Common use of Coordination Process Clause in Contracts

Coordination Process. SCAG shall engage in a consultative process with VCTC and Transit Operators in accordance with applicable federal and state laws and regulations, and successors thereto, pertaining to the roles and responsibilities of the Parties in metropolitan transportation planning. a. SCAG shall provide timely notice of the opportunity to comment on its Draft RTP and Draft FTIP to the parties and the opportunity to participate in Overall Work Program development. b. SCAG shall continue maintaining the Regional Transit Technical Advisory Committee or a successor group, to provide a forum for VCTC, other CTCs, and Transit Operators, to participate in the metropolitan transportation planning process. c. VCTC agrees to participate in SCAG's Technical Working Group or any successor group established to serve the same function which shall also serve as a forum to ensure that local transportation projects, plans and programs are effectively integrated into the RTP and FTIP updates. d. The Executive Officers of SCAG and the CTCs shall continue to meet regularly to ensure executive coordination of regional/county/local transportation issues, including issues regarding transit coordination. e. VCTC shall ensure that Transit Operators’ plans, programs, studies and other issues are integrated into the county and regional transportation planning process. VCTC shall provide Transit Operators the opportunity to propose projects for inclusion in VCTC's TIP and CMP. Projects and programs adopted by the VCTC in the Ventura County TIP and CMP shall be submitted to SCAG and recommended for inclusion in the FTIP and RTP, respectively. f. The Parties shall cooperatively develop an annual listing of projects for which funds under 23 U.S.C. or 49 U.S.C. Chapter 53 were obligated in the preceding program year, in accordance with 23 CFR 450.334. g. The Parties shall cooperatively develop estimates of funds that will be available to support RTP implementation, and reasonable financial principles and information that support revenue and cost estimates, to be used in the RTP and FTIP financial plan, in accordance with 23 CFR 450.324(f)(11). h. The Parties agree to collaborate to implement federal performance reporting and performance-based planning provisions in accordance with 23 CFR 450.306(d)(2)(iii), and subject to applicable final rulemaking. The Parties further agree to coordinate to the maximum extent practicable in the selection of performance targets, and will cooperatively develop and share information related to transportation performance data, the selection of performance targets, the reporting of performance targets, and the reporting of performance to be used in tracking progress toward attainment of critical outcomes for the SCAG region, in accordance with 23 CFR 450.314(h)(1). i. To aid in the planning process, VCTC and Transit Operators shall make available to SCAG their Transit Asset Management Plan and any supporting records or documents, performance targets, investment strategies, and annual condition assessment report, upon request of SCAG and in accordance with the RTP/SCS development schedule, in order to fulfill requirements of 49 CFR 625.53. j. SCAG shall integrate in the metropolitan transportation planning process, directly or by reference, the goals, objectives, performance measures, and targets described in the Transit Asset Management Plans and Public Transportation Agency Safety Plans developed by providers of public transportation, in accordance with 23 CFR 450.306(d)(4). k. Transit Operators may choose to rely on SCAG’s public participation process associated with the FTIP development to satisfy the requirement for public participation in developing the FTA Section 5307 program of projects (POP). SCAG agrees to incorporate in the FTIP document(s) an explicit statement reflecting that public notice of public involvement activities and time established for public review and comment on the FTIP will satisfy the POP requirements of the Section 5307 program.

Coordination Process. SCAG shall engage in a consultative process with VCTC RCTC and the Transit Operators Operators, in accordance with applicable federal and state laws and regulations, and successors thereto, pertaining to the roles and responsibilities of the Parties in carrying out the metropolitan transportation planningplanning process. a. SCAG shall provide timely notice to the other parties of the opportunity to comment on its Draft RTP and Draft FTIP to the parties and the opportunity to participate in Overall Work Program developmentdevelopment and implementation. b. SCAG shall provide RCTC the opportunity to propose projects to be listed in the FTIP and to actively participate in the development of the RTP and FTIP. c. SCAG shall continue maintaining the Regional Transit Technical Advisory Committee or a successor group, to provide a forum for VCTC, RCTC and other CTCs, CTCs and Transit Operators, transit operators to participate in the metropolitan transportation planning process. c. VCTC d. RCTC agrees to participate in SCAG's Technical Working Group Group, or any successor group established established, to serve the same function which shall also serve as a forum to ensure that local transportation projects, plans and programs are effectively integrated into the RTP and FTIP updatesFTIP. d. e. The Executive Officers of SCAG and the CTCs shall continue to meet regularly to ensure executive coordination of regional/county/local transportation issues, including issues regarding transit coordination. e. VCTC shall ensure that Transit Operators’ plans, programs, studies and other issues are integrated into the county and regional transportation planning process. VCTC f. RCTC shall provide the Transit Operators the opportunity to propose projects for inclusion in VCTCRCTC's Short-Range TIP and CMP. LRTP for Riverside County. g. Projects and programs adopted by the VCTC in the Ventura County as part of RCTC's LRTP and Short- Range TIP and CMP shall be submitted to SCAG and recommended for inclusion in the FTIP RTP and RTPFTIP, respectively. f. h. The Parties shall cooperatively develop an annual listing of projects for which funds under 23 U.S.C. or 49 U.S.C. Chapter 53 were obligated in the preceding program year, in accordance with 23 CFR 450.334. g. i. The Parties shall cooperatively develop estimates of funds that will be available to support RTP RTP/SCS implementation, and reasonable financial principles and information that support revenue and cost estimates, to be used in the RTP and FTIP financial plan, in accordance with 23 CFR 450.324(f)(11). h. j. The Parties agree to collaborate to implement federal performance reporting and performance-based planning provisions in accordance with 23 CFR 450.306(d)(2)(iii), ) and subject to applicable final rulemaking. The Parties further agree to coordinate to the maximum extent practicable in the selection of performance targets, and will cooperatively develop and share information related to transportation performance data, the selection of performance targets, the reporting of performance targets, and the reporting of performance to be used in tracking progress toward attainment of critical outcomes for the SCAG region, in accordance with 23 CFR 450.314(h)(1). i. k. To aid in the planning process, VCTC RCTC and Transit Operators shall make available to SCAG their Transit Asset Management Plan and any supporting records or documents, performance targets, investment strategies, and annual condition assessment report, upon request of SCAG and in accordance with the RTP/SCS development schedule, in order to fulfill requirements of 49 CFR 625.53625.53 . j. l. SCAG shall integrate in the metropolitan transportation planning process, directly or by reference, the goals, objectives, performance measures, and targets described in the Transit Asset Management Plans and Public Transportation Agency Safety Plans developed by providers of public transportation, in accordance with 23 CFR 450.306(d)(4). k. m. Transit Operators may choose to rely on SCAG’s public participation process associated with the FTIP development to satisfy the requirement for public participation in developing the FTA Section 5307 program of projects (POP). SCAG agrees to incorporate in the FTIP document(s) an explicit statement reflecting that public notice of public involvement activities and time established for public review and comment on the FTIP will satisfy the POP requirements of the Section 5307 program.