WHEREAS, Title 23, Code of
Federal Regulations, Part 450; and title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Part
613, require the development of a Transportation Improvement Program (TIP);
and,
WHEREAS, the Capital District
Transportation Committee (CDTC) has been designated by the Governor as the
Metropolitan Planning Organization for the Capital District metropolitan area;
and,
WHEREAS, the Capital District
Transportation Committee, underwent formal federal certification review and the
CDTC planning process was documented as being in compliance with all existing
federal rules and regulations; and,
WHEREAS, the Capital District
Transportation Committee, in accordance with Federal requirements for a
Transportation Improvement Program, has developed a staged five-year integrated
program of federally funded highway, transit and other transportation projects
for the Capital District metropolitan area; and,
WHEREAS, the Transportation
Improvement Program shows reasonable estimates of project cost and staging, and
the procedure for project selection at the State level for projects for the
first three years is incorporated into this TIP; and
WHEREAS, the procedure to
update the project cost, scope and schedules within the first three years of
the TIP is contained in the TIP; and,
WHEREAS, the Transportation
Improvement Program is consistent with all plans, goals, and objectives of the
Capital District; and,
WHEREAS, the Transportation
Improvement Program includes projects consistent with the New Visions long-range Regional Transportation Plan for the Capital
District metropolitan area; and,
WHEREAS, it is recognized the
Transportation Improvement Program document includes for informational purposes
significant Thruway, state, local, and privately funded projects in addition to
those metropolitan projects within the legal programming and responsibility of
the Capital District Transportation Committee; and,
WHEREAS, efforts have been
made to increase involvement of public and private transit operators in the
planning process and the development of the TIP; and,
WHEREAS, the 2001-06
Transportation Improvement Program reflects a deliberate effort by CDTC to
produce a five-year program that is smaller in aggregate funding requirements
than federal funding estimates would permit; and,
WHEREAS, the Planning
Committee, at its (May 17, 2001) meeting, recommended approval by the Capital
District Transportation Committee of the 2001-06 Transportation Improvement
Program for the Capital District metropolitan area.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that
CDTC finds the transit portion of the Transportation Improvement Program to be
consistent with CDTC's New Visions
Regional Transportation Plan; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the
Capital District Transportation Committee endorses the five-year Transportation
Improvement Program for the fiscal period 2001-06; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that
the Capital District Transportation Committee endorses the 2001-06 TIP as
consistent with all current plans and programs, including conformity with the
State Implementation Plan for Air Quality in accordance with requirements of
the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, and recommends the initiation of those
projects and plans so specified; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that
the Capital District Transportation Committee endorses the conformity analysis
performed in the context of the 2001-06 TIP as an update to the conformity
determination of the long-range Regional Transportation Plan (New Visions); and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that
projects listed in the committed column of the TIP are automatically
incorporated into the 2001-02 element if they are not obligated by September
30, 2001, as long as fiscal constraint is demonstrated; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that
the 2001-06 Transportation Improvement Program includes approximately $50 M in
matched federal funds to help maintain fiscal constraint in lieu of offsets
that may be required by the New York State Department of Transportation
resulting from rollovers from the committed column, address future cost
increases of projects in the TIP and ensure CDTC's ability to undertake a full
solicitation, project evaluation and programming of the next generation of TIP
projects in the 2003-08 Transportation Improvement Program;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that
the Committee directs the Secretary to submit this resolution and appropriate
documentation of the program through the New York State Commissioner of
Transportation to the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit
Administration as (1) amendments to the existing State Transportation
Improvement Program as necessary and appropriate, and (2) a component of the
new State Transportation Improvement Program to cover Federal Fiscal Years
2001-02 through 2003-04.
FREDERICK
G. FIELD, JR.
Chairman,
Capital District Transportation
Committee
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