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<br />Prioritization 7.0 Local Point Methodology for Central Pines RPO – Page 6 <br /> <br /> <br />Point Flexing Policy <br />NCDOT allows RPOs to flex up to 500 points between the Regional Impact and Division Needs <br />categories. CPRPO has the option to apply this flexing policy by shifting up to 500 points from <br />the Regional category to the Division category or by shifting up to 500 points from the Division <br />category to the Regional category. The CPRPO RTAC has the discretion to decide whether or <br />not it wishes to flex any points between categories. If the RTAC chooses to flex local input <br />points, CPRPO must provide documentation of this decision to the NCDOT SPOT Office before <br />the deadline for assigning Regional Impact category local input points. <br />Deviations from Methodology <br />These recommended point assignments will be presented to the RTCC and RTAC for their <br />review and approval. The RTCC retains the discretion to make recommendations to the RTAC <br />regarding changes to the list. The RTAC has the final discretion regarding assignment of local <br />points and retains the flexibility to make changes to these point assignments if it is able to <br />document a reason for doing so. These changes must be documented and made available to <br />the public via the CPRPO website. <br /> <br />Cascading Projects <br />CPRPO will submit its Regional Impact local point assignments separately from its Division <br />Needs local point assignments and will be able to learn which projects are funded in the <br />Regional Impact category before assigning points in the Division Needs category. As a result, if <br />there are projects funded in the Regional Impact category that would otherwise be in line to <br />receive Division Needs points as a result of this methodology, those Division Needs points will <br />instead be assigned to the next-highest scoring eligible project that has not received points <br />(subject to the rules requiring that at least two projects from Chatham, Lee and Orange and <br />Moore County receive points). This process will be clearly explained as part of the public <br />outreach process, and the list of “next in line” projects that could potentially be affected by this <br />rule will be presented at the same time the initial point assignment recommendations are <br />presented. <br />Point Sharing <br />On projects that cross outside of the CPRPO planning boundary, CPRPO must coordinate with <br />its neighboring organizations on the allocation of points. By right, CPRPO may only assign the <br />number of points equal to the percentage of the project that is located within the CPRPO <br />boundary—for example, CPRPO could assign a project that was 48% located within its <br />boundary only 48 points by right. However, CPRPO will coordinate with its neighboring <br />organizations to “share” points to ensure that these projects reach a point total of 100 points—in <br />the example above, CPRPO would share 52 points with its neighbors to ensure the project <br />receives 100 points. In the event that point sharing is not necessary on these projects, either <br />because the neighboring organization already plans to assign its full amount of points for the <br />For the Prioritization 7.0 Process only, SMPO will provide a SMPO TAC-approved list of <br />their final point assignments with a rationale if the project is a deviation. This will be <br />published to CPRPO’s website. CPRPO’s TAC will not change SMPO’s list.