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7 <br />Project Submittals and Local Input Points <br />According to NCDOT and STI regulations, MPOs can submit up to a base of 12 projects and one additional project <br />per 500 centerline miles within the MPO’s boundary. The BGMPO is eligible to submit up to 18 new projects per <br />mode (highway, public transportation, bicycle/pedestrian, aviation, and rail) for prioritization evaluation and <br />scoring. In addition, the BGMPO is allocated 1,400 Local Input Points (LIP) for Regional Impact and Division <br />Needs assignment respectively. The number of points is equal to 1,000 base points plus 100 points for every <br />50,000 of its 2020 census population (rounded up to the next 50,000). Up to 100 points can be allocated to <br />each Regional Impact and Division Needs project. <br /> <br />The BGMPO has the option to apply the Local Input Point Flexing Policy. This means that <br />up to 500 Local Input Points can be transferred from one funding category to the other. <br />The BGMPO will provide written documentation to the SPOT Office prior to flexing <br />Regional Impact Local Input Points. <br /> <br /> <br />BGMPO P7.0 Prioritization Project Submission, Local Input Point Assignment and Public Involvement Process <br />The BGMPO P7.0 prioritization project selection, project submission and LIP Assignment process involve <br />the following key steps: <br />1. Regional Call for P7.0 Projects: BGMPO issues links to electronic submission forms and <br />NCDOT cost estimators and available express designs to TCC and TAC members. Candidate <br />project submittals must include full project description, complete street data, purpose and <br />need, assurance of local contribution and demonstrated local stakeholder support (if <br />applicable). Once the BGMPO submission deadline closes, new project submissions are <br />considered pending TCC and TAC approval. <br />2. Public Involvement: The TAC releases the project submission list for a 30-day public review <br />period. <br />3. Internal Project Screening and Evaluation: BGMPO conducts preliminary screening and <br />determination of consistency with locally adopted plans, the Comprehensive <br />Transportation Plan (CTP) and the Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP). Highway <br />projects are evaluated using the prioritization testing scoring spreadsheet and bike and <br />pedestrian projects are evaluated against the BGMPO Bike and Ped Scoring Matrix. <br />4. Draft Project List Development: A project list based on testing score results are rank <br />ordered for TCC and TAC review at a regularly scheduled meeting. The TCC and TAC <br />approves the draft project list of the highest scoring projects per mode (up to the maximum <br />number of BGMPO submittals) <br />5. Project Submission: After consideration of public comments, the TCC and TAC approve <br />the final project list for submission to SPOT On!ine for project scoring and further <br />evaluation. <br />6. Approval of Local Input Points Assignment Methodology: The process of assigning Local <br />Input Points (LIP) Methodology draft is presented to the TCC and TAC for approval and <br />release for a 30-day public comment period. The TCC and TAC approves the draft LIP <br />pending public comments. <br />7. Release of Quantitative Scores: Upon release of NCDOT’s Quantitative Score and draft <br />list of Programmed Projects by the SPOT Office, the draft project list of BGMPO Regional <br />Impact and Division Needs projects are rank ordered by SPOT quantitative scores and <br />presented to the TCC and TAC for review (quantitative measure). The TCC and TAC <br />approve the draft project list of the highest scoring projects per mode (up to the <br />maximum number of BGMPO submittals). <br />8. Consideration of Public Comments: The BGMPO draft project list will be released for a <br />30-day public comment period prior to TAC assignment of local input points. Public <br />comments will be documented, summarized, and responses will be provided to the TAC.