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Section 1: Establishment of Central Pines RPO. <br /> It is hereby agreed that the Counties of Chatham, Lee, Moore and Orange and the <br /> participating municipalities located within those counties not included in a Metropolitan <br /> Planning Organization, and the NCDOT, intend to establish and participate in a RPO <br /> created for the general purposes and responsibilities outlined below: <br /> 1. To develop long-range local and regional multi-modal transportation plans in <br /> cooperation with the NCDOT. <br /> 2. To provide a forum for public participation in the rural transportation planning <br /> process. <br /> 3. To develop and prioritize suggestions for transportation projects the RPO believes <br /> should be included in the State's Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). <br /> 4. To provide local input to North Carolina's transportation project prioritization <br /> process. <br /> 5. To provide transportation-related information to local governments and other <br /> interested organizations and persons. <br /> 6. To conduct transportation related studies and surveys for local governments <br /> and other interested entities/organizations. <br /> 7. To perform other related transportation planning activities that shall be agreed <br /> upon between the RPO and the North Carolina Department of Transportation. <br /> Section 2: Lead Planning Agency Responsibility <br /> It is hereby further agreed that the transportation plans and programs and land use policies <br /> and programs for the RPO will be coordinated by Central Pines Regional Council,an agency <br /> selected on behalf of participating local governments and NCDOT, to be the administrative <br /> entity and to serve as the Lead Planning Agency (LPA) for coordinating rural <br /> transportation planning in the planning area of the four counties named above. The RPO <br /> hereby authorizes LPA to be the recipient of any funds appropriated to the RPO by NCDOT <br /> or otherwise obtained by the RPO. <br /> The Central Pines Regional Council will be responsible for initially expending locally <br /> derived funds and seeking reimbursement from NCDOT in accordance with the <br /> respective funding source. <br /> 2 <br />