WHEREAS, Title 23, Code
of Federal Regulations, Part 450; and title 49, Code of Federal Regulations,
Part 613, require the development of a Transportation Improvement Program (
WHEREAS, the Capital
District Transportation Committee (CDTC) has been designated by the Governor as
the Metropolitan Planning Organization for the Capital District metropolitan
area; and
WHEREAS, the adopted
"metropolitan area boundary" for CDTC's
Transportation Management Area includes the Census-defined
WHEREAS, the central
cities of the Albany and Saratoga Springs urbanized areas are represented on CDTC's Policy Board; and,
WHEREAS, the Capital
District Transportation Committee, in cooperation with the New York State
Department of Transportation, has reviewed and documented compliance of the
CDTC planning process with all existing federal rules and regulations; and,
WHEREAS, the Capital
District Transportation Committee, in accordance with Federal requirements for
a Transportation Improvement Program, has developed an integrated program of
federally funded highway, transit and other transportation projects for the
Capital District metropolitan area; and,
WHEREAS, the
Transportation Improvement Program shows reasonable estimates of project cost
and staging, and the procedure for project selection at the State level for
projects is incorporated into this
WHEREAS, the procedure
to update the project cost, scope and schedules of the
WHEREAS, the
Transportation Improvement Program includes projects consistent with the New Visions long-range Regional
Transportation Plan for the Capital District metropolitan area; and,
WHEREAS, it is
recognized that with the expiration of TEA-21 on September 30, 2003 all
resource estimates for the Transportation Improvement Program are approximate
and subject to revision; and,
WHEREAS, it is
recognized the Transportation Improvement Program document includes for
informational purposes significant Thruway, state, local, and privately funded
projects in addition to those metropolitan projects within the legal
programming and responsibility of the Capital District Transportation
Committee; and,
WHEREAS, the Planning
Committee, at its May 4, 2005 meeting, recommended approval by the Capital
District Transportation Committee of the 2005-10 Transportation Improvement
Program for the Capital District metropolitan area.
THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED, the Capital District Transportation Committee endorses the five-year
Transportation Improvement Program for the fiscal period 2005-10; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
that the Capital District Transportation Committee endorses the 2005-10
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
that the Capital District Transportation Committee endorses the conformity
analysis performed in the context of the 2005-10
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
that projects listed in the committed column of the
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
that the Capital District Transportation Committee provides latitude to the New
York State Department of Transportation with regard to assigning fund sources
to particular projects in order to obligate funds and implement the program, as
described in CDTC’s official policy on
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
that the Committee directs the Secretary to submit this resolution and
appropriate documentation of the program through the New York State
Commissioner of Transportation to the Federal Highway Administration and
Federal Transit Administration as (1) amendments to the existing State
Transportation Improvement Program as necessary and appropriate, and (2) a
component of the new State Transportation Improvement Program to cover Federal
Fiscal Years 2005-06 through 2007-08.
JOHN
T. McDONALD, MAYOR OF
Chairman,
Capital District Transportation Committee