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ATTACHMENT A <br /> r <br /> 1 q5 Wabftmenf gF Rural TraAS00daflon Planning Or a nrzatlon . It is <br /> hereby agreed , that the Counties of Chatham , Johnston , tee , Moore and <br /> Orange , and the Municipalities Contained therein ( excluding Chapel Hill , <br /> Carrboro and Hillsbofough ) , and the North Carolina Department of <br /> Transportation intend to establish and participate in a Rural Transportation <br /> Planning Organization created for the general purposes and responsibilities <br /> outlined in the following : <br /> 1 . Develop long - range local and regional: mulilmodal transportation plans in <br /> cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Transportation . <br /> 1 Provide a forum for public participation in the transportation planning <br /> process . <br /> 3 . [develop and prioritize suggestions for transportation projects the Rural <br /> Transportation Planning Organization believes should be included in the <br /> tate ' s Transportation Improvement Program , <br /> 4 , Conduct transportation - related studies and surveys and provioG <br /> transportatian � reiated information to local governments and rather <br /> interested organizations and persons . <br /> 5 . Undertake mutually agreed upon transportaficn - related tasks to enhance <br /> transportation system development , coordination and efficiency . <br /> Section 2 . _ AdmInIstraflon . and Funding . I is hereby further agreed that <br /> transporloiion plans and programs acid land use policies and programs far <br /> the Rural Transportation Planning Organization will be coordinated by the <br /> Trionole J Council of Government$ , an agency selected on behalf of <br /> participating local governments and the North Carolina Department of <br /> Tronsportation to be the administrative entity and serve as the IeQd planning <br /> agency for coordinating transportation planning in the RPO Planning Areas . <br /> It is hereby further agreed that the participating local governments shall <br /> provide the local matching funds necessary to obtain state funding for the <br /> Rural Transportation Planning Organizafion , <br /> Sectton 3 . Establishment of Rural Transportation Advisory Comirn t MAC ) . <br /> A Rural Transporta # ion Advisory Committee ( RTAC ) is hereby established with <br /> the responsibility for serving as a forum for cooperative transportation <br /> planning decision making for the Rural Transpartaticn Planning Organizoticn <br /> ( RPO ) . The Rural Transportation Advisory Cornrnittee ( RTAQ shall have the <br /> responsibility for keeping the policy boards informed of the status and <br /> requirements of the transportation planning process ; assisting in the <br /> dissemination and clarification of the decisions , inclinations , and policies of <br /> the policy boards ; and helping to ensure meaningful pubkic participation in <br /> the transportation planning process , <br />