Meeting Minutes of the A/GFTC Technical Advisory Committee
August 14, 2013

Attendees Agency
Brian Abare Village of South Glens Falls DPW
Stu Baker Town of Queensbury Community Development
Frank Bonafide NYSDOT Region 1
Michael Breault Washington County DPW
Rob Cherry NYSDOT Region 1
Tracy Conlon Trustee, Village of Fort Edward
Richard Doyle Washington County DPW
Karen Hulihan NYSDOT Region 1
Larry Mulvaney NYSDOT Region 1
Joe Orlow Mayor, Village of South Glens Falls
Scott Sopczyk Greater Glens Falls Transit
Jeff Tennyson Warren County DPW
Mike Valentine Saratoga County Planning

A/GFTC Staff:
Aaron Frankenfeld
Kate Mance

1. Welcome and Introductions: Aaron opened the meeting at 1:30.
2. Visitors Issues: No visitors present
3. Administrative Items –
A. iPoolNorth contract – As noted at the last meeting, A/GFTC has merged its online
ridesharing matching service (iPoolNorth) with that of CDTC (iPool2). Requested items
for the next RFP for a provider of those services are currently under consideration.
B. RPB reimbursements – A/GFTC was informed that payments to the host agency in
advance of services was not a reimbursable expense, despite having sustained the
practice for several years. The Regional Planning Board has adjusted their billing
accordingly after discussions with staff and the RPB’s accountant.
4. UPWP
A. Completed / Ongoing Activities
1) On-call assistance projects
a. Fire Road Pedestrian Improvements – Kate reported on the status of the
project. A successful joint public meeting was held between the Glens Falls
Common Council and Glens Falls School Board to discuss the project, and
outreach to individual stakeholders has been conducted. The preferred
option that has emerged is a multiuse trail. A presentation of the draft
report is planned for the Common Council in September; thus far, the City
seems content with the project.
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b. Bay / Sanford Crash Analysis – Aaron reported that CHA staff was in the
field as of last week conducting additional data collection. Receipt of a draft
report is anticipated soon.

2) Exit 17 Land Use Study – Aaron reported on the project. A study kickoff meeting
was held July 25th, during which we reviewed the advisory committee
representation and project schedule. A meeting with Town of Moreau officials to
discuss potential buildout was scheduled.

3) Regional Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan update – Aaron reported that A/GFTC’s
Panning Assistant had been working on shoulder data collection for Moreau and
Washington County as a complement to the information that had been compiled as
part of the Warren County Bicycle Master Plan. A/GFTC staff also met with several
representatives from Washington County to discuss the planning initiative and
establish contacts. Mike Valentine asked about the data collection. Aaron noted
that it was shoulder width and speed data that would ultimately be used in the
analysis.
5. Long Range Plan update –
A. Comments on draft – Aaron asked the committee for any substantive comments on the
draft that would require resolution prior to staff releasing the draft. Smaller, technical
corrections can be resolved during the public comment period. To date, comments had
been received from NYSDOT and the Canal Corporation and staff was working to
incorporate those into a revised draft.
B. Approval for public comment – A motion was made to approve the draft for public
comment.
Moved by: Stu Baker Second: Mike Valentine Motion Carried
6. Transit
A. GGFT Update – Scott Sopczyk reported that four new buses had been delivered. The
entire GGFT fleet is now equipped with onboard cameras that have proven to be quite
valuable. The roof replacement project has been completed. Procurement of a new
trolley during FFY 14 has been initiated. Regarding operations, construction on Route 4
has been a challenge but has not resulted in any significant service disruptions. SUNY
Adirondack students will now be able to present their student IDs as fare for GGFT
services. Ridership increases are anticipated as a result. Aaron reported that A/GFTC
staff has updated the GGFT route map; maintaining the map had been a challenge on
account of previous formatting.
7. Transportation Improvement Program
A. Amendments and Modifications – Aaron summarized recent TIP changes to the TIP,
including necessary modifications for the Beach Road, Fort Edward Visitors Center,
Broad Street, GGFT Trolley Purchase, Routes 28N and Route 4 bridge, and West
Mountain Road MTC projects. An amendment was presented by NYSDOT to reintroduce a
project to improve the at-grade CP rail crossing at East Street, a project that was
previously on the TIP but had been withdrawn on account of inactivity. Aaron noted that
the Village of Fort Edward was supportive of this amendment request. A motion was
made to approve the amendment request for project 193286.
Moved by: Mike Valentine Second: Tracy Conlon Motion Carried

B. Project Updates
 Jeff Tennyson reported on Warren County projects. Bids had been received for
the Crane Mountain Road bridge replacement and Hicks Road reconstruction
projects. No resolution has been made on the ongoing dispute with FHWA
regarding reimbursement for ARRA projects. FHWA has not responded to the
latest County inquiry and it is anticipated that a political push will be necessary.
Beach Road is completed. Steel repairs are ongoing on the Lanfear Road bridge.
The Draft Design Report for Valley Road bridge is almost complete. PS&E for Blair
Road over Mill Brook is underway. ROW issues have been encountered with
Palisades Road over Brant Lake inlet; Warren County will attempt to resolve
those without a TIP amendment. Scott asked about the schedule for Hicks Road;
Jeff noted that project could begin as soon as September and that the contractor
is aware of the need to coordinate schedules with the balloon festival.
 Mike Breault reported on Washington County projects. CR 12 over the Mettawee
River is on schedule. CR 61 was delayed on account of high water and a resulting
change in the bridge footing.
 Mayor Orlow reported that field personnel for the Route 9 safety project have
been responsive and helpful. The Village would have preferred additional
amenities as part of the project, but the project has been well received
nonetheless.
 Stu Baker reported that although elements of the design authorization have been
delayed, the Aviation Road project is still on schedule for construction in Spring
2014.
 Frank Bonafide reported on NYSDOT projects. Work on U.S> Route 4 continues.
the 197 bridge over the Hudson River is scheduled for an 8/15 letting. Route 28N
over the Hudson is due to be let in October. The Route 4/149 intersection project
will be out for bid in October; ROW has been successfully acquired. Removal in
advance of replacement of the Route 4 bridge over the Champlain Canal in
Whitehall is scheduled for December. Frank also reported that Region 1
performed well in project delivery as compared to other DOT regions, but noted
that delivery of the Make the Connection program projects could be improved.

C. Draft STIP – Aaron noted that the draft STIP has been released for public comment and
can be accessed at the A/GFTC office.

D. Preservation Program Solicitation – Aaron noted that design funds for the pavement and
bridge preservation block programs would be available for obligation by October 2013.
A discussion ensued as to how to conduct the solicitation. A motion was made to
establish a working group to conduct the solicitations.
Moved by: Jeff Tennyson Second: Frank Bonafide Motion Carried
E. TEP – Aaron noted that the application deadline is Friday, August 16. Few local projects
were expected to be submitted, but Frank noted that the Region was expecting dozens
of applications. A project selection process similar to what had been recently deployed
with success for the STEP process was anticipated. Aaron noted that that process had
worked well in the past. The Regional office will determine eligibility. No firm timeline for
announcement of awarded projects has been provided.

8. Next Meeting and Adjourn
The next meeting was scheduled for October 16 at 1:30. The meeting was adjourned at 2:48
PM.
 

 
 
 
 
Meeting Minutes of the A/GFTC Technical Advisory Committee
June 25, 2013

Attendees Agency
Brian Abare Village of South Glens Falls DPW
Stu Baker Town of Queensbury Community Development
Ed Bartholomew Community and Econ. Development Director, City of Glens Falls
Michael Breault Washington County DPW
Rob Cherry NYSDOT Region 1
Richard Doyle Washington County DPW
Ed Doughney Warren County DPW
Kevin Hajos Warren County DPW
Karen Hulihan NYSDOT Region 1
Joe Moloughney NYS Canal Corporation
Mike Valentine Saratoga County Planning

A/GFTC Staff:
Greg Francese
Aaron Frankenfeld
Kate Mance

1. Welcome and Introductions: Aaron opened the meeting at 1:30.
2. Visitors Issues: No visitors present
3. Administrative Items –
A. Personnel update – Aaron introduced Greg Francese, A/GFTC’s Planning Assistant for
Summer 2013.
B. Host Agency fee – Aaron reported that NYSDOT Expenditures had conveyed that advance
payment of the Host Agency fee to LC-LGRPB in absence of billable tasks was not an
eligible expense. The RPB has been informed that these expenses will need to be
recouped through other means.
C. UPWP Amendment – FTA MPP – Aaron reported that revised allocations for Federal
Transit Administration Metropolitan Planning Program funds (+$898) and Federal
Highway Administration PL funds (-$281) were included in Federal Register.FTA
regulations require an amendment to the UPWP for any change in MPP funds. A motion
was made to approve initiation of a public comment period for the required
amendment in advance of Policy Committee consideration.
Moved by: Ed Bartholomew Second: Mike Valentine Motion Carried
D. 5310 Administration – Aaron reported that NYSDOT has requested notification from
A/GFTC that indicates that A/GFTC consents to NYSDOT continuing to administer the FTA
5310 program on the MPO’s behalf. A/GFTC has the option to assume hosting of its own
program and solicitation, but staff recommends that we do not choose this option as the
administrative requirements would be a significant burden to MPO or GGFT staff.
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A motion was made to approve NYSDOT continuing to administer FTA 5310 on
behalf of A/GFTC.
Moved by: Stu Baker Second: Ed Bartholomew Motion Carried
E. iPoolNorth contract – Aaron reported that A/GFTC has been invoiced for $7,500 by
Ecology and Environment (ENE) to continue to maintain iPoolNorth, A/GFTC’s ridesharing
website. Staff has reviewed the contract and determined that the expense outweighs the
benefit given that iPool2, a similar service operated by Capital District Transit Authority
(CDTA), could accommodate our users. Staff consulted CDTA prior to contacting ENE to
request an estimate to merge the two systems. ENE has provided a cost of $2,040 to
migrate iPoolNorth users to Ipool2. A/GFTC and CDTA will work out a cost sharing
mechanism for future services. A motion was made to approve the ENE proposal to
merge iPoolNorth with iPool2.

Moved by: Ed Bartholomew Second: Stu Baker Motion Carried
4. UPWP
A. Completed / Ongoing Activities
1) Coordinated Human Services Transportation Committee – Kate reported on the
ongoing efforts to identify and develop an online mobility management tool. The
eventual product will likely not be map-based, but will allow users to enter
information regarding location and destination, trip purpose, and accommodation
needs in order to obtain transportation service options. The difficulty in securing
continued committee input was noted, and staff is continuing to pursue avenues
that would allow for greater participation. Ed Bartholomew noted that regional
mobility would be considered as part of the Adirondack Gateway Council’s
Sustainable Communities regional planning grant, funded by the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development.
2) On-call assistance projects
a. Fire Road Pedestrian Improvements – Kate reported that a kickoff meeting
and a joint public meeting of the Glens Falls School Board and the Glens
Falls Common Council have been held. Both meetings were well attended
and enabled productive discussion. The committee discussed the Jerome
Avenue component, engagement of the YMCA, and a potential link to Cole’s
Woods.
b. Bay / Sanford Crash Analysis – Aaron reported that the Glens Falls Police
Department has requested a review of crash history at this location. Of
particular concern are two incidents involving roadway departure along this
heavily traveled pedestrian corridor. Staff has summarized the crash reports
and forwarded that data to CHA for consideration.
3) Exit 17 Land Use Study – Aaron reported the Creighton Manning Engineering has
been selected from seven applicants to conduct the study. Region 1 Planning has
provided a significant amount of related traffic data to staff and the consultants. A
late July kickoff is anticipated.

5. Long Range Plan Presentation – Kate presented progress made in updating the Long Range
Plan. The document will be reorganized, tying projects and priorities to the Planning
Principles. The Goals and Objectives, somewhat duplicative of the Planning Principles, will be
removed. Rob Cherry noted his support for that approach. Kate continued to summarize the
document section by section, noting changes to the content, challenges and opportunities,
and proposed projects and priorities. Changes in Census statistics and infrastructure were
reviewed. The public engagement process, originally proposed prior to formulation of the

draft, was reviewed and clarified. The committee was asked to consider the information
presented and submit comments by 7/5. A draft document will be circulated to the committee
around 7/19, and the committee will be asked to vote on the document at its 8/14 meeting.
6. Transportation Improvement Program
A. Amendments and Modifications
1) Town of Warrensburg request for MTC funds – Aaron reported that Warrensburg
was requesting an award of the unprogrammed funds from the last round of the
Make the Connection program in order to address concerns raised by NYSDOT staff
regarding increased FHWA scrutiny of allowable in-kind contribution. As a result,
the Town will have to bid out certain elements of its existing Make the Connection
and Safe Routes to School projects in order to satisfy administrative requirements
(the Town had planned on completing those elements with Town labor). In
response to questions from the committee, staff clarified that there were no
competing needs for these funds from other sponsors or program applicants. A
motion was made to award the previously unprogrammed Make the
Connection funds to the Town of Warrensburg.
Moved by: Kevin Hajos Second: Mike Valentine Motion Carried
2) Beach Road Phase II Amendment – Aaron noted that the ballot to approve funding
for the second phase of the Beach Road project had been distributed to the Policy
Committee with a requested response date of 7/1
B. Status of TIP Development – Aaron reported that he was continuing to reconcile
differences from the approved TIP found in draft STIP. A letter to NYSDOT confirming
coordination of those two programs will be delivered by the end of this week.
C. TEP solicitation – Kate updated the committee on the ongoing project solicitation for the
Transportation Enhancements Program.
D. Project updates (added to the agenda)
1) Warren County – Kevin Hajos reported the following:
 Beach Road was nearing an anticipated 8/1 completion. There will be a
gap between completion of the County project and initiation of work on
the State-owned section.
 The County was still waiting for federal authorization for Crane Mountain
Road and Hicks Road (Karen Hulihan stated that both were at FHWA for
review)
 FHWA had been provided with additional information regarding the
ongoing investigation of the Stony Creek ARRA bridge projects
2) Washington County – Mike Breault reported the following:
 CR 16 – DDR has been reviewed; RK Hite is ready to begin ROW ACQU
 CR 12 – construction is ongoing and ahead of schedule
 CR 61 – existing structure has been removed; construction is ongoing
 Dewey’s Bridge – demolition is complete
 CR 10 – Governor of Vermont has added this project to FFY 14 roster
 CR 12 / Hatch Hill Road scope is under review
3)
Saratoga County – Brian Abare noted positive progress in NYSDOT’S Route 9 safety
project in South Glens Falls.
4) NYSDOT – Rob Cherry reported that Route 197 over the Hudson (west branch) was
on track for a late August letting. Rob also noted that that NYSDOT was awaiting
delivery of PS&E for two projects – the Route 149 MTC project (Warren County)
and Broad Street reconstruction (Glens Falls).

5) Town of Queensbury – Stu Baker reported that elements of the design report for
Aviation / Dixon were under development. ROWACQU will begin in August, with
construction scheduled for next April.
7. Other Items
A. Cleaner Greener Phase II – Kate reported on the availability of NYERDA funding for the
next round of Cleaner Greener Communities program. Program details will be distributed
to the committee.
B. Bike/ped data collection – Aaron reported that staff may initiate two data collection
efforts later this summer – (1) an analysis of the effectiveness of sharrows at select
locations in Glens Falls and (2) updated trail user counts along the Feeder Canal Trail
and Warren County Bikeway.
8. Next Meeting and Adjourn
The next meeting was scheduled for August 14 at 1:30. The meeting was adjourned at 3:30.
 
 

Policy Committee Meeting Minutes

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Attendees Agency
Mitchell Suprenant (Chair) Supervisor, Town of Fort Edward
Ralph Bentley (Vice Chair) Supervisor, Town of Horicon
Sam Zhou Regional Director, NYSDOT Region 1
Ed Bartholomew Community and Econ. Development Director, City of Glens Falls
Frank Bonafide Planning and Program Manager, NYSDOT Region 1
Wayne LaMothe Director, Warren County Planning
Nadine Lemmon Tri-State Transportation Campaign
Scott Sopczyk Director, GGFT
John Strough Deputy Supervisor, Town of Queensbury
Steven Sweeney Division Canal Engineer, NYS Canal Corporation
Jeff Tennyson Superintendent, Warren County DPW

A/GFTC Staff:
Kate Mance
Aaron Frankenfeld

1. Welcome and Introductions: Chairman Mitch Suprenant opened the meeting at 11:10.
2. Visitors Issues: Nadine Lemmon spoke to the committee on behalf of New Yorkers for Active
Transportation (NY4AT), a coalition of advocates for bicycle and pedestrian transportation
improvements. This group was established to inform project selection stemming from funding
flexibility created by MAP-21. Nadine has been reaching out to MPOs to request adequate
funding for bike/ped projects. The group also wants better performance measures that would
make it easier to quantify the benefits of bicycle and pedestrian modes. Nadine suggests that
when projects are selected for the TIP, that those with bike/ped features get extra points. She
also recommended that the Policy Committee members actively support bike/ped issues.
Nadine noted that there are opportunities in other funding sources, like the Highway Safety
Improvement Program (HSIP), which could be used to fund bike/ped projects. The NY4AT
group is lobbying for DOT to create a Surface Transportation Program (STP) set-aside for
bike/ped projects. Nadine also asked about Complete Streets policies in the region, and
whether the MPO has adopted a Complete Streets policy. NY4AT is able to draft policies for
adoption by other agencies if requested. Aaron responded that A/GFTC usually includes
bicycle/pedestrian facilities with all large projects; however, routine maintenance /
preservation projects, which will now make up the majority of projects on the TIP, do not
include bike/ped as a matter of course. Also, our understanding is that Transportation
Alternatives money can be transferred by NYS to routine preservation projects, which would
further decrease funding available for bike/ped. Nadine noted that the A/GFTC set-aside for
bike/ped projects (Make the Connection program) is a great model for other MPOs. Aaron
stated that he will take the concept of a Complete Streets policy to the Technical Advisory
Committee. John Strough stated that he would also report on the Complete Streets policy
idea to the Warren County Safe & Quality Bicycling Organization. Jeff Tennyson stated that
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the County is largely in support of Complete Streets, but has not passed a specific policy
because it is difficult to make Complete Streets without complete funding.
3. Administrative Items –
A. Personnel update – Aaron noted that A/GFTC has hired a summer intern that will be starting
on May 29 to assist with the LRP, our GIS architecture, and other projects. The position is
temporary and anticipated to sunset in the fall.
B. Urban Area Boundary approval (Resolution 13-4) – Aaron recommended that Chairman
Suprenant call a quorum of affected parties to facilitate voting on the resolution. Although
Saratoga County was not represented at the table, there has been consistent participation
from the County at Technical Advisory Committee meetings. In addition, the proposed
changes to the UAB in Saratoga County are minor. USDOT requires that any changes to the
adjusted urban area boundary be approved by the Policy Committee. Adjusted urban area
boundaries are based on the Census-defined urban area and then adjusted to geographical
boundaries. Chairman Suprenant called a quorum.
Motion to adopt Resolution 13-4
Motion: Ed Bartholomew Second: Ralph Bentley Motion Carried
4. Completed and Ongoing Staff and Consultant Activities – Aaron reported on the following
projects:
Completed:
 Draft Crossing Guard location assessment for the City of Glens Falls Police Department has
been submitted for review.
 Draft crash analyses were submitted to the TAC in late March. These studies were completed
for Washington County and for the Town of Moreau. A similar effort for Warren County will be
undertaken once traffic count data is made available to staff.
Ongoing:
 Consultant selection for the Exit 17 Transportation / Land Use study is underway. Seven
proposals were received and have been distributed to affected parties for review and rating.
Reviewers have been asked to send their recommendations in by next week. If anyone is
interested in participating, please contact Aaron.
 A crash analysis for Bay Street and Sanford Street has been commenced, using the on-call
engineering agreement with Clough Harbor Associates. Staff and the consultant have met
with the Chief of Police to kick-off the project.
 The Bicycle and Pedestrian connection improvements for the Crandall Park/Fire Road/YMCA/
Kensington School area is underway. Kate is working with a small steering committee and
Creighton Manning Engineering, and the first meeting will be at the end of May.
 Long Range Plan update work is still underway. It is anticipated that the new assistant will
help with data collection and public outreach.
 Coordinated Human Services Transportation Committee- Kate has developed a scope for an
online mobility management site, which would show all available transportation services
based on location and user needs. This committee is meeting this week. Ed Bartholomew
asked to have a copy of the data concerning the transportation providers, to be included in
the City’s Community Challenge project.
 WCSQBO – Kate has been working with this group on a series of maps for kiosks along the
Warren County Bikeway and Feeder Canal Trail, as part of the group’s “Bike exit” sign effort.
 Upstate APA conference – Kate will be speaking about the Warren County Bike Plan at an
upcoming conference in the fall.
 Capital District Regional Economic Development Council – Staff have been involved in the
Infrastructure Workgroup meetings, which are intended to help align the priorities of the
CDEDRC with various infrastructure group priorities, including transportation.

5. Greater Glens Falls Transit Update (Scott Sopczyk) Scott briefed the committee on ongoing
transit capital and operating projects, noting that overall ridership during the previous
calendar year was another record high and has increased this year as well. Also noted was the
ongoing efforts to enable SUNY Adirondack students to use student IDs to access GGFT
services. Jeff Tennyson inquired about GGFT’s process for auctioning retired vehicles, noting
potential interest in shuttle operations in Warren County. Ralph Bentley stated that a private
operator had attempted to provide similar services but was unable to comply with increased
DOT requirements.
6. TIP
A. Project Updates (major developments since March 2013)
1) Warren County: Jeff Tennyson gave the following project updates:
 Beach Road – the hardscape will be installed next week, and the plantings put in after
that.
 Hicks Road – PS&E has been submitted, with an anticipated June let date
 Lanfear Road Bridge – the contract for painting/maintenance has been signed
 Crane Mtn Road – PS&E has been submitted, and ROW clearance is needed
 Blair Rd – Creighton Manning has been awarded the design contract for the project
 Grist Mill Rd – This was an ARRA project that was left open because the County is in
the process of disputing FHWA chargeback for micropiles. FHWA had identified a
discrepancy in documentation required for the Buy America Act. Warren County
originally held back funds from the contractor, but then received correspondence from
FHWA that indicated it was acceptable for the project to move forward. Ten months
later, the FHWA reversed their previous approval, and have charged back $30,000.
Since ARRA funding expires in September, it is important that this issue be resolved
soon. Jeff noted that DOT Region 1 has gone above and beyond to help the County in
working to resolve this with FHWA.
2) Washington County: Aaron noted that Washington County provided a written update, which
will be sent around to the members via email.
3) Saratoga County: not present
4) NYSDOT: Frank Bonafide gave the following project updates:
 Route 197 over the Hudson: August letting date for element-specific work
 Route 4 over the Champlain Canal: This is a deck replacement and other element-
specific work
 Route 4/149 intersection: Design Approval received last week, and an offer has been
made to the property owner. Anticipated October letting date
 Route 196 over the Feeder Canal: April/May letting for element specific work
 Frank also expanded on the FHWA recent efforts to tighten control of projects. Many
Regions are in mediation for projects, over tiny details. These must be closed out by
September.
 Ralph Bentley asked about the status of pavement repairs Route 8. Frank noted that it
is on the radar screen, probably for the next 1-2 years.
B. Amendments and Modifications – Aaron noted that the SRTS projects in Warrensburg and Fort
Edward were added to the program. He also noted that A/GFTC is expecting a request for
additional funding to the Make the Connection Program from the Town of Warrensburg. This
would offset cost increases to the SRTS project resulting from a change in federal policy
regarding use of in-kind services. Chairman Suprenant asked if this policy change would also

affect Fort Edward, who received SRTS funding as well. Kate replied that it is unlikely, but
that she could check and confirm that.
C. 2014-18 Transportation Improvement Program and 2013 Self-Certification
1) Aaron explained that Resolution 13-5 approving Self-Certification is required in conjunction
with the TIP; this document states that the MPO is following established federal policies and is
not engaged in programmatic discrimination.

Motion to approve resolution 13-5
Motion: LaMothe Second: Bartholomew Motion Carried

Aaron then summarized Resolution 13-6 to approve the TIP. The draft TIP was approved for
public comment by the TAC at its March meeting; public comment period has closed with no
comments received. The TIP is $91.319M, the smallest capital program since 1991. There is
about $45M in bridge and pavement preservation projects. There will be annual solicitations
for maintenance and repair projects starting in the 2nd year of the new program. There are
no major capital replacement projects beyond 2015 except for CR 113 over the Batten Kill.

Motion to approve resolution 13-6
Motion: Lamothe Second: Bartholomew Motion Carried
D. Update on STEP solicitation: Aaron reported that, after proposals were received for the
Statewide Transportation Enhancement Program, the Region and MPOs ranked the proposals
and submitted a short list to the Main Office. Since then, the MPO received a letter stating
that the list of projects submitted by each Region would not be awarded funds in the short
term, but would serve to inform future funding decisions in the future. The NYSMPO
Association has attempted to determine what has happened to the funding which was slated
for the program, but has not heard any clear answers. Sam Zhou noted that the Regional
Directors received the same letter at the same time. The Region’s inquiries have determined
that the current Main Office policy is that future funding levels are not as firm as previously
hoped; therefore, rather than build up false hopes, they have decided to delay awarding
funding for these projects. Frank noted that the Region understands full well how much work
goes into the solicitations and the proposals. He also reported that the previous Beyond
Preservation solicitation has been awarded. Of the 33 projects submitted by Region 1, funding
has been awarded for design-phase only for two projects, including the Rexford Bridge.
E. Transportation Enhancements Program: Aaron reported that program materials were sent out
to the committee members and call chief elected officials about a week ago. The funding
eligibility has been narrowed from 12 categories to 5, including bike/ped projects, rails to
trails, landscaping and beautification, scenic or historic highway corridors, and environmental
mitigation of highway runoff. DOT is requiring all potential sponsors to attend a Federal Aid
101 workshop and a Transportation Enhancements workshop. There will be a combined event
for both on June 11 at the Crandall Library. Sponsors that attended last year’s Federal Aid
101 workshop do not have to attend another one. Frank noted that there is also a workshop
being held in Albany, and that some workshops will be available as a webinar as well. The
application deadline is August 16; awards are listed for October. Regional awards are
anticipated to be in the $2-3 million range.
7. Other Items:
Steve Sweeney reported that he is retiring from the Canal Corporation and this is his last
A/GFTC meeting.
Ed Bartholomew reported that noted expert Jeff Speck will be coming to Glens Falls on May
23, at 6:30 in the Queensbury Hotel, to give a talk about walkability issues.

 John Strough reiterated the priority of the WCS&QBO to have the shoulders of Route 9L
repaired and widened. Sam noted that he had received a call from Betty Little and was
making plans to tour the roadway in the near future.
8. Next meeting is scheduled for November 20.
Motion to close the meeting
Motion: LaMothe Second: Sweeney Motion Carried Meeting adjourned at 12:20

  
 
MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE A/GFTC TAC March 27, 2013
Attendees Agency
Members and Participants
Brian Abare Village of South Glens Falls DPW
Ed Bartholomew City of Glens Falls
Frank Bonafide NYSDOT
Robert Cherry NYSDOT
Dick Doyle Washington County DPW
Kevin Hajos Warren County DPW
Karen Hulihan NYSDOT
Wayne LaMothe Warren County Planning
Larry Mulvaney NYSDOT
Scott Sopczyk GGFT
Jeff Tennyson Warren County DPW
Scott Tracy Washington County DPW
Michael Valentine Saratoga County Planning

Staff

Aaron Frankenfeld A/GFTC
Kate Mance A/GFTC
Minutes of the Meeting

1. Welcome and Introductions – Aaron called the meeting to order at 1:32.

2. Visitor Issues – none

3. Administrative Items – Aaron reported that a draft resolution was sent regarding the
proposed changes to the Ethan Allen rail service. One alternative entails elimination of
service to Fort Edward. There are not yet enough votes to process the resolution. Several
municipalities have passed their own resolutions regarding the proposed change. Two
abstentions were noted, from NYSDOT and the Thruway Authority. Aaron noted that the
procedure for dealing with abstentions is unclear, and no action can be taken until enough
votes are received. Ed Bartholomew noted that the City of Glens Falls is planning on
passing its own resolution regarding maintaining the Ethan Allen service, and requested
an updated version of the draft resolution from A/GFTC.

4. UPWP
A. 2013-14 Unified Planning Work Program – Aaron reported that this has been
approved and staff has begun implementing tasks.
B. Completed / Ongoing Activities
1) Coordinated Human Services Transportation Committee – Kate reported
that the group met a few weeks ago. Although attendance at the
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terms of networking and linking resources. The group is interested in
Mobility Management activities, so staff is putting together a proposal to
create a web application/map which would allow residents to access
information regarding available transportation services based on
location, availability, or service providers. This would take the place of
creating a Mobility Management Plan on the A/GFTC work plan. Initial
feedback from the CHSTC indicates that the group supports the
application/map idea.
2) Crash History Scans – Kate reported that draft safety screening
documents were sent to the TAC last week for Washington County and
the Town of Moreau. Warren County’s document will be initiated once
traffic count data is available. Staff is looking for comments on the
documents over the next few weeks, prior to the reports being made
available for public review. Rob Cherry noted that DOT is conducting a
County Counts initiative, funded by SPR. This will increase the number
of counts taken off of the State system. DOT is looking to partner with
counties to get these counts completed. The counties would be
reimbursed for each count. This data could then be used to help apply
for HSIP (safety) funding in the future.
3) Planning for Electric Vehicles – Kate reported about a presentation at the
recent Clean Communities meeting, which outlined a study in Albany to
determine good locations for electric vehicle charging stations. The
Albany study was very involved and covered topics such as local codes.
However, it may be possible to adapt the charging station location
methodology as a staff mapping exercise for the urbanized area.
Although there is not currently a large demand for electric vehicles in
the A/GFTC area, it might be a good idea to be prepared once demand
begins to rise.
4) On-call assistance projects
a. Fire Road Ped improvements – Aaron reported that requests for
Letters of Interest for this project have been sent out and are due
on the 28th. Once the deadline passes, staff will share the results
with the City and select a consultant.
b. Chestertown intersections – Aaron noted that staff needs to meet
with the Supervisor and Warren County Planning to identify the
project scope. This is largely dependent on the Supervisor’s
schedule and desire to get started.
5) Exit 17 Land Use study – Aaron noted that a meeting was held with the
Supervisor and Saratoga County Planning to refine the scope of this
project. An RFP will be developed after the draft TIP is complete.

5. Transit
A. GGFT Update – Scott Sopczyk reported no additional updates since last meeting.
B. 5316/5317 Solicitation – Aaron reported that no applications were received for
the A/GFTC area. This is not uncommon, as it is difficult to solicit interest in these
programs due to the level of administration required compared to the funding
available. The funds will either lapse or return to the statewide pool. In the
future, we will be looking to fold in these grants into the annual funding received
by GGFT.

6. TIP
A.
Amendments and Modifications – Aaron reported that the Safe Routes to School
(SRTS) projects need to be added to the TIP. There are two projects which were

awarded SRTS funding – Fort Edward and Warrensburg. These are funded at
100% and will not affect the financial aspect of the TIP.

MOTION TO AMEND THE TIP TO INCLUDE THE WARRENSBURG AND FORT EDWARD
SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROJECTS:

MOVED BY: Wayne LaMothe SECONDED BY: Frank Bonafide MOTION CARRIED

B. Review and approval of Draft TIP – Aaron noted that the goal was to go through
the roster of projects and note any technical questions such as project costs,
dates, and so forth. This will allow staff to prepare a draft for public comment,
with the goal of a May approval by the Policy Committee. Specific discussion
items included:
1) Transit Projects: The spreadsheet includes carryover funds from previous
years, and fits into the fiscal constraint requirements. These projects
maintain the existing fleet and operational capacity. No TIP changes
noted.
2) SAR 115/104342: Discussion regarding the specifics of this project. Frank
Bonafide noted that it is a preservation project. No TIP changes noted.
3) WAR 100/175527: This project has been placed in Post-TIP. Jeff Tennyson
noted that the project is being held up by discussion among state
agencies and cannot move forward at this time. Aaron noted that if the
project is expected to become active in the future, it may affect the fiscal
constraints, since it is not a preservation project. The group discussed
whether it might be possible to use preservation funds to remove the
bridge entirely, if needed. No TIP changes noted.
4) WAR 147/175907: The group discussed the timing of this project.
Although the sponsor expressed a desire to construct in 2013-14, since it
is a preservation project, the construction has been moved out to 2014-
15. Ed Bartholomew asked what would happen to the project timing if any
other projects were pushed/removed from the TIP. Karen Hulihan stated
that the project could then be in line for advancement and moving it up in
this situation would probably not affect preservation targets. No TIP
changes noted.
5) WAS 126/175725: This project is being split with Vermont, and the
matched share for Washington County will be around $500,000. The TAC
agreed to transfer the balance of funds (approximately $1.1M) to the
preservation program, with 70% towards pavement and 30% towards
structures.
6) WAS 101/175532: The group discussed the potential for this project to get
SPP funding. If SPP funding is awarded, it will potentially free up capital $
alloted to this project for other uses. If SPP funds are not awarded, the
project can still be kept on the program.

The group had a general discussion about the TIP, including maximizing NHPP
funds and ensuring programming design phases for bridge and pavement
preservation.

MOTION TO OPEN THE DRAFT TIP TO PUBLIC COMMENT:

MOVED BY: Wayne LaMothe SECONDED BY: Mike Valentine MOTION CARRIED

7. Other Items:
A. Karen Hulihan presented the current list of projects for the region. This year’s list
of projects includes a 10% “slush” allowance for cost overages, and a 30-day
window for PS&E. DOT staff worked hard with the sponsors and consultants to
come up with a realistic list for the Commissioner to sign. Jeff noted that he
would like to see more realistic goals for turnaround times built in. Project
sponsors and DOT may be doing all they can to turn things around, but other
agencies and consultants may not. It would be helpful to have data on the
average turnaround time for the various project phases prior to construction,
which could inform schedules more accurately.
B. Ed Bartholomew reported that the Broad Street project finally received a waiver
for environmental issues related to the Indiana Bat.

8. Next meeting and adjourn – The next meeting will be held June 19th. The meeting was
adjourned at 2:47 p.m.

MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE POLICY COMMITTEE March 6, 2013
Attendees Agency
Members and Participants
Frank Bonafide RPPM, NYSDOT Region 1
Trace Conlon Trustee, Village of Fort Edward
Kevin Geraghty Chairman, Warren County Board of Supervisors
Kevin Hajos Deputy Superintendent, Warren County DPW
Preston Jenkins Supervisor, Town of Moreau
James Lindsay Supervisor, Town of Kingsbury
Ron Montesi Supervisor, Town of Queensbury
Scott Sopczyk Director, GGFT
John Strough Deputy Supervisor, Town of Queensbury
Mitch Suprenant Supervisor, Town of Fort Edward
Steve Sweeney Division Engineer, NYS Canal Corp.
Matt Traver Mayor, Village of Fort Edward
Michael Valentine Senior Planner, Saratoga County Planning
Sam Zhou Regional Director, NYSDOT Region 1

Staff

Aaron Frankenfeld A/GFTC
Kate Mance A/GFTC
Monika Bulman A/GFTC
Minutes of the Meeting

1. Welcome & Introductions – Mitch Suprenant called the meeting to order at 1:34.
A. Committee representation update – Aaron, The new members of the committee
were introduced.
2. Visitor Issues
A. Warren County Safe and Quality Bicycling Organization – John Strough,
(handouts). Mr. Strough commented on needed improvements to Route 9L to make
it safe and attract bicycling. This year WCS&QBO hopes to attract Medalist
Sports, a sporting events promoter based in Atlanta. This makes it essential that the
portion of 9L from Lake George Village to Bay Road be re-constructed.

3. Administrative Items
A. Resolution 13-1 approving Functional Classification changes – (Aaron)
(handout) The new federal highway legislation (MAP 21) took effect October 1,
2012 and changed National Highway System eligibility for Principal Arterials
A/GFTC was asked to review the federal aid-eligible highway network to see if
there were candidates that were designated as Minor Arterials that should be
designated as Principal Arterials. NYSDOT and A/GFTC staff conferred and the
following candidates were advanced: NYS Route 9N in its entirety in Warren County,
NYS Route 29 from the Saratoga County line eastward to the intersection of NYS
Route 372 in the Village of Greenwich, and a section of US Route 9 bounded by NYS
Route 149 in the Town of Queensbury to the south and by NYS Route 9N in the Town
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of Lake George to the north. These roadways will be eligible for National
Highway Performance Program funding pending approval of the resolution.

A motion was made to approve Resolution 13-1

MOVED BY: Ron Montesi SECONDED BY: Sam Zhou MOTION CARRIED
B. In-kind service rates update (handout) – (Aaron) MPO planning activities that
are federally funded require a local match. Committee members are asked to
complete the In-kind Service forms so an accurate accounting of time contributed
can be documented.
4. Annual Work Program (handouts)
A. Completed and ongoing staff and consultant activities – Aaron went over the
list of A/GFTC accomplishments for 2012-2013.
B. 2013-14 UPWP – Aaron, a summary of the draft work program, the basic
financial tables and tasks was distributed to committee members prior to the
meeting. The TAC approved the draft when it was presented to them in January.
The public comment period closed on February 19. No public comments were
received. The overall program amount is relatively level from the previous year
despite having a new MPO in the state that will draw down from shared statewide
funding allocations.

A motion was made to approve Resolution 13-2 the final 2013-2014 UPWP

MOVED BY: Matt Traver SECONDED BY: James Lindsay MOTION CARRIED

5. Greater Glens Falls Transit Update, Scott Sopczyk
Operations are doing well. A record-high in ridership occurred in 2012. Night
service, including service to ACC, is under review. Consideration is being given to ID
cards for full time students riding the bus. GGFT is gearing up for the summer
season.
On the capital side: roof replacement on the building, purchasing four new small
buses, updating the capital program for the TIP. No major expansion is expected.
Sam Zhou asked about the GGFT operating budget. Scott replied that it is $1.7M.
Questions were asked regarding the possible rerouting on Route 4 during
construction. Scott has spoken with the project engineer and they hope to keep
two way traffic flowing.
6. TIP
A. Project Updates
1) Warren County, Kevin Hajos
Warren County has 18 open federal projects. Ten are bridge projects,
three road projects, and five are Make the Connection projects.
There are only two projects that are authorized right now, Lanfear
Road and Beach Road.
 Corinth Road still has a claim on eminent domain in court so
the project cannot be closed out.
 Middleton Bridge over the Schroon River-working with the
attorney general’s office to see if the bridge can be moved
north one mile on to land deemed as State Forest Preserve.

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 Milton Street Bridge Project in Warrensburg is completed
 Warrensburg Road and Grist Mill Road in Stony Creek, waiting
on resolution of micropiles issues
 Harrington Road over Mill Creek in Johnsburg is completed and
closeout documentation is being progressed.
 Beach Road, under construction, eastern segment of the project
is for the most part completed, West Brook Culvert is also
completed.
 Alder Brook Bridge in Chester – waiting on Marchiselli approval
to close out project
 Hicks Road has design approval
 Lanfear Road, all bids were rejected last year; project was put
back out to bid
 Crane Mountain, ROW proceeding will start soon
 Valley Road, PE phase was authorized June 11
 Blair Road over Mill Brook, just distributed RFPs
 Palisades Rd, conducted additional geotechnical investigations
 Make the Connection: West Mountain Road, 149 sidewalks,
bike path and grade crossings, Cameron and Lawton Avenue
bikeway connectors will be paved.

2) Washington County, a written report from DPW was given to Aaron
 CR 12, significant progress
 CR 61 over Battenkill was been awarded
 CR 16 over Halfway Brook, had a public information meeting
and work is progressing
 CR 10 over the Poultney and Whitehall (shared project with the
state of Vermont), waiting for Vermont to initiate and take the
lead

3) Saratoga County – no comments, interested in status of Route 9
project
4) NYSDOT, Frank Bonafide
 Rte 29 over Blackbridge in the Town of Salem was let on June
12 for replacement
 Rte 4 in the Village of Hudson Falls should be starting up,
contractor is on site getting ready to begin
 Rte 9 Safety Project (see above), will be let tomorrow
 197 over the Hudson, August 15 letting
 4/149 intersection improvements in Fort Ann, October letting,
are in the ROW phase
 Rte 28N over the Upper Hudson River Railroad in the Town of
Johnsburg , October letting
 Two projects let together will be Rte 4 over the Champlain
Canal in Whitehall and Clinton Street removal over the Canal
(Theatre Bridge)
 Beach Road, the section between the two Warren County pieces
will be let this summer

5) Make the Connection Program awards, Aaron
This is a small set-aside we provide annually for small scale bicycle
and pedestrian related improvements. This year we awarded two
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Washington County – extend sidewalks from Rte 4 to the Municipal
Center campus in Fort Edward.
There are some leftover funds. A/GFTC was approached by DOT to
consider using some of these funds for the sidewalk portion of the Safe
Routes to School application in Warrensburg, allowing portions of that
project to be put out to bid rather than have them completed by
municipal forces. That discussion is ongoing.

B. Amendments and Modifications – Aaron, the Town of Putnam rail crossing
project has been added to the TIP via an amendment that was previously
processed.

C. 2014-19 Transportation Improvement Program, Frank Bonafide
1) Programming Direction and Targets – Slideshow
Frank outlined NYSDOT”s Forward Four programming strategy and the
implications of that strategy on the Region’s Capital Program Update and the
TIP that is being developed. The potential benefits of moving away from a
worst-first repair and replace approach to bridge and pavement maintenance
strategies were illustrated. Redefined federal funding eligibility, the new
programming approach, and the 30% of certain programs that is setaside for
competitive statewide solicitation and Commissioner’s reserve will leave little
available capital for major rehabilitation or replacement-type projects after
FFY 13-14.

2) Schedule – (Aaron) The TIP is under development. We will
have a draft out for public review in April.

Frank Bonafide (handout) announced the five projects that were advanced by
Region 1 for consideration for the Strategic Transportation Enhancements
Program, including the Route 9 Gateway project in Lake George.
Aaron acknowledged Region 1’s effort to make this project selection process
inclusive and collaborative.

7. Other Items
8. Next meeting and adjourn: The next meeting will be May 15.

A motion to adjourn the meeting was made at 2:55

 
MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE A/GFTC TAC January 16, 2013
Attendees Agency
Members and Participants
Brian Abare Village of South Glens Falls DPW
Stu Baker Town of Queensbury
Ed Bartholomew City of Glens Falls
Frank Bonafide NYSDOT
Mike Breault Washington County DPW
Paul Cummings Chazen Companies
Ron Conover Town of Bolton
Dennis Dickinson Town of Lake George
Ed Doughney Warren County DPW
Preston Jenkins Town of Moreau
Wayne LaMothe Warren County Planning
James Lindsay Town of Kingsbury
Scott Sopczyk GGFT
Steve Sweeney NYS Canal Corp.
Scott Tracy Washington County DPW
Michael Valentine Saratoga County Planning

Staff

Aaron Frankenfeld A/GFTC
Kate Mance A/GFTC
Monika Bulman A/GFTC
Minutes of the Meeting

1. Welcome & Introductions – Aaron called the meeting to order at 1:35.
2. Visitor Issues – Paul Cummings from Chazen Companies presented the plan that calls for
restoration and revitalization of the Route 9 Lake George Gateway Corridor. The initial
planning document was funded by A/GFTC and the Town wants to get a project listed on
the TIP. The total cost for related improvements (in 2015 $) is over $6 million.
Recently the project was awarded $550,000 from the NYS Environmental Facility
Corporation. This would fund a significant portion of sidewalk work. The Town is
looking at other funding sources. Aaron pointed out that we have about $6 million
worth of total non-preservation capital for the entire region over a four year program
period. Funding is so limited that we did not conduct a program solicitation for new
projects. We are trying to accommodate existing projects. Frank Bonafide stated that
the sponsor of the project needs to be clearly identified, reiterated NYSDOT’s
Preservation First strategy, and requested that if the project were to be included in the
TIP that it should be an illustrative project and include a notation that no funding beyond
that obtained from EFC had been identified. Paul Cummings felt if there was a budgetary
change in the future, we need to not miss an opportunity of getting this project on the
TIP. Ed Bartholomew and Wayne LaMothe both supported the notion that this project
was warranted from a regional perspective and noted its standing as a project that had
planning support. Aaron suggested that we could give it a project listing but assign it
beyond the active years of the TIP.
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A motion was made that we add this project to the post-TIP period as long as
it does not impact existing projects.
MOVED BY: Wayne LaMothe SECONDED BY: Michael Valentine MOTION CARRIED

There was a discussion regarding whether a solicitation should go out for illustrative
projects. Dennis Dickinson reiterated that the Town of Lake George is committed to this
project.
3. Administrative Items
A. Approval of 12/19 Minutes A motion was made to approve the minutes.
MOVED BY: Wayne LaMothe SECONDED BY: Michael Valentine MOTION CARRIED

B. Draft Operation Plan – Aaron At the last meeting this was briefly discussed.
Organizationally we lack strong guiding documentation. An Operations Plan would
help to formalize procedures and clarify our relationship with our Host Agency.
Whether we go forward with the Plan depends upon committee input. Does the group
wish to continue with consensus voting for the MPO or do we wish to make a change
to this procedure? There is nothing in Federal statute that says MPOs have to be
consensus. After a lengthy discussion it was decided we would continue with
consensus voting. Given that that is unchanged from existing A/GFTC procedure, the
Operations Plan will be put on hold unless necessitated by other events.
4. UPWP
A. Completed/Ongoing Activities – Aaron
The Accident Analysis for Washington County is nearly done. We received some data
from the Town of Moreau.
Safety Analysis for Crandall and Orville- there was a public hearing at the City of
Glens Falls to consider installing stop signs as a result of the technical analysis we
did at that intersection. Those have since been installed.
Crossing Guard Analysis- GFPD has taken the initiative of moving one of the crossing
guards in advance of any final report we had done. The move was based upon public
feedback and initial data collection results.
The public hearing has been set for the Town of Warrensburg prior to
implementation of the recommended changes to the subdivision and street
standards.
B. 2013-14 Unified Planning Work Program (handout)
1) Summary – Aaron, we need to approve a draft UPWP for public comment.
Aaron reviewed the handout and also pointed out that it was available online with all
of the financial tables. The reduction in carryover from FHWA is a result from a
discrepancy that always exists between staff accounting versus what FHWA has
officially released as savings. Aaron listed the new projects that were included in the
upcoming program.

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2) Approval for Public Comment – A motion was made to approve the draft
UPWP and make it available to the public for a 30 day comment period.
MOVED BY: Wayne LaMothe SECONDED BY: Ed Doughney MOTION CARRIED

5. Transit
A. GGFT Update: Scott Sopczyk – Transit had a record high ridership (343,000).
GGFT is working on an update to its capital program. Still concerned about the
impact of the Rte 4 project on Exit 20 traffic this summer. Trolleys may have to
use I-87 to bypass congestion near the Outlets. An RFP is out for roof
replacement for GGFT offices.
B. 5316/5317 Solicitation, Aaron – Discussed this at last meeting and elected to
allow NYSDOT to conduct the solicitation on our behalf. The solicitation is out
with a deadline in the Contract Reporter, but there is no information on the State
website and local parties have not been informed. There is a February 15th
deadline which does not allow much time for completion of the application.
6. TIP
A. Amendments and Modifications: Aaron – The Putnam Rail Crossing Amendment
and the Rte 9 Safety Project Amendment have both been processed.
B. Make the Connection Program – Aaron – the TAC had consented not to conduct a
subcommittee evaluation of the two projects we had received and approved them
pending DOT review. Frank Bonafide said that we could go ahead and notify the
sponsors of their successful applications.
C. 2014-19 Program Outline, Aaron – Region 1 has gone through the exercise of
identifying what is required to satisfy the preservation target associated with the
upcoming capital program. (Handout) Frank has separated out the State set-
aside needs from the program, identified an amount that is potentially available
for local preservation type projects, and identified an amount that is potentially
available for local non-preservation type projects. Aaron stated that the absolute
numbers aren’t necessarily fixed, but the order of magnitude between programs
is likely close. The Department is not seeking any non-preservation project
candidates. Due to local system eligibility requirements, the Region has made
efforts to shift as much of its program to the National Highway Performance
Program where applicable to free up STP funds for local use.
Frank – We have gone though our program and we’ve pretty much decided what
we need to do to meet the goals that we have been given. The Available
Planning Target for Preservation guide, covering a four year period, on the
handout was explained in detail. After subtracting for State system preservation
needs, the balance for local system preservation projects totals $23.289 million.
Frank also explained the funding for Available Planning Target for Beyond
Preservation.
Aaron noted that he had added the Unresolved Projects to the handout, including
CR113 over the Batten Kill, Middleton Bridge over the Schroon, CR 10 over the
Poultney and Dix Avenue rehab. All except for Dix Avenue were likely to be non-
preservation projects and thus difficult to accommodate within the new program.
Ed Doughney raised the objection from Warren County regarding the
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own expense. He stated that while preservation-first may be an effective strategy
for dealing with State infrastructure, it was not in the best interest of Warren
County to shift so much funding away from substantial capital projects. There
was a discussion on what Warren County spends on bridge preservation. Frank
noted that there will be opportunities to transfer local preservation work to the
federal program and thus free up some local capital for other purposes. Aaron
acknowledged that there will be funds available for municipalities that choose to
advance preservation candidates but noted the unfortunate heavy-handed nature
of the programming instruction; Frank countered that this was the Department’s
attempt to preserve as much infrastructure as possible given the limited capital
resources.
Aaron asked Frank if was any committee action required given the emergence of
some internal NYSDOT programming deadlines that had little relation to the
A/GFTC timetable. Frank said that he would like a program that represents the
TIP/STIP into their database by the end of January. CDTC has a 60 day public
comment period for their TIP, and it is necessary to review the entire R1 program
as a whole. Frank was clear that this is the program being proposed that meets
the guidelines and balances the budgets. Aaron pointed out that the preservation
requirements don’t kick into our TIP until the second year. We have a federal
fiscal year of time to get some of our existing capital commitments in line,
executed and delivered.
6. Other Items
Handout – State Fiscal Year 2013 Listing Projects, Consultants, etc
Frank emphasized the importance of adhering to project delivery schedules.

7. Next meeting and adjourn
The next TAC will be March 20 and the Policy Committee will meet February 20th.
A motion to adjourn the meeting at 3:15 was made.

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MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE A/GFTC TAC December 19, 2012
Attendees Agency
Members and Participants
Brian Abare Village of South Glens Falls
Ed Bartholomew City of Glens Falls
Frank Bonafide NYSDOT
Michael Breault Washington County DPW
Ed Doughney Warren County DPW
Kevin Hajos Warren County DPW
Preston Jenkins Town of Moreau
Wayne LaMothe Warren County Planning
Scott Sopczyk GGFT
Scott Tracy Washington County DPW
Michael Valentine Saratoga County Planning

Staff

Aaron Frankenfeld A/GFTC
Kate Mance A/GFTC
Monika Bulman A/GFTC
Minutes of the Meeting

1. Welcome & Introductions – Aaron called the meeting to order at 1:35.
2. Visitor Issues – There were no visitor issues.
3. Administrative Items – Aaron – We have several items we wanted to put up for
auction with Warren County. This includes the Designjet plotter, which needs service,
and some furniture. Warren County is working on the logistics to allow us to utilize their
auction site.
4. UPWP
A. Completed/Ongoing Activities
1) Traffic engineering services, Aaron
a. Crandall/Orville Intersection – Aaron- This is an evaluation that was recently
conducted for the City. The findings from Chazen were presented to the Glens
Falls Board of Public Safety at their meeting in November. Chazen had done an
analysis of the nine accidents that had occurred at the intersection of
Crandall/Orville over a three year period. The consultant formulated two basic
recommendations: a one-way treatment for Orville (this was rejected) and stop
sign control on the Orville Street approaches (this was endorsed by the City).
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b. Street and subdivisions standards review – Kate – We have been working with
the Town of Warrensburg and the Chazen Companies to review the Town’s
street and subdivision standards and suggest revisions that are complementary
to Complete Streets policies. Chazen drew up some new plans and revised some
of the text of the Town’s Subdivision ordinance, which regulates the design and
layout of streets. Although the proposed changes are complete, there is still a
lot of work to do on this project, in terms of actually getting the local law
amended. The revisions were presented to their Planning Board in November.
They were receptive to the proposed changes. To move forward on this, SEQR
documents, town resolutions, public hearing notices, 239 referrals will be
forwarded to the Clerk. It is hoped that the document will be taken up for
approval in February.
2) Bicycle map – Kate – We have 15,000 of them. The printed output did not match
our draft, but the information in the map is not impacted.
3) Long Range Plan 2035 update – survey. Aaron – At the last meeting concern was
expressed regarding the outreach of the survey. We investigated doing a phone
survey as was suggested at a prior meeting, but the cost and reformatting of the
survey makes this prohibitive. We will fan the survey out using conventional mail
methods and getting it out to a broader representation of people. Kate – 130 people
started taking the survey, only 113 of them finished the survey. Issues have
resulted with the ranking of certain topics for respondents using the paper version
of the survey. It may be possible to tweak the paper version to minimize these
issues.
4) Countywide accident analyses – Kate reviewed the draft handouts depicting data
for Washington County with the TAC. A text document and more detailed maps (for
every municipality) will be part of this analysis. The handouts included the
export of every traffic accident between 2006 and 2011 from the State’s Accident
Location Information System database. All of the intersection data was stripped
out. GIS operations were performed to make the data points snap to the roadway
segment. Coupled with traffic volume data, this resulted an accident rate per
million vehicle miles. The analysis also included a density map of accidents, which is
useful to identify “hot spots” of crashes which may not be revealed through the
accident rate analysis. The goal of the analysis is to allow the counties the ability to
use this data for future Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) funding
rounds. No analyses of the State system will be done. We are waiting for traffic
data from Warren County. Kevin Hajos indicated that counts are still underway and
may be available in the Spring. Mike Valentine requested an analysis for the Town
of Moreau and will send data to to Kate.
5) Crossing guard location evaluation, Aaron – This is an evaluation we are doing for
the City of Glens Falls Police Department. Aaron, Kate and Glens Falls Hospital staff
have counted numerous staffed school crossings throughout the City looking for
locations where children are actually using the staffed crossings or crossing at other
locations. We have the counts but have not finalized or written up the results.
B. 2013-14 Program
1) Solicitation Results, Aaron – A solicitation went out for planning project candidates
with a deadline of December 17. The Warrensburg Town Supervisor contacted us
about a number of safety evaluations he would like conducted at a variety of

intersections throughout the Town. We also received a request from the Town of
Chester (handout). Wayne LaMothe explained that The Town has completed, under a
Department of State funded program, an analysis of Main Street and a streetscape
program. There are two key intersections identified for improvement; one in
Pottersville and one in Chestertown. These require further engineering or design
work. Because of increased pedestrian traffic, there are additional safety concerns
that need to be addressed and a traffic consultant is needed at this point Aaron
noted that we have renewed the on-call engineering assistance contracts for a
upcoming two year term. We have four firms: Chazen, RSG, Creighton Manning and
Clough Harbor. There is a cap of $20K for each individual contract.
The City sent us a project request today. They wish to pursue conceptual design for
pedestrian related improvements at the Fire Road location between Crandall Park
and the YMCA. (handout)
The Town of Moreau – Mike Valentine outlined a project request for the Exit 17 area
from the interchange to Route 197 along Route 9. There is mixed use retail
development in the area and sanitary sewer is being brought in. The last corridor
study was done in 2002 and the Town is ready for an update with design guidelines
and standards. A zoning review is going on right now. Aaron requested a letter that
articulates the specific elements of the conceptual project.
2) Schedule for Program Development, Aaron – We need an approved program to
the State by March 15. Prior we need a month of public comments and Policy
Committee Review before submission. A handout with proposed meeting schedule
was referred to at this time. A brief discussion of budget, set aside, and carry-over
took place.
5. Transit
A. GGFT Update: Scott – A new high in transit ridership was seen in 2012. ADA
FAME service fell off somewhat and that could be due to the fact that some of the
nursing homes provide their own transportation. Requires have been received regarding
a Warrensburg commuter type service next summer. SUNY Adirondack, once the dorms
are completed, wants hourly service and an expansion to Saturday service. Several
small buses will be replaced, maintenance work will be undertaken at the GGFT facility.
There will be benches available once the Beach Road project is completed, the bus
shelter at Rte 4 will be replaced. In 2012 there were about 345,000 riders.
B. Coordinated Human Services Transportation Committee, Kate – The second
meeting was held in December. The group is going strong, two new people have joined
the committee, and good information is exchanged during the meetings. The priority
expressed by the committee is a regional mobility management product (either a plan
that links resources to providers or hiring someone to actually perform the role of
mobility manager). This group will meet every other month.
C. 5316/17 solicitation, Aaron – There will be a State administered solicitation for
these two transit programs – Job Access and Reverse Commute (5316) and New
Freedoms (5317), the latter of which is intended to fund enhancements or upgrades to
existing ADA compliant transportation. Both of these programs have been eliminated in
MAP 21. The State will administer this solicitation. Approximately $180K will be
available.

Wayne LaMothe brought up the concern for public transit service to North Creek. They
do have a shuttle service for people getting off the train but Wayne wondered if GGFT
could provide some service. Scott stated that the concept has been discussed before.
Winter operations of transit vehicles on steep roads are a challenge. Scott said that he is
open to further discussion with the Town.
6. TIP
A. Amendments and Modifications – The public comment period for two TIP
amendments previously approved by this committee is ongoing. The public comment
period closes on the 27th of December and then Aaron will circulate a mail ballot vote to
the Policy Committee and get these amendments cleared the first week of January.
B. Make the Connection Program, Kate – We only received two applications and the total
value of both applications is $90,500. The projects are for the extension of sidewalks in
Washington County near the Municipal Center and sidewalk replacements in
Warrensburg on Hudson Street. Both of these are eligible. There was a discussion
whether it was necessary to put together a committee to review these applications.
A motion was made not to form a selection committee and approve the above projects
pending State DOT review.
MOVED BY: Wayne LaMothe SECONDED BY: Mike Valentine MOTION CARRIED
C. Project updates – (new developments only)
1) Warren County, Ed Doughney – Beach Road work is slowing down and work
will start again in early March. Awaiting NEPA approval from Region 1 on
Hicks Road. Hope to have design approval mid January. Hicks is on schedule
and a Spring letting is expected. Crane Mtn. is several weeks behind Hicks.
Lanfear was put out to bid. There was confusion regarding what WC was
looking for and it will be put out to bid again. An RFP for design services went
out for Blair Rd.
2) Washington County, Scott – Rte 16 has preliminary plans and will be
meeting with consultant to go over public information material. County Rte
61 had the bid letting and the bids will be presented to the Supervisors.
Dewey Bridge is delayed until January 10. County Rte. 12 will have a
preconstruction meeting in January.
3) City of Glens Falls – no report
4) Town of Queensbury – no report
5) Saratoga County/Moreau/South Glens Falls – no report
6) NYSDOT, Frank – (handouts) The Route 9 project is on schedule for the
March letting. The 4/149 intersection project has design approval. NYSDOT
will be meeting with a neighboring property owner soon.
The Regional Director’s commitment to the Commissioner to deliver projects
(both State and Local) has been ongoing. All of this (handout material) is
based on a State fiscal year. Almost all the projects we had committed to

Commissioner to be delivered will be delivered within the State fiscal year.
The bad news, listed on the second page, is the local program. The first page
starts out strong. By the end of February the Commissioner has to be
provided with the next fiscal year’s list.
There is only one pot of money to work with now. If preservation wasn’t such
a strong focus late projects would probably be shelved and dealt with at a
later date. The consequences of delayed delivery are much stronger now.
Aaron asked if there was a role for staff to play in the project delivery process
and noted that he had not been copied on routine reports from consultants to
DOT despite a previous request.
C. 2014-19 TIP Development
1) Schedule, Aaron – CDTC is out in front of us again on TIP development. We
did not engage in a region-wide solicitation for new projects. Preliminary
information that has been shared by Region 1 with our office regarding the
setasides and preservation projects (handouts) should help with
understanding what our suballocations are. Compared with previous years,
regional funding proportions are not out of line. By June 29 we need a final
TIP approved by the Policy Committee. We plan on having a draft TIP out for
public review by April.
2) Programming Issues, Frank – The Program has to be in the database by
mid-February. There was some confusion where the numbers originated, how
money was doled out between the Regions. Along with the handouts, Frank
attempted to explain how the total amount of transportation funding available
to DOT was divided up for this programming cycle. The State gets about
$1.6B per year in both State and Federal funds to allocate out to the regions.
In the past a fund source formula was used taking into consideration
population, mileage, etc. DOT sub-allocated to the MPOs. This time, looking
at the chart, 60% of the total funds were given to the Regions based on each
Region’s preservation need as it was modeled by the main office. 10% was
given to each region based on their core needs or their beyond preservation
needs. The rest of the money was distributed with 5% going to the
Commissioner for reserve and the other 25% is for the competition that was
just conducted. Frank reviewed the 2nd page of handout. On January 4th
what will be funded should be announced. The targets that need to be met
for the preservation program (for the first 2 years) is $71 mil only on the
State’s construction program. This does not impact this MPO. As a region (8
counties, state and federal) we get $108 mil total. Of that amount, $90 mil
has to be spent on preservation (includes design, ROW, construction,
inspection). The last page of the handout covers the planning targets. Bridges
are another big complication with determining what funds can be used for
them. Preservation focus has made it more difficult to affect an MPO project
selection process. Frank suggested that the TIP, in addition to the specific
projects submitted to DOT, have blocks that can be solicited and as a group it
can be decided what is funded and what doesn’t get funded.
7. Other Items – A 2013 meeting schedule was distributed.
8. Next Meeting and Adjourn the meeting adjourned at 3:55 pm.

MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE A/GFTC TAC October 22, 2012
Attendees Agency
Members and Participants
Stu Baker Town of Queensbury
Frank Bonafide NYSDOT
Michael Breault Washington County DPW
Mike Fiorillo Village of Hudson Falls
Kevin Hajos Warren County DPW
Wayne LaMothe Warren County Planning
Mary Anne Mariotti NYSDOT
Larry Mulvaney NYSDOT
Scott Sopczyk GGFT
Jeff Tennyson Warren County DPW
Scott Tracy Washington County DPW
Michael Valentine Saratoga County Planning

Staff

Aaron Frankenfeld A/GFTC
Kate Mance A/GFTC
Monika Bulman A/GFTC
Minutes of the Meeting

1. Welcome & Introductions – Aaron called the meeting to order at 1:35.
2. Visitor Issues – None.
3. MPO Administrative Items Aaron: the outstanding reimbursements have been paid
to the Regional Planning Board. A temporary contract was established and we should be
caught up on State reimbursements.
4. Completed/Ongoing Activities
1) Traffic engineering services, Aaron
a. Dix/Sagamore intersection evaluation. Chazen has developed conceptual
improvements that were presented to the Glens Falls Common Council last
week. Aaron showed the renderings to the Committee. The primary focus of the
study was to determine if a traffic signal was warranted. Traffic volume at the
intersection easily meets multiple signal warrants. The alignment of the Warren
County Bikeway crossing at Dix Avenue was also examined. Chazen came up
with two realignment alternatives; one with and one without a traffic signal. The
City was presented with the option to pursue this as a Make Connection Program
candidate at their discretion.
b. Crandall/Orville intersection. The Chief of Police of the City of Glens Falls
contacted A/GFTC to request a review of crash history at the intersection of
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Crandall and Orville Streets, two blocks south of Sherman Avenue. Both
approaches are narrow and sight distance is limited. Most recently, a house was
struck by a car as a result of a two-car collision. The Chief wondered what kind
of traffic solutions might be available. Chazen will undertake this study as one
of A/GFTC’s on-call engineering services.
c. Street and subdivisions standards review. A summation of the review was
just presented last week by Chazen. Warrensburg has reviewed the first draft.
A copy of the summation will be given to Jeff Tennyson.
2) Bicycle map – Kate – The map has been sent to the printer; 15,000 copies
have been ordered.
3) Long Range Plan 2035 survey -Kate – As of today, 102 completed surveys have
been received. The majority of the responses have been online but we are
getting some paper copies also. The surveys were distributed to County
buildings and a mailing with surveys for display/distribution went out to all
Towns and Villages.
Jeff Tennyson – regarding outreach, there are a few organized groups that have
specific concerns regarding transportation and the survey would be heavily
weighted toward those groups. The suggestion was made to get the survey to
bus garages and bus drivers (school and Transit).
Scott Sopczyk – suggested using the phone to solicit survey response. A/GFTC
will look into the possibility of phone solicitation.
4) Coordinated Human Services Transportation Plan. Kate – On September 25th
the kick-off meeting was held. The meeting was well attended and there was
good feedback. The group will meet every other month.
5) Countywide accident analyses. Kate – This is ongoing. The accident data from
the State web site has been down loaded. We have the counts from
Washington County but still need them from Warren County.
Aaron – Going back to Traffic Engineering Services, the contracts lapsed this
year, but we are in the process of resoliciting for consultant participation. The
applications should be in our hands shortly and will be reviewed internally.
We are working on a crossing guard location evaluation for the Chief of Police for
the City of Glens Falls to help the City determine if the crossing guard
budget is being used to the best possible extent. Staff has taken on this project
and the Glens Falls Hospital Creating Healthy Places to Live, Work and Play
program will assist with the data collection.
5. Transit
A. GGFT Update: Scott Sopczyk – Took delivery of two paratransit vehicles about a
month ago. The trolley season is over. It was a strong season in terms of
ridership and exceeded last year’s numbers. Scott will be re-evaluating the night
service that runs basically as a take home service for people who are working
and need to get back home. GGFT just finished up with the Special Olympics and
some other special events going on in the City.
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6. TIP
A. Make the Connection Program Solicitation. Aaron – Kate has revised the
solicitation and some draft copies are available. Would like to get the solicitation out
next week. We are doing away with partial funding for projects. If a project sponsor
has multiple elements of a proposal, we should receive separate applications. A
score sheet will be available to project sponsors also.
B. Amendments and Modifications
1) Bridge Project Scope Changes – 197/Hudson, 28N/Hudson- Aaron – We
did receive the requisite votes from the Policy Committee to approve the
NYSDOT’s TIP amendment requests for downscoping the Route 197 bridge
over the Hudson and the Route 28N bridge over the Hudson to rehabilitations.
C. NYSDOT TIP/STIP Programming Instructions- Aaron – We can expect that the new
TIP is not going to look like the old TIP with regard to the type of projects that we
are carrying within it. There have been changes to federal funding eligibilities with
regard to respective programs. The state is the fiscal agent for the Federal Highway
Program within the state of NY so the responsibility for developing programming
criteria largely falls upon them. They have issued the guidance which has been
circulated to and discussion items that have been assembled with illustrations of
types of capital projects that constitute preservation work. Handouts were
distributed.
Frank Bonafide – Under normal circumstances our program update is labor intensive
and sometimes complicated, but now we have a new federal act and a program that
is going into an entirely new direction. Funding limitations are such that the choice
becomes doing one big project or many small projects. Preservation is the preferred
strategy. As we begin this TIP update we are asking that on the local side the same
tact is taken…preservation. Mary Anne Mariotti will be working with everyone to
identify preservation candidates.
Frank reviewed the a Programming Criteria handout. The last four years of the
upcoming TIP will have significantly reduced funding. There will be approximately
$116M available for the Region as a whole. The formulas now in use focus on
preservation need and the planning target is based on those needs. Within the dollar
amounts, 60% was taken and distributed to the Regions for preservation, 10% of
total amount went to the Regions for core projects (bridge replacement), 25% of
total amount is being held aside for Statewide Priority Program; if the project is
beyond preservation and is a competitive candidate (would rank well statewide), the
Region will work with sponsors to prepare applications. The deadline is November 9
The region has a cap of $179M for submissions. Region 1 staff is working to
assemble State and local candidates for the new programs.
MAP-21 created the National Highway Performance Program and that includes all the
funds that used to go to interstate maintenance, NHS and HBRR. Bridges funded
under this program must now be part of the federal aid – eligible roadway system.,
This is the biggest issue. 15% of the 2009 HBRR funds were set aside for an
STP off-system bridge fund. That results in only about 3.5 million dollars a year for
the entire region, with 1.6 million dollars going towards off-system bridge
inspection costs. Changes in CMAQ do not impact A/GFTC too adversely.
State funds are being reduced; this will result in NYSDOT pursuing more federal
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It is imperative that project sponsors deliver their existing projects that are
programmed for obligation prior to September 30, 2014. If you have a project on the
TIP that has not received approval of a BP-1 submission yet, the project can be
progressed forward but Marchiselli should not be expected. This will increase the
requisite local match from 5% to 20%.
Other discussion focused on the content of the distributed handouts.
D. Project Updates – (new developments only)
1) Warren County – Kevin Hajos – Hicks Road and Crane Mountain have
both been temporarily delayed because of FHWA review. Federal
authorization for the State-owned section of Beach Road has
been granted.
2) Washington County, Scott Tracy – Truthville Bridge bids came in under
estimate.
3) City of Glens Falls – no report
4) Town of Queensbury, Stu Baker – Aviation Road, letting is anticipated
for 2014
5) Saratoga County/Moreau/South Glens Falls – Mike Valentine asked
about Rte 9 paving project paving. It will begin in Spring 2013.
6) NYSDOT, Frank Bonafide – Rte 4 in Hudson Falls has been let.
7. Other Items – Aaron brought up for discussion the possibility of the TAC
meeting every other month, what day and time of day works best
for committee members. He will get back to members with the
results.
Creighton Manning Engineering has been selected from the on-call
program to conduct pavement scoring.
There are now 14 MPOs (Watertown is the 14th) competing for
funding. Due to PL increases in MAP-21, our MPO will get a small
increase in funding.
8. Adjournment – Mike Valentine made a motion to adjourn at 3:25

MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE A/GFTC TAC November 16, 2011
Attendees Agency

Members and Participants
Brian Abare South Glens Falls DPW
Stu Baker Town of Queensbury
Edward Bartholomew City of Glens Falls
Frank Bonafide NYSDOT
Robert Cherry NYSDOT
Kar en Hulihan NYSDOT
Edward Doughney Warren County DPW
Kevin Hajos Warren County DPW
Scott Sopczyk GGFT
Scott Tracy Washington County DPW
Michael Breault Washington County DPW
Michael Valentine Saratoga County Planning
Steve Sweeney NYS Canal Corporation

Staff
Aaron Frankenfeld A/GFTC
Kate Mance A/GFTC
Minutes of the Meeting

1. Welcome and Introductions : Aaron Frankenfeld called the meeting to order at
1:31.

2. Visitor Issues: None present

3. NYSDOT Forward Four Initiative
A. Introduction : Aaron noted that all members of the Technical Advisory
Committee and the Policy Committee should have received letters from
the DOT Commissioner outlining the “Forward Four” policy, and that DOT
staff would go into greater detail concerning the contents of the l etter.
Frank Bonafide explained that the idea is to emphasize transportation
programming in a way that emphasizes preservation. This new Forward
Four policy includes four criteria: preserving the existing infrastructure,
prioritizing systems over facilitie s, maximizing of investment, and
sustainability. Safety is still a key concept, and the MPO and DOT need to
work together to decide what the priorities for the system are. He
introduced Rick Bennett and Tom Hoffman to explain the pavement
preservation and bridge preservation strategies.
B. Pavement Preservation Strategy : Rick Bennett presented a PowerPoint
show about the pavement preservation system. He explained that the goal
is preservation first, not preservation only. This system is based on
pavement scoring, and DOT will be reaching out to MPOs to implement a
statewide system. This pavement score data can be simply collected and
does not require expensive “e -score” equipment . The goal of the program
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is to enable preventative maintenance to prolong the life of pavement
using mainly non -structural means. A key criteria is to select a treatment
based on the “window of opportunity”, which is determined by the
pavement score and the length of time a facility has been in that
condition. The DOT system is designe d to keep pavements at pavement
score 7 or higher. Once a pavement degrades below that condition, the
cost of repair rises exponentially. Using this strategy, a system can be
maintained for the same length of time with better than average condition
at a mu ch lower cost than versus a “worst first” strategy. In addition,
projects will be prioritized based on cost effectiveness in terms of $/VMT.
In the last round of prioritization, DOT Main Office did not always have
enough information for local system conditions. In future rounds, Rick
stressed that the BP (Beyond Preservation) forms should address
pavement condition and maintenance history, project timing, cost
effectiveness, and any other program justif ication, such as safety. Kevin
Hajos noted that Warren County already has a similar pavement str ategy
in place. Scott Tracy noted that Washington County has pavement
condition data which can be transmitted to DOT. Aaron noted that A/GFTC
collects pavement condition data, although it will take a few years to get
enough data to compile historic trends.
C. Bridge Preservation Strategy : Tom Hoffman presented a PowerPoint show
about the D OT strategy concerning bridges, which is a “maintenance first”
strategy. The goal is to avoid deferring maintenance, and then to do
reconstruction projects at the end of the bridge’s life. This is geared
towards bridges with condition ratings of 4.4 or less. An important
component is to focus projects only on the elements which ne ed to be
addressed, and not including things such as lights or decorative elements
if possible. In the long run, it will be cheaper to maintain a bridge properly
than to reconstruct a bridge prematurely. The DOT is pursuing “5-7”
projects, which are elemen t- specific improvements designed to bring a
deficient bridge to a condition rating between 5 – 7. Other project types
include painting, concrete repair, joint repair, cleaning, and wearing
surface maintenance. Investigation is an important part of this str ategy.
Tom showed several examples of bridge projects from the Region which
successfully implemented the bridge maintenance strategy. Frank noted
that another important consideration is to try to prevent the scope of
projects from increasing. Kevin stated that Warren County already uses its
own budget and labor to comp lete projects that fulfill the Forward Four
principles, and that federal funds have historically been used to complete
projects which cannot be completed in -house. Frank encouraged the
County to find ways to shift some of the preservation -type projects to the
TIP, which will make it easier to qualify for Marchiselli funds while
simultaneously freeing up some of the local funding for larger projects. To
keep preservation projects financially fea sible when using federal funding,
Frank recommends bundling smaller projects on a county -wide basis.
Aaron noted that the challenge has historically been to explain to the local
residents the reasoning behind using resources on bridges which are
functional ly obsolete, but are not yet at the end of the facility life.

4. MPO Administrative Items
A. Federal legislation update: Aaron stated that there is not much to report;
the House and Senate named conferees in April to negotiate a
compromise with their respective transportation bills. Discussions appear
to have stalled, with talks of another extension circulating; the current
extension expires at the end of June. This lack of availability of funding

estimates will undoubtedly make the TIP programming more challenging.
Funding is most likely to be flat -lined at best.
B. Host Agency agreement : Aaron stated that the Host Agency contracts
have not been approved by NYSDOT. This is not unique to A/GFTC; all but
one MPO in NYS are experiencing the same delay. Despite having been
transmitted to NYSDOT approximately 4 months ahead of the expiration of
the exsiting contract , the new contracts have still not been moved out of
NYSDOT and review from the Attorney General and OSC is still pending.
These layers of review are require d before reimbursement can take place.
What is unique to A/GFTC is that our March reimbursements were
mishandled and our host has not been paid for our expenses. The host
agency is not in a position to float payments in the long term. Delayed
vendor payments have resulted and are likely to continue.

5. Annual Work Program
A. Completed / Ongoing Activities
1) Queensbury commercial / industrial access road : Aaron reported
that the study has been transmitted to the Warren County Board of
Supervisors as a final d ocument.
2) Warren County Bicycling Master Plan : Kate Mance noted that, since
the last TAC meeting, all comments had been addressed, and the
Board of Supervisors approved the plan in April. The plan is
available online. The companion effort to the plan is re visions to
the A/GFTC bike map. The regional map side has been expanded to
include Granville and Lake Luzerne to encompass trails and
des ignated bicycle routes which were not included on the existing
map.
3) Traffic engineering services
1. Signal warrant analysis – Bay / Cronin: Aaron noted that
the s tudy is complete. Kevin reported that there were three
alternatives identified by Creighton Manning Engineering .
The first is to change striping along Bay Road to provide
shared through -right lanes and separate l eft turn lanes, the
second would be to restrict l eft turns from Cronin with a
rais ed median , and the third step will be to signalize the
intersection. The County will start with the first scenario,
then wait a year to see if conditions improve. If not, the
second and possibly third options will be deployed. Aaron
not ed that the signal option, as well as a conceptual
round about, were less cost effective than the recommended
alternative.
2. GFSD circulation issues – Aaron reported that a draft of the
Glens Falls School Circulation study has been completed by
Resource Syste ms Group, reviewed by District staff , and
presented to the Glens Falls School Board for review . The
report includes an estimate of anticipated traffic resulting
from the alignment of high school and middle school start
times , and recommended strategies to deal with the
increase in peak traffic. It is not anticipated that the School
Board review will result in significant changes to the
document. Some of the recommendations include
expanding the drop -off area, changing the location of on-
street parking along Sherman, encouraging counter-
clockwise circulation, and adding incentives to bike, walk, or
ride the bus to school.

3. Dix / Sagamore intersection evaluation : Aaron reported
that, similar to the Bay/Cronin project, A/GFTC initiated an
intersection evaluation at the request of the City of Glens
Falls . The City had requested a signal warrant analysis but
staff added an evaluation of the adjacent bikeway
intersection as part of the scope. This may help to address
some of the undesirable traffic operations at the bikeway
crossing . The Chazen Companies has initiated data
collection and Aaron will discuss with City officials at the
Common Council meeting of June 12 what they would like
by way of public involvement. The project should take about
3 months, and will i nclude a signal warrant and timing plan,
conceptual costs, and potential re -alignment of the bikeway
at the intersection.
4) Long Range Plan 2035 update – Aaron noted that staff will soon be
engaged with public outreach as part of the 2035 Long Range Plan
update. We will be reconsidering our advertising and surveying
methods as well as looking to use of online community forums. The
content of the survey could also stand for some revision. Kate is
working on exploring digital survey methods to facilitate greater
involvement. We would appreciate any assistance from interested
committee members. Staff is also exploring creating an online
interactive forum or social media outlet for this outreach effort.
5) Coor dinated Human Services Transportation Plan update – Kate
noted that, since the last TAC meeting, targeted stakeholder
outreach was conducted through an online survey and two open
houses. The feedback received was very helpful. The draft was
circulated to s takeholders, the TAC, and DOT, and comments were
received and incorporated. The final draft went through a public
review process as well and was noticed in the paper and posted
online. Staff received many comments which were outside of the
scope of the upd ate; however, these comments will create a strong
basis for the mobility management plan in the UPWP. Aaron noted
that he and S cott Sopczyk attended a Tompkins Co unty
Coordinated Public Transportation Committee meeting and met
with Dwight Mengel and Fernan do deAragon. They have had some
success in the Ithaca area in implementing service coordination ,
including pre -soliciting for FTA -eligible projects . A/GFTC will focus
on restart ing the Coordinated Services committee and build on
some of the ideas that were shared, with the goal of drafting a
mobility management plan with either Washington or Warren
County, depending upon interest. Scott noted that public
participation in the Coordinated Services committee has been a
challenge. Jocelyn Blanchard, representin g the Long Term Care
Council of Warren, Was hington, and Hamilton Counties, expressed
appreciation for the work which was done on the CHSTP and stated
that she is looking forward to working with A/GFTC on future
mobility management efforts.
6) Model Highway Design Standards – The CHPLWP and Chazen have
engaged a number of local communities with the goal of having
those communities develop Complete Streets policies. Staff has
decided to supplement that effort by offering professional services
thr ough the on- call contract. Chazen Companies and staff will
review existing municipal street and subdivision standards and
propose revisions to those in accordance with Complete Streets

principles; the cost of this effort is $4500. The first “pilot” of this
will most lik ely be the Town of Warrensburg , since they are already
engaged in related planning efforts . The goal is to develop policy
revisions that are readily adapted by other communities. Kate
noted that there is a companion Complete Streets effort underway
in Wash ington County, and that a similar presentation will be made
in Kingsbury on June 13th.

6. Transit Update: Scott Sopczyk noted that GGFT is gearing up for summer. There
are two new vehicles ordered, which should arrive in early July. There are some
possible operational changes in the works for the fall. GGFT updated their website
to be mobile -phone friendly, and added QR codes to route maps .

7. TIP
A. Amendments and Modifications
1) GGFT facility improvement : Scott Sopczyk reported that the GGFT
building, originally built in 1989, now needs a roof replacemen t. As
such, he is requesting a TIP amendment for a capital project, using
FTA 5307 funds, to enable repairs. The cost estimate from the
architect came in at $6/s.f. This amendment will not require the
movement or transfer of funds from other sources, it simply places
the project on the TIP. Aaron called for a motion to approve the
requested amendment.
MOTION – BONAFIDE SECOND – VALENTINE APPROVED
2) NYSDOT Bridge Projects – North Creek and Fort Edward : Aaron
reported that DOT had forwarded two requests to downscope the
Route 28N in North Creek and Route 197 West Branch in Fort
Edward brid ge projects to rehabilitations rather than replacements .
These projects may be somewhat c ontroversial, especially the
Route 197 bridge, given past public opposition to a similar project
on the East Branch. In addition, the Town and Village are working
on Brownfield Opportunity Area planning studies, which
recommend replacement of the Route 197 bridges to allow greater
access. Since there was no representation of affected parties at the
meeting, and given that the requests were received so close to the
meeting, Aaron recommended that the TAC not take up these
issues until the DOT reaches out to the communities. These
amendments will also require Policy C ommittee approval.
B. Project updates
1) Warren County . Ed Doughney reported the following project
updates: i. Beach Road: Kubricky construction won the bid and will
begin construction on the east segment this year, and the
west next year. Scott Sopczyk asked w heth er West Brook
Road will become a two way street; Kevin Hajos said that it
would, as soon as National Grid moves utility poles,
probably by the end of this month.
ii. Hicks Road: The Draft Design Repor t (DDR) was submitted,
and the consultant is currently responding to comments and
addressing SHPO concerns.
iii. Lanfear R oad: This project is an element -specific bridge
project with several components. PS&E has been submitted,
with letting anticipated in the next few months.
iv. Crane Mountain Road: Comments have been received on
the DDR. Public outreach was completed through mailers to

all affected residents. The Final Design Report (FDR) is
anticipated to be complete in 2-4 weeks.
v. Palisades Road: This is anothe r element-specific bridge
project. Recent issues have been identified with one of the
wingwalls. The project is on hold until these issues can be
resolved.
vi. Make the Connection (2011): County is finalizing
agreements with DOT, and anticipates construction of the
project in summer/fall.
vii. Valley Road: The County has finalized the consultant
agreement with CME.
viii. Blair Road: This is scoped for a replacement, which may
change. The RFP is anticipated to go out this summer.
ix. Middelton Bridge: This project is still in flux, as discussions
with DEC are ongoing.
2) Washington County : Scott Tracy reported on the following projects:
i. County Route 16 over Halfway Brook: Federal authorization
has been received.
ii. County Route 12 over the Mettowee: PS&E is anticipated by
the end of July, with a bid letting in September.
iii. County Route 61 over Battenkill: Right of Way purchase is
anticipated by end of June. Utility work is being scheduled,
with bid letting anticipated at end of August.
iv. Dewey’s Bridge: D esign Approval has been submitted, and
bid letting is slated for the end of September.
v. Karen Hulihan asked about the status of the County Route
21 safety assessment project. Scott noted that he has no
information, as he needs to talk to the Town Supervisor.
3) City of Glens Falls : No report available .
4) Town of Queensbury : Aaron noted that the Town is procuring
design services for the Aviation/Dixon Road intersection.
5) Saratoga County / Moreau / South Glens Falls : Mike Valentine
noted that they are still waiting for updates on the Route 9 safety
project.
6) NYSDOT Frank reported that the Route 29 over Black Creek bridge
is due for letting in June, with anticipated completion date in 2013.
The Route 9/Feeder Dam proj ect is set for a letting date of March
2013, and there may be a public meeting scheduled for this project
next week. Aaron noted that there has been no word from DOT on
the meeting and requested clarification. [Note: the public meeting
has not been schedul ed]. The Route 4 project is in PS&E, with an
October letting. This is the only road reconstruction project in
Region 1.
C. Capital programming issues
1) Project delivery : Frank stated that everyone should have recei ved
a letter from the Region 1 D irector. This specified that the entire
Region 1 program would be carried out on time and within budget.
DOT wants to make sure that everyone understands that going
outside of the schedule/budget which is submitted to DOT is not
acceptable. DOT staff went through the sch edules with all project
sponsors to try to get everything as accurate as possible. Frank
would like to propose that all consultants get project sponsor sign –
off on schedules and project updates before submitting them to
DOT.

2) Next TIP update : Aaron reported that without federal legislation,
there is no way to know for sure how much funding will be in the
next TIP. It is anticipated that tentative suballocation estimates will
be available by July 1.

8. Other Items

9. Next m eeting and adjourn : Aaron noted that the next meeting will be in the first
or second week in August, and asked for a motion to adjourn.

MOTION: STEVE SWEENEY SECOND: FRANK BONAFIDE MEETING
ADJOURNED

Policy Committee Meeting

Minutes of Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Attendance:
Members:
Ralph Bentley, Supervisor, Town of Horicon
Frank Bonafide, NYSDOT Reg. 1 (rep. Mary Ivey)
Dennis Dickinson, Supervisor, Town of Lake George
Mitch Suprenant, Supervisor, Town of Ford Edward
Steven Sweeney, NYS Canal Corp. (rep. Michael Loftus)
Mike Valentine, Saratoga County (rep. Thomas Wood)
Others
:
Wayne LaMothe, Warren County Planning
Scott Sopczyk, GGFT

A/GFTC Staff:

Aaron Frankenfeld, Transportation Planning Director
Kate Mance, Senior Transportation Planner

1. Welcome & Introductions
Chairman Mitch Suprenant called the meeting to order at 1:37.

2. Visitors Issues – None

3. Administrative Items
A. Committee representation update (Aaron): Chairmanship of the
transportation council rotates between our two full counties every two
years. Washington County is now in the position to chair the Council, and
Washington County Board of Supervisors Chairman John Rymph has
appointed Mitch Suprenant, Supervisor of the Town of Fort Edward, to chair
the Council for the next two years. Chairman Dan Stec of Warren County
has appointed Ralph Bentley of Horicon to serve as Vice-Chair. Dennis
Dickinson was welcomed as the new Supervisor of Lake George. In
addition, John LaPointe, Supervisor of the Town of Putnam, is now
Chairman of the LC-LGRPB. Washington County also appointed Supervisor
Bob Shay of White Creek to be the designated rural representative.
B. Host Agency agreement (Aaron): The Lake Champlain – Lake George
Regional Planning Board is the host agency for A/GFTC; host agencies are
required for all Metropolitan Planning Organizations in New York State.
They provide administrative and payroll support as well as first instance
funding for A/GFTC expenses. After consideration of the existing
arrangement and other options, the TAC decided to renew the contract
between A/GFTC and the LC-LGRPB for a term of ten years.
C. Federal reauthorization (Aaron): There are competing Senate and House
reauthorization bills, although the House bill appears to have stalled. At
this point, the Senate bill is the one more likely to move forward. The bill is
a two-year bill programmed at $109 billion, which is roughly level funding.
There is still a possibility that there will be another extension of current
transportation legislation. There is a lot of emphasis within the bill on
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consolidating federal programs, such as the National Highway System,
Interstate Maintenance and the Highway Bridge Programs, into a single
program that is dedicated to improvements on National Highway System
facilities. The Surface Transportation Program has been renamed the
Transportation Mobility Program and is applicable to non-NHS facilities.
Transportation Enhancements and Safe Routes to School have been
eliminated as programs, although those types of projects remain eligible
for funding. There is a lot of language dedicated to performance measures,
which are likely to be handed down from USDOT, in a somewhat less
iterative process than under the House bill. As an organization, A/GFTC is
most concerned about the tiering system proposed under the Senate Bill.
As noted previously, existing MPOs like A/GFTC, which are under the new
200,000 population threshold for MPOs, would require re-designation by
the Governor and USDOT, the latter of which would depend upon our
ability to meet technical capacity requirements which have yet to be
identified. The House bill did include a provision to grandfather smaller
MPOs. There was a similar amendment to the Senate bill, although it is
unclear whether it was considered. There is concern at the staff level that
the performance measures are being designed with the elimination of small
MPOs in mind. Staff is confident that it has the technical compentency and
flexibility to meet any reasonable requirements. A/GFTC’s data collection
capabilities are better than some other small MPOs, for example. In
addition, the NYSMPO Association fosters a lot of capacity-building and
information exchange among the agencies that benefit NYS MPOs. In terms
of local impacts, eliminating MPO representation will likely make it more
difficult for local project sponsors to have their needs articulated. If the
proposed legislation passes, there will be ample time to make a case for
A/GFTC to be re-designated. Mike Valentine asked for additional
information concerning A/GFTC’s capabilities as compared to other MPOs.
Aaron cited travel demand modeling and the in-house pavement scoring
system as two examples. A/GFTC can respond quickly to new performance
measures once they are issued. In addition, there is the financial capacity
to add staff if needed to address technical requirements. Ultimately, the
certification will come from the Secretary of USDOT.

4. Annual Work Program
D. Completed and ongoing staff and consultant activities (Aaron):
Completed and on-going projects:

• The Queensbury connector road study is being finalized. The study
examined existing traffic conditions in and around the airport and
evaluated the feasibility of the potential construction of a new
connector road between Quaker Road and Queensbury Avenue.
Future developments and growth assumptions were considered. The
study concludes that the transportation system benefits associated
with the new road are limited, and as such a new roadway would be
largely a development-driven project. Significant benefits could be
achieved from upgrading the existing system, notably with a signal
timing improvement at the Quaker / Dix intersection. The
consultant is preparing a memo that details the recommended
change, which can be forwarded to the responsible municipalities.
Wayne LaMothe noted that this has been an ongoing issue and that
the existing system of coordinated signals is not being maintained
properly. He asked what steps can be taken to ensure that the

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signals are maintained in the future. Aaron stated that he had
looked into establishing some sort of signal maintenance setaside to
help address the needs for locally-operated equipment. There are
two clusters of time-based coordinated signals along Quaker Road.
Additionally, the only non-state-owned signals in the A/GFTC area
are within the Town of Queensbury and the City of Glens Falls, so
there should be a manageable way to maintain these facilities.
Currently they are being maintained by City staff, either directly or
through an agreement with the Town. Wayne noted that there was
an older study regarding signal timing. Aaron noted that the issue
with this study is that it was conducted many years ago, and there
is concern at the County DPW that the data may no longer be
relevant. It is not clear whether this setaside would be eligible for
PL funds, or how much such a program would cost. Scott Sopczyk
noted that several years ago there was an idea to swap
maintenance between NYS Route 8 and Quaker Road, which might
present an opportunity to ensure better maintenance.
• Staff completed an initial traffic assessment for the Warren-
Washington IDA in November, as part of the permitting
requirements for NYS Shovel Ready designation. The IDA indicated
that it would not be interested in consultant-based assistance, so
the study was completed in-house at no cost to the IDA by drawing
heavily upon available data. The study concluded that the growth
potential of Phase II of the Airport Industrial Park was not
significant enough to substantially impact the surrounding
transportation system.
• A/GFTC used the on-call engineering assistance agreement on
behalf of GGFT to facilitate a pavement marking re-design for
GGFT’s main terminal in downtown Glens Falls. The design provided
better delineation between space needed for operations of transit
vehicles and on-street parking spaces. Use of the contract enabled
the quick implementation of the project.
• The Glens Falls Residential Traffic Calming project was completed in
October. This was in response to residents’ concerns regarding
speeding vehicles. The study included a speed survey conducted
with residents and volunteers to determine a passing vehicle speed
that residents were comfortable with. This was found to be a couple
miles an hour lower than the posted speed limit. The study also
evaluated the effectiveness of low-cost pavement marking
alternatives designed to influence speeds downward. The striping
deployment was shown to be ineffective in reducing speeds,
although mobile speed feedback signs were found to be effective.
• A/GFTC recently completed the solicitation for our Make the
Connection Program for small-scale bicycle and pedestrian projects.
Full or partial funding was awarded to 7 out 9 projects sponsored by
the following municipalities: Warren County (3 of 4 County
applications were awarded), Village of Fort Edward, Town of
Johnsburg, Village of Salem, and Town of Warrensburg.

Nearly completed projects:

• The Warren County Bicycle Plan has been drafted and presented to
the Warren County DPW committee for their consideration. The
committee asked for time to review the plan, which can be finalized
once any comments are received.

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• The Coordinated Human Services Transportation Plan (CHSTP) is
also under production. An update has been presented to the public
via two open houses held on March 13 in Warren and Washington
Counties, and is currently undergoing review and revision based on
comments received.

Underway:

• A draft of the safety evaluation for the Bay and Cronin intersection
was delivered to A/GFTC staff yesterday. It will be jointly reviewed
by A/GFTC and Warren County DPW staff prior to a presentation by
the consultant team to the DPW committee at an upcoming
meeting. The study is looking at a variety of alternatives in addition
to a traffic signal.
• A draft of the school circulation study for the City of Glens Falls is
expected this week. That study is intended to address some of the
circulation issues that are occurring during pick-up and drop-off.
The study is also part of an evaluation by the school district into
aligning start times for the middle and high school, which are
currently staggered. Having one start time for both could create a
larger number of vehicles at once. The study involves physical and
policy alternatives.
• Our ridesharing match program, ipoolnorth, was recently updated.
We will re-commit to our promotional efforts to recruit new users.
• A/GFTC will continue to work on keeping the TIP up-to-date, and
staff remains available to provide transportation-related technical
assistance to our member municipalities. A/GFTC had been
indirectly tasked with assisting with County Planning Board Section
239 referrals. However, this was a temporary arrangement and the
responsibility will now be handled by Warren County staff. Wayne
LaMothe expressed thanks on behalf of the County in undertaking
the reviews, because it allowed for projects to move forward
through the review process while the requisite local law was being
adopted.

E. 2012-13 UPWP
1) Aaron reviewed the financial summary, which was reviewed by the
TAC as well. For 2012-13, A/GFTC has been allocated $327,712 in
FHWA Planning funds as well as $43,670 in FTA MPP funds. That
represents the “new” money coming in. The remaining $373,381
is made up of state and local in-kind match and program
carryovers from previous years. The increase $86,000 in available
dollars for this year is attributable to a bigger carryover. There is
also extra $15,000 in FHWA PL that represents a smaller
takedown in PL for statewide shared cost initiatives than had been
subtracted in the prior year. A/GFTC will not spend all of the total
$745,000, and will probably spend less than half that amount.
However, our practice has been to program as much of the
carryover as possible. The funds listed on the summary do not
account for carryover from the immediate year prior, as those
funds have not yet been confirmed by FHWA as being available.
2) Task summary (Aaron): Tasks are broken up into four categories:
administration, general development and comprehensive planning,
long-range planning, and Transportation Improvement Program.

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• Administration typically includes payroll, billing, certification and
compliance documentation and work program development and
does not change significantly from year-to-year.
• Task 2 is most of our ongoing activities, including data
collection, public participation and outreach, promotion of
alternative transportation options, and technical assistance to
municipalities. New tasks for 2012-13 include an update to our
county-wide accident tallies for off-system roadways. We last
completed this in 2003-2004, and County staff has stated that
the summaries were very useful. There may be a need for staff
training on the accident-reporting software used by NYSDOT.
New project proposals for the on-call engineering assistance
program will be entertained by staff and the Technical Advisory
Committee as warranted.
• For Task 3, we plan to initiate the Long Range Plan update,
which is a core document required for all MPOs. This is due in
2014, but since there is a significant amount of work involved,
staff will begin this effort this year. Also, the LRP will contain
some longer-term traffic forecasts using our recently updated
travel demand model.
• Task 3 also includes a regional mobility management plan, which
is a recommendation from the CHSTP. One of the main
comments that is presented most often to staff is that people in
the outlying rural areas lack transportation options. This will
likely be a consultant-assisted project. This plan will attempt to
identify a potential model for coordinating human services
transportation throughout the region.
• Also included is an update to our area-wide Bicycle and
Pedestrian Plan. This would fold in the Warren County Plan, as
well as a similar plan in Washington County, as there is some
interest in a bike plan for that area as well. The regional bike
plan produced by the MPO is now over 10 years old.
• Task 3.6 is the Climate Change Adaptation Planning, which
would look to identify and assessments of transportation
infrastructure that is potentially vulnerable to increased
frequency and severity of weather events. This is a labor-
intensive process which will be driven by interest of the local
municipalities in participation.
• A/GFTC is expected to prepare a TIP sometime this fall, as the
STIP expires this year. The funding levels are still unknown. We
are behind one year in TIP cycle at the behest of NYSDOT; they
were unwilling to provide regional allocations due to uncertain
funding availability. Since the STIP is expiring, the TIP must be
updated.

A motion was made to approve the 2012-2013 A/GFTC UPWP.

MOVED BY: Ralph Bentley SECONDED BY: Mike Valentine MOTION
CARRIED

5. Greater Glens Falls Transit Update (Scott Sopczyk): 2011 was a very strong year
for GGFT, with over 340,000 riders, the largest total in the history of the system. So
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related to the cost of fuel or the mild weather. The Capital Plan is in good shape,
with the planned replacement of the paratransit buses scheduled for the summer.
The schedule changes that were implemented last year as part of the Transit
Development Plan recommendations seem to have increased ridership and were
well received. For example, at Adirondack Community College, prior to the schedule
update, sales of monthly passes were around 12 per month. Now, the sales are
around 50 per month. This doesn’t count increases in students riding the bus and
paying cash. GGFT also met with the Dean to discuss the construction of the new
dorms and what types of transportation demand that may create. Financially, State
and Federal resources have been managed well – the availability of necessary
Federal funds appears to be sufficient at this time. Operating costs and the overall
budget could be substantially impacted by a significant rise in fuel costs. Service
planning for the summer is almost completed. Dennis Dickinson asked whether
service ran during Americade, and noted that he had heard from a business owner
interested in discussing services. Scott agreed to follow up.

6. TIP
A. Project Updates (Aaron): There is no direct representation from the DPW
staff of Warren or Washington Counties present. However, DPW staff did
give a comprehensive update at February’s TAC meeting, so if anyone is
interested in those updates and does not have access to the meeting
minutes, A/GFTC can supply them.
1) Warren County: Ralph Bentley noted that the replacement of the
Middleton Bridge over the Schroon River, which had previously been in
a stalemate with DEC, is now moving forward under an agreement with
the Governor and DEC. This is a very important bridge for access to
residents of Horicon and Chester.
2) Washington County: No report.
3) Saratoga County (Mike Valentine) We are continuing to work with
DOT on the Route 9 safety project in South Glens Falls. Capacity and
parking issues are being considered. The Village is also looking to
implement infrastructure improvements concurrently with the highway
project. Frank Bonafide noted that the DOT project is not a
reconstruction project and that subsurface infrastructure work will likely
delay the project.
4) NYSDOT (Frank Bonafide): In terms of project updates, Route 29
bridge over Black Creek in Salem is moving forward, with a spring
letting. Route 4 in Hudson Falls is moving forward with a summer
letting, and DOT has been working with the Village for the sewer
infrastructure betterment. The Route 9 safety project (SGF) discussed
previously is moving forward, with a tentative fall 2012 letting.
However, construction is more likely to occur in 2013, assuming that
the infrastructure issues can be worked out. Aaron noted that this delay
may be advantageous to the Village as it gives them time to work out
the infrastructure issues. Frank noted that DOT is flexible in terms of
the timing. The Route 197 Bridge over the Hudson is on track to be let
in summer 2013, as is the Route 4 Bridge over the Champlain. Route
28N over the Upper Hudson RR in Johnsburg is on track to be let in
fall/winter 2013. Frank thanked the Committee for endorsing the STIP
listings for the Accelerated Transportation Programs. The Governor’s
proposed budget includes numerous items that impact DOT, including
the proposal to create jobs and address infrastructure needs through
the “NY Works” program. The project listings include $250 million
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million for signature projects. The recent action was for the bridge and
pavement preservation work. Once the budget is approved, the goal is
to release projects for bid in April and May. The list of projects will not
be released until the budget is passed. The list was generated at the
Regional level based on DOT’s assessment of priorities. Most of the
projects are preservation-oriented and involve thin pavement overlays
or deck replacements on bridges – projects which will be quick to
commence and complete. The goal is to address 2,000 lane miles and
over 100 bridges statewide. As part of this, the Region will get a large
influx of funding in addition to their core program. This will go to
projects that are needed but could not have been afforded otherwise.
DOT is borrowing ahead to accomplish this, but it appears that federal
funding will be level; local projects should therefore not be affected.
Mike Valentine asked who bears the cost of interest associated with
bonding, and Frank noted that he would need to look into that. The
current plan would put DOT three years into the future with regard to
borrowing, which is aggressive in terms of DOT practice but is
conservative compared to other Departments across the country. Mike
asked if the costs will be carried into the TIP, and Frank and Aaron
noted that it will not affect the TIP. Mike asked whether this accelerated
program will push a project through faster than expected. Frank noted
that these are mostly new projects, in addition to DOT’s core program.
Frank also reported on the consolidation efforts in the Governor’s
budget. The current proposal is to consolidate the DOT into six regions
from eleven. In addition, Region 1 is moving as part of the “re-
stacking” effort, and will be co-located with DOT Main Office at 50 Wolf
Road. The move is taking place in April. Regional personnel may be out
of touch by phone for a few weeks, but email should be a good way to
contact DOT.
B. Amendments and Modifications (Aaron): There were none.

7. Other Items: Wayne LaMothe noted that Warren County is finishing a re-designation
of the old Dude Ranch Scenic Byway as the First Wilderness Scenic Byway. This was
initiated by ANCA (Adirondack North Country Association), and the plan is almost
ready to go to DOT for comment. The hope is that the branding completed for the
First Wilderness Heritage Corridor can be included on signage along the byway. The
alignment is being extended south to Corinth and north to Chestertown. The Dude
Ranch was never formally designated, so having a formal designation for the First
Wilderness will open up a funding stream, assuming the scenic byway program is
kept.

8. Next meeting and adjourn (Aaron): The next meeting will be in mid-August. It may
be possible to coordinate the meeting with the Adirondack Gateway Council, since
there is a large overlap of membership. If there are any schedule conflicts, please
contact Aaron.

A motion was made to adjourn the meeting at 2:38 PM.
MOVED BY: Mike Valentine SECONDED BY: Ralph Bentley MOTION CARRIED