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WHEREAS, to the extent possible, in accordance with Senate Bill 1164 only one Metropolitan <br />Planning Organization would be designated for each region; and <br />WHEREAS, two Metropolitan Planning Organizations currently exist in the Triangle Region, the <br />Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO) and the Capital <br />Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO); and <br />WHEREAS, the DCHC MPO is comprised of representatives from the City of Durham, the <br />Towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough, the Counties of Durham, Orange and <br />Chatham and NCDOT; and <br />WHEREAS, CAMPO is comprised of representatives from Wake County, the municipalities in <br />Wake County and NCDOT; and <br />WHEREAS, the MPO is responsible for the development of the area's long range <br />Transportation Plan and multi-year Transportation Improvement Program; and <br />WHEREAS, the DCHC MPO and CAMPO currently work cooperatively on regional <br />transportation issues; and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners was not consulted before the <br />proposed MPO legislation was introduced; and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners is concerned that the philosophy and <br />initiatives of the DCHC MPO would be subsumed or diminished in the context of a regional <br />MPO dominated by Raleigh and Wake County; and <br />WHEREAS, SB 1164 would affect project implementation and air quality conformity issues that <br />may negatively impact Orange County; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF <br />COMMISSIONERS THAT; <br />1. The BOARD of COUNTY COMMISSIONERS does not support SB 1164. <br />2. The BOARD OF COUNTY COMMSSIONERS does support the concept of regional <br />planning. <br />3. The issue of regional planning and the consolidation of Metropolitan Planning Organizations <br />be referred to a study commission for further analysis and that <br />a. The objectives of the study commission be clearly stated. <br />b. The consequences (both positive and negative) of SB 1164 or any other related <br />legislation be clearly identified, and <br />c. Affected MPOs and local jurisdictions be consulted as part of the study commission <br />process. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS