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ATTACHMENT <br /> METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION <br /> Durham County-Town of Hillsborough-NC Department of Transportation-Orange County <br /> November 20, 203 <br /> K4c Mike Talbert <br /> Manager <br /> Orange County <br /> . P.O. Box 8181 <br /> Hillsborough, NC2727O <br /> Dear Mr.Talbert: <br /> The Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MP[)) requests that <br /> Orange County approve our updated Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The W1POisapartnership <br /> of the member governments in the Durham Urbanized Area and the North Carolina Department of <br /> Transportation in cooperation with the United States Department ofTransportation. Adnaft KAOU was <br /> sent to our member jurisdictions in June 2013 for review and comment. On October 9,2O13,the MPO's <br /> Board considered these comments and endorsed a recommended MOU for approval by its member <br /> jurisdictions. <br /> The DCHC MPO's current MOU was executed in 1994 and is provided as an attachment to this letter. <br /> Several updates and changes are recommended to reflect current federal and state legislation and <br /> regulations, planning practices of the MPO, updated population figures, and best planning principles. A <br /> clean version of the MPO's recommended MOU is included as an attachment to this letter. Amnarked <br /> version of the recommended MOU is also included which indicates changes made from the current <br /> yNOU. <br /> |n summary,the major proposed changes in the recommended MOUare: <br /> • References to new and updated federal and state legislation and regulations; <br /> • More descriptive names for the MPO's governing board and staff board; <br /> • Addition of required planning procedures and processes to the MPO's responsibilities <br /> • Addition of Triangle Transit to the MPO's member governments and inclusion as a voting <br /> member ofthe governing board to fulfill a new federal requirement; <br /> • Additional voting and non-voting membership on the MPO's staff board; <br /> • Changes to the MPO's responsibilities and member governments' responsibilities to reflect the <br /> approved cost-sharing among member governments for the local match associated with the <br /> K4PO's work program; and <br /> • Adjustment to the weighted voting provision to reflect current population figures. The table <br /> below displays the 2010 Census population figures for the MPO for reference. The <br /> City nf Durham,Department of Transportation, /01 City Hall Plaza^ Durham, NC277O/ " Phone(0/G) 500-43O0^Facsimile(0/S) 500-450/ <br />