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ORANGE COUNTY <br />ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION BOARD <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: July 20, 2022 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 4.a. <br />SUBJECT: OCTS – ADA Transition Plan <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1.ADA Plan 2015 <br />2.Public Notice <br />3.2022 Revised ADA Plan <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Nishith Trivedi, Interim Orange County <br />Transportation Services Director and <br />Transportation Planner, <br />919-245-2582 <br />PURPOSE: Receive a revised Orange County Transportation Services (OCTS) American <br />Disabilities Act (ADA) Paratransit Plan update and provide comments. <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 ¾-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 <br />o 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 (BOCC) adopted the OCTS ADA Plan, <br />(Attachment 1). With recent changes to ADA Title II regulations and updates to the County <br />Transit Plan, OCTS staff implemented the following public process for the County’s ADA <br />Transit Plan. <br />•July 20, 2022: OUTBoard receives Revised OCTS 2022 ADA Plan <br />•July 21, 2022 - Friday, August 19, 2022: 30-day public comment period <br />•August 17, 2022: OUTBoard makes recommendation on Updated 2022 ADA Plan <br />•September 6, 2022: BOCC conducts public hearing on Updated 2022 ADA Plan <br />•September or October 2022: BOCC action <br />5