10:00am, January 22, 2015
Commission Office
The ACP Building - 8th Floor
190 N. Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, PA
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Please Use Sixth Street Entrance
CALL TO ORDER - CHAIR'S COMMENTS
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA and NON-AGENDA ITEMS
NOTE: Visitors may view details and leave comments on any Action Item below by clicking on the hyperlinked title.
ACTION ITEMS
1. Minutes of Meeting of December 11, 2014
2. Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Actions
- NJ14-53: Route 47, Grove St. to Route 130, Pavement (DB #12305), Gloucester County
- PA15-16: Chalfont Pedestrian Facilities (SRTSF) – Round 1, (MPMS# 87088) Bucks County
- PA15-17: Approval of Automated Red-Light Enforcement (ARLE) Round 5 (2014 Funding) Projects, (Various MPMS#s ) Various Counties
- PA15-18: Rock Hill Road Advance ROW, (MPMS# 104153) Montgomery County
- PA15-19: Culvert Replacement Group K, (MPMS# 92310) Bucks County
- PA15-20: Culvert Replacement Group L, (MPMS# 92311), Various Counties
- PA15-21: Main Street Grade Crossing, (MPMS# 103217), Delaware County
- PA15-22: North Broad Streetscape Improvements, (MPMS# 74807), Montgomery County
- PA15-23: American Cities/Safe Routes to School – Phase 3, (MPMS# 74828), City of Philadelphia
- PA15-24: Bridge Bundling 2015, (MPMS# 104369), Various Counties
3. Fiscal Year 2015 Planning Work Program Amendment
a. Broad Street Subway Extension Ridership Forecasts
DVRPC will prepare ridership forecasts that will be used to examine the potential for an extension of the Broad Street Subway line to serve the Philadelphia Navy Yard. A No-Build and three Build scenarios will be analyzed for a 2040 future year. Currently, there is limited auto and transit access to the Navy Yard. The Navy Yard currently as 5.5 million square feet of occupied space and will have an additional 6.5 million when fully developed.
4. DVRPC Fiscal Year 2016 Work Program
The Draft Planning Work Program for FY 2016 was approved by the Board for distribution and review, with the public comment period closing on January 12, 2016. DVRPC staff are in the process of responding to comments that have been received and are working to resolve any open issues. After Board adoption, relevant revisions will continue to be incorporated into the Work Program and the Final document will be produced.
DISCUSSION ITEMS
5. One Minute Reports
Board Members and Alternates are invited to provide updates on the activities of their counties/agencies.
6. Executive Director's Report
- Board Retreat
- SOS Roundtable Series: The Pop-up Economy
- Regional Economic Forecasts
- New Jersey CMAQ funding
- Future City competition
- Better Philadelphia Challenge
- Breaking Ground conference
- National Conference of Regions
7. Committee Reports
- Regional Technical Committee
- Public Participation Task Force
- Delaware Valley Goods Movement Task Force
- Regional Aviation Committee
- Regional Safety Task Force
OLD BUSINESS
NEW BUSINESS
Attachments:
- Draft Minutes of Meeting of December 11, 2014
- Commissioner's Summary Sheet (Action Items 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 2f, 2g, 2h, 2i, 2j, 3a, and 4)