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

 

August 17, 2011

1:30 PM

 

Metropolitan Airport Commission Chambers,

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport

4300 Glumack Drive, St. Paul, MN 55111

 

(click here for MSP Airport security checkpoint information if you wish to attend)

 

AGENDA

 

Informal Discussion Among Members

 

I.         Call to Order.

 

II.        Adoption of the Agenda.

 

III.       Approval of the Minutes from June 15, 2011. *

 

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.        Welcome new TAB member:

 

 

Sue Sanger, St. Louis Park City Councilmember (Metro Cities)

 

 

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

 

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

1:35-1:40

Report on the August 3, 2011 TAC meeting.

 

 

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

1:40-2:00

Policy Committee Consent List Items

 

a.

Information

St. Croix River Bridge funding. (tentative)

Project status report and information on the sources of funding and relationship to the highway investment strategies in the region’s Transportation Policy Plan.

 

b.

Discussion/ Possible Action

Transportation Policy Plan Update Process. w

Discussion of proposed changes to the Transportation Policy Plan update process; Committee may recommend approval and inclusion in the draft Transportation Planning Handbook.

 

c.

Information, Discussion & Possible Action

Transitway Guidelines.

Presentation on the draft Regional Transitway Guidelines; opportunity to provide comments to the Metropolitan Council.

 

 

C.     Programming Committee – Jim Hovland and Robert Lilligren, Co-Chairs.

2:00-2:20

Programming Committee Consent List Items.

 

a.

Information

 

Central Corridor Light Rail Transit Project.

Update on the construction of the Central Corridor LRT Line.

 

b.

2011-54

 

2011-2014 Transportation Improvement Program Amendment: Metro Transit #

Recommendation to include SP# CCLRT-03 funding for 2011.

 

c.

Information

2011 Regional Solicitation. 

Update on the extension of the application deadline and schedule.

d.

2011-55

2012-2015 Transportation Improvement Program for the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. TAC #

Recommendations to accept the public comment report and to adopt the final draft 2012-2015 Transportation Improvement Program for the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area.  

 

e.

2011-56

Contingency Planning for a New Federal Transportation Act. #

Discussion of how a new federal transportation funding Act could affect the 2011 regional solicitation and TAB-selected projects already in the TIP; recommended actions forwarded by the TAC.

 

 

VII.      Special Agenda.

                                                                                                                                

2:20-2:40

MSP Long Term Comprehensive Plan.

Presentation on the MSP International Airport Long Term Comprehensive Plan; update in progress.

  • Dennis Probst, Metropolitan Airports Commission.

 

 

VIII.     Items of TAB Members.

 

IX.       Agency Reports.

 

X.        Other Business.

 

XI.       Adjourn.

 

 

NOTE: Following adjournment, Metropolitan Airports Commission staff will lead a short tour of a portion of the airport facility.

 

 

*   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.