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<br />Park and ride lots in fringe areas with enhanced transit services, as a congestion <br />relief alternative; and <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />recommends the following with respect to the bicycle component of the 2035 <br />Long Range Transportation Plan: <br />Include a list of the proposed bicycle projects; <br />Provide a definition of what constitutes a "regional" bicycle facility versus an "on <br />road" bicycle facility; <br />Include the NCDOT Mountains to Sea Bicycle Trail as a regional bicycle facility; <br />and <br />Remove the proposed bicycle facility adjacent to Interstate 40. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Orange County submits the following comments <br />regarding the Regional Transit Vision Plan as it relates to rail service: <br />The rail vision plan should consider other possible existing rail corridors in the region as <br />possible elements for expansion and to enhance the viability of the rail vision plan. <br />The commuter rail service is not shown on maps depicting the Special Transit Advisory <br />Commission's recommended rail vision plan, although the STAC report recognizes the <br />need for coordination with other plans and initiatives for transportation options that <br />might be extended to commuters from regions coming into the region along the North <br />Carolina Railroad corridor. The Fixed Guideway Option includes all the STAC <br />recommendations and the project tables in Section 4 list this commuter rail project as a <br />STAC recommendation. <br />The rail vision plan should include direct ~ai~service to the Raleigh-Durham International <br />Airport. <br />Upon motion of Commissioner seconded by Commissioner <br />,the foregoing resolution was adopted this the day of , <br />2008. <br />I, Donna Baker, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange, North <br />Carolina, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true copy of so much of the <br />proceedings of said Board at a meeting held on September 16, 2008, as relates in any <br />way to the adoption of the foregoing and that said proceedings are recorded in the <br />minutes of said Board. <br />WITNESS my hand and the seal of said County, this day of , 2008 <br />Clerk to the Board of Commissioners <br />