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17 <br />ATTACHMENT 5 <br />CONSIDERATIONS for MPOBOUNDARY DECISIONfor OPTION 4 <br />CRITERIA/ CONSIDERATIONS MET? <br />Mebane in one MPOYes <br />Addresses Urbanized Area (UZA) RequirementsYes <br />Consistent with current air quality conformity plans and Yes <br />requirements <br />Requires Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)Yes <br />Expands BG MPOYes (minimally) <br />Reduces BG MPONo <br />Expands DC MPONo, not overall <br />Reduces DC MPOYes, overall it does <br />Reflects regional community patternsYes <br />Orange County connected to DCHC via Triangle air quality <br />conformity, employment, economic development, & transit <br />Yes <br />plans, although coordinated planning is clearly due to bi- <br />directional commuter patterns <br />DCHC has adequate staff to assume responsibility for <br />transportation planning and programming projects in western <br />Yes <br />Orange County <br />Option 4 maintains TARPO membership and transportation <br />planning for the rural areas of the County, where an RPO <br />Yes <br />perspective is more attuned to maintaining the integrityand <br />character of the County’s ruralareas <br />Respects Orange County’s request to join BG MPOYes <br />Discussed among StaffsYes <br />Supported by StaffsYes <br />