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7 <br /> DCHC MOU <br /> Page 4 <br /> hereinafter defined; and the various agencies and units of <br /> local, State, and federal government participating in <br /> transportation planning for the area. <br /> 3 . The Metropolitan Area Boundary (MAB) will be periodically <br /> reviewed and revised in light of new developments, basic data <br /> projections for the current planning period, and as may <br /> otherwise be required by federal and State laws. <br /> 4. The continuing transportation planning process will be a <br /> cooperative one and all planning discussions will be <br /> reflective of and responsive to the programs of the North <br /> Carolina Department of Transportation, and to the <br /> comprehensive plans for growth and development of the <br /> Municipalities of Durham, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and <br /> Hillsborough; and the Counties of Durham, Orange, and <br /> Chatham. Attention will be given to cooperative planning <br /> with the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization <br /> (CAMPO) . • <br /> 5. The continuing transportation planning process will be in <br /> accordance with the intent, procedures, and programs of Title <br /> VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended. <br /> 6. Transportation policy decisions within the Planning Area are <br /> the shared responsibility of the Transportation Advisory <br /> Committee, the N. C. Board of Transportation, and <br /> participating local governments. <br /> 7. Transportation plans and programs, and land use policies and <br /> programs, for the planning area, having regional impacts, <br /> will be coordinated with the Triangle Transit Authority <br /> (TTA) , the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization <br /> (CAMPO) , and the Triangle J Council of Governments. <br /> 8. A TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE (TAC) is hereby <br /> established with - the responsibility for cooperative <br /> transportation planning decision making for the Durham-Chapel <br /> Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO) . <br /> The Transportation Advisory Committee shall have the <br /> responsibility for keeping the policy boards informed of the <br /> status and requirements of the transportation planning <br /> process; assisting in the dissemination and clarification of <br /> the decisions, inclinations, and policies of the policy <br /> boards; and for providing opportunities for citizen <br /> participation in the transportation planning process. <br /> The TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE will be responsible for <br /> carrying out the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 134; and Sections <br /> 5 (1) and 8 (a) and 8 (c) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act <br /> of 1964 as amended {49 U.S.C. 1604 (1) and 1607 (a) and <br />