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20 <br />DCHC MOU <br />Page 3 <br />WHEREAS, a transportation planning process includes the operational <br />procedures and working arrangements by which short and long -range <br />transportation plans are soundly conceived and developed and <br />continuously evaluated in a manner that will: <br />1. Assist governing bodies and official agencies in determining <br />courses of action and in formulating attainable capital <br />improvement programs in anticipation of community needs; and, <br />2. Guide private individuals and groups in planning their <br />decisions which can be important factors in the pattern of <br />future development and redevelopment of the area; and, <br />WHEREAS, it is the desire of these agencies that a continuing, <br />cooperative; and comprehensive transportation planning process, be <br />established for the DURHAM - CHAPEL HILL-- CARRBORO Urban Area to <br />comply with Title 23 U.S.C. 134; and Sections 3(a)(2), 4(a), <br />5(g)(1), and 5 (1) of the Federal Transit Act of 1991, and the <br />Internmodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 {49 U.S.C. <br />1602(a)(2), 1603(a), 1604(g)(1), and 1604(1)1. NOW THEREFORE the <br />following MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING is made: <br />Section I. <br />It is hereby agreed that the CITY OF DURHAM, TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL, <br />TOWN OF CAR BORO, TOWN OF HILLSBOROUGH, COUNTY OF DURHAM, COUNTY OF <br />ORANGE, COUNTY OF CHATHAM, AND THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF <br />TRANSPORTATION in cooperation with the - UNITED. STATES DEPARTMENT OF <br />TRANSPORTATION, - will participate in a .continuing transportation <br />planning process with responsibilities and undertakings as related <br />in the following paragraphs: <br />1. The Durham -- Chapel Hill - Carrboro Planning Area (as defined by <br />the Metropolitan Area Boundary) will be the Durham - Chapel <br />Hill- Carrboro Urbanized Area, as defined by the United States <br />Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, plus that area <br />beyond the existing urbanized area boundary that is expected <br />to become urbanized or be affected by urban policies within <br />a twenty year planning period. <br />2. The Durham - -Chapel Hill- Carrboro Metropolitan Planning <br />Organization (DCHC MPO) for the Durham- Chapel Hill- Carrboro <br />Urban Area shall include the boards of general purpose local <br />government - the Durham City Council, Chapel Hill Town <br />Council, Carrboro Board of Aldermen, Hillsborough Board of <br />Commissioners, Durham County Board of Commissioners, Orange <br />County Board of Commissioners, and Chatham County Board of <br />Commissioners; the North Carolina Department of <br />Transportation; a Transportation Advisory Committee <br />hereinafter defined; a Technical Coordinating Committee <br />