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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. R. H. Ellington
Mayor, Town
of Angier
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Mr. Keith Weatherly
Mayor, Town
of Apex
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Representative Not Yet Appointed
Town of Bunn
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Mr. Ernie McAlister
Mayor, Town
of Cary
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Mr. Robert Ahlert
Mayor
Pro-Tem, Town of Clayton
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Mr. Daryl Moss
Mayor, City
of Creedmoor
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Mr. John Sullivan
Federal Highway Administration
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Mr. Lynnwood Buffaloe
Commissioner,
Franklin County
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Ms. Jenny Edwards
Mayor, Town
of Franklinton
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Mr. John Byrne
Mayor, Town
of Fuquay-Varina
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Mr. Buck Kennedy
Alderman,
Town of Garner
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Mr. Hubert Gooch, Jr.
Commissioner,
Granville County
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Mr. Teddy Byrd
Commissioner,
Harnett County
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Mr. Dick Sears
Mayor, Town
of Holly
Springs
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Mr. Tony Braswell
Commissioner,
Johnston County
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Mr. Mike Chalk
Mayor
Pro-Tem, Town of Knightdale
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Ms. Jan Faulkner
Mayor, Town
of Morrisville
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Mr. Thomas Betts
Member, NC
Board of Transportation
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Mr. D.M. Campbell
Member, NC Board
of Transportation
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Ms. Nina Szlosberg
Member, NC
Board of Transportation
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Ms. Nancy Kelly
Mayor, Town
of Rolesville
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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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Mr. Bill Connelly
Mayor
Pro-Tem, Town of Wendell
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Ms. Kaye Yadusky
Commissioner,
Town of Youngsville
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Mr. Don Bumgarner
Mayor
Pro-Tem, Town of Zebulon
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N.C. Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
Transportation
Advisory Committee
March 15, 2006
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Wake County Commons
Conference Center
Building,
Room 100A
4012 Carya Drive
Raleigh, North
Carolina
AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS
·
Unified Planning Work Program
·
Capital Area MPO Self-Certification of Planning Process
·
Public Involvement Process Revisions
·
US-1
Corridor Study Update
·
US-1/New
Falls of Neuse Right of Way Issue
·
US-64
Corridor Study Update
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.
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N.C. CAPITAL AREA
METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION
TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
March 15, 2006
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Wake County
Commons
Conference Center Building, Room 100A
4012 Carya Drive
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 of February 15,
2006 TAC Meeting.
The minutes of the
February 15, 2006
TAC meeting, Attachment 4A,
will be distributed at the meeting.
TAC Action:
Approval of minutes.
5. FY
2006-2007 Unified Planning
Work Program
Annually, the Capital
Area MPO is required to prepare a Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) which
details and guides the urban area transportation planning activities. Funding for the UPWP is provided by the
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), as well as state and local governments. The UPWP identifies yearly
funding allocations to support the ongoing transportation planning activities
of the MPO. The UPWP must identify MPO
planning tasks to be undertaken with the use of federal transportation funds.
Areas of emphasis
for development of the UPWP were noted from the TCC (February 2005) and TAC
(October 2005) planning retreats. Those
areas of emphasis have been reviewed and included in the draft 2006-2007 UPWP
as appropriate.
Staff of the
Capital Area MPO, the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro MPO, Triangle J Council of
Governments, and the Triangle Transit Authority met on Friday, January 20, 2006 to discuss
coordination of joint work tasks and plans for their inclusion in
the upcoming UPWP.
The UPWP subcommittee for the Capital Area MPO met on February 9, 2006 and teleconferenced
on February 20, 2006
to review a draft UPWP for tasks specific to the Capital Area MPO and tasks
that are to be undertaken in cooperation with the agencies listed above.
Discussion of work activities presented in the draft FY 2006-2007 UPWP was also
held at the February 2, 2006
and March 2, 2006
TCC meetings.
The UPWP is being
presented today for review and comment.
Any comments received will be reviewed and included as appropriate, the
document will then be presented to the TCC on April 7, 2006 with the
expectation that it will be forwarded to the TAC with a recommendation of
approval at the April 19, 2006 TAC meeting.
The Draft FY
2006-2007 UPWP is enclosed as Attachment
5A.
TAC Action: Receive draft FY 2006-2007 UPWP for review
and comment as appropriate and authorize release for minimum 30 day public
comment period, to conclude April 19, 2006. Schedule hearing
to receive comments on the FY 2006-2007 UPWP to be conducted at the TAC meeting
on April 19, 2006.
6. Self-Certification Review
The Capital Area MPO annually conducts a
self-certification review as part of approving its Unified Planning Work
Program. The self-certification process
takes the form of the Capital Area MPO TAC adopting a resolution that
self-certifies that the MPO is fulfilling all federal
requirements for the transportation planning processes. A checklist of items reviewed during this
process is enclosed as Attachment
6A. The resolution
self-certifying the MPO is fulfilling all requirements for the transportation
planning process as put forth by the Federal guidelines is enclosed as Attachment
6B.
TAC
Action: Adopt Resolution of Self-Certification that the
MPO is fulfilling all federal requirements for the transportation planning
processes.
7. Capital Area MPO Public Involvement
Process
In February of 2005, a federal MPO
certification review was performed, the results of which indicated that our MPO
should evaluate its current public involvement process, with more frequent
reviews. These reviews would assist with
modification of the process, as needed, with the goal of improving public
outreach, particularly to minority and low-income (MLI) communities. As a result
of these review recommendations, the Capital Area MPO TAC approved conducting a
review of the MPO’s public involvement processes on
an annual basis, to be done in concert with
each year’s UPWP
development effort. This year, the
public involvement process was reviewed and modifications were suggested. These modifications include the following:
1. The public
involvement process shall be reviewed annually by MPO staff, the TCC, and the
TAC.
2. A 45-day public comment period will be
required if changes are made or if the document has not been revised in three
(3) years.
3. The Long-Range
Transportation Plan (LRTP) will be available for public comment for 45 days
prior to approval.
4. Addition of
language that clarifies the role of member governments in advertising public
meetings and the opportunity for public comment during planning activities
including (but not limited to) LRTP, Metropolitan Transportation Improvement
Program (MTIP), Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP), Air Quality Conformity
Determination, and other development processes
5. Updated the list
of newspapers that will receive press releases,
6. Changed the number
of legal notices required for the MTIP and the LRTP.
7. Addition of
language that requires notification, as necessary, of additional media contacts
and non-governmental contacts that represent minority and environmental
interests.
A
copy of the Capital Area MPO Public involvement Process (with proposed
revisions highlighted) is enclosed as Attachment
7A.
TAC Action: Receive
updated Capital Area MPO Public Involvement Process and authorize release for
45 day public comment period and set hearing, to receive public comment, to be
conducted during May 17, 2006 TAC meeting.
8. US-1
Corridor Study Update
The US-1 Corridor Study is underway. Several meetings of the Oversight Team and
Technical Oversight Committee have been held.
At the February 21,
2006 meeting, a newsletter which will be mailed to interested or
affected parties along the corridor was distributed. A copy of the newsletter will be distributed
at the March 2, 2006
meeting. Mr. Chip Russell, TCC Chair,
will present an update on the progress of this study. A copy of the US-1
Corridor Newsletter is enclosed as Attachment
8A.
TAC
Action: Receive update on US-1 Corridor Study.
9. US 1 / New Falls of Neuse Boulevard Right-of-Way
During the US 1 North Corridor Study
Oversight Committee meeting on February
21, 2006, information came to light regarding land previously reserved
by the Wakefield
development for the future construction of a single-point urban diamond
interchange and related roadway improvements in the area of the intersection of
US 1 and New Falls of Neuse Boulevard.
Information regarding the history of this parcel and recent NCDOT
actions follows.
On May 13, 1999, NCDOT and Wakefield Commercial, LLC and Effell, LLC entered into an agreement whereby by the end of
2002, NCDOT would purchase right of way located along the southeast corner of
the Wakefield development
adjacent to the intersection of US 1 and New Falls of Neuse Boulevard. That date expired without NCDOT having
completed the purchase; however, the reservation of right of way remained in
place. On May 18, 2005 a letter was sent
from NCDOT to the parcel owner withdrawing its “offer to purchase” the right of
way property (Attachment
9A) and on December 16, 2005 a second letter (Attachment
9B) was sent to the developer’s agent by NCDOT stating that the
property is “no longer needed” by the Department and the owners were being
released from their obligation of reservation.
These letters were sent to various NCDOT staff; however, apparently no
one at the MPO or the City of Raleigh (who
secured the reservation as a condition of approval of the Wakefield development) were
notified.
At its meeting on March 2, 2006, the TCC reviewed this matter
and recommended sending a letter to NCDOT Secretary Tippett, expressing several
concerns, including;
- Loss of opportunity to secure right-of-way needed for
constructing an interchange at this major intersection on US 1, one of NCDOT’s most important Strategic Highway Corridors, as
called for in the Long-Range Transportation Plan.
- Lengthy amount of time taken by NCDOT to negotiate
purchase of right-of-way after the STIP and MTIP were amended in November
1992 to include funds for this right-of-way purchase.
- Difficulty in protecting right-of-way needed for future
highway improvements if right-of-way purchases such as these are not
carried out in a timely fashion.
- Lack of notice by NCDOT to either MPO or City of Raleigh of actions
to be taken, either before or after the fact.
TAC
Action: Receive
information on US-1 right of way issue for discussion and action as
appropriate.
10. US 64 West Corridor Study – Phase 2
The North Carolina Department of
Transportation, in cooperation with the Capital Area MPO, Town of Apex, and Town of Cary, is preparing to
conduct a second phase of the US 64 West Corridor Study beginning in FY
2007. This phase of the study project
focuses on development of an access management plan along US 64 from US 1 in Cary to the eastern end
of the Pittsboro Bypass, in Chatham
County. This plan will identify transportation and
land development strategies, including interchanges, local access streets and
access management and implementation strategies, needed to transform the
roadway from its existing state to a more effective free-flowing highway
utilizing freeway, expressway, and super-street design concepts. Mr. David Wasserman of NCDOT’s Transportation Planning Branch,
will address the TCC on the scope and current status of this study.
TAC
Action: Receive update on US 64 Corridor Study
STAFF
REPORTS
11. Reports
from the Chair
Chip
Russell, TCC Chair
12. MPO
Staff Reports
Ed
Johnson, MPO Director
13. NCDOT Reports
Scott Walston / Sarah Smith – Transportation
Planning Branch
Richard
Greene - Division 4
Jon Nance / Wally
Bowman - Division 5
Terry Gibson -
Division 6
14. Other
Business and Pending Items
INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
PENDING ITEMS
Item #01 – Comprehensive
Transportation Plan (for Highways) – (Winter 2005-2006)
Item #02 – Capital Area MPO
Organization Structure - (Winter 2005-2006)
Item #03 - Joint MPO Socioeconomic Data Collection
/ Forecasting Process – (Winter 2005-2006)
UPCOMING MEETINGS
March 31, 2006 – Joint MPO TAC Task Force on Transportation
Funding
(9 AM – 11 AM, Research Triangle
Foundation, RTP)
April 6, 2006 – Capital Area MPO TCC Meeting
(10
AM – Noon, 301 Hillsborough Street
Building)
April 19, 2006 – Capital Area MPO TAC Meeting – Public
Hearing
(4 PM-6PM, Wake County
Commons Conference
Center)
May 17, 2006 – Capital Area MPO TAC Meeting – Public
Hearing
(4 PM-6PM, Wake County
Commons Conference
Center)