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36 <br />SPOT Point Assignment <br />Once all projects have been scored according to the quantitative criteria, TARPO staff will develop a <br />ranked list of projects within each county and within the region as a whole based on the outcome of the <br />scoring. This ranked list will be used to develop the recommended point assignments that are presented to <br />the public for comment and to the RTCC and RTAC for approval. <br />For highway projects, the recommendation will call for the three top - scoring projects within each county to <br />be allocated 100 points each. Additionally, the next - highest scoring project within the region will also be <br />allocated 100 points, to reach TARPO's total point allocation of 1300 points. In the event that there are <br />less than 3 highway projects submitted or desired within a given county, additional remaining projects will <br />be drawn rased on the regionwide rankings to reach the full 1300 point total. <br />Example. The highway projects within each county were ranked as follows. <br />County A <br />County B <br />CountxC <br />County Q <br />Project A I — 130 pts <br />Project 81 — 145 pts <br />Project C 7 — 123 pts <br />Project D I — 137 pts <br />Project A2 — 726 pts <br />Project 82 — 98 pts <br />Project C2 — 7 7 0 pts <br />Project D2 — 135 pts <br />Project A3 — 7 13 pts <br />no more projects <br />Project C3 -- 7 10 pts <br />Project D3 — 7 28 pts <br />Project A4 — 100 pts <br />Project C4 — 105 pts <br />Project D4 — 117 pts <br />Project A5 — 87 pts <br />Project C5 — 96 pts <br />Project D5 — 105 pts <br />Projects AI, A2, A3, 81, 82, Cl, C2, C3, DI, D2, and D3 would each receive 100 SPOT points for being <br />within the top 3 projects in their counties. Since County B only had two projects, two additional projects will <br />receive points from the remaining pool. Project D4 would receive points as the next- highesf- scoring remaining <br />project. Either Project C4 or Project D5 would receive the final points, with the RTAC determining the tie- <br />breaker. <br />For bicycle and pedestrian projects, SPOT requires TARPO to identify and rank its top Uwe regional <br />priorities. The recommendation from staff will call for the top - scoring bicycle/pedestrian project within <br />each county to be identified as one of the I• Wregional priorities, with any remaining slots taken by the <br />next - highest scoring projects in the region. The %ri selected projects will be submitted to SPOT in the <br />order of their quantitative score. Any tie- breakers will be settled by the RTAC. <br />Example. The bicycle/pedes trio n projects within each county were ranked as follows; <br />County A County B County C County Q <br />Project A I — 70 pfs Project B I — 100 pts Project CI —90 pts no projects <br />Project A2 — 55 pfs Project B2 — 90 pfs Project C2 — 65 pfs <br />Project A3 — 50 pfs Project B3 — 65 pts Project C3 -- 45 pts <br />Projects A 1, 8 7, and C7 would be selected as the top projects within their counties. Project B2 would be <br />selected as the next - highest- scoring project in the region. Either Project 83 or C2 would be selected as the <br />fifth project, with the RTAC determining the winner of the tie. TARPO would rank B 1 as its # 7 project, with <br />B2 and C I filling #2 and #3 (with the RTAC to determine the final order due to the tied score), A 7 as #4, <br />and either 83 or C2 as ##5. <br />These recommended point assignments will be presented to the RTCC and RTAC for their review and <br />approval. The RTCC retains the discretion to make recommendations to the RTAC regarding changes to <br />list. The RTAC has the final discretion regarding assignment of local points, and retains the flexibility to <br />make changes to these point assignments if it believes there is a justifiable reason to do so. <br />Draft Project Prioritization Policy — December 6, 2012 6 <br />Return to Agenda <br />