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6 <br /> RENAISSANCE <br /> PLANNING <br /> The Orange County Transit Plan Update has eight primary tasks and numerous subtasks (Figure <br /> 1). The consulting team has completed seven of the eight tasks. Remaining tasks include drafting <br /> the plan's documentation and providing updates on the project to the BOCC, GoTriangle, Town <br /> of Chapel Hill, Town of Carrboro, and the Town of Hillsborough; an update was delivered to DCHC <br /> MPO in March 2022. Durham County is also currently updating their transit plan, and both <br /> counties plus DCHC MPO and GoTriangle are in the process of updating the governance plan <br /> underlying regional decisions and investments requiring joint cooperation, cost-sharing and more. <br /> The final Orange County Transit Plan Update documentation will be completed by the end of <br /> June. Plan approval and adoption will be conducted in the fall of 2022 to accommodate the <br /> ongoing governance plan update and the need to coordinate approval and adoption processes <br /> with multiple parties (Figure 2). <br /> The remainder of this memo describes: <br /> • Funding assumptions <br /> • Outreach and engagement <br /> • Transit projects included in the update <br /> • Conceptual transit vision map <br /> • Outline of transit plan documentation. <br /> PLAN <br /> ADOPTION <br /> r - <br /> Spring Summer Fall Winter Summer fall winter-Spring Fall <br /> 2020 2020 2021 2021 2021 2023 2022 2022 <br /> Figure 2 Project Schedule <br /> Project Outreach and Engagement <br /> Phase 1: Identify Needs & Priorities <br /> The first phase of project outreach and engagement was conducted during the fall of 2020. <br /> Opportunities to participate included a virtual Transit Summit and a public survey. A more robust <br /> program of outreach and engagement was originally planned but had to be scaled back due to <br /> the emerging COVID-19 pandemic and related uncertainties. The Transit Summit was held on <br /> October 1, 2020 from 5-8 PM via Zoom. Participants were asked to pre-register and simultaneous <br /> translation (English/Spanish) was provided. Over ninety people registered and 58 participated <br /> during the event. The Summit featured lots of questions and answers and live polling; a recording <br /> is available on www.octransit202O.com. An online survey was also conducted during the month <br /> 2 <br />