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h# ftl -3 -C, <br />INTRA- HILLSBOROUGH CIRCULATOR ROUTE <br />MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT <br />BETWEEN ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA <br />AND THE TOWN OF HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA <br />This Memorandum of Agreement is entered into this day of , 2011, by <br />and between the Orange County (Orange Public Transportation) and the Town of <br />Hillsborough, N.C. (referred to collectively as the "Parties "). <br />WHEREAS, Orange Public Transportation (hereinafter referred to as "OPT ") and the <br />Town of Hillsborough are public entities of Orange County and are ineligible to enter <br />into binding contractual relationship with one another- °' <br />WHEREAS, the parties desire to enter into this Me ,morandum of Agreement (hereinafter <br />referred to as Memorandum) in order to establish the mutually agreed upon conditions <br />upon which OPT will provide certain transit services for the Town of Hillsborough, N.C.; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the Town of Hillsborough, N.C. wishes to provide public transportation in <br />and around the Hillsborough town limits; and " <br />WHEREAS, OPT is a public tr, <br />Government in Orange County, <br />WHEREAS, OPT and the Town of Hillsliorc <br />Hillsborough Circulator Route. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, the following Memor, <br />by OPT and -the.Town of Hillsborough, N.C. <br />operated by Orange County <br />a new Intra- <br />of Agreement is hereby entered into <br />FUNDING <br />The route is funded by a Federal Highway Administration Congestion Mitigation and Air <br />Quality (hereinafter CMAQ) grant. The CMAQ grant provides 80% project funding and <br />requires a local thatch of 20 %.'.F CMAQ grant term is three (3) years. The North Carolina <br />Department of Transportation has committed to provide 20% local match for the first <br />year of the project. After the'first year, the Town of Hillsborough, N.C, will provide 20% <br />local match. The continuation of the transit services after CMAQ grant three -year term is <br />contingent upon available new funding source(s). <br />CERTIFICATIONS AND ASSURANCES <br />OPT has provided the North Carolina Department of Transportation with certain Annual <br />Certifications and Assurances as set forth on that certain document entitled "FEDERAL <br />AND STATE CERTIFICATIONS AND ASSURANCES FOR COMMUNITY <br />TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS ". <br />Page 1 of 4 <br />47 <br />