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all federally funded transportation planning and implementation projects and programs <br /> for the central Puget Sound region, consistent with the MTP and incorporated as part of <br /> the State TIP (23 USC Sec. 134 [a] [3] and 135 [f]). The TIP is submitted to <br /> appropriate federal funding agencies for approval (23 CFR 450.104). <br /> R. Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) means that document developed and <br /> adopted annually by the Regional Council,which describes all public transportation and <br /> major transportation-related activities which are anticipated within the region during the <br /> next one-year period(23 CFR 450.314 [a] [1]). <br /> SECTION 3: ORGANIZATIONAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES <br /> The parties agree to cooperation, consultation and coordination with each other as follows: <br /> A. Transportation Planning <br /> The RTA and the LPTAs shall consult with the Regional Council in the development and <br /> modifications of each respective LPTA's transit system and financing plan to assure <br /> consistency with the Regional Council's development,refinement and maintenance of its <br /> Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP). The Regional Council shall similarly consult with <br /> the RTA and all LPTAs for development and updating of the Regional Council's MTP to <br /> assure consistency with the adopted system and financing plan for the RTA and each LPTA. <br /> The Regional Council, the RTA and the LPTAs will cooperate with each other(and include <br /> the Washington State Department of Transportation and other parties as appropriate)to <br /> identify those regional projects and programs which might serve as common elements for <br /> any regional and/or locally sponsored major metropolitan transportation investment studies <br /> which must be undertaken to achieve regional transit system implementation objectives. <br /> The Regional Council, the RTA and the LPTAs shall also coordinate their system planning <br /> activities to assure achievement of mutually compatible and coordinated land use and high <br /> capacity and conventional transit system plans. This latter activity shall include cooperation <br /> with local agencies in development and refinement of their comprehensive plans, including <br /> participation in an appropriate right-of-way preservation review process pursuant to state <br /> requirements (RCW 81.104.080) and federal right-of-way planning process requirements <br /> [23CFR 450.316(a)(10)] and consistent with adopted Regional Council and RTA policies for <br /> mutual cooperation with local government for HCT system station area planning. <br /> 1. Regional Council Emphasis on Multimodal Comprehensive System Planning <br /> The Regional Council is generally responsible for coordinating comprehensive system <br /> and multimodal transportation planning in cooperation with local governments,transit <br /> operating agencies,the Washington State Department of Transportation(WSDOT), and <br /> port districts within the central Puget Sound region. (ISTEA 23 USC Sec. 134[a][2]; 23 <br /> CFR 450.214[b][4] and [c][1]; RCW 47.80.030[1][b] and [3][c]). <br /> The Regional Council's transportation planning will be supportive of and integrated <br /> 3 with local, countywide, and multicounty growth management policies, and Washington <br /> `' State Transportation System Plan policies (23 CFR 450.300 and RCW 47.80.030 <br /> MOU-Regional Council/Transit Operators Page 5 <br />