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Committee hereinafter defined, and the various agencies and units of local, regional, <br />state, and federal government participating in the transportation planning for the area. <br />3. The Metropolitan Planning Area boundary will be periodically reviewed and revised in <br />light of new developments, basic data projections for the current planning period, and <br />as may otherwise be required by federal and state laws. <br />4. The continuing transportation planning process will be a cooperative one reflective of <br />and responsive to the programs of the North Carolina Department of Transportation, <br />and to the comprehensive plans for growth and development of the Municipalities of <br />Durham, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough; and the Counties of Durham, Orange, <br />and Chatham. Attention will be given to cooperative planning with the neighboring <br />metropolitan and rural planning organizations. <br />5. The continuing transportation planning process will be in accordance with the intent, <br />procedures, and programs of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended. <br />6. The continuing transportation planning process will be in accordance with the intent, <br />procedures, and programs of Clean Air Act of 1970, as amended. <br />7. Transportation policy decisions within the MPO are the shared responsibility of the MPO <br />Board, the N.C. Board of Transportation, and participating local governments. <br />8. Transportation plans and programs, and land use policies and programs, for the <br />Planning Area, having regional impacts, will be coordinated with Triangle Transit, the <br />neighboring metropolitan and rural planning organizations, and Triangle J Council of <br />Governments. <br />9. A MPO Board is hereby established with the responsibility for cooperative <br />transportation decision - making for the Durham - Chapel Hill - Carrboro Metropolitan <br />Planning Organization (DCHC MPO). The MPO Board shall have the responsibility for <br />keeping the policy boards informed of the status and requirements of the <br />transportation planning process; assisting in the dissemination and clarification of the <br />decisions, inclinations, and policies of the policy boards, and for providing opportunities <br />for citizen participation in the transportation planning process. <br />The MPO Board will be responsible for carrying out the provisions of 23 U.S.C. Section <br />134; Title 49 U.S.C. Chapter 53; and 42 U.S.C. 7504 and 7506(c); including but not <br />limited to: <br />a. Establishment of goals and objectives for the transportation planning process; <br />I <br />