Transportation Advisory Board Meeting

Regular Meeting
October 20, 2021 | 12:30 p.m.
Location: Robert Street Council Chambers - Directions
Minutes (PDF)


NOTICE: The Metropolitan Council Chair has determined it is not practical or prudent to conduct in-person meetings in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Accordingly, committee members will participate in this meeting via telephone or other electronic means and the meeting will be conducted under Minnesota Statutes section 13D.021 at the date and time stated above. We encourage you to monitor the meeting remotely. If you have comments, we encourage members of the public to email us at public.info@metc.state.mn.us. We will respond to your comments in a timely manner.

Agenda

I.

CALL TO ORDER – ROLL CALL

II.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA (automatic approval, roll call only if amended)

III.

PUBLIC FORUM

Invitation to the public to address the Board about any issue not on the agenda (each speaker is limited to a three-minute presentation).

IV.

REPORTS (12:35-12:50)

  1. TAB Chair’s Report – Jim Hovland, Chair
  2. Agency Reports – MnDOT, MPCA, MAC, and Metropolitan Council
  3. TAC Report – Jon Solberg, TAC Chair

V.

BUSINESS (12:50-1:10)

  Consent Items
  1. Minutes of September 15, 2021, meeting of the Transportation Advisory Board
  2. 2021-39: Streamlined 2021-2024 and 2022-2025 TIP Amendment Request: Addition of Three Clean Transportation Grants Projects
  3. 2021-40: Streamlined 2022-2025 TIP Amendment Request: Addition of Orange Line SSGA funds and retaining wall CRRSAA funds
  4. 2021-41: Streamlined 2022-2025 TIP Amendment Request for Ramsey County: Lexington Parkway Extension
  5. 2021-42: Streamlined 2022-2025 TIP Amendment Request for MnDOT: MN 3 Trail Construction in Farmington
  6. 2021-43: Streamlined 2022-2025 TIP Amendment Request for MnDOT: Two Project Cost Changes
  Non-Consent Items
  1. 2021-07: Federal Funds Redistribution Amount for Metro Transit’s I-94 / Manning Avenue Park-and-Ride Lot (Jon Solberg, TAC Chair)

VI.

INFORMATION (1:10-2:20)

  1. Allocation of $20 Million of CRRSAA Federal Funds (Steve Peterson, MTS)
  2. Major Projects presentations: (Steve Peterson, MTS)
TH 65 Planning and Environmental Linkages Study (Jon Haukaas, Blaine)
Rethinking I-94 (Sheila Kauppi, MnDOT)
TH 169/TH 41 project (Lisa Freese, Scott County)
  3. MnDOT Statewide Multimodal Transportation Plan Update (Ashley Zidon and Hally Turner, MnDOT)
  4. Twin Cities Highway Mobility Analysis (Steve Peterson, MTS{summary}

VII.

ITEMS OF TAB MEMBERS

VIII.

OTHER BUSINESS

IX.

ADJOURNMENT

 
Please notify the Council at 651-602-1000 or 651-291-0904 (TTY) if you require special accommodations to attend this meeting. Upon request, the Council will provide reasonable accommodations to persons with disabilities.

Committee information

Transportation Advisory Board

Committee contact:
Elaine Koutsoukos
Elaine.Koutsoukos@metc.state.mn.us