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5 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION BOARD <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 18, 2022 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 4.c. <br /> SUBJECT: ADA Transition Plan <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. ADA Plan 2015 Nishith Trivedi, Interim Orange County <br /> 2. ADA Plan 2020 Transportation Services Director and <br /> Transportation Planner, <br /> 919-245-2582 <br /> PURPOSE: Receive a presentation on the Orange County Transportation Services (OCTS) <br /> Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Transition Plan and provide recommendations on its <br /> update. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> Recent changes to the ADA Title II has obliged OCTS to extend complementary ADA- <br /> accessible transit service to eligible persons within %-mile of any transit stop on dates and <br /> times concurrent with normal transit operations. In order to show compliance with this <br /> requirement, each system providing fixed-route service is required to draft and adopt an ADA <br /> plan detailing all transit services, as well as the eligibility certification process. OCTS currently <br /> provides three (3) fixed routes and connections to two (2) other fixed-route service providers. <br /> OCTS's services currently consists of: <br /> • Fixed Routes — Hillsborough Circulator, Orange-Chapel Hill, Orange-Alamance <br /> o Orange-Durham Express — ODX — operated by Go Triangle <br /> o Route 420 - operated by Chapel Hill Transit <br /> • Mobility of Demand <br /> • Demand Response <br /> • Connections to other Transit providers <br /> In 2015, the Board of County Commissioners adopted the OCTS ADA Plan, (Attachment 1) <br /> and the Plan was administratively updated in 2020 (Attachment 2) by OCTS staff. With recent <br /> changes to ADA Title II regulations and updates to the County Transit Plan, OCTS staff <br /> recommends the following public process in updating the County's ADA Plan. <br /> • May 2022 - OUTBoard review Draft Plans and provide comments <br /> • June 2022 — Public meeting(s) on Draft Plan <br /> • June 2022 - OUTBoard review Updated Plan and make recommendation to BOCC <br /> • September 2022 — BOCC receive plan and release for 30 day public comment period <br /> • October 2022 — BOCC conduct public hearing and takes action on Plan <br />