REPORT TO SHASTA COUNTY RTPA

RECOMMENDATION

It is recommended that the Agency:

1. Hold a public hearing;

2. Take testimony on the proposed 2001/02 Overall Work Program; and

3. Authorize the Chairman to sign the Certifications and Assurances for Federal Transit Administration Assistance Programs; and

4. Adopt Resolution No. 01-04 certifying compliance with federal joint urban transportation planning regulations and adopting the 2001/02 Overall Work Program.

SUMMARY

The Overall Work Program (OWP) is required for regional transportation planning agencies designated as the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) to receive state and federal planning funds. The OWP has been developed in cooperation with the cities, RABA, Caltrans and Shasta County and incorporates all the comments received from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and Caltrans District 2. Another requirement is to certify that federal funds will not be used for lobbying purposes.

DISCUSSION

State and Federal regulations governing the metropolitan transportation planning process require the development of an annual budget by each Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) called the Overall Work Program (OWP) to define the tasks to be accomplished, the type and amount of funding and the participants in the transportation planning process. The 2000/01 Overall Work Program has been prepared after receiving and incorporating input from the cities, County, RABA and Caltrans and has been reviewed by the funding agencies which include the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and Caltrans. Funding agency comments and responses have been included in the final draft. Federal law requires that the OWP also contain a certification that none of the funds received are used for lobbying purposes.

The 2001/02 OWP includes funding to prepare, monitor and implement all the planning documents and processes that are required. This includes the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP), the Regional Transportation Improvement Plan (RTIP), bike and aviation plans and the Federal Transportation Improvement Plan (FTIP). This OWP includes funds to comply with the Air Quality Conformity rules that go into effect when Shasta County is designated a Federal Non Attainment Area (July 2001). Implementing the adopted Public Involvement Plan is incorporated into this budget.

These processes and plans can be considered the "core," or, basic functions of the RTPA. These plans are prepared by Shasta County staff under the direction of the Executive Officer. Other local agencies participate as stakeholders, mainly by attending meetings and commenting on the work done by staff. This OWP funds these "core" RTPA functions 100% from Federal Planning funds and TDA resources.

To fund all the "core" functions as well as the requests from all the local agencies, spends 100% of the funds to be made available to the RTPA for the current year. These functions and requests were funded in accordance with the Board's adopted policy numbered 5-1. This policy determines the order in which to prioritize these local agency requests in the event such requests exceed the funding available. This policy addresses how competing projects are evaluated, what type of accountability is required and what deliverables are required.

Total funding for the Work Program is $902,900. A break down of the funding is presented in the following table.

Funding agencies are the Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Caltrans. Participating agencies are Shasta County, the cities of Redding, Anderson, and Shasta Lake, Redding Area Bus Authority, and Caltrans. This item was discussed at the TAC meeting of April 10.

FINANCING

Total funding for the Work Program is $902,900. This amount is made up of $575,711 is Federal funds, $203,885 in TDA funds, $71,493 in FTA funds, and $51,811 in "In-kind" commitments. Section III of the OWP contains a two page financial summary.

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Daniel J. Kovacich, Executive Officer

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Attachments:
Resolution No. 01-04
The following attachments are available at the RTPA office:
Certifications and Assurances for Federal Transit Administration Assistance Programs
2001/02 Overall Work Program (Agency Members only)