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373 this section. No highway project may be constructed in any urban area of fifty thousand population or more unless the responsible public officials of such urban area in which the project is located have been consulted and their views considered with respect to the corridor, the location and the design of the project."; and, WHEREAS, a transportation planning process includes the operational procedures and working arrangements by which short and long-range transpor- tation plans are soundly conceived and developed and continuously evaluated in a manner that will: Assist governing bodies and official agencies in determining courses of action and in formulating attainable capital improve- ment programs in anticipation of community needs; and me Guide private individuals and groups in planning their decisions which can be important factors in the pattern of future development and redevelopment of the area; and, WHEREAS, it is the desire of these agencies that a continuing, compre- hensive, cooperative transportation planning process be established to comply with 23 U.S.C. 134; and Sections 3(a)(2), 4(a), 5(g)(1), and 5(1) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended, (49 U.S.C. 1602(a)(2), 1603(a), 1604(g)(1), and 1604(1));, the following Memorandum of Understanding is made. Section 1. It is hereby agreed that the CITY OF CONCORD, CITY OF KANNAPOLIS, TOWN OF CHINA GROVE, TOWN OF LANDIS, CABARRUS COUNTY, ROWAN COUNTY, AND THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION in cooperation with the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, will participate in a continuing transportation planning process with responsibilities and undertakings as related in the following paragraphs: The Metropolitan Planning Organization in the Concord-Kannapolis- China Grove-Landis Urban Area includes the boards of general purpose local government - Concord Board of Aldermen, Kannapolis City Council, China Grove Board of Aldermen, Landis Board of Aldermen, Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners, and Rowan County Board of Commissioners; the North Carolina Department of Transportation; a Transportation Advisory Committee hereinafter defined; a Technical Coordinating Committee hereinafter defined; and the various agencies and units of local and State government participating in the transportation planning for the area. The area involved, the CONCORD-KANNAPOLIS-CHINA GROVE-LANDIS Urban Transportation Study Planning Area, will be the Concord- Kannapolis Urbanized Area as defined by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, plus that area beyond the existing urbanized area boundary that is expected to become urbanized within a twenty year planning period. This area is hereinafter referred to as the planning area. The projected planning area boundary will be periodically 'reassessed and revised in the light of new developments and basic data projections for the current planning period. The continuing transportation planning process will be a cooperative one and all planning discussions will be reflective of and responsive to the programs of the North Carolina Department of Transportation, and to the comprehensive plans for growth and development of the cities of Concord and Kannapolis, towns of China Grove and Landis, Cabarrus County, and Rowan County. e The continuing transportation planning process will be in accordance with the intent, procedures, and programs of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended. Transportation policy decisions within the planning area are the responsibility of the North Carolina Board of Transportation,