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ATTACHMENT 2: UPDATED MOU WITH CHANGES NOTED <br />n <br />1 <br />DURHAM - CHAPEL HILL- CARRBORO <br />2 <br />METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION <br />3 <br />4 <br />MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING <br />5 <br />FOR <br />6 <br />COOPERATIVE, COMPREHENSIVE, AND CONTINUING <br />7 <br />TRANSPORTATION PLANNING <br />8 <br />9 <br />Between <br />10 <br />11 <br />THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, <br />12 <br />CITY OF DURHAM, TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL, TOWN OF CARRBORO <br />13 <br />TOWN OF HILLSBOROUGH, COUNTY OF DURHAM, <br />14 <br />COUNTY OF ORANGE, COUNTY OF CHATHAM, �RIANGLE TRANSIT AND_ <br />Comment [BEi]: Added <br />15 <br />THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION <br />16 <br />17 <br />in cooperation with <br />18 <br />19 <br />THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION <br />20 <br />21 <br />March 12, 20141 <br />Comment [BE2]: Updated date. <br />22 <br />- - - - - -- - - - <br />-, <br />23 <br />WITNESSETH THAT <br />24 <br />25 <br />11NHEREAS, Section 134(a) of Title 23 United States Codes statesa <br />Comment[BE3]: <br />26 <br />-- <br />_ Reference U.S.0 first as it <br />establishes the basis for NIPOs <br />27 <br />Policy – It is in the national interest - <br />28 <br />(1) to encourage and promote the safe and efficient management, operation, <br />29 <br />and development of surface transportation systems that will serve the mobility <br />30 <br />needs of people and freight and foster economic growth and development <br />31 <br />within and between States and urbanized areas, while minimizing <br />32 <br />transportation- related fuel consumption and air pollution through metropolitan <br />33 <br />and statewide transportation planning processes identified in this chapter; and <br />34 <br />(2) to encourage the continued improvement and evolution of the metropolitan <br />35 <br />and statewide transportation planning processes by metropolitan planning <br />36 <br />organizations, State departments of transportation, and public transit operators <br />37 <br />as guided by the planning factors identified in subsection (h) and section 135(d). <br />38 <br />39 <br />WHEREAS, Section 134(c) of Title 23 United States Codes states: <br />40 <br />41 <br />General Requirements. - <br />42 <br />(1) Development of long -range plans and �ransportation Improvement Programs L/ <br />comment[BE4]: Added. This isanon- <br />43 <br />(TIPs).— To accomplish the objectives in subsection (a), metropolitan planning <br />substantive change for clarification only <br />44 <br />organizations designated under subsection (d), in cooperation with the State and <br />