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5 <br /> Initial Stakeholder Interviews (Sept-Oct'21)—discussions with nearly 70 individuals from all local jurisdictions <br /> and regional coordinating agencies across Durham & Orange Counties that share an interest in public <br /> transportation investment. Goals of the interviews were to capture needs, wants and desires for how a new <br /> governance framework should serve the local and regional communities within and across the two counties. <br /> Joint Elected Officials Workshop (Nov'21)—Facilitated a half-day forum, which included elected officials from <br /> each County and each local municipality within each County,to build on the Initial Stakeholder Interviews and <br /> begin to quantify desired level of change to be made on major elements that support a governance <br /> framework. A majority of elected officials in attendance indicated that there should be some aspect of change <br /> with almost every element highlighted. Such elements included: <br /> • changing the structure to allow for more collaboration between municipalities within each County <br /> (83%indicated more collaboration was needed), <br /> • defining a significant change in voting representation (both for governing board roles& <br /> responsibilities, as well as staff representation on the technical recommending body,the Staff Working <br /> Group; (100%indicated some level of change from existing framework regarding voting <br /> representation), and <br /> • defining how the annual budget development and decision-making process meet the desired change <br /> for greater representation (67%indicated that some level of change was necessary to better <br /> define/guide the annual budget development and decision-making process). <br /> Wake County Transit Program Peer Interview (Dec'21)—learned from neighboring peer to the east, Wake <br /> County, regarding successes and challenges relative to the governance framework supporting the Wake <br /> County Transit Plan/Program. <br /> Alternatives Development (Jan-Feb'22)—alternative concepts for consideration in a new governance <br /> framework were reviewed and developed. <br /> Joint Staff Workshop#1 (Mar'22)—Facilitated a half-day workshop with staff from each of the four <br /> coordinating organizations (Durham & Orange Counties, DCHC MPO and GoTriangle), as well as staff from City <br /> of Durham/GoDurham,Town of Chapel Hill/Chapel Hill Transit and Orange Public Transit.This workshop <br /> focused on 17 proposed alternatives (each with a proposed recommendation) for consideration across 5 major <br /> elements that should comprise a transit plan governance framework, including Membership,Voting <br /> Joint Staff Workshop#2 (Apr'22)—Facilitated a two-hour workshop with same staff representation as the <br /> Joint Staff Workshop#1.This workshop focused on 6 proposed alternatives (each with a proposed <br /> recommendation)for consideration across the 5 major elements from the first workshop. <br /> Legal Roundtable (Jun '22)—Facilitated a two-hour discussion with legal representation from both Durham & <br /> Orange Counties as well as GoTriangle. Key staff were also invited, including DCHC MPO leadership. <br /> Individual Organization Discussions (Jul-Aug'22)—Facilitated individual discussions with leadership from each <br /> of the four partner organizations to review major outstanding issues realized from previous workshops and <br /> roundtables to allow for final ILA and supporting policies& procedures development. <br /> ILA& Policies & Procedures Development (Sep-Oct'22)— Development of a new comprehensive Interlocal <br /> Agreement to meet the needs of all parties.Also began development of supporting policies and procedures to <br /> guide implementation needs, including Master Participation Agreements (formally bringing local jurisdictions <br />