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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: January 16, 2024 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-i <br /> SUBJECT: Orange Unified Transportation Board —Approval of Youth Delegate Position <br /> DEPARTMENT: Orange County Transportation Services (OCTS) <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. OUTBoard Youth Delegate Request Nishith Trivedi, Transportation Director, <br /> 2. Amended OUTBoard Policies and 919-245-2007 <br /> Procedure <br /> PURPOSE: To approve an amendment to the Orange Unified Transportation Board (OUTBoard) <br /> Policies and Procedures to establish a non-voting Youth Delegate position on the OUTBoard. <br /> BACKGROUND: Orange County Transportation Services (OCTS) is in the process of updating <br /> the Orange County Safe Routes to School Plan, in coordination and collaboration with the Orange <br /> County Schools. The Plan was originally approved by the BOCC in 2014. As part of the update <br /> process, the OUTBoard requested a non-voting Youth Delegate on the County's transportation <br /> advisory board. A similar youth position serves on the Orange County Parks and Recreation <br /> Council (PRC), through the Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation <br /> (DEAPR). <br /> OCTS staff reviewed the process DEAPR utilized to establish the PRC Youth Delegate position. <br /> The OUTBoard requests (Attachment 1) a Youth Delegate position be permanently established <br /> by an amendment to the member section of the OUTBoard's Policies and Procedures (Attachment <br /> 2) to include a non-voting Youth Delegate. This addition will add a voice for the youth to the <br /> County's transportation advisory board that will be carried onto the BOCC. <br /> Transportation Advisory Services (TAS) Action — January 11, 2024 <br /> TAS unanimously recommended approval. <br /> Orange Unified Transportation Board (OUTBoard) Action — January 8, 2024 <br /> The OUTBoard unanimously recommended approval. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact to the County. <br /> SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goals are applicable <br /> to this item: <br /> • GOAL: FOSTER A COMMUNITY CULTURE THAT REJECTS OPPRESSION AND <br /> INEQUITY <br />