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

TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD

 
August 15, 2012
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 June 20, 2012. *

 
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.      TAB Chair Report.

a.	TAB Executive Committee Report on the TAB Executive Committee meeting of August 9.
b.	Southwest Transit request to reconsider CMAQ funding for the TH169 and Pioneer Trail park and ride; response from Chair Hargis; additional market area information. * ·         Dave Jacobsen, Southwest Transit
c.	Questions about the regional solicitation from TAB Member Sue Sanger; reply from Chair Hargis. *
d.	Summary of comments and issues raised during TAB member visits; discussion on pursuing action. *
e.	Discuss restructuring Policy and Programming Committees into Committee of the Whole; staff memo. *
f.	Regional Solicitation Evaluation: TAB feedback on the proposed Scope of Work.  *

 
 
VI.     Committee Reports.  (Scheduled times for each agenda item are approximate, not time certain)
 
Technical Advisory Committee – Pat Bursaw, TAC Chair.

1:55-2:00

Report on the August 1, 2012 TAC meeting.

 
 
Policy Committee – Russ Stark and Randy Maluchnik, Co-Chairs.

2:00-2:15		Policy Committee Consent List Items
a.	Information	Transportation Policy Plan amendment for Bottineau Transitway Locally Preferred Alternative and Arterial Transitway Corridor Study Results. w Report on TAC action to table the amendment request.
b.	2012-31	2012 Unified Planning Work Program Amendment: Metropolitan Council w Request to amend the 2012 Unified Planning Work Program to include the Regional Solicitation Evaluation Study, Highway Transitway Corridor Study Penn, Emerson/Fremont, Broadway Corridor Studies, and Thrive MSP 2040 Transportation.
c.	Information and Discussion	Regional Forecasts and Thrive MSP 2040: Metropolitan Council Presentation on the 2040 forecasts and timeline; discuss TAB/TAC involvement in Thrive MSP 2040.

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

2:15-2:30		Programming Committee Consent List Items.
a.	2012-27	2013-2016 Transportation Improvement Program: TAC # Recommendation to accept the public comment report.
b.	2012-28	2013-2016 Transportation Improvement Program: TAC # Recommendation to adopt the 2013-2016 TIP.
c.	2012-29	Highway Safety Improvement Program: MnDOT # Recommendation to award funds to the HSIP projects submitted in the 2011 regional solicitation.
d.	Information and Discussion	Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) # Staff will brief the committee on the preliminary analysis of MAP-21 and a regional work plan to understand its impacts on transportation planning and programming.

 

VII.    Special Agenda.

                                                                                                                              

2:30-3:00

Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) Presentation on program and policy changes, new areas of emphasis, etc…. ·         Serge Phillips, MnDOT Federal Relations Manager Presentation on the funding impact to Minnesota and the region, particularly SAFETEA-LU funding programs in the regional solicitation. ·         Mark Gieseke, MnDOT Office of Capital Programs and Performance Measures

 
VIII.   Items of TAB Members.
 
IX.     Agency Reports.
 
X.      Other Business.
 
* 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.