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i <br /> IORD -2023 - 036 QQ� 0 ' <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> i <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date : September 5 , 2023 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No . 8 - m <br /> SUBJECT : Orange County Transportation Multimodal Plan and Short Range Transit Plan , <br /> and Approval of Budget Amendment # 1 - 13 <br /> DEPARTMENT : Orange County Transportation Services ( OCTS ) <br /> i <br /> ATTACHMENT ( S ) : INFORMATION CONTACT : <br /> 1 . Transportation Multimodal Plan Contract Nishith Trivedi , Transportation Director , <br /> 2 . Short Range Transit nsi Plan Contract 919 - 245 -2007 <br /> h <br /> 3 . Year-to - Date Budget Summary <br /> i <br /> PURPOSE : To consider the approval of two professional services contracts : WSP USA , Inc . to <br /> develop a Transportation Multimodal Plan and Nelson Nyggard to develop a Short Range Transit <br /> Plan , and approve Budget Amendment # 1 - 13 . <br /> BACKGROUND : Orange County Transportation Services ( OCTS ) proposes to conduct two <br /> planning projects : Orange County Transportation Multimodal Plan (TMP ) and Short Range Transit <br /> Plan ( SRTP ) . Both projects are programmed in the Durham - Chapel Hill - Carrboro Metropolitan <br /> Planning Organization ( DCHC MPO ) Fiscal Year 2024 Unified Planning Work Program . The <br /> DCHC MPO and the North Carolina Department of Transportation ( NCDOT) requests Orange <br /> County procure the contracts and manage the projects . DCHC MPO will reimburse the County up <br /> to $ 296 ; 811 . Summaries of both projects are : <br /> 1 . Orange County Transportation Multimodal Plan : $ 150 , 000 - Consolidates all Orange <br /> County transportation plans , programs , policies and projects into a single document and <br /> map , with member jurisdiction participation and public engagement . The Plan will include <br /> transportation performance matrix to assist in determining County transportation priorities , <br /> funding to achieve County objectives and recommendation necessary to realize County ' s <br /> transportation goals . <br /> 2 . Short Range Transit Plan : $ 230 , 000 - Five to ten year fiscally constrained plan for Orange <br /> County specific transit projects and programs . The Plan will take into consideration all <br /> transit funding opportunities ( e . g . grants , transit tax , local funds , etc . ) and possible <br /> improvements to the County ' s transit system . Towns will participate in the planning process <br /> for a coordinated , collaborative , and comprehensive transit plan . <br /> A Request for Letter of Interest review committee recommended WSP USA , Inc . , an international <br /> architecture , engineering and geospatial (AEG ) firm , to develop the Transportation Multimodal <br /> Plan to be completed by September 2024 . Nelson Nyggard was recommended to develop the <br />