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Transportation Division (NCDOT -PTD). The following activities have been conducted as part of this plan update: • A review of the 2009 plan document; • Collection and development of updated demographic data and mapping, using information from the 2010 Census and the 2007 -2011 American Community &Arvey five -year dataset (most recent available); • Collection of updated transit service statistics for the region, as reported to NCDOTfor the years 2010 -2012; • Two half -day workshops with stakeholders and interested citizens in the region, to identify needs, strategies, and priorities. One workshop focused on Lee and Moore Counties while the other focused on Chatham and Orange Counties, • Asurvey (both hard copy and online2) to collect information from stakeholders and interested citizens in the region; • Awebsite with links to the 2009 plan, the online survey, and information on the two workshops; and • Documentation of the outcome of the surveys and workshops. Stakeholder workshopswere held in Sanford on April 25, 2013, and Chapel Hill on April 26, 2013. Invitations were sent to a broad range of individuals identified as stakeholders by the transit agencies within each county. Additionally, public notices were sent out to media organizations and the workshop information was posted on the TAFFOwebsite. For a list of invitees and attendees for these workshops, please see Appendix A The workshops consisted of small group exercises intended to identify needs, identify potential strategies to address those needs, and prioritize the strategies for implementation. Therewerefour exercises: (1) a brainstorm among all participants in attendance regarding transit needs in the region; (2) a small group exercise examining potential strategiesthat could be used to address the identified needs; (3) a small group exercise mapping location- specific strategies; and (4) a prioritization voting exercise among all the participants, to identify the highest - priority strategiesfor implementation in the near - term. The information that came out of these two workshops and the information gathered from the survey serve as the primary basis for developing the recommendations found in this plan. The plan was adopted by each of the following boards on the dates noted: Chatham Transit Network Board of Directors— DATE Lee County Board of Commissioners— DATE Moore County Board of Commissioners —DATE Orange County Board of Commissioners— DATE 2 Online survey is no longer active, following project completion. A paper copy of the survey and a summary of the results can be found in Appendix B. Triangle Area FFO Locally Coordinated Human Service Transportation Ran 2