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Attachment B The Centerline Project Action Plan Page 9 their districts include the Centerline alignment. Another objective will be to secure letters of support from all Orange County delegation members. The surface transportation authorization process typically is renewed every six years. TEA 21, the current authorization bill, expires September 30, 2003. That means the next re-authorization process will get underway in fall 2002, after the FY 03 appropriations process has been compfetE;¡d. Drafting will likely begin in late winterlearly spring 2003. Award of a Full Funding Grant Agreement is the prerogative of the Federal Transit Administration in Region IX and Washington, D.C. aCTA can begin to' position the Centerline project for an FFGA by moving up the recommended list of the Transit New Starts Report to "highly-recommended" status. Even with a signed FFGA, aCTA will have to continue to work the appropriations process each year to assure that Congress appropriates the Federal funds for Centerline on a timely basis. ! ¡. Aggressive support of federal activities by aCTA's staff, Board members, and city representatives will be necessary to achieve success in these three arenas. Public Involvement Plan: Critical to the success of The Centerline Project is an inclusive, effective, and integrated public involvement plan. The Fi A required Project Management Plan (PMP) contains a proposed public involvement plan; it is provided as Attachment E. The plan is designed to 1) meet federal and state environmental public participation requirements; 2) be implemented cooperatively by aCTA and the participating cites; 3) develop political and community consensus on a project to move into final design and construction; and 4) develop local support for the Centerline project as a priority for the Federal Transit Administration and Congress. Public involvement will be tailored specifically to the different needs and characteristics of each of the three Centerline communities. However, key' goals will be to communicate with and involve all of the key stakeholders along the Centerline route and to engage in ongoing outreach to non-Centerline community leaders. Four public involvement phases are identified as follows: