Regular 7.
Regular City Council Meeting
- Meeting Date:
- 09/28/2009
- TITLE
- Draft 2010 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP)
- PRESENTED BY:
- Scott Walker
- Department:
- Planning & Community Services
Presentation:
PROBLEM/ISSUE STATEMENT
The Planning Division is presenting the Draft 2010 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) for the Billings Metropolitan Planning Organization for Council review and recommendation to the Billings Policy Coordinating Committee (PCC). The UPWP is primarily for the purpose of programming the federal dollars Billings receives from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) for transportation planning. These funds are passed through the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT). However, all planning activities are included in the UPWP so that it represents a comprehensive document of the urban transportation planning program. This UPWP proposes planning activities for Federal Fiscal Year 2010, which runs from October 1, 2009, through September 30, 2010.
This UPWP corresponds directly with the Planning Division's annual work plan. The significant changes in this year’s program include updating the Heritage Trail Plan, completing the Transportation Plan Update and Blue Creek Transportation Study, and moving the Alternative Modes staff position to a contract position. The Transit section is Chapter II of the UPWP. The document is consistent with past programs. A copy of the UPWP for each Council member is included with this memo and a copy is on file in the City Clerk’s office for public review.
This UPWP corresponds directly with the Planning Division's annual work plan. The significant changes in this year’s program include updating the Heritage Trail Plan, completing the Transportation Plan Update and Blue Creek Transportation Study, and moving the Alternative Modes staff position to a contract position. The Transit section is Chapter II of the UPWP. The document is consistent with past programs. A copy of the UPWP for each Council member is included with this memo and a copy is on file in the City Clerk’s office for public review.
ALTERNATIVES ANALYZED
The Council may:
- Accept the plan (recommended) and instruct the City Council's PCC Designee to provide a positive recommendation to PCC; or
- Reject the plan and instruct the City Council's PCC Designee to give a negative recommendation to PCC. A negative recommendation could jeapordise the allocation of Federal funds to the Planning Division for transportation planning and related programs. The PCC meeting is scheduled for September 29th.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Estimated FY2010 Planning Division Revenues Used to Match Federal Planning Allocation:
$158,000 Planning Dept. Fee Revenue (City of Billings)
$100,000 Planning Dept. Fee (Yellowstone County)
$300,000 Yellowstone County (Mill)
$1,261,600 Federal Planning (PL) Allocation
$1,819,600 Total Program (UPWP)
$158,000 Planning Dept. Fee Revenue (City of Billings)
$100,000 Planning Dept. Fee (Yellowstone County)
$300,000 Yellowstone County (Mill)
$1,261,600 Federal Planning (PL) Allocation
$1,819,600 Total Program (UPWP)
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the Draft 2010 UPWP at its meeting on September 28th and authorize the Council's PCC designee to take the recommendation to the Policy Coordinating Committee meeting on September 29th.