CHART Citizen's Committee Meeting

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

7:00 p.m.

TJPDC Offices (Large Conference Room)

To download the entire meeting packet as one file, click here.

To download individual items, click on blue text below.

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Time

Description

1

7:00-7:05

Matters from the Public:  limit of 3 minutes per speaker

Members of the Public are welcome to provide comment on any public-interest, transportation-related topic, including the items listed on this agenda.

2

7:05-7:10

Approval of July 11, 2007 Draft Meeting Minutes:  Click here for draft minutes

3

7:10-7:15

Nomination and Election of Vice-Chair The Committee will nominate and elect a Vice Chair.  Jim Currie is the current Committee Chair.

4

7:15-7:45

Transportation 101:  Transportation Programming and Funding John Giometti, VDOT Planning and Land Development Manager, will present an overview of transportation programming and funding in Virginia.

5

7:45-8:00

FY06 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Addendum

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has been working with the Federal Highway Administration to develop a process to bring the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) and MPO Transportation Improvement Programs (TIP) into compliance with the Federal Metropolitan Planning Process Guidelines issued in February 2007.  John Giometti (VDOT) will review the materials describing the process and discuss the proposed addendum to the FY06 TIP to bring the TIP into compliance.

1.       Click here to download background materials describing the proposed STIP/TIP process.

2.       Click here to download the draft FY06 TIP Addendum for Federal Compliance

6

8:00-8:15

Transportation 101:  Bioregional Planning Ann Whitham, TJPDC Planner will present an overview of bioregional planning.  Bioregional Planning is a topic about which the CHART Committee has previously requested information.  This topic is also being considered for inclusion in the long range plan update that is currently underway.  Click here for a summary.

7

8:15-8:30

National Household Transportation Survey (NHTS):  The base questionnaire will provide origin and destination data that will feed the transportation model (for use in the 2014 UnJAM update). The “add-on” portion of the questionnaire is intended to provide additional information for planning purposes.  The Committee will review the proposed “add-on” questions to the base questionnaire.  Staff will provide a summary of Community Mobility Committee, MPO Tech, and CHART Committee comments to VDOT Modeling Staff.

1.       Click here to download a summary of the NHTS update

2.       Click here to download the draft “add-on” questions

3.       Base questionnaire (background information) please contact TJPDC (too large for posting)

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8:30-8:45

FY08 “Game Plan” for Updating UnJAM 2025:  At its August meeting, the committee will begin to review the materials generated and requested at the July meeting.  These materials will be also discussed in greater detail at the September CHART meeting.

The following materials were developed at the July CHART meeting and revised at the July MPO Tech mtg.:

1. Preliminary schedule and milestones summary
2. List of recommended round one workshop work products

The following materials will provide background information:

3. Overview of public process to develop UnJAM 2025
4. Summary of Socioeconomic Data from UnJAM 2025
5. Summary of Transit-Related Plans and Studies in the Charlottesville-Albemarle Area
6. Summary of Public Involvement in Transit-Related Plans and Studies

9

8:45-8:50

Other Business

10

8:50-9:00

Additional Matters From the Public:  limit of 3 minutes per speaker

Members of the Public are welcome to provide comment on any public-interest, transportation-related topic, including the items listed on this agenda.

Upcoming Agenda Items

September

August

Review Draft Freight Analysis

Transportation 101:  Affordable Housing (tentative)