Capital District
Transportation Committee
REGIONAL
TRANSPORTATION COORDINATION COMMITTEE
RECORD OF MEETING
DATE/TIME:
ATTENDANCE:
STUDY DISCUSSION SUMMARY: After introductions, the
items on the agenda were discussed in sequence:
RTCC Activities:
a. “Coordinated Plan” Development—CDTC staff
continued to document coordination efforts that have been pursued since the
late 1970’s. Staff has summarized
material through 2002. The document
summarizing this region’s history regarding coordination efforts should be
complete within the next few months.
This document will allow the RTCC define some coordination gaps, “next
steps” and identify goals for the coordinated plan. The Greater Buffalo Region MPO (GBNRTC) has distributed
their draft coordinated plan to other NYS MPO’s,
including CDTC. CDTC staff will look at
this plan to identify pieces that should be included in the Capital District’s
plan. The GBNRTC has also drafted a
funding application for JARC and New Freedom monies. The RTCC can use GBNRTC’s
application as a starting point when it is time to draft a grant application
for the Capital District.
b. Survey
of Human Service Agencies--CDTC and
CDTC staff distributed several preliminary
graphs and bar charts that summarize some of the data that was collected from
the respondents located in
Access to Jobs:
a. CST
Funding Update—CDTA does not have a contract yet, and in good faith, is
floating the money for the program. The
contract is expected by the end of the year.
b. JARC
Funding Update—CDTA will submit for additional JARC funds in the 2007 Federal
Fiscal Year, once the “coordinated plan” (that the RTCC is working on) is in
place. A concern with regard to use of
JARC funds involves the match requirement.
In the past, CDTA used CST funds as match for JARC activities. This is specifically prohibited under the
proposed rules. The proposed regulations suggest a project by project match,
not program by program. This means that
a source of funds to match (20 percent) the $250,000 allocation to the area
will have to be found if the existing JARC programs are to continue.
United We Ride
a. Working
Group Activities—A sub-group was formed to explore options for a third entity
to provide maintenance services, loaner vehicles, technical assistance or even
take over their whole transportation operations. This group met in October and
is exploring avenues for group purchasing including the Council of Community
Services, for-profit purchasing agencies and group RFP’s.
The Albany County Coordinated Human Services Transportation Workgroup has
formed a workgroup to stat to draft a Mobility Management Program. If CDTA is an integral part of the program,
the program will have to have a regional focus, rather than a specific
b. Status
of Funding—Albany County has approximately $9,000 left from Phase 1 and has been
approved for an additional $25,000 under Phase 2 of the United We Ride effort.
Other
Schenectady County Long Term Care Consortium— The Center for
Governmental Research (
The next meeting of the Regional Transportation
Coordination Committee is scheduled for