 Heidi Perry spoke about House Bill 959 that just passed and is going to senate that will make it legal for motorists to 88 cross a double yellow line to go around cyclists. She also mentioned counters that have gone up in Carrboro that will 89 give a better idea of how many cyclists are going on county roads. 90 91 Max Bushell concluded presentation. 92 93 Abigaile Pittman delivered Task Force Charge Presentation. 94 95 Heidi Perry led the discussion and identified a few different areas to focus on. First, the Bicycle Safety Task Force 96 (BSTF) should identify areas with a significant bicycle safety issue. She clarified that the BSTF is not charged with 97 creating new laws or suggesting infrastructure changes. The BSTF’s priority is safety and education. 98 99 The biggest area of discussion was how to get more public awareness of the rules of the road. There was a lot of 100 brain storming on how to do this such as billboards; through schools, such as liaising with the Let’s Go NC group and 101 working to include bicycle safety information in Driver’s Education classes; information on OPT buses, such as bus 102 4