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900 E. Broad St.,
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Richmond
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23219
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AUTHORITY
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ENACTED
By laws of the MPO with authority as prescribed by the Governor in his designation of December 9, 1977, and as prescribed in "A Memorandum of Understanding for a Continuing Comprehensive Transportation Planning and Programming Process for the Richmond Urbanized Area."
COMPOSITION
The voting membership of the MPO shall be composed of: City of Richmond.............4 County of Henrico...........4 County of Chesterfield....4 County of Hanover..........3 County of Goochland.......2 County of New Kent.........2 County of Powhatan.........2 County of Charles City, Ashland, Capital Region Airport Commission, Greater Richmond Transit Company, Richmond Metropolitan Authority, Richmond Regional Planning District Commission and the Commonwealth of Virginia Secretary of Transportation shall each have one voting member. The voting membership of the MPO shall include local elected officials. (Assigned to the Organizational Development Standing Committee)
TERM OF OFFICE
Four (4) voting members and four (4) alternate voting members - all appointed by City Council. Two (2) years Alternates members shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing body.
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OBLIGATION
Section 1. The purpose of the MPO is to perform policy and technical functions for the Richmond Urbanized Transportation planning process. The policy function is designed to make transportation policies for the Richmond Regional Area Transportation Plan. The MPO shall: (1) establish policy for the continuing, comprehensive and cooperative transportation planning process; (2) annually evaluate the current Transportation Plan, accept it when appropriate, determine when a re evaluation of the Transportation Plan is necessary, and recommend appropriate action; (3) review the results of the re evaluation; (4) determine the influence of current data upon the Transportation Plan in relation to previous data and projected trends; (5) cooperate in the evaluation of forecasts of transportation demands; (6) work cooperatively on any proposal, alternate lines, and work performed on the study, location, and design of facilities and programs in the Transportation Plan; (7) assign ad hoc working groups to specific assignments; (8) approve the area wide unified transportation work program; and (9) approve programs of planning projects and programs of capital expenditures and construction projects, including the annual Transportation Improvement Program, its Annual Element, the Transportation System Management Element, and the Unified Work Program; and (10) perform and approve other plans and programs as may be required by state and federal regulations, and executive orders and directives. The technical function of the MPO is designed to establish, monitor and review the results of the technical process for urban transportation planning in the Richmond area. The MPO shall: (1) establish the technical details of the continuing process through the 3 C Agreement and pass through agreements; (2) establish detailed work activities through the Unified Work Program process that fulfill these Agreements; (3) review and certify the satisfactory completion of these activities; and (4) in general prepare the technical recommendations, that the MPO needs to perform its policy functions, in either ad hoc working groups or, special or standing committees, at MPO meetings.
REQUIREMENTS
MEETING LOCATION
Richmond Regional Planning District Commission, 9211 Forest Hill Ave., Suite 200
MEETING TIME
2nd Thursday of each month at 1:00 p.m.
Oath Required
Date Abolished
