CMAP Annual Report Fiscal Year 2010 Members of the CMAP Board City of Chicago Appointments Frank Beal, executive director, Chicago Metropolis 2020 Susan Campbell, associate vice president, University of Chicago **Joe Deal, director of external affairs, Office of the Mayor, City of Chicago Raul Raymundo, chief executive officer, Resurrection Project Nigel Telman, partner, Proskauer Cook County Appointments Alan Bennett, village trustee, Elmwood Park (Suburban Cook) *Gerald Bennett, mayor, Palos Hills (Southwest Cook) Richard Reinbold, president, Richton Park (South Cook) Russell Hartigan, supervisor, Lyons Township (West Cook) Al Larson, mayor, Schaumburg (Northwest Cook) Collar County Appointments Roger Claar, mayor, Bolingbrook (Will) **Elliott Hartstein, president, Buffalo Grove (Lake) Marilyn Michelini, mayor, Montgomery (Kane/Kendall) Rae Rupp Srch, former mayor, Villa Park (DuPage) Dan Shea, former member, McHenry County board (McHenry) Non-voting Members Stephen Schlickman, executive director, Regional Transportation Authority (MPO Policy Committee) * Chairman ** Vice Chairman CMAP Annual Report Fiscal Year 2010 Members of the MPO Policy Committee Municipal Government Appointees Bobby L. Ware, commissioner, City of Chicago Department of Transportation Jeff Schielke, mayor, Batavia (Council of Mayors) County Appointees Joseph Moreno, 7th district commissioner, Cook County Tom Cuculich, director of economic development and planning, DuPage County Karen McConnaughay, board chair, Kane County Bob Davidson, board member, Kendall County Martin Buehler, director of transportation, Lake County Kenneth D. Koehler, board chair, McHenry County Larry Walsh, county executive, Will County Regional Agency Appointees Joe Deal, director of external affairs, Office of the Mayor, City of Chicago (CMAP) Elliott Hartstein, president, Buffalo Grove (CMAP) Stephen Schlickman, executive director, Regional Transportation Authority Operating Agency Appointees * Gary Hannig, secretary, Illinois Department of Transportation Richard Kwasneski, chairman, Pace Suburban Bus Service John McCarthy, president, Continental Airport Express (Private Providers) Jack Groner, senior division director of capital and strategic planning, Metra Michael W. Payette, vice president of government affairs, Union Pacific Railroad (Class 1 Railroads) **Richard L. Rodriguez, president, Chicago Transit Authority Rocco J. Zucchero, deputy chief of engineering for planning, Illinois Tollway Federal Agency Appointees (non-voting members) Marisol Simon, regional administrator, Federal Transit Administration Norm Stoner, division administrator, Federal Highway Administration * Chairman ** Vice Chairman CMAP Annual Report Fiscal Year 2010 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 1 2. Important FY10 Milestones ............................................................................................... 4 2.1 GO TO 2040 ............................................................................................................ 4 Conclusion of Invent the Future .............................................................................. 4 Preferred Regional Scenario .................................................................................... 6 Draft Plan ................................................................................................................ 7 Public Comment Period: Summer Outreach/Open Houses .................................... 8 Next GO TO 2040 Steps .......................................................................................... 8 2.2 Regional Indicators Project – MetroPulse ............................................................... 8 2.3 Water 2050 .............................................................................................................. 9 2.4 Chicago Regional Retrofit Ramp-up ..................................................................... 12 Regional ARRA Coordinating Council ................................................................. 14 Results of Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2 grant application .................... 14 2.5 Online Outreach .................................................................................................... 15 3. Funding, Legislative Priorities, and Partnerships ............................................................ 17 3.1 Comprehensive Regional Planning Fund Update ................................................. 17 3.2 Illinois Jobs Now Capital Bill ............................................................................... 17 3.3 Federal Policy Agenda .......................................................................................... 17 Sustainable Communities Initiative ...................................................................... 17 SAFETEA-LU ....................................................................................................... 18 3.4 Partnerships with the Chicago Community Trust, Burnham Centennial, and Chicago 2016 ................................................................................................................... 18 4. Other FY10 Work Plan Highlights .................................................................................. 19 4.1 Transportation Improvement Program .................................................................. 21 4.2 Congestion Management Process .......................................................................... 22 4.3 Data Development and Analysis ........................................................................... 23 4.4 Greenways and Trails Map.................................................................................... 23 4.5 Policy Development and Strategic Initiatives ....................................................... 23 4.6 Technical Assistance ............................................................................................. 24 4.7 Future Leaders in Planning ................................................................................... 25 4.8 Watershed Planning ............................................................................................... 26 4.9 Additional Long-range Planning ........................................................................... 27 5. FY10 Budget .................................................................................................................... 28 6. Conclusion: Moving Toward Implementation ................................................................ 30 7. List of Acronyms ............................................................................................................. 31 CMAP Annual Report Fiscal Year 2010 1. Introduction In fiscal year 2009-10, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) completed its fourth full year of existence as the region’s official agency for comprehensive planning of land use and transportation. FY10 marked the last full fiscal year of plan development for GO TO 2040, the region’s first comprehensive plan since Daniel Burnham’s Plan of Chicago in 1909. While our region continues to face challenges during the global economic downturn, local governments have had to make adjustments to plan for the near- and long-term future. In FY10, CMAP continued to make important strides in helping the seven counties plan effectively for the present while looking ahead to 2040. Section 2, Important Milestones, describes some of the agency's major accomplishments in FY10. For example, development of the GO TO 2040 comprehensive regional plan reached its final full year, prepping FY11 to be a year of implementation throughout the region. Over the summer CMAP wrapped up its “Invent the Future” phase of public input, which set new standards in the use of technology to help residents create their own detailed scenarios for the region. CMAP partners and other stakeholders were asked to comment upon a series of three sample scenarios -- "Reinvest," "Preserve," and "Innovate" -- that were geared toward planning professionals. CMAP staff combined that input with the public's "Invent the Future" responses to generate a preferred Regional Scenario that was approved by the CMAP Board and Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Policy Committee in January 2010. That scenario was in turn the basis for selection in early 2010 of capital projects to reinforce the GO TO 2040 regional vision. The preferred Regional Scenario, combined with years of strategic research, Regional Snapshot reports, and other qualitative and quantitative analysis of policy and investment choices were the basis of development for the draft regional plan, which was released for public comment from June 11 through August 6, 2010. A new phase of outreach occurred over the summer, including CMAP-hosted Open Houses throughout the region as well as over 200 meetings with stakeholders. As with virtually all our agency's work, the CMAP Board and committees play central roles in setting priorities and continually reviewing staff work products as part of GO TO 2040. The final plan will be set for approval by the CMAP Board and MPO Policy Committee in October 2010. CMAP’s partnership with the Chicago Community Trust gained new depth as our agency collaborated on the Regional Indicators Project and its MetroPulse website, which will be launched in November 2010 as to facilitate effective decision making across the region and to promote and measure the implementation