 | Governing Board Action: March 11, 2005
At today’s monthly Governing Board meeting, State Representative Larry Flowers, along with Representatives Earl Martin, Matt Dolan and Tom Patton, addressed concerns of NOACA Board members related to anticipated cuts in the Local Government Fund. Representative Flowers encouraged members to look at ways to coordinate services within communities, counties and the region in order to maximize resources, in light of proposed cuts. He also asked members for suggestions on how to make operations more streamlined and cost-effective.
In other business, the Board amended Tier I of the regional Transportation Plan with the following projects:
- Resurfacing US-6 from Rock Creek Road to the Geauga/Ashtabula county line in Hambden and Montville Townships
- Resurfacing SR-87 from the Burton Village west corporation line (WCL) to the Middlefield Village WCL in Burton, Burton Township and Middlefield Townships
- Painting five bridges in the City of Solon
- Painting the structural steel truss section of the Innerbelt Bridge in Cleveland
- Resurfacing and lane widening on Cowley Road from Crocker Road to SR-82 in Eaton Township
- Resurfacing and planing West Ridge Road from Russia Road to Albrecht Road in Carlisle Township and from the Elyria north corporation line (NCL) to Middle Ridge Road, in Amherst and Elyria Townships
- Traffic Signal Improvements in Lakewood
- Traffic Signal Improvements in Brunswick
- Geauga County Transit’s Calendar Year 2005 Capital and Operating Program
- NOACA State Implementation Program
In addition, the Board amended the State Fiscal Years 2004 – 2007 Transportation Improvement Program to include ten projects from throughout the region.
The Board approved transferring a portion of the Willoughby/Eastlake Wastewater Facility Planning Area to the Euclid Wastewater Facility Planning Area, thereby amending the region’s water quality plan, Clean Water 2000. Willoughby Hills plans to extend sanitary sewers to alleviate problems with existing on-site sewer treatment systems at the Manakiki Golf Course.
Executive Director Howard R. Maier noted that NOACA received 36 applications for planning grants under the new Transportation for Livable Communities Initiative (TLCI). NOACA’s goal for the program is to help communities in Northeast Ohio obtain federal funding and technical assistance to plan transportation projects that improve community livability.
“We were pleased with the overwhelming response by communities in this first year of the program,” said Maier. “The NOACA Board has allocated $1 million for the entire program. The total requested funds is double that amount, signifying the program’s popularity.”
A TLCI task force is currently reviewing applications, and the Board is expected to approve grant recipients at its May 2005 meeting.
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