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Centre
County
Metropolitan Planning
Organization (CCMPO)
Technical
Committee Meeting
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
9:30 am
College Township Municipal Building
AGENDA
1.
Call to Order
2.
Approval of Minutes:
February 22, 2008 Technical Committee meeting
3.
Citizens’ Comments:
For items not on the agenda
4.
Centre
County
Long Range
Transportation Plan (LRTP) 2008 Update:
Revised Revenue Projections and Draft Project Lists
Action: Comments to Coordinating
Committee
5.
Revised Preliminary Draft 2009-2012 Centre
County Transportation Improvement Program (TIP):
Revised Preliminary Draft TIP
Action: Recommendation to
Coordinating Committee about scheduling April meetings
6.
Draft Bylaws for CCMPO:
Review Draft #6 Bylaws
Action: Provide comments to
Performance Review Committee
7.
Announcements
8.
Adjourn
ITEM 4
CENTRE
COUNTY LONG
RANGE
TRANSPORTATION
PLAN (LRTP) 2008 UPDATE
Revised Revenue Projections and Draft Project Lists
Revised Revenue Projections
The CCMPO
Coordinating
Committee adopted the Centre County LRTP 2030 in September 2006, and updated the
Plan in June 2007 to be in full compliance with the requirements of the federal
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act – A Legacy for
Users (SAFETEA-LU).
The LRTP will be
updated again in 2008 to:
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Add projects financed with additional revenue provided through Pennsylvania
Act 44 |
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Address federal Year of Expenditure (YOE) regulations (revised revenue and
costs) |
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Remove
projects that fall outside the range of fiscal constraint, based on revised
revenue and costs |
Staff will present
revised revenue projections that incorporate Act 44 revenue, and address federal
YOE requirements. Staff is also
working with PennDOT to update the project lists, based on the revised revenue
projections. The revised project
lists have not yet been completed, but staff will present information about the
project lists at the meeting.
Attached is:
The revised revenue
projections will likely result in the removal of projects from the LRTP in order
to maintain fiscal constraint.
Because some of the projects to be removed are likely to be “air quality
significant”, an air quality conformity analysis must be performed for the 2008
Update.
The 2008 Update will
be completed concurrent with the preparation of the new 2009-2012 Centre County
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).
The concurrent schedules will allow one air quality conformity analysis
and one public comment period to be completed for both the 2008 LRTP Update and
the 2009-2012 TIP. Final adoption of
the 2008 Update is anticipated in June or July 2008.
The Technical
Committee should receive the staff presentation, and provide comments to the
Coordinating Committee about the revised revenue projections and revised project
lists.
Because of changes in the schedule for development of the 2009-2012 TIP
(see agenda Item 5), approval of the Final Draft LRTP project lists for the air
quality conformity analysis and the required 30-day public comment period will
be requested at CCMPO Committee meetings in April 2008.
Presented by: Trish Meek, CRPA;
Mike Bloom, CCPCDO
Action:
Provide comments to the Coordinating Committee about the revised revenue
projections and revised project lists for the draft LRTP 2008 Update.
ITEM 5
2009-2012 CENTRE COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (TIP)
Revised Preliminary Draft TIP
Revised Transit Element of the Preliminary Draft TIP
Highway/Bridge Element of the Preliminary Draft TIP
In Pennsylvania, the TIP and
the Twelve Year Transportation Program (TYP) are updated every two years, with
the update process taking approximately one year.
From September through December 2007, MPO staff presented transportation
issues relative to the new TIP, and worked with PennDOT and CATA to develop a
Preliminary
Draft TIP. On January 22, 2008, the
Coordinating Committee approved the submission of a Preliminary Draft TIP to the
PennDOT Central Office.
On February 5, 2008, Governor Ed Rendell announced a new initiative to expand
the program for repairing or replacing structurally deficient state bridges.
Goals of the new initiative include:
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Complete repair/replacement of 1,000 structurally deficient (SD) state bridges
in three years |
| Reduce the number of SD state bridges by
40% in ten years |
The proposed program would be financed with two mechanisms:
| Act 44 revenues shifted to state bridges |
| $200 million per year in revenue for ten years from a bond issue |
| Spike funds programmed by the PennDOT Central Office |
As reported in February, revisions to the Preliminary Draft 2009-2012 TIP are
needed to reflect additional bridge projects.
The PennDOT Central Office has provided specific targets for the
expenditure of bridge funds on the 2009-2012 TIP, and the number of SD bridges
to be advanced. Revised Preliminary
Draft TIPs that reflect revisions for bridges must be submitted to the PennDOT
Central Office on March 7, 2008. By
April 11, 2008, the PennDOT Central Office will provide its response to the
revised Preliminary Draft TIPs, and to requests for spike funding.
Because the Central Office response will not be received until mid-April, staff
recommends that the CCMPO schedule meetings in April to review and approve a
Final Draft TIP. An Air Quality
Conformity Analysis will then be performed, and the Final Draft TIP will be
advertised for a required 30-day public comment period.
The CCMPO will consider adopting the TIP in June or July 2008.
Attached are:
The Technical
Committee should receive a staff presentation about the revised Transit and
Highway/Bridge Elements, and provide comments.
Presented by: Tom Zilla,
CRPA
Action: Recommendation to Coordinating Committee about scheduling April
meetings to approve a Final Draft 2009-2012 Centre County TIP.
ITEM 6
DRAFT BYLAWS FOR CCMPO
Review Draft #6 Bylaws
Draft #6 Bylaws
In November 2003, the MPO Coordinating Committee approved the expansion of the
MPO to a countywide organization.
The approved proposal for expansion included a requirement to complete a
performance review of the new countywide MPO.
The intent of the performance review is to evaluate the effectiveness of the
countywide MPO, and to address representation, staffing, and budget issues.
For example, the approved proposal for expansion specifically noted that
the review should address issues raised about representation for
Marion and Walker
Townships
in the Nittany Valley Planning Region.
Completion of the performance review is also needed to help prepare
future MPO budgets, and to address other issues that have been raised relative
to representation and voting membership.
The review process is also expected to result in the preparation of
bylaws for the CCMPO.
In 2006, a Performance Review Committee was established by the CCMPO
Coordinating Committee to oversee the performance review process:
MPO Chair Dan Klees
John Elnitski
MPO
Vice Chair Elizabeth Goreham
Chris Lee
Karen
Michael
Bob Corman
Chris
Exarchos (2006-2007) replaced by Jon Eich (appointed in 2008)
The committee has
held 15 meetings to date, and has discussed a variety of topics.
One of the primary topics has been the development of a new
representation structure. However, based
on the discussions at its September 17, 2007 meeting, the Review Committee noted
that it could not reach unanimous agreement on concepts for a new representation
structure. Thus, Review Committee
Chair Dan Klees reported that the members would focus on the completion of draft
bylaws for the existing CCMPO, and would suspend discussion of representation
structures until after January 2008.
The Review Committee developed several draft sets of bylaws, and at its February
22, 2008 meeting, agreed to have the Draft #6 Bylaws reviewed by the CCMPO
Technical Committee. On February 26,
2008, the Coordinating Committee agreed to have the draft bylaws reviewed by the
Technical Committee, with comments to be returned to the Performance Review
Committee.
At the meeting, staff will review the draft bylaws.
The Technical Committee should receive the staff presentation, review the Draft
#6 Bylaws, and provide comments to the Performance Review Committee.
The Committee should pay particular attention to Appendix A, which
comprises provisions specific to the Technical Committee.
Presented by: Tom Zilla, CRPA
Action:
Provide comments to the CCMPO’s Performance Review Committee about the
Draft #6 Bylaws.
ITEM 7
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Future Meeting Dates
a.
Coordinating Committee: Tuesday, March 25, 2008, 6:00 pm;
College Township Municipal Building
2009-2012 Centre County Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
Centre
County
LRTP 2008 Update
Because of changes in the schedule for development of the 2009-2012 Centre County
Transportation
Improvement Program (TIP), the CCMPO Committees are now tentatively scheduled to
meet in April. April meetings were
not included in the original 2008 meeting schedule.
b.
Technical Committee: Wednesday, April 9, 2008, 9:30 am;
Location to be announced
2009-2012 Centre County Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
Centre
County
LRTP 2008 Update
I-80 Toll Conversion Project
c.
Coordinating Committee: Tuesday, April 22, 2008, 6:00 pm;
Location to be announced
2009-2012 Centre County Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
Centre
County
LRTP 2008 Update
I-80 Toll Conversion Project
d.
Technical Committee: Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 9:30 am;
Location to be announced
2009-2012 Centre County Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
Centre
County
LRTP 2008 Update
e.
Coordinating Committee: Tuesday, June 24, 2008, 6:00 pm
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Location to be announced
2009-2012 Centre County Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
Centre
County
LRTP 2008 Update
Draft Bylaws
2.
CCMPO staff contact information:
Centre Regional Planning Agency
Telephone:
814-231-3050
2643 Gateway
Drive
Fax:
814-231-3083
State College, PA
16801
Bob Crum, Director
rcrum@crcog.net
Tom Zilla, Transportation
Planner
tzilla@crcog.net
Trish Meek, Transportation Planner
tmeek@crcog.net
Greg Kausch, Transportation Planner
gkausch@crcog.net or
gkausch@catabus.com
Lori Shingler, Administrative Assistant lshingler@crcog.net
Centre County
Planning Office
Telephone:
814-355-6791
420 Holmes Street – Willowbank Office
Building
Fax:
814-355-8661
Bellefonte, PA 16823
Bob Jacobs, Director
rbjacobs@co.centre.pa.us
Sue Hannegan, Assistant Director
shannegan@co.centre.pa.us
Mike Bloom, Transportation
Planner
dmbloom@co.centre.pa.us
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