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- The Governing Board members remain cognizant of regional transportation <br />needs. <br />- The Governing Board has established formal relationships with neighboring <br />MPOs and/or non-MPO jurisdictions with the following benefits: <br />• A forum is available to discuss regional transportation topics on a regular <br />basis, and <br />• Lines of communication are maintained throughout a large geographic area. <br />- Inter-MPO relationships <br />• There is a formal conflict-resolution procedure to address conflicts between <br />the TIPS of adjacent MPOs, and <br />• MPOs cooperatively conduct regional projects that are developed within <br />individual UPWPs with a division of workload providing parity rather than by <br />monetary ~ #i~ru~~s by eac ~Oya ~ > ~ <br />S3 <br />°,• ~ T1~e to ~ is ,a`" p . ess~nal~~prta 'on planning ~ t, •'' ecii ted <br />x>; <br />ray a ix t~'~', :er-'-.:: u ^r <br />` y`~ ~nrim~nlY to - • "' ties -' e O; `"=-~~ <br />• nBi.. `' diversity of staff expertise and staff size allows the to comp ete a <br />~ety of tasks in-house and to provide knowledgeable project oversight for <br />tasks performed through consultant contracts; and <br />• One MPO staff that serves all three MPOs in a region making regional <br />transportation issues readily apparent at a staff level. <br />- Funding <br />• The MPO maintains control over programming of federal urban allocation <br />funds through a direct allocation from the state or through a strong project <br />priority system, and <br />• All jurisdictions within the MPO contribute monetarily to ;provide funding for <br />transportation planning activities either as the PL match or supplementing <br />federal planning resources. <br />- Air Quality <br />• In non-attainment or maintenance areas, MPOs either have formal regional air <br />quality committees in place or share their emissions budgets and file joint air <br />quality conformity reports, and <br />v <br />