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HomeMy Public PortalAbout20121206techcommitteeminutesMINUTES TECHNICAL COMMITTEE CAPITAL AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION December 6, 2012 10:00 a.m. VOTING MEMBERS PRESENT Cole County: Larry Benz Eric Landwehr Holts Summit: Brian Crane* Jefferson City: David Bange Eric Barmn Bill Lockwood Matt Morasch Alan Morrison Bill Lehman, Designee for Richard Turner Missouri DOT: Steve Engelbrecht *Arrived Late VOTING MEMBERS ABSENT Paul Winkelmann, Callaway County Ron Craft, Jefferson City Janice McMillan, Jefferson City Bob Lynch, MoDOT Bill Robinett, MoDOT Tom Kolb, Private Transportation Interest EX -OFFICIO MEMBERS PRESENT Angie Hoecker, Missouri Department of Transportation Michael Latuszek, Federal Highway Administration STAFF PRESENT (Non -Voting) Sonny Sanders, Planner I Anne Stratman, Administrative Assistant, City of Jefferson 1. Call to order, roll call, and determination of a quorum Mr. Landwehr called the meeting to order at 10:07 a.m. A quorum was present with 10 voting members or their designee present. 2. Public comment None received. 3. Adoption of the agenda as printed or amended Mr. Benz moved and Mr. Morasch seconded to adopt the agenda as printed. The motion passed unanimously. 4. Approval of the minutes from the meeting of September 6, 2012 Mr. Benz moved and Mr. Lockwood seconded to approve the minutes from the meeting of September 6, 2012 as written. The motion passed unanimously. 5. Communications from the presiding officer A. Chris Galloway pertaining to Missouri Boulevard Sidewalks 6. Old Business None. Minutes/Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization December 6, 2012 Technical Committee Page 2 7. New Business A. Long Range Transportation Plan 1. Discussion of Metropolitan Transportation Plan Goals and Objectives Mr. Morrison distributed handouts discussing goals and objectives for the Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP). With the aid of a PowerPoint presentation he described how federal legislation recently passed by congress unambiguously stated that the goal of the MTP was to accomplish the eight planning factors, which are specifically identified as the objectives of the metropolitan transportation plan and the plaiming process. He suggested that having one general goal and using the Planning Factors as objectives would be in keeping with the federal intent of the long range plan, would simplify incorporation of performance based planning, another of the federal legislative requirements of the MTP, and should help in coordinating performance measures and targets with MoDOT, as they adjust their planning activities to conform to new federal requirements for State Transportation Departments. Technical Committee Discussion: The Technical Committee agreed that one goal gives you more latitude to move around and is easier to track, whereas multiple goals do not give you as much flexibility. They wanted to ensure that the goal is not so vague and obscure that there is no way of meeting it. 2. List of Projects for the Metropolitan Transportation Plan & the Transportation Improvement Program Mr. Morrison requested that Committee members send a list of their fiscally constrained 5 and 10 year projects, as well as, maintenance and operation budgets, road budgets and illustrative projects in order to prepare several parts of the metropolitan transportation plan scheduled for completion in less than six months. He asked that Committee members send those projects and budgets within two weeks from today. 3. Revisions to the Urbanized Area Boundary and Metropolitan Planning Boundary Mr. Crane arrived at 10:41 a.m. Mr. Sanders explained that we need to have our metropolitan planning area boundary approved by Missouri's Governor before completion of the MTP in April, 2013. He stated that at the bare minimum, we must include the census defined urban area from the 2010 Census. This would mean that we are required to include an area off of Highway 54 and an area off of Shamrock Road not currently in the metropolitan planning area boundary. Mr. Sanders explained that we are also required to include areas likely to become urbanized within 20 years. Following this line of thought, Mr. Sanders explained that if the MPO only includes just the urban area, we would not be following the federal regulations to include areas likely to be urbanized. Or, Mr. Sanders explained, we have the capability to expand the planning boundary to include the entire four county area of our metropolitan statistical area. Or, he stated, we could just include all of Cole and Callaway Counties. Mr. Sanders explained that we can also consider removing areas within the metropolitan planning area that are not likely to become urbanized in 20 years such as some rural areas in Callaway County. Whichever way the MPO decides to go with the planning boundary, he stated that staff recommends using Traffic Analysis Zone boundaries (TAZs) as much as possible instead of census blocks or block groups. The Census Bureau will be sending the MPO a Census Transportation Planning Package that contains a great deal of data that will be suppressed in regular census tables, and therefore unavailable to us if we use only standard census data tables. Mr. Crane commented that some of the forecasts showed a contraction in our population. He stated that the growth is not going to be as big because the forecasts from the Travel Demand Model show a shrinking effect. Mr. Sanders explained that the trend is showing that the population is leaving the core of the cities and growing on the fringe areas of the cities. Mr. Morrison explained that in the previous Metropolitan Transportation Plan we did not have the TAZ information available. He suggested using the TAZs rather than the census boundaries in determining the shape and extent of the planning boundary. Mr. Morrison explained that we will get much better data, analysis and research out of the TAZs than with the census boundaries. Minutes/Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization December 6, 2012 Technical Committee Page 3 Mr. Morrison indicated that while Taos and Wardsville are not included the 2010 Census as being in the urban area, staff is very comfortable in forecasting that Wardsville will be included in the urban area with the 2020 census. And Taos will be urban within 20 years. He stated that staff recommends including Taos and Wardsville in the planning boundary. Mr. Benz commented that he would rather keep the MPO as small as possible. He stated that staff should put together options and a recommendation with justification and bring it forward for discussion. Mr. Benz explained that we should keep the planning area boundary in the true urbanized areas where the growth is supposed to be. He stated that he would like to see it contracted back to where the areas could be justified. Mr. Sanders explained that we could keep the boundary the way it is and add the two areas that are now urbanized and remove some of the_outlying areas_ He stated that the reason we. are reenmmending the -'1 AZ - boundaries is because that is where all of the census data is. Mr. Crane commented that we cannot keep the planning area as small as possible by using the TAZ approach. Mr. Latuszek explained that you might want to take into consideration any future performance measures that are depending on data that is specific to a TAZ. He explained that by splitting a TAZ it will be very difficult to determine where your performance target is and what goal you met. Mr. Sanders asked if we use the existing urban area and we also adopt the adjusted urban area will the federal government say that we are not doing our due diligence by not including areas that are likely to become urbanized within 20 years. Mr. Latuszek explained that even though there are vast areas between some cities it still behooves an MPO to plan for as much area as they think will be urbanized. He stated that there are state governments that insist that MPOs follow larger political boundaries like entire counties and not split cities and counties. Mr. Sanders inquired of the financial implication of a large MPO boundary versus a small MPO boundary. Mr. Latuszek explained that money is spread further but the money is still available for a larger area. He stated that sub -allocated Surface Transportation Program (STP) funds are available to entire counties not just a shrunken Metropolitan Planning Area. Mr. Benz commented that it is not a benefit to Cole or Callaway County to expand the boundary. He suggested contracting the boundary in Callaway County and approaching them again to participate financially in the MPO. Mr. Crane commented that Holts Summit and Callaway County would like to see the boundary contracted as much as possible. Mr. Sanders inquired whether the draft map should show the boundary contracting down to the adjusted urban area or just to the urban area. Mr. Engelbrecht explained that the adjusted urban area would have the remainder of St. Martins and Holts Summit. He suggested following the census for the area on Highway 54 and Shamrock Road. Mr. Crane left at 11:24 a.m. The Technical Committee agreed to recommend removal of the rural area that Taos annexed from the MPA. Mr. Morrison stated that they will put together a draft proposal for the next Technical Committee meeting. B. Travel Demand Model Report, Findings Mr. Morasch moved and Mr. Bange seconded to recommend approval of the travel demand model to the Board of Directors. The motion passed unanimously. Minutes/Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Technical Committee December 6, 2012 Page 4 8. Other Business A. Adopt the 2013 Meeting Schedule Mr. Morasch moved and Mr. Benz seconded to adopt the 2013 meeting schedule. The motion passed unanimously. 9. Next Meeting Date - Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in the Boone/Bancroft Room. 10. Adjournment Mr. Benz moved and Mr. Morasch seconded to adjourn the meeting at 11:30 a.m. Respectfully submitted, Anne Stratman, Administrative Assistant