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HomeMy Public PortalAbout2023-09-07 minutesMINUTES TECHNICAL COMMITTEE CAPITAL AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION September 7, 2023 VOTING MEMBERS PRESENT Cole County: Shannon Kliethermes Matt Prenger, Vice Chairman Jefferson City: David Bange, Chair Eric Barron Matt Morasch (Left at 11:47) Britt Smith Clint Smith Aaron Grefrath, designee for Todd Spalding MoDOT: Joanie Prenger, designee for Steve Engelbrecht Mike Henderson Wardsville: Rachel Busche VOTING MEMBERS ABSENT Paul Winkelmann, Callaway County Mark Tate, Holts Summit Kevin Schwarz, Bike/Ped Interest Gerry Stegeman, City of Jefferson Daniel Roeger, MODOT EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS ABSENT Eva Steinman, Federal Transit Administration Jason Branstetter, Heartland Port Authority Dan Weitkamp, Federal Highway Administration STAFF PRESENT (Non-Voting) Katrina Williams, Senior Planner Kortney Bliss, Planner Tiphanie Pearson, Administrative Assistant GUESTS PRESENT Eric Bowers - City of Jefferson Stephi Smith -News Tribune Anne Stratman – City of Jefferson Gary Plummer – Jefferson City Chamber of Commerce Harry Otto – Cole County Commissioner Doug Reese – City of St. Martins Eric Landwehr – Cole County Shane Wade – City of Jefferson 1. Call to order, roll call, and determination of a quorum Mr. Bange called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. and asked Ms. Pearson to call roll. A quorum of 11 voting members or designees were present. 2. Public comment Gary Plummer, Jefferson City Chamber of Commerce – Tri-level and Rex M Whitten Expressway Minutes/Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Technical Committee September 7, 2023 Page 2 - May be time to take another look at the preliminary engineering for the tri-level to see if there is a solution – because of accidents that have occurred, there has been attention put on it. No questions, Mr. Smith agreed we need to have a conversation to prepare for this in the future. Stated that this project is listed as number 2 on the unfunded needs list. 3. Adoption of the agenda as printed or amended Mr. Morasch moved and Mr. Smith seconded to adopt the agenda as printed. The motion passed unanimously. 4. Approval of the minutes from the meeting of August 3, 2023. Mr. Morasch moved and Mr. Smith seconded to approve the minutes from the meeting of August 3, 2023 as written. The motion passed unanimously. 5. Communications Received None 6. Old Business No old business 7. New Business A. Transportation Alternative Program Grant Rankings Ms. Bliss discussed that CAMPO is required to review and rank applications for funding through the Transportation Alternative Program (TAP) that are located within the CAMPO planning area. Nine applications within the CAMPO area were received by MoDOT Central District for this funding round. Staff are requesting review of the applications by the Technical Committee and ranking recommendation to the Board of Directors. Project Submittals within CAMPO Area that were presented by Ms. Bliss • Boggs Creek Trail (Jefferson City) - The project involves a 10-foot wide concrete multi-use trail that would begin at the intersection of E. McCarty Street and St. Louis Road and run along Boggs creek before traversing the creek followed by connection to the existing Riverside Park trail system. Project cost is $959,703.00 with a 48% local match proposed. Mr. Bange provided some detail on the project. o No discussion by committee members • Stadium and Satinwood Pedestrian Improvement (Jefferson City) – The project involves construction of a 10-foot-wide concrete multi-use trail, beginning at the existing Stadium multi- use trail and would extend over the creek on a pedestrian bridge before following West Stadium Boulevard to arrive at the Stadium Boulevard and Satinwood Drive intersection. After moving through the intersection, one extension of the trail would continue southward along Satinwood Drive while the other extension would continue eastward along West Stadium Boulevard to a point where the boulevard intersects Lynnwood Drive. Project cost is $627,645.00 with a 20% local match proposed. Mr. Bange provided some detail on the project. o No discussion by committee members • Bolivar Street Sidepath (Jefferson City) – The project involves construction of a 10-foot wide concrete multiuse trail along Bolivar Street at a beginning point roughly 200 feet north of Missouri Boulevard and extending to W. Main Street. The project includes striping of a two-way cycle track on the Bolivar Street Bridge over Highway 50/63. The multi-use trail would form a connection between the following existing features: Wears Creek Greenway, access to Pat Jones Pedestrian Bridge over the Missouri River, and Katy Trail State Park. Project cost is $342,236.00 with a 20% local match proposed. Mr. Bange provided some detail on the project. o Comment from Mr. Britt Smith – this issue creates a huge barrier for pedestrians and this will alleviate that. • South Country Club Sidepath (Jefferson City) - The project involves construction of a 10-foot wide concrete multi-use trail which would be located along South Country Club Drive from the Minutes/Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Technical Committee September 7, 2023 Page 3 Turtle Creek Subdivision to the existing Wears Creek Greenway Trail at Fairgrounds Road. The beginning point of the proposed project would connect to an existing 10-foot-wide multi-use trail and its end point would connect to Wears Creek Greenway. Project cost is $212,203.00 with a 20% local match proposed. Mr. Bange provided some detail on the project. o No discussion by committee members • Colonial Hills Trail (Jefferson City) – The project involves construction of a 10-foot wide concrete multi-use trail which would be situated along a tributary of Wears Creek between Satinwood Drive and Bunker Hill Road, crossing over the ditch/creek at two different points. Project cost is $400,861.00 with a 20% local match proposed. Mr. Bange provided some detail on the project. o No discussion by committee members • Stadium Trail (Jefferson City) - The project involves construction of a 10-foot-wide concrete multi-use trail which would begin along West Stadium Boulevard at a point where the boulevard intersects Lynnwood Drive; extending irregularly southward towards Timber Trail before moving irregularly northward to meet the intersection of West Stadium Boulevard and Edgewood Drive. Project cost is $769,410.00 with a 35% local match proposed. Mr. Bange provided some detail on the project. o No discussion by committee members • St. Martins Non-Driver Pathway Connector & Safety Enhancements (St. Martins) – The project involves a combined approximate 1,880 linear feet of 5-foot-wide sidewalk which would follow Carel Road from the intersection of Carel Road and Business 50 West to Henwick Lane. Once on Henwick Lane, the sidewalk will continue another approximate 1,400 linear feet until Henwick Lane intersects with Business 50 West. Project cost is $647,363.61 with a 20% local match proposed. Mr. Reece provided some detail on the project. o Question from Mr. Morasch – Will new subdivisions being built have sidewalks? Answer from Mr. Reece – No o Question from Mr. Morasch – Do you follow county building standards? Answer from Mr. Reece - Yes • Falcon Lane Pedestrian Improvements Phase 2 (Wardsville) – The project involves pedestrian improvements that include placement of sidewalk on the east side of Falcon Lane between two drive entrances in front of Blair Oaks High School. Project cost is $133,359.05 with a 20% local match proposed. Ms. Busche provided some detail on the project. o No discussion by committee members • Rainbow Drive Sidewalk (Cole County) – The project involves construction of 5-foot-wide concrete sidewalk beginning from a point on the south side of Rainbow Drive where Rainbow Drive intersects Hunters Run Road and continuing to the intersection of Henwick Lane and Rainbow Drive. At this intersection will be a pedestrian crossing which sidewalk will extend from and continue along the north side of Rainbow Drive; ending at where Terra Bella Drive and Rainbow Drive meet. Project cost is $721,000 with a 30.7% local match proposed. Mr. Prenger provided some detail on the project. o No discussion by committee members • Discussion regarding rankings commenced. For the purposes of discussion, CAMPO staff provided the following observations: o A little over half of the available points are focused on the clarity of the scope of work and benefits of the project: connectivity, safety improvement, proximity to activity centers, and addressing barriers to access. Projects that are providing these benefits are more likely to get funded. Projects with a higher percentage match are more likely to get funded. The process is very competitive this cycle, with 40 application submittals totaling roughly $11.4 million in requested funding, but only $3.8 million is available in federal funds. o Mr. Britt Smith asked what the timeframe was for getting projects ranked. Ms. Williams stated they needed rankings today (9/7/2023). Mr. Barron stated rankings will need to be approved by the Board on September 20th. Mr. Bange stated we want rankings to be close to what MODOT would rank them, and Mrs. Prenger said the projects need to be ranked 1-9. o Mr. Morasch asked what the city’s potential total could be for federal funding since the funds must be dispersed amongst multiple municipalities. Mrs. Prenger stated roughly $3.3 million. Minutes/Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Technical Committee September 7, 2023 Page 4 o Mr. Morasch motioned the following ranking for the top three projects, and it was seconded by Mr. Britt Smith:  Boggs Creek Trail  Rainbow Drive Sidewalk  Stadium and Satinwood Pedestrian Improvement o A roll call vote commenced:  9 Aye – Mr. Bange, Mr. Barron, Ms. Busche, Mr. Henderson, Mr. Kliethermes, Mr. Morasch, Mr. Britt Smith, Mr. Clint Smith, Mr. Grefrath  1 Nay – Mr. Prenger  1 Abstain – Ms. Prenger  Ayes have it o Mr. Morasch motioned that CAMPO staff rank the remaining 6 projects, and it was seconded by Mr. Britt Smith The motion passed unanimously. B. Adjusted Urban Area Ms. Williams discussed that the MoDOT proposed Adjusted Urban Area boundaries are slightly larger than the previous boundary, and does not exclude any portions of the previous 2010 Adjusted Urban Area boundary. CAMPO staff is satisfied that the MoDOT adjustments are consistent with the federal guidelines. • Ms. Williams presented how Urban areas were proposed to be adjusted. o Mr. Morasch motioned to accept the new adjusted urban areas boundaries and it was seconded by Mr. Henderson. The motion passed unanimously. 8. Other Business A. Capital Area Active Transportation Plan Ms. Williams provided a brief update on the progress of the Capital Area Active Transportation Plan. She stated that staff is awaiting a draft and that the plan will go through a public comment period in the fall. Ms. Williams also stated the TAP projects presented earlier in the meeting are consistent the with the developing Active Transportation Plan. B. Metropolitan Transportation Plan Update Ms. Williams provided a brief update on the progress of the MTP. Staff have begun an internal update of the document and will meet the May 2023 deadline. She stated that staff will develop a public engagement plan and present it at the next meeting. Ms. Williams stated that she would be reaching out to other staff, jurisdictions, and stakeholders soon. C. Status of Current Work Tasks Ms. Williams provided an overview of the following work tasks: • 2023 Transportation Alternatives Program Grant (TAP) • US Census Bureau Urban Area Designation and Boundary review. • Capital Area Active Transportation Plan. • Metropolitan Transportation Plan. • 2024-2028 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Amendment. • Annual Listing of Obligated Projects (ALOP) – Ms. Bliss completed the ALOP document. It is a federally required annual report that includes all federally funded projects with obligations in the preceding program year. The report is available on the CAMPO website at www.jeffersoncitymo.gov/campo • JEFFTRAN Transit Facility Feasibility Study. • GIS/Technical Assistance. • 2023 Missouri Active Transportation Summit. Ms. Williams stated that the event is hosted by staff and was successful with about 75 attendees. The event is sponsored by the Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Federation Minutes/Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Technical Committee September 7, 2023 Page 5 D. Member Updates • Mr. Clint Smith asked what can we do now to prepare for the tri-level project that was brought up earlier in the meeting. o Mr. Bange asked Mr. Henderson if there are any talks in the works for getting the project going o Mr. Henderson suggested that Mr. Plummer attend the Board meeting on September 20th to give his public comment to the board • Mr. Prenger stated that within the next couple of weeks track will start being laid for the railroad • Ms. Busche stated that the mayor of Wardsville has retired • Mr. Barron asked when and for how long the road will be closed for Truman bridge o It will be closed for 10 days, not sure of the exact dates 9. Next Meeting Date – Thursday, October 5, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. in the Boone/Bancroft Room #200. 10. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 11:54 a.m. Motion to adjourn by Mr. Britt Smith, seconded by Mr. Kliethermes. Respectfully submitted, Tiphanie Pearson, Administrative Assistant