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r <br /> 1 <br /> OR AN G E C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 1, 1994 <br /> Action A enda <br /> Item # A <br /> SUBJECT: MPO PASS-THROUGH AGREEMENT <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes _x—No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene Bell <br /> - 10-12-93 Memo to Gene Bell Ext. 2589 <br /> - 10-6-93 Letter to Carol Carter <br /> - Proposed Agreement Between the <br /> City of Durham and Orange County TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> - Agreement Between NCDOT and the Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> City of Durham Durham - 688-7331 <br /> - FY 1993-94 Unified Planning Work Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Program (UPWP) Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br /> - Prospectus for Continuing Trans- <br /> portation Planning (selected pages) <br /> PURPOSE: To consider endorsement of an agreement with the City <br /> of Durham establishing a mechanism for the transfer of <br /> Federal transportation planning funds. <br /> BACKGROUND: Since passage of the Intermodal Surface Transportation <br /> Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991, Orange County has <br /> become increasingly involved in transportation <br /> planning and in the activities of the Durham-Chapel <br /> Hill-Carrboro (DCHC) Metropolitan Planning <br /> Organization (MPO) . The County is represented at two <br /> levels in the MPO. Two Planning Department staff <br /> members serve on the Technical Coordinating Committee <br /> (TCC) and a County Commissioner serves on the <br /> Transportation Advisory Committee. Creation of the <br /> position of Transportation Planner in July 1993 is <br /> further evidence of the County's commitment to, and <br /> involvement in, transportation planning. <br /> The municipal jurisdictions in the MPO receive <br /> Section 104 (f) funds, generally referred to as "PL <br /> Funds" , to finance up to 80% of the cost of <br /> transportation planning tasks. A 20% local match is <br /> required. A request last year for County assistance <br /> in data collection for the regional transportation <br /> model prompted a request for PL Funds to help offset <br /> cost of staff time spent on regional transportation <br /> issues. Tasks to be accomplished in carrying out <br /> regional transportation goals are specified in the <br /> UPWP and Prospectus. The DCHC TAC will begin working <br /> on the FY 1994-95 UPWP and Prospectus in February. <br />