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Attachment3 <br />6.ServeasanadvisorybodytotheAdministrativeStaffoftheOrangePublicTransit <br />(OPT)System.Therolesofassistancemayincludebutarenotlimitedtobeing: <br />a.Aforumtodiscussrelevantissuesrelatedtopublictransportation; <br />b.Anadvocateinpromotingneworexpandedtransitservices; <br />c.Soundingboardonprogramoperations,goalsettingandmonitoring; <br />d.Asaguardianofpassengerrightsforthegeneralpublicandspecialtargeted <br />populations;and <br />e.WhendirectedbytheBOCC,recommendsNCDOTgrants,contracts,and <br />studiesthataffectthecurrentorfutureservicelevelsofpublictransportation <br />inOrangeCounty. <br /> <br />SECTIONIII:MEMBERSHIP <br /> <br />A.Authority <br />1.NorthCarolinaGeneralStatute153AͲ76grantsboardsofcountycommissionersthe <br />authoritytoestablishadvisoryboardsandtoappointmemberstoandremove <br />membersfromthoseadvisoryboards.InactingonthisauthoritytheOrangeCounty <br />BoardofCommissionersherebyestablishescertaingeneralconditionstowhich <br />applicantsandmembersofadvisoryboardsshouldconform. <br /> <br />B.Composition <br />1.TheOUTBoardiscomposedoffourteen(14)votingmembers. <br />2.TheOUTBoardiscomposedofzero(0)alternatemembers. <br />3.Membersshallrepresent(demographic,geographic,culturalandprofessional <br />characteristics): <br /> <br />a.Sevenmembers,onefromeachtownship: <br />x LittleRiverTownship <br />x CedarGroveTownship <br />x CheeksTownship <br />x HillsboroughTownship <br />x EnoTownship <br />x BinghamTownship <br />x ChapelHillTownship <br /> <br />b.Fourmembersfromthefollowingadvisoryboardshavingtransportation <br />interests: <br />x CommissionfortheEnvironment <br />x EconomicDevelopmentCommission <br />x PlanningBoard <br />x TransportationServicesBoard <br /> <br />c.ThreeatͲlargememberswithexpertiseorspecificinterestsinthefollowing <br />areas: <br />x Bicycletransportation <br />x Pedestrianaccessandsafety <br />x Transit <br />20