STAFF MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: Advisory Committees on Transportation System Planning and Programming for the Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Round Lake Beach, and West Bend Urbanized Areas (TIP Committees) SEWRPC Staff DATE: April 13, 2016 SUBJECT: CANDIDATE CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUNDING IN YEARS 2019 THROUGH 2020. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation staff, the Commission staff, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources staff, and the TIP Committee chairs have reached a tentative agreement on the candidate Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program (CMAQ) projects to be considered for approval for funding by the TIP Committees. The projects recommended for funding 9 projects with a total CMAQ funding of $14.9 million are listed in Attachment 1 to this Memorandum. Attachment 1 also shows the 5 candidate CMAQ projects that were recommended for CMAQ funding but not at the level of funds requested. In developing this joint recommendation, the process approved by the TIP Committees was followed as set forth in Attachment 2 to this Memorandum. Attachment 3 to this Memorandum is a listing of the candidate CMAQ projects 27 projects seeking an estimated $60.6 million of CMAQ funds which were not recommended for funding. It will be necessary to add the projects recommended for years 2019-2020 CMAQ funding to the TIP either as amendments to the 2015-2018 TIP or as part of the 2017-2020 TIP update scheduled to be completed in October of 2016. It is expected that Wisconsin Department of Transportation staff will over the next few months coordinate with all of the project sponsors with approved CMAQ projects to determine the appropriate schedule for project implementation within the limited amount of CMAQ funding available each year. Commission staff will reflect this schedule of CMAQ project implementation when adding these projects to the TIP. KRY/RWH 00230237.DOC * * *
Attachment A Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Projects Recommended for Funding Transit Purchase Replacement Buses for Purchase 4 Replacement Buses City of Sheboygan $1,440,000 Shoreline Metro a (clean diesel) Assistance - Phase 1 b City of Milwaukee CBD (2.1 miles) City of Milwaukee $2,122,667 Traffic Flow Bicycle/Pedestrian Assistance - Lakefront Line c Clean Diesel Bus Purchase Project d Replacement Paratransit Buses City of Milwaukee CBD (Clybourn, Michigan - 1.86 track miles) Purchase 7 New Clean Diesel Buses Purchase of 5 replacement paratransit buses City of Milwaukee $880,000 Milwaukee County $2,800,000 $800,000 Wisconsin - UWM and Sherman - Express Bus Services Milwaukee County $4,821,733 Wisconsin e Computer Optimization of Traffic Signals, City of Milwaukee Sunset Drive Traffic Signal Interconnect s System - Phase 2 Expansion 135 Intersections, Various Corridors Sunset Drive from CTH X (Genesee Rd) to Meijer Drive System expansion of at least 26 City of Milwaukee $220,000 $339,149 City of Milwaukee $1,519,992 a This project is being recommended for $1,440,000 (4 buses) of the $1,800,000 (5 buses) requested by the City of Sheboygan in years 2019-2020 CMAQ funding. b This project is being recommended for $2,122,667 of the $3,184,000 requested by the City of Milwaukee in years 2019-2020 CMAQ funding. c This project is being recommended for $880,000 of the $1,320,000 requested by the City of Milwaukee in years 2019-2020 CMAQ funding. d This project is being recommended for $2,800,000 (7 buses) of the $36,000,000 (90 buses) requested by Milwaukee County in years 2019-2020 CMAQ funding. e This project is being recommended for $4,821,733 of the $9,080,800 requested by Milwaukee County in years 2019-2020 CMAQ funding. - 2 -
Attachment B Procedure for Selection of Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program Projects 1. Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WisDNR), and Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (Commission) staffs would each complete a fair and impartial independent evaluation of candidate CMAQ projects. The independent evaluations are combined and discussed at interagency staff meetings to provide joint prioritization of projects. 2. The five Chairmen of the Advisory Committees for Transportation System Planning and Programming for the Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, West Bend, and Round Lake Beach Urbanized Areas would meet with the WisDOT, WisDNR, and Commission staffs to review the project priority list and formulate their recommendations. 3. The Committee Chair recommendations would be transmitted to the WisDOT Secretary for consideration and approval. If the WisDOT Secretary does not approve the Committee Chair recommendations, a meeting of the Chairmen, WisDOT staff, WisDNR staff, and Commission staff will be held to negotiate a project prioritization which would be forwarded to the three Advisory Committees for consideration and approval. 4. The WisDOT Secretary and Committee Chair recommendations would be considered at a joint meeting of the five Advisory Committees. The Committees would approve the preliminary project selection recommendations, or develop a revised project selection list. 5. The Committee recommendations are transmitted to WisDOT for consideration and approval. If the WisDOT Secretary does not approve the Committee recommendations, the WisDOT Secretary will advise the Committee Chairmen, and a meeting of the Chairmen, WisDOT staff, and Commission staff will be held to establish a final project selection which is then forwarded to the three Advisory Committees for approval. - 3 -
Attachment C Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Projects Not Recommended for Funding Transit Purchase Replacement Buses for Purchase 1 Replacement Bus City of Sheboygan $360,000 Shoreline Metro (clean diesel) Assistance - Phase 1 City of Milwaukee CBD (2.1 miles) City of Milwaukee $1,061,333 Assistance - Lakefront Line Clean Diesel Bus Purchase Project Wisconsin - UWM and Sherman - Wisconsin Milwaukee County Transit Marketing Program Waukesha Marketing Replacement Fixed Route Buses City of Milwaukee CBD (Clybourn, Michigan - 1.86 track miles) Purchase 83 New Clean Diesel Buses City of Milwaukee $440,000 Milwaukee County $33,200,000 Express Bus Services Milwaukee County $4,259,067 Provide Marketing for Milwaukee Co Transit Provide Marketing for Waukesha Metro Purchase of 3 replacement fixed route transit Buses Milwaukee County $3,072,000 $64,000 $1,176,000 Traffic Flow Bicycle/Pedestrian CBD Responsive System IH 94/794 Corridor City of Milwaukee $1,032,000 Fiber Optic Interconnect and ATC Controller Installation Fiber Optic Interconnect and ATC Controller Installation CTH K Traffic Mitigation and Various Corridors - Lisbon, Walnut, and 27th Various Corridors - Chavez and National Various Corridors - Capitol and Fond du Lac Various Corridors - 76th and Grantosa Various Corridors - Burleigh, Hampton, and 91st Various Corridors - 35th and Oklahoma CTH K from 104th Avenue to STH 31 (Green Bay Road) W. Beloit Rd. (CTH T) Construct turn lanes at W Beloit and S 112th W. Rawson Ave. (CTH BB) Construct turn lanes at W Rawson and W Forest Home System - Phase 4 Expansion System - Phase 3 Expansion System expansion of at least 24 System expansion of at least 18 City of Milwaukee $1,353,600 City of Milwaukee $614,400 City of Milwaukee $1,020,800 City of Milwaukee $544,000 City of Milwaukee $628,800 City of Milwaukee $512,000 Kenosha County $1,662,240 Milwaukee County $412,000 Milwaukee County $475,200 City of Milwaukee $1,351,864 City of Milwaukee $1,042,836-4 -
Attachment C (continued) Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Projects Not Recommended for Funding Bicycle/Pedestrian Eastside Bicycle and Pedestrian Eastside Trail to Two Rivers High City of Two Rivers $785,684 (cont.) Trail School Bridge Bicycle Plating-Water Street Bridge, Cherry Street Bridge Install 4' wide metal bike plates City of Milwaukee $380,720 Northside Bicycle and Pedestrian Trail Northside Trail to Two Rivers High School City of Two Rivers $1,803,647 Root River Multi-Use Path and West Bluff Overlook construct path along Mound Ave near 6th St and terminating approximately 1500-ft NE of 6th St. City of Racine $824,965 STH 60 and CTH P Intersection s The four quadrants of STH 60 and CTH P intersection Village of Jackson $309,120 Miscellaneous Clean Energy Oak Creek LCNG Station 2031 West Ryan Road, Oak Creek, WI 53154 City of Oak Creek $1,788,274 Smart Trips Targeted Travel Demand Management (TDM) Program - 53204 Area Development and delivery of a targeted travel demand management (TDM) program for the 53204 zip code area in the City of Milwaukee City of Milwaukee $467,200-5 -