Technical Advisory Committee Meeting Tuesday, July 23, 2019 @ 2:00 PM SEIRPC Transit Training Room 211 N Gear Avenue, Suite 100 West Burlington, IA 52655 ORDER OF BUSINESS: • Call to order and Introductions • Discussion and Recommendation of Fort Madison STBG Amendment (Business 61 (Highway 2), 10th Street to 20th Street) Point to Accomplish: Discuss the proposed project amendment and make a recommendation to the SEIRPC Policy Board • Discussion and Recommendation of Mount Pleasant TAP Amendment (Recreational Trail – Phase VI) Point to Accomplish: Discuss the proposed project amendment and make a recommendation to the SEIRPC Policy Board • Adjourn
TIP Revision Types • There are two types of revisions – Administrative Modification and Amendment • An ADMINISTRATIVE MODIFICATION is a revision which involves a minor change to a project included in the TIP. This can include any of the following: • An administrative modification has simplified procedures which allow more flexibility in the processing of changes. • It does not require TAC review, a public comment period, proof of fiscal constraint, or a public hearing. • Although the Policy Board may be notified of an administrative modification, SEIRPC staff is allowed to process it without the Board’s formal approval.
TIP Revision Types • An AMENDMENT is a revision which involves the addition or deletion of a project, a major change in the design concept, or any change in project scope of a given project. An amendment can include any of the following:
TIP Revision Types • There are two types of amendments: • A Major Amendment requires review by the Technical Advisory Committee, a public review and comment period, proof of fiscal constraint, and a public hearing at the Policy Board Meeting.
Fort Madison STBG Amendment Sponsor: City of Fort Madison Project: Business 61 (Highway 2), 10th Street to 20th Street • Awarded funding for FFY2020, as scored by SEIRPC and TAC in 2016 • Reasons for request: o The City would like to accelerate construction of the ‘one - way pair’ section of Business 61 (Avenues H and L, and 18th and 20th Streets) by removing that portion from this Federal Aid project and making it an entirely local project
Fort Madison STBG Amendment Further Context: • This is part of a multi-phase effort to resurface and/or rehabilitate the former US Highway 61 corridor through the City of Fort Madison • Route was transferred to the City from the Iowa DOT, after the bypass opened in 2011 • It is one of 4 separate projects currently programmed for Regional STBG funds along this corridor • 2014 application – Avenue H from 2nd to 6th Street • 2015 application – Avenue H from 6th to 10th Street • 2016 application – Avenue H from 10th to 18th Street, plus 1-way pairs between 18th and 20th • 2018 application – Avenue L from 20th to 30th Streets
Fort Madison STBG Amendment Challenges Encountered: • The first project, Avenue H from 2nd Street to 6th Street, has encountered significant delays, due to Federal Aid review process • SHPO review - Roadway passes through the historic location of the original Fort Madison • New Federal Aid Swap process – this was one of the first Swap STBG projects processed statewide • That project is now being let for bids this month (July 2019) – however, this has set back the progress of the subsequent phases • 2nd phase (6th to 10th Streets) tentatively set for Summer 2020 letting
Fort Madison STBG Amendment Funding Totals • The applicant is not asking for additional TAP money – their request remains at $1.9 million. • The total project cost has decreased considerably, with the one-way pairs removed • $7.7 million, with the STBG request at $1.9 million (25%) • As amended, the total is now $4.2 million, a decrease of $3.5 million, or 46% • At the original extent, the STBG request was 25% of the total cost – as amended, it is now 46%
Fort Madison STBG Amendment SEIRPC Scored Portions • System Preservation • Original Project: SEIRPC awarded Fort Madison 200 out of 200 points • Amended Project: No significant changes to traffic counts or pavement condition; no impact to the scoring formula • Safety • Original Project: SEIRPC awarded Fort Madison 18 out of 200 points • Amended Project: % of costs toward Safety improvements still not high enough to receive points; accident rate was lower for the 10th to 18th portion than the 1-way pairs – with the scoring formula, this change resulted in 0 points instead of 18 • Accessibility and Mobility • Original Project: SEIRPC awarded Fort Madison 79 out of 125 points • Amended Project: With a higher projected AADT (with the 1-way pairs removed), the formula results in 81 points instead
Fort Madison STBG Amendment SEIRPC Scored Portions • Integration and Connectivity • Original Project: SEIRPC awarded Fort Madison 25 out of 25 points • Amended Project: Project still improves connectivity to a road classified as arterial or higher • Local and Regional Factors • Original Project: SEIRPC awarded Fort Madison 75 out of 100 points • Amended Project: Local match % was decreased from 75 to 54, but anything above 50% gets the maximum of 25 points; project is still supported by local planning documents • Amended project scores slightly lower than the original – 381 out of 650 (instead of 397) • With SEIRPC-scored portion alone, the Fort Madison project still scores the highest (by far), with #2 scoring 266
Fort Madison STBG Amendment TAC Scored Portions • Economic Vitality • Original Project: Average TAC score of 212.1 out of 275 • Amended Project: Even with the 1-way pairs removed, all of the economic benefits listed are the same for the 10th to 18th segment alone (although access to the barge and rail switching facilities on 20th Street rely on the 1-way pairs for the last leg of the route on Business 61) • Integration and Connectivity • Original Project: Average TAC score of 44.9 out of 50 • Amended Project : Same impact as for ‘Economic Vitality’ – barge and railroad facilities are cited here as well (argument can still be made since 1-way pairs will be completed by the time this project occurs) • Local and Regional Factors – Contribution to Local AND Regional Transportation System • Original Project: Average TAC score of 21.4 out of 25 • Amended Project: The portion remaining is still an important component of both the local and regional network (for its role in east-west travel through Fort Madison, and into Illinois on the toll bridge) • In 2016, with TAC-scored portion alone (minus high and low scores), Fort Madison was in the lead with 277 points (Burlington-Washington St. was second, with 261 points)
Fort Madison STBG Amendment Burlington scored highest with this same project the following year; set to receive Was originally full funding request ($867K) 676.1 points Updated STBG Project Scores Fort Madison SEIRPC - 381 TAC - 277.1 Total – 658.1 Total – 526.6 Burlington - Washington SEIRPC - 266 TAC - 260.6 Total – 436.7 Mount Pleasant SEIRPC - 191 TAC – 245.7 Total – 343.7 Montrose 102 TAC – 241.7 14 Burlington - BUS Total – 170.4 TAC – 156.4 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700
Lesson Learned When are you EVER going to fix the %*#!ing roads??! Federal $$
Mount Pleasant TAP Amendment Sponsor: City of Mount Pleasant Recreational Trail – Phase VI Project: • Awarded funding for FFY2022, as scored by SEIRPC and TAC in 2019 • Planned for construction in Spring/Summer 2020 • Reasons for request: o Preliminary engineering had already begun, but several landowners failed to grant easements for the trail along Yocum Lane o Right-of-way for Yocum Lane too narrow to place 10-foot trail o Original alignment did not extend all the way into Saunders Park – an alternative route offers this opportunity o An amendment at this time will allow the project to remain on schedule for Spring/Summer 2020
Mount Pleasant TAP Amendment Portion of Yocum Lane where easement Jefferson St. facing north, just south of Yocum Lane could not be acquired • Trail alignment will still follow Jefferson from South • Street to Yocum Lane (just under 1/3 mile), but Was originally a County road (designed to alignment will be shifted from west to east side rural standards) • • Trail will now follow Jefferson Street 4 blocks further When transferred to the City, the ROW to the north (turning to the west at Warren Street) was not sufficiently widened to allow for improvement of the road to urban • Had previously gone 2 blocks west on Yocum, then standards two blocks north on White Street to Front
Mount Pleasant TAP Amendment Warren Street does not have sufficient ROW for a 10-foot wide trail on either side (for 2 blocks between Jefferson and White Streets) • Proposed amendment will involve a ‘boulevard trail’ – one 6-foot wide pathway on each side of the street, both one-way; these would converge into one to the west side of White Street
Mount Pleasant TAP Amendment
Mount Pleasant TAP Amendment Park Hospital Pool A seldom-used, narrow one-lane street currently cuts through from Warren & Van Buren Streets to Saunders Park Drive, passing north of Henry County Health Center and entering the park (about 0.17 miles) • Proposed amendment will have this road closed, and replaced by the trail, which will feed into the Warren Street segment
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