SEMCOG's Executive Committee meets on July 26

The Executive Committee of SEMCOG meets at 1 p.m. on Thursday, July 26, 2007, in SEMCOG's Buhl Building offices in downtown Detroit.

The Executive Committee will be asked to take action on the following:

• approve an amendment to the FY 2006-2008 Transportation Improvement Program to add 60 projects and delete five projects; total net increase from this amendment is $66.5 million, representing increases of $51.4 million in federal and $14.7 million in state funding;
• approve the FY 2008-2011 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), which contains 546 projects. Estimated expenditures for projects is $1.8 billion, representing $1.4 billion in federal, $350 million in state, and $98 million in local funding;
• approve the recommendations of SEMCOG’s Task Force on Workforce Development in the Changing Economy; and
• support funding for the Michigan Housing and Community Development Fund.

Representatives from SMART, the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation, will make a presentation on SMART’s operating budget and five-year capital budget. The proposed operating budget contains $118 million in revenue and $116.4 million in expenses. The five-year capital budget totals $218.5 million.

In an effort to make SEMCOG information available as widely as possible, the Executive Committee agenda is available on SEMCOG's Web site. The public is invited to comment on any item on the agenda.

View the Executive Committee meeting agenda in PDF.

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