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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: January 24, 2012 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Resolution Requesting Representation on the Burlington-Graham Metropolitan <br />Planning Organization Transportation Advisory Committee <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Map of MPO Boundaries in Orange <br />County <br />2. Letter from Robert R. Harkrader II <br />3. Burlington -- Graham MPO Membership <br />4. MPO Boundaries Timeline <br />5. Resolution <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Darcy Zorio 245-2582 <br />Tom Altieri 245-2579 <br />Craig Benedict 245-2592 <br />PURPOSE: To consider approving a resolution to request County representation on the <br />Burlington-Graham Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO). <br />BACKGROUND: The boundaries of the Burlington-Graham Metropolitan Planning Organization <br />extend into Orange County (Attachment 1) including some of the City of Mebane, the Efland <br />area, and County areas targeted for public water and sewer and economic development per the <br />County's 2030 Comprehensive Plan. <br />On November 17, 2009, the Board of County Commissioners voted to endorse the expansion of <br />the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro MPO Metropolitan Area boundary and also discussed that <br />further communication and coordination with the Burlington-Graham MPO was desirable. <br />On August 12, 2011, the chair of the Burlington-Graham MPO Technical Coordinating <br />Committee extended an offer to Board of Commissioners' Chair Bernadette Pelissier to facilitate <br />Orange County formally joining the Burlington-Graham MPO (Attachment 2). <br />Attachment 3 provides a roster of the Burlington-Graham MPO membership. <br />UPDATE ON MPO BOUNDARY DISCREPANCY <br />Although not part of this item tonight, staff is providing the following update and Attachment 4 as <br />information. Early last year, it was discovered that, according to Burlington-Graham MPO and <br />Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro (DCHC) MPO boundary maps, the two planning areas <br />overlapped slightly. This issue was discussed at a meeting held by North Carolina Department <br />of Transportation (NCDOT) MPO Coordinators on December 7, 2011 at Mebane City Hall. At <br />that meeting it was decided that immediate corrective action would be taken on a small area of <br />overlap and respective staffs would meet in spring 2012 to draft a new common boundary <br />