PLANNING
COMMITTEE MEETING
Meeting Minutes
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,
Steve Iachetta,
Joe LaCivita, Town of
Kate Maynard, Town of
Barb McHugh, Town of
Mike Morelli, Town 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
Don Csaposs, Town of
Mayor Jim Gaughan,
Shelly Johnston, Creighton Manning Association
David P. Jukins, Capital District Transportation
Committee
Andrew Kreshik, City of
Maryanne Mariotti, NYS Department of Transportation
Region 1
Sandra Misiewicz, Capital
District Transportation Committee
Sree Nampoothiri, Capital
District Transportation Committee
Christopher O’Neill, Capital
District Transportation Committee
Phil Pearson, Interested
Citizen
VISITORS ISSUES
Chairman Franchini opened the meeting at approximately
Phil Pearson addressed the Committee. He asked the Committee to support the Route
85 project in the Town of
Devon Dal Pos, from the Southwest Saratoga Springs Neighborhood
Association, addressed the committee regarding the Geyser Road Trail Project. Mr. Dal Pos stated that the trail is a much
needed component of the existing trail network in the city, and would serve the
Geyser Crest neighborhood, SPAC and would connect to the Town of
Mayor Gaughan from the
Mr. Franchini thanked today’s visitors for their
comments.
ACTION ITEMS
ADMINISTRATION
Approval
of the
The minutes from the
UNIFIED PLANNING
ARRA High
Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Planning Studies
Dave Jukins redistributed NYSDOT’s ARRA High Speed
Intercity Passenger Rail Project table that was previously distributed at the
February 3rd meeting. The new
handout was annotated to identify which projects were approved for inclusion in
the
Members approved addition of the Empire Corridor Program and NY/VT
Bi-State Intercity Passenger Rail Program planning studies to CDTC’s 2010-12
UPWP.
Bob Hansen was asked for some clarification of the previously
approved ARRA rail TIP projects approved for the region. Bob indicated that the Albany-Schenectady Double Track project does include funds to
improve the grade crossings at Morris/Cordell and at
2007-12 TRANSPORTATION
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AMENDMENTS
Background
for TIP Amendments RG110, RG111 and RG115
NYSDOT provided a table that summarizes programmed and
actual figures for TIP projects A512, RG115, A513, S198, RG114, RG110 and
RG111. This table provided the
information required for members to consider Items A, B, C and D on the
agenda. After some discussion, members approved
the proposed amendments to RG110, RG115 and RG111, since the savings shown in
some projects covered the additional cost in project RG111.
The TIP amendment described under Item B on the agenda,
spurred a discussion among members.
NYSDOT asked committee members to approve a $3.24M funding increase to
cover the cost of seven 1R projects.
These 1R projects, by definition, do not have structural needs, and are
currently in good condition. NYSDOT would
like to repave sections of the seven roads to avoid costly reconstruction in
the near future as their condition declines.
If approved, the life of each of the seven roads will be extended by 10-15
years. Members voiced concern about
setting a precedent of using regular federal program funds for 1R projects. Members were also concerned that other worthy
projects would not get funded by taking money off the table to fund the 1R’s. A
discussion regarding the bleak forecast of both state and federal funding for
transportation followed. Members asked
2010-11 LINKAGE PROGRAM
Members requested that CDTC staff work with the town of
2010-15 TRANSPORTATION
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM UPDATE
Summary of
Remaining Candidate Projects
Before Round 2 discussions began,
Approximately $78M is on the table for Round 2
programming. This leaves a noticeable amount for Round 3 to take care of
programming oversights and public input.
Safety: Members
approved the three safety projects that had B/C ratios of 1.0 or greater. Referring to project tables included in the
Planning Committee materials, TIP project candidates #5, #37 and #47 were
approved by this action.
Regional Set-Asides: Members approved funding for TIP project candidate #78 (ADA
Set-aside) at $5M; TIP Project candidate #81 (Linkage Transition Engineering)
at $1.0M and TIP project candidate #84 (CDTC Spot Improvement Program) at
$0.75M. Members discussed funding TIP project candidate
#83 (Regional Operations Support Initiative) at a scaled back amount of $4.5M. The motion to add this project to the draft
program did not pass.
Further Round 2 and Round 3 programming was tabled until
the April 7th meeting.
Change to Project
Selection Procedures
Changes to
the Draft 2010-15 Project Listings
A handout was distributed at the meeting that identified
editorial changes, significant cost increases and decreases for some
projects. SA152 was previously shown as
a cost increase but should instead be shown with a cost decrease of $4.3M. Members approved the changes to the project
listings, as identified in the handout, with this correction noted.
Summary of
Bob Hansen distributed a list of bridge projects for
possible inclusion in the draft
OTHER
There being no other business, the meeting was adjourned
at
Respectfully submitted,
John P. Poorman