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Attachment 1 2 <br /> MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING <br /> FOR <br /> COOPERATIVE, COMPREHENSIVE, AND CONTINUING TRANSPORTATION <br /> PLANNING AND THE <br /> ESTABISHMENT OF A RURAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION <br /> (RPO) <br /> Between <br /> The County of Chatham and the participating municipalities therein; the County of Lee <br /> and the participating municipalities therein; the County of Moore and the participating <br /> municipalities therein; and County of Orange; and the North Carolina Department of <br /> Transportation (NCDOT) (hereinafter collectively, "the parties"). <br /> Witnesseth <br /> Whereas, section 135 of Title 23, United States Code, declares that each State <br /> shall, with respect to nonmetropolitan areas, cooperate with affected local officials with <br /> responsibility for transportation; and consider coordination of transportation plans, the <br /> transportation improvement program, and planning activities with related planning <br /> activities being carried out outside of metropolitan planning areas and between States; <br /> and <br /> Whereas, North Carolina General Statute Chapter 136, Article 17 provides for the <br /> establishment of Rural Transportation Planning Organizations (RPOs), to work <br /> cooperatively with the state to plan rural regional transportation systems and to advise <br /> the department on rural transportation policy; and <br /> Whereas, the establishment of a RPO will provide rural areas the opportunity to <br /> work in partnership with the North Carolina Department of Transportation toward the <br /> development of sound, short and long-range transportation planning for rural areas, and <br /> for local input to North Carolina's transportation project prioritization process; and <br /> Whereas, the establishment of a RPO will assist NCDOT in complying with the <br /> provisions of section 135 of Title 23, United States Code relative to the participation of <br /> local officials and the public in the transportation planning process; and <br /> Whereas, it is the desire of the parties to undertake a continuing, comprehensive, <br /> cooperative transportation planning process with the establishment of a RPO for the four- <br /> counties named above. <br /> Now, therefore, the following memorandum of understanding is made. <br /> Section 1: Establishment of Central Pines RPO. <br /> It is hereby agreed that the Counties of Chatham, Lee, Moore and Orange and the <br /> participating municipalities located within those counties not included in a Metropolitan <br />