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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL, REGION 7W TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD, WRIGHT AND SHERBURNE COUNTIES, THE CITIES OF ALBERTVILLE, ELK RIVER, HANOVER, OTSEGO, and ST. MICHAEL TO CONDUCT FEDERALLY-REQUIRED METROPOLITAN PLANNING ACTIVITIES The parties to this Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) are the Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities (Council), the Region 7W Transportation Policy Board (Region 7W TPB), Wright and Sherburne Counties (Counties),the cities of Albertville, Elk River, Hanover, Otsego, and St. Michael; WHEREAS, federal transportation law and regulations (23 USC 134 and 135; 49 USC 5303 and 5304; 23 CFR 450 Subpart A— Transportation Planning and Programming Definitions; and 23 CFR 450 Subpart C— Metropoliton Transportation Planning and Programming) require a metropolitan planning organization (MPO) to be designated for all urbanized areas with a population of more than 50,000 to establish and maintain a continuing, coordinated, and comprehensive transportation planning process; WHEREAS, the Council was established by the Minnesota Legislature in 1969 to plan for the orderly and economic development of the seven county Minneapolis-St. Paul region and was designated by the governor as the MPO for the Minneapolis-St. Paul Urbanized Area in 1973; WHEREAS, on March 27, 2012, the U.S. Census Bureau identified portions of Albertville, Hanover, Otsego, and St. Michael in Wright County and portions of Elk River and Big Lake Township in Sherburne County, hereinafter referred to as "the extended area," as part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Urbanized Area, which is the first time the Minneapolis-St. Paul Urbanized Area has extended beyond the Council's seven county jurisdictional area; WHEREAS, under federal regulations, the MPO transportation planning area boundary must encompass, at a minimum, the entire "Urbanized Area" or UZA as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau and the area expected to become urbanized within the next 20 years; WHEREAS, federal law does not require a re-designation of an MPO solely due to expansion of its boundary; WHEREAS, US DOT policy encourages boundary changes be accomplished through agreements between affected jurisdictions; WHEREAS, MN Statute 473.146, subd. 4 says "(a) The Metropolitan Council is the designated planning agency for any long-range comprehensive transportation planning required by section 134 of the Federal Highway Act of 1962, Section 4 of Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 and Section 112 of Federal Aid Highway Act of 1973 and other federal transportation laws. The Council shall assure MOU to Conduct Federally-Required Metropolitan Planning Activities Page 1 of 13