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MEMORANDUM DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Director of Staff Branches Office 4201 E. Arkansas Ave, 4 th Floor Denver, CO 80222 Office: (303) 512-4009 Fax: (303) 757-9868 DATE: August 2, 2013 TO: Transportation Commission of Colorado FROM: Scott McDaniel, Director of Staff Services SUBJECT: Workshop on the Federal Land Access Program The purpose of this workshop is to provide and update of the Federal Lands Access Program to the Transportation Commission. The Federal Land Access Program (FLAP) is a new program born out of MAP-21 and to some degree replaces the Public Lands Highway Program. The annual budget for this program is roughly $16.67 Million of federal dollars per year for Colorado. A call for projects and the subsequent project selections were recently made that programed projects out to the end of Federal fiscal Year 2019. This is a federal program managed by the Federal Highway Administration-Central Federal Lands Division and is administered by the Programming Decisions Committee (PDC). Among other things, the PDC is responsible for developing the project selection criteria, application process and project selection. More information about the PDC and its membership is included in the package of materials. Because this is a new program, the Transportation Commission asked for a briefing that covers the following items: • Dollars in the Program • Criteria for Project Selection • Partners in the Program • Process for Project Selection • Role of the TC in this process There is a significant amount of additional information that will be included in your commission packet which will be covered in depth during the workshop. Safety People Integrity Customer Service Excellence Respect Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area Bamforth National Wildlife Refuge Medicine Bow National ForestMortenson Lake National Wildlife Refuge Wyoming Savage Run Wilderness Francis E. Warren Air Force Base Nebraska Huston Park WildernessPlatte River Wilderness ¨¦§80 Detail 1 Encampment River Wilderness Detail 3 ¨¦§102 Ashley National Forest Mount Zirkel Wilderness Pawnee National Grassland Diamond Breaks Wilderness Study Area Routt National Forest Rawah Wilderness Arapaho National Wildlife RefugeComanche Peak Wilderness Peterson Draw Wilderness Study Area Roosevelt National Forest Dinosaur National MonumentCross Mountain Wilderness Study Area Neota Wilderness Horsetooth Reservoir Troublesome Wilderness Study Area Rocky Mountain National ParkCarter Lake Resevoir Bull Canyon Wilderness Study Area Never Summer Wilderness 76 Skull Creek Wilderness Study Area Sarvis Creek Wilderness ¨¦§ Arapaho National Recreation Area Windy Gulch Wilderness Study Area Indian Peaks Wilderness Black Mountain Wilderness Study Area 25 Flat Tops Wilderness James Peak Wilderness ¨¦§ Vasquez Peak Wilderness White River National Forest Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness Study AreaRocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge Oil Spring Mountain Wilderness Study Area Bull Gulch Wilderness Study AreaEagles Nest Wilderness Buckley Air National Guard AF Base Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness Rifle Gap Reservoir Cherry Creek Reservoir Bonny Reservoir Naval Oil Shale Reserve Arapaho National Forest Winter Ridge Wilderness Study Area Mount Evans Wilderness Demaree Canyon Wilderness Study Area Holy Cross Wilderness Ruedi Reservoir 70 Little Book Cliffs Wilderness Study Area 70 ¨¦§ Flume Canyon Wilderness Study Area Lost Creek Wilderness ¨¦§ Vega Reservoir Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness Pike National Forest Maroon Bells-Snowmass WildernessMount Massive Wilderness ¨¦§24 Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness Grand Mesa National Forest Kansas Buffalo Peaks Wilderness Westwater Canyon Wilderness Study Area Raggeds Wilderness United States Air Force Academy Collegiate Peaks Wilderness Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument Adobe Badlands Wilderness Study Area Ta yl o r P a rk Re s e rvo i r Peterson Air Force Base Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Study Area West Elk Wilderness San Isabel National Forest NORAD COC Center Browns Canyon Wilderness Study Area Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area Gunnison National Forest Fossil Ridge Wilderness Beaver Creek Wilderness Study Area Gunnison Gorge Wilderness Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Utah Uncompahgre National Forest Curecanti National Recreation Area High Speed Ground Test Center McIntyre Hills Wilderness Study Area Tabeguache Creek Wilderness Study Area Lower Grape Creek Wilderness Study AreaPueblo Chemical Depot (Closed) Upper Grape Creek Wilderness Study Area Dolores River Canyon Wilderness Study Area Ridgway Reservoir Pueblo Reservoir Powderhorn Wilderness Black Canyon Wilderness Study Area Uncompahgre Wilderness Mount Sneffels Wilderness Bent's Old Fort National Historic SiteJohn Martin Reservoir Redcloud Peak Wilderness Study AreaLa Garita Wilderness Handies Peak Wilderness Study Area Manti-La Sal National Forest Lizard Head Wilderness Sangre de Cristo WildernessGreenhorn Mountain Wilderness Great Sand Dunes National Park Rio Grande National Forest Great Sand Dunes Wilderness Cahone Canyon Wilderness Study Area Weminuche Wilderness San Juan National Forest McPhee Reservoir Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge Fort Carson Military Reservation Canyons of the Ancients National Monument Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge Vallecito Reservoir Spanish Peaks Wilderness Platoro Reservoir Mesa Verde Wilderness Mesa Verde National Park South San Juan Wilderness Comanche National Grassland San Luis Hills Wilderness Study Area Cimarron National Grassland Detail 2 Cruces Basin Wilderness Detail 4 Navajo Reservoir Aztec Ruins National Monument Carson National Forest Latir Peak Wilderness Capulin Volcano National Monument Oklahoma Heron Reservoir New Mexico El Vado Reservoir Kiowa National Grassland Arizona Wheeler Peak Wilderness Legend Federal Land Management Area (FLMA) geographic area is Miles Federal Lands DOD subject to change. For most current unit level information, 0408012016020 contact the appropriate FLMA. FLMA data may be missing. OTHER FS Federal Lands - Colorado BLM FWS Source: Central Federal Lands Highway Division | 03/2013 BOR NPS ± County Boundaries Colorado – Federal Lands Access Program - Project Selection Criteria Program Eligibility: Applicants : State, county, town, township, tribal, municipal, or local government units are eligible. Areas: Projects that provide access to, are adjacent to, or are located within high-use Federal recreational sites or Federal economic generators. Federal Lands access transportation facilities include public highway, road, bridge, trail, or transit systems that are located on, adjacent to, or provide access to Federal lands which title or maintenance responsibility is vested in a State, county, town, township, tribal, municipal, or local government. Projects: • Transportation planning, research, engineering, preventive maintenance, rehabilitation, restoration, construction, and reconstruction of Federal lands access transportation facilities located on or adjacent to, or that provide access to Federal land, and – o Adjacent vehicular parking areas; o Acquisition of necessary scenic easements and scenic historic sites; o Provisions for pedestrians and bicycles; o Environmental mitigation in or adjacent to Federal land to improve public safety and reduce vehicular cased wildlife mortality while maintaining habitat connectivity; o Construction and reconstruction of roadside rest areas, including sanitary and water facilities; • Operation and maintenance of transit facilities; and • Any transportation project eligible for assistance under this title that is within or adjacent to, or that provides access to Federal land. Program Goals: The Federal Land Access Program (Access Program) was created through signing of MAP-21. This program allocates funds for projects that “provide access to, are adjacent to, or are located within high- use Federal recreational sites or Federal economic generators”. Project Evaluation: The Program Decisions Committee of each state will make programming decisions. This will be done in cooperation with Federal Land Management Agencies. Project Evaluation Criteria: Staff looked at project selection criteria from a number of programs to recommend the following. The criteria very closely follow those used in project selection for the Forest Highway Program. Per MAP-21, these criteria are “consistent with the planning processes required under 134 and 135. In Section 134, planning processes shall provide for consideration of projects and strategies that will (note, paraphrased): • Support the economic vitality by enabling global competitiveness, productivity, and efficiency; • Increase the safety of the transportation system for motorized and nonmotorized users; • Increase the security of the transportation system for motorized and nonmotorized users; • Increase the accessibility and mobility of people and for freight; • Protect and enhance the environment, promote energy conservation, improve the quality of life, and promote consistency between transportation improvements and State and local planned growth and economic development patterns; • Enhance the integration and connectivity of the transportation system, across and between modes, for people and freight; • Promote efficient system management and operation ; and • Emphasize the preservation of the existing transportation system. 1 Planning Applications –Scoring Rubric 5: Demonstrates a thorough understanding of how this criterion applies, provides a clear and compelling methodology, and will evaluate multiple opportunities to provide
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