CAPITAL DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
PLANNING COMMITTEE
Meeting Minutes
Dave Bailey, City of
Peter Comenzo, Town of
Frank Commisso, Albany Port District Commission
Todd Fabozzi, representing Rocky Ferraro, CDRPC
Steve Feeney,
Mike Franchini,
Stephen Iachetta,
Tom Kearney, FHWA
Barb McHugh, Town of
Phil Pearson, Town of
Marybeth Pettit, City of
Dave Rettig, NYSDOT Region 1
Jill Ross, NYS Thruway
Authority
Deirdre Rudolph, City of
Bernard Sisson, City of
Erin Thomas, City of
Steve Watts, Town of
STAFF AND OTHERS
Jeff Lipnicky, Town of
Sandra Misiewicz, Capital District
Transportation Committee
Philip Parella, Jr., Capital
District Transportation Authority
VISITORS ISSUES
Chairman Franchini opened the meeting at approximately
Action Items
ADMINISTRATION
Approval
of the
The minutes of the
Election
of Officers
After expressing thanks to current officers, a motion
was made and unanimously approved to re-elect Michael Franchini as Chairman and
Semi-Annual
Progress Report
Discussion Items
2006-08 UNIFIED PLANNING WORK
PROGRAM
He noted that recent discussions between CDTC and CDTA
indicate that the $200,000 consultant effort listed in the draft to develop a
regional coordination plan for human service transportation can be
deleted. Staff effort should be adequate
for the task.
For the next draft, financial tables for CDTA and CDRPC
tasks will be included. Planning
Committee and Policy Board action in February is planned.
PROPOSED MODIFIED MEETING
SCHEDULE
Mr. Poorman reviewed the concept of a revised meeting
schedule and indicated that there are modest pros and cons of the revised
schedule. Members discussed the concept
and took action to adopt the new schedule, to take effect April 2006. The new schedule is:
January: Planning Committee first or second
Wednesday AM
February: Planning Committee first Wednesday AM
March: Policy Board first Thursday PM
April: Planning
Committee first Wednesday AM
May: Planning Committee first Wednesday AM
June: Policy
Board first Thursday PM
July: Planning
Committee first or second Wednesday AM
August: Planning
Committee first Wednesday AM
September: Policy Board first Thursday PM
October: Planning Committee first Wednesday AM
November: Planning Committee first Wednesday AM
December: Policy Board first Thursday PM
2006-07 LINKAGE PROGRAM
SUBMISSIONS
Discussion ensued about the budgets for the proposed
projects, relative to their ambitious scopes.
CDTC staff will try to refine the scopes and costs before CDTC action on
the program. A review team of CDTC
staff, CDRPC, NYSDOT and CDTA will evaluate the submissions and offer
programming choices for the Planning Committee to consider in February. Due to the tight timeframe, material may be
e-mailed to the Planning Committee after the mailout is distributed for the
February 1 meeting.
Mr. Poorman also noted that the option exists to select
the Linkage projects after February if the programming decision appears rushed;
the UPWP can be approved with the funds blocked out.
STATUS OF PLANNING ACTIVITIES
CDTA
NYSDOT
Dave Rettig noted that Region 1 is preparing to restart
the work on the major I-90 project as early as February with activity on the I-90
over the CSX bridge. One roundabout at
the Exit 12 project is open; other work will continue in the spring. Final design work continues on the
Slingerlands Bypass with a July letting planned. He reported that the Crosstown Arterial
project was awarded in December and that the
Jill Ross noted that the Thruway is expanding it E-ZPass
recognition striping and labeling program to other toll plazas across the
system.
Steve Iachetta reported on the importance of progress
with the Exit 3 project. He noted that
the runway 19 project is 65% complete and that terminal improvements are
ongoing.
Albany
Port District Commission
Frank Commisso reported that the port is actively
pursuing additional warehouse space and is in the process of acquiring 22 acres
adjacent to the port.
TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM
Bids and
Lettings
Mr. Rettig distributed a copy of the summary of December
lettings and upcoming January/February bids.
Members discussed the costs of project A196 (Rt 7/I-890 Curry Rd.) and
the pattern of high bids. Mr. Rettig
noted that a large number of bids are scheduled for March.
OTHER
The next
Respectfully submitted,