TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD
Metropolitan Council Building, 390 No. Robert Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101
Notice of a meeting of the
October 20, 2010
1:30 PM
Council Chambers, Metropolitan Council building
390 Robert Street No., St. Paul
Informal Discussion Among Members
I. Call to Order.
II. Adoption of the Agenda.
IV. Public Forum.
(Invitation to the public to address the Board about any issue not on the agenda. Public comment on the agenda items has occurred at the respective TAB subcommittee meetings.)
V. Special Report.
Information and Discussion |
1:35-1:40 |
Report on the Transportation Policy Plan Update.
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VI. Committee Reports. (Scheduled times for each agenda item are approximate, not time certain)
A. Technical Advisory Committee – Karl Keel, TAC Funding & Programming Committee Chair.
Information |
1:40-1:45 |
Report on the October 6, 2010 TAC meeting.
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B. Policy Committee - Ken Johnson and Russ Stark, Co-Chairs.
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Policy Committee Consent List Items.
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Information and Discussion |
1:45-1:50 |
Prospectus/Transportation Planning Handbook Update. Information about the Prospectus/Transportation Planning Handbook and the scope of the update.
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Information and Discussion |
1:50-1:55 |
Transportation Economic Development (TED) Program and the Safety and Mobility (SaM) Interchange Program. Information about two MN/DOT funding programs.
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Information and Discussion |
1:55-2:00 |
Regional Transitway Guidelines. Discussion on the progress toward developing transitway guidelines through the Regional Transitway Guidelines Advisory Committee.
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C. Programming Committee - Bill Hargis and Jim Hovland, Co-Chairs.
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Programming Committee Consent List Items.
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Information and Discussion |
2:00-2:05 |
Additional FFY 2011 federal funds. # Information on additional federal transportation funds available to Minnesota DOT and local partners in FFY 2011.
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2:05-2:10 |
STP project scope change: City of Savage. # Recommendation to approve a scope change request for SP# 211-010-07: TH 13 from Vernon Ave. to Lynn Ave., access closures and improvements, bus shoulders, etc… in Savage.
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2:10-2:15 |
2011-2014 Transportation Improvement Program Amendment: City of Savage. # Recommendation to amend the 2010-2013 TIP to include the revised scope for SP# 211-010-07 described in 2010-58.
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2:15-2:20 |
2010-2013 Transportation Improvement Program Amendment: MN/DOT. # Include SP# 0280-66: I-35W North mitigation and design feasibility study from 3rd/4th Street in Minneapolis to I-35W/I-35E split in Forest Lake.
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2:20-2:25 |
2011 Regional Solicitation: Revising the Regional Functional Classification System For Highways. # Recommend initiating the process to re-conceptualize the functional classification system after development of the 2011 Regional Solicitation has concluded.
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2:25-2:30 |
2011 Regional Solicitation: Elevating Preservation as a Goal in STP Regional Solicitation. # Recommend the addition of criteria in the “A” Minor Augmenter category to measure the preservation value of proposed projects.
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2:30-2:35 |
2011 Regional Solicitation: Cost Estimating in Regional Solicitation. # Recommend requiring a more detailed breakdown of project elements and costs for projects submitted for STP funding.
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2:35-2:40 |
2011 Regional Solicitation: Revising Integration of Modes Criteria in the Regional Solicitation. # Recommend to simplify the integration of modes prioritizing criterion to evaluate the degree of connectivity to modal networks or destinations that the new elements provide.
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2:40-2:45 |
2011 Regional Solicitation: Encouraging more signal timing projects to compete in the CMAQ solicitation. # Recommend a new CMAQ funding program for signal re-timing projects.
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Information and Discussion |
2:45-2:50 |
2011 Regional Solicitation: Non-Freeway Principal Arterials and Consistency with new 2030 TPP Eligibility Requirement. # Recommend waiting until the 2030 TPP is adopted at the end of the current calendar year to evaluate how the new TPP will affect project eligibility for non-freeway principal arterials in the Regional Solicitation.
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Information and Discussion |
2505-2:55 |
2011 Regional Solicitation: CMAQ Transit Issues. # There was no consensus on the three proposals put forward by the Metropolitan Council, there were statements that the issues were noteworthy and deserved further consideration in the future.
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2:55-3:20 |
MnPASS II Study.
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VIII. Items of TAB Members.
IX. Agency Reports.
X. Other Business.
XI. Adjourn.
* Information enclosed with the full TAB mailing.
# Information enclosed with the TAB Programming Committee mailing the previous week.
w Information included in your TAB Policy Committee mailing.
