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11/24/2008 General Roles and Responsibilities The Parties commit to work together to implement traffic management strategies and alternate routes to mitigate non-recurring traffic congestion on local streets and state highways, utilizing the pre-determined negotiated routes. When there is a major traffic incident that diverts traffic into their jurisdiction or a nearby jurisdiction, the parties associated with this MOU agree on the following general statements: . Cooperate with the identification and designation of routes within their jurisdiction for use as alternate routes during major traffic incidents on US 101. . Collaborate to develop and implement a Smart Corridor in their jurisdiction including the deployment of Smart Corridor devices on the agreed upon Alternate route. . Provide technical resources to help design and achieve a Smart Corridor that includes their jurisdiction. . During major traffic incidents, to allow control of the Smart Corridors by the Traffic Management Center. . During non-incidents, the local segments of the Smart Corridors will be operated and controlled by respective jurisdiction with no limitations. For the conventional state highway segments, pre-approved scenarios for special events can be negotiated between Caltrans and the cities that can then be implemented upon local request. Stakeholders Committee . Role - Stakeholder committee will provide technical review of the design, communicate local issues affecting the project, and ensure that the project reflects the needs of the local jurisdictions. The Stakeholder Committee will also provide technical guidance and recommendations to the project consultant. . Members - The members of the Stakeholders committee will be comprised of technical staff members, with one member representing each of the participating Parties. Each Party will ensure that their representative attends regularly scheduled meetings. Technical staff from jurisdictions not currently funded but who may be affected by future phases of the program and other interested agencies may also be included as members of the Stakeholders committee. Steering Committee . Role - Steering Committee will serve as project managers responsible for maintaining high-level support for the Smart Corridors Project and conveying the project status and policy issues to the Parties' governing boards, as necessary. The Steering committee will also resolve administrative issues and disagreements 40f6 14910 Muff # 304