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<br /> ATTACHMENT 2
<br /> MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
<br /> FOR
<br /> COOPERATIVE, COMPREHENSIVE,AND
<br /> CONTINUING TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
<br /> Between
<br /> THE CITY OF BURLINGTON, CITY OF GRAHAM, TOWN OF ELON,
<br /> TOWN OF GIBSONVILLE, CITY OF MEBANE, TOWN OF HAW RIVER,
<br /> TOWN OF WHITSETT, TOWN OF GREEN LEVEL, VILLAGE OF ALAMANCE,
<br /> ALAMANCE COUNTY, GUILFORD COUNTY, ORANGE COUNTY AND THE NORTH
<br /> CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION(NCDOT)in cooperation with
<br /> THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
<br /> WTTNES SETH
<br /> THAT WHEREAS, THE CITY OF BURLINGTON, CITY OF GRAHAM, TOWN OF ELON,
<br /> TOWN OF GIBSONVILLE, CITY OF MEBANE, TOWN OF HAW RIVER, TOWN OF
<br /> WHITSETT, TOWN OF GREEN LEVEL, VILLAGE OF ALAMANCE, ALAMANCE
<br /> COUNTY, GUILFORD COUNTY, ORANGE COUNTY, AND THE NCDOT entered into a
<br /> Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperative, Comprehensive, and Continuing Transportation
<br /> Planning, last amended in August 2003, regarding the Burlington-Graham Metropolitan Planning
<br /> Organization (BGMPO);
<br /> WHEREAS, each MPO is required to develop a transportation plan in cooperation with
<br /> NCDOT and in accordance with 23 U.S.C. 134, any subsequent amendments to that statute, and any
<br /> implementing regulations; and
<br /> WHEREAS, it is the desire of these parties that all prior Memoranda of Understanding between the
<br /> parties be superseded and replaced by this Memorandum of Understanding.
<br /> NOW THEREFORE the following Memorandum of Understanding is made:
<br /> SECTION 1: It is hereby agreed that the CITY OF BURLINGTON, CITY OF GRAHAM,
<br /> TOWN OF ELON, TOWN OF GIBSONVILLE, CITY OF MEBANE, TOWN OF HAW RIVER,
<br /> TOWN OF WHITSETT, TOWN OF GREEN LEVEL, VILLAGE OF ALAMANCE,
<br /> ALAMANCE COUNTY, GUILFORD COUNTY, ORANGE COUNTY AND THE NORTH
<br /> CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION in cooperation with the UNITED
<br /> STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,will participate in a continuing transportation
<br /> planning process with responsibilities and undertakings as related in the following paragraphs:
<br /> 1. The area involved, the Burlington-Graham Metropolitan Planning Area, will be the
<br /> Burlington-Graham urbanized area as defined by the United States Department of
<br /> Commerce, Bureau of the Census plus that area beyond the existing urbanized area
<br /> boundary that is expected to become urban within a twenty year planning period. This area
<br /> is hereinafter referred to as the Planning Area.
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