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14 A motion was made by Commissioner Burroughs, seconded by Commissioner Price to approve the Reimbursement Resolutions. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 8. Reports a. Durham Chapel Hill Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization Comprehensive Transportation Plan The Board received a presentation on the purpose of the Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) and the draft bicycle, pedestrian, transit, and highway maps for the Durham Chapel Hill Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO). Orange County Transportation Planning staff will return to the BOCC at its February 21 meeting with the OUTBoard's complete comments on the CTP and an OUTBoard recommendation for the BOCC to endorse. BACKGROUND: The Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) is a document prepared at the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) level and identifies roadway, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian infrastructure improvements for future implementation. The North Carolina Department of Transportation requires MPOs to produce a CTP; these plans are often the product of a joint planning effort between MPO planning staff, North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Transportation Planning Branch staff, and local planners. Once adopted, the CTP will replace County and local community thoroughfare plans. CTP Purpose The purpose of the CTP is to identify a universe of potential future highway, transit, pedestrian, and bicycle infrastructure projects for the MPO's planning area, based on identified needs. CTPs typically have a horizon year, or year of proposed full implementation, of more than 20 years into the future and are fiscally unconstrained. Using the Triangle Regional Model (TRM), the travel demand model for the Triangle region, a deficiency analysis is conducted on the current roadway network to better understand where and how future growth in employment and population will affect the transportation network. The deficiency analysis also examines metrics for transit, bicycling, and walking. CTPs are adopted by the MPO Board as well as by the North Carolina Board of Transportation. Once adopted, CTPs represent the mutual vision on the part of the State, local jurisdictions, and the MPO for future transportation needs. The presentation, provided in Attachment 1, will provide more information about the CTP, its relationship to other plans, and its importance with respect to reserving right-of-way. Relationship to Other Plans The CTP is the overarching transportation plan for the DCHC MPO. As a State requirement, the CTP replaces the Thoroughfare plans that have been conducted in North Carolina since the 1950s. With a focus on multi-modal transportation, the CTP is designed to work within a planning framework, which includes the Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) and the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP).