NORTHWEST MUNICIPAL CONFERENCE 1600 East Golf Road, Suite 0700 A Regional Association of Illinois Des Plaines, Illinois 60016 Municipalities and Townships (847) 296-9200 Fax (847) 296-9207 Representing a Population of Over One Million www.nwmc-cog.org MEMBERS NORTHWEST COUNCIL OF MAYORS Antioch Arlington Heights TECHNICAL COMMITTEE Bannockburn Agenda Barrington Bartlett Friday, April 23, 2021 Buffalo Grove Deer Park 8:30 a.m. Deerfield Via Zoom Video Conference Des Plaines Elk Grove Village https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88625528035?pwd=eEZ6N3k4L0RtcExsdlloYXZkM0xzU Evanston Fox Lake T09 Glencoe Meeting ID: 886 2552 8035 Glenview Grayslake Passcode: NW042321 Hanover Park Highland Park Hoffman Estates I. Call to Order Kenilworth Lake Bluff Lake Forest II. Approval of January 22, 2021 Meeting Minutes (Attachment A) Lake Zurich Libertyville Action Requested: Approval of minutes Lincolnshire Lincolnwood Morton Grove III. Agency Reports Mount Prospect Niles a. CMAP Report (Attachment B) Northbrook b. IDOT Highways Report (Attachment C) Northfield Northfield Township c. IDOT Local Roads Update (Attachment D) Palatine Park Ridge d. Illinois Tollway (Attachment E) Prospect Heights e. Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways Rolling Meadows Schaumburg (Attachment F) Skokie Streamwood f. Metra (Attachment G) Vernon Hills g. Pace (Attachment H) West Dundee Wheeling h. RTA Wilmette Action Requested: Informational Winnetka President Kathleen O’Hara IV. Northwest Council Surface Transportation Program Lake Bluff A. Current Program Update (Attachment I) Vice-President Staff will provide a brief overview of the current program, noting any Joan Frazier Northfield changes since the previous meeting. Action Requested: Informational/Discussion Secretary Dan Shapiro Deerfield B. Cost Increase Request – Village of Streamwood (Attachment J) Treasurer Staff recommends approval of the Village of Streamwood’s request for Ray Keller Lake Zurich $220,783 in Construction funding for the Park Ave Resurfacing project in FFY 2021. Executive Director Mark L. Fowler Action Requested: Approve funding request C. Cost Increase Request – Village of Schaumburg (Attachment K) Staff recommends deferral of the Village of Schaumburg’s request for $429,966.13 in Construction and $86,033.87 in Construction Engineering funding for their Roselle Rd project in FFY 2021. Action Requested: Defer action on request to July meeting D. Approval of Current Program (Attachment L) Committee approval is needed to include changes in the current program. Action Requested: Approve program V. STP-Shared Fund Regional Priority Points (Attachment M) Staff will provide an overview of the possible projects that the Northwest Council of Mayors can allocate their Regional Priority points towards, including three applications (Attachment N) that were received from Northwest Council of Mayors members that will be available to provide short presentations. Staff requests feedback and discussion from the Technical Committee before members submit their preferred rankings of these projects to allocate the Northwest Council’s points. Action Requested: Discussion VI. STP Methodology Working Group & Staff Recommendation (Attachment O) Staff will revisit the recommendations from the working group convened in December with staff to revise the Complete Streets category of the Northwest Council’s STP methodology. These changes are summarized in Attachment O and are also shown in the draft handbook (Attachment P). Action Requested: Discussion VII. Other Business VIII. Next Meeting The next Northwest Council of Mayors Technical Committee meeting is scheduled for Friday, July 23 at 8:30 a.m., location TBD. IX. Adjourn NORTHWEST MUNICIPAL CONFERENCE 1600 East Golf Road, Suite 0700 A Regional Association of Illinois Des Plaines, Illinois 60016 Municipalities and Townships (847) 296-9200 Fax (847) 296-9207 Representing a Population of Over One Million www.nwmc-cog.org MEMBERS NORTHWEST COUNCIL OF MAYORS Antioch Arlington Heights TECHNICAL COMMITTEE Bannockburn Minutes Barrington Bartlett Friday, January 22, 2021 Buffalo Grove Deer Park 8:30 a.m. Deerfield Via Zoom Video Conference Des Plaines Elk Grove Village Evanston The Northwest Council of Mayors Technical Committee met on Friday, October 23, 2020 via Fox Lake Glencoe video conference. The following committee members were in attendance: Glenview Grayslake Hanover Park President Karen Darch, Chair Village of Barrington Highland Park Dane Bragg Village of Buffalo Grove Hoffman Estates Kenilworth Mayor Tom Hayes Village of Arlington Heights Lake Bluff Ray Rummel Village of Elk Grove Village Lake Forest Lake Zurich Michael Cassady Village of Mount Prospect Libertyville Reid Ottesen (representing Mayor Jim Schwantz) Village of Palatine Lincolnshire Lincolnwood Brian Townsend Village of Schaumburg Morton Grove Sharon Caddigan (representing President Billie Roth) Village of Streamwood Mount Prospect Niles Northbrook Others Present: Northfield Northfield Township Mike Pagones Village of Arlington Heights Palatine Marie Hansen Village of Barrington Park Ridge Prospect Heights Bob Allen Village of Bartlett Rolling Meadows Darren Monico Village of Buffalo Grove Schaumburg Skokie Eric Heiker City of Des Plaines Streamwood Brian Lovering Village of Elk Grove Village Vernon Hills West Dundee Alan Wenderski Village of Hoffman Estates Wheeling Jenny Horn Village of Hoffman Estates Wilmette Winnetka Sam Trakas Village of Inverness Jeff Wulbecker Village of Mount Prospect President Kathleen O’Hara Tom Powers Village of Niles Lake Bluff Matt Barry Village of Palatine Vice-President Lou Arrigoni City of Park Ridge Joan Frazier Rob Horne City of Rolling Meadows Northfield Anna Kesler Village of Schaumburg Secretary Mayor Paula McCombie Village of South Barrington Dan Shapiro Deerfield Greg Ellwanger BLA, Inc. Gerry Heimsoth Ciorba Group Treasurer Ray Keller Kristin Kalitowski CivilTech Lake Zurich Mary Weber CMAP Executive Director Russell Petrowiak CMAP Mark L. Fowler Cecilia Diaz Cook County DOTH Joe Cwynar Engineering Enterprises Inc. Dan Brinkman Gewalt Hamilton Akram Chaudhry H.R. Green Alex Househ IDOT Kelsey Passi Illinois Tollway Sagar Sonar Kimley‐Horn Katie Renteria Metra Rick Mack Metra Tammy Wierciak Metro Strategies Steven Andrews Pace Tom Gill Thomas Engineering Matt Smith TranSystems Dave Block TranSystems Kendra Johnson NWMC Larry Bury NWMC Mark Fowler NWMC Matt Pasquini NWMC I. Call to Order President Darch called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m., and asked those present to provide introductions. II. Approval of October 23, 2020 Meeting Minutes Mr. Rummel moved approval of the October 23, 2020 meeting minutes. Mr. Bragg seconded the motion, which was unanimously approved by a roll call vote. III. Agency Reports a. CMAP Report Mr. Petrowiak referred the Committee to the written report provided and noted that he was available for any questions. He reminded attendees of the call for projects for the STP‐Shared Fund, CMAQ, and TAP‐L programs. Mr. Petrowiak reported that safety has been a major issue recently and that CMAP would be partnering with IDOT and other regional agencies to develop a safety action agenda and come up with solutions to achieve the region’s safety targets. b. IDOT Highways No report. c. IDOT Local Roads Mr. Househ referred to the attached local roads status sheets and noted that IDOT released their updated calendar of deadlines and approval dates. He advised the Committee to contact Local Roads with any questions regarding Rebuild Illinois Bond funds. Mr. Townsend noted that the most recent circular letter sent out was helpful in clarifying how the funding is to be used. d. Illinois Tollway Ms. Passi introduced herself and reported that she would be taking over as the contact for the Tollway for the Northwest Council. She referred the Committee to the handout provided in the agenda packet, noting that a balanced budget was recently approved by the Tollway Board of Directors. She reported that Tollway employees are still working from home and that toll collections were all still cashless due to the pandemic. Ms. Passi provided an update on their toll violation relief program and various updates with construction projects in the Northwest Council service area. Mr. Townsend and Mr. Rummel asked for an updated timeline on the IL 490/IL 390 construction project. Ms. Passi responded that the project is still on track but would follow up with more specific updates after the meeting. e. Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways Ms. Diaz noted that the written report provided should answer most questions with regard to local project updates, and that more detailed information regarding the previous MFT questions from the Committee would be forthcoming. Ms. Diaz reported that the Invest in Cook program recently opened for applications. The program consists of roughly $8.5 million to be awarded to local projects and the program was open for applications until March 12. Mr. Cassady asked for an update on the Busse Rd reconstruction project, and Ms. Diaz said she would follow up with the project coordinator to learn if there are any delays. Mr. Ottesen asked for a similar follow up on the status of the Quentin Rd alternative decision, and Ms. Diaz said she would follow up on that project as well. f. Metra Mr. Mack reported that the Metra board approved the purchase of 500 new railcars at their last meeting. He noted that the new cars would include many new upgraded amenities and would include upgraded HVAC systems to improve