Commission Meeting

March 6 , 2008 7:00 p.m.

TJPDC Offices (Large Conference Room)

401 East Water Street

1.      

Call to Order                                                                                       7:00 – 7:05

2.      

Matters from the Public                                                                     7:05 – 7:10

3.      

*Public Hearing – Amendment of Solid Waste Plan                        7:10 –7:30

Nelson County is withdrawing from the Thomas Jefferson Solid Waste Area, to join Region 2000. This requires the Solid Waste Management Plan (SWMP) to be amended.  For the revised plan, taking out all references to Nelson, Click here for Solid Waste Management Plan

4.      

*Public Hearing –Rural Transportation Program (Melissa Barlow) 7:30 – 7:50

The FY09 Rural Transportation Scope of Work is due to VDOT by March 15. Click here for Memo

Click here for Scope of Work

Click here for Resolution of Support

5.      

* Consent Agenda    Click here for Minutes, Click here for IGRs    7:50 – 8:05                                                                                                                     grants

6.      

Commissioner Roundtable                     (Commissioners)                 8:05 – 8:25

Each locality will have 2 minutes to share on revenue recovery for emergency medical services.

7.      

*Financial Reports                                  (Don Reed)                         8:25 – 8:40

Don Reed will present the Consolidated Income (Profit & Loss) Balance Sheet Reports for the quarter ending December 31, 2007  

Click here for Memo

Click here for the Balance Sheet

Click here for the Preliminary Financial Report

8.      

Secondary Streets                                   (Melissa Barlow)                8:40 – 8:50

Assistant Secretary of Transportation Nick Donahue will present the new Secondary Street Acceptance Requirements (SSAR) to the MPO Technical Committee on Tuesday, February 26. Melissa Barlow will do a short briefing, based on Nick’s presentation.  Click here for SSAR

9.      

Legislative Update                                  (David Blount)                   8:50 – 9:05

David Blount will do a brief status report on legislative action and the budget. The session is scheduled to wrap up on March 8. Click here for Brief memo

10.  

*CDBG Program Regional Priorities     (Billie Campbell)               9:05 – 9:15

TJPDC needs to submit a prioritized list of Project Types and Activity Categories and a list of CDBG proposals originating in the PDC in March. Click here for Memo.

11.  

Other Business                                                                                     9:15– 9:30

Commission, Staff

12.  

Chesapeake Bay Data

TJPDC is entering into a Memorandum of Understanding with the George Washington Regional Commission (GWRC) to coordinate a review of population and land cover data for the Chesapeake Bay model. Rochelle Garwood will be scheduling meetings with locality staff to go over the data. The review is expected to take 7-8 weeks. This will provide about $4,000 of revenue for the TJPDC.

13.  

Greene County Corridor Grant

TJPDC has received notification that the $150,000 multimodal grant application for the Route 29 and 33 corridors in Greene County has been approved for funding.

14.  

Regional Transportation Summit Tentatively Scheduled

The TJPDC has reserved the Monticello High School Cafeteria for both Saturday, May 3^rd and 10^th from 9-1. A final date will be selected upon securing the keynote speaker.

15.  

Climate Change Commission

The Climate Change Commission has commenced its work. Click here for link to material.