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Attachment ~ 3 <br />MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT for <br />HILLSBOROUGH CIRCULATOR TRANSIT ROUTE <br />BETWEEN ORANGE COUNY, NORTH CAROLINA <br />AND THE TOWN OF HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA <br />This Memorandum of Agreement is entered into this day of , Zo 11, by and <br />between Grange County ~Caunty} and the Town of Hillsborough Town}, N.C. preferred to <br />collectively as the "Parties"}. <br />WHEREAS, Orange County and the Tawn of Hillsborough are public entities of North Carolina <br />and are ineligible to enter into binding contractual relationship with one another; and <br />WHEREAS, the parties desire to enter into this Memorandum of Agreement thereinafter referred <br />to as Memorandum} in order to establish the mutually agreed upon conditions upon which the <br />County will provide certain transit services for the Town; and <br />WHEREAS, the Town wishes to provide public transportation in and around the Hillsborough <br />town limits; and <br />WHEREAS, Grange Public Transit GPT} is a public transportation system operated by Grange <br />County Government in Grange County, North Carolina; and <br />WHEREAS, GPT and the Town have developed a new Hillsborough Circulator Route. <br />NGW, THEREFORE, the following Memorandum of Agreement is hereby entered into by the <br />County and the Town. <br />FUNDING <br />The route is funded by the Federal Transit Administration Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality <br />(hereinafter CMAQ} grant. The CMAQ grant provides $o% project funding and requires a local <br />match of 20%. CMAQ grant term is three ~3~} years. The North Carolina Department of <br />Transportation has committed to provide 20% local match for the f rst year of the project. After <br />the f rst year, the Town will provide 20% local match. The continuation of the transit services <br />after CMAQ grant three-year term is contingent upon available new funding saurce~s}. <br />CERTIFICATIONS AND ASSURANCES <br />GPT has provided the North Carolina Department of Transportation with certain Annual <br />Certifications and Assurances as set forth on that certain document entitled "FEDERAL AND <br />STATE CERTIFICATIONS AND ASSURANCES FGR CGMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION <br />PRG GRAM S". <br />SERVICE GOVERNANCE <br />GPT will operate the service and perform other responsibilities as outlined by this Memorandum. <br />However, in the future, the governance of the new transit services might be affected by the <br />recommendations of an ongoing GPT -Chapel Hill Transit Consolidation Study. Any <br />governance changes shall be discussed with the Town of Hillsborough prior to implementation. <br />