RETURN TO COUNCIL MEETINGS

TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD

Metropolitan Council Building, 390 No. Robert Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101

 

Notice of a meeting of the

 

TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD

 

December 15, 2010

1:30 PM

 

Council Chambers, Metropolitan Council building

390 Robert Street No., St. Paul

 

AGENDA

 

Informal Discussion Among Members

 

I.         Call to Order.

 

II.        Adoption of the Agenda.

 

III.       Approval of the Minutes from November 17, 2010. *

 

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.        Committee Reports.  (Scheduled times for each agenda item are approximate, not time certain)

 

A.     Technical Advisory Committee – Tim Mayasich, TAC Chair.

Information

1:40-1:45

Report on the December 1, 2010 TAC meeting.

 

 

B.     Policy Committee - Ken Johnson and Russ Stark, Co-Chairs.

 

1:45-2:00

Policy Committee Consent List Items.

 

2010-73

 

Metropolitan Airports Commission 2011-2017 Capital Improvement Program: Metropolitan Airports Commission. w

Recommendation approval of findings 1, 2, 3 and 5 and no recommendation of finding 4 to the Metropolitan Council.

 

Memo to the MAC Finance, Development and Environment Committee regarding CIP Finding #4 – CIP financing sources and amounts. w

 

Information and Discussion

 

 

Regional Transitway Guidelines.

Highway BRT station-to-station fare collection system: Input to the Transitway Guidelines Advisory Committee.

 

C.     Programming Committee - Bill Hargis and Jim Hovland, Co-Chairs.

 

2:00-2:15

Programming Committee Consent List Items.

 

Information and Discussion

 

 

2011 Regional Solicitation. 

Status report on development of the 2011 regional solicitation.

 

Information and Discussion

 

 

2011 Regional Solicitation: MPCA request for CMAQ funds for electric vehicle charging station infrastructure. #

TAC discussion and recommendation from the TAC to refer it to the TAC Funding and Programming Committee.

 

Information and Discussion

 

Withdrawal of two regionally selected bridge projects.  #

Information to the Board and applying regional policy to the federal funds awarded to these projects.

 

2010-69

 

2011-2014 Transportation Improvement Program Amendment: Metro Transit. #

Recommendation to amend the 2011-2014 TIP to include Section 5307 funds for the downtown Minneapolis east-west transit spine.

 

2010-70

 

2011-2014 Transportation Improvement Program Amendment: MN/DOT. #

Recommendation to amend the 2011-2014 TIP to include SP# 1981-1220, northbound I-35W mill and overlay, etc.

 

2010-71

 

2011-2014 Transportation Improvement Program Amendment: MN/DOT.  #

Recommendation to amend the 2011-2014 TIP to include SP# 0282-34, I-35E unbounded concrete overlay, etc.

 

2010-72

 

2011-2014 Transportation Improvement Program Amendment: MN/DOT.  #

Recommendation to amend the 2011-2014 TIP to include SP# 1308-21, TH 8 mill and overlay.

 

VI.       Special Agenda.

                                                                                                                                

 

2:15-2:30

Status report on the TH 169/I 494 interchange project. (tentative)

  • John Griffith, MN/DOT Metro West Area Manager.

 

VII.      Items of TAB Members.

 

VIII.     Agency Reports.

 

Information

2:30-2:35

Report on the 2010 JARC and New Freedoms solicitation.

  • Elaine Koutsoukos, Metropolitan Council.

 

IX.       Other Business.

 

X.        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.