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 TIP submission, that the MPO planning process is being carried out in conformance with all applicable requirements of specific Federal Acts and Regulations.

 

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 TIP and subsequent project development activities including the environmental impact assessment process, 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 New York State join this affirmation and certification and forward this joint State and MPO finding to both FHWA and FTA.

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                               

                                                          JOHN T. McDONALD, MAYOR OF COHOES

                                                        Chairman, Capital District Transportation Committee

 

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                         May 19, 2005