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ORANGE COUNTY <br />ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORATION BOARD (OUTBoard) <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date:December 18, 2013 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No.4 <br />SUBJECT:Safe Routes to School (SRTS)Strategic Action Plan <br />DEPARTMENT:Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N)N <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1.Amendment Outline Form <br />2.SRTS Action Plan Overview <br />3.Draft SRTSStrategic Action Plan <br />http://orangecountync.gov/planning/d <br />ocuments/UpdatedSRTSPlan- <br />allchapterscombined.pdf (264pages; <br />hard copyavailableupon request) <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Abigaile Pittman, Transportation/Land Use <br />Planner, 245-2567 <br />Tom Altieri, Comprehensive Planning <br />Supervisor, 245-2579 <br />Craig Benedict, Planning Director, 245-2592 <br />4. Process Flowchart <br />PURPOSE: To make a recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) on the <br />Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Strategic Action Plan required for implementing a Safe Routes <br />to School program in Orange County. <br />BACKGROUND:Background information on the SRTS program can be found in Section B.2 of <br />Attachment 1,the Amendment form, approved by the BOCC on October 15, 2013. The <br />Amendment form contains details regarding the timeframe for the adoption process. The form <br />also outlines the rationale, process, and implications of the development and adoption of the <br />Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Strategic Action Plan. <br />The Draft SRTS Plan was reviewed by the NCDOT Bicycle and Pedestrian Division and a final <br />draft was completed and returned to the Planning Staff in December 2012. <br />The three schools chosen for the SRTS Action Plan are part of the Orange County school <br />system, and all are located inside or adjacent to the Town of Hillsborough: <br />x Grady A. Brown Elementary School <br />x Cameron Park Elementary School <br />x C.W. Stanford Middle School <br />An overview of the SRTS program purpose,considerations forchosen school sites, <br />recommended projects, and information on project fundingcan be found in Attachment 2. <br />Staff’s pre-adoption activities on the Draft SRTS Strategic Action Plan can be found in Section <br />C.1 of Attachment 1. <br />7 <br />ReturntoAgenda