TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD
Metropolitan Council Building, 390 No. Robert Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101
 
Notice of a meeting of the
 

TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD

 
November 28, 2012
12:30 PM
 
St. Croix Room, League of Minnesota Cities Building
145 University Avenue W., St. Paul
 

                           AGENDA

 
Informal Discussion Among Members
 
I.       Call to Order
 
II.      Adoption of the Agenda
 

III.     Approval of the Minutes from October 17, 2012 *

 
IV.     Public Forum
         (Invitation to the public to address the Board about any issue not on the agenda. 
 

V.      Reports (12:40 - 1:00 PM)

 

         a.   TAB Chair’s Report – Bill Hargis, Chair

i.    Information	Report on the November 8 TAB Executive Committee meeting. *
ii.   Action	Report on the cost of video streaming and recording TAB meetings. *

 
         b. Agency Reports (MnDOT, MPCA, MAC and Metropolitan Council)
 
         c.  Technical Advisory Committee – Pat Bursaw, Chair

Report on the November 7, 2012 TAC meeting.

 
VI.     Action Items (1:00 – 2:15 PM)

a.	2012-36	Transportation Improvement Program Amendment: I-35W Lake Street Access  Recommendation to adopt an amendment to either the 2012-2015 or the 2013-2016 Transportation Improvement Program to include SP# 027-603-049, $2.0 million for MN061 – Lake Street Access to I-35W, Minneapolis, Preliminary Engineering. ·         Pat Bursaw, TAC Chair
b.	2012-37	TIP amendment: Hennepin County Interchange Project * Recommendation to adopt an amendment to either the 2012-2015 or the 2013-2016 Transportation Improvement Program to include SP# 027-030-028, $6,941,500 for the Transportation Interchange facility in Minneapolis. ·         Pat Bursaw, TAC Chair
c.	2012-39	TIP amendment: Midtown Greenway Bridge Study * Recommendation to adopt an amendment to the 2012-2015 or the 2013-2016 Transportation Improvement Program to include SP# 027-070-006, $14,735 for a Midtown Greenway Corridor Bridge Study from France Ave to the Mississippi River Bridge. ·         Pat Bursaw, TAC Chair
d.	2012-38	“A” Minor Arterial Study:  Accept final report, conclusion and recommendations with comments * Recommendation that the TAB accepts and recommends that the Metropolitan Council accepts the “A” Minor Arterial System Evaluation Final Report with four revisions described in the action transmittal. ·         Mary Karlsson, Metropolitan Council
e.	2012-30	TPP amendment: Bottineau LPA and transitway corridor study results * Report on Golden Valley’s position on the LPA; recommendation to amend the 2030 Transportation Policy Plan to include the Bottineau Transitway Locally Preferred Alternative and Arterial Transitway Corridor Study Results. ·         Joe Gladke, Hennepin County ·         Mary Karlsson, Metropolitan Council

 
VII.    Information and Discussion Items (2:15 – 2:45 PM)

a.	Information and Discussion	National Highway System Presentation on the system, definitions, expansion under MAP-21 and how the metro area map has changed. ·         Denise Hesselroth, Minnesota Dept. of Transportation (tentative)
b.	Information and Discussion	Highway Transitway Corridor Study Presentation on the purpose of the study, corridors and types of investments under consideration. ·         Cole Hiniker, Metropolitan Council

 

VIII.   Special Agenda (2:45 – 3:15 PM)

                                                                                                                              

a.	Statewide Roadway Jurisdictional Realignment Study Presentation on the purpose of the study, Phase I of the study, work to be done in Phase II. ·         Greg Coughlin, Director, MnDOT Metro District Operations and Maintenance

 
IX.     Other Business/Items of TAB members
 
* Information enclosed with the full TAB mailing.