CENTRE COUNTY METROPOLITAN
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Centre Wednesday, April 16, 2008 9:30 am
AGENDA
1.
Call to Order
2.
Approval of Minutes:
March 12, 2008 Technical Committee meeting
3.
Citizens’ Comments:
For items not on the agenda
4.
Member Reports:
5.
Final Draft 2009-2012 Centre
Action: Recommendation to approve Final Draft TIP for public comment
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Action: Recommendation to approve
Final Draft LRTP 2008 Update for public comment
7.
Announcements
8.
Adjourn
ITEM 4 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.
Voting members of the
Technical Committee include:
Lower Bald
Upper Bald Eagle Valley Planning Region
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Mountaintop Planning Region
Centre Area Transportation Authority
Centre Regional Planning Commission
PennDOT Central Office (
PennDOT District 2-0 Office (
Non-voting members of the Technical Committee include:
Bellefonte Borough
Federal Transit Administration Keith Lynch
Presented by: Committee
members
ITEM 5 FINAL DRAFT 2009-2012 CENTRE COUNTY Revisions to Preliminary Draft TIP
and PennDOT Central Office Comments
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On February 5, 2008, Governor Ed Rendell announced a new initiative to expand
the program for repairing or replacing structurally deficient state bridges.
Following the announcement, PennDOT District 2-0 added bridge projects to
the Preliminary Draft TIP, in order to meet targets established by the PennDOT
Central Office for the expenditure of bridge funds, and for the number of SD
bridges to be advanced. By April
11, 2008, the PennDOT Central Office will provide its response to the revised
Preliminary Draft TIPs, and to requests for spike funding for highway and bridge
projects.
In March, the CCMPO Committees received a report about revisions to the
Preliminary Draft TIP, and agreed to schedule meetings in April to review and
approve a Final Draft TIP, following receipt of the Central Office response.
After the CCMPO Coordinating Committee approves a Final Draft TIP in late
April, an air quality conformity analysis will 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 July 2008.
At this meeting, MPO and PennDOT staff will present the revisions to the
Preliminary Draft TIP and the Central Office response.
The Technical Committee should
receive the presentation, and make a recommendation to the Coordinating
Committee about approval of a Final Draft TIP.
Attached are:
Presented by: PennDOT District 2-0 and Central Offices
Action: Recommendation to the Coordinating Committee about approval of a Final
Draft 2009-2012 Centre County TIP, for an air quality conformity analysis and to
be advertised for public comment.
ITEM 6
CENTRE
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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) |
| Remove projects that fall outside the range of fiscal constraint, based on revised revenue and costs |
In March 2008, staff presented revised revenue projections which incorporate Act
44 funding and address federal YOE requirements.
Staff also presented revisions to the LRTP project lists, based on
updated revenue projections and project costs.
In April, as PennDOT has continued to revise the Preliminary Draft TIP,
staff has continued to make revisions to the LRTP revenue projections and
project lists. Attached are:
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Revised revenue projections |
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Revised Highway/ITS project list |
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Revised Public Transit project list |
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Revised Bridge project list |
| Revised Pedestrian/Bicycle project list |
The revised revenue projections will result in the removal of projects from the
LRTP in order to maintain fiscal constraint.
The CCMPO Coordinating Committee provided policy direction to staff on
March 25, 2008 about the removal of Highway/ITS projects, and the attached list
reflects that direction. Because
some of the projects to be removed are air quality significant, an air quality
conformity analysis must be performed for the 2008 Update.
The 2008 Update is being completed concurrent with the preparation of the new
2009-2012 Centre County 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 July 2008.
The Technical Committee should receive a staff presentation about the revenue
projections and project lists, and make a recommendation to the Coordinating
Committee about approval of a Final Draft LRTP 2008 Update.
Presented by: Trish
Meek and Greg Kausch, CRPA
Action:
Recommendation to the Coordinating Committee about approval of a Final
Draft LRTP 2008 Update (revenue projections and project lists), for an air
quality conformity analysis and to be advertised for public comment.
ITEM 7
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Because of changes in the schedule for development of the 2009-2012 Centre
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Technical Committee:
