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09/06/2016 <br />2. Assist in development and review of updates to the Transportation <br />Element of the Comprehensive Plan. <br />3. Provide recommendations to the Board regarding Federal and State <br />legislation affecting transportation in Orange County. <br />4. Provide recommendations on innovative techniques and methods to <br />improve the efficiency and capacity of existing and future <br />transportation systems. <br />5. Carry out special projects as assigned by the Board of Commissioners. <br />6. Serve as an advisory body to the Administrative Staff of the Orange <br />Public Transit (OPT) System. The roles of assistance may include but <br />are not limited to being: <br />a. A forum to discuss relevant issues related to public transportation; <br />b. An advocate in promoting new or expanded transit services; <br />c. Sounding board on program operations, goal setting and <br />monitoring; <br />d. As a guardian of passenger rights for the general public and <br />special targeted populations; and <br />e. When directed by the BOCC, recommends NCDOT grants, <br />contracts, and studies that affect the current or future service <br />levels of public transportation in Orange County. <br />SECTION III: MEMBERSHIP <br />A. Authority <br />1. North Carolina General Statute 153A -76 grants boards of county <br />commissioners the authority to establish advisory boards and to <br />appoint members to and remove members from those advisory boards. <br />In acting on this authority the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />hereby establishes certain general conditions to which applicants and <br />members of advisory boards should conform. <br />B. Composition <br />1. The OUT Board is composed of fourteen (14) voting members. <br />2. The OUT Board does not have alternate members. <br />3. Members shall represent demographic, geographic, cultural and <br />professional characteristics, as follows: <br />a. Seven (7) members, one from each township: <br />b. Seven (7) at -large members, with expertise or specific interests <br />in as many of the following areas as possible: <br />• Bicycle transportation <br />• Pedestrian access and safety <br />• Public Transit <br />• Environmental issues <br />• Economic Development <br />61 <br />