CAPITAL DISTRICT
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
Meeting
Minutes
MEMBERS
ATTENDING
Steve
Bland, Capital District Transportation Authority
Mary
Brizzell, Town of
Willard
Bruce, representing Mayor Gerald Jennings, City of
Ken DeCerce,
representing Mary Ann Johnson,
Steve
Feeney, representing Susan Savage,
Michael
Franchini, representing Michael Breslin,
Terry
Hurley, Albany Port District Commission
Charles
Houghtaling,
Amy
Jackson-Grove, representing Bob Arnold, Federal Highway Admin.
Arthur
Johnson, Town of
Mayor
John McDonald, City of
Mayor
Mike McLaughlin,
Marybeth
Pettit, representing Mayor Mark Pratt, City of
Robert
Phillips,
Jill Ross, representing Don
Mike
Stammel, Capital District Regional Planning Commission
Linda von
der Heide, representing Kathleen Jimino,
County
Alicia
Wardell, representing Mayor Michael Lenz, City of
Springs
Tom
Werner, NYS Department of Transportation Region 1, representing
Commissioner Joe Boardman
Martin Goulet,
Tom Kearney,
George Laveille, Town of
Mike Mullaney, Daily Gazette
John Poorman, CDTC staff
Dave Rettig, NYS Department of
Transportation Region 1
Rosemary Scrivens,
Cliff Thomas, NYS Department of
Transportation
Erin Thomas, City of
Tom Kearney,
OPENING
REMARKS
Chairman McDonald opened the Capital District
Transportation Committee meeting at approximately
ADMINISTRATION
The minutes of the
TRANSPORTATION
BOND
NYSDOT
Presentation
Cliff Thomas made a PowerPoint presentation of
CDTC
Resolution
Mr. Poorman reviewed the previously-distributed material
containing the action recommended by the Planning Committee. The bond proceeds will provide about 8% of
the state transportation program in the Capital District and elsewhere. Highway and transit projects listed in the
Capital District portion of the bond are already on the TIP. After discussion, members approved Resolution
05-4 regarding the Transportation Bond.
2005-10
TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AMENDMENT
SA225,
Commercial Access Improvements, Town of
Mr. Poorman reported that this project is a
Congressional High Priority project in SAFETEA-LU. The action proposed is to authorize
engineering and right-of-way phases. An
additional $5.150 M is earmarked for the project and a further proposed action will
be brought back to CDTC for programming once location and scope details are
better resolved. Members approved the
amendment.
PRELIMINARY
IMPLICATIONS OF SAFETEA-LU FOR CDTC
Mr. Poorman briefly reviewed the previously-distributed
summary of SAFETEA-LU implications for CDTC.
Largely, the new legislation reaffirms and continues the existing roles
for Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs).
Planning funds are modest higher (about 23%) which will allow CDTC to
maintain planning effort at roughly the current level. Highway funding to NY went up only 19%
compared to the previous six years – an increase well below the cost of
inflation. CDTC’s 2005-10 TIP was
developed on the assumption of a similarly-modest increase, so there is neither
a windfall nor a crisis with respect to the TIP.
There are a number of new programs and new requirements
that will take some time to sort out.
STATUS OF PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION
ACTIVITIES
Capital District Transportation Authority
Capital District Regional Planning Commission
Mike Stammel
reported on CDRPC’s review of USEDA project criteria, work on free trade zoning
promotional efforts and the multi-jurisdictional Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) planning
study.
Jill Ross reported
that the Thruway Authority is meeting today on its 2006 contracts program.
New York State Department of Transportation
Albany Port District Commission
Terry Hurley
reported that the port is having a good year with both imports and exports
up. Fuel costs may be contributing to
the increase.
CDTC Planning Activities
Mr. Poorman spoke
briefly about the successful national Colloquy on the Coming Transformation of
Travel hosted by CDTC at the Rennselaerville Institute in June. The results have national significance and
reflect favorably on CDTC practices.
Linkage and Local Planning and Implementation
Activities
Ken DeCerce
commended
The next meeting was tentatively scheduled for
Respectfully submitted,
Thomas C. Werner
Secretary