AGENDA ITEM
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Proposed amendments to the Polk the Transportation Disadvantaged Service Plan (TDSP)
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PRESENTER
Julia Davis, TPO Staff with representatives of the CTC
SUMMARY
The LCB will be asked to consider two different proposed amendments to the Polk Transportation Disadvantaged Service Plan (TDSP).
A. Proposed administrative modification of the Transportation Disadvantaged Service Plan (TDSP) to include mention of the specific grant categories to the list of projects which are contained in the Transportation Improvement Program.
- TPO staff requests page 15 of the TDSP be amended to clarify that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grants Sections 5310, 5311, and 5339, are included in the lists of projects which are contained in the Polk TPO’s Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The proposed modification is provided in Attachment A page 15 of the existing TDSP.
B. Proposed amendment to the Prioritization Policy Categories in the Transportation Disadvantaged Service Plan (TDSP)
This amendment requires the LCB to review the present Prioritization Policy contained in the TDSP (Attachment B). Representatives from the CTC will make a presentation on the need to change the categories of trip purposes in the Prioritization Policy, and may provide a ‘draft revised policy,’ for the LCB to review. If the proposed changes are minor, then, the LCB may feel ready to approve this amendment at this time. Otherwise, this could be tabled to the next LCB meeting (March 2025), however, that will only give the CTC three months to implement the changes to the policy.
RECOMMENDATION
Recommended Action #1:
Approve the modification of page 15 of the existing TDSP.
Recommended Action # 2:
Review the proposed draft revised Prioritization Policy and consider approving it.
ATTACHMENT
Attachment A -- page 15 of the existing TDSP - FTA grants.
Attachment B - page 73 of existing TDSP-Current Prioritization Policy.