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Technical Advisory Committee Minutes 08/30/2019September 30, 2019 Page 1 TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE of the COLLIER COUNTY METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION Conference Rooms 609 & 610 2800 North Horseshoe Drive Naples FL 34104 September 30, 2019 9:30 a.m. Meeting Minutes 1. Call to Order Ms. Lantz called the meeting to order at approximately 9:32 a.m. 2. Roll Call Mr. Ortman called the roll and confirmed a quorum was present. TAC Members Present Don Scott, Lee County MPO Tim Pinter, City of Marco Island Tim Brock, Everglades City Lorraine Lantz, Collier County Transportation Planning, Chair April Olson, Conservancy (non-voting) Michelle Arnold, PTNE Andy Holland, City of Naples Daniel Smith, City of Marco Island Debra Brueggeman, Collier County Airport Members Absent John Kasten, CCPS Gregg Strakaluse, City of Naples Ute Vandersluis, City of Naples Airport Authority Dan Hall, Collier County Traffic Operations Sean McCabe, Regional Planning Organization MPO Staff Eric Ortman, Senior Planner Karen Intriago, Administrative Assistant Brandy Otero, Principle Planner Josey Medina, Senior Planner Others Present Victoria Peters, FDOT Pierre-Marie Beauvoir, Collier Traffic Ops Patty Huff, Florida Bicycle Association Bill Gramer, Project Manager, Jacobs Engineering Tara Jones, Deputy Project Manager, Jacobs Engineering Michelle Ison, Minute Taker September 30, 2019 Page 2 3. Approval of the Agenda Mr. Holland moved to approve the agenda. Second by Mr. Pinter. Carried unanimously. 4. Approval of the August 26, 2109 Meeting Minutes Ms. Lantz commented that the date on the minutes is incorrect, please change to August 26. The minutes also incorrectly state that there was not a quorum present. Mr. Holland moved to approve minutes with these changes, Mr. Pinter seconded. Motion carried unanimously. 5. Public Comments for Items not on the Agenda None 6. Agency Updates A. FDOT E-Public Hearing Week October 21-25. FY25 Draft Tentative Work Program showing new FY25 will be released soon. . Draft Tentative will be online along with a comment card. Ms. Peters and Mr. Ortman will be doing public outreach on October 21, 2019 12pm-3pm at the Orange Blossom Library. Public Meeting to be held on October 10, 2019 from 4:30pm – 6:30pm at UF/IFAS Ext Office in Immokalee regarding FDOT’s construction project on SR82 from Gator Slough to SR29. This is the last segment of construction; construction has been pushed out due to utility issues. A final decision on a potential roundabout for intersection of SR82 and SR29 has not benn made. FDOT staff, project managers and engineers will be present to meet with community and answer questions. Mobility Week is scheduled for October 25-November 1. On November 2nd, Mr. Peters will be at the Immokaee Ciclovia from 10-12 a.m. to distribute bike information. SU Box in FY20 has grown to over $2 million through Work Program balancing. FDOT has identified some projects that might be able to be advanced and is asking for the committee’s input on these and other projects that may be “shovel ready”. To avoid a Work Program amendment, the cost estimate for each project must be below $543,000. Discussion followed; there are many outstanding questions and details to be clarified. Ms. Peters will send a detailed email to the committee. B. MPO Executive Director None. 7. Committee Action A. Endorse 2045 Long Range Transportation (LRTP) Public Involvement Plan and Goals, Objectives and Decision-Making Framework Technical Memo Ms. Tara Jones, Jacobs Engineering, presented an overview of the 2045 LRTP Framework which reflects comments from previous TAC and Board meetings. Complete Streets has been incorporated into the goals. A white paper was written to identify the framework used to prioritize goals; each goal has been given a weighted score. Disucssion followed on the the goals and associated weighting. Ms. Jones noted that she September 30, 2019 Page 3 would look at whether the evaluation critieria could quantifiable the impact to water flow resulting from a potential project. Ms. Arnold motioned to endorse the 2045 LRTP Goals, Objectives and Decision-Making Framework Technical Memo with the following changes.  Goal 2 Environmental: o Increase primary panther habitat weight to 4% and delete “wetland encroachment”. o Reduce secondary panther habitat weight to 0%  Goal 10 Consider Climate Change Vulnerability: reduce weight to 4%  Goal 11 Consider Autonomous and Connected Vehicles: reduce weight to 4%  Goal 3 (Connectivity), 6 (Safety), 7 (Multimodal) 8 (Promote the Integrated Planning) increase weight by 2% each. Mr. Brock seconded. Carried unanimously. Ms. Jones – the Public Involvement Plan has been updated to include more information on social media outreach and public engagement and to reflect committee comments. Ms. Lantz requested a final edit to correct any remaining typos before the plan is presented to the MPO. Mr. Holland motioned to endorse the Public Involvement Plan with the committee’s comments. Mr. Pinter seconded. Carried unanimously. B. Endorse Amendment 4 to FY 18/19 -19/20 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) Ms. Otero - Amendment 4 to the UPWP includes a net zero change to PL funding; $5,000 was moved from the TIP and reallocated to Special Projects and Systems Planning to cover the cost of GIS software. Changes have been made to the FTA 5305 and TD budgets in the UPWP. In order to spend down the 5305 funding from FY 15/16 and 16/17, it is necessary to identify the funding in the UPWP as revenue so it can be allocated to a study. Carryforward funding in the amount of $133,600 has been added, along with the final allocation for the TD grant and the FY 19/20 FTA 5305grant. The after amendment budget will be $1,3042,099. Ms. Lantz - the money which is currently allocated to the FTA source should reflect that it includes aa local match. Ms. Otero will make the changes before bringing it to the Board. Mr. Holland made a motion to endorse Amendment 4, Mr. Scott seconded. Carried unanimously. C. Re-endorse 2019 Congestion Management Project Priorities List with Updated Project Descriptions and Costs Ms. Otero - FDOT has completed constructability reviews of all of the projects. At FDOT’s request the scope for the left turn from US41 to Golden Gate Parkway has been revised to inclu de a permanent solution rather than an interim restriping improvement. This has resulted in a cost increase from $55,000 to $1.4 million. Collier County is replacing the intersections on Pine Ridge Road with 13 intersections on Santa Barbara and Golden Gate Parkway in the apadtive traffic control system which is the ninth ranked project. Mr. Pinter motioned to endorse CMC Project Priorities List, Mr. Holland seconded. Carried unanimously. 8. Reports and Presentations None September 30, 2019 Page 4 9. Member Comments Mr. Scott – added item to CUTS agenda on how to address MCORES. Ms. Arnold - PTNE is participating in mobility week with FDOT and BlueZones. PTNE won a first place safety award and second place for marketing initiatives at the FTPA Conference; Commissioner Fiala won a Lifetime Achievement Award. Ms. Lantz - on the 2020 meeting schedule, the TAC meeting on 8/24 is not the last Monday of the month, it should be 8/31. The CMS meets on the third Wednesday; the July 17 meeting should be July 15. The MPO Board meeting is scheduled for 9/11/2020, will the Board want to meet on that date? 10. Distribution Items A. AdministriativeModification FY20-24 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) B. Administrative Modification to FY18- 19-19/20 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) 11. Next Meeting Date October 28, 2019 9:30 a.m. 12. Adjourn With no further comments Ms. Lantz adjourned the meeting at 11:07 a.m.