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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3.21.17 TTAC Minutes APPROVED MPOJC TRANSPORTATION TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE TUESDAY, MARCH 21ST 2017 - 10:30 AM EMMA HARVAT HALL, IOWA CITY CITY HALL MEMBERS PRESENT: Coralville: Scott Larson, Ellen Habel, Vicky Robrock Iowa City: Mark Rummel, Chris O’Brien, Jason Havel, Ron Knoche, Geoff Fruin Johnson County: Tom Brase, Greg Parker North Liberty: Dean Wheatley Tiffin: Doug Boldt University Heights: Louise From University of Iowa: Brian McClatchey RTBC: Terry Dahms Iowa DOT: Catherine Cutler ECICOG: None FHWA: None STAFF PRESENT: Kent Ralston, Darian Nagle-Gamm, Brad Neumann, Emily Bothell, Sarah Walz OTHERS PRESENT: None 1. CALL TO ORDER; RECOGNIZE ALTERNATES; CONSIDER APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES Dahms motioned to approve the meeting minutes, Wheatley seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. 2. PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF ANY ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA None. 3. CONSIDER A RECOMMENDATION TO THE URBANIZED AREA POLICY BOARD REGARDING MPOJC SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANT (STBG) APPLICATIONS AND FUNDING ALLOCATIONS FOR FY2021-2022 Neumann informed the group that MPOJC has just under $6 million available in STBG funding for FY2021-2022. Four entities submitted applications totaling over $13.9 million. Three of these applications would require changes to the adopted Long Range Transportation Plan. Wheatley asked if the scoring for the American Legion Road Reconstruction project has changed since original funding in 2015. Ralston explained that scoring has changed due to different criteria, but the new score is similar to the previous. 2 From mentioned that the University Heights Melrose project has strong backing from community and would benefit both University Heights and Iowa City. Fruin proposed that 40% funding for the two highest scoring projects and about 50% for the next largest two projects, which breaks down to $2,576,000 for North Liberty’s Hwy 965 project, $1,368,140 for Iowa City’s American Legion Road project, $730,000 for University Heights Melrose Avenue project, and $1,315,860 for Iowa City’s Benton Street project. Dahms expressed the desire to fund projects in full, similar to past funding. From mentioned that partial funding for FY2021-2022 would work for University Heights since it allows for an extended time frame to attain additional funding. Wheatley mentioned that he would like to see North Liberty’s project receive 50% of the funding as compared to 40%. Fruin mentioned that 40% for North Liberty’s project would allow for more funding to be allocated to other projects. Larson mentioned that if any funding was available for the projects that ranked lower he preferred those funds go towards Coralville’s 1st Avenue and Oakdale project. Larson also stated that the 1st Avenue project scored lower than it should because there have been temporary traffic signals at this location for two years. Previous accident history has been mitigated with signals, but concern is that traffic will increase as Liberty High School opens. Wheatley informed the group that the section of Hwy 965 from Penn Street north is completed and engineering south towards Zeller Street is underway and scheduled to be completed next year. McClatchey asked staff if the new scoring criteria presented any surprises. Ralston explained that Coralville roundabouts did score lower than anticipated, but no other surprises arose. Fruin moved to approve the funding apportionment as presented, Wheatley seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. 4. CONSIDER A RECOMMENDATION TO THE URBANIZED AREA POLICY BOARD REGARDING LOCALLY DETERMINED PROJECTS FOR THE MPOJC FY2018 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING WORK PROGRAM Nagle-Gamm explained that each spring a list of transportation work program projects is compiled for the upcoming fiscal year. Nagle-Gamm stated that any significant projects added to the plan later in the year will need to be approved by the Board. Wheatley moved to approve the work program, Knoche seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. 5. CONSIDER A RECOMMENDATION TO THE URBANIZED AREA POLICY BOARD REGARDING THE MPOJC FY2018 TRANSIT PROGRAM OF PROJECTS Neumann reviewed the proposed Transit Program of Projects and stated that this was an annual document required by the Federal Transit Administration. Neumann asked the group if there were any questions regarding the plan and requested approval. 3 McClatchey moved to approve the MPOJC FY2018 Transit Program of Projects, Habel seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. 6. CONSIDER A RECOMMENDATOIN TO THE URBANIZED AREA POLICY BOARD REGARDING THE MPOJC FY2018 TRANSIT CAPITAL EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT PLAN Neumann explained that the MPOJC FY18 Transit Capital Equipment Replacement Plan tracks the useful life of equipment and prioritizes needs of each transit agency. Neumann mentioned that most of the requests are for buses. O’Brien moved to approve the plan, Habel seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. 7. CONSIDER A RECOMMENDATION TO THE MPOJC URBANIZED AREA POLICY BOARD REGARDING AMENDMENTS TO THE FY17-20 MPOJC TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (TIP) Neumann informed the group that staff received requests for two TIP amendments. Iowa City requested to repurpose $188,000 leftover from the McCollister Boulevard project to the Dubuque Street Gateway Project. The second amendment was from the Iowa DOT regarding additional funding for the Forevergreen Road and I-380 interchange project. Although this funding was not previously identified, the new source of funding is the National Highway Performance Program. Knoche moved to approve both TIP amendments, Larson seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. 8. UPDATE ON THE MPOJC LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN REVISION PROCESS AND REVIEW OF DRAFT MATERIALS Nagle-Gamm informed the group that staff has been incorporating feedback from interested parties and is in the process of finalizing the Long Range Transportation Plan. The plan will be published for public comment in the beginning of April. New content to the plan includes three guiding principles and the use of data from the Strava mobile app for bicycles. Nagle-Gamm referred to the weekend and weekday maps derived from the Strava data set. The data includes routes recorded by users on both trails and streets. The final steps for the Long Range Transportation Plan include recalibration of the travel demand model to 2045, finalizing the socio-economic forecast, and incorporating any public comment received. Wheatley suggested that staff may want to look at level of service maps and high accident location statistics to determine allocation of future funds. 9. UPDATE ON THE 2017 MPOJC COLLISION ANALYSIS Bothell noted that an update to the urbanized area traffic collision analysis has been completed. The analysis identifies any intersection or mid-block location that experienced 3 or more collisions from 2013-2015. The analysis ranks locations based on the number of collision, crash rates, and severity of collisions. Larson asked what collision points represented. Bothell explained that collision points are given to each intersection or mid-block location based on the total number of collisions. 4 Dahms mentioned that throughout the country bicycle collision fatalities with pedestrians have been rising and questioned whether this was an area of concern for the MPO. Ralston explained that the University of Iowa has shown interest as well and that staff is collecting and analyzing data. Wheatley asked whether accident statistics included dollar value information. Ralston explained that dollar value information is not included in the report, but can be acquired for specific locations. Larson asked if a separate report could be done for Coralville mid-block collisions detailing the direction of travel and time of day. Staff mentioned that a more detailed analysis of any intersection could be completed in the future upon request by the community. 10. OTHER BUSINESS Ralston mentioned that the 2016 transportation planning division annual report was attached and included a list of projects completed by staff throughout the year. McClatchey mentioned that a new real-time passenger information system has been installed on Cambus and went live on March 21st, 2017. The data is still available on the Bongo App. McClatchey explained that automated voice announcements will be used and that the GPS system will count passengers by stop. 11. ADJOURNMENT Knoche moved to adjourn, Habel seconded. The motion carried unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 11:30 AM.