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24 <br /> 1 <br /> 2 Attachment 3 provides the full schedule of MTP Local Input meetings on the Alternatives <br /> 3 Analysis. Press releases and public engagement events have been posted on the county's <br /> 4 website throughout the planning process. More information on the 2050 MTP can be found <br /> 5 on DCHC MPO 2050 MTP website. <br /> 6 <br /> 7 MPO Next Steps <br /> 8 Over the next few months, the DCHC MPO Board will use comments collected from the <br /> 9 public and local governments to direct the development of a Preferred Option. The Preferred <br /> 10 Option becomes the Draft 2050 MTP, which is anticipated to be released in October 2021. <br /> 11 The Final 2050 MTP is tentatively scheduled to be adopted by the MPO Board in December <br /> 12 2021. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 Staff Involvement <br /> 15 Orange County Transportation Planning staff attends bi-weekly meetings at Triangle J <br /> 16 Council of Government (TJCOG)where TJCOG, the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill <br /> 17 Institute of Transportation Research and Education (UNC ITRE), the Federal Highway <br /> 18 Administration (FHWA), the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), the <br /> 19 Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO), DCHC MPO, and local technical <br /> 20 staff discuss every aspect and detail of the Community Viz model and the Triangle Regional <br /> 21 Model (TRM). Both programs analyze the transportation network in a comprehensive and <br /> 22 multimodal manner. The TRM is vetted by multiple agencies including UNC's ITRE (ITRE), <br /> 23 TJCOG, CAMPO, and DCHC MPO technical staff. Throughout the planning process, Orange <br /> 24 and Durham County staffs worked with local jurisdictions and regional agencies in multi-step <br /> 25 data review including: <br /> 26 • Community Viz— Current and Future Land Use parcels, including Certificate of <br /> 27 Occupancy <br /> 28 • Network Analysis — Road network data review, including lane and shoulder width <br /> 29 • Employment Analysis— Point data for all places of employment <br /> 30 <br /> 31 Attachment 4 is a list of Orange County (including municipal) major highway projects in the <br /> 32 Alternatives Analysis. Any specific comments on the list are welcome at this time and may <br /> 33 assist with the selection of highway projects to be included in the Preferred Option (Draft <br /> 34 2050 Plan). Transit, bicycle and pedestrian project lists are not yet available from the MPO. <br /> 35 However, it is expected that the Orange County transit projects will be initially taken from the <br /> 36 Orange County Transit Plan (2017) and any new or different projects resulting from the <br /> 37 Transit Plan Update (2021) will be incorporated at a later date. <br /> 38 <br /> 39 Key highlight in Draft 2050 MTP highway projects: <br /> 40 9 Due to the financial constrained nature of the MTP, when highway projects are <br /> 41 removed, they are replaced by other highway projects per state and federal transportation <br /> 42 funding regulations. <br /> 43 o Example: Orange Grove Road extension (2045 MTP) was removed from the State <br /> 44 Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). This allows for Orange County's priority— NC- <br /> 45 86 improvement from US-70 to NC-57—to be added to the 2050 MTP. <br /> 46 <br /> 47 OUTBoard Action <br /> 48 On September 15, 2021, the Orange Unified Transportation Board (OUTBoard) provided the <br /> 49 memo at Attachment 5 for the BOCC's consideration. Highlights of OUTBoards comments <br /> 50 are provided below: <br />