TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Adam Lindsay, Assistant City Manager
Kelly Olivera, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Hank Graham, Executive Director, FAMPO
Dr. Gerald Newton, Development Services Director
(& FAMPO TCC Vice-Chair)
DATE: June 10, 2024
RE:
Title
FAMPO - Memorandum of Understanding, May 9, 2024
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal II: Responsive Government
2.2 Invest in community places to ensure revitalization and increase quality of life
Goal III: The City of Fayetteville will be a city Invested in Today and Tomorrow.
3.1 Enhance City Street connectivity, traffic flow...
3.2 Manage the City's future growth...
Goal VI: ... Collaboration
6.1 Collaborative relationships with the business community, local governments, military, and stakeholders
Executive Summary:
The existing agreement of local governments to operate a federally recognized unit for transportation funding needs changed due to recent expansion of the boundaries of our urban area's impact. This is a request to make the changes that fold in more local governments and update Ft. Bragg to Ft. Liberty. These items allow transportation funds to continue while our area has grown.
On May 9, 2024, the Fayetteville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization's (FAMPO) Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) voted to expand its Urban Area Boundary (UAB) and accept the related FAMPO 2050 Travel Demand Model as presented and as recommended by of the Transportation Technical Committee (TCC). In summary, the boundary expansion covers the southern half of Harnett County and adds the Town of Erwin and a portion of Moore County to the already existing FAMPO boundary. This action now necessitates an adjusting of the general constructs of the existing operating agreement among the twelve participating local governments (Seven municipalities and five counties), Ft. Liberty, and NCDOT.
The attached Memorandum of...
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