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• <br /> Our intensive liaison work will begin at the conclusion of Task 2. At <br /> that time the study team will send to each public official a copy of the <br /> technical report which will outline the transportation trends developed in <br /> Task 1 and the preliminary service and TSM alternatives from Task 2. Along <br /> with this report will be a letter describing the study process and informing <br /> the officials that the study team welcomes the opportunity to receive their <br /> input and comments. The letter will further explain that the study team <br /> will be in contact with the public officials to further discuss the study. <br /> After that, the study team will undertake a round of one-on-one <br /> meetings with prominent local officials. This liaison work will initially <br /> focus on the city and county managers within the region and then quickly <br /> . move to the mayors and county commission chairmen. The purpose of these <br /> meetings is two-fold. First, we shall seek to clarify any information from <br /> the technical report that may not be clear to the officials.. During this <br /> process we shall ask them for comments and reactions concerning the report. <br /> Second, we shall ask the officials to express their thoughts about how the <br /> transportation problem may be solved in the region. While service options <br /> will be outlined, emphasis in this phase of the study shall be on exploring <br /> with these officials ways to address the organizational issues. We intend <br /> that his portion of the discussion will last as long as the officials wish <br /> and will be open-ended. The study team's role will be to facilitate <br /> discussion, to provide suggestions regarding alternative service and <br /> organizational strategies, and to guide the discussion. We shall not be <br /> proposing a particular service and organizational strategy, but rather we <br /> shall be eliciting from the officials their comments and suggestions. After <br /> each meeting, we shall follow up with a letter thanking the official and <br /> suggesting a further meeting. <br /> After this initial set of meetings, we shall prepare an interim <br /> document which outlines service options and which proposes and analyzes a <br /> series of different organizational options for the Triangle region. One <br /> such option will be a region-wide transportation authority. Another option <br /> will be a region-wide transportation management association composed of the <br /> jurisdictions and the major private employers. There will also be other <br /> options as yet unspecified. For each of these options, there will be a <br /> description of what they are, how they might function, how they might be <br /> operated, what they could legally do, and how much they would likely cost. <br /> We shall also examine how each of the alternative organizations would relate <br /> to the already existing institutional structure for developing our highway <br /> system. This interim report would be intended to elicit discussion and to • <br /> focus that discussion on the viable organizational alternatives. This <br /> report would also be sent to all the local public officials, and again a <br /> second set of meetings would be scheduled with these officials. During the <br /> second round, we shall attempt to meet with more than one public official at <br /> one time. In so doing, we will hopefully develop a basis for understanding <br /> and communication among the public officials as well as a consensus <br /> regarding which organizational and service options are most appealing. <br /> _._—_ L <br />