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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: January26, 2004 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 8 - _6j_ <br />SUBJECT: Homestead and High School Roads Safety Task Force <br />DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): Under Separate Cover INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Membership Roster Clerk's Office, ext. 2130, 2125, 2126, 2129 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 245-2130 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider one appointment to the Homestead and High School Roads Safety Task <br />Force, <br />BACKGROUND: This Task Force was created by the BOCC on December 1, 2003 to address <br />traffic, pedestrian and bicycle safety in the area of Homestead and High School Roads. This area is <br />within the Transportation Planning Jurisdiction of Chapel Hill, with some involvement by Carrboro. <br />Charge: This short-term task force will help suggest short-term improvements and lend support to <br />accelerate long-range improvements noted in the Metropolitan Planning Organization Transportation <br />Improvement Program (MPO-TIP) for the area. Orange County Commissioner Alice M. Gordon has <br />offered to serve on the Task Force, with the stipulation that she does not believe she should serve as <br />the Chair. <br />Composition: <br />Community representative from <br />Carrboro, One, Mary Rabinowitz <br />Community representative from <br />Chapel Hill ........ .. . . . . . One, Jim Ward <br />Community representative from <br />Orange County - JPA... , One, Sharon Cook <br />Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools <br />District representative ... , , .... .. , One, Lisa Stuckey <br />Sheriff's Office ......... . .... One, Sheriff or designee - Captain Bobby Collins <br />North Carolina Department of <br />Transportation representative . , . , .... One, Chuck Edwards <br />Town of Carrboro . ... . ... . .... . .... . One, Alderman or designee - Alex Zaffron <br />Town of Chapel Hill . . . ....... .. .. One, Council Member or designee - Dorothy Verkerk <br />BOCC ............ ...... One, Commissioner or designee - <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: None at this time, <br />RECOMMENDATION(S) Consider appointing Orange County Commissioner, Alice M. Gordon, to the <br />Homestead and High School Roads Safety Task Force.