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TAC Members
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Mr. Joe Bryan, TAC Chair
Commissioner, Wake County
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Mr. Charles Meeker, TAC Vice Chair
Mayor, City of Raleigh
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Mr. Don Bumgarner
Mayor Pro-Tem, Town of Zebulon
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Mr. Sam Bridges
Mayor, Town of Garner
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Mr. John Byrne
Mayor, Town of Fuquay Varina
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Mr. Mike Chalk
Councilman, Town of Knightdale
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Mr. Bill Connelly
Mayor Pro-Tem, Town of Wendell
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Ms. Jan Faulkner
Mayor Pro-Tem, Town of Morrisville
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Ms. Ann Franklin
Board Member, Triangle Transit Authority
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Ms. Vivian Jones
Mayor, Town of Wake Forest
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Ms. Nancy Kelly
Mayor, Town of Rolesville
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Mr. Ernie McAlister
Mayor, Town of Cary
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Mr. Dick Sears
Mayor, Town of Holly Springs
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Mr. John Sullivan
Federal Highway Administration
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Ms. Nina Szlosberg
Board Member, NCDOT Division Five
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Mr. Keith Weatherly
Mayor, Town of Apex
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N.C.Capital Area Metropolitan Planning
Organization
Transportation
Advisory committee
September 21,
2005
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
City Council Chambers
Raleigh Municipal Building
Avery C. Upchurch Government Complex
222 West Hargett
Street
Raleigh, North Carolina
AGENDA
HIGHLIGHTS
·
FY 2006-2012 MTIP and Air Quality Conformity Report
·
REsolution concerning t.w.Alexander
Drive
·
capital area mpo 2007-2013 regional project priority list
·
Strategic Corridor Study – US
64/NC49
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regional its strategies
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supplemental agreement – itre service bureau
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update on i-540/old milburnie bridge dedication
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STRATEGIC PLANNING WORK SESSION Agenda
The Capital AreA
MPO 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).
N.C. Capital Area
Metropolitan Planning
Organization
The Capital Area MPO coordinates transportation
planning in Wake County and portions of Franklin,
Granville, Johnston, and Harnett counties. The
public is encouraged to speak at both the Transportation Advisory Committee and
the Technical Coordinating Committee meetings. There is an opportunity
for the public to comment on agenda items at the beginning of each
meeting. When speaking please tell us your name and place of residence;
please limit comments to three minutes per speaker.
This agenda and the accompanying attachments can be
accessed via the CAMPO website at
www.campo-nc.us.
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
September
21, 2005
– 4:00 PM
2nd Floor City Council Chambers, Raleigh Municipal Bldg.
Avery C. Upchurch
Governmental Complex
222 West Hargett Street
Raleigh, North Carolina
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 August
17, 2005
TAC meeting are enclosed as Attachment 4.
TAC Action: Approval.
5. FY 2006-2012
MTIP and Air Quality Conformity Report (Continued Public Hearing)
The N.C. Board of Transportation (NCBOT) approved
the FY 2006-2012 State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) on July
7, 2005.
Following that approval, the Capital Area MPO’s Metropolitan Transportation
Improvement Program (MTIP) for FY 2006-2012 and the companion Air Quality
Conformity Determination (AQCD) Report were released for a public comment
period of at least 30 days (July 15, 2005 through August
17, 2005).
A public hearing was scheduled and held at the TAC’s
August 17 meeting. Final approval of the 2006-2012 MTIP is scheduled at
the TAC’s September
21, 2005
meeting. This approval includes the determination that the FY 2006-2012
MTIP conforms to the State’s implementation plan for attaining the National
Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). Members received a copy of the
Capital Area MPO’s MTIP for FY 2006-2012 and the companion Air Quality
Conformity Determination (AQCD) Report in their August 2005 agenda
packet. The documents have been published and advertised for public review
and comment. Additional copies will be made available at the TAC meeting
or on request and are available on the MPO’s web site at:
http://www.campo-nc.us
The FY 2006-2012 MTIP and Air Quality
Conformity Report was presented for adoption at the August 17 TAC meeting
with several proposed changes to the highway and transit elements recommended
by the TCC. Mayor Meeker expressed disappointment that there
was no improvement in the TIP situation, and that Wake and the surrounding
counties are donors to other parts of the State. He indicated that on
projects where the City of Raleigh has designated funds, the
State match is missing and that he therefore would not vote to approve the
MTIP. Ms. Szlosberg suggested allowing an
additional 30 days for approval to see what work can be done and still meet the
October deadline for federal requirements. Mayor Meeker reiterated that
there need to be some changes or there would not be an affirmative vote on this
MTIP. Ms. Szlosberg indicated that since the
State adopted the TIP in July, CAMPO cannot offer amendments to the TIP until
October and the signal system project cannot be moved forward until that
time. She suggested setting up a meeting with key people, including representatives
of NCDOT, specifically Secretary Tippett, and Mr. Ken
Spaulding to avoid problems. Mayor Meeker stated that the plan could be
approved subject to the needed amendments coming October
1, 2005.
Adoption
of the FY 2006-2012 MTIP was postponed until the September meeting. A
meeting was held with the NCDOT representatives listed above
on August 24, 2005. NCDOT representatives
stated that a response to issues discussed would be forthcoming
prior to the September 21 TAC meeting.
The issues presented and discussed with NCDOT were
as follows:
1) Raleigh Signal
System Upgrade (including Regional ITS enhancements)
($4.2 million of state matching funding needed),
2) New Falls of Neuse Boulevard / Bridge
($2.6 Million of state matching funds needed),
3) Acceleration of
completion of Western Wake Freeway (I-540) from
NC
55 near RTP to the NC 55 Holly Springs Bypass,
4) Widening
of I-40 from US1/64 in Cary to Wade Avenue,
5) Acceleration
of completion of the widening of US 401 in Northeast Wake County,
including the Rolesville Bypass
6) Widening
of I-40 from the I-440 Raleigh Beltline to NC 42
(the need will be greatly increased by
the completion of the US 70 Clayton
Bypass now under
construction).
As of this agenda mailing on September
14, 2005,
NCDOT has provided a written response to Item 2 (the
proposed Falls of Neuse Boulevard / Bridge) only. That response is
enclosed as Attachment 5A.
If the TAC does not approve the FY06-12 MTIP at
this meeting, or before it goes is to go into effect on October
1, 2005 a TIP /
Conformity Lapse will ensue. If the TAC does approve the MTIP but NCDOT
chooses not to agree with it in whole or to “agree to
disagree” with the MPO on certain elements of it a TIP / Conformity
Lapse will still ensue. Such a lapse would freeze federal
funding being authorized for any NCDOT projects in Wake County and also any non-
exempt NCDOT projects in counties
in the Triangle currently designated as being in non-attainment of the USEPA’s 8-hour air quality standards. The schedules
for NCDOT projects currently on NCDOT’s 12-month
letting list for these counties, that could be a delayed by such a funding
lapse, is enclosed as Attachment 5B.
Correspondence from FHWA to TAC chair Joe Bryan dated August
22, 2005,
providing further information about the implications of such a lapse is
enclosed as Attachment 5C.
The CAMPO recommended revisions to the NCDOT
proposed TIP for FY06-12 are shown on Attachment 5D.
Resolutions
adopting the FY 06-12 MTIP and Air Quality Conformity Report are enclosed as Attachment 5E
and Attachment
5F accordingly.
TAC
Action:
Continue Public Hearing on FY 2006-2012 MTIP and Air Quality Conformity Report and
Finding. Close hearing and public comment period. As recommended by the TCC,
(1) Approve the FY 2006-2012 Capital Area MPO MTIP with the schedule revisions
and corrections for the six projects and transit funding sections as identified
in Attachment 5D; and (2)
Approve the finding of determination that the FY06-12 MTIP conforms to the
North Carolina Statewide Implementation Plan for Air Quality as a subset of the
MPO’s conforming 2030 Long-Range Transportation Plan.
6.
Resolution stating the Capital Area MPO’s position concerning T.W. Alexander Drive
The TAC previously adopted a resolution expressing
support for the T.W. Alexander Drive project under certain
conditions, including that there be no negative impact on the MPO’s other priority
projects due to application of state’s equity formula. As those
conditions have not been met, the TAC may wish to reconsider its support for
the project. At its meeting on September 6, 2005, the Raleigh City
Council passed a resolution withdrawing its support for this project and also
requesting that the North Carolina General Assembly eliminate the special
budget provision from the 2005-2006 budget (Sec. 28.23(b)) directing NCDOT to
construct the project in question, an extension of T.W. Alexander Drive linking
US 70 to Leesville Road. A similar resolution for the Capital Area MPO
TAC to consider adopting is enclosed as Attachment 6.
TAC Action: Discussion and
action as deemed appropriate.
7. Capital Area
MPO 2007-2013 Regional Project Priority List
The TCC and TAC members agreed, during their May
meetings, on a schedule for development of the 2007-2013 Project Priority
list. Attachment 7A
shows the up-to-date schedule of activity for development of the 2007-2013
Project Priority List.
The Capital Area MPO’s TIP/Project Priority
Subcommittee met on Friday, July 15, 2005 to discuss the process to
be used in prioritizing transportation projects from throughout the
region. This process was to incorporate the priority TIP projects
submitted by the governments of counties in the process of becoming official
members of the Capital Area MPO. Those counties (Franklin, Granville, Harnett, and Johnston) were in previous years solely
members of Rural Planning Organizations (RPOs) and
had developed their transportation priority lists individually. High
priority corridors identified by the RPOs for these
counties include US 401 in Franklin
County, I-40 in Johnston County, NC 55 and US 401
in Harnett County and NC 50 and I-85 in Granville
County.
During the June 15, 2005 TAC meeting, Chairman
Bryan requested, given the time frame allowed, that the priority list undergo
objective technical analysis as part of its development. The
subcommittee directed staff to initially compile the list of projects from
throughout the region, perform an update of the user benefits analyses and
score those projects based on criteria developed during the previous
comprehensive transportation priority setting exercise. It was discovered
that criteria other than that used by Wake County were used for projects submitted
by new member jurisdictions. The new member jurisdictions used criteria
developed by the RPO to which they belonged. After a thorough review
during three TIP Subcommittee meetings, the staff determined that the best
approach to scoring projects should come from the results of the User Benefit
Analysis and the Highway Benefits Comparison Model.
The Capital Area MPO staff and the TIP/Project
Priority Subcommittee have been working on the FY 2007-2013 Project Priority List
addressing issues involving technical analysis and geographic equity. Attachment
7B has tables listing priorities for proposed roadway, transit,
bicycle/pedestrian, and enhancement projects, as well as several advanced
planning studies that the TCC’s TIP/Project Priority
Subcommittee is currently recommending for adoption by the Capital Area MPO
TAC.
TAC Action: Review FY 2007-2013
Regional Project Priority List for comments and guidance as appropriate.
Authorize continuance of the public comment period on this currently
recommended draft TIP priority requests list from September
21, 2005
to October 14, 2005. Schedule
consideration of TAC approval of the FY 2007-2013 TIP Regional Priorities List
to occur during a business meeting to be held at the conclusion of the TAC’s Strategic Planning Work Session at Lake Wheeler Park
on October 19 (9AM to 1 PM, lunch provided).
8. Regional Intelligent
Transportation System (ITS) Strategies
An update on the region’s Intelligent
Transportation System (ITS) strategies will be given Mr. Jake Petrosky of the
Capital Area MPO staff and Ms. Cheryl Evans of NCDOT.
TAC Action: Receive information for
discussion and action as appropriate.
9. Supplemental
Agreement with NCDOT for Travel Surveys by ITRE TRM Service Bureau
On September 2, 2003, the City Council
authorized the execution of an agreement with the North Carolina Department of
Transportation (NCDOT) for support of the development of the Triangle Regional
Travel Demand Model. The Triangle Regional Travel Demand Model (also
known as the Triangle Regional Model or TRM) is a key tool in the preparation
of the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization’s (MPO’s) Long Range
Transportation plan, and to establishing air quality conformity, a necessary
element in accessing federal funds. The TRM is a joint effort by four
partner agencies: the Capital Area MPO, the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro
Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO); the Triangle Transit Authority
(TTA); and the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT). With
the goal of improving the timeliness of model forecasts as well as quality of
output, these partners agreed to centralize the technical work of model updates
and enhancements at what is known as a Service Bureau.
This Service Bureau is housed at the Institute for
Transportation Research and Education (ITRE) at NC State University. The
partners further agreed to fund this Service Bureau by equally sharing in the
cost. To simplify contracting issues, the Service Bureau was funded in a
single
agreement between ITRE and NCDOT, in
August, 2003 the three other agencies, including the City of Raleigh entered into an agreement
with NCDOT for their share of the total contract.
The Supplemental Agreement, being proposed between
NCDOT and the City of Raleigh, as the host government
for the MPO’s lead planning agency, is to provide for funding for travel
surveys and associated model updates as required by the US Department of
Transportation. These travel surveys will provide comprehensive information and
a consistent set of data on current travel patterns which will support
improvements in model performance and ensure accurate future forecasts.
A memorandum from MPO Director Ed Johnson to the
Raleigh City Manager J. Russell Allen, providing further information as well as
the Supplemental Agreement is shown as Attachment 9.
The MPO’s FY 2005-2006 Unified Planning Work
Program (UPWP) includes the funding for the current fiscal year for the
proposed travel surveys. Subsequent UPWPs for the
next two fiscal years will also need to reflect funding for the continuance of
these planned surveys and model enhancement services.
TAC Action: Receive information.
10. Dedication of I-540 / Old Milburnie Road Bridge to Mr. M.W. Bennett
During the November
17, 2004
TAC meeting, MPO Director Ed Johnson explained that the Capital Area MPO
received a citizen’s request to have the I-540/Old Milburnie
Road Bridge, currently under construction, dedicated to his grandfather Mr. M.
W. Bennett. Mr. Bennett was the last Coroner for Wake County. Correspondence
recommending approval of this request was forwarded to NCDOT on behalf of
CAMPO. The response received from NCDOT Secretary Lyndo
Tippett indicated that current NCDOT policy does not
recognize requests from MPOs. CAMPO staff along with a subcommittee of
TAC members developed a proposed policy to address future requests for
transportation facility dedications. TAC members received, in their
agenda packets, an initial draft of the proposed policy and procedures to be
used for future transportation facility dedication requests. The TAC
approved the policy as outlined. As a follow up to this item, NCDOT staff
has updated the Capital Area MPO on the status of the bridge dedication,
indicating that no action has been taken pending Division 5 notification that
the highway project has progressed to the completion stage. The current
NCDOT position is that the request might come before the Bridge Naming
Committee in November, 2005 and then to the full Board of Transportation in
December, 2005.
TAC Action: Receive information
for discussion and action as appropriate.
11. TAC Strategic Planning
Work Session
The Capital Area MPO Transportation Advisory
Committee will hold their fall Strategic Planning Work Session on Wednesday,
October 19, 2005 at Lake Wheeler Park in south Raleigh from 9
AM
to 1 PM with lunch provided for attendees. The
facilitator for this work session will be Mr. Warren Miller of Fountain Works, Inc.,
who facilitated
the TCC’s Retreat held in February,
2005.
A brief overview of the proposed schedule and
intended outcomes will be presented at this meeting by MPO
Director Ed Johnson.
TAC Action: Receive information
for discussion and guidance as appropriate.
STAFF REPORTS
12. Reports from the Chair
Chip Russell, TCC Chair
13. MPO Staff Reports
Ed Johnson, MPO Director
14. NCDOT Reports
Scott Walston / Sarah Smith – Transportation Planning
Branch
Jon Nance / Wally Bowman - Division 5
15. Other Business and
Pending Items
INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
16. 2005 North Carolina MPO Conference
Information on the 2005 NC MPO Conference being
held in Greenville on October
26-28, 2005
is enclosed. This annual conference is the primary opportunity for
MPOs, RPOs, and NCDOT to share information. TAC
and TCC members are encouraged to attend and participate.
PENDING ITEMS
Item #01 – Comprehensive Transportation Plan (for Highways) – (Fall 2005)
Item #02 – Capital Area MPO
Organization Structure - (Fall 2005)
Item #03 - Joint MPO Socioeconomic Data Collection
/ Forecasting Process – (Winter 2005-2006)
UPCOMING MEETINGS
Oct. 6,
2005
– Capital Area MPO TCC Meeting (10 AM, 301 Hillsborough Bldg.
Room 110, Raleigh)
Oct. 19,
2005
– Capital Area MPO TAC Strategic Planning Retreat (9 AM – 1
PM,
Lake Wheeler)
Nov. 3,
2005
– Capital Area MPO TCC Meeting (10 AM, 301 Hillsborough Bldg.
Room 110, Raleigh)
Nov. 16,
2005
– Capital Area MPO TAC Meeting (4 PM, Raleigh City Council Chamber, Raleigh)
Nov. 30,
2005
– Joint TAC Meeting with DCHC MPO (9:30 AM – 12
Noon,
location TBD)