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AGREEMENT NO. 3-19-03 page 3 of 14 WHEREAS, it is the desire of these agencies that the previously established continuing, comprehensive, cooperative transportation planning process, as set forth in the Memorandum of Understanding dated May 11, 1995 be revised and updated to comply with Title 23 U.S.C., Subsection 134 U.S.C.; 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), 1604(1); and the intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991. NOW THEREFORE the following Memorandum of Understanding is made: SECTION 1. It is hereby agreed that the CITY OF CONCORD, CITY OF KANNAPOLIS, TOWN OF MOUNT PLEASANT, TOWN OF HARRISBURG, CITY OF SALISBURY, TOWN OF LANDIS, TOWN OF CHINA GROVE, TOWN OF CLEVELAND, TOWN OF SPENCER, TOWN OF ROCKWELL, TOWN OF GRANITE QUARRY, COUNTY OF ROWAN, COUNTY OF CABARRUS, 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 area involved, the Cabarrus-Rowan Metropolitan Planning Area, will be the Concord 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 urban within a twenty year planning period. This area is hereinafter referred to as the Planning Area. The Metropolitan Area Boundary will be periodically re-assessed and revised in light of new developments and basic data projections for the current planning period. The continuing transportation planning process will be a c~operative one and all planning discussions will be reflective of and responsive to the comprehensive plans for growth and development of the Planning Area. 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. o Transportation plans and programs and land use policies and programs, for the local urbanized area, having regional impacts, will be coordinated between the MPO member jurisdictions and the North Carolina Department of Transportation. A Cabarrus-Rowan Transportation Advisory Committee hereinafter referred to as the TAC, is hereby established with responsibility of serving as a forum for cooperative transportation planning decision making for the Metropolitan Planning Organization. The TAC shall have the responsibility of keeping the policy boards informed of the status and requirements of the transportation planning process; assisting in the dissemination and clarification of the decisions and policies of the policy boards; and ensuring meaningful citizen participation in the transportation planning process. ~. _ +