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Total 20 <br />* 4 votes per representa <br />Representatives from each of the following bodies will serve as non - voting members of <br />the MPO Board: <br />a. A representative of the Federal Highway Administration; <br />b. A representative of the Federal Transit Administration;) <br />c. Other local, regional, state, or federal agencies impacting transportation in the <br />planning area at the invitation of the MPO Board. <br />12 <br />Comment [BE28]: Proposed Weighted Voting is <br />based on the current MOU, but gives Orange County <br />an additional vote to be equivalent to Durham <br />County (actual populations are very close), gives <br />Chapel Hill one additional vote, and gives City of <br />Durham two additional votes. <br />Quorum is 6 members who represent 11 weighted <br />votes. <br />Comment [BE29]: Current MOU "A Division <br />Adnuinistrator(s) of the Federal Highway <br />Administration and/or the Federal Transit <br />Administration, or their representative(s);" <br />The MPO Board will meet as often as it is deemed appropriate and advisable. On the <br />basis of a majority vote, the MPO Board may appoint members of the Board to act as <br />Chair and Vice -Chair with the responsibility for coordination of the Board's activities. A <br />member of the (Lead Planning Agency staff will serve as Secretary to the Board and will Comment [BE30]: Changed frorn City of <br />work cooperatively with the staff of other jurisdictions. Durham Department of Transportation <br />10. A MPO Technical Committee shall be established with the responsibility of general <br />review, guidance and coordination of the transportation planning process for the <br />planning area and with the responsibility for making recommendations to the respective <br />local, state, and federal governmental agencies and the MPO Board regarding any <br />necessary actions relating to the continuing transportation planning process. The MPO <br />Technical Committee shall be responsible for development, review and <br />recommendations for approval and changes to the Prospectus, Unified Planning Work <br />Program, Transportation Improvement Program, National Highway System, Functional <br />Classification, Metropolitan Planning Area boundary, Metropolitan Transportation Plan, <br />and Comprehensive Transportation Plan, for planning citizen participation, and for <br />documenting reports of the transportation study. <br />Membership of the MPO Technical Committee shall include technical representatives <br />from local and state agencies directly related to and concerned with the transportation <br />planning process for the planning area. Representatives will be designated by the chief <br />executive officer of each represented agency. (Departments or divisions within local and <br />state agencies that should be represented on the MPO Technical Committee include, <br />but are not limited to, those responsible for transportation planning, land use planning, <br />transportation operations, public works and construction, engineering, public <br />transportation, environmental conservation and planning, bicycle and pedestrian <br />planning, and economic development.) Initially, the membership shall include, but not <br />be limited to, the following: <br />a. The City of Durham 5 representatives <br />b. The Town of Chapel Hill 3 representatives <br />c. The Town of Carrboro 2 representatives <br />Comment [BE31]: Added. <br />