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Governments. The MOU establishes the responsibilities and the membership of the Rural Transportation Advisory Committee. It also says that the local jurisdictions will support the RPO through staff to help with plans and data collection from the local areas. Any member can withdraw upon 90 days written notice if desired. Commissioner Gordon said that this MOU, compared to the MPO, is too general and does not cover some things that she thinks Orange County would want to see covered. For example, it did not really say anything about how one would set up bylaws or do amendments or changes. It also does not address how to do the voting. She thinks that the MOU was put together with the other counties in mind because they have a lot more area in this and they also have towns. She asked how many people would be on this board. Karen Lincoln said that it would depend on the municipalities that are not already within an MPO. Commissioner Gordon is concerned about how it will work out for Orange County and how the weighted voting will work. She said that there is no provision in the MOU for amendments or changes in the bylaws and exactly how you would change the boundaries. She thinks it is a good idea to have an RPO, but we need to think about this agreement. Karen Lincoln said that she had compared the latest MPO agreement she found and the basic differences between them were references in the MPO's MOU to federal regulations that they had to comply with. This is a state legislation and is much looser. Commissioner Gordon asked if the MOU that sets up the MPO addresses the voting issue. Karen Lincoln said that it basically establishes the framework, similar to this MOU. Chair Jacobs said that some of these RPO's are in existence and suggested that the Board ask Karen Lincoln for a copy of the oldest RPO MOU for review (with bylaws) and also ask if Triangle J has an estimate of how many will be in the RPO and what percentage of Orange County will be in the RPO. Orange County may be a minority number because of the jurisdictions. Chair Barry Jacobs asked about coordination with the MPO. He then asked about Section 3, item 1-b and asked if we were wedded to the name Research Triangle Rural Transportation Planning Area. He does not think of Moore, Lee, or Chatham as being part of the Research Triangle. Chair Jacobs asked that we schedule this for the second meeting in September. John Link referred to the RPO and said that we need clarification on the timeframe and also get that in writing exactly what we can and cannot do with this document. Commissioner Gordon asked about the 20% cost and if it is shared by all jurisdictions. Karen Lincoln said yes and that this would be something that the RPO members would work out. John Link said that he understands that some of this cost could be defrayed. Commissioner Gordon asked how to figure out the cost sharing. She said that all of these questions need to be resolved. She is in favor of having an RPO, but she would just like more understanding about how it works. Chair Jacobs said that the first issue is the time frame. F. ADJOURNMENT A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to adjourn the meeting at 10:30 p.m. The next meeting will be a Work Session to be held on Thursday, August 29, 2002 at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Barry Jacobs, Chair Donna S. Baker, Clerk to the Board