AGENDA DATE: 6/13/2018
TITLE:
Title
Public Hearing - VDOT FY 19-24 Secondary Six Year Program
BODY
SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Public Hearing - VDOT FY 19-24 Secondary Six Year Program
ITEM TYPE: Regular Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Walker, Kamptner, Graham, Benish
PRESENTER (S): Kevin McDermott
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this public hearing is to receive input on the proposed Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Secondary Six Year Program (SSYP), FY 19-24 (Attachment A). The SSYP is the funding program for the maintenance and construction of secondary roads based on the County’s Transportation Priority List and the Albemarle County Priority List for Secondary Road Improvements, Unpaved Roads, and reflects available State road funding allocated to the County. The Board held a work session on Transportation Priorities for Smart Scale and the Secondary Six-Year Plan on April 4, 2018. Attachment B is the Executive Summary from that work session and Attachment C is the Report on the Secondary-Six Year Plan Priorities and Recommendations from that Work Session. Based on the recommendations and discussion at the April 4th work session, the Albemarle County Priority List for Secondary Road Improvements, Unpaved Roads was updated and is included as Attachment D. The only changes were removing completed projects and advancing the remaining projects up the list.
STRATEGIC PLAN: Infrastructure Investment: Prioritize, plan, and invest in critical infrastructure that responds to past and future changes and improves the capacity to serve community needs
DISCUSSION: VDOT staff has provided a draft of the FY 19-24 SSYP (Attachment A) that is based on the direction provided by the Board at its previous work session. The available funding for the FY 19-24 SSYP would be used to address the priority projects the Board has supported. The Rio Mills Connector remains the top priority and Telefee funding dedicated to this project will make up the balance to complete it beyond the Smart Scale funding.
The top paving projects derived from the Albemarle County Priority List for Secondary Road Improvements, Unpaved Roads are included in the current and future year expenditures. The ongoing engineering and design of the Connector Road between Berkmar Drive Extended and Lewis & Clark continues to be funded through FY 19. The County is seeking funding for construction of this connection through multiple potential funding sources with $2,081,597 in Secondary Plan funds available to help offset or leverage the costs of construction. If these funds are not needed for the Berkmar to Lewis & Clark Connector they can be shifted to other projects. An additional $349,831 has been added to a Traffic Services line item in FY24 that is derived from Telefee funds and can at any point be redirected to any Secondary Road project as needed.
The Final FY2019 Albemarle County Priority List for Secondary Road Improvements, Unpaved Roads is also included as Attachment D for the Board’s approval. This reflects any changes recommended at the April 4th Work Session.
BUDGET IMPACT: The SSYP is for the expenditure of State/VDOT secondary road construction funds allocated to the County and does not require the expenditure of County funds except to the extent that any project may also utilize revenue sharing funds or otherwise necessitate County resources in support of the project.
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
After the public hearing, staff recommends that the Board adopt the attached Resolution (Attachment E) approving the FY19-24 Secondary Six Year Program (SSYP) and authorizing the County Executive to sign the SSYP.
Staff also recommends that the Board vote to approve the Final FY19 Albemarle County Priority List for Secondary Road Improvements, Unpaved Roads (Attachment D) for the record.
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment A - Draft Albemarle County FY19-24 SSYP
Attachment B - April 4, 2018 Work Session Executive Summary
Attachment C - April 4, 2018 SSYP Report
Attachment D - FY 19 Albemarle County Priority List for Secondary Road Improvements, Unpaved Roads Attachment E - Resolution