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November 2009 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT REGIONAL PLANNING AGENCY

FINANCIAL REPORT AND CASH FLOW STATEMENTCurrent Year %

REVENUES Budget Month To Date Balance ReceivedParatransit Administration/Contractor 990,000 199,145 398,660 591,340 40.27%Paratransit Advertising 1,000 0 0 1,000 0.00%Transportation Planning Grant 600,923 44,429 96,105 504,818 15.99%Municipal Contributions 91,500 0 91,500 0 100.00%Miscellaneous Revenues 4,200 680 27,149 -22,949 646.40%CEDS - USEDA 64,000 0 0 64,000 0.00%CEDS - Municipality 40,000 0 40,000 0 0.00%CERT 8,000 0 3,200 4,800 40.00%SGIA 1,000 0 0 1,000 0.00%Hazard Mitigation 1,000 0 0 1,000 0.00%Berlin/NB Solid Waster - RPI 255,160 0 0 255,160 0.00%Pequabuck River Dam 100,000 0 50,000 50,000 50.00%R5EPT 2,000 0 970 1,030 48.50% Budgeted Revenues 2,158,783 244,254 707,585 1,451,198 32.78% 42.00% completed

Current Year %EXPENDITURES Budget Month To Date Balance UsedSalaries/Payroll Taxes/Workers Comp. 409,425 23,479 159,806 249,619 39.03%Retirement/Administration 16,159 703 5,469 10,690 33.84%Health/Life & ST Disability Insurance 111,883 9,301 55,371 56,512 49.49%Directors & Officers/Liability/Bonding Ins. 5,000 0 5,000 0 100.00%Accounting/Legal 12,560 750 810 11,750 6.45%Paratransit Contractor 910,000 175,463 360,589 549,411 39.63%Equipment Service Contracts/Maintenance 5,500 0 799 4,701 14.53%Equipment/Software Purchases 28,800 4,723 7,971 20,829 27.68%Rent 30,016 2,433 12,411 17,605 41.35%Office Cleaning 3,800 0 1,250 2,550 32.89%Office Renovations 1,500 0 1,500 0 100.00%Telephone/Postage 6,500 0 1,681 4,819 25.86%p g , , ,Supplies 9,500 400 1,550 7,950 16.32%Conferences 6,000 214 1,202 4,798 20.03%Training/Workshops/Seminars 6,200 0 1,245 4,955 20.08%Travel in State/Meetings/Forums 8,000 1,702 4,128 3,872 51.60%Dues/Subscriptions 11,326 0 3,684 7,642 32.53%Publications 300 0 0 300 0.00%Advertising 4,000 86 531 3,469 13.28%Pequabuck River Dam 90,000 0 0 90,000 0.00%Berlin/NB Solid Waster - RPI 251,964 0 0 251,964 0.00%Miscellaneous Expenditures 9,400 98 1,195 8,205 12.71%Contingency 220,950 0 0 220,950 0.00%

Budgeted Expenses 2,158,783 219,352 626,192 1,532,591 29.01%

CASH ON HANDChecking Acct. Balance - BOA 48,915CT State Treas.Short-Term Investment Fund 94,101Money Market - BOA 20,592CD - Valley Bank 98,220CD - Thomaston Savings Bank 99,149CD - Webster Savings Bank 97,766CD - BOA 110,577

TOTAL CASH ON HAND 569,320

AGENCY MISSION - Carl Stephani, Executive Director

The Central Connecticut Regional Planning Agency has been organized to provide a regional framework

within which “To Plan and Promote Regional Policies and Programs to Enhance the Vitality,

Accessibility, and Quality of life in our Communities.” To accomplish this mission, the CCRPA

provides paratransit services to the Region’s senior citizens and disabled, coordinates municipal land use

planning and zoning, prepares transportation, economic development, environmental, and emergency

services preparedness and response plans. Some of the specific projects we undertook during the 2007-

2008 fiscal year are described below.

Back row,

left to

right: Craig

Diangelo,

Dennis

Kern, Carl

Johnson,

Paul

Rachielles,

David

Dudek,

Stephen

Mindera,

Rudy

Cabata,

Joseph

Krajewski,

Donald

Naples;

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to right:

Morgan

Seelye,

Donald

Padlo,

Jennifer

Bartiss-

Earley,

Peter

McBrien,

John

Pompei;

absent:

Bernard

Schuster,

Steven

Schiller,

Paul

Bedard

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PROJECTS, GRANTS, AND REGIONAL GROWTH

Ken Shooshan-Stoller, Deputy Director

2010 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (TIP)

The Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is a document which contains lists of projects and

associated obligated amounts for all federally funded transportation improvements in the central

Connecticut region for the next four years, and CCRPA, as the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)

for the central Connecticut region has produced its TIP for 2010-2013. . Included in the program are all

transportation projects in the Central Connecticut Region that receive funding from the Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA) or the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). Non-federally funded projects (state and/or

local funding) may appear on the TIP, but it is important to remember that they frequently will not. The TIP is

required in the current federal transportation law; the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity

Act – A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). The TIP is required to be financially constrained, which means that there

must be sufficient revenue to complete all of its projects. First year projects must have verified funding sources while

the remaining years’ projects must have reasonably expected sources. It is therefore anticipated that funding will be

available for the projects displayed in the TIP. Financial constraint is achieved by ConnDOT in its process of creating

its statewide program of projects. The majority of projects listed on the TIP are derived from the Statewide

Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). ConnDOT prioritizes projects on a statewide basis and distributes a

project list to the MPOs. The MPOs approve the project lists and include statewide and regional projects. A thirty-

day public review period culminated with a public hearing on October 15, 2009. The document is subject to change,

and amendments to the TIP are common for a variety of reasons such as: project cancellation, cost increases or

decreases, and rescheduling of project phases.

TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS UNDER THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT

(ARRA)

The CCRPA received approximately $5.7 million in federal funds from the ARRA program designed to stimulate the

construction segment of the economy through needed infrastructure projects. The Transportation Improvement

Committee (TIC) selected projects from each municipality, which all received a portion of the total regional funds

redistributed by population per capita. All of the projects now appear in new TIP and are shown as obligating their

funds in 2010.

SECTION 5310 VAN REPLACEMENT PROGRAM

Annually, the CCRPA solicits proposals from municipal and nonprofit providers of dial-a-ride services to fund vehicle

replacements under a grant from the Federal Transit Administration. The CCRPA received one application from the

Town of Berlin, and they received funding for 80% or up to $40,000 for shared costs of a van replacement. In past

years, the CCRPA has been able to fund multiple proposals.

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Michael Tonelli, Regional Planner

COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (CEDS)

To qualify for Federal economic development assistance a town must be in a region which has a federally approved

Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy in effect. During the 2008-2009 fiscal year the CCRPA secured

funding from the Federal Economic Development Administration for a new five year CEDS. The new CEDS will now

include all seven of the towns in the CCRPA region. The CEDS includes goals, objectives, strategies, and specific

projects that the region wishes to pursue to foster continued regional economic development.

LAND USE REFERRALS

The Agency’s referral function is mandated by the General Statutes of the State of Connecticut. While

Agency recommendations on these matters are non-binding, the review mandate is important procedurally

as this process keeps the Region and neighboring municipalities aware of developments in the larger area

and provides the opportunity for input. Referrals are required by the state statutes in three areas: zoning

under Section 8-3b; subdivisions under Section 8-26b; and Plans of Conservation & Development under

Section 8-23f.

John Tricarico, Transportation Assistant

TRANSIT SERVICES

CT Transit, New Britain Division, operates two bus routes in Bristol and nine in New Britain. Service is

also provided in Kensington and Plainville.

The CCRPA is planning a major update to the 1996 Transit Development Plan which recommends further

enhancement efforts to showcase the bus transit system in the region through more route signage,

information kiosks, dissemination of route maps, and a variety of marketing efforts in assorted media. The

Plan also summarizes the transit-related recommendations appearing in recently completed CCRPA

published plans: Bus way West and the Central Connecticut Plan for Alternative Transportation and Health

(CCPATH).

ADA PARATRANSIT SERVICE

During FY2008-2009 the Agency operated the Region’s Paratransit Service under a $990,000 grant from

the Connecticut Department of Transportation. As required by Federal law, this subsidized transit service

is offered to disabled people who cannot utilize fixed-route transit.

At the beginning of FY 2009, the Agency advertised for an RFP for the ADA service in the Central CT

Region. Three contractors responded to the RFP, Dattco Inc out of New Britain, CT, The Bristol

Community Organization for the Bristol area, and Hulmes Transportation out of MA. In the end Dattco

Inc. was chosen to provide ADA Paratransit Service for the next three years with an optional two year

extension. Service updates have been made and implemented throughout the Region and will continue to

do so throughout the year. Ridership is up 97% from this time last FY 2008.

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Francis Pickering, Regional Planner

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS)

CCRPA has been continuously expanding its GIS capacity by adding GIS hardware/software and actively assisting its

member towns and other agencies with various GIS data, analysis, and mapping that relates to the Region’s

environment, land use, and transportation. The agency also provides GIS and other mapping support to its member

towns on a continuous basis.

Melon Wedick, Regional Planner

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND PLANNING

The Agency continues its involvement with the Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security

through participation in Region 5 Emergency Preparedness Team (R5EPT) and the Statewide Citizen Corps Council,

as well as management and coordination of Citizen Emergency Response Teams (CERT).

In 2008-2009, the CCRPA received $2,000 to continue representing the town of Plymouth on the R5EPT and to

assist in its programs, projects, events and activities. The R5EPT encourages collaboration and cooperation of all the

Region’s towns on matters of preparedness, interoperable communication, resource sharing, and emergency

response.

The Agency receives $8,000 per year through the Statewide Citizen Corps Council to form, train, coordinate, and

maintain CERT teams in the Region. Active teams currently exist in the Towns of Southington, New Britain, and

Bristol, with a dormant team resident at ESPN. These teams of civilian volunteers provide support to first responders

on the scenes of emergencies in their own towns and across the state.

BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PLANNING

The Agency continues to work with stakeholders on bicycle and pedestrian planning projects. In 2008-2009, CCRPA

received a $5,000 Greenways Small Grant from the Connecticut Greenways Council and the DEP to perform a

routing study for the leg of the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail that will pass through northern Southington and

Plainville.

In 2008-2009, CCRPA also worked with stakeholders in the Town of Plymouth to put together a Safe Routes to

School master plan for the Harry S. Fisher Elementary and Eli Terry Jr. Middle Schools. The Agency received

$14,000 from the Department of Transportation to assist the schools with their plan, which was a required element

of the DOT’s Safe Routes to School Infrastructure Program grant application. As part of the master planning process,

the Agency developed a GIS methodology for analyzing the “walk-shed” of the two schools. A poster detailing this

process and its result was displayed as part of CT GIS Day at the Legislative Office Building in November 2009.

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Cheri Bouchard-Duquette, Office Manager/ Bookkeeper

FISCAL REPORT

More than ninety percent of the services the CCRPA provides are funded by Federal and State grants. Out of a total

annual budget of more than $1.6 million, the total local match budgeted for all seven of our member municipalities is

$88,000. That figure has not changed for more than a decade. During the 2008-2009 fiscal year, the $88,000 local

match enabled more than $21 million of outside funds to flow to the Region’s member municipalities for

transportation and other projects. It is anticipated that similar amounts will be generated through the CCRPA for our

member municipalities annually in the years to come.

While there has been no change in the total amount of the CCRPA budget supported by municipal dues, the

proportion of the total $88,000 paid by each of our seven member Towns varies annually in relation to changes in the

population and total grand list value in each town.

REVENUES:

State $ 593,191

ADA Paratransit Service $ 1,052,753

Member Municipalities $ 88,000

Municipalities (CRPC) Dues $ 3,500

Municipalities (CEDS) Dues $ 0

Other $ 25,488

Total Revenues $ 1,762,932

Expenditures

Direct Costs:

Salaries $ 319,710

ADA Paratransit Service $ 979,679

Other $ 90,158

Indirect Costs $ 327,403

Total Expenditures $ 1,716,950

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AGENCY BOARD MEMBERS - AS OF 6/30/09

Berlin Dennis Kern, Treasurer

Morgan Seelye

Bristol John Pompei, Vice Chair

Donald Padlo

Vacant

Burlington Paul Rachielles

Peter McBrien

New Britain Donald Naples, Secretary

Craig Diangelo

Steven Schiller

Plainville David Dudek, Chair

Jennifer Bartiss-Earley

Plymouth Carl Johnson

Stephen Mindera

Southington Joseph Krajewski

Rudy Cabata

Paul Bedard

CCRPA STAFF

Carl J. Stephani, ICMA-CM Executive Director

Ken Shooshan-Stoller Deputy Director

John Tricarico Transportation Assistant

Michael Tonelli Regional Planner

Melon Wedick Regional Planner

Francis Pickering Regional Planner

Cheri Bouchard-Duquette Office Mgr/Bookkeeper

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Central Connecticut Regional Planning Agency

225 North Main Street, Suite 304

Bristol, CT 06010 www.ccrpa.org

860-589-7820 FAX 860-589-6950

HYPERLINK http://www.ccrpa.org

http://www.ccrpa.org/

MEMORANDUM

TO: Agency Board FROM: Michael Tonelli, Regional Planner FOR AGENDA: January 7, 2010

DATE: December 18, 2009

SUBJECT: Approval of Resolution No. 20100107A – Amendments to the 2010 TIP

and STIP

Based on the requirement of Agency Board approval of the aforementioned amendments

and for continuation of all TIP projects, it is our

RECOMMENDATION

That your Board

Approve Resolution No. 20100107A and the Amendment to the TIP and STIP.

Attachments: Resolution No. 20100107A, and background information.

January 7, 2010

Resolution No. 20100107A

Amendment to the 2010 State Transportation Improvement Program

RESOLUTION

Whereas:

the Central Connecticut Regional Planning Agency is the acting Metropolitan Planning

Organization in the Central Connecticut area; and

Whereas:

the Central Connecticut Regional Planning Agency is responsible for amending the

Transportation Improvement Program for the Central Connecticut area; and

Whereas:

the amendments as described on the attached sheets, are found to be in accordance with the Air

Quality Conformity Report of June 2006; and

Whereas:

amendments to the Transportation Improvement Program are adopted by the Central Connecticut

Regional Planning Agency at regular meetings of such agency, which are noticed to municipal

clerks one week prior to such meeting; and

Whereas:

this notification serves as the public involvement process for all amendments to the

Transportation Improvement Program for both the State and the Region.

Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved By The Central Connecticut Regional Planning Agency, that:

The Fiscal Year 2010-2013 Transportation Improvement Program be amended as outlined on the

attached sheets.

_________________________

The undersigned duly qualified and acting Secretary of the Central Connecticut Regional

Planning Agency certifies that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a resolution adopted at a

legally convened meeting of the Central Connecticut Regional Planning Agency on January 7,

2010.

Date: _____________________ Signed:____________________________

MEMORANDUM



SUBJECT: Approval of Resolution No. 20100107B – Amendments to the 2010 TIP

and STIP

This request is to move funds from FY 2009 to 2010, so that ConnDot can continue to

review Corridor Studies and recommendations.



RECOMMENDATION

That your Board

Approve Resolution No. 20100107B and the Amendment to the TIP and STIP.

Attachments: Resolution No. 20100107B, and background information.

January 7, 2010

Resolution No. 20100107B


RESOLUTION

Whereas:



Whereas:



Whereas:



Whereas:




Whereas:





attached sheets.

_________________________




2010.

Date: _____________________ Signed:____________________________

REQUESTED CHANGES

(ACTION)

Region FACode Proj# TempP# AQCd Rte/Sys Town Description Phase Year Tot$(000) Fed$(000) Sta$(000) Loc$(000) Comments code for change

70 STPA 0170-2776 X2 VARIOUS STTWIDE SURFACE TRANS. PROG. FUNDS FOR ENG/SCOPE & PROJ. DEV PE 2010 150 120 30 0 MOVE FROM FFY 2009 TO FFY 2010 7

REGIONS 1 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

CONCUR WITH ACTION: NAME _______________________________ DATE __________________________________

WILL REQUIRE FURTHER REVIEW: NAME _________________________________ DATE _____________________

CODE KEY

01 Move projects from one year in the STIP to another year in the STIP

02 Fiscal constraint issues

03 Adjust existing projects for design schedule changes

04 Adjust existing projects for revised cost estimates

05 New Project

06 New Phase

07 Administrative Requirement

08 Delete phase

09 Delete project

10 Correction

12/18/2009 STATEWIDE URBAN 12-08-09

MEMORANDUM



SUBJECT: Approval of Resolution No. 20100107C – Amendments to the 2010 TIP

and STIP

This STIP request is to include Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) funding for the

New Britain – Hartford Busway into the STIP. This request would reflect $101,450,000

into FY 2012 and $14,490,000 into FY 2013.



RECOMMENDATION

That your Board

Approve Resolution No. 20100107C and the Amendment to the TIP and STIP.

Attachments: Resolution No. 20100107C, and background information.

January 7, 2010

Resolution No. 20100107C


RESOLUTION

Whereas:



Whereas:



Whereas:



Whereas:




Whereas:





attached sheets.

_________________________




2010.

Date: _____________________ Signed:____________________________

REQUESTED CHANGES

(ACTION)

Region FACode Proj# TempP# AQCd Rte/Sys Town Description Phase Year Tot$(000) Fed$(000) Sta$(000) Loc$(000) Comments code for change

71 STPA 0171-0305 Busway New Britain-

Hartford

Funding for the New Britain - Hartford Busway - STPA FY 2012 ALL 2012 101,450 81,160 20,290 0 ADD FFY 2012 STPA FUND 7

71 STPA 0171-0305 Busway New Britain-

Hartford

Funding for the New Britain - Hartford Busway - STPA FY 2013 ALL 2013 14,490 11,592 2,898 0 ADD FFY 2013 STPA FUND 7

REGIONS 5, 8, 9, 10, 11,

CONCUR WITH ACTION: NAME _______________________________ DATE __________________________________

WILL REQUIRE FURTHER REVIEW: NAME _________________________________ DATE _____________________

CODE KEY

01 Move projects from one year in the STIP to another year in the STIP

02 Fiscal constraint issues

03 Adjust existing projects for design schedule changes

04 Adjust existing projects for revised cost estimates

05 New Project

06 New Phase

07 Administrative Requirement

08 Delete phase

09 Delete project

10 Correction

12/18/2009 REG 9-10 AMD-ACT 12-17-09

TIP ACTION OR AMENDMENT FORM

PROJECT NO. 0171-0305 PROJECT MANAGER Sandy Infantino

PHONE: 860-594-2847

12/17/2009DATE:

PROJECT DESCRIPTION New Britain - Hartford Busway

REASON FOR ACTION OR AMENDMENT REQUESTcheck those that apply COMMENT section needs to be completed

01 - Move from one year in COMMENTthe STIP to another Funding limitations

Outstanding ROW issueOutstanding Permit issueOther (SPECIFY)

02 - Fiscal Constraint issues Funding category fully programmedState match not availableLocal match not available

03- Design schedule change Permit issueConnDOT staffing issueLocal staffing issueROW issueOther

04- Revised cost estimates Increase due to inflationIncrease due to cost of (SPECIFY)Decrease due to (SPECIFY)

05- New Project Project requested by (SPECIFY)

06- New Phase ROW now requiredCON phase required

08- Delete phase Phase not requiredPhase changed to State fundsPhase changed to Local funds

09- Delete project Project no longer supported by StateProject no longer supported by RegionProject no longer supported by TownChanged to all State fundsChanged to all Local funds

This STIP action request is to include in the STIP the FHWA Funding for the Busway. FY 2012 STPA $101,450,000; FY 2013 STPA $14,490,000.

11-Phase/Financing/Funding Revision Due to project schedule

Due to funding limitationsOther X

** change codes 7 Administrative Requirement; 10 Correction and 12 No Revision are not listed - they are self explanatory

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