Technical Memorandum
DATE: September 15, 2022
TO: Unified Planning Work Program Committee
FROM: Tegin Teich, Executive Director
RE: Recommended Revisions to the Unified
Planning Work Program (FFY 2022)
The Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) is a one-year budget and planning document that lists the research projects, technical assistance, and other activities that the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) staff will undertake over the next federal fiscal year (FFY). Throughout the fiscal year, staff perform thorough assessments of the spending patterns and propose a slate of UPWP budget adjustments. Following the approval of Amendment Two to the FFY 2022 UPWP on August 18, 2022, this memo contains MPO staff recommendations for further adjustments, forming Adjustment One to the FFY 2022 UPWP.
The reason for this adjustment is that project or line-item needs have continued to evolve since the approval of Amendment Two. The Federal Highway Administration allows an adjustment of not more than 25 percent of each budget line item. This proposed adjustment falls below the 25 percent threshold. The adjustment, shown in Table 1, continues to have a net zero impact on the overall UPWP budget.
Thank you for your time in reviewing these recommended adjustments. MPO staff will be happy to discuss and answer any questions from UPWP committee members. After a discussion, we hope that you will agree with these recommended adjustments. We request you then vote to approve Adjustment One to the FFY 2022 UPWP and recommend that the MPO vote to endorse it.
Table 1
FFY 2022 UPWP Adjustments
|
Project Number |
Project Name |
Approved FFY 2022 Budget |
Total Adjustments |
Proposed FFY 2022 Budget |
Comments |
|
9122 |
Support to the
MPO and its Committees |
$263,500 |
40,000 |
$303,500 |
Increase needed
to support staff time to prepare for and conduct in-person Certification
Review meeting and work with the Administration and Finance (A&F)
Committee on the Operations Plan. |
|
6022 |
Computer
Resource Management |
$309,000 |
19,000 |
$328,000 |
Increase needed
to support continued work on IT-related projects. |
|
8322 |
Unified
Planning Work Program (UPWP) |
$125,000 |
12,000 |
$137,000 |
Increase needed
to finalize the UPWP document. |
|
13305 |
Intersection
Improvement Program |
$66,325 |
7,000 |
$73,325 |
Increase needed
to finalize memos for the the intersections
improvements in Stow, Wellesley, and Woburn. |
|
2122 |
Congestion
Management Process (CMP) |
$100,500 |
6,500 |
$107,000 |
Increase needed
to complete calculations of the performance measures for expressway corridors
and support of the conflation of the CMP arterial network. |
|
20906 |
Staff-Generated
Research & Tech Assistance |
$11,000 |
2,500 |
$13,500 |
Increase needed
to finalize the work product for the COVID-19 Pandemic/Durable Transit
Ridership research. |
|
13310 |
Parking Policy
and Trip Generation |
$20,000 |
(3,000) |
$17,000 |
Remaining
budget will be transferred to another FFY 2022 UPWP project. |
|
8222 |
Transportation
Improvement Program (TIP) |
$194,000 |
(4,000) |
$190,000 |
Staff turnover
and delay in hiring new TIP manager. |
|
2222 |
Freight
Planning Support |
$65,000 |
(5,000) |
$60,000 |
Staff time reallocated
to other projects. Remaining budget after adjustment will be spent in FFY. |
|
9622 |
Public
Participation Process |
$150,000 |
(8,000) |
$142,000 |
Staff time
reallocated to other projects. Remaining budget after adjustment will be
spent in FFY. |
|
8122 |
Long-Range
Transportation Plan (LRTP) |
$359,000 |
(10,000) |
$349,000 |
Staff time
reallocated to other projects. Remaining budget after adjustment will be
spent in FFY. |
|
7122 |
Regional Model
Enhancement |
$880,000 |
(10,000) |
$870,000 |
Staff time reallocated
to other projects. Remaining budget after adjustment will be spent in FFY. |
|
13314 |
Addressing
Equity and Access in the Blue Hills |
$40,000 |
(10,000) |
$30,000 |
Staff time
reallocated to other projects. Remaining budget after adjustment will be spent
in FFY. |
|
13313 |
The Future of
the Curb Phase 3 |
$70,000 |
(17,000) |
$53,000 |
Construction/implementation
planned for two of the case study projects to be completed in the fall.
Before and after analysis for these two curbs will be conducted after construction
complete. |
|
8522 |
Transportation
Equity Program |
$125,000 |
(20,000) |
$105,000 |
Staff time
reallocated to other projects. Remaining budget after adjustment will be
spent in FFY. |
|
|
Grand Total |
$2,778,325 |
$0 |
$2,778,325 |
|
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