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STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FY 2008-2011 El Paso District FEBRUARY / MARCH 2008 Quarterly Revisions p'{(]Jaso ~[CPaso 9detropofitan (]JCannineOroanization ··~1/PO Transportation Policy Mr. Charles H. Berry, Jr., District Engineer Board TxDOT-EI Paso District 13301 Gateway Blvd. West John Cook EI Paso, TX 79928-5410 Chairman Mayor, City of El Paso Jesus R. Segura Vice-Chairman Mayor, City of Sunland Park, New Mexico Patrick T. Abeln Enclosed is the TransBorder 2008-2013 TIP. The TransBorder 2008-2013 TIP was adopted by the Director of Aviation Patricia Adauto Transportation Policy Board (TPB) on November 16, 2007, and found to be conforming by FHWA Deputy City Manager and FTA on December 20,2007. The TPB approved the following amendments to the TransBorder Development & lrifrasrructure Services 2008-2013 TIP at their January 25, 2008 meeting. City of El Paso Charles H. Berry, P.E. District Engineer, TxOOT 1. Amend FY 2008 of the TransBorder 2008-2013 TIP: Susie Byrd City of El Paso Representative • To use STP-MM Construct Status funds in the amount of $100,000 to conduct Stated Norma Chavez Preference Surveys, Texas State Representative • To use CBI Program funds in the amount of $3,601 ,901 for the Secure Border Trade Anthony Cobos Demonstration project, Judge, El Paso County Alvin Dominguez, P.E. • To use CMAQ Construct Status funds in the amount of $300,000 to acquire one CNG District Engineer, NMDOT Bus, which will have a wrap to promote Ozone Action Day Awareness. (With local Art Franco contribution of $87,000) Mayor, Town of Anthony • To use FTA Section 5308 funds (Clean Fuels Program) in the amount of $2,170,130 to Pat Haggerty purchase approximately six CNG Buses. (See FY 2009 total amount) Texas State Representative Trini Lopez Mayor, City of Socorro 2. Amend FY 2009 of the TransBorder 2008-2013 TIP: Walter L. Miller Mayor, Town of Horizon City • To use FTA Section 5308 funds (Clean Fuels Program) in the amount of $823,000 to Cynthia Nava purchase two CNG Buses. (For a total, with the FTA Section 5308 funds, of $2,993,130 New Mexico State Senator to purchase approximately eight CNG Buses) Beto O'Rourke City of El Paso Representative • To use STP-MM Construct Status funds in the amount of $700,000 for the MPO to TimOmick conduct Regional Travel Surveys, Director, Mass Transit • To use STP-MM Construct Status funds in the amount of $2,540,000 to construct Steve Ortega Education Dr. from the Proposed Loop 375 Realignment Project to existing Education City of El Paso Representative Joseph C. Pickett Dr. and the EPCC parking lot entrance/exit. Texas State Representarive Madeleine Praino The Transportation Project Advisory Committee (TPAC) meeting and the Transportation Policy Mayor, Village of Vinton Board (TPB) meetings were used as open forums for the MPO public involvement process, and I. 'Chente' Quintanilla Texas State Representative these projects have no apparent adverse effects on air quality conformity. These meetings were Dale Reinhardt advertised in local newspapers. Mayor, Town of Clint Robert Rivera, P.E. County Engineer & Public Works Director County of El Paso S'7/tf-,/ Dolores Saldana-Caviness Commissioner, Dona Ana County ~~rd Eliot Shapleigh Texas State Senator Executive Director Miguel Teran Commissioner, El Paso County Roy Gilyard Eduardo Calvo, TXDOT-EI Paso Executive Director Mark Crews, TXDOT-EI Paso SAFETEA-LU Checklist for Year of Expenditure (YOE) and Total Project Cost Financial Plan Data for Highway and Transit Projects MPO Policy Board Adoption/Resolution - El Paso MPO Transportation Policy Board (TPB) members adopted the SAFETEA-LU Compliant TransBorder 2008- 2013 TIP on November 16, 2007. On December 20, 2007 FHWA and FTA found that both the TransBorder 2008-2013 TIP and the TransBorder 2035 MTP met all the requirements for conformity and approved the documents. Additionally, the aforementioned TIP and MTP reflect total project cost, YOE, and revenue estimates consistent with FHWA/FTA metropolitan regulations (23 CFR 450). See Appendix A for the TPB resolutions from November 16, 2007, and Approval Letter from FHWA and FTA on December 20, 2007. MPO Public Participation - Public involvement and review for the TransBorder 2008-2013TIP followed the MPO’s Public Participation Program (PPP) and the processes described within the program for planning documents that are required by SAFETEA-LU. Public review and comment sessions were held in various parts of the MPO Study Area, as per the PPP, in conjunction with public review sessions for the TransBorder 2035 MTP and other documents. All meetings were advertised in regional newspapers and on public radio station KTEP 88.5 FM. TPB members were given status reports of the MTP Workgroup’s (a workgroup whose members were appointed by the TPB’s advisory committee to analyze the MTP finances and projects to create a financially-constrained MTP) progress throughout the entire process and were given opportunities to review the work and decisions being made for their consensus. See Appendix B for examples of public review sessions, newspaper advertisements, and radio scripts. State DOT Adoption - Approved by the TPB on April 27, 2007, the 2008-2013 TIP went through the Texas Department of Transportation public participation and adoption procedures for the STIP and was approved by TxDOT on October 31, 2007. During that period, the TransBorder 2008-2013 TIP was developed and adopted by the TPB, on November 16, 2007, and found to be in conformity with FHWA regulatory standards on December 20, 2007 by FHWA (see Appendix A). With the submitted February revisions for the STIP, traditionally performed on a quarterly basis, the STIP will go through the public participation and adoption procedures necessary for its 2nd quarter adoption and will include the TransBorder 2008-2013 TIP. See Appendix C for the April 27 TPB resolutions and the October 31, 2007 STIP approval letter. Documentation of the YOE and Total Project Cost Methodology – Year of Expenditure totals in the TransBorder TIP are based on the phase of the project at the time of programming, and fiscal year (as required by FHWA). However, in most circumstances, preliminary engineering was left out of the YOE total, as instructed by the TxDOT El Paso District offices, due to the fact that the engineering stage had already happened. YOE costs for the phases programmed were taken from the previous 2008-2013 TIP which already had inflation- influenced costs recorded at 4% before TxDOT officials added another 4% inflationary rate to costs in the Design Construction Information System (DCIS). Total project costs were calculated as a summation of the YOE and adding the remaining inflation-influenced costs listed in DCIS that were not already calculated in the YOE summation: i.e. preliminary engineering (PE), right of way (ROW), construction, construction engineering, contingencies, indirect costs, bond financing, and others. Some projects required a recalculating effort on the inflation and/or percentage increment to obtain a correct value for ROW and/or preliminary engineering due to the fact that complimenting DCIS numbers did not correctly reflect all of the ROW and preliminary engineering costs. Documentation of Rate of Inflation – Based on national, Texas, and local historical trends of inflationary rates on construction costs, and with guidance from Texas FHWA representatives, the MPO and the MTP Workgroup that developed the financial rates for the metropolitan transportation plan were directed to use a 4% inflation factor by the Texas Department of Transportation for future construction projects in the El Paso County portion of the MPO’s Study Area. On the other hand, construction projects for the mass transit provider, Sun Metro, and projects slated for construction in the State of New Mexico, have a 4% inflation factor applied only in the first ten years of the MTP (2007-2016), and in the remaining outer years of the MTP a 2.5% inflation factor is applied. The percentages for New Mexico and Sun Metro were related to historical trends for these entities and were in agreement with their respective FHWA and FTA representatives. As a result, the TIP rates reflected those of the MTP and were applied to all projects within its programming range. Documentation of Rate of Growth – Based on national, Texas and New Mexico, and local historical trends of growth rates on estimated revenues, and with guidance from Texas FHWA representatives, the MPO and the MTP Workgroup developed the financial rates for the metropolitan transportation plan and are reflected in the TIP, however, two different scenarios were developed. Primarily, in Texas (El Paso County) a 5.2% growth rate (2.7% to account for real growth and 2.5% to offset inflation) had been applied to the forecasted revenue stream in the majority of cases, including highway and transit.. Secondly, in New Mexico (portions of Dona Ana, and Otero Counties) a 4.5% growth rate (2.0% to account for real growth and 2.5% to offset inflation) had been applied to the forecasted revenue stream. It was determined by the MTP Workgroup, with input from the implementing agencies from across the Study Area, that different real growth projections could be applied, since this is subjective to many variables within the 29-year life of the plan. YOE Funding Estimate – all projects listed have an indication of what phases are programmed for the fiscal year with the costs applicable to that phase. These phases then total up to the YOE. Most of this information was acquired using TxDOT’s DCIS estimates. Some projects had to have recalculation efforts made due to DCIS having ROW and PE costs programmed in a system designed for construction cost estimates, as per TxDOT El Paso District instruction. For New Mexico projects, close coordination with NMDOT was an ongoing process to get accurate YOE costs for projects programmed in the TIP.
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