DELAWARE VALLEY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION
BOARD MEETING

Board Policy Analysis Committee Meeting
preceding Board Meeting
9:00-10:30 a.m.
All Board Members and Alternates
are welcome to attend.

AGENDA

CALL TO ORDER - CHAIRMAN'S COMMENTS

PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS

ACTION ITEMS

1. Minutes of Meeting of March 27, 2003

2. Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Actions

3. Approval of the FY 2002-2003 DVRPC Competitive Congestion Mitigation Air Quality (CMAQ) Program

Staff will present the CMAQ projects recommended for Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

4. Authorization to Open a Public Comment Period for the Draft DVRPC New Jersey FY 2004-2006 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)

A draft TIP document will be available the beginning of May and it is recommended that the Board authorize staff to open a 30-day public comment period starting the beginning of May through early June.

5. Approval of the FY 2003 Transportation and Community Development Initiative (TCDI) Projects

The TCDI program supports local development and redevelopment efforts in the cities and older suburbs and boroughs of the Delaware Valley. Staff will present, for Board approval, the recommended nine projects for funding in New Jersey and the 15 projects for Pennsylvania.

6. Adoption of the DVRPC Policy on the Reauthorization of the Federal Aviation System Operation and Development Program

The Regional Aviation Committee (RAC) has prepared a policy paper for Board adoption of AIR 21, which is due to be reauthorized at the end of FY 2003. Programs and funding allocations in that legislation will have unique impacts and opportunities for the Regional Aviation System Plan (RASP) airports and heliports.

7. DVRPC FY 2003 Work Program Amendment: Pennsylvania Sea Level Rise Response Assessment

This study will determine the likelihood of protection against sea-level rise by analyzing state and local coastal management policies and development patterns. DVRPC will develop maps distinguishing the areas likely to be protected from sea-level rise as opposed to those areas where shores will probably retreat naturally.

8. Proposed Amendments to the New Jersey Tri-County Water Quality Management Plan:

a. Calton Homes, Mansfield Township (Burlington County)

b. A.C. Moore, Winslow Township (Camden County)

9. Appointment of Nominating Committee for Fiscal Year 2004 DVRPC Board Officers

A Nominating Committee will be selected to appoint candidates for Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer to the DVRPC Board for Fiscal Year 2004 (July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004). The Chairman for FY 2004 must be from New Jersey. The committee will report these candidates at the May Board meeting and elections will take place at the June Board meeting.

DISCUSSION ITEMS

10. Regional Citizens Committee (RCC) Report

Dennis Winters, Chairman of the RCC, will report to the Board the activities of the RCC's Meeting of April 15, 2003.

11. Status of Pennsylvania Transportation Management Associations (TMAs)

12. Executive Director's Report

a. New Jersey Statewide Capital Master Plan meeting of March 31, 2003

b. Progress Report on DVRPC's Annual Celebration of Regional Excellence Dinner, Park Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue, June 4, 2003

c. New Jersey Alliance for Action South Jersey Regional Dinner, Clarion Hotel, April 29, 2003

d. Pennsylvania Joint Rail Freight Seminar, Radison Lackawanna Station Hotel Scranton, May 7-9, 2003

e. 2003 Governor's Conference on Transportation, Land Use and Economic Development, Hershey Lodge, May 28, 2003

ADVISORY ITEM

13. Committee Reports

a. Planning Coordinating Committee/Regional Transportation Committee - John B. Claffey

b. Regional Housing Committee - Barry Seymour

c. Goods Movement Task Force - John J. Coscia

d. Tri-County Water Quality Management Board - Michael Ontko

OLD BUSINESS

NEW BUSINESS

DELAWARE VALLEY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

AGENDA

CALL TO ORDER

ACTION ITEMS*

1. Minutes of Meeting of March 27, 2003

2. Contract Authorizations:

a. Mitchell & Titus, LLP, Implementation of General Accounting Standards Board (GASB) 34

b. Production of a DVRPC Public Awareness / Marketing Video Program

c. Pennsylvania Sea Level Rise Response Assessment

3. Appointment of Nominating Committee for Fiscal Year 2004 DVRPC Executive Committee Officers

INFORMATION ITEM

4. FY 2003 Planning Work Program Third Quarter Report

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NEW BUSINESS