WEST MICHIGAN METROPOLITIAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROGRAM (WESTPLAN) TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING

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1 WEST MICHIGAN METROPOLITIAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROGRAM (WESTPLAN) TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING MEETING MINUTES December 4, 2014 MDOT Muskegon TSC Muskegon, Michigan Members Present: Members Absent: Others Present: Staff Present: Paul Bouman, MCRC (Chairperson) Mohammed Al-Shatel, City of Muskegon Matt Farrar, Muskegon Urban Townships Tom Manderscheid, Harbor Transit John Nash, Spring Lake Township Brian Armstrong, City of Whitehall Scott Beishuizen, City of Montague James Gardner, City of Muskegon Heights Craig Bessinger, City of Ferrysburg Paul Lott, MDOT Roger Belknap, Village of Spring Lake James Koens, MATS Jim Murphy, City of Norton Shores Rachael Tupica, FHWA Randy Phillips, City of North Muskegon Brett Laughlin, OCRC Anthony Chandler, City of Roosevelt Park Steve Redmond, MDOT William Hunter, City of Grand Haven Laird Schaefer Leigh Ann Mikesell, MDOT Muskegon TSC Danielle Davis, MDOT Steatewide Planning Josh Grab, MDOT Lansing Don Mayle, MDOT Lansing Danielle Coles, FHWA Joel Fitzpatrick, WMSRDC Amy Haack, WMSRDC 1

2 1. CALL TO ORDER Mr. Paul Bouman called the meeting to order at 1:32 p.m. 2. REVIEW OF PREVIOUS MINUTES A motion was made and supported to approve the minutes of the previous Technical Committee meeting. Motion approved. M/S Nash /Beishuizen 3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION The WestPlan Public Participation Plan procedure was followed to achieve public participation for this meeting. There were no comments from the public. 4. FY TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (TIP) Mr. Joel Fitzpatrick presented the projects for CMAQ FY2016-FY2020. A preliminary list of projects was selected at a work session that was held on November 25. After discussion, a motion was made to approve amendments to the FY 2016-FY 2017 CMAQ project list Motion approved. (Lists are included on separate pages) M/S Gardner/Manderschied After discussion, a motion was made to approve the FY2018-FY2020 list presented by staff with changes to the MATS projects to ensure an 80/20 Federal /Local split. Motion approved. (Lists are included on separate pages) M/S Nash/Beishuizen LRTP: Model Runs Mr. Don Mayle presented the results of MDOTs model runs. After discussion, MDOT TSC staff Leigh Ann Mikesell requested that US 31 changes in Grand Haven be removed. In addition, it was determined that grand Haven Road should be put back into the list and typographical errors on the list for other projects should be corrected. It was also suggested that staff contact North Muskegon to make sure that the Witham Road project should still be included LRTP: Chapter 5 Mr. Joel Fitzpatrick presented the draft Chapter 5 of the 2040 Long Range Plan. Mr. Tom Manderscheid noted changes to the amount of money spent on facility improvements. In addition, Ms. Rachel Tupica requested that the list of previous projects be updated to include which projects were completed. A motion was made to approve the draft Chapter 5 with changes. M/S Armstrong/Lott 2

3 7. NEW BUSINESS Mr. Roger Belknap had a question as to whether or not there was PASER data available for the past year. Mr. Joel Fitzpatrick requested that Mr. Belknap contact him for the data. 8. OLD BUSINESS No old business was discussed. 9. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION - The WestPlan Public Participation Plan procedure was followed to achieve public participation for this meeting. There were no comments from the public. 10. ADJOURN- Meeting adjourned at 2:06 p.m. 3

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