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to the consulting firm whose tasks include analyzing data, facilitating public input processes, <br /> soliciting feedback from specific stakeholders, and drafting the Transit Plan. The new Plan is <br /> intended to outline transit investment priorities through 2040. <br /> In January 2020, Orange County Planning staff began work with Renaissance Planning, Inc., the <br /> consulting firm chosen to update the Orange County Transit Plan. Over the past two years, <br /> planning staff and the consulting team have established key project deliverables and the timetable <br /> for their delivery, defined the scope of the consulting work, established a project website <br /> (www.octransit2020.com), created the public participation and outreach plans, and conducted <br /> regular meetings with the PSC, transit service providers, and key stakeholders with updates on <br /> the plan's progress. <br /> Following is a list of key process milestones carried out by the Consultant, PSC, transit service <br /> providers and staff teams: <br /> • Held bi-monthly meetings with progress updates for the PSC during the 2020 calendar year <br /> (May 2020) <br /> • Received the Transit Choices Brochure (TCB), a visual document that illustrates the <br /> concepts and continuums of transit planning, and the Regional Connections Opportunity <br /> (RCO) Report, a technical assessment of key issues and opportunities for effective transit <br /> service (July 2020) <br /> • Held the first Transit Summit over the Zoom platform and received a memo of key themes <br /> from the summit discussions and first public survey (October 2020) <br /> • Met with Durham City and County representatives to discuss progress of Durham Transit <br /> Plan Update relative to the Orange County Transit Plan Update (November 2020) <br /> • Received draft versions of conceptual scenarios and graphics with an accompanying <br /> memo (January 2021) <br /> • Held recurring monthly PSC meetings over Zoom with updates for first half of 2021 <br /> (January 2021 — June 2021) <br /> • Received final versions of conceptual scenarios and graphics with an accompanying memo <br /> (May 2021) <br /> • Held an in-person Transit Summit for PSC members to discuss core values and visions for <br /> 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 for <br /> transit service provider feedback and scheduling of future PSC meetings (October 2021) <br /> • Held PSC Work Session #1 to look at the final recommended network and conceptual <br /> vision map with goal of beginning round 2 of public outreach (January 2022) <br /> • Created public outreach opportunities with a second round of surveying (where over 1,000 <br /> surveys were collected) and two focus groups (held on February 8t" and February 16t")that <br /> 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 to <br /> the local elected boards (March 2022) <br /> • OUTBoard received a presentation on the draft Transit Plan Update (April 2022) <br /> • Held PSC Work Session #3 to present a final draft of the plan updated with feedback from <br /> the transit service providers, the local elected boards and the PSC (May 2022) <br /> • Delivered final report (including appendices) to Orange County Planning Staff in <br /> preparation for fall 2022 adoption timeline (August 2022) <br />