Res 2023-018/approving a Memorandum of Understanding with the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization and Texas Department of Transportation- Public Transportation Division

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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AMONG THE CAPITAL AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION(MPO) TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CITY OF SAN MARCOS WHEREAS,the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act(IIJA)promulgated regulations 23 CFR 450.314, and WHEREAS, the MPO and the City of San Marcos are required by 23 CFR 450.314 to cooperatively determine their mutual responsibilities in carrying out the metropolitan transportation planning process, and WHEREAS, these responsibilities shall be clearly identified in written agreements among the MPO and the City of San Marcos (Transit Provider), and WHEREAS, the federal regulations require the written agreement to include specific provisions for cooperatively developing and sharing information related to the development of financial plans that support the metropolitan transportation plan (MTP), the metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program ("TIP"), and development of the annual listing of obligated projects. WHEREAS, the MPO and the designated air quality planning agency entered into a written agreement on May 12, 1978, followed by a letter from the Governor of Texas to the United States Environmental Protection Agency dated July 24, 1978,describing their respective roles and responsibilities for air quality related transportation planning.The agreement and letter were submitted as part of a revision to the State Implementation Plan that was approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency on March 29, 1982, effective May 28, 1982. The roles and responsibilities for air quality related transportation planning were subsequently codified in Title 30 Texas Administrative Code Chapter 114, Subchapter G Transportation Planning, which was approved into the State Implementation Plan on November 8, 1995, effective January 8, 1996. WHEREAS, the federal regulations require that the MPO, State DOT, and the public transit providers shall jointly agree upon and develop specific written procedures for cooperatively developing and sharing information related to transportation performance data, the selection of performance targets, the reporting of performance targets, the reporting of performance to be used in tracking progress toward attainment of critical outcomes for the region of the MPO, and the collection of data for the State asset management plan for the National Highway System (NHS).