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Attachment 1 W DURHAM - CHAPEL HILL - CARRBORO METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION Member Organizations: Town of Carrboro • Town of Chapel Hill • County of Chatham • City of Durham Durham County • Town of Hillsborough • NC Department of Transportation - Orange County June 10, 2013 Mr. Frank Clifton Manager Orange County P.O. Box 8181 Hillsborough, NC 27278 Dear Mr. Clifton: Orange County is a valued member of the Durham - Chapel Hill - Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO), the transportation planning agency charged with fulfilling federal metropolitan planning requirements in the Durham Urbanized Area. The MPO is a partnership of the member governments in the Durham Urbanized Area and the North Carolina Department of Transportation in cooperation with the United States Department of Transportation. The MPO is established through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between its member organizations. The MPO has proposed an update to this MOU and is requesting that Orange County review and provide comments on the updated document by September 10, 2013. After MPO staff and the MPO's governing board, the Transportation Advisory Committee, have reviewed all comments on the document, the final MOU will be requested to be approved by the governing boards of all member governments of the MPO. The DCHC MPO's current MOU was executed in 1994 and is provided as an attachment to this letter. Several updates and changes have been proposed to this document to reflect current federal and state legislation and regulations, planning practices of the MPO, updated population figures, and best planning principles. The MPO's proposed draft MOU is also included as an attachment to this letter. The proposed draft MOU includes highlights and comments to indicate language that has been updated and changed. In summary, the major proposed changes are: • References to new and updated federal and state legislation and regulations; • More descriptive names for the MPO's governing board and staff board; • Addition of required planning procedures and processes to the MPO's responsibilities ; • Addition of Triangle Transit to the MPO's member governments and inclusion as a voting member of the governing board to fulfill a new federal requirement; • Adjustment to the weighted voting provision to reflect current population figures. The table below displays the 2010 Census population figures for the MPO for reference; City of Durham • Department of Transportation • 101 City Hall Plaza • Durham, NC 27701 • Phone (919) 560 -4366 • Facsimile (919) 560 -4561