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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: September 5, 2013 Action Agenda Item No. 7 -b SUBJECT: Durham - Chapel Hill - Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization Member Agencies Memorandum of Understanding Revisions DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: 1. Letter from DCHC MPO Bret Martin, Transportation Planner, 245- 2. Flowchart of MOU Revision Process 2582 3. Revised Draft MOU Tom Altieri, Comprehensive Planning 4. Existing MOU (1994) Supervisor, 245 -2579 Craig Benedict, Planning Director, 245 -2592 PURPOSE: To provide input on draft revisions to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the member agencies of the Durham - Chapel Hill - Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO). BACKGROUND: The MPO is a partnership of the member governments within the Durham Urbanized Area /MPO planning area and the North Carolina Department of Transportation in cooperation with the United States Department of Transportation. Membership within the MPO is established through an MOU between its member organizations that was last executed in 1994. Per the attached letter (Attachment 1) from MPO staff, the MPO has proposed an update to this MOU and is requesting that Orange County review and provide comments on the draft revisions by September 10, 2013. Comments collected will be reviewed by the MPO's Technical Coordinating Committee (TCC) and governing board, and a final draft will be forwarded to all member governments for approval later this year. Attachment 2 is an illustration of the revision process. Attachment 3 is the revised MOU complete with comments in the margin that explain the changes that are being recommended. County Planning staff participated in subcommittee meetings with MPO and partner agency staff to develop the current draft and is supportive of the revisions. From County Planning staff's perspective, the most significant proposed revisions are: • Addition of Triangle Transit to the MPO's member governments and inclusion as a voting member on the MPO Board, previously known as the Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC);