The DVRPC Board

10:00 am, July 23, 2009

Commission Office
The ACP Building - 8th Floor
190 N. Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, PA

For directions Call (215) 592-1800
Please Use Sixth Street Entrance

CALL TO ORDER  CHAIR'S COMMENTS

PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS

ACTION ITEMS

  • 1. Minutes of Meeting of June 25, 2009
  • 2. Adoption of Connections:  The Regional Plan for a Sustainable Future - DVRPC's Long Range Plan for the Greater Philadelphia Region  

    Staff will present a summary of Connections including the public comments received from the public comment period which has been completed.  Adoption will then be requested by the Board.

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  • 3. Adoption of the DVRPC FY 2010-2013 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for New Jersey  

    Staff will present a summary of the Draft FY 2010-2013 TIP for New Jersey and recommended changes for Board adoption.

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  • 4. Adoption of the Conformity Determination of Connections: The Long Range Plan, the FY 2009-2012 TIP for Pennsylvania and the FY 2010-2013 TIP for New Jersey   

    DVRPC has demonstrated Transportation Conformity for the Connections:  Long Range Plan, the FY 2010 New Jersey TIP and the FY 2009 Pennsylvania TIP.  Staff will present the results and request Board adoption.

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  • 5. DVRPC Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Actions            
    • a. NJ09-37:  Programming of Low-Bid Savings on NJDOT Recovery Act Projects (DB #09359 and DB #98516), Various Counties
    • b. PA09-50a:  Stone Arch Rehab (Group D) (MPMS #87060), Bucks and  Montgomery Counties  
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    • c. PA09-50b:  Stone Arch Rehab (Group E) (MPMS #87061), Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties
    • d. PA-50c:  30th Street Station Bridge (MPMS #64844), Philadelphia
    • e. PA09-51a:  SR 422, PM1 to MP 180, Resurfacing project (MPMS #86924), Montgomery County
    • f.  PA09-51b:  Sister Cities Plaza, Phase 1 (MPMS #87124), Philadelphia
    • g. PA09-51c:  SR 309, Sellersville Bypass Resurfacing Project (MPMS #86923), Bucks County
    • h. PA09-52:  Edge Hill Road and Tyson Avenue, Easton Road to Jenkintown Road, Reconstruction Project (MPMS #57865), Montgomery County
    • i.  PA09-54a:  Bells Mill Road, Germantown Avenue to Stenton Avenue, Restoration Project (MPMS #17581), Philadelphia
    • j.  PA09-54b:  Lincoln Drive, Ridge Avenue to Wissahickon Drive, Reconstruction Project (MPMS #57901), Philadelphia
    • k. PA09-57:  5th and Market Street Transportation Improvements (MPMS #87137), SEPTA
    • l.  PA09-58:  Market Street Elevated Reconstruction Program (MPMS#60281), SEPTA
  • 6. Approval of Recommended Projects for Pennsylvania Community Transportation Initiative (PCTI) and Safe Routes to School (SRTS)

    Staff will present the recommended projects for the PCTI and SRTS Programs for Board approval.

  • 7. Proposed Amendments to the Tri-County Water Quality Management Board
        
    • a. Bordentown Sewerage Authority (Bordentown Township and Bordentown City) Wastewater Management Plan, Burlington County
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    • b. Request to Establish 122 Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for Mercury Impairments (34 TMDLs in Tri-County Area), Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester Counties

INFORMATION ITEMS

  • 8. Regional Citizens Committee (RCC) Report         

    The activities from the RCC Meeting of July 14, 2009 will be reported to the Board.

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  • 9. Executive Director's Report
       
    • a. Congressional Staff Briefing – August 6, 2009
    • b. DVRPC Board Retreat – September 24, 2009
    • c. Regional Leadership Exchange – September 10, 2009
    • d. Classic Towns of Greater Philadelphia
    • e. Climate Change Legislation
    • f. Pennsylvania State Transportation Commission – September 2, 2009
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  • 10. Committee Reports
    • a. Planning Coordinating Committee/Regional Transportation Committee - Donald Shanis
    • b. Delaware Valley Goods Movement Task Force - Donald Shanis
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  • 11. One Minute Reports

      Board Members and Alternates are invited to provide updates on the activities of    their counties/agencies.

OLD BUSINESS

NEW BUSINESS

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

Immediatly following Board Meeting

CALL TO ORDER

ACTION ITEMS

  • 1. Minutes of Meeting of June 25, 2009

INFORMATION ITEM

  • 2. FY 2008 Single Audit

    A report will be given on the results of the Commission’s annual Single Audit for the period ending June 30, 2008.

  • 3. DVRPC Planning Work Program Report – Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2009

OLD BUSINESS

NEW BUSINESS

Air Quality Partnership
Annual Report
Connections 2050
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)
Economic Development District