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Page 13 of 93 <br /> • Regional Transportation Work Plana In 2008, local transportation and planning staff <br /> worked cooperatively with representatives of the State of Oregon Department of Land <br /> Conservation and Development (DLGD) and the Oregon Department of <br /> Transportation to develop a long range transportation work plan. The need for the <br /> work plan was due to the fact that the state-required TransPlan is no longer consistent <br /> with the MPO-approved Regional Transportation Plan. The MPO-approved RTP is <br /> developed and adopted to meet all federal requirements. To comply with state law, <br /> DLCD required. the development of a work plan to describe how the agencies would <br /> proceed with the planning activities needed to make the two plans consistent. <br /> Coordinating these local, regional and federally required work tasks will be a significant <br /> .:component of transportation. planning efforts over the next five years. <br /> Public. Participation <br /> • Central Clearinghouse. During the annual review of the Public Participation Plan, the <br /> Citizen Advisory Committee identified; a concern regarding the disconnection. between <br /> ...public involvement efforts for the various partner agencies, for different transportation <br /> modes, and for different phases from long-range planning through to implementation. <br /> Work will be ongoing to establish a central clearinghouse for citizens to utilize. to better <br /> ...,negotiate these complex processes. <br /> • Environmental justice. The MPO is required to comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights <br /> Act to make a proactive effort to include minority and low-income communities. in all <br /> public participation activities. A priority for FY I:0 will be improving our ability to <br /> attract and retain minority representation on our Citizen Advisory,Committee, and to <br /> continue our efforts to provide public information to non-English speaking stakeholders. <br /> <br /> Ar,Quality Planning <br /> • ....Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Although there are not yet specific federal_or state <br /> .requirements for, addressing climate change and. reducing the emissions of greenhouse <br /> gasses, it is clear that significant changes, including in the transportation sector, will be <br /> .needed to meet the state's targets for reducing emissions by the years 2010, 2020 and <br /> 2050. In addition to .coordinating the-activities of the MPO with state and federal <br /> regulators, the MPC should set policy direction. on this topic for the Central Lane MPO. <br /> • Air Quality Data. MPO staff will continue to .upgrade air emission modeling and <br /> assessment capabilities to be able to respond to policy questions for various scenarios <br /> and multiple pollutants. In particular, better fleet type and age distributions and fuel <br /> data will be necessary. <br /> Transportation System Modeling and Data Maintenance <br /> • Travel Demand Model. LCOG's travel forecasts have continued to improve over the <br /> years. However, the 4-step model common to the industry is still not ideally suited for <br /> addressing certain policy questions. Enhancements are needed to enable broader and <br /> more robust model applications and to more accurately represent small commercial <br /> vehicle travel and freight movement. LCOG will continue to monitor the state of the <br /> practice with the expectation that best practice standards are emerging and <br /> implementation will soon become feasible. <br /> Central Lane MPO Unified Planning Work Program FY 2010 and 2011 <br /> <br />