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Charge 6. Suggest/recommend policies, procedures for advancing bike and <br />pedestrian safety in the county. <br />1.Create a Task Force to put together an action plan for implementing the list of <br />actions suggested in Charge 5, and have the action plan reviewed by the <br />OUTBoard and presented to the BOCC. Have one member of the BOCC serve <br />as a member of the Task Force. <br />2.Charge the Task Force with providing a list of roadways or areas in Orange <br />County that need improvements for the OUTBoard to review, and send to the <br />BOCC or to staff for approval. <br />3.Have staff create a list of goals for improving the roadways identified by the <br />Task Force, including desired timelines and approximate costs. <br />4.Instruct staff to review with the OUTBoard roads that are scheduled for <br />resurfacing and recommend wide shoulders or other appropriate improvements <br />on roads identified as rural bikeways. <br />5.Ask NCDOT to adhere to their Complete Streets manual and to their written <br />policies concerning rumble strips when installing them on rural roads (see <br />Appendix 3) <br />6.Receive semi-annual updates and annual written reports from staff regarding <br />progress of the above noted action items and goals for the past and the <br />upcoming year. <br />Charge 7. Identify agencies, departments, groups that might work to move <br />this forward. <br />All of the following, in addition to every Orange County resident are stakeholders who <br />should work together to make our roads safer. <br />1.Law enforcement agencies (Sheriff’s Department, Highway Patrol) <br />2.School representatives <br />3.Orange County Visitor’s Bureau <br />4.NCDOT staff <br />5.County and regional planning staff <br />6.Elected representatives <br />7.County businesses <br />8.Bicycle advocacy groups <br />9.Those who work with driver’s education classes and traffic offenders <br />1 Map My Ride: (http://www.mapmyride.com) <br />3