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7 <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Carey to <br /> approve the priority lists to submit to the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning <br /> Organization and the Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization as amended, and endorse the <br /> resolutions to submit priority projects to the DCHC MPO TAC and the TARPO RTAC. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> A RESOLUTION ENDORSING ORANGE COUNTY'S PRIORITY TRANSPORTATION <br /> PROJECTS FOR THE DURHAM-CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO METROPOLITAN PLANNING <br /> ORGANIZATION REGIONAL PRIORITY LIST FOR THE 2011 —2017 TRANSPORTATION <br /> IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM <br /> WHEREAS, the North Carolina Board of Transportation, every two years, prepares a <br /> Transportation Improvement Program that identifies transportation projects scheduled for State <br /> and Federal funding over the next seven years; and <br /> WHEREAS, the North Carolina Board of Transportation solicits input for identifying <br /> transportation projects of local and regional importance to be included in the FY 2011-2017 <br /> Transportation Improvement Program; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County gives priority to identified safety needs on existing roads and <br /> bridges, to other transportation projects that encourage alternatives to automobile travel, to <br /> projects that minimize adverse impacts on the natural environment and cultural sites, and to <br /> those projects that foster economic development in the designated Economic Development <br /> Districts; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County strongly encourages the North Carolina Department of <br /> Transportation (NCDOT) to design all highway projects, where appropriate, to accommodate <br /> bicycle and pedestrian traffic to provide alternative means of transportation that may result in <br /> reduced automobile traffic and related air and water impacts; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County encourages the NCDOT to design all <br /> new or replacement bridges with sufficient clearance to allow <br /> wildlife to cross safely under them, and to allow pedestrian <br /> passage along any existing or planned trail-system connectors; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange County Board of Commissioners that: <br /> The Board of County Commissioners endorses the attached list of priority transportation <br /> projects to be considered for inclusion in the FY 2011-2017 Metropolitan Transportation <br /> Improvement Program. <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> A RESOLUTION ENDORSING ORANGE COUNTY'S PRIORITY TRANSPORTATION <br /> PROJECTS FOR THE TRIANGLE AREA RURAL PLANNING ORGANIZATION (TARPO) <br />