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CONSIDERATIONS for MPO BOUNDARY DECISION for OPTION 4 <br />CRITERIA / CONSIDERATIONS MET? <br />Mebane in one MPO Yes <br />Addresses Urbanized Area (UZA) Requirements Yes <br />Consistent with current air quality conformity plans and Yes <br />requirements <br />Requires Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) Yes <br />Expands BG MPO Yes (minimally) <br />Reduces BG MPO No <br />Expands DC MPO No, not overall <br />Reduces DC MPO Yes, overall it does <br />Reflects regional community patterns Yes <br />Orange County connected to DCHC via Triangle air quality <br />conformity, employment, economic development, & transit Yes <br />plans, although coordinated planning is clearly due to bi- <br />directional commuter patterns <br />DCHC has adequate staff to assume responsibility for <br />transportation planning and programming projects in western Yes <br />Orange County <br />Option 4 maintains TARPO membership and transportation <br />planning for the rural areas of the County, where an RPO Yes <br />perspective is more attuned to maintaining the integrity and <br />character of the County's rural areas <br />Respects Orange County's request to join BG MPO Yes <br />Discussed among Staffs Yes <br />Supported by Staffs Yes <br />10 <br />Return to Agenda <br />