Mid-Missouri Regional Planning Commission

Transportation Advisory Committee
Meeting
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2016 at 3:30 p.m.
Southern Boone County Public Library
109 N. Main Street
Ashland, MO 65010
Agenda
I.
Call to Order ................................................................................................ Kenneth Kunze
a. Welcome and Introductions
b. Approval of Agenda
c. Review and Approval of Minutes
II.
Presentations
a. Funding Changes - Statewide Trans. Planners Meeting Recap………….MoDOT Staff
III.
MoDOT Central District Report
a. Update on Projects……………………………………………………………………..……MoDOT Staff
IV.
Local Reports
a. County/City Reports.............................................................. Member Communities
V.
Mid-MO RPC Activity Update
a. Mid-Missouri Transportation Coordination Council Update…..…Mid-MO RPC Staff
b. Announcements…………………………………………………………………………….TAC Attendees
VI.
Next Meeting – May 25th, 2016
VII.
Adjournment
Mid-Missouri Regional Planning Commission
Transportation Advisory Committee
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Meeting Minutes
Attendees:
Dan Haid
Howard McMillan
David Teter
Gary Jungermann
Steve Engelbrecht
Bruce Green
Mike Henderson
Anthony Nichols
Sonny Sanders
Larry Benz
Katrina Williams
Debra Griffin
Representing:
Boone County
Howard County
Howard County
Callaway County
MoDOT
MoDOT
MoDOT
Central Missouri Community Action
CAMP/City of Jefferson
Cole County
Mid-Missouri Regional Planning Commission (Mid-MO RPC)
Mid-MO RPC
Agenda Item I. Call to Order
Katrina Williams called the meeting to order at 3:35 pm. Introductions were made around the room by
those in attendance.
Gary Jungermann motioned to approve the agenda. Sonny Sanders seconded the motion. Motion passed
unanimously.
There was a review of the September 23, TAC meeting minutes for any additions or corrections. Gary
Jungermann motioned to approve the minutes. Dan Haid seconded the motion. Motion passed
unanimously.
Agenda Item II. Presentations
Mike Henderson - FAST ACT
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act is a $305 billion, five-year (2016-2020) legislation
to improve the nation’s surface transportation infrastructure, including roads, bridges, transit systems, and
rail transportation network. Congress passed the bill and it was signed into law by President Obama on
December 4, 2015.
From FY2016 to FY2020 the availability of federal funds Missouri will be able to match will be
approximately $1 billion, which is an increase of 9.8 percent over the previous federal bill – MAP 21.
Federal dollars represent the largest source of funds in MoDOT’s budget. Mr. Henderson noted that the
increase of funds does not fix the long term Highway Trust Fund problem.
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The notable changes include new freight programs, and a significant streamlining of project approvals and
environmental reviews. A tolling provision has also been added. The provision allows MoDOT one year
to pursue the I-70 tolling option.
What used to be the Transportation Alternatives Program (which used to be the Transportation
Enhancements program, and the Safe Routes to School and Recreational Trails program) is now the
Surface Transportation Block Grant Set-aside Program. Just as with the TAP, funding in the STBG Setaside Program is available for more than just bike and pedestrian projects.
Anthony Nichols - MO RIDES Central Missouri
Anthony Nichols, Mobility Coordinator gave a overview of the Mid-Missouri Mobility Management
Project.
He was hired in October 2015 as part of a two year project to increase transportation access, efficiency,
education, and coordination in the Mid-MO RPC region. Mid-MO RPC has partnered with CMCA
(Central Missouri Community Action) to achieve the goals of the grant funded project. Mr. Nichols was
hired by CMCA and works out of their Columbia office.
Mr. Nichols discussed the amount of outreach and assistance he has provided over the last three months.
This includes speaking with several human service agencies, boards, and committees as well as outreach
to transit providers, city councils, and county commissions.
Part of the Mobility Coordinator’s job is also to help individuals seeking a ride with finding the right
service and funding to do so. Mr. Nichols reported even without any advertisement the call volume has
continued to increase, having received at least 50 calls for January.
Agenda Item III. MoDOT Central District Report
Steve Engelbrecht reported the following:
 Lafayette Interchange has rock excavation and grading work near Jackson Street. Work is being
done on the eastbound bridge over Lafayette Street. A short sound wall is being built near Clark
Ave.
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Missouri River bridge painting and structural work for the west bound bridge has been awarded to
Safo out of North Carolina. Bridge closure will take place this Spring and will be closed for 120
days. Traffic will be diverted to the east bound bridge during the closure.
Bruce Green reported on the following:
 Columbia I-70, Rangeline, and Garth bridge decks are complete. In early Spring, Garth is
scheduled for a 20 day full closure and Rangeline will have a 45 day closure.
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Rebuilding of the I-70, West Blvd., and Business Loop-70 Interchange will begin in March or
April (weather dependent). This interchange will become a dual round-about. The West Blvd ramp
will have a 45 day complete closure period in May or June, while the bridge over I-70 is being
rebuilt. A public meeting will be held on February 23 to discuss final design and closures. Project
completion should be in late July before Shoe-Me State games.
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Agenda Item IV. Local Reports
No reports.
Agenda Item V. Mid-MO RPC Activity Update
Katrina Williams reported on the following agenda items:
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Regional Transportation Plan
The draft Regional Transportation Plan has been completed and is available on the Mid-MO RPC
website. The plan contains an inventory list of state and off-system bridges along with low water
crossings. New additions to the plan includes the incorporation of multi-modal systems and
infrastructure such as airports, rail, bicycle and pedestrian facilities. The process took into account
local, regional and state plans, and studies that have been conducted. RPC staff also conducted
outreach to county and city representatives as well.
Mike Henderson motioned to recommend Mid-MO RPC Board adopt the draft 2016 Regional
Transportation Plan. Larry Benz seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously. The plan will
now move to the Board of Directors for approval at the March directors meeting.
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Mid-Missouri Transportation Coordination Council (MMTCC) Update
The MMTCC met in January and will hold its next meeting in April. The goal of the council is to
get transportation providers, elected officials and stakeholders to discuss issues and work towards
regional coordination. Anyone interested is welcome to attend these meetings.
Agenda Item VI. Next Meeting and Announcements
The next TAC meeting will be held March 23, 2016.
The annual transportation Statewide Planning Partner meeting will be held February 18 at the Governor's
Office Building in Jefferson City. Participants will be Ed Siegmund, TAC Chair, Kenny Kunze. Any one
is invited to register and attend. Agenda topics will include transportation funding and planning.
At the next TAC meeting Mike Henderson will give an update on the state transportation bills that have
been introduced.
Agenda Item VII. Adjournment
Mike Henderson motioned to adjourn. Steve Engelbrecht seconded the motion. Motion passed
unanimously.
Meeting adjourned at 4:45 p.m.
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Mobility Management Progress - October 2015 – February 2016
Call volume
As of March 1, 2016 Anthony has received more than 103 calls seeking assistance with finding transportation. Anthony
has been able to find transportation for at least 80 of those callers. These calls mostly consist of medical travel but also
include child care, employment, and legal services. Call volume has been consistently increasing since October. CMCA
is creating a new data management system to track calls to gather more detail for reporting.
Recent coordination developments and success stories include:
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Development of a transportation centered Poverty Simulation to be deployed in 2016 and 2017.
Development of new tracking software to collect data about the mobility management project.
Partnership with Meramec RPC and Boonslick RPC under a shared program name: “MO RIDES”
Success story: A Callaway County woman in need was able to call Anthony to coordinate short term employment
and childcare transportation. Anthony was able to connect the woman with a local charity that could assist.
Success story: Central Missouri Community Action, the City of Columbia, and COMO Connect coordinated the
donation of 132 year-long bus passes to be distributed to those in need.
Success story: Development of YMCA transit services out of the Boonville YMCA. Service is expected to be
provided to Cooper County and Howard County residents. This project is still under development.
Success story: Boone County Community Services is meeting with CMCA to coordinate a voucher program to
use funding that is specific to transportation. This is still under development.
More information about the project can be found on the CMCA website under “Mobility Management” or find “MO
RIDES Central Missouri” on Facebook or go to www.morides.org.
Presentations:
Anthony has given several presentations and held several meetings with many transportation agencies and regional
stakeholders. The goal of these meetings and presentations is to educate regional partners about transit issues, access, and
opportunities for coordination. The following groups represent those groups that have received presentations.
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CAMPO
CATSO
Columbia Disability Commission
Columbia Public Transit Advisory Committee
Moniteau County Related Services
Callaway County Commissioners
Audrain County Commissioners
Audrain Community Services
Audrain County Commission
Cole County Parents as Teachers
Callaway Transportation Committee
Cole County Unmet Needs
Right Turn ReEntry
Missouri Transit Advisory Committee
We encourage any interested parties to attend our April 14th Mid-Missouri Transportation Coordination Council
(MMTCC) meeting. Please contact Mid-MO RPC staff for more information.
Success Stories
[In less than 6 months, MO Rides Central Missouri has successfully linked nearly 100 residents in our 8
county region for a variety of transportation needs, and by a variety of diverse methods. The following is a brief
summary of several cases, to show how mobility management is serving its community.]
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Demographic: Senior
County: Cooper
Case: Nurse from Village Meadows Senior Home’s in Boonville called requesting services for her senior
client to health appointments. After research, MO Rides discovered three potential options for the client, finally
settling on local provider, Katy Flyer. Upon follow-up, client thanked us for our services and stated they will
continue to utilize services for ongoing needs. Case logged for data collection and closed.
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Demographic: Disabled
County: Audrain
Case: Following a referral from Home Health Agency, cancer patient and wheelchair-bound client called
requiring a life-equipped vehicle for inter-county travel from her home in Mexico to appointments in Columbia. I
worked with both the client and her caseworker, who stated they had exhausted all their known options and were
desperate for help. I successfully linked them to Services For Independent Living, whom the ride was ultimately
scheduled with to the client’s satisfaction. Case logged for data collection and closed.
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Demographic: General
County: Callaway
Case: Client saw MO Rides flyer inside of JCMG building. She requires rides from her home in Holts
Summit to Jefferson City. After research of public transit routes revealed it could not serve her based on location, I
contacted OATS and spoke with their Cole County driver about coordinating services for this client to ride on their
fixed route days. Upon follow-up, client was satisfied and stated the service was friendly. Case logged for data
collection and closed.
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Demographic: Low-Income, Mental Health Disability
County: Boone
Case: This client was referred inter-agency from our CMCA offices in Columbia and was seeking services
with our family advocate to meet his requirement of court ordered placement into a Rehabilitation Center over 2
hours away in Cape Girardeau. No resources existed for this trip outside of Greyhound bus travel, which proved to
be the real barrier as no funding was available for this trip. After much research, I finally came into contact with a
Catholic church in his destination city of Cape Girardeau which supplied benevolent funds (at their discretion, of
course) for just these sorts of issues. They ended up securing the bus ticket to assure his arrival.  Case logged
for data collection and closed.
Missouri Transportation Legislation March 2016
HB 1381 English(I)
Increases the tax imposed on motor fuel from 17
cents per gallon to 19 cents per gallon.
Pfautsch(R)
Changes the laws regarding audits of
transportation development districts.
Redmon(R)
Increases the membership of the Highways and
Transportation Commission to seven
commissioners and requires new appointees to be
residents of different Department of Transportation
districts.
Redmon(R)
Changes the laws regarding the imposition of local
sales taxes on the titling of motor vehicles, trailers,
boats, or outboard motors purchased from nonlicensed Missouri dealers.
Burlison(R)
Specifies that no appropriation from general
revenue to the Department of Transportation will
be expended if the department has spent funds
from the State Road Fund for the same or like
purpose.
Dugger(R)
Changes the laws regarding local sales tax on
motor vehicle titling.
Haahr(R)
Changes the laws regarding transportation network
company insuranc.
McNeil(D)
Authorizes a tax increase on diesel fuel by eight
cents and on all other motor fuels by seven cents
Johnson(R)
Establishes the Missouri Emergency Road & Bridge
Fund.
Rone(R)
Requires MoDot district engineers to submit
quarterly to county commissions in counties of the
third classification a proposed maintenance work
list for road projects located in the county.
Rone(R)
Increases the membership of the Highways and
Transportation Commission to seven
commissioners and requires new appointees to be
residents of different Department of Transportation
districts.
Spencer(R)
Requires a portion of sales and use taxes collected
to be deposited in the State Road Fund.
Bill History: 01-07-16 H Read second time
HB 1418 Bill History: 03-23-16 S Set on the Senate Calendar
HB 1446 Bill History:
02-10-16 H Referred to House Committee
on House-Transportation
HB 1447 Bill History:
03-10-16 H Reported do pass House-SelectGeneral Laws
HB 1467 Bill History: 01-07-16 H Read second time
HB 1475 Bill History:
01-28-16 H Referred to House Committee
on House-Local Government
HB 1563 Bill History: 03-15-16 S Hearing conducted
HB 1581 Bill History: 01-07-16 H Read second time
HB 1737 Bill History: 01-07-16 H Read second time
HB 1787 Bill History: 02-09-16 H Public hearing completed
HB 1788 Bill History: 03-18-16 H Set on the House Calendar
HB 1952 Bill History: 01-07-16 H Read second time
HB 1989 02-18-16 H Reported do pass as
Bill History:
substituted House-Select-Commerce
HB 2032 Ruth(R)
Establishes the "Waterways Trust Fund".
Spencer(R)
Transfers maintenance of lettered highways to the
counties in which the lettered road lies,
contingnent on the passage of a constitutional
amendment increasing allocations to the County
Aid Road Trust Fund.
Bill History: 01-07-16 H Read second time
HB 2278 Changes the laws regarding sales and use tax to
Fitzpatrick(R) require a portion collected be deposited in the
State Road Fund.
Remarks: 1/22 emailed
Bill History: 01-20-16 H Read second time
HB 2334 Korman(R)
Creates the Divided Highway Transportation Fund
and designates how moneys in the fund must be
disbursed.
Corlew(R)
Authorizes the Missouri Highways and
Transportation Commission to set up a public
private partnership to finance, develop, and
operate a new reconstruction 1-70, funded by user
fees.
Korman(R)
Changes the laws regarding the highway patrol so
that it is funded under the general revenue.
Korman(R)
Establishes the I-70 Regional Transportation
District.
Spencer(R)
Proposes an amendment to the constitution to
increase funding deposited in the County Aid Road
Trust Fund by ten percent.
Brattin(R)
Proposes a constitutional amendment that would
require the department of transportation to meet
certain funding requirements before spending state
revenues or appropriated moneys.
Roden(R)
Proposes a constitutional amendment to shift funds
from penalties currently allocated to schools to the
state road fund.
Bill History: 01-25-16 H Read second time
HB 2437 Bill History: 02-01-16 H Read second time
HB 2623 Bill History: 02-25-16 H Read second time
HB 2721 Bill History: 03-14-16 H Read second time
HJR 67 Bill History: 01-07-16 H Read second time
HJR 70 Bill History: 01-11-16 H Read second time
HJR 80 Bill History: 01-19-16 H Read second time
HJR 81 Changes the laws regarding sales and use tax to
Fitzpatrick(R) require a portion collected be deposited in the
State Road Fund.
Remarks: 1/22 emailed
Bill History: 01-20-16 H Read second time
HJR 89 Bill History: 02-01-16 H Read second time
Corlew(R)
Proposes a constitutional amendment to authorize
the highways and transportation commission to
construct a toll road or bridge and to impose and
collect tolls for certain projects.
SB 623 Libla(R)
Raises the tax on motor fuel by one and one-half
cents per gallon and three and one-half cents per
gallon for diesel fuel beginning on October 1, 2016.
Onder(R)
Requires a portion of sales and use taxes collected
to be deposited into the State Road Fund.
Sater(R)
Allows for consolidation of road districts within a
county.
Silvey(R)
Modifies control and maintenance of the
supplementary state highway system.
Schaaf(R)
Amends the Constitution to modify state highway
maintenance by instituting a motor fuel tax and
restoring certain state highways to local control.
Remarks: 12/14 Emailed
Bill History: 03-23-16 S Set on the Senate Calendar
SB 645 01-07-16 S Referred to Senate Committee
Bill History: on Senate-Trans., Infrastructure, Public
Safety
SB 867 3/4 emailed Perfected with note: this is a
Remarks: bill on special road districts highlighted at
the March 3 meeting.
Bill History: 03-07-16 H Read second time
SB 1140 03-03-16 S Referred to Senate Committee
Bill History: on Senate-Trans., Infrastructure, Public
Safety
SJR 18 01-07-16 S Referred to Senate Committee
Bill History: on Senate-Trans., Infrastructure, Public
Safety
Project Description
The project involves painting and performing general maintenance repairs on
the westbound bridge that carries Route 54/63 over the Missouri River in
Cole/Callaway counties near Jefferson City. The maintenance work is
necessary to maintain the bridge and extend its life. Major river bridges are a
big investment on our system, and it’s important to maintain that investment.
If not properly maintained, this bridge would cost $100 million to replace.
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The work will require a complete closure of the westbound bridge for
a four-month period, beginning sometime between early to mid-April.
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At that time, westbound traffic will be detoured onto the eastbound
bridge. The eastbound bridge will be striped to carry two lanes of eastbound and two lanes of westbound
traffic, meaning there will be two lanes of head-to-head traffic on the eastbound bridge. (See diagram below
this box)
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In addition, Route 54 access ramps to/from West Main St., the eastbound on-ramp from McCarty Street to
Route 54, and the westbound on-ramp from Route W to Route 54 will be shut down. Speed limits on and near
the bridge will be reduced. (See diagram below this box)
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Barring any accidents or stalled vehicles, traffic should move across the eastbound bridge at a steady pace.
Still, traffic speeds will be slower than usual so motorists are asked to be patient and allow extra time for their
commutes, especially during the morning and evening rush hours.
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We encourage commuters and others to begin having discussions with their employers, doctors, caregivers
and others on ways to avoid peak travel times on the bridge. If possible, we ask drivers to alter their work
hours or arrange to work from home if that is an option.
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We are coordinating with the Jefferson City Police and Public Works departments to ensure traffic flows
smoothly and safely.
Additional Details
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Traffic counts: 27,000 – 28,000 vehicles per day in each direction
Westbound bridge was built in 1955; eastbound bridge in 1991.
Project Timing (Painting Portion of the Project)
Bridge painting is very temperature sensitive, which is why the project is scheduled for the spring and summer
months. If the painting work extends into the fall, you run the risk of cooler temperatures, as well as impacting the
beginning of the school year. By starting earlier, we can take advantage of warmer temperatures and get the bridge
back open before the start of school in the fall of 2016.
Project Information
Contractor: Saffo Contractors, Inc. of Wilmington, N. C.
Contract Cost: $7 Million
Estimated Completion Date of Entire Project: Summer of 2017
Contract Completion: 0%