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G. G ANH.NDED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR COOPERATIVE, COMPREHENSIVE AND CONTINUING TRANSPOR'rATION PLANNING AND THE ES1'AB1ISIIMENT OF A RURAL PLANNING ORGANIZATION FOR The County of Chatham and the participating municipalities therein the County of Lee and the participating municipalities thercin~ the County of Moore and the participating municipalities therein the County of Orange; and the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDO"p) (hereinafter collectively, "the Parties"). WITNESSETH Whereas, on August 28, 2002, the Parties entered into a Memorandum of Understanding which created the Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization (hereinafter, "RPO"); and, Whereas, the RPO provides mral areas the opportunity to work in partnership with the NCDOT toward development of sound, short and lone-range transportation planning for rural areas; and, ® Whereas, the Parties have agreed to amend the original Memorandum of Understanding. Now, therefore, the followme Amended Memorandum of Understanding is made on this the I I th clay of December, 2007. Section 1. It is hereby agreed, that the County of Chatham and the participating municipalities therein; the County of Moore and the participating municipalities therein; the County of Lee and the participating municipalities therein; the County of Orange; and the NCDOT intend to establish and participate in a RPO created for the general purposes and responsibilities outlined in the following: I. Develop long-range local and regional multi-modal transportation plans in cooperation with the area Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) and the NCDOT. 2. Provide a forum for public participation in the rural transportation planning process. 3. Develop and prioritize suggestions for transportation projects that the RPO believes should be included in the State Transportation Improvement Program (ST1P). 4. Provide transportation-related information to local governments and other interested organizations and persons. ® Section 2. It is hereby further agreed that transportation plans and programs and land use policies and programs for the RPO will be coordinated by the Triangle J Council of Governments, an agency selected on behalf of participating local governments and the NCDOT, to be the administrative entity and to