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Denver’s Subregional Forum Approach

Denver Subregional Forum May 17th, 2018

DRCOG Policy

• Sets the framework
• Minimum requirements
• Leaves room for local control

Denver’s Subregional Forum Approach

• How we conduct local process to fulfill the responsibilities for TIP
• Structure & schedule

Denver Operating Procedures

• An evolving document of how our process shall be carried out in detail
• To be amended as DRCOG TIP Policy is adopted
• Fulfills a requirement for documentation

Denver’s TIP Subregional Forum Process

• Establish a Subregional Forum under an extension of DRCOG governance
• The Subregional Forum and any formal subcommittees shall be publicly noticed

meetings with an opportunity for public comment

• DRCOG will attend all meetings, RTD & CDOT must be invited as non-voting members
• State and regional agencies eligible for direct receipt of federal TIP funding must be
• ffered a call for projects
• Maintain a link to the Long-Range Transportation Plan - ‘Metro Vision’ in the

Subregional Criteria

Basic Requirements for a Subregional Process

Technical Subcommittee*

Role: Work Product Review & SRF Recommending Body

Subregional Forum*

Role: Recommend Projects to DRCOG Board

Denver’s Structure to Support a DRCOG Subregional Process

Multi-departmental staff

CDOT

RTD Other regional partners

*Open to the Public

Denver’s Subregional Forum Process and Proposed Schedule

Denver SRF Outcome #1 (May 2018—TODAY!): Establish Operating Procedures & Election of Officers

• Review the DRCOG and Denver TIP Subregional Process
• Discussion & Adoption of Operating Procedures
• Election of Forum Chair and Vice Chair

Denver SRF Outcome #2 (August 2018): Approve up to 3 Denver Regional Applications

• Review Types of Eligible Projects and

how they are to be Evaluated

• Confirm any additional evaluation criteria for Denver

applications, for example:

• Competitive given the DRCOG criteria
• Financial support for the match requirements
• Prior commitments to support regionally shared priorities
• Finalize list of projects to be submitted for DRCOG Regional TIP

• DRCOG Board will approve ‘base criteria’ for Subregional forums
• Existing minimum criteria requirements all Subregions:
• Association with the three TIP Focus Areas;
• Alignment with Metro Vision Objectives in the Regional Share
• Base Information of the Regional Share criteria
• The Subregional Forums can build their process based on the DRCOG

framework, recommendations for criteria will be made through the Technical Subcommittee for final approval by SRF.

• Initiate Call for Projects from Denver’s SRF in late 2018 to federal

funding eligible recipients in the City & County of Denver

Denver SRF Outcome #3 (November 2018): Approve Subregional Criteria & Issue Call for Projects

• Review, modify, and approve the scoring and ranked project list

recommended from the Technical Subcommittee

• The final package of projects is voted upon and approved by the SRF
• The Chair of the SRF will present recommended package to the

full DRCOG Board for incorporation of projects in the 2020-2023 TIP

Denver SRF Outcome #4 (March 2019): Review Scoring of Project Applications & Recommend Package of Subregional Projects to Full DRCOG Board

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