HomeMy WebLinkAbout5.29.19 UAPB Agenda PacketMINUTES DRAFT
MPOJC Urbanized Area Policy Board
Wednesday, April 3, 2019-4:30 PM
Johnson County Health and Human Services Building - 2
nd Floor Conference Room
855 S. Dubuque St, Iowa City
MEMBERS PRESENT: Coralville:
Iowa City:
Johnson County:
North Liberty:
Tiffin:
University Heights:
University of Iowa:
ICCSD:
Meghann Foster, Tom Gill
Susan Mims, Pauline Taylor, John Thomas,
Bruce Teague, Mazahir Salih, Rockne Cole
Pat Heiden, Lisa Green-Douglass
Terry Donahue
Steve Berner
Louise From
Erin Shane
Lori Roetlin
OTHERS PRESENT: Bill Gerhard (President, Iowa State Building and Construction
Trades Council)
STAFF PRESENT:
1.CALL TO ORDER
Kent Ralston, Emily Bothell, Brad Neumann, Frank Waisath, Ian
Klopfenstein
Meeting called to order at 4:30 PM by Berner.
a.Recognize alternates
No alternates recognized.
b.Consider approval of meeting minutes
Foster moved to approve; Donahue seconded. The motion passed unanimously.
c.Set next Board meeting date, time and location (May 29, tentatively in North Liberty)
The next meeting was scheduled for May 29th , hosted by North Liberty.
2.PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF ANY ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA
There was no public discussion of any item not on the agenda.
3.ADMINISTRATION
a.Consider action regarding participation in the 'Federal-Aid -Swap' whereby State funding
could replace Federal funding for local road/bridge projects
Ralston indicated that House File 203 was signed into law the previous year, allowing the
Iowa Transportation Commission to participate in what is commonly referred to as the
'Federal-Aid-Swap', a process by which road and bridge projects which would have
typically been funded through the MPO by federal funding are instead swapped for state
Date:
To:
From:
Re:
Metropolitan Planning Organization of Johnson County
May 22, 2019
Urbanized Area Policy Board
Kent Ralsto�ecutive Director
Agenda Item #3(a): Consider a resolution approving the FY2020 MPOJC
Transportation Planning Work Program
Attached is a draft copy of the MPOJC FY20 Transportation Planning Work Program (TPWP) for
your review. The Work Program includes all locally-requested projects we received from member
entities and general projects and procedures as required by the Iowa DOT, Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), and Federal Transit Administration (FTA). Besides being a federal
requirement, staff rely on the Work Program to organize our data collection and manage project
workflow throughout the year.
The format used for the TPWP is the general format required for submittal to the Iowa DOT,
FHWA and FTA. Please review the document and let staff know if you would like to see any
modifications before staff forwards the document to the DOT, FHWA and FTA for final approval.
We will continue to take requests for additional projects which come up throughout the year and
complete those projects as time permits.
On their May 21 meeting, the Transportation Technical Advisory Committee unanimously
recommended approval of the Work Program. Please be prepared to consider approval of the
FY20 Transportation Planning Work Program at your May 29 meeting.
I will be available at your meeting to answer any questions you may have.
Metropolitan Planning Organization of Johnson County
Date: May 22, 2019
To: Urbanized Area Policy Board
From: Brad Neuman�sistant Transportation Planner
Re: Agenda item #3(b ): Public hearing and consideration of amendments to the adopted
FY2019-FY2022 MPOJC Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) -adding two City
Highway Bridge Program projects
The Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is the programming document for all surface
transportation projects that receive state or federal funds, including street and highway, transit,
rail, bicycle, and pedestrian projects in the Iowa City urbanized area. MPOJC submits the TIP
annually to the Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) to document the status of local
transportation projects using state and federal funds. To utilize these funds, projects must be
included in the TIP with an accurate scope and identified funding sources.
The City of Iowa City has requested amendments to the adopted MPOJC FY2019-2022 TIP
adding two City Highway Bridge Program projects. Iowa City requests the following
amendments:
i.Amend the FY2019-2022 TIP to add a City Highway Bridge Program project
to replace the 2 nd Avenue bridge over the south branch of Ralston Creek.
The preliminary total cost of the project is $555,000. Iowa City is eligible to
recover up to 80% of the total cost.
ii.Amend the FY2019-2022 TIP to add a City Highway Bridge Program project
to replace the Gilbert Street bridge over Ralston Creek. The preliminary
total cost of the project is $1,600,000. Iowa City is eligible to recover up to
$1,000,000 of the total cost.
Both bridge projects have received City Highway Bridge Program funds through the Iowa
Department of Transportation requiring their inclusion in the TIP.
On May 21, the Transportation Technical Advisory Committee unanimously recommended
approval of the TIP amendments. Please be prepared to consider approval of the TIP
amendments.
I will be available at the May 29 meeting to answer any questions you have.
cc: Kent Ralston
Date: May 22, 2019
To: Urbanized Area Policy Board
Metropolitan Planning Organization of Johnson County
From: Brad Neuman�istant Transportation Planner
Re: Agenda Item #3(c): Consider approval of the draft MPOJC FY2020-2023 Transportation
Improvement Program (TIP) Projects
The annual Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is our local programming document for
federal and state surface transportation and transit projects. Project pages from the draft
FY2020-2023 TIP for both surface transportation and transit projects are attached. Please
review your respective projects and let staff know if any updates are necessary. You will notice
some projects anticipated to be let in FY2019 are listed in FY2020 in the draft TIP. The DOT's
software used to develop the TIP does this automatically; projects will be dropped from the
FY2020 list if they are let in FY2019. The DOT has indicated that they will be closely monitoring
all STBG and TAP carryover balances and strongly encourage communities to spend the
funding when programmed. Starting in 2020 the DOT anticipates implementing a policy to limit
the amount of funding that can be carried from one year to the next.
At a previous meeting, the Board awarded $6.6 million in Surface Transportation Block Grant
Program (STBG) funds to three new projects to be programmed in FY2023-2024. The projects
programmed in FY2023 include Coralville's 5th Street improvement project ($1,650,000 in STBG
funding), and Tiffin's North Park Road improvement project ($1,200,000 in STBG funding). Iowa
City's Dodge Street improvement project ($3,750,000 in STBG funding) is programmed in
FY2024 and will be included in next year's TIP (FY2021-2024).
The Board also awarded $1,450,000 in Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) funding to
four new projects to be programmed in FY2021-2024. Two of the projects, Iowa City's Highway
6 Trail ($438,000 in TAP funding) and Coralville's Iowa River Trail replacement project
($151,363 in TAP funding}, are programmed in FY2021. Coralville's Clear Creek Trail
connection project ($212,519 in TAP funding) is programmed for FY2022 and North Liberty's
North Liberty trail project ($648,118 in TAP funding) will be programmed in FY2024 and
included in next year's TIP (FY2021-2024}.
Federal Transit Administration (FTA} Program 5307 operating funds were also apportioned by
the Board in January for FY2020 and are included in the draft FY2020-2023 TIP. The TIP also
includes projects from the transit Program of Projects, which was approved by the Board in
April.
Also at your March meeting, the Board "opted out" of the available federal-aid-swap whereby
federal dollars would be swapped for state funding in regards to STBG projects. Due to this