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HomeMy Public PortalAbout110_024_Main Brochure 3. Update the Governing Documents Coastal Region Metropolitan Planning Organization To formalize the CORE MPO's planning boundary and organization, committee composition and the Memo- Reapportionment randum of Understanding (MOU) and Bylaws must be updated as a part of the re-apportionment process. Members of the committee were invited to participate in a working groups to revise the documents. The work- What is CORE MPO? ing group met seven times between April and July 2014 to draft the revised MOU document and format the Bylaws of the committees. A Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is a regional transportation planning body that is required in urbanized areas with a population over 50,000. The MPO is responsible for administering the federally required • The MOU outlines the CORE MPO's planning boundary and defines roles and responsibilities of each ju- 3-C (comprehensive, cooperative and continuing) transportation planning process for its urbanized area. risdiction in relation to the functions of the MPO. The MPA boundary is listed in the MOU as Attachment When an urbanized area reaches a population of over 200,000, the MPO is designated a Transportation Man- A. agement Area(TMA), the status of which imposes more stringent requirements on the MPO. The MPO for the Savannah area, which is called the Coastal Region Metropolitan Planning Organization(CORE MPO), was • CORE MPO receives federal funds to conduct the 3-C planning process. These federal grants all require designated a TMA in 2002. local match. The MOU establishes the member contributions and serve as the basis for the local support to maintain the CORE MPO's planning operations. What is the purpose of the CORE MPO's re-apportionment process? • The Bylaws of the CORE MPO Board and the advisory committees define the membership of each corn- An MPO performs the 3-C transportation planning process within the planning boundary called the Metropoli- mittee, the roles, responsibilities and duties of each member, the procedures to conduct the meetings, as tan Planning Area(MPA). The MPA must be revisited following each decennial census to ensure that the MPO well as other related issues. planning boundary includes the current census Urbanized Area(UZA) and areas expected to become urbanized in the next twenty (20) years. The CORE MPO will transmit the executed MOU and other documentation through GDOT to the Governor for The current CORE MPO planning boundary is Chatham County. However, the 2010 census data show that the review and approval. Savannah Urbanized Area has expanded to neighboring Bryan County(mostly in Richmond Hill) and Effing- ham County (see map in the yellow area below). Thus, the revised MPA for CORE MPO should include the Update the MPO's Plans and Programs Savannah UZA plus areas expected to be urbanized in the next twenty years. With the revision of the CORE MPO's planning boundary, the MPO's committee composition, governing documents, as well as all of its plans After the CORE MPO's planning boundary is finalized, all of the MPO's plans and programs must be amended and programs need to be updated to reflect the change. • Metropolitan Transportation Plan(MTP) • Participation Plan(PP) • Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) • Non-Motorized Transportation Plan (NMTP) Savannah urb=nizedArea and Urban Clusters • Unified Planning Work Program(UPWP) • Limited English Proficiency Plan(LEP) • Congestion Management Process (CMP) • Environmental Justice (EJ) Report Legend 2010 Census Urbanized Area/Urban Cluster Buckhead or updated to reflect the changes. CORE MPO staff expects to bring the following planning documents up to 4111111■ 8 Bin= Savannah date by April 2016. Tybee Island Who should you contact for questions? -111k,* For more information regarding the CORE MPO's re-apportionment process,please contact: 4441.11. Thomas L. Thomson, P.E.,AICP Executive Director 14,11r4Frall- Chatham County—Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission and CORE MPO B Ty- - Phone: 912-651-1446 ath-m Email: thomsont @thempc.org *ilk" N 0 5 �p CORES COASTAL REGION MPO COASTAL REGION MPO 04-07-2015 What is the CORE MPO's Re-apportionment Process? 2. Finalize the CORE MPO Board Composition The re-apportionment process of CORE MPO includes these components. The current CORE MPO Board is comprised of principal elected and appointed officials within Chatham County as well as representatives of various transportation modes -transit,port, airport, etc. Three committees now 1. Establish the Updated CORE MPO Metropolitan Planning Area Boundary serve in an advisory capacity to the CORE MPO Board on transportation planning issues-the Technical Coor- dinating Committee (TCC),the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC), and the Advisory Committee on Acces- The first step in the CORE MPO's re-apportionment process is determining the MPA boundary through a cooperative sible Transportation (ACAT). working process between the MPO representatives,the Governor and any adjacent MPOs. The establishment of the planning boundary will provide the basis for all other re-apportionment undertakings. CORE MPO has been working The current members of the CORE MPO Board and the advisory committees come from within Chatham with the City of Richmond Hill, Bryan County, and Effingham County to establish the MPA. The map below shows County.With the establishment of CORE MPO as a three-county regional transportation planning agency,the the proposed MPA developed by the CORE MPO staff'and concurred by the City of Richmond Hill and Effingham compositions of the CORE MPO Board as well as its advisory committees will be updated to reflect the regional County. The proposed CORE MPO MPA includes all of Chatham County,the areas within the Richmond Hill mu- character of the membership. The working group comprised of staff members from various agencies in the three nicipal boundary,the areas in Bryan County connecting the Savannah UZA and Richmond Hill, and areas of Effing- counties has proposed an updated CORE MPO Board structure (see table below). ham County within the census defined Savannah UZA. If the proposed MPA boundary is approved, CORE MPO will conduct transportation planning in the area with a total population of more than 276,000. 2010 Pet of Current CORE MPO Board Voting Current Proposed CORE MPO Board Proposed Jurisdiction Population Population Member Vote Voting Member Vote Chatham County Chairman,Chatham County Commission 1 County Commission Chairman,and 87,072 31.50% 3 Chatham County County Manager,Chatham County 1 2 commissioners or designees* City of Savannah 136 286 49.31% Mayor,City of Savannah 1 Mayor,and 2 councilmen or 3 City of Savannah City Manager,City of Savannah 1 designees** SORE MPO M,• - ita n P . n n i ng Area (MPA) City of Bloomingdale 2,713 0.98% Mayor,City of Bloomingdale 1 Mayor or designee 1 City of Garden City 8,778 3.18% Mayor,City of Garden City 1 Mayor or designee 1 • City of Pooler 19,140 6.92% Mayor,City of Pooler 1 Mayor or designee 1 ff l n g h a m Legend City of Port Wentworth 5,359 1.94% Mayor,City of Port Wentworth 1 Mayor or designee 1 CORE M PO M PA Boundary Town of Thunderbolt 2,668 0.97% Mayor,Town of Thunderbolt 1 Mayor or designee 1 - Buccheac Urban Cluster City of Tybee Island 2,990 1.08% Mayor,City of Tybee Island 1 Mayor or designee ee 1- r( Town of Venonburg 122 0.04% Mayor,Town of Vernonburg 1 Mayor or designee 1 Nribir City of Richmond Hill 9,823 3.55% N/A 0 Mayor or designee 1 Savannah Urbanised Area Effingham County 1,455 0.53% N/A 0 County Commission Chairman or 1 IIM Tybee Island Urban Cluster designee Citizen Chairman,CORE MPO Citizens Advisory I Chairman CORE MPO Citizens 1 Committee Advisory Committee or designee Chairman,CORE MPO Advisory Chairman,CORE MPO Advisory illklipopiriFird".....N, Citizen 1 Committee on Accessible 1 Committee on Accessible Transportation Transportation or designee Commissioner,Georgia Department of State DOT 1 Commissioner or designee 1 Bryan 40p-- Transportation Modal Transit Executive Director,Chatham Area Transit 1 Executive Director or designee 1 hatha. Authority Representative,Chatham Area Transit Modal-Transit 1 CAT Board Chairman or designee I Authority Board of Directors 111111H,/ Executive Director,Georgia Ports Modal-Port 1 Executive Director or designee 1 Authority Modal-Airport Executive Director,Savannah Airport 1 Executive Director or designee I Commission _ Economic Development President and CEO,Savannah Area 1 Chairman,CORE MPO Economic Chamber of Commerce Development and Freight Advisory I N Economic Development President and CEO,Savannah Economic 1 Committee or designee Sv Development Authority 1rW Updated April 2014 Garrison Commander,Hunter Army s Army 1 move to non-voting member 0 CORE^� Airfield ° 5 19yliles Chairman,Chatham County Savannah Chairman,Chatham County-Savan COA:S I AL REGION.0%.,O Other Metropolitan Planning Commission 1 nah Metropolitan Planning Comm. I 276,406 100.00%° Total 22 24 *One ofthe Chatham County commissioners shall be a CAT board member. **The City of Savannah council may appoint its CAT board member or another council member.