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Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement (IGA) Empowering <br /> The Decatur Urbanized Transportation Study (DUATS) <br /> 2024 <br /> This document is made to provide the frame-work for multiple government entities to continue the <br /> longstanding and successful cooperative intergovernmental framework previously created for the <br /> purpose of coordinating transportation, land use and other related infrastructure planning in the <br /> Decatur Metropolitan Planning Area(MPA). <br /> WITNESSETH THAT <br /> WHEREAS 23 U.S.C. Section 134 requires that each urbanized area with a population of 50,000 <br /> or more, as a condition to the receipt of Federal capital,transportation or operating <br /> assistance, have a continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive transportation <br /> planning process that results in plans and programs consistent with the <br /> comprehensively planned development of the urbanized area; and <br /> WHEREAS the Governor of Illinois has designated the Macon County Regional Planning <br /> Commission (MCRPC) as the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) <br /> responsible for carrying out the 23 U.S.C. Section 134 and 49 U.S.C. Section 5303 <br /> planning requirements for the area in cooperation with the State; and <br /> WHEREAS the MCRPC oversaw the Decatur Urbanized Area Transportation Study(DUATS) <br /> as it performed comprehensive transportation planning for the MPA, in accordance <br /> with the above said Federal laws between 1964 and 2006; and <br /> WHEREAS by Intergovernmental Agreement, said comprehensive transportation planning <br /> activities and the Lead Agency role were formally transferred to the City of <br /> Decatur, IL,Department of Economic&Urban Development,now the Department <br /> of Development Services, on March 21, 2006; and <br /> WHEREAS as the City of Decatur's Community and Economic Development Department <br /> (Lead Agency) is functionally the MPO for all administrative, planning and <br /> transportation related activities within the Decatur MPA, <br /> IT IS NOW,THEREFORE,AGREED AMONG THE PARTIES HEREIN THAT: <br /> DUATS Intergovernmental Agreement, 2024 <br />