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hereinafter defined, and the various agencies and units of local, Iregiona state, and federal government participating in the transportation planning for the area 3. The Metropolitan Planning Area boundary will be periodically reviewed and revised in light of new developments, basic data projections for the current planning period, and as may otherwise be required by federal and state laws. 4. The continuing transportation planning process will be a cooperative one reflective of and responsive to the programs of the North Carolina Department of Transportation, and to the comprehensive plans for growth and development of the Municipalities of Durham, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough; and the Counties of Durham, Orange, and Chatham. Attention will be given to cooperative planning with )the neighboring metropolitan and rural planning organization 5. The continuing transportation planning process will be in accordance with the intent, procedures, and programs of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended. 6. 1The continuing transportation planning process will be in accordance with the intent, procedures, and programs of Clean Air Act of 1970, as amended.) 7. Transportation policy decisions within the Planning Area are the shared responsibility of the MPO Board, the N.C. Board of Transportation, and participating local governments. 8. Transportation plans and programs, and land use policies and programs, for the Planning Area, having regional impacts, will be coordinated with Triangle Transit the neighboring metropolitan and rural planning organizations,) and Triangle J Council of Governments. 9. A MPO Board is hereby established with the responsibility for cooperative transportation decision - making for the Durham - Chapel Hill - Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO). The MPO Board shall have the responsibility for keeping the policy boards informed of the status and requirements of the transportation planning process; assisting in the dissemination and clarification of the decisions, inclinations, and policies of the policy boards, and for providing opportunities for citizen participation in the transportation planning process. The MPO Board will be responsible for carrying out the provisions of 23 U.S.C. Section 134; �itle 49 U.S.C. Chapter 531; and 142 U.S.C. 7504 and 7506(c)1; including but not limited to: a. Establishment of goals and objectives for the transportation planning process; 9 Comment [BE10]: New name for TCC Comment [BEll]: Added regional. Could refer to TJCOG, Triangle Transit, etc. Comment [BE12]: Changed to more inclusive language (previously only referenced CAMPO) . Comment [BE13]: Added Comment [BE14]: Changed to more inclusive language (previously only referenced CAMPO'. Comment [BE15]: Updated reference to public transportation U.S.C. Comment [BE16]: Added. References Clean Air Act requirements.