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9 <br /> 1 Bonnie Hammersley said the request would go on the petition list and staff would look for <br /> 2 alternative solutions to the item. <br /> 3 Vice Chair McKee requested that various options be brought to the Board for <br /> 4 consideration. <br /> 5 <br /> 6 <br /> 7 7. Reports <br /> 8 a. Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Plan Organization Annual Report <br /> 9 The Board received a presentation on Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning <br /> 10 Organization Annual Report. <br /> 11 <br /> 12 BACKGROUND: The Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) <br /> 13 is the regional transportation planning agency in North Carolina's western Triangle. In cooperation <br /> 14 with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), the MPO is responsible for the <br /> 15 planning and programming of all modes of transportation including highways, public transit, <br /> 16 freight, bicycles, and pedestrians. The MPO's work is regionally based, but community focused. <br /> 17 The MPO formulates and implements plans that will improve life locally and ensure that plans <br /> 18 reflect the expressed needs of its member communities. Orange County is a member community <br /> 19 and provided $35,019 in local match funding to support MPO operations this year. <br /> 20 <br /> 21 Nishith Trivedi, Transportation Services Director, introduced the item and the presenter, <br /> 22 Doug Plachcinski, DCHC MPO Executive Director. <br /> 23 Doug Plachcinski made the following presentation: <br /> 24 <br /> 25 Slide #1 <br /> UP'HAM CHAPEL HILL C,APPEORC <br /> DCHC <br /> METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANQATON <br /> 2021 -2022 ANNUAL REPORT <br /> Doug Plachcinski,AICIP, CFM <br /> Executive Director <br /> 26 <br /> 27 <br /> 28 <br />