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Centre County
Metropolitan Planning
Organization (CCMPO)
Technical
Committee Meeting
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
9:30 am
College
Township Municipal Building
AGENDA
1.
Call to Order
2.
Approval of Minutes:
November 14, 2007 Technical Committee meeting
3.
Citizens’ Comments:
For items not on the agenda
4.
Member Reports:
Reports about a significant item(s) of interest from each member (limited to 1
minute)
No action required
5.
Preliminary Draft 2009-2012 Centre
County
Transportation
Improvement Program (TIP):
Review Preliminary Draft TIP for submission to PennDOT Central Office
Action: Recommendation to Coordinating Committee
6.
Draft FY 2008-09 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP):
Review Candidate Supplemental Planning Funds Projects
Action: Provide comments to staff
and Coordinating Committee
7.
Coordinated Public Transit - Human Services Transportation Plan:
Updates to Coordinated Plan
No action required
8.
Announcements
9.
Adjourn
ITEM 4
MEMBER REPORTS
About Significant Item(s) of Interest
This agenda item provides an opportunity for voting and non-voting members to
briefly report on an item(s) of significant interest within their organization,
municipality, or planning region.
Items of interest may relate to transportation, other infrastructure, capital
budgeting or land use.
Members are asked to limit their reports to approximately one minute in length.
In the future, the Committee may assess how the member report item is
structured on the agenda.
Voting members of the
Technical Committee include:
Centre
County
Bob Jacobs
Centre
County
open
Benner
Township
Doug Weikel
College Township
Kent Baker
Ferguson Township
David Modricker
Halfmoon Township
Karen Brown
Harris
Township
Paul Weener
Patton
Township
Brent Brubaker
Spring Township
Bill MacMath
State College Borough
Amy Story
Penns
Valley
Planning Region
Ray Hankinson
Lower Bald Eagle Valley Planning Region
Xochi Confer
Upper Bald Eagle Valley Planning Region
open
Moshannon Valley Planning Region
open
Mountaintop Planning Region
Michele Barbin
Centre Area Transportation Authority
Hugh Mose
Centre Regional Planning Commission
Bob Crum
PennDOT Central Office (Harrisburg)
Harold Nanovic
PennDOT District 2-0 Office (Clearfield)
Karen Michael
Non-voting members of the Technical Committee include:
Bellefonte Borough
Sue Hannegan
Pennsylvania State University
Teresa Davis
Federal Highway
Administration
Matt Smoker
Federal Transit Administration
Karen Roscher
Presented by: Committee
members
No action required
ITEM 5
2009-2012 CENTRE COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (TIP)
Review Preliminary Draft TIP
for Submission to PennDOT Central Office
TIP Summary Highway Element Preliminary Draft
TIP Summary Transit Element Preliminary Draft
In Pennsylvania, the
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and the Twelve Year Transportation
Program (TYP) are updated every two years, with the update process traditionally
taking approximately one year.
Guidance documents for preparing the new 2009-2012 TIP and TYP were provided to
MPOs and RPOs in June 2007. Updated
financial guidance was provided to the MPOs and RPOs in September 2007.
At the September and November 2007 CCMPO meetings, staff provided an overview of
transportation issues in Centre County relative to the new TIP.
During that time period, PennDOT updated costs and schedules for highway
and bridge projects, leading to the development of a
Preliminary Draft Highway Element of the TIP, in consultation with MPO staff.
CATA and MPO staff have also developed a Preliminary Draft Transit
Element of the TIP.
A Preliminary Draft TIP must be submitted to PennDOT by January 25, 2008.
The PennDOT Central Office will provide comments to the CCMPO about the
Preliminary Draft TIP by February 22, 2008.
In late March 2008, the CCMPO will approve a Final Draft TIP for public
review, and adoption of the TIP by the CCMPO is scheduled for late June 2008.
At the meeting, staff will review the following attachments:
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Summary of the Preliminary Draft TIP (highway element) |
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Summary of the Preliminary Draft TIP (transit element) |
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An overview of the highway element of the new TIP follows:
Includes Act 44 revenue:
-
New Pavement Restoration line item in all four years
- Additional bridge projects
Carries over several highway projects from the 2007-2010 TIP, including but not
limited to:
-
Route 26 Pine Grove Mountain,
Route 350 Sandy Ridge, and Route 322 Potter Township safety improvement
projects.
- North Atherton Street Signal Improvement project
- Whitehall Road/University Drive Extension project
-
Old Fort Park
and Ride Lot
Carries over Betterment projects from the 2007-2010 TIP, including but not
limited to:
- Route 45 near Old Fort
- Route
550 Bishop Street
Includes a limited number of new highway projects:
-
Route 26/64 Pleasant Gap Betterment project
- Route 150 Congested Corridors Improvement Program project (additional phases)
Reflects latest PennDOT District 2-0 bridge priorities:
-
Additional phases of bridge projects being carried forward from 2007-2010 TIP
- New projects are being added
Approaches are being considered for distributing Congestion Mitigation and Air
Quality (CMAQ) allocation:
-
Potential line item setaside for public transit projects
- Project selection process
Includes a small portion of funding for the Construction phase of the I-80
Section A18 Local Access Interchange from the base allocation (formula) of
funds. The CCMPO has requested the
PennDOT Central Office to allocate spike funds for the Construction phase of the
interchange. The latest estimate of
cost for the interchange is approximately $43 million.
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The Technical Committee should review the attached information, receive the
staff report, and provide a recommendation to the CCMPO Coordinating Committee
about the submission of a Preliminary Draft TIP to the PennDOT Central
Office.
The Coordinating Committee will consider the recommendation at its
January 22, 2008 meeting.
Presented by:
Tom Zilla, CRPA; Vickie Rusnak, PennDOT District 2-0
Action: Recommendation to the
Coordinating Committee about submission of a Preliminary Draft 2009-2012 Centre
County TIP to the PennDOT Central Office.
ITEM 6
FY 2008-09 UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM (UPWP)
Review Candidate Supplemental Planning Funds Projects
FY 2008-09 Potential SPF Projects
Each year in February, the MPO adopts a UPWP for the fiscal year which begins on
July 1 of that year and ends on June 30 of the following year.
The UPWP lists the work tasks to be completed by the CRPA and the CCPCDO
on behalf of the CCMPO. Staff is
currently operating under the FY 2007-08 UPWP.
At the November 2007 CCMPO meetings, staff presented PennDOT’s priorities for
the FY 2008-09 UPWP, and reviewed candidate projects for supplemental planning
funds. As directed by the
Coordinating Committee, staff prepared descriptions of three candidate projects
for supplemental planning funds.
The purpose of this agenda item is to review the candidate supplemental planning
funds projects.
The Technical Committee should review the candidate supplemental planning funds
projects, and provide comments to staff and the Coordinating Committee relative
to priorities for supplemental planning funds.
A draft FY 2008-09 UPWP will be prepared by staff for presentation to the CCMPO
Committees in February 2008. The
UPWP must be adopted by the Coordinating Committee and submitted to the PennDOT
Central Office by February 29, 2008.
Presented by:
Tom Zilla, CRPA
Action:
Provide comments to staff and the Coordinating Committee about the
candidate supplemental planning funds projects.
ITEM 7
COORDINATED PUBLIC TRANSIT - HUMAN SERVICES
TRANSPORTATION PLAN
Updates to Coordinated Plan
In May 2007, the CCMPO Coordinating Committee adopted its Coordinated Public
Transit - Human Services Transportation Plan.
A Coordinated Plan must be adopted by the CCMPO in order for eligible
project sponsors such as CATA and the Centre County Office of Transportation (CCOT) to access federal funds from the Jobs Access Reverse Commute (low income
individuals, reverse commuters), New Freedom (persons with disabilities), and
Section 5310 (senior citizens) programs.
In October 2007, the PennDOT Central Office provided guidance about updates
needed to ensure that Coordinated Plans are in compliance with the most recent
federal metropolitan transportation planning regulations.
PennDOT has stipulated that fully-compliant plans must be adopted and
submitted to the Central Office by February 29, 2008.
Staff anticipates that minor revisions to the CCMPO’s adopted Coordinated Plan
are needed to ensure full compliance with federal regulations.
At the meeting, staff will review the revisions anticipated to be needed.
A revised Plan will be presented to the CCMPO Committees in February for
adoption.
The Technical Committee should receive the staff presentation about revisions to
the Coordinated Plan, and provide comments to
facilitate the preparation of a revised Coordinated Plan.
Presented by: Greg
Kausch, CRPA
No action required
ITEM 8
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Future Meeting Dates
a. Coordinating Committee:
Tuesday, January 22, 2008, 6:00 pm;
College Township Municipal
Building
ð
Election of Officers
ð
Preliminary Draft 2009-2012 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
ð
FY 2008-09 Unified Planning Work Program
ð
Coordinated Public Transit - Human Services Transportation Plan
ð
2008 meeting schedule
b. Technical Committee:
Wednesday, February 13, 2008, 9:30 am
(tentative);
Location to be announced
ð
Election of Officers
ð
FY 2008-09 Unified Planning Work Program
ð
Coordinated Public Transit - Human Services Transportation Plan
ð
Centre
County Long
Range
Transportation Plan (LRTP) 2008 Update
ð
I-80 Toll Conversion Project
ð
2008 meeting schedule
c. Coordinating Committee:
Tuesday, February 26, 2008, 6:00 pm
(tentative);
Location to be announced
ð
FY 2008-09 Unified Planning Work Program
ð
Coordinated Public Transit - Human Services Transportation Plan
ð
Centre
County Long
Range
Transportation Plan (LRTP) 2008 Update
ð
I-80 Toll Conversion Project
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
Mike Bloom,
Transportation Planner
dmbloom@co.centre.pa.us
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