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<br />ATTACHMENT 2
<br />MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
<br />FOR
<br />COOPERATIVE, COMPREHENSIVE, AND
<br />CONTINUING TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
<br />Between
<br />THE CITY OF BURLINGTON, CITY OF GRAHAM, TOWN OF ELON,
<br />TOWN OF GIBSONVILLE, CITY OF MEBANE, TOWN OF HAW RIVER,
<br />TOWN OF WHITSETT, TOWN OF GREEN LEVEL, VILLAGE OF ALAMANCE,
<br />ALAMANCECOUNTY, GUILFORDCOUNTY, ORANGECOUNTYAND THE NORTH
<br />CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (NCDOT)in cooperation with
<br />THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
<br />WITNESSETH
<br />THAT WHEREAS, THE CITY OF BURLINGTON, CITY OF GRAHAM, TOWN OF ELON,
<br />TOWN OF GIBSONVILLE, CITY OF MEBANE, TOWN OF HAW RIVER, TOWN OF
<br />WHITSETT, TOWN OF GREEN LEVEL, VILLAGE OF ALAMANCE, ALAMANCE
<br />COUNTY,GUILFORDCOUNTY, ORANGECOUNTY, AND THE NCDOTentered into a
<br />Memorandumof Understanding for Cooperative, Comprehensive, and Continuing Transportation
<br />Planning, last amended in August 2003, regarding the Burlington-Graham Metropolitan Planning
<br />Organization (BGMPO);
<br />WHEREAS, each MPO is required to develop a transportationplan in cooperation with
<br />NCDOT and in accordance with 23 U.S.C. 134, any subsequent amendments to that statute, and any
<br />implementing regulations; and
<br />WHEREAS, it is the desire of these parties that all prior Memoranda of Understanding between the
<br />parties be superseded and replaced by this Memorandum of Understanding.
<br />NOW THEREFORE the following Memorandum of Understanding is made:
<br />SECTION 1:
<br />It is hereby agreed that the CITY OF BURLINGTON, CITY OF GRAHAM,
<br />TOWN OF ELON, TOWN OF GIBSONVILLE, CITY OF MEBANE, TOWN OF HAW RIVER,
<br />TOWN OF WHITSETT, TOWN OF GREEN LEVEL, VILLAGE OF ALAMANCE,
<br />ALAMANCECOUNTY, GUILFORD COUNTY, ORANGECOUNTY AND THE NORTH
<br />CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION in cooperation with the UNITED
<br />STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, will participate in a continuing transportation
<br />planning process with responsibilities and undertakings as related in the following paragraphs:
<br />1.The area involved, the Burlington-Graham Metropolitan Planning Area, will be the
<br />Burlington-Graham urbanized area as defined by the United States Department of
<br />Commerce, Bureau of the Census plus that area beyond the existing urbanized area
<br />boundary that isexpected to become urban within a twenty year planning period. This area
<br />is hereinafter referred to as the Planning Area.
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