PLANNING
COMMITTEE MEETING
Meeting Minutes
Melissa Ashline-Heil, City of
Bradley Birge, City of
Wayne Bonesteel,
Peter Comenzo, Town of
Frank
Commisso, Albany Port District Commission
Rocky
Ferraro, Capital District Regional Planning Commission
Michael Franchini,
Robert Hansen, NYS Department of Transportation Region 1
Steve Iachetta,
Joe LaCivita, Town of
Kate Maynard, Town of
Barb McHugh, Town of
Mike Morelli, Town of
Marybeth Pettit, City of
Paul Reuss,
Tom Richardson, City of
Jim Rivers, representing Bill Roehr, City of
Deidre Rudolph, City of
Michael Valentine,
Steve Watts, Town of
STAFF
Jen Ceponis, Capital District Transportation Committee
Natalie Cook, CDTC Intern
Mayor Jim Gaughan,
John Hammer, Interested Citizen
Shelly Johnston, Creighton Manning Association
David P. Jukins, Capital District Transportation
Committee
Andrew Kreshik, City of
Maryanne Mariotti, NYS Department of Transportation
Region 1
Christine Marshall, Interested Citizen
Sandra Misiewicz, Capital
District Transportation Committee
Sree Nampoothiri, Capital
District Transportation Committee
Christopher O’Neill, Capital
District Transportation Committee
Phil Pearson, Interested
Citizen
Edward Tremblay, City of
Mathew Veitch,
Lindsay Zefting, Bergmann
Associates
Gary Zeh, Town of
VISITORS ISSUES
Chairman Franchini opened the meeting at approximately
Mathew Veitch, Saratoga County Supervisor for
Phil Pearson addressed the Committee. He asked the Committee to support the Route
85 project in the Town of
Mayor Gaughan from the
Mr. Franchini thanked today’s visitors for their
comments.
ACTION ITEMS
ADMINISTRATION
Approval
of the
Members approved the January 20th meeting
minutes as written.
UNIFIED PLANNING
Approval
of the Draft 2010-12 UPWP
Many of the items included in the Draft 2010-12 UPWP
were reviewed at the last meeting. Table 1 in Appendix A reflects the proposed
budget for the upcoming year. The budget
is approximately 30% higher than last year’s budget, but CDTC has enough
funding to cover the increase. A good
portion of the increase is due to an increased emphasis on data collection,
which will require consultant assistance.
Several corrections to Table 1 were noted:
·
Task 3.10 should show
$390,000 for consultants and $10,000 for CDTC staff
·
Task
·
Task 5.64 Harriman
Implementation Support should show $10,000 (not $5000) in CDTC Staff support
Members approved releasing the Draft UPWP for Public
Review then Policy Board action with the above changes noted.
Approval
of the Draft UPWP Resolution
Members approved the draft resolution for action by the
Policy Board in March.
2007-12 TRANSPORTATION
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AMENDMENTS
SA104—
The re-design of this project is complete, and the
revised engineer’s estimate is $58M including inspection. The new cost is approximately $20M greater than
what had been programmed in the 2007-12 TIP, but less than the bid this past
summer. Region One’s allocation of HBRR
funds has increased and it proposes to fill the $20M gap with HBRR. The special allocation of $30 M from statewide
HBRR totals remains committed to the project.
R188—NY 40
Bridge Over the
The design of this bridge was not fully scoped when it
was first placed on the TIP. New cost
estimates show a $10M deficit. NYSDOT
would like to use HBRR funds to fill the gap. The bridge is long and narrow which makes
design options minimal. The Village and
Town of
ARRA Rail
Amendments
Items C-I were removed from the agenda because
anticipated Rail ARRA funds are not available.
NYSDOT distributed a summary of recently High Speed Rail Projects that were
awarded ARRA funding. SA256 (Ballston
Spa Double Track), A395 (Albany-Schenectady Double track)and CSXT Highway Rail
Grade Crossing Safety Improvements(2 of 12 are located in the Capital District)were
approved as amendments to the 2007-12 TIP.
The double track project between
2010-15 TRANSPORTATION
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM UPDATE
Review of Post 2014 Projects
Staff provided Summary
1.
Exit 3 ($15M)
2.
Selkirk ByPass ($8M)
3.
New
4.
5.
Alternate Route 7 ($9M)
6.
7.
Rural
8.
9.
Route 50 North of
Each of the nine projects was discussed in turn to
determine which, if any, would move into construction ahead of the new projects
to be programmed. A motion was made to
move the Exit 3, Watervliet Shaker Road, Alternate Route 7, Patroon Island
Bridge, Route 7 Rensselaer County, Route 9/9J and Route 50 Saratoga Springs
into the fifth year of the proposed
After some discussion, members approved a motion reconfirming
the importance and intent of the Selkirk Bypass project, but to schedule it in
the post-2015 period. It was noted that
the funding package for the project is incomplete and will likely require
private contribution. Mike Morelli noted that the town is committed to working
out issues with the Thruway Authority and others in order to move the project
forward.
Discussions focused on the New Karner Road Project and
its history.
The Route 50 Freeman’s
Fiscal
Constraint
Summary of Remaining
Candidate Projects
In interest of time, this agenda item was tabled until
the February 10th meeting.
OTHER
There being no other business, the meeting was adjourned
at
Respectfully submitted,
John P. Poorman