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21 1 progress in gaining federal and state financial support for the LRT project in the Plan during the 2 four years following execution of this Agreement and to incorporate these benchmarks and 3 timeline into the Plan during the first four year review and to use these benchmarks and 4 timeline in the reviews set out in paragraph 9 above and in paragraph 13 below. 5 6 11. In preparation for the full Plan review set out in paragraph 9 above,TTA will 7 convene a Staff Working Group ("SWG") made up of a voting member and an alternate 8 member from each of the three Parties. The Orange County Manager shall designate the 9 member and alternate from Orange,the Planning Manager of DCHC shall designate the 10 member and alternate from DCHC, and the TTA General Manager shall designate the member 11 and alternate from TTA. These SWG members and alternates shall work collaboratively in 12 developing and preparing the respective report to the Parties. The SWG may also meet from 13 time to time as they deem useful to discuss developments and status of the various transit 14 projects and services under the Plan and to give TTA comments and feedback on the draft 15 annual reports referenced in paragraph 4 above. 16 17 12. If any meeting of the SWG has local urban, rural or regional bus service in Orange 18 County as a part of its agenda,then representatives from CHT, OPT, other bus transit providers 19 in Orange County, and from the towns of Hillsborough and Mebane shall be invited to 20 participate in the meeting. The SWG members shall work openly and collaboratively with 21 these other parties in considering the status and impacts of possible bus service changes to the 22 Plan. The SWG members and the other parties shall strive to reach consensus 23 recommendations for any changes in bus services provided under the Plan in light of their 24 shared interest in maximizing the effective use of scarce transit funding 25 26 13. Eight years after the date of execution of this Agreement, the Parties agree to 27 assess if the New Starts application for the LRT project in the Plan is still in the federal pipeline 28 for New Starts rail projects and making reasonable progress to receive federal funding and 29 whether the LRT project remains under consideration for state funding. If either funding 30 opportunity is no longer available the Parties agree to work collaboratively to develop an 31 Alternative Bus and Rail Investment Plan which reflects this fact and sets out revised funding 32 for transit projects and services. 33 34 14. Recommendations for change to the Plan may be made by a Party to this 35 Agreement or by any Orange County resident,group or organization. Recommendations for a 36 change or revision shall be submitted to the General Manager of TTA, who shall forward the 37 recommendation to the SWG for its review, consideration and advice. The SWG shall fully 38 consider any recommendation for change in the Plan and report back to the Parties. The 39 report of the SWG shall include its opinion on the recommended change along with the 40 recommendation itself. In the event that the three SWG voting members cannot agree on a 41 shared opinion of any recommended change,then both majority and minority perspectives on 42 the recommended change may be provided to the Parties. Additionally, any citizen or group 43 may submit its opinion on the recommended change to the Parties as well. 44