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ATTACHMENT A 8 <br /> r <br /> MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING <br /> FOR <br /> COOPERATIVE, COMPREHENSIVE AND CONTINUING <br /> TRANSPORTATION PLANNING <br /> AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF <br /> A RURAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION <br /> FOR <br /> The Counties of Chatham, Johnston, Lee, Moore and Orange, comprising a <br /> portion of the Region J Planning Area, and the Municipalities contained <br /> therein (excluding Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough) and the North <br /> Carolina Department of Transportation. <br /> WITNESSETH <br /> Whereas, section 135 of Title 23, United States Code, declares that it is in <br /> the national interest to encourage and promote the development of <br /> transportation systems embracing various modes of transportation in a <br /> manner that will serve all areas of the State efficiently and effectively; and <br /> Whereas, North Carolina General Statutes 136-211 enacted July 6, 2000, <br /> provides for the establishment of Rural Transportation Planning Organizations <br /> (RPOs) similar in concept to Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) for <br /> transportation planning in North Carolina's urban areas; and <br /> Whereas, the establishment of a Rural Transportation Planning <br /> Organization (RPO), similar in concept to the Urban Metropolitan <br /> Transportation Planning Organizations (MPOs), would provide rural areas the <br /> opportunity to work in partnership with the North Carolina Department of <br /> Transportation toward development of sound, short and long-range <br /> transportation planning for rural areas; and <br /> Whereas, the establishment of a Rural Transportation Planning <br /> Organization for the portions of Region J area that are not already included <br /> within MPO boundaries would assist the North Carolina Department of <br /> Transportation in complying with the provisions of the Transportation Equity <br /> Act for the 21 st Century (TEA 21 ), enacted June 9, 1998, relative to the <br /> participation of local officials and the public in the transportation planning <br /> process; and <br /> Whereas, It is the desire of these local governments and agencies to <br /> establish a Continuing, Comprehensive, Cooperative Transportation Planning <br /> Process with the establishment of a Rural Transportation Planning <br /> Organization for the Region J Planning Area; the following memorandum of <br /> understanding is made. <br />