Just got out of our 'Exit Interview' with the Federal folks for our Certification Planning Review. Every four years, Metropolitan Planning Organizations such as SRTC are required to go through a certification review with the Federal Highways Administration and Federal Transit Administration. We've been doing that this week and just got some preliminary results. A report will be typed up and submitted to us in approximately 30 days that includes some recommendations and possibly corrective actions, but in the meantime, here's a little of what we heard today:
- SRTC needs to document our process for coordinating and consulting with area Native American Tribes.
- The process used to develop our Transportation Improvement Program needs some streamlining and cleaning up.
- The process of choosing members for the Transportation Advisory Committee needs some rethinking as TAC members currently choose additional TAC members.
- SRTC's Memorandum of Understanding with other agencies needs to be updated.
- Need to develop a Memorandum or Understanding with our neighbors to the east, Kootenai Metropolitan Planning Organization and Idaho Transportation Department.
There were also some commendations:
- The SRTC Board was commended for initiating change in management of the agency.
- The Board was recongnized for its insight on commissioning the Transportation Vision Project.
- The Inland Pacific Hub was recognized as a project that involves the entire region and encourages discussion and input on transportation and freight movement.
- SRTC was commended for pursuing the HUD Sustainable Communities Planning Grant (which we're working feverishly on this week)
- We're doing a good job coordinating with Spokane Transit.
So there you go. When I get the official report, I'll post it on our website and provide a link. In the meantime, any thoughts?
2 comments:
Glad you are doing a good job coordinating with STA. :) Does look promising for the rest also.
The STA advertised to get CAC members so maybe that would work for the TAC.
Yep, we've got a lot of work ahead of us to make sure we're dotting every 'i' and crossing every 't' but in a way it's exciting because we're kind of starting over from day 1, what with new management and everything.
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