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14 <br /> • Received final versions of conceptual scenarios and graphics with an accompanying <br /> memo (May 2021) <br /> • Held an in-person Transit Summit for PSC members to discuss core values and visions <br /> for the fiscally constrained plan and learned of aspirational future projects (July 2021) <br /> • Received draft recommended network and plan as well as draft conceptual vision map <br /> for transit service provider feedback and scheduling of future PSC meetings (October <br /> 2021) <br /> • Held PSC Work Session #1 to look at the final recommended network and conceptual <br /> vision map with purpose of permitting project management team to begin round two of <br /> public outreach (January 2022) <br /> • Created public outreach opportunities with a second round of surveying (where over <br /> 1,000 surveys were collected) and two focus groups (held on February 8t" and February <br /> 16t") that included local stakeholders (February 2022) <br /> • Held PSC Work Session #2 to look at the feedback received from public outreach and <br /> assess the draft network, which resulted in a request to provide check-in presentations <br /> to the local elected boards (March 2022) <br /> Key takeaways from the public outreach include the overall approval of projects as they were <br /> outlined and an agreement of the need for more regional projects in the future. After discussing <br /> the need to wait for the Transit Plan Governance Study to conclude prior to the Transit Plan <br /> Update's adoption, the PSC advised the project management team to begin scheduling check- <br /> in meetings with the municipalities in the local government as well as the BOCC. <br /> Remaining Consultant Deliverables — Next Steps <br /> Attachment 1 is a memo from Renaissance Planning that, among other items, outlines its <br /> remaining work and next steps of the Transit Plan Update. Generally, these items include: <br /> • Additional check-in meetings with Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Hillsborough; <br /> • Final PSC Work Session; and <br /> • Delivery of a final report to the Orange County staff team. <br /> Adoption Process <br /> The 2017 Orange County Transit Plan was adopted by the Orange County BOCC on April 27, <br /> 2017 before it was adopted by DCHC MPO and the GoTriangle Board of Trustees on April 28, <br /> 2017. The final Plan will be presented to the Orange County BOCC after the summer break, <br /> and Orange County staff will guide the 2022 Transit Plan Update through the adoption process <br /> following the critical path outlined below: <br /> Orange County: <br /> • Orange Unified Transportation Board recommendation <br /> • BOCC Public Hearing <br /> • BOCC adoption consideration <br /> DCHC MPO: <br /> • Technical Committee recommendation <br /> • Board adoption consideration <br /> GoTriangle: <br /> • Board adoption consideration <br />