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Ellen Beckman, Transportation Planner from the City of Durham, made a PowerPoint <br /> presentation. She was speaking on behalf of the Durham/Chapel Hill/Carrboro-Metropolitan <br /> Planning Organization. <br /> Metropolitan Area Boundary Expansion <br /> Presentation Outline <br /> - Metropolitan Area Boundary <br /> - Expansion Area <br /> - Effect of Expansion <br /> - Next Steps <br /> Metropolitan Area Boundary <br /> - U. S. Code of Federal Regulations: The MAB must include the entire urbanized <br /> area as defined by the Census and "the contiguous area expected to become <br /> urbanized within a 20-year forecast period." <br /> - DCHC MPO MOU: "The MAB will be periodically reviewed and revised in light of <br /> new developments, basic data projections for the current planning period, and as <br /> may otherwise be required by federal and State laws." <br /> - The DCHC MPO Transportation Advisory Committee must approve the MAB. The <br /> Governor must concur before the expansion takes effect. <br /> - 1970 — Durham Urbanized Area first designated by the Census, includes the City of <br /> Durham and part of Durham county <br /> - 1980 — Durham Urbanized Area expanded to include Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and <br /> part of Orange County <br /> - 1990 — Durham Urbanized Area expanded to includes Hillsborough and part of <br /> Chatham County <br /> - 2004 — MAB "smoothed" <br /> Recommended Expansion <br /> - 1-85/1-40 corridor in western Orange County <br /> - Based on: <br /> o Land use plans <br /> o Development <br /> o Socio-economic data projections <br /> o Commute patterns <br /> - Boundary corresponds with traffic analysis zones and geographic features such as <br /> roads and waterways <br /> (There were many maps) <br /> Commuting Patterns <br /> - 2000 Census <br /> - Orange County <br /> o To Durham County: 16,470 <br /> o To Wake County: 4,212 <br /> o To Alamance County: 2,038 <br /> - Chatham County <br />