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TAC 3/12/2014 Attachment 11A 10 <br />I Chatham County 2 <br />2 Town of Hillsborough 2 <br />3 N.C. Board of Transportation 1 <br />4 Triangle Transit 1 <br />5 Total 38 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />* 8 votes per rep <br />Representatives from each of the following bodies will serve as non - voting members of <br />the MPO Board: <br />a. � representative of the Federal Highway Administration; <br />b. A representative of the Federal Transit Administration; - <br />c. Other local, regional, state, or federal agencies impacting transportation in the <br />planning area at the invitation of the MPO Board. <br />The MPO Board will meet as often as it is deemed appropriate and advisable. On the <br />basis of a majority vote, the MPO Board may appoint members of the Board to act as <br />Chair and Vice -Chair with the responsibility for coordination of the Board's activities. A <br />member of the �ead Planning Agency staff�vill serve as Secretary to the Board and will <br />work cooperatively with the staff of other jurisdictions. _ <br />10. A MPO Technical Committee shall be established with the responsibility of general <br />review, guidance and coordination of the transportation planning process for the <br />planning area and with the responsibility for making recommendations to the respective <br />local, state, and federal governmental agencies and the MPO Board regarding any <br />necessary actions relating to the continuing transportation planning process. The MPO <br />Technical Committee shall be responsible for development, review and <br />recommendations for approval and changes to the Prospectus, Unified Planning Work <br />Program, Transportation Improvement Program, National Highway System, Functional <br />Classification, Metropolitan Planning Area boundary, Metropolitan Transportation Plan, <br />and Comprehensive Transportation Plan, for planning citizen participation, and for <br />documenting reports of �arious transportation studies <br />Membership of the MPO Technical Committee shall include technical representatives <br />from local and state agencies directly related to and concerned with the transportation <br />planning process for the planning area. Representatives will be designated by the chief <br />executive officer of each represented agency. Departments or divisions within local and <br />state agencies that should be represented on the MPO Technical Committee include, <br />but are not limited to, those responsible for transportation planning, land use planning, <br />transportation operations, public works and construction, engineering, public <br />transportation, environmental conservation and planning, bicycle and pedestrian <br />Comment [BE39]: Proposed Weighted Voting is <br />based on the current MOU, but makes Durham <br />County and Orange County equivalent due to similar <br />populations and increases Chapel Hill due to <br />comparatively larger size In response to Carrboro's <br />comments, all local governments receive a minimum <br />of two votes. The number of weighted votes for all <br />jurisdictions were doubled from the draft MOU <br />Quorum is 6 members who represent 20 weighted <br />votes. <br />Comment [BE40]: Current MOU "A Division <br />Admi nistrator(s) of the Federal Highway <br />Administration and/or the Federal Transit <br />Administration, or their representahve(s} " <br />Comment [BE41]: Changed from City of <br />Durham Department of Transportation <br />Comment [BE42]: Changed from `the <br />transportation study" in response to Orange County <br />comment <br />planning, and economic development.) Initially, the membership shall include, but not Comment [BE43]: Added. <br />be limited to, the following: <br />