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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: May 6, 2003 Action Agenda Item No. ~~q SUBJECT: Orange County Community Transportation Improvement Plan (CTIP) Update Process DEPARTMENT: Aging/Transportation PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S):. INFORMATION CONTACT: North Carolina Department of Jerry Passmore, ext. 2009 Transportation Letter of Approval Pam Jones, ext. 2652 • Community Transportation AI Terry, ext. 2002 Improvement Plan -Scope of Work TELEPHONE NUMBERS: •. CTIP Update Time Line Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To review and approve the proposed update of the Community Transportation Improvement Plan (CTIP), scope of work, and hiring of a consulting firm to conduct the CTIP`s Scope of Work covering the period of 2003-2007. BACKGROUND: In order for Orange County to qualify for state and federal funding of transportation administration, operations and capital, it must have an approved community transportation improvement plan by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT). The present Orange County CTIP expired in 1999. Because NCDOT has had difficulty in acquiring a consultant to update Orange County's plan over the past three years, it has allowed Orange County to directly employ a consulting firm and have approved funding in the amount of $25,000 for consultant services (see attached approval letter). The purpose of the plan is to: (1) evaluate the system's management and operational policies and procedures; (2) review the organization's mission, vision, goals, and objectives; (3) identify organizational strengths and target opportunities for improvement; and (4) assist the NCDOT Public Transportation Division in aligning available resources to facilitate each system's. continuous improvement process (see attached Scope of Work and Update Time Line) If approved, a County Review and Selection Team (Purchasing, Dept. on Aging, Planning, Transportation Advisory Board Chair, two County Commissioners, Asst. County Manager and NCDOT Representative) would assist the Orange County Purchasing Department in the bidding and selection of the consulting firm. The North Carolina Department of Transportation has supplied a list of transportation consultants and will assist in the review process. The recommended consulting firms would be submitted to the BOCC for approval at its June 26~' meeting.