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PROCESS: A Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) Steering Committee, comprised of representatives of those groups, has coordinated to complete the draft. The following tasks have been completed: • Held a public workshop to kick off the process (September 2009) • Conducted an on -line public survey (October — November 2009); Collected current traffic data and projected future traffic (August 2010 — October 2010) • Analyzed traffic growth rates to use in final data projections (November 2010) • Prepared a highway deficiency analysis (November — December 2010) • Held a public input meeting on the deficiency analysis (February 2011) • Developed alternatives and draft recommendations for all modes (March- August 2011) • Held public drop in session and collected County advisory board input (September 2011) • Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) received draft CTP maps and provided input (October 2011) • Project delayed to rectify boundaries between the Burlington- Graham and Durham - Chapel Hill - Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organizations (January 2012 — November 2012. • Orange County Planning staff reviewed a rough draft of the CTP report and provided comments to NCDOT Transportation Planning Branch staff (December 2012). • NCDOT Transportation Planning Branch staff revised draft Plan for public hearing (January 2013). January 24, 2012 BOCC Public Hearing — The Orange County BOCC held a public hearing on the draft CTP January 24"'. Three individuals spoke at the hearing. Meeting notes, including staff commentary, are included in Attachment 1. OUTBoard Recommendation — At its meeting on February 20, 2013, the OUTBoard unanimously recommended approval of the draft CTP to include the revisions as provided in Attachment 2. Draft Minutes of the meeting are provided as Attachment 3. Adoption Process — The BOCC will be asked to consider adoption of the Plan in two parts: Part 1, adoption of Sheets 1 -5 (4 Maps), as provided in Attachment 5; and Part 2, adoption of the technical report (Attachment 4). It should be noted that Sheets 1- 5 (Attachment 5) can also be found within the technical report (Attachment 4), albeit at a smaller, 8.5 x 11 page size. Following is the anticipated schedule and sequence of events- 1 . BOCC consideration of Part 1 (this meeting); 2. TARPO endorsement of Part 1 (Spring 2013); 3. NCDOT Transportation Planning Branch staff recommendation of Part 1 to NCDOT Board of Transportation (Spring 2013); 4. NCDOT Board of Transportation adopts only Part 1 (Spring 2013); 5. NCDOT Transportation Planning Branch distributes the technical report for external review by other staff within NCDOT (local contacts and modal contacts), a designated member of NCDOT Board of Transportation, TARPO, and Orange County (any comments collected are to be forwarded to the BOCC); 6. NCDOT Transportation Planning Branch staff finalizes the report and distributes the final document including previously adopted Map Sheets; and