Federal law requires that all
projects in a given TIP be given a rank, which determines the order in which
they may be obligated. CDTC has assigned
the year of the element as the rank. So,
all elements in the first year of the TIP are given top priority, and the
projects in the second year are given second priority, etc. This, and the need for updates to project
costs and scopes, as well as the addition and deletions of projects and project
elements, necessitates that procedures be in place to make changes to TIP
projects in between TIP updates.
Therefore, responsibility to make changes to the
Normally, the TIP is updated every two years. However, three years passed between the 2007-12 update and the 2010-15 update. Therefore, during the 2009-10 FFY, it became necessary to allow NYSDOT the flexibility to move projects among all four years of the STIP and to make project selections from the fourth year of the TIP, instead of the third. That change has been carried over into the current project selection guidelines.
Changes from 1) any federal
fund source to IM and 2) any STP fund source to any other STP fund source are
covered in sections 3a and 3b, respectively.
Section 3c, “Change between any other Title I
federal fund sources” requires additional clarification too large for a
footnote to the table. A change between
any other Title I fund sources would require Planning Committee approval. In such cases, in order to approximate equity
with other candidate projects, the Planning Committee should consider the
priority of the subject project relative to other candidates that did or will
compete for those funds. This could
necessitate that the project be evaluated and compared to projects in the
previous solicitation.
GUIDELINES for
An amendment normally requiring Planning
Committee approval, linked to another amendment
requiring Policy Board
approval, also requires Policy Board approval.
|
Responsibility |
||
Type
of Change |
CDTA
or NYSDOT |
Planning
Committee[1] |
Policy
Board[2] |
|
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|
|
(1) Addition or
Deletion |
|
|
|
(a) Addition of project from regional set-asides |
--- |
Approve |
--- |
(b) Addition of project under or equal to $0.250M |
--- |
Approve |
--- |
(c) Addition of project over $0.250M |
--- |
Recommend |
Approve |
(d) Addition of project element under or equal to $0.250M[3] |
Approve |
--- |
--- |
(e) Addition of project element over $0.250M3 |
--- |
Approve |
--- |
(f) Addition of STP Enhancement Project after
approval by state advisory committee |
--- |
Approve |
--- |
(g) Combining two or more existing projects |
--- |
Approve |
--- |
(h) Other |
--- |
Recommend |
Approve |
|
|
|
|
(2) Scope and
Cost |
|
|
|
(a) Over 25%
(minimum $250 k) or over $500 k[4] |
--- |
Approve |
--- |
(b) Over 50% (minimum $1M) or over $3M4 |
--- |
Recommend |
Approve |
(c) Scope change necessitating recalculation of
system-level air quality |
--- |
Recommend |
Approve |
(d) Other significant scope change[5] |
--- |
Approve |
--- |
(e) Other |
Approve |
--- |
--- |
|
|
|
|
(3) Fund Source Change
|
|
|
|
(a) Change from any federal fund source to IM |
Approve |
--- |
--- |
(b) Change from one STP fund source to another |
Approve |
--- |
--- |
(c) Change between any other Title I federal
fund sources[6] |
--- |
Approve |
--- |
(d) Change from federal to non-federal fund
source |
Approve |
--- |
--- |
(e) Change from non-federal to federal fund
source |
--- |
Recommend |
Approve |
(f) Change between Title |
--- |
Approve |
--- |
(g) Any other
federal fund source change |
--- |
Recommend |
Approve |
|
|
|
|
(4) Schedule
Change |
|
|
|
(a) All affected project elements are contained
in the first four years of the |
Approve |
--- |
--- |
(b) Any other schedule change |
--- |
Approve |
--- |
[1]Changes requiring Planning Committee action are minor TIP amendments. The Planning Committee may defer approval to Policy Board, if desired.
[2] Changes requiring Policy Board action are major TIP amendments.
[3] A project element is a phase of the project, such as construction or right-of-way acquisition.
[4] Percentages are of total project five-year plus committed column federal cost. Use of toll credits increases the percentage.
[5] A significant scope change is a significant change to the project limits, type or scope.
[6] Change from a capital fund source to Metropolitan Planning Funds (PL) requires UPWP action by CDTC.
[7] This includes funds programmed in the "Committed" column of the TIP that are not obligated by September 30 of the Committed fiscal year.