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TAC Members |
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Mr. Joe Bryan, TAC Chair Commissioner,
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Mr. Charles Meeker, TAC Vice Chair Mayor, City
of |
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Mr. Don Bumgarner Mayor
Pro-Tem, Town of |
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Mr. Sam Bridges Mayor, Town
of |
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Mr. John Byrne Mayor, Town
of |
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Mr. Mike Chalk Councilman,
Town of |
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Mr. Bill Connelly Mayor
Pro-Tem, Town of |
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Ms. Jan Faulkner Mayor
Pro-Tem, Town of |
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Ms. Ann Franklin Board
Member, Triangle Transit Authority |
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Ms. Vivian Jones Mayor, Town
of |
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Ms. Nancy Kelly Mayor, Town
of |
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Mr. Ernie McAlister Mayor, Town
of |
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Mr. Dick Sears Mayor, Town
of |
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Mr. John Sullivan |
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Ms. Nina Szlosberg Board
Member, NCDOT Division Five |
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Mr. Keith Weatherly Mayor, Town
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The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
Transportation Advisory committee
City Council Chambers
Avery C. Upchurch Government
Complex
AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS
·
review
of the Annual capital area mpo unified planning work program
·
Federal
Transit Administration Section 5307 Appropriation
·
capital
area mpo 2007-2013 mtip request
·
US
1 NORTH corridor study AUTHORIZATION
·
MPO
REORGANIZATION – RESOURCES
The
CAMPO Vision:
A multi-modal transportation
network that is compatible with our growth, sensitive to the environment,
improves quality of life and is accessible to all (2030 LRTP).
The Capital
Area
Metropolitan
Planning Organization
The
Capital Area MPO coordinates transportation planning in
This
agenda and the accompanying attachments can be accessed via the CAMPO website
at
In
compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), accommodations will
be provided for persons requiring assistance in order to participate in the
N.C. Capital Area MPO’s meetings. If
such assistance is needed or to request this document in an alternative format,
please contact the MPO’s office at 919-807-8511 (voice), 919-807-8517 (fax), or
919-890-3107 (TTY located at City of Raleigh Public Affairs Dept.) at least 72
hours in advance of the meeting.
N.C. CAPITAL AREA
METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION
TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
2nd
Avery C. Upchurch
Governmental Complex
AGENDA
1. Preliminaries
2. Adjustments to
the Agenda
3. Public
Comments
This is an opportunity for comments by those in
attendance. Please limit comments to three minutes for each speaker.
4. Approval
of Minutes
The minutes of the
TAC Action:
Approval.
5. Draft FY 2005-2006 Unified Planning
Work Program (UPWP)
Annually, the Capital Area MPO develops and
approves its Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) that sets forth the upcoming
fiscal year’s transportation planning activities. Funding for the UPWP is provided through a
variety of sources including; the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the Federal
Transit Administration (FTA), state and local governments. The UPWP identifies the specific amounts of
these various funding sources proposed to be used for each planning work task,
that together define the overall transportation planning activities of the
MPO. Work tasks are identified by an
alphanumeric task code and description.
A more extensive generic description of each work task is contained in a
companion document known as the Prospectus for Continuing Transportation
Planning for the Capital Area MPO, most recently approved by the Transportation
Advisory Committee on
Funding source tables indicate the proposed
federal planning fund sources and the amounts of non-federal matching
funds. The match is provided through
either local or state funds or both.
Statewide Planning and Research Funds (SPR) reflect the amount of funds
to be expended by the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s
Transportation Planning Branch on Capital Area MPO activities. Section 104(f) Funds and Section 133(b) (3)
(7) are a portion of STP-DA Funds used in MPO planning. Section 5303 and 5307 funds are used by the
area’s transit agencies. Transit
agencies such as Capital Area Transit and the Triangle Transit Authority (TTA)
are also recipients of funds used for planning purposes. The TCC and TAC have conducted
their initial reviews of the 2005-2006 UPWP
during their March 3 and March 16 meetings respectively. Additional review of the draft UPWP was
conducted by the Capital Area MPO’s
The UPWP also is utilized as the instrument the
MPO making a self-certification finding that its planning process fully addresses
all current federal transportation planning requirements. The UPWP contains a checklist of the items to
be considered in the self-certification review along with brief responses on
their current status.
TAC
Action: The TCC recommends the following actions by
the TAC:
(1) Approval of the MPO’s
UPWP for FY 2005-2006 with the associated resolution.
(2) Approval of the MPO’s
Self-Certification Finding with the associated resolution.
6. Federal
Transit Administration (FTA) Section 5307 Appropriation
In accordance with the
FTA requirements, each federal fiscal year the MPO is required to submit a
letter to FTA documenting the MPO’s approval of the distribution of FTA Section
5307 transit funds between the City of Raleigh, the Triangle Transit Authority
(TTA), and the Town of Cary. The City of
TAC
Action: The TCC recommends that the TAC approve the
proposed FY 2005 FTA Section 5307 Appropriation as identified through the
correspondence.
7. NCDOT Draft
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for FY 2006-2012
The FY 2006-2012 TIP Project Priority List
adopted by the Capital Area MPO Transportation Advisory Committee on
On January 6, 2005, NCDOT indicated that the
upcoming draft TIP for FY 2006-2012 was being adjusted to rebalance funding
levels between the state’s 14 highway divisions to bring expenditures executed
since 1999 back into compliance with the equity formula originally established
by the Highway Trust Fund Act of 1989 as subsequently modified in 1999 to
require precise funding compliance within each Highway division. NCDOT indicated that this rebalancing would
require removing $326 million of proposed funding from Division Five over the
next seven years of the TIP. At the time
of the announcement, high priority highway projects in Wake County proposed to
be delayed included; I-40 from US 1/64 to Wade Avenue, I-440 from I-40 to Wade
Avenue, US 401 from Rolesville to Louisburg, and I-540 (Western Wake Freeway)
from NC 55 to US 1. NCDOT’s Draft TIP for FY 2006-2012 was released on
NCDOT has also indicated that it intends to
switch to adopting TIPs on odd-numbered years, beginning later this year. It had originally announced wanting input for
the FY 2007-2103 TIP by June, 2005 with a draft TIP to be released in October,
2005 for final approval in mid-2006.
Several MPOs and RPOs expressed concern that adequate time to provide
meaningful input was not being allowed, so NCDOT has subsequently agreed to
extend its deadline for input to October, 2005 with the draft FY 2007-2013 TIP
being released in December, 2005.
NCDOT has scheduled meetings around the state to
receive comments on the draft FY2006-2012 TIP as well as input for the FY
2007-2013 TIP. The combined meeting for both Division 4 and 5 is scheduled to be
held in Rocky Mount on May 12, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at the City Council Chambers, 3rd
Floor. Registration to speak will begin at
Excerpts of the FY 2006-2012 TIP pertaining to our
MPO’s counties including various comparisons are enclosed as Attachments
7-1, 7-2,
7-3,
& 7-4)
TAC
Action: Receive information for discussion and action
as appropriate.
8. US 1
Corridor Study – Selection of Consultant
The Capital Area MPO advertised for proposals
for technical assistance in conducting the proposed US 1 North Corridor Study (from
I-540 to north of the Town of
Based on the submitted proposals, the top four
consulting firms’ proposed study teams were interviewed. Following the interview, additional research
and background checks were conducted on the preferred consultant team, that
included the following communities: (1)
The US 1 Corridor Study Subcommittee recommended
to the TCC that the consulting firm of RS&H Architects-Engineers-Planners
from
In the event that negotiations for specific
study contractual agreement were unsuccessful with RS&H, the TCC
subcommittee recommended that the second and third choice for consultants to
conduct the study be Stantec and Louis Berger Associates, respectively. At its
meeting on
TAC
Action: The TCC recommends that the TAC authorize the
study sponsors to negotiate a contractual agreement with the consulting firm of
RS&H to conduct the US 1 North Corridor Study and a multi-party interlocal
agreement among the four study sponsors for providing full funding the
study. In the event that negotiations
for the study contract are not successful with RS&H, the TCC recommends
that the second and third choice for consultants to be negotiated with to
conduct this study; which would be Stantec and Louis Berger Associates,
respectively
9. Capital Area MPO Reorganization –
Resources
Since its inception in the early 1970’s, the
City of
To address the appropriate staffing requirements
and management oversight mechanisms necessary to adequately serve the desired
service levels of staff to members of the expanded MPO, the TAC may wish to
appoint an executive sub-committee to meet and develop recommendations for the
TAC to consider enacting.
TAC
Action: Appointment of an executive subcommittee of
the TAC to review desired staffing levels for the Capital Area MPO.
STAFF
REPORTS
10. Reports
from the Chair
Chip
Russell, TCC Chair
11. MPO Staff
Reports
12. NCDOT
Reports
Jon
Nance / Wally Bowman - Division 5
13. Adjourn
PENDING
ITEMS
Item
#01 – Comprehensive Transportation Plan (for Highways) – (Fall 2005)
Item
#02 – Capital Area MPO Organization Structure - (Fall 2005)
SPECIAL NOTE: Immediately following this meeting, there
will be a reception at the Raleigh City Museum (located at 220 Fayetteville St Mall, Raleigh, 27601 - (919)
832-3775) hosted by the Regional
Transportation Alliance to welcome the Capital Area MPO’s new member
governments. Immediately following,
there will be a reception hosted by the RTA honoring the Greater Triangle’s
state and local elected officials. Those
planning to attend are asked to confirm their intention to do so by calling Ms.
Katie Rivett at 919-664-7062.