Resolution #05-2 - Resolution of Capital District Transportation Committee Regarding Self-Certification
WHEREAS, the Capital District Transportation
Committee (CDTC) is the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)
responsible for the performance of the transportation planning process for the
Capital District Transportation Management Area (TMA), which includes the
Albany-Schenectady-Troy urbanized area and the remainder of Albany, Rensselaer,
Saratoga and Schenectady Counties (with the exception of the Town of Moreau in
Saratoga County), and
WHEREAS, it is the responsibility of the CDTC to ensure that said policy,
planning, and programming process is consistent with applicable Federal and
State Law, and is also consistent with local area objectives, and
WHEREAS, it is recognized that the Federal Regulations (23 CFR 450) for
metropolitan transportation planning were revised, the revisions becoming
effective on October 28, 1993, in response to the passage of the Intermodal Surface Transportation and Efficiency Act
(ISTEA), and
WHEREAS, the 23 CFR §450.334 of the revised Federal Regulations replaces
Federal joint (FHWA and FTA) certification procedures with State and MPO
certification and the MPO planning process, and
WHEREAS, the State and the MPO must now certify prior to
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Capital District Transportation
Committee does hereby affirm that:
1. the CDTC's
metropolitan transportation planning process includes activities to support the
development and implementation of a transportation plan and
2. the CDTC's
planning process is consistent with Federal Laws, Acts, and Regulations
pertaining to involvement of appropriate public and private transportation
providers, and,
3. any problem identified through this certification review or FHWA's Program Management Review will be addressed by the appropriate CDTC member agencies, and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the CDTC does
hereby certify that the CDTC planning process is being carried out in
conformance with all applicable requirements of:
1. 23 USC 134 and 49 USC Section 5303;
2. Sections 174 and 176 (c) and (d) of the
Clean Air Act [42 USC 7504, 7506 (c) and (d)];
3. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and
Title VI assurance executed by each State under 23 USC 324 and 29 USC 794;
4. Section 1101 of the Transportation Equity
Act for the 21st Century (Pub. L. 105-178) regarding the involvement
of disadvantage business enterprises in the FHWA and the FTA funded planning
projects (sec. 105(f) Pub. L. 97-424, 96 Stat. 2100; 49 CFR part 23); and
5. The provisions of the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 (Pub.L. 101 - 336, 104 Stat.
327, as amended) and USDOT regulations "Transportation for Individuals
with Disabilities": (49 CFR parts 27, 37, and 38).
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the CDTC does
hereby request that
JOHN
T. McDONALD, MAYOR OF
Chairman,
Capital District Transportation Committee
May
19, 2005