CAPITAL DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
Meeting Minutes
MEMBERS ATTENDING
Mark Evers, Town of
Rocky Ferraro,
representing Michael Stammel, Capital District
Regional Planning Commission
Michael Franchini,
representing Mike Breslin,
Terry Hurley, Albany Port
District Commission
Mayor Scott Johnson, City
of
Joseph LaCivita,
representing Paula Mahan, Town of
Joe Landry,
Mayor John T. McDonald
III, City of
Raymond Melleady, Capital District Transportation Authority
Rosemary Nichols,
representing Mayor Michael Manning, City of
Thomas Richardson, City of
Brian Rowback,
NYS Department of Transportation Region 1,
Secretary
Phil
Serafino, representing William Rinaldi,
NYS Thruway
Authority
Steve
Tommasone, Town of
Mayor Harry Tuntunjian, City of
Linda von der Heide, representing Kathleen Jimino,
County
Dave Jukins, Capital District Transportation Committee
William Roehr, City of
Dave Rettig, NYS
Department of Transportation Main Office
Steve
Williams, The Gazette
OPENING REMARKS
Chairman
McDonald opened the Capital District Transportation Committee meeting at
approximately
ADMINISTRATION
Members
approved the
Administrative & Financial Standing
Subcommittee Report
Nominating Subcommittee Report
CDTC’s Nominating Subcommittee met in February to nominate
Policy Board officers and at-large town/village members and to nominate at-large
town/village members for the Planning Committee. The nominating subcommittee recommended that
the current Policy Board officers (Mayor McDonald—Chair, Ray Melleady—Vice Chair, Brian Rowback—Secretary)
remain for another year. Members
approved this motion.
The nominating
subcommittee also recommended the appointment of the current at-large town and
village alternates (Mindy Wormuth (Halfmoon) and Steve Tommasone (
At
the Planning Committee table, towns and villages are represented in the same
manner as with the Policy Board. The
goal is to keep as many communities involved as possible at the Planning
Committee level. Towns with over 50,000 in population have an automatic seat on
the Policy Board and the Planning Committee.
At-large members are appointed annually.
Barbara McHugh (
Appointment of the 2009 Administrative and
Financial Committee
Mayor
McDonald appointed Ray Melleady (CDTA), Brian Rowback (NYSDOT R-1), Charles Houghtaling
(Albany County Legislature Chairperson), Tom Richardson (City of
PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR
Chairman McDonald
indicated that CDTC provides an opportunity for visitors to address items on
the agenda. No one registered to address the board members today.
UNIFIED PLANNING WORK
PROGRAM
Approval of the Addendum to the 2008-10 UPWP
Mr.
Poorman noted that CDTC drafts a UPWP every two years. The 2008-10 UPWP was approved last year. The proposed addendum to the 2008-10 UPWP
adds five new Linkage Studies and a SPR project that will help identify
bicycle/pedestrian needs on Route 50 near SPAC.
A resolution was drafted for the adoption of the addendum to the 2008-10
UPWP. Members approved the addendum and
attendant resolution.
TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM AMENDMENTS
Programming American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Amendment to the 2007-12 TIP
CDTC
staff and the Planning Committee members have met on numerous occasions to
prepare a list of eligible projects for the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act (ARRA).
Ray Melleady commented on Project S170 (Schenectady Intermodal Station) which appears in Table 1 of the
previously distributed material. The
cost for project S170 in Table 1 leaves a funding gap. Mr. Melleady requested
that the Policy Board authorize $4.5M in discretionary rail stimulus funds,
because this project cannot be advanced unless it is fully funded. This amount would take the place of the $2.5
M of highway stimulus funds shown in Table 1.
Members
directed their attention to Table 1 and Attachment A in the meeting
material. Members approved the list of
stimulus projects as outlined in Table 1, adjusting the budget of project S170
to accommodate Ray Melleady’s request to add $4.5
Million in discretionary rail funds in lieu of highway stimulus funds. Members also approved Attachment A and
approved a motion to allow Planning Committee members the latitude to make
changes to the new setaside projects listed in Attachment
A, as needed, without Policy Board approval if changes are required, given the
tight timeframe of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
2007-12 TIP Amendments
Project A507 — Patroon
Island Bridge Repairs — This project involves fixing
the cracks in the floor beams of the bridge, for a total of $3.0 M. Members approved the amendment.
Project RG107 — Urban Freeway Maintenance —
This project is to use IM to fund work normally performed by NYSDOT maintenance
crews so that maintenance crews can concentrate on non-interstate road repairs. Members approved this amendment.
TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM UPDATE
Planning Committee Report on
2009-14 Update Discussions
STATUS OF PLANNING
Terry Hurley reported the Port has begun phase 1 of
dock and wharf improvements.
CDTA
Fares will increase as of April 1st. CDTA is currently distributing educational materials
regarding the fare increase and new fare structures. The Route 5 BRT project is advancing. Thirty station locations (15 in each
direction) have been identified; the first station prototype will be completed
within the next few months. The Capital
District North/South Corridors Key Travel Market Assessment study has been
completed. The results of this study
indicate that the river corridor is a strong candidate for BRT/rail.
CDTC
Staff
CDTC has been working on
updating the UPWP and TIP and preparing candidate lists for the stimulus
package. Discussions regarding the
regional operations committee continue. Involvement
in Clean Communities activities continues.
Staff has been working on completing several Linkage Studies and
continues to refine and promote ipool2.
ADJOURNMENT
The
next meeting is tentatively scheduled for
There
being no other business, the meeting was adjourned at approximately
Respectfully
submitted,
Brian
O. Rowback
Secretary