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3 <br />AMENDED <br />MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING <br />FOR <br />COOPERATIVE, COMPREHENSIVE AND CONTINUING <br />TRANSPORTATION PLANNING <br />AND THE ESTABLISHMENT <br />OF A RURAL PLANNING ORGANIZATION <br />FOR <br />The County of Chatham and the participating municipalities therein; the County of Lee and the <br />participatin muncipalities therein• the County of Moore and the participating municipalities therein; <br />the County of Oran~e• .and the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT~(hereinafter <br />collectively, "the Parties"). <br />WITNESSETH <br />Whereas, on August 28 2002 the Parties entered into a Memorandum of TJnderstandiri wluch <br />created the Triangle Area Rural Plamiing Organization (hereinafter, "RPO"); and, <br />Whereas, the RPO provides rural areas the opportunity to work in partnership with the NCDOT <br />toward development of sound short and long ran e transportation pla~znin~ for rural areas; and, <br />Whereas, the Parties have. agreed to amend the original Memorandum of Understanding. <br />Now therefore the following Amended Memorandum of Understanding is made on this the 1 lth <br />day of December, 2007. <br />Section 1. It is hereby agreed, that the County of Chathaan and the participating mulucipalities therein; <br />the County of Moore and the participating municipalities therein; the County of Lee and the participating <br />mulucipalities therein; the County of Orange; and the NCDOT intend to establish and participate in a <br />RPO created for the general purposes and responsibilities outlined in the following: <br />Develop long-range local and regional multi-modal transportation plans in cooperation <br />with the area Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) and the NCDOT. <br />2. Provide a forum for public participation in the rural transportation planning process. <br />3. Develop and prioritize suggestions for transportation projects that the RPO believes <br />should, be included in the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIl'). <br />4. Provide transportation-related information to local governments and other interested <br />organizations and persons. <br />Section 2. It is hereby further agreed that transportation plans and programs and land use policies and <br />programs for the RPO will be coordinated by the Triangle J Council of Governments, an agency selected <br />on behalf of participating local governments and the NCDOT, to be the administrative entity and to <br />