Resolution #05-3 - Resolution of the Capital District Transportation Committee Endorsing the Transportation Improvement Program

 

 

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 (TIP); and,

 

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 Albany and Saratoga Springs urbanized areas; and,

 

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 TIP; and

 

WHEREAS, the procedure to update the project cost, scope and schedules of the TIP is contained in the TIP; and,

 

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 TIP as consistent with all current plans and programs, including conformity with the State Implementation Plan for Air Quality in accordance with requirements of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, and recommends the initiation of those projects and plans so specified; and,

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Capital District Transportation Committee endorses the conformity analysis performed in the context of the 2005-10 TIP as an update to the conformity determination of the long-range Regional Transportation Plan (New Visions); and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that projects listed in the committed column of the TIP are automatically incorporated into the 2005-06 element if they are not obligated by September 30, 2005, as long as fiscal constraint is demonstrated; and

 

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 TIP changes (see Table 5, “Guidelines for TIP Changes”) in the 2005-10 TIP document.

 

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 COHOES

                                                        Chairman, Capital District Transportation Committee

 

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                         May 19, 2005