I. PROGRAM COORDINATION
TASK 1.51 Committee Activities
This task covers CDTC meetings and
maintenance of committee membership and structure.
TASK 1.52 Financial Administration / AMPO Dues
Membership dues for the national
Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations on behalf of
TASK 1.68 Statewide MPO
Association Support
TASK 1.61 Certification Review
The formal certification review by
USDOT was completed in 2004. A positive
report cited a number of best practices for national consideration; a few
comments and recommendations were cited.
Self-certification will be performed in 2005-06 in conjunction with the
TASK 1.65 UPWP Development
The coming work program (for adoption
in early 2006) will move CDTC to a two-year UPWP cycle. The two-year cycle will reduce the
administrative load of UPWP development and also put the two-year
TASK 1.66 DBE Plan/
Environmental Justice
Civil Rights and Environmental Justice
explorations will continue to be primary areas of investigation for CDTC
staff. Environmental Justice assessments were included in
TASK 1.67 Prospectus
Update
The need for a formal document containing all
organizational, operational and work program aspects of CDTC's program in one
place continues to be modest. The
"Guide to the Capital District Transportation Committee" is updated
annually and has proven to be an accessible description of roles,
responsibilities and policies for use with new members and the general
public. CDTC intended in 2003-04 to find
the time to compile all official material into a comprehensive document to
address the federal comments made in the most recent certification report. NYSDOT’s current transformation effort still needs
to develop further before a new CDTC document is prepared; this may be in 2005-06.
The multi-year work program is the most elusive piece; longer-term commitments
are highly influenced both by emerging issues from New
Visions efforts and by the uncertain details of the TEA-21 reauthorization.