May 3, 2012 TO: Members of the MAG Management Committee FROM
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May 3, 2012 TO: Members of the MAG Management Committee FROM: Charlie Meyer, City of Tempe, Chair SUBJECT: MEETING NOTIFICATION AND TRANSMITTAL OF REVISED TENTATIVE AGENDA Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - 12:00 noon MAG Office, Suite 200 - Saguaro Room 302 North 1st Avenue, Phoenix The agenda has been revised to modify the requested action for agenda item #6, Regional Freeway and Highway Life Cycle Program – 2012 Rebalancing. The next Management Committee meeting will be held at the MAG offices at the time and place noted above. Members of the Management Committee may attend the meeting either in person, by videoconference or by telephone conference call. The agenda and summaries are also being transmitted to the members of the Regional Council to foster increased dialogue between members of the Management Committee and Regional Council. You are encouraged to review the supporting information enclosed. Lunch will be provided at a nominal cost. Please park in the garage under the building, bring your ticket, parking will be validated. For those using transit, Valley Metro/RPTA will provide transit tickets for your trip. For those using bicycles, please lock your bicycle in the bike rack in the garage. Pursuant to Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), MAG does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admissions to or participation in its public meetings. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation, such as a sign language interpreter, by contacting Valerie Day at the MAG office. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow time to arrange the accommodation. Members are reminded of the importance of attendance by yourself or a proxy. Any time that a quorum is not present, we cannot conduct the meeting. Please set aside sufficient time for the meeting, and for all matters to be reviewed and acted upon by the Management Committee. Your presence and vote count. MAG MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REVISED TENTATIVE AGENDA May 9, 2012 COMMITTEE ACTION REQUESTED 1. Call to Order 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Call to the Audience 3. Information. An opportunity is provided to the public to address the Management Committee on items that are not on the agenda that are within the jurisdiction of MAG, or non-action agenda items that are on the agenda for discussion or information only. Citizens will be requested not to exceed a three minute time period for their comments. A total of 15 minutes will be provided for the Call to the Audience agenda item, unless the Management Committee requests an exception to this limit. Please note that those wishing to comment on agenda items posted for action will be provided the opportunity at the time the item is heard. 4. Executive Director’s Report 4. Information and discussion. The MAG Executive Director will provide a report to the Management Committee on activities of general interest. 5. Approval of Consent Agenda 5. Recommend approval of the Consent Agenda. Prior to action on the consent agenda, members of the audience will be provided an opportunity to comment on consent items that are being presented for action. Following the comment period, Committee members may request that an item be removed from the consent agenda. Consent items are marked with an asterisk (*). ITEMS PROPOSED FOR CONSENT* MINUTES *5A. Approval of April 11, 2012, Meeting Minutes 5A. Review and approval of the April 11, 2012, meeting minutes. 2 MAG Management Committee -- REVISED Tentative Agenda May 9, 2012 TRANSPORTATION ITEMS *5B. Enhancement Peer Review Group Round 19 5B. Recommend that the list of ranked applications Recommendations from the MAG Enhancement Peer Review Group be forwarded to the Arizona Department of The Enhancement Peer Review Group reviews Transportation for consideration by the State and recommends a ranked list of Enhancement Transportation Enhancement Review Committee. Fund applications from this region to the State Transportation Enhancement Review Committee (TERC). This year, eight enhancement fund applications for projects on local roads were received totaling $5,353,880 with approximately $9 million available statewide. Two applications for projects on the Arizona Department of Transportation right-of-way were received totaling $1,886,000 with approximately $5 million available statewide. On April 23, 2012, the Enhancement Peer Review Group recommended the list of ranked applications be forwarded to the Arizona Department of Transportation for consideration by the TERC. Please refer to the enclosed material. *5C. Update to the Federal Functional Classification of 5C. Recommend approval to classify Tegner Street Tegner Street in Wickenburg located within the limits of the Town of Wickenburg to a Rural Minor Arterial in the federal The Town of Wickenburg, at the suggestion of the functional classification system. Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has acted to classify Tegner Street in the Town's boundaries to minor arterial in the federal functional classification system. Previously, this facility was part of the State Highway System and was classified as a principal arterial. MAG concurrence in the reclassification is requested. ADOT procedure requires the concurrence of the regional planning body (e.g., MAG) in the functional classification of facilities. This reclassification will not affect federal funding received by the State or the MAG area and will not affect the eligibility of the facility to receive federal funding. The Transportation Review Committee recommended concurrence on March 29, 2012. Please refer to the enclosed material. *5D. Arterial Life Cycle Program Fiscal Year 2012 *5D. Recommend approval of the Arterial Life Cycle Regional Area Road Fund Closeout Program (ALCP) project reimbursements for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 ALCP Regional Area Road The Regional Area Road Fund (RARF) Closeout Fund (RARF) Closeout, and amend the FY 2012 Process was established in Section 260 of the Arterial Life Cycle Program, the 2011-2015 3 MAG Management Committee -- REVISED Tentative Agenda May 9, 2012 Arterial Life Cycle Program (ALCP) Policies and Transportation Improvement Program, and Procedures approved by the MAG Regional Regional Transportation Plan 2010 Update, as Council. A financial analysis of ALCP revenues and necessary and to allocate any unused RARF expenditures as well as the ALCP bonding Closeout funds to the next project(s) on the list if program was conducted. On April 26, 2012, the one or more of the recommended projects fail to MAG Transportation Review Committee meet all ALCP Project Requirements by the recommended approval of ALCP project established deadlines. reimbursements. Please refer to the enclosed material. *5E. Project Changes - Amendment and Administrative 5E. Recommend approval of amendments and Modification to the FY 2011-2015 MAG administrative modifications to the FY 2011-2015 Transportation Improvement Program MAG Transportation Improvement Program, FY 2012 Arterial Life Cycle Program, and as The Fiscal Year (FY) 2011-2015 Transportation appropriate, to the Regional Transportation Plan Improvement Program (TIP) and Regional 2010 Update. Transportation Plan (RTP) 2010 Update were approved by the MAG Regional Council on July 28, 2010, and have been modified fourteen times, with the latest approval on April 25, 2012. Since then, there is a need to modify projects in the programs. The requested project changes include freeway, highway safety, light rail, roadway, transportation enhancements, transit, and work program projects. The changes included may be categorized as exempt from conformity determinations, and administrative modifications do not require a conformity determination. On April 26, 2012, the MAG Transportation Review Committee recommended approval of the requested changes. Please refer to the enclosed material. *5F. Additional FFY 2012 CMAQ Funds Available to 5F. Recommend approval of programming the Transit Projects $25,242,460 of CMAQ for bus purchases in 2013 and 2014, programming related 5307 funds from Each year, through the MAG Committee Process, 2013 and 2014 for preventive maintenance; and priorities are established on the use all of the the related modifications to the FY 2011-2015 federal obligation authority for the current federal MAG Transportation Improvement Program and fiscal year (FFY); this is generally known as as appropriate the Regional Transportation Plan Closeout. On February 22, 2012, the MAG 2010 Update. Regional Council approved Scenario #4 to fund projects that will obligate in FFY 2012 at a 50 percent increase of the federal share, up to 100 percent of project costs, with an additional $293,000 of federal funds to CHN12-805, and the remaining balance to be flexed to transit, with projects and priorities developed at a later time. At the time of the recommendation, the amount to 4 MAG Management Committee -- REVISED Tentative Agenda May 9, 2012 be flexed to transit was $25,318,375 in federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funds. The Transit Committee met in February, March and April to discuss programming options. On April 12, 2012, the MAG Transit Committee recommended approval of programming the $25,242,460 for bus purchases in 2013 and 2014, and then using the freed up 5307 funds for preventive maintenance. On April 26, 2012, the Transportation Review Committee concurred with the Transit Committee’s recommendation. The TIP changes and preventive maintenance distribution amounts over the two years are shown in the enclosed material. AIR QUALITY ITEMS *5G. Conformity