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Approved 2/17/10 4 Paul Guthrie noted his opposition to the motion is because it is an area where it needs to be extremely specific of 163 what uses the proposal will allow and what it will not allow and this option does not do that. He noted that lawyers 164 would agree the language has to be very specific and it will have to have justifiable reason for limiting facilities. He 165 noted that until that is done, the first case that challenges the County in court would put it back on the drawing board. 166 Paul Guthrie advised he isn’t against some of the proposed recommendations but he thinks it is the wrong way to go 167 about it. 168 169 170 VII. Safe Routes to School 171 172 Nancy Baker informed the Board that the group is having its first steering committee meeting on Thursday, January 173 21 in the planning department conference room. She noted the group’s hope to be able to start with the school 174 kickoff meetings in February or March. She noted that the information about idling is important because right now, 175 parents driving and parking idling cars outside the schools is one of the major ways the kids get home and the points 176 about keeping children healthy are related. 177 178 Mary Bobbitt-Cooke advised the Board that the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School District started an educational 179 program in the elementary school that was voluntary where the school principals worked with the PTAs/PTOs and 180 lobbied for the parents to turn the cars off while waiting. The program was very successful, they are taking further 181 steps to include the middle schools this year. 182 183 Randy Marshall noted that signs could be put up at the schools to request parents not leave cars running and to 184 further request the busses not to leave the engines running as well. 185 186 Mary Bobbitt-Cooke noted, as a result of the educational outreach, the parents in Forsyth County changed their 187 behavior beyond the schools. 188 189 Randy Marshall noted that the financial savings of the busses not running for upwards of 15 to 30 minutes before the 190 students are loaded would be vast. 191 192 Overlapping Conversations 193 194 195 VIII. Orange County Unified Development Ordinance 196 197 Karen Lincoln advised the draft is not quite ready but noted the Board should start thinking about the transportation 198 ordinances specifically related to the OUTBoard’s charge. 199 200 Sam Lasris summarized that there is an Economic Design manual, Zoning Ordinance manual, Subdivision 201 Regulation manual, and two other manuals and everything will be concise into one manual by an outside consultant. 202 It will look at inconsistencies between all five. The OUTBoard will be examining the transportation topics for review 203 and comments. 204 205 Overlapping Conversations 206 207 Karen Lincoln elaborated regarding the incorporation of the Comprehensive Plan and classifications of streets as an 208 example. She noted other places it come into play is with buffers as it relates to the types of streets. 209 210 Sam Lasris noted that if something came up that the Board determined should be included it could be addressed. 211 212 Mary Bobbitt-Cooke agreed that was her understanding from the Planning Board meeting. She added that the 213 consultant will find the similar items from all the manuals and bring them together so there is a common 214 understanding which will then be passed out to the advisory boards that have expertise in that area. 215 216