Unified Planning Work Program. A. Each year the MPO shall submit to the Department a program of work that includes goals, objectives, and tasks required by each of the several agencies involved in the metropolitan transportation planning process. This program of work is to be called the Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP), or any successor name. The UPWP shall be approved by the MPO Policy Committee, in accordance with 23 CFR §450.314. B. The UPWP will be prepared for a period of one (1) year or two (2) years unless otherwise agreed to by the Department and the MPO. The UPWP shall reflect only that work that can be accomplished during the time period of the UPWP, in accordance with TAC §16.52. C. The UPWP shall reflect transportation planning work tasks to be funded by federal, state, or local transportation, or transportation related (e.g. air quality) planning funds. The budget and statement of work will be included in the UPWP. The MPO may not incur costs until final approval of the UPWP is granted. The maximum amount payable will not exceed the budget included in the UPWP. D. The effective date of each UPWP will be October 1st of each year or the date of approval from the appropriate oversight agency, whichever occurs later. On that date, E. The UPWP shall comply with all applicable federal and state requirements and will describe metropolitan transportation and transportation-related planning activities anticipated in the area. F. The use of federal metropolitan transportation planning funds shall be limited to transportation planning activities affecting the transportation system within the boundaries of a designated metropolitan planning area. If an MPO determines that data collection and analysis activities relating to land use, demographics, or traffic or travel information, conducted outside its boundaries, affects the transportation system within its boundaries, then those activities may be undertaken using federal planning funds, if the activities are specifically identified in an approved UPWP. Any other costs incurred for transportation planning activities outside the boundaries of a designated metropolitan planning area are not eligible for reimbursement. G. Travel outside the State of Texas by MPO staff and other agencies participating in the MPO planning process must be approved by the Department if funded with federal transportation planning funds. The MPO must receive approval prior to incurring any costs associated with the actual travel (e.g., registration fee). This provision will not apply if the travel is at the request of the Department. Travel to the State of Arkansas by the Texarkana MPO staff and travel to the State of New Mexico by the El Paso MPO staff shall be considered in-state travel. H. The cost of travel incurred by elected officials serving on the MPO Policy Committee is eligible for reimbursement with federal transportation planning funds in accordance with 43 TAC §16.52. I. The use of federal transportation planning funds is limited to corridor/subarea level planning or multimodal or system-wide transit planning studies. Major investment studies and environmental studies are considered corridor level planning. Unless otherwise authorized by federal law or regulation, the use of such funds beyond environmental document preparation or for specific project level planning and engineering (efforts directly related to a specific project instead of a corridor) is not allowed. ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ to adhere to the time line developed by the Department may result in a delay in the authorization to the MPOs to proceed in incurring costs. K. A UPWP will not be approved if it is submitted in a format other than the standard format developed by the Department. The UPWP and subsequent amendments may be submitted electronically. L. The MPO shall not incur any costs for work outlined in the UPWP or any subsequent amendments (i.e., adding new work tasks or changing the scope of existing work tasks) prior to receiving approval from the Department. Any costs incurred prior to receiving M. Costs incurred by the MPO shall not exceed the total budgeted amount of the UPWP without prior approval of the MPO Policy Committee and the Department. Costs incurred on individual work tasks shall not exceed that task budget by 25 percent without prior approval of the MPO Policy Committee and the Department. If the costs exceed 25 percent of the task budget, the UPWP shall be revised, approved by the MPO Policy Committee, and submitted to the Department for approval. N. The MPO Policy Committee must approve the UPWP and any subsequent revisions, and shall not delegate the approval authority, except for corrective actions. Corrective actions do not change the scope of work, result in an increase or decrease in the amount of task funding, or affect the overall budget. Examples include typographical, grammatical, or syntax corrections. O. Should any conflict be discovered between the terms of this agreement and the UPWP, the terms of this agreement shall prevail. P. The MPO is not authorized to request payment for any work it may perform that is not included in the current UPWP.
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Unified Planning Work Program. A. Each year the MPO shall submit to the Department a program of work that includes goals, objectives, and tasks required by each of the several agencies involved in the metropolitan transportation planning process. This program of work is to be called the Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP), or any successor name. The UPWP shall be approved by the MPO Policy CommitteeBoard, in accordance with 23 CFR §450.314.
B. The UPWP will be prepared for a period of one (1) year or two (2) years unless otherwise agreed to by the Department and the MPO. The UPWP shall reflect only that work that can be accomplished during the time period of the UPWP, in accordance with TAC §16.52.
C. The UPWP shall reflect transportation planning work tasks to be funded by federal, state, or local transportation, or transportation related (e.g. air quality) planning funds. The budget and statement of work will be included in the UPWP. The MPO may not incur costs until final approval of the UPWP is granted. The maximum amount payable will not exceed the budget included in the UPWP.
D. The effective date of each UPWP will be October 1st of each year or the date of approval from the appropriate oversight agency, whichever occurs later. On that date,, the UPWP shall constitute a new federal project and shall supersede the previous UPWP.
E. The UPWP shall comply with all applicable federal and state requirements and will describe metropolitan transportation and transportation-related planning activities anticipated in the area.
F. The use of federal metropolitan transportation planning funds shall be limited to transportation planning activities affecting the transportation system within the boundaries of a designated metropolitan planning area. If an MPO determines that data collection and analysis activities relating to land use, demographics, or traffic or travel information, conducted outside its boundaries, affects the transportation system within its boundaries, then those activities may be undertaken using federal planning funds, if the activities are specifically identified in an approved UPWP. Any other costs incurred for transportation planning activities outside the boundaries of a designated metropolitan planning area are not eligible for reimbursement.
G. Travel outside the State of Texas by MPO staff and other agencies participating in the MPO planning process must be approved by the Department if funded with federal transportation planning funds. The MPO must receive approval prior to incurring any costs associated with the actual travel (e.g., registration fee). This provision will not apply if the travel is at the request of the Department. Travel to the State of Arkansas by the Texarkana MPO staff and travel to the State of New Mexico by the El Paso MPO staff shall be considered in-state travel.
H. The cost of travel incurred by elected officials serving on the MPO Policy Committee Board is eligible for reimbursement with federal transportation planning funds in accordance with 43 TAC §16.52.
I. The use of federal transportation planning funds is limited to corridor/subarea level planning or multimodal or system-wide transit planning studies. Major investment studies and environmental studies are considered corridor level planning. Unless otherwise authorized by federal law or regulation, the use of such funds beyond environmental document preparation or for specific project level planning and engineering (efforts directly related to a specific project instead of a corridor) is not allowed.
▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ J. Failure to adhere to the time line developed by the Department may result in a delay in the authorization to the MPOs to proceed in incurring costs.
K. A UPWP will not be approved if it is submitted in a format other than the standard format developed by the Department. The UPWP and subsequent amendments may be submitted electronically.
L. The MPO shall not incur any costs for work outlined in the UPWP or any subsequent amendments (i.e., adding new work tasks or changing the scope of existing work tasks) prior to receiving approval from the Department. Any costs incurred prior to receivingreceiving Department approval are not eligible for reimbursement from federal transportation planning funds.
M. Costs incurred by the MPO shall not exceed the total budgeted amount of the UPWP without prior approval of the MPO Policy Committee and the Department. Costs incurred on individual work tasks shall not exceed that task budget by 25 percent without prior approval of the MPO Policy Committee and the Department. If the costs exceed 25 percent of the task budget, the UPWP shall be revised, approved by the MPO Policy Committee, and submitted to the Department for approval.
N. The MPO Policy Committee must approve the UPWP and any subsequent revisions, and shall not delegate the approval authority, except for corrective actions. Corrective actions do not change the scope of work, result in an increase or decrease in the amount of task funding, or affect the overall budget. Examples include typographical, grammatical, or syntax corrections.
O. Should any conflict be discovered between the terms of this agreement and the UPWP, the terms of this agreement shall prevail.
P. The MPO is not authorized to request payment for any work it may perform that is not included in the current UPWP.
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