AGENDA EAST-WEST GATEWAY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013 – 10:00 AM 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MARCH 27, 2013 3. DISCUSSION ITEMS A. Update on Poplar Street Bridge/MLK Connector B. St. Louis Regional School Emergency Communications Initiative C. FY 2014-2017 Transportation Improvement Program Development 4. ACTION ITEMS A. Adoption of the St. Louis Streetcar Plan as an Illustrative Project in RTP 2040 B. Approval of the Fiscal Year 2014 Unified Planning Work Program C. Modification of the FY 2013-2016 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), the Metropolitan Transportation Plan – RTP 2040, and the related Air Quality Conformity Determination – Requested by Missouri Project Sponsors D. Regional Security Expenditures 5. OTHER BUSINESS 6. ADJOURNMENT Chair Alan Dunstan Chairman, Madison County Board Vice Chair Memo to: Board of Directors Francis G. Slay Mayor, City of St. Louis 2nd Vice Chair From: Staff Mark A. Kern Chairman, St. Clair County Board Executive Committee Subject: Project Notifications Charlie A. Dooley County Executive St. Louis County Date: April 9, 2013 Steve Ehlmann County Executive St. Charles County John Griesheimer Presiding Commissioner Franklin County Attached is the Project Notification list for April 2013. The compiled list is a result of the Ken Waller weekly list of projects from the Missouri State Clearinghouse for comments. The listing County Executive Jefferson County contains a summary table which includes grant applications, announcements, and public Delbert Wittenauer Chairman, Board of Commissioners notices. If you have any questions regarding this attachment, please contact Gary Pondrom Monroe County in the Community Planning department. Members John Hamm III President, Southwestern Illinois Metropolitan & Regional Planning Commission Ted Hoskins St. Louis County Teresa Kreitler Jefferson County John Miller Vice President, Southwestern Illinois Council of Mayors Jack Minner Madison County Roy Mosley St. Clair County Alvin L. Parks, Jr. Mayor, City of East St. Louis Lewis Reed President, Board of Aldermen City of St. Louis Thomas P. Schneider St. Louis County Municipal League Jim Vernier President, Southwestern Illinois Council of Mayors John White St. Charles County Regional Citizens Richard Kellett John A. Laker Brandon Perry James A. Pulley Dave Stoecklin Non-voting Members Charles Ingersoll Illinois Department of Transportation Kevin Keith Missouri Department of Transportation Edie Koch Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity John Nations Gateway Tower Metro One Memorial Drive, Suite 1600 Doug Nelson St. Louis, MO 63102-2451 Missouri Office of Administration 314-421-4220 Executive Director 618-274-2750 Ed Hillhouse Fax 314-231-6120 Assistant Executive Director [email protected] James M. Wild www.ewgateway.org Project Reviews for East-West Gateway Council of Governments April 2013 JURISDICTION APPLICANT PROJECT DESCRIPTION FEDERAL FEDERAL FUNDING: STATE TOTAL AGENCY GRANT/LOAN LOCAL/OTHER City of St. Louis Board of Police Project Safe Neighborhoods - To provide funding for the DOJ $299,995 $299,995 Commissioners Project Safe Neighborhoods 2013 program #1309029 Multi-County Legal Services of Legal Assistance for Victims - To provide funding for its DOJ $400,000 $400,000 Eastern Missouri Lasting Solutions Project #1309036 Jefferson County County of Jefferson Supervised Visitation, Safe Havens for Children - To DOJ $349,972 $349,972 #1309037 provide funding for the Jefferson County Safe Havens Program City of St. Louis Queen of Peace Center Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services_Projects of HHS $249,705 $249,705 #1309042 Regional Significance - To provide funding for its Targeted Capacity Expansion Peer-to-Peer Program Jefferson County Windsor C-1 School Drug-Free Communities Support Program Grants - To HHS $125,000 Applicant: $19,684 $253,177 District provide funding for the Jefferson County P.R.I.D.E. Local: $108,493 #1309045 Program St. Charles Youth in Need, Inc. Transitional Living for Homeless Youth - To provide HHS $190,000 Applicant: $21,463 $211,463 County #1309062 funding for its Youth in Need Transitional Living Program Franklin County Ziglin Signs, Inc. Business and Industry Loans - To provide funding to USDA $550,000 $550,000 #1309065 restructure debt and to expand operation St. Charles County of St. Charles DNA Backlog Reduction Program - To provide funding for DOJ $85,000 $85,000 County #1310010 FY 2013 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - St. Charles County MINUTES EAST-WEST GATEWAY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS MARCH 27, 2013 The regular meeting of the Board of Directors was held in the Council offices on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. Members in Attendance Alan Dunstan, Chair; Chairman, Madison County Board Mark Kern, 2nd Vice-Chair; Chairman, St. Clair County Board Bruce Carmitchel, IDOT Charlie Dooley, County Executive, St. Louis County Steve Ehlmann, County Executive, St. Charles County John Griesheimer, Presiding Commissioner, Franklin County Ed Hassinger, MoDOT Ted Hoskins, Mayor, City of Berkeley Terri Kreitler, Jefferson County John A. Laker, Regional Citizen, St. Clair County John Miller, Mayor, City of Collinsville; Vice-President, SW IL Council of Mayors Jack Minner, Board Member, Madison County John Nations, Metro Alvin Parks, Jr., Mayor, City of East St. Louis Brandon Perry, Regional Citizen, City of St. Louis James Pulley, Regional Citizen, St. Clair County Thomas Schneider, Mayor, City of Florissant; President, St. Louis County Municipal League Dave Stoecklin, Regional Citizen, Madison County, IL Jim Vernier, Mayor, Village of Shiloh; President, SW IL Council of Mayors Ken Waller, County Executive, Jefferson County John White, Councilman, St. Charles County Delbert Wittenauer, Chairman, Monroe County Board Members Absent John Hamm, III, Mayor, City of Madison; President, Southwestern Illinois Planning Commission Richard Kellett, Regional Citizen, St. Louis County Edie Koch, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Roy Mosley, Board Member, St. Clair County Doug Nelson, Missouri Office of Administration Lewis Reed, President, Board of Aldermen, City of St. Louis Francis Slay, Vice-Chair; Mayor, City of St. Louis Others in Attendance Tracy Beidleman, Metro Tom Curran, St. Louis County Joe Gray, IDOT Stephen Gregali, City of St. Louis Ken Leiser, St. Louis Post Dispatch Mark Lindgren, St. Louis Regional Chamber Joe Reagan, St. Louis Regional Chamber Stephanie Leon Streeter, St. Louis County Others in Attendance, cont’d Jim Stack, IDOT EWGCOG Staff: Ed Hillhouse, Jim Wild, Staci Alvarez, Royce Bauer, Jerry Blair, Wayne Flesch, Nick Gragnani, Paul Hubbman, Peter Koeppel, Karen Kunkel, Gyanesh Lama, Alexis McGrail, Rachael Pawlak, John Posey, Mary Rocchio, Lubna Shoab, Himmer Soberanis, Shay Steelman, DJ Wilson, David Wilson CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Mr. Dunstan, Chair. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 27, 2013 Motion was made by Mr. Griesheimer, seconded by Mr. Mosley, to approve the minutes of the February 27, 2013 meeting. Motion carried, all voting aye. DISCUSSION ITEMS Draft 2014 Unified Planning Work Program Jim Wild, EWGCOG, summarized the Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP), noting that the federally required document is produced annually by the Council and outlines regional planning activities to be carried out over the next fiscal year. The UPWP also serves as a basis for contracts with all of the Council’s federal funding agencies. Mr. Wild briefly summarized the budget of $22.7 million for projects encompassed under Research, Analysis, Planning and Community Engagement classifications. He advised that the final document would be presented for approval at the next Board meeting, and added that questions and comments should be addressed to either him or Royce Bauer, EWG. Regional Plan for Sustainable Development – Public Awareness Campaign and Local Government Workshops David Wilson, EWGCOG, reported that the Regional Plan for Sustainable Development has been rebranded as OneSTL – Many Communities One Future. He briefly summarized work that has been conducted to date, and upcoming workshops that will take place in August and September and are vital to development of the draft plan. He advised that the plan would be presented to the Board in draft in September, and in final in October. Additionally, an open session introducing a toolkit for best practices for local governments would preclude EWGCOG’s Annual Meeting this November. He noted that implementation of the plan is expected to occur by next summer. St. Louis Regional Chamber’s Initiative to Position St. Louis as one of the Top-Ten Metros in College Attainment Joe Reagan, St. Louis Regional Chamber, and Mark Lindgren, Ameren, reported on and requested support for a concerted regional drive to reposition the region among the top ten nationally for college attainment. The endeavor is being led by the Regional Chamber Talent Council, which is a group consisting of the St. Louis Regional Chamber, regional leaders, numerous non-profit agencies, and area university leaders. He advised that a summit focusing on ways to achieve and support the goals is planned for May 2. Additional information regarding the summit will be provided in the near future. Additional discussion followed regarding what other entities or persons should be engaged in the endeavor. 2 ACTION ITEMS Policy Regarding Semi-Annual Conformity Determination Jason Lange, EWGCOG, summarized staff’s recommendation