Agenda item # 5

RESOLUTION

OF THE

COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION BOARD

 

March 18, 2015

 

MOTION

 

Made By:              Seconded By:      

 

Action:      

 

Title: FY15-20 Six-Year Improvement Program Transfers

For January 24, 2015 through February 20, 2015

 

            WHEREAS, § 33.2-214(B) of the Code of Virginia requires the Commonwealth Transportation Board (Board) to adopt by July 1 of each year a Six-Year Improvement Program (SYIP) of anticipated projects and programs.  On November 12, 2014, a resolution was approved to allocate funds for the Fiscal Years 2015 through 2020 SYIP; and

 

            WHEREAS, the Board resolved that the Commissioner of Highways should bring requests for transfers of allocations exceeding ten percent of the funds allocated to the donor project to the Board on a monthly basis for their approval prior to taking any action to record or award such action; and

 

            WHEREAS, the Board is being presented a list of the projects and transfers exceeding ten percent attached to this resolution and agrees that the transfers are appropriate.

 

            NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Commonwealth Transportation Board, that the attached list of transfer requests exceeding ten percent of the funds allocated to the donor project is approved and the specified funds shall be transferred to the project(s) as set forth in the attached list to meet the Board’s statutory requirements and policy goals.

 

            BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, by the Commonwealth Transportation Board, that notwithstanding the resolution adopted by the Commonwealth Transportation Board on November 12, 2014 approving a Revised Six-Year Improvement Program and Rail and Public Transportation Allocations For Fiscal Years 2015 – 2020 and authorizing the Commissioner to make such transfers, the Commissioner of Highways, or his designee, is hereby granted the authority to transfer up to ten percent of funds allocated to a project to another eligible project(s) to meet the Board’s statutory requirements and policy goals. 

 

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