A/GFTC TAC Minutes
Wednesday, July 27, 2016 10:00 AM
Crandall Public Library, Glens Falls
Attendees Representing
Brian Abare Village of South Glens Falls DPW
Stu Baker Town of Queensbury Community Development
Ed Bartholomew EDC of Warren County
Frank Bonafide NYSDOT Region 1
Rob Cherry NYSDOT Region 1
Lorenzo DiStefano MYSDOT Region 1
Christina Doughney CHA
Ed Doughney Warren County DPW
Ben Fischer Federal Highway Administration
Steve Godlewski Creighton Manning Engineering
Steve Haskins Washington County DPW
Maiken Holmes Warren County DPW
Karen Hulihan NYSDOT Region 1
Tom Johnson The Chazen Companies
Wayne LaMothe Warren County Planning
Gautam Mani Federal Highway Administration
Fred Mastroianni Greenman‐Pedersen Inc.
Laura Oswald Washington County Economic Development
Caroline Ross Saratoga County Planning
Dan Rourke Barton and Loguidice
Scott Sopczyk GGFT
Mike Valentine Saratoga County Planning
Greg Wichser NYSDOT Region 1
Staff
Aaron Frankenfeld A/GFTC
Kate Mance A/GFTC
1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Visitors Issues ‐ <0011011e017600030026015d01900110015a011e018c0003017d012800030026002c007400040003015d0176019a018c017d011a01b50110011e011a00030027010201b5019a010201750003004401020176015d03550003019a015a011e00030176011e01
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Planner assigned to A/GFTC.
3. Transit
A. GGFT Update ‐ <005e0110017d019a019a0003005e017d0189011001cc01c7016c0003018c011e0189017d018c019a011e011a0003019a015a0102019a0003019a015a011e0003018901b5018c0110015a01020190011e0003017d01280003019a015a018c011e011e000301
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replacement trolleys was moving forward.
B. Rural mobility analysis ‐ status of proposal review ‐ Aaron reported the
following:
Adirondack / Glens Falls Transportation Council
11 South Street, Suite 203
Glens Falls, NY 12801
p: (518) 223 – 0086 f: (518) 223 – 0584
info@a
gftc.org www.agftc.org
four proposals were received for the project
proposal review identified team of Steadman Hill Consulting, CME,
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preferred candidate based upon the proposals; also, consultant met
target cost of $40,000.
Interview will be conducted at 1:00 today; assuming all goes well,
contract will be initiated; TAC members are welcome to attend,
particularly those that have experience dealing with rural issues
Still need NYSDOT approval before contract can be offered, but not
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questions regarding FTA procurement issues
work on the project is set to begin in September
4. UPWP
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TAC comment period was run concurrently with public comment
period
FEA incorporated comments as reasonable into revised final, which is
on the website now
Following public meeting for the study in Salem, subsequent Town
meetings have resulted in the public demand to implement some of
the alternatives in the report, notably requesting removal of the
Archibald Street bridge deck
Waiting for Policy Committee ballots to approve the document as
final; (ballots received from Chairman Henke, Supervisor Strough,
Mayor Blais, Regional Director Sam Zhou,, and Supervisor Thomas)
those ballots were requested back to staff by 7/29
B. Dix Avenue Corridor Study Update ‐ (Kate)
Project has been closed out; study update has been approved by the
Policy Committee
C. Aviation Road ‐ QUFSD access study ‐ (Aaron)
Barton and Loguidice was selected to conduct the study; Dan Rourke
is the project manager
Draft interim report completed, summarizing the analysis network,
queuing and LOS conditions, and crash analysis
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proposed access plan from the school; as it turns out, the school is
looking to our consultant to formulate some recommendations rather
than react to a plan
Initial work confirms some safety and operations issues ‐ main
intersection is LOS E/D AM‐PM peak, a few local approaches are at
LOS E; Burke Drive and main entrance exceed statewide expected
rates for crashes
Draft has been circulated to the Study Advisory Committee for
review; comments are due back to me by the end of the week (7/29)
Next step is to formulate draft recommendations for access patterns
Mike Valentine asked if there was any impact to the project budget given
the change in scope. Aaron and Dan answered that there was not.
D. Traffic Count Program ‐ (Kate)
Working to coordinate A/GFTC count program so as to not overlap
NYSDOT efforts
NYSDOT updates counts on the local FA network on a three‐year cycle
Count program RFPs have been sampled from other NYS MPOs
Need to engage County DsPW to determine gaps and needs
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highways
RFP to be developed in fall 2016 to allow contractor to mobilize in
spring 2017
Rob Cherry asked about QA responsibilities. Kate replied that there were
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E. Bicycle Map reprint ‐ (Kate)
A/GFTC's stock of regional bicycle maps is nearly depleted
Map has been revised to include Rush Pond Way in Queensbury
10,000 copies will be ordered
Wayne LaMothe asked if the Ski Bowl MTB trails will be included on the
map. Aaron and Kate responded that they are not; it is staff's belief that
there are significant differences between Rush Pond Way and MTB trails
at Ski Bowl and Gurney Lane that warrant different classification, and
that the A/GFTC map is focused on depicted facilities that have end‐to‐
end connectivity.
5. TIP
A. 2014‐18 TIP
1) Amendments and Modifications (Aaron)
limited activity on the current TIP since the new TIP was approved by
the Policy Committee in June
a few adjustments have been made to the transit program to enable
GGFT to apply for FTA grants (preventative maintenance, hybrid
module replacement , purchase of 3 trolleys)
2) Project updates from sponsors (developments since last meeting)
Warren County ‐ (Ed Doughney)
o Blair Road bridge replacement project is compete; 7/5
walkthrough
o County Route 44 bridge painting ‐ PS&E within the next
few days; targeting a 9/5 project letting
o CR 13 and 31 bridge painting ‐ bid documents are out;
targeting a 9/17 letting
o County Routes 17, 52, and 59 pavement preservation
project is complete
o West Mountain Road pavement preservation ‐ PS&E
underway; letting before October
o Bay Road pavement preservation ‐ to be let in late fall,
construction next spring
Washington County ‐ (Steve Haskins)
o Public meeting held for CR 113; not well attended; working
towards CY 2017 construction
o CR 10 ‐ DPW and VTrans are both working on cultural
resource issues on either side of the bridge
o Center Falls and Lower Turnpike painting projects are
awaiting NYSDOT design approval
NYSDOT ‐ (Frank Bonafide)
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approved
o Work to begin soon on Exit 18 rest area
o Discussions ongoing for NYS 9N pavement repair project;
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receive better bid
o The MOU listing elements of the State's transportation
plan has been signed; there are differences between the
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including one supplemental project in A/GFTC area
3) Pavement Preservation Program recommendations ‐ (Aaron)
Applications were due June 10
7 project applications were received, totaling $4.621M requested
($1.3M available)
Review committee representing Queensbury, Washington County,
Saratoga County, NYSDOT and A/GFTC was assembled and met on
7/20 to review the applications
After consideration, committee decided on four projects:
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Route 4,1.06 miles), $0.630M
o Saratoga County Route 27 (Bluebird Road, Route 32 to
County 28, 1.22 miles), $0.574M
o Sanford Street, Glens Falls (9L to City Line .66 miles),
$0.402M
o Partial funding awarded to Warren County Route 23
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(ownership issues, scale of individual small project
administration not justified by award)
o Washington County Route 40 ($0.187M, .5 miles) could be
jointly administered with County Route 75 should the
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that it would
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necessary to program these four projects can be reassigned from
the 2018‐19 setaside
TAC action required to program projects from regional setasides
A motion was made to program the four projects from the 2016‐17 and
2018‐19 pavement preservation program setasides.
Moved by: Wayne LaMothe Seconded by: Mike Valentine Motion carried.
4) 5310 FTA ‐ (Kate)
A/GFTC‐area projects prescreened by NYSDOT projects were received
this morning after some delay
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Laura Oswald asked if this was a good fit for ongoing EOC efforts
headed by Claire Murphy; Kate responded that the better avenue
might be the rural mobility study noted previously
Mike Valentine asked about distribution of program notification. Kate
replied that the State contacts previous applicants and A/GFTC
follows up with its Coordinated Human Services Transportation
Committee, PC, and TAC
5) Transportation Alternatives Program ‐ Aaron noted that there was no
word yet from NYSDOT MO on solicitation timing, Frank added that MO
was working on program instructions and was attempting to move
towards a two‐year alternating solicitation cycle.
6) Bridge NY ‐ Aaron noted that the program solicitation sent to A/GFTC was
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deadline. Frank added that culverts eligible but, in response to a staff
question, new bridges where there currently are none are not.
B. 2016‐2021 TIP Development Update ‐ Aaron
new TIP approved in June
NYSDOT R1 staff has entered the data from the TIP into the STIP
A/GFTC staff has reviewed the draft STIP and provided a letter to
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the STIP
6. Other Items ‐ <0074010201c70176011e0003003e01020044017d019a015a011e00030190019a0102019a011e011a0003019a015a0102019a0003019a015a011e0003011e0110017d0176017d0175015d01100003015d0175018901020110019a00030190019a01b5011a01
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service extension between the Saratoga North Creek Railroad and the Rensselaer train
station led by the IBI Group has experienced some delay attributable to a lack of
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local staff retirements.
7.
Next Meeting and Adjourn ‐ the next meeting is scheduled for October 19 at 10:00.
A motion was made to adjourn the meeting at 11:08 AM.
Moved by: Wayne LaMothe Seconded by: Laura Oswald Meeting adjourned.