CENTRAL YAVAPAI METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION
TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
AGENCY VOTING MEMBERS PRESENT
by proxy
ADOT Sandra Gilbert
AGENCY REPRESENTATIVES ABSENT
Yavapai
ADDITIONAL ATTENDEES
ADOT
District Office Cliff
Passmore, Jim Confer
DAVA
& Associates Gordon Bowers
DVCA Walt Matthew
Taxpayer M.
J. Champagne
Town
of
MEMBERS OF THE PRESS
Daily
Courier Cindy Barks
CYMPO STAFF
CYMPO Administrator
CYMPO
Admin. Assistant Anne
Confer
AGENDA ITEMS
Chairman Tarkowski called the
meeting to order at
The members and public
present introduced themselves.
The Chairman asked if there
were any comments from the public for TAC consideration and discussion of
general unscheduled comments; no response from public.
Mr. Thurman introduced a
motion to approve the Minutes of the
Mr. Bourdon reported that on
December 10th member agency
representatives from planning and engineering staffs met with Lima &
Associates at the County offices for a work study session. They were provided population and employment
information related to the transportation analysis zones that were previously
approved by the member agencies.
Mr. Bourdon said that they
were currently providing that information in an Arcview shape file so that
staff could use the electronic data to check it. They will provide that information back to
After that, they will be
working towards future data, which they anticipate getting by the end of
February.
Chairman Tarkowski asked how
close the population projections from 1997-98 were to what they actually have
now. Mr. Bourdon said he had not
reviewed that information. However, what
they are seeing is the trend of the growth that has occurred. He noted that the County is pretty close, but
in the cities and towns the amount of population increase has been tremendous.
Chairman Tarkowski commented
that this is a much needed project and they are getting closer to completion. He asked if they are still on a timeframe to
have a deliverable in August. Mr.
Bourdon said they are; it is important that they get the information back to
Lima & Associates by the January 14th deadline so they, in turn,
can produce the information and get it back to the County for review, such as
the existing conditions text.
7. DEVELOPMENT
SCHEDULE FOR TIP –
Mr. Shambaugh called
attention to the schedule he had provided.
He said ADOT begins the annual review of their priority program pool in
August for the construction program that begins in the next fiscal year. For example, in August 2005 the process would
start for the fiscal year construction program 2007 – 2010.
He said the idea is to
increase our probability of getting the CYMPO projects into the ADOT
program. That necessitates the agreement
by the MPO on priorities prior to the August start date.
Mr. Shambaugh said there are
five steps to be completed: 1) the annual identification of candidate projects
by the
Mr. Shambaugh said that what
he needs from the TAC is a decision on whether to move forward with a joint
development schedule for improvement projects.
He asked for discussion and thoughts on this.
Chairman Tarkowski asked Mr.
Shambaugh to talk about what needs to be done immediately to keep on
schedule. Mr. Shambaugh explained that
at the next TAC meeting they need to start looking at what projects will be
candidates for a project pool. That
would be done in consultation with the ADOT district. In response to a question from Chairman
Tarkowski, he said that a vote is not needed at this time.
There were no further
questions or comments on the schedule.
8. PROJECT
SELECTION PROCESS FOR TIP –
Mr. Shambaugh reported that
ADOT is moving forward with a more complex, data-intensive selection process
for inclusion into their five-year construction program, which is evident in
their MoveAZ performance measures, which has been adopted by the Transportation
Board. New construction projects will be
scoped using these measures beginning in 2010.
Prioritized projects will be programmed in 2011 using those
measures. This means that to remain
competitive, it will be necessary to use a more technical methodology in
selecting projects that are recommended.
Mr. Shambaugh said that he
had previously submitted criteria to the TAC, and since then has done further
research into other MPOs and COGs for their criteria. Based on this research, he had prepared a
comparison handout for review by the TAC.
He explained the table to the members.
Based on the most commonly used criteria, the last column identified
those he felt would best serve the CYMPO.
Mr. Shambaugh explained that
there could be three phases to the process: 1) identify candidate projects to
be nominated for consideration, screened for eligibility and placed in
consideration for future sponsorship; 2) ranking of the projects, looking for
sponsors, submitting that to the TAC and Executive Board; and 3) programming
that into the TIP.
He asked if the TAC would
like to proceed with a selection process that is used to put projects into the
TIP, and what they feel would be the appropriate process and criteria.
Chairman Tarkowski commented
that they want to resist becoming overly bureaucratic. He feels that this organization has done an
extraordinarily good job over the years to meet all needs and he does not want
to move away from that friendly, collaborative process. He did agree that there does need to be
criteria.
Ms. Fann asked if including
ADT (average daily trips) is due to the amount of growth in the region. She noted the term “Forecast” in particular,
commenting that things that might be a problem now could be very serious
problems five years from now.
Chairman Tarkowski commented
that under the heading “Strategic Economic Impacts” they should add a category
that states whether it complies with the regional transportation plan they are
currently completing. He said that would
be a “yes” or “no” answer to keep it simple.
Mr. Shambaugh said that under
the “Capacity Measures” heading he was looking at the volume and level of
service as well as the congestion. This
would take the current traffic counts and the forecasted traffic counts and use
that information to derive both the existing and future levels of service.
Chairman Tarkowski reiterated
that they should make this simple, not overly bureaucratic. He noted that when the LTAF 2 monies
appeared, they insisted with ADOT that the grant process be a single page grant
application; this should be the same.
9. AMENDMENT
#2 TO INTERIM FY 2004-2008 TIP – Jack Shambaugh
Chairman Tarkowski commented
that they need to make a very proactive effort to ensure that the new town of
Regarding the amendment #2,
Mr. Shambaugh explained that
MOTION
Ms. Moody introduced a motion
to authorize amendment #2 to the 2004-2008 TIP.
Mr. Thurman seconded the motion.
DISCUSSION
Ms. Gilbert noted that the
motion should be to forward the amendment to the Executive Board for approval.
AMENDED MOTION
Ms. Moody amended her motion
to approve amendment #2 to the FY 2004-2008 TIP and to forward the amendment to
the Executive Board for approval and inclusion in the TIP. Mr. Thurman seconded the motion
VOTE ON THE MOTION
The motion passed by
unanimous vote: Ms. Fann, Ms. Gilbert,
Ms. Moody, Chairman Tarkowski, and Mr. Thurman approved; no one opposed.
10. UPDATE
ON SR 89 CORRIDOR ANALYSIS – Mike Willett
Mr. Willett reported that the
stretch of SR89 from
Regarding the eight-mile
segment to the south, Mr. Willett said that they are in the early stages of
that study with Arcadis as well. The
Mr. Tom Klimek said that the
town of
Mr. Klimek asked if it would
be possible to assimilate what is happening to the south, is there a theme for
those intersections that could be applied north of Center. Mr. Willett said that could be possible, but
it would be another study. He noted that
the traffic counts to the north are about half of what they are to the south,
so they still have some time.
Ms. Fann commented that as
far as the 3-mile stretch from Center to Road 5 South, it is extremely
important not only to everyone in Yavapai County and the tourists that road
services, but is also the largest, most concentrated portion of undeveloped
land right now. Nearly every parcel has
now been sold, and developers are ready to get started. Therefore, it is important to get a plan
together so we can tell developers what we are going to need as far as
right-of-way. It is also important to
work closely with ADOT as to what they want for their highway for ingresses and
egresses and driveways.
Ms. Fann further reported
that the Town of
Regarding the Road 5 South to
89A corridor, Ms. Fann said this is important to all the entities, including
Paulden, Ash Fork, and
Ms. Fann introduced Ken
Winckler as the new Public Works Director for
Mr. Klimek and Mr. Winckler
briefly explained their backgrounds and experience to the members. Mr. Winckler will serve as a member of the
TAC.
ADOT Cliff
Passmore
Mr. Cliff Passmore reported
that they are fairly slow in construction right now. There is an enhancement project underway in
Prescott Valley; the repaving of SR69 from Prescott Valley to Dewey did not
finish on time, so that will be completed this summer; the Williamson Valley is
not yet finished; and they are working on the final design for the SR89
projects, Sundog to Willow Lake and 89/69 interchange, which are scheduled for
late Spring.
Mr. Bourdon reported that
their major project right now is snow removal.
The only major project is
Chairman Tarkowski reported
that their two major projects are still underway, however the rain and snow has
delayed the progress.
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Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe Absent
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Chairman Tarkowski asked if
there were any questions from members of the audience. Ms. Margot
Chairman Tarkowski further
commented that transit is planned to be moved forward in the Work Program, but
in the near term, the voucher program will be “supercharged” with more money
being dedicated to that. There is also
an element in the transportation plan update addressing multi-modality, and
that is moving forward. He said there is
momentum that is growing with the Regional Plan Update, with the voucher
program and its funding, and dollars that will be dedicated to transit
planning. These are all positive steps
that you did not see 12 months ago.
Ms. Fann reminded the members
of the Rural Transportation Summit in Laughlin January 19-21, and the
Transportation Board Meeting in
13. NEXT
MEETING
The next meeting of the CYMPO
Technical Advisory Committee will be:
Prescott Chamber Boardroom
The next meeting of the CYMPO
Executive Board Meeting will be:
Sand Trap Restaurant at Antelope Hills
Golf Course
Mr. Shambaugh reminded the
group that there would be a social event following the Executive Board
meeting. The Chairman will be presenting
awards to give some long-overdue recognition to people who have supported the
regional transportation planning effort.
ADJOURNMENT
Chairman Tarkowski adjourned
the meeting at
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