TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Susan Goebel-Canning, Public Works Department
THROUGH: Mark R. Lauzier, City Manager
DATE: September 6, 2018
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RESOLUTION NO. 77-18: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF PER CAPITA MEMBER DUES TO THE PALM BEACH TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY COMMENCING IN FISCAL YEAR 2019 AND EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Motion to approve Resolution No. 77-18 to pay City of Delray Beach (City) member dues to the Palm Beach Transportation Agency (TPA) beginning Fiscal year 2019.
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Background:
The Palm Beach TPA plans, prioritizes and funds transportation projects and programs within Palm Beach County. Every five years, the TPA updates a Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) that forecasts transportation demands and identifies cost-feasible projects for the next 25 years. The TPA then annually adopts a 5-year funding program that allocates federal and state transportation dollars to the projects in the LRTP that are most important to our communities.
By federal regulation, each urban area in the United States creates an agency like this to act as a liaison between local communities, their citizens, and the state and federal departments of transportation (DOTs). The TPA is currently operating under the FAST Act (Fixing America's Surface Transportation).
Below is a list of the goals which guide the TPA's efforts:
1. Provide an efficient and reliable vehicular transportation system
2. Prioritize an efficient and interconnected mass transit system
3. Prioritize a safe and convenient non-motorized transportation network
4. Maximize the efficient movement of freight through the region
5. Preserve and enhance social and environmental resources
Originally known as the Palm Beach Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), the name was changed to the Palm Beach Transportation Planning Agency in October of 2015.
Federal regulations and Florida...
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