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6 throughout the planning process. More information on the 2050 MTP can be found on DCHC MPO 2050 MTP website. MPO Next Steps Over the next few months, the DCHC MPO Board will use comments collected from the public and local governments to direct the development of a Preferred Option. The Preferred Option becomes the Draft 2050 MTP, which is anticipated to be released in October 2021. The Final 2050 MTP is tentatively scheduled to be adopted by the MPO Board in December 2021. Staff Involvement Orange County Transportation Planning staff attends bi-weekly meetings at Triangle J Council of Government (TJCOG) where TJCOG, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Institute of Transportation Research and Education (UNC ITRE), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO), DCHC MPO, and local technical staff discuss every aspect and detail of the Community Viz model and the Triangle Regional Model (TRM); both programs analyze the transportation network in a comprehensive and multimodal manner. The TRM is vetted by multiple agencies including UNC's ITRE (ITRE), TJCOG, CAMPO, and DCHC MPO technical staff. Throughout the planning process, Orange and Durham County staffs worked with local jurisdictions and regional agencies in multi-step data review including: • Community Viz— Current and Future Land Use parcels, including Certificate of Occupancy • Network Analysis — Road network data review, including lane and shoulder width • Employment Analysis — Point data for all places of employment OUTBoard Action Tonight, staff is seeking comments on behalf of the local government, which at this stage are typically general in nature. Comments from the OUTBoard are submitted to the Orange County BOCC which are then submitted to the DCHC MPO Board for final consideration. Attachment 4 was submitted to the BOCC by the OUTBoard in 2017 for the 2045 MTP Alternatives Analysis. Staff has also provided their comments in a different section of this document for OUTBoard consideration. The OUTBoard may choose to use the comments from this memo are they are written now, or the OUTBoard may modify the comments however they see fit before forwarding to the BOCC. A new memo will be submitted to the BOCC that captures the final synthesis of these comments. Attachment 5 is a list of Orange County (including municipal) major highway projects in the Alternatives Analysis. Any specific comments on the list are also welcome at this time and may assist with the selection of highway projects to be included in the Preferred Option (Draft 2050 Plan). The projects shown with gray shading have been identified by staff as least likely to be included in the Draft 2050 Plan. Transit, bicycle and pedestrian project lists are not yet available from the MPO. However, it is expected that the Orange County transit projects will be taken from the Orange County Transit Plan (2017). FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no immediate financial impact associated with this item. RECOMMENDATION(S): Staff recommends that the OUTBoard: 1. Receive the presentation; 2. Discuss as appropriate; and 3. Identify any comments the OUTBoard may have for staff to convey to the Board of County Commissioners through the use of Attachment 4 and/or Attachment 5.