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3 CTP Committee and the Orange Unified Transportation Board (OUTBoard) will use the public input and comment from the Planning Board, the Economic Development Commission, the Commission for the Environment, and the Transportation Services Board to develop a draft CTP, which will be presented at a second public workshop in February. The DCHC MPO will be developing the MPO CTP during the same timeframe. The MPO CTP will include that portion of Orange County within the Metropolitan Area Boundary. The timeline in Attachment 2 includes the proposed timeline for the MPO CTP. CTP Survey The OUTBoard has endorsed a survey for public input. The survey, Attachment 3, will be available online and at convenient public locations throughout the County for citizens who do not have access to the Internet. The CTP Committee and the OUTBoard are developing a public awareness plan to apprise the public of the CTP development. FINANCIAL IMPACT: The Comprehensive Transportation Plan will require planning staff resources and material costs for maps for the public outreach meetings and copies of the CTP Survey. The Planning and Inspections Department's 2009-2010 operating budget has adequate monies for public outreach and material costs. However, retirements and a frozen 0.53-full-time employed transportation planner planning position are severely stretching transportation planning human resources. Transportation planning in Orange County has increasingly become and could continue to become more important and time-consuming in the future. The Planning Department is working with the County Manager and Human Resources to analyze staffing impacts. This project can still move forward at this time. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board: 1. Receive the presentation. 2. Approve the timeline for the CTP process; and 3. Approve the release of the CTP survey.