233 South Wacker Drive Suite 800 Chicago, IL 60606 312-454-0400 (voice) 312-454-0411 (fax) www.cmap.illinois.gov Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning Transportation Committee Agenda Friday, March 5, 2010 Cook County Conference Room 233 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 800, Willis Tower Chicago, Illinois 1.0 Call to Order and Introductions 9:30 AM Chris Snyder, Committee Chair 2.0 Agenda Changes and Announcements 3.0 Approval of Minutes – January 6, 2010 ACTION REQUESTED: Approval 4.0 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) (Leroy Kos) TIP revisions that exceed amendment thresholds have been requested. The TIP Amendments and administrative modifications are attached. Revisions include line items that have been awarded, moved or deleted. IDOT has included proposed projects designated for Job for Main Street funding (aka ARRA 2) to be approved for inclusion in the TIP pending federal action on the Jobs for Main Street Act. The committee is asked to act on both the “regular” and “ARRA 2” TIP amendments. The Jobs for Main Street Act projects, if the Transportation Committee approves, will be made part of the TIP if Congress authorizes funds. ACTION REQUESTED: Approval of regular TIP revisions and approval of projects funded by the Jobs for Main Street Act pending Congressional action. 5.0 Semi-annual TIP/RTP Conformity Analysis and TIP Amendments (Leroy Kos) The semi-annual RTP/TIP conformity analysis and TIP amendments was released for public comment and subjected to a 45 day public comment period which ended February 20, 2010. No comments were received. ACTION REQUESTED: Recommend MPO Policy Committee approval and CMAP Programming Coordinating Committee approval of the TIP/RTP Conformity Analysis and TIP amendments. 6.0 Designated Recipients The MPO endorses the allocation of Section 5307 and Section 5340 Capital and Planning funds between Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, and designates recipients on an annual basis. The RTA Board has negotiated splits of all funding with northwestern Indiana and southeastern Wisconsin and approved the FY 10 allocations to the service boards. The apportionment for the Chicago IL/IN and the Round Lake Beach/McHenry/Grayslake, IL/WI urbanized area are based on percentages. The sub-allocation between IN/IL is 4.280961% of the total amount will be sub-allocated to northwestern Indiana and 95.719039% will be sub-allocated to IL. The sub-allocation between WI/IL is 2.200891% of the total amount will be sub-allocated to southeastern Wisconsin and 97.799109% of the total amount will be sub-allocated to northeastern Illinois. The estimated Section 5307 and 5340 combined capital and planning funds for northeastern Illinois totals $99,582,680. The funds have been distributed as follows: $56,595,441 to the CTA; $27,875,367 to Metra; and $15,111,872 to Pace. ACTION REQUESTED: Recommend MPO Policy Committee and Programming Coordinating Committee approval of the funding splits with Indiana and Wisconsin and the designated recipients of the 5307/5340. 7.0 Jobs for Main Street Act (H.R. 2847) IDOT has released a draft list of projects and are seeking comments from the MPO. ACTION REQUESTED: Discussion 8.0 GO TO 2040 8.1 Update GO TO 2040 (Bob Dean) Staff will provide an overall update on the schedule for preparation, review, and release of the draft plan ACTION REQUESTED: Information 8.2 Financial Plan Development (Matt Maloney) The development of the transportation financial plan continues, and the document is nearly complete. Staff will update the committee on the financial plan, including adjustments made since the January meeting and implications for funding levels. ACTION REQUESTED: Discussion 8.3 Major Capital Projects (Don Kopec) Staff has developed an initial proposal for fiscally constrained major capital projects, described in the attached memo. Committee comments and discussion will be sought. The next step involves Transportation Committee Page 2 of 4 March 5, 2010 public engagement during the second half of March and April, with a draft recommendation scheduled to be presented to the Transportation Committee in May ACTION REQUESTED: Information 9.0 RTA Update (Leanne Redden) This is a standing committee agenda item for RTA to update the committee on implementation of HB 656 and other relevant topics. ACTION REQUESTED: Information 10.0 State Legislative Update A “bills of interest” attachment is included. This list includes bills that CMAP is monitoring. ACTION REQUESTED: Information and Discussion 11.0 Coordinating Committee Reports The next Planning Committee meeting is scheduled for March 10, 2010. Topics addressed at the Planning Coordinating Committee’s January meeting were included in item 7 on today’s agenda. The next Programming Committee meeting is also scheduled for March 10, 2010. 12.0 Public Comment This is an opportunity for comments from members of the audience. The amount of time available to speak will be at the chair’s discretion. 13.0 Other Business 14.0 Next Meeting The next meeting is scheduled for April 23, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. 15.0 Adjournment Transportation Committee Members: Charles Abraham Fran Klaas Keith Sherman Maria Choca Urban Don Kopec Peter Skosey Michael Connelly Jamy Lyne Chris Snyder* Rocky Donahue Arlene J. Mulder Steve Strains John Donovan*** Randy Neufeld Vonu Thakuriah John Fortmann Jason Osborn Paula Trigg Rupert Graham, Jr Leanne Redden** David Werner*** Jack Groner Tom Rickert Ken Yunker Luann Hamilton Mike Rogers Tom Zapler Robert Hann Joe Schofer Rocco Zucchero Transportation Committee Page 3 of 4 March 5, 2010 *Chair **Vice-Chair ***Non-voting Transportation Committee Page 4 of 4 March 5, 2010 233 South Wacker Drive Suite 800, Willis Tower Chicago, IL 60606 312-454-0400 (voice) 312-454-0411 (fax) www.cmap.illinois.gov Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning Transportation Committee Minutes DRAFT MINUTES January 6, 2010 Cook County Conference Room 233 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 800, Willis Tower Chicago, Illinois Members Present: Chair Chris Snyder-DuPage County, Sid Weseman- RTA, Chuck Abraham-IDOT DPIT, John Beissel- Cook County, Maria Choca-Urban– CNT, Bruce Christensen–Lake County, John Donovan–FHWA, John Fortmann- IDOT District One, Jack Groner-Metra, Robert Haan–Private Providers, Luann Hamilton-CDOT, Don Kopec-CMAP, Arlene J. Mulder– Council of Mayors, Randy Neufeld-Bicycle and Pedestrian Task Force, Jason Osborn-McHenry County, Keith Sherman-IDOT OP&P, David Simmons–CTA, Peter Skosey–MPC, Mike Sullivan–Kendall County, Steve Strains-NIRPC, Sim Soot- UIC, Jan Ward-Kane County, David Werner– FTA, Tom Zapler–Class 1 Railroads, Rocco Zucchero-Illinois State Toll Highway Authority Members Absent: Rocky Donahue-Pace, Mike Rogers-IEPA, Ken Yunker–SEWRPC, Jamy Lyne–Will County Others Present: Kristen Bennett, Glen Campbell, Lenny Cannata, Lynette Ciavarella, Rob Cole, Chalen Daigle, Joe DiJohn, Chris DiPalma, Kama Dobbs, Bud Fleming, Pat Higgins, Tom Kelso, Marta Perales, Mark Pitstick, Brian Plum, Sara Lutz, Chad Riddle, Chris Staron, Vicky Smith, Emily Tapia, Mike Walczak, Tammy Wierciak Staff: Shana Alford, Patricia Berry, Clair Bozic, Janet Bright, Bob Dean, Teri Dixon, Doug Ferguson, Matt Maloney, Tom Murtha, John O’Neal, Holly Ostdick, Ross Patronsky, Dan Rice, Joy Schaad, Todd Schmidt, Gordon Smith, Ylda Capriccioso 1.0 Call to Order and Introductions 9:30 AM Chris Snyder, Committee Chair, called the meeting to order. 2.0 Agenda Changes and Announcements There were no changes or announcements. 3.0 Approval of the Minutes- November 20, 2009 Steve Strains motioned for the minutes to be approved, seconded by Don Kopec. All ayes, motion approved. 4.0 Regional Freight System Planning (Tom Murtha) Tom Murtha presented information on progress of the regional freight system planning effort. Cambridge Systematics, a consulting firm, is completing the analysis and evaluation for the project. The CMAP Freight Committee is serving in an advisory role for the project. The original completion date was scheduled for January 2010 but the timeframe will be extended because further economic analysis is required. This may take approximately two more months. However, recommendations for the freight system will be finished in time for full inclusion in the GO TO 2040 regional plan. Tom Murtha told the committee that there are data and reports estimating how the freight flow will change over the next thirty years. The main project themes include the economy, industry logistics, freight infrastructure, traffic flow, organization and public policy, and environmental and community impacts. Mr. Murtha referred the committee to a handout that highlighted the recommendations. Mr. Murtha emphasized that Chicago is still a key manufacturing center, therefore freight is still critical for the region despite the industry downturn and increased shipping efficiency. Additionally, as industry needs change, and more complex technology is used, there will be more demand for workforce development. Mr. Murtha pointed out that for each identified theme there is a policy recommendation. Finally he requested feedback on his presentation. More details on the regional freight system project can be found here: http://www.cmap.illinois.gov/cmp/freightsystem.aspx Luann Hamilton provided feedback by first stating that the trucking industry is not consolidated, which could present some barriers to industry involvement in freight planning. She then asked whether the trucking industry will play a role in financing projects or just help to prioritize them. Tom Murtha responded that financing needs will need to be worked out within the industry. Currently, clearance is the biggest issue faced by the industry and if clearance is addressed then this may mean savings. Additionally, if freight vehicle miles traveled are reduced, this could also mean cost savings for the industry. Mr. Murtha stated that the plan is still conceptual and how the plan will be implemented is in discussion. Transportation Committee Page 2 of 15 January 6, 2010 Maria Choca Urban asked if the market demand assessment for freight infrastructure space had been completed. Tom Murtha responded that an assessment had not been completed yet but he was aware that CNT has been doing some work on this issue.