Project Information Application ID 2015-D11-02 Date Submitted 6/30/2015 Date Revised 7/20/2015 Project Name BEL-70-Mall Road Connector County, Route, Section BEL-CR 29-0.04/Commons Mall Crossing ODOT District District 11 County Belmont ODOT PID 89314 Project Mode Roadway What is the current TRAC Tier on the 2015-2018 Major New Construction Program List? What Tier are you requesting as part of this application? Please Identity the work types associated with the project: Tier II Tier I - Construction New Roadway Alingment Project Description: The project includes the construction of a 2 mile connector road west of existing Mall Road, from US 40 south to the Mall Road/Banfield Road intersection. Investors are currently developing in the area, which can be directly attributable to local oil and gas investments. The project will ensure that access to newly developed areas is enhanced, safety and capacity deficiencies on Mall Road mitigated, and private investments supported. 2015 TRAC Funding Application
Project Sponsor Information Project Name Sponsoring Agency BEL-70-Mall Road Connector Belmont County Transportation Improvement District Project Contact Dennis Bigler Phone (740) 695-0156 Email Address City dops@stclairsville.com 100 North Market Street PO Box 537 St. Clairsville State OH Zip Code: 43950 What Type of Application Are you Submitting? Existing TRAC Project - Tier I, II or III project seeking additional funds to advance to the next stage of project development. 2015 TRAC Funding Application
For New Projects - Please provide a brief Description of significant impact to jobs in Ohio as well as statewide economic impact. 0 2015 TRAC Funding Application
Existing TRAC Projects Existing TRAC projects are not required to submit the complete application. The information submitted in your most recent application will be used in the evaluation and scoring of the application. However, since the level of project detail continually increases you can choose to update the following sections: Project Development Schedule & Milestones Roadway Segments Local Investments Yes Yes Yes Project Schedule New projects are required to supply project milestone information. Please select the status of each milestone below as either Not Yet Started, In Progress or Completed. Additionally please enter the corresponding date for the milestone and status. Status Date Planning Studies Complete 6/20/2014 Interchange Modification Study (IMS) / Interchange Justification Studies (IJS) Not Started 1/0/1900 Preliminary Engineering Studies Complete 10/10/2014 Environmental / NEPA Approval Complete 4/22/2015 Detailed Design In Progress 3/23/2016 Right-of-way Acquisition Not Started 4/20/2016 Utility Relocation Not Started 3/1/2017 2015 TRAC Funding Application
Transportation Information In an effort to understand the complex issues associated with the project TRAC collects a variety of transportation related data and information in the evaluation process including: congestion data, safety data, truck traffic, and model derived transportation values; such as, cost/benefit analysis and air quality. The roadway segments associated with the application is the basis of this analysis. Transit and Freight related projects should identify the roadway segments that will receive the benefit from projects New project applications must identify the primary roadway segment that will be improved by the project and ancillary roadways that will be improved as part of the project. Primary Roadway Segment ODOT NLFID Begin Point End Point CBELCR0028A*C 0.84 0.1 SBELUS00040**C 20 21 0 0 0 Secondary Roadway Segments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 New Roadways / New Alignment BEL-CR 29-0.04/Commons Mall Crossing Begin Latitude Begin longitude End Latitude End longitude 40.06672-80.858965 40.079421-80.872766 2015 TRAC Funding Application
Transit Multi-Modal Project Information Transit Type 0 Route/Number 0 Peak Hour Ridership 0 Existing Capacity 0 Existing Peak Hour Ridership / Capacity Ratio 0 Added Peak Hour Capacity 0 Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Reduction 0 Freight Multi-Modal Project Information Freight Type 0 Route/Number 0 Existing Freight Volume 0 Existing Freight Capacity 0 Existing Freight Volume / Existing Freight Capacity Ratio 0 Freight Capacity Increase 0 Truck Miles Traveled (TMT) Reduction 0 2015 TRAC Funding Application
Strategic Transportation System (STS) Connections The Strategic Transportation System (STS), identified as part of Access Ohio 2040 - ODOT s long range transportation plan - stratifies Ohio s significant transportation corridors and inter-modal hubs across Ohio. Additional information about the STS and Access Ohio 2040 can be view at the Access Ohio 2040 Website Is the project part of an STS corridor? No Will the project facilitate a connection between two or more corridors or modal hubs identified on the STS? No Please provide a brief explanation as to how this project will facilitate a connection between two or more STS resources. 0 Will the project connect an STS resource with a local freight or transit facility or resource? No Please provide a brief explanation as to how this project will connect an STS resource with a local freight or transit facility or resource 0 2015 TRAC Funding Application
Local Investment Factors Built Out Local Attributes Local Investment factors analysis and evaluation of the dollar value of existing, local built-out attributes such as streets, water, and land use. For this analysis TRAC has standardized the project area as a onemile "rectangular" buffer around the primary roadway segment. Additionally TRAC also considers percentage of acres served by local services within the rectangular buffer with the the following formula: (Length of the primary roadway segment in miles + 2 miles) x 2 miles x 640 acres) What is the length of the primary roadway segment being improved by the project? 1 Estimated Project Area Acerage 3,840 What is the estimated percentage of acres being served by the local services within the estimated project area calculated above? Local Streets and Roadways 86 Electrical Service 100 Water and Sewer Service 86 What is the estimated square footage for the following building types within the calculated project area? Light Industrial Heavy Industrial Warehouse - - - Commerical 3,101,167 Insitutional 165,883 What is the estimated percentage of road route miles served by transit routes (excluding ADA/Para Transit) within the project area? 8.3 2015 TRAC Funding Application
What is the estimated percentage of existing building square footage that is currently vacant? 1.1 New Local Investments TRAC will consider the monetized value of public investments or commitments for new, non-project infrastructure and private investments within 5-year time horzion prior to and after the date of this TRAC Application. What is the dollar value of committed or recent public investment in new, non-project infrastructure within the project area? (Millions) $ 18,000,000.00 What is the present value of private investment in existing facilities within the project area? (Millions) $ 235,000,000.00 Local Investment Factors Economic Distress - Poverty & Unemployment Rates As part of the application scoring process, ODOT collects county level information as the standard measurement for poverty and unemployment factors; however, if a project sponor provides defensible data at a sub-county or census tract level, TRAC can consider that level of geographic analysis for scoring and evaluation. Do you want to enter distress values for a subcounty area to be used in the evaluation of this application? County No - I want to use the information collected by ODOT. Belmont Sub-County Poverty Rate 16.38 Poverty Rate Data Source Sub-County Unempolyment Rate 8.74 Unempolyment Rate Data Source 2015 TRAC Funding Application
Project Funding Plan TRAC Funding Reqeust Please indicate the amount of funding being requested by phase and fiscal year. Funding requests should consider the funding that will be needed with the next two fiscal years. Which phase(s) you are requesting new TRAC funding for as part of this application? CO - Construction Amount (Millions) Requested Fiscal Year PE Funding Request $ - 0 DD Funding Request $ - 0 RW Funding Request $ - 0 CO Funding Request $ 3.90 2017 Total New TRAC Funding Reqeust $ 3.90 Has TRAC previously committed funding for the development or construction of this project? Yes PE DD RW CO $ 0.60 $ - $ 0.92 $ - Will additional TRAC funds be needed for future phases of development or construction? No PE DD RW CO $ - $ - $ - $ - 2015 TRAC Funding Application
Local Funding Commitments Project Development and construction can be funded with multiple local funding sources. The questions below will help identify the funding sources for this project. Will local funding sources be used in the development or construction of this project? What is the total number of local funding sources for the development and construction of this project? Yes 5 Local funding Source (1) Belmont County TIF District PE DD RW CO $ - $ - $ - $ 4.20 Local funding Source (2) MPO STP (BELOMAR Regional Council TIP) PE DD RW CO $ - $ - $ - $ 1.00 Local funding Source (3) Belmont County TID PE DD RW CO $ - $ - $ - $ 1.90 Local funding Source (4) Private Sector (Cafaro) PE DD RW CO $ - $ 0.07 $ 0.64 $ 0.84 Local funding Source (5) Private Sector (GDNG LLC) PE DD RW CO $ - $ - $ 0.50 $ - Local Funding Totals PE DD RW CO $ - $ 0.07 $ 1.14 $ 7.94 2015 TRAC Funding Application
ODOT Program or Emark Funding Commitments Will funding from another ODOT program or legislative earmarks be used in the development or Yes PE DD RW CO $ 1.77 $ 0.16 $ - $ 5.48 OTIC Turnpike Bond Revenue Funding Have Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission (OTIC) Revenue Bonds been committed for the No PE DD RW CO $ - $ - $ - $ - Funding Summary PE DD RW CO Local Funding $ - $ 0.07 $ 1.14 $ 7.94 ODOT / Earmark Funding $ 1.77 $ 0.16 $ - $ 5.48 OTIC Bond Funding $ - $ - $ - $ - Previous TRAC Funding $ 0.60 $ - $ 0.92 $ - New TRAC Funding $ - $ - $ - $ 3.90 Future TRAC Funding $ - $ - $ - $ - Funding Totals $ 2.37 $ 0.23 $ 2.06 $ 17.32 Total Project Cost $ 21.98 Total Local Total ODOT Total OTIC Total TRAC $ 9.15 $ 7.41 $ - $ 5.42 % Local % ODOT % OTIC % TRAC 41.6 33.7 0 24.7 2015 TRAC Funding Application
Tier I Construction Estimate Projects requesting Tier I status are required to submit a budgetary construction estimate. Additionally estimates must be inflated to the anticipated year of construction using ODOT's 2014-20818 Business Plan Inflation Estimator Excel worksheet. Roadway $ 9 Drainage $ 2 Traffic Control $ - Structures $ 5 Retaining Walls $ - Railroad $ - Contingency $ 1 Total Estimate $ 17 Date of Inflated Estimate 4/21/2015 Year of Inflation Estimate 2017 2015 TRAC Funding Application
MPO & District Acknowledgement MPO Acknowledgement Is this project within the boundaries of a Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)? Yes Please identify the respective MPO. BOMTS Has the MPO provided a letter or support or acknowledgment for this project? Yes Date of MPO Contact 6/15/2015 MPO Contact Scott Hicks MPO Contact Phone Number (304) 242-1800 MPO Contact Email hicks@belomar.org District Acknowledgement Has the appropriate ODOT District Planning Office been contacted about the development and construction of this project? Has the ODOT District Office provided a letter or support or acknowledgment for this project? Yes Yes Date of District Contact 6/11/2015 District Contact Roxanne Kane MPO Contact Phone Number (330) 308-3964 MPO Contact Email roxanne.kane@dot.state.oh.us 2015 TRAC Funding Application
PROJECT AREA MAP MAP 1
US 40 I-70 Mall Road MAP 1
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TID Section PID #92593 ODOT Section PID #89314 MAP 3
Total Building SF Developed - 760,000 Total Private Investment - $121M Jobs Created - 1058 (P); 557 (T) Payroll - $120M Real Estate and Payroll Taxes - $3.8M Total Economic Impact - $470M Committed Development Near Ohio Valley Plaza St. Clair Commons MAP 2, 4
Total Building SF - 250,000 Total Private Investment - $35M Jobs Created - 184 Payroll - $5.5M Annual Sales - $29M Annual Sales Tax Generated - $2M Current and Planned Development Near Ohio Valley Mall MAP 2, 4
OVM HTD OVP Hometown Development Along US 40 Portsmouth, Ohio Real Estate Development Co. 12 Acre Site $45 Million Development Commercial Development MAP 2, 4
HTD OHIO VALLEY MALL CAFARO OHIO VALLEY PLAZA ST CLAIR COMMONS MAP 2, 3, 4
June 15, 2015 Re: BEL-Mall Road Connector, PID 89314 Mr. Jerry Wray, Chairman Transportation Review Advisory Council 1980 West Broad Street Columbus, Ohio 43223 Dr. Chairman Wray: I am writing in my capacity as the managing partner of GDNG, LLC, and of the St Clair Commons development, to enthusiastically support TRAC s approval of the above referenced project. St Clair Commons is a multi-use health and wellness campus (medical wellness Center, senior housing and other health and wellness uses), and multi-family housing, office and service retail project, being developed on land owned by GDNG, LLC, and through which the connector road will link Route 40 with the Ohio Valley Plaza, the Ohio Valley Mall and the new businesses being planned and in construction north and south of I-70. We have been working closely with the City of St Clairsville, the Belmont County Commissioners and the Belmont County Transportation Improvement District to plan and implement initial phases of our development. Private investment already includes significant predevelopment costs and donations of land to facilitate earthwork and roadway construction. Ultimately private investment in infrastructure, roadways, green spaces and facility construction is projected to exceed $125 Million.
Funds for the connector road that TRAC currently is considering will assure seamless, safe and efficient access for residents throughout this heavily trafficked commercial area, will facilitate quality of life economic development, support the creation of new businesses, produce high quality jobs, and generate increased tax revenue for both Belmont County and the City of St. Clairsville. We are deeply appreciative of TRAC s continued consideration and support for this project. Respectfully, Robert J. Stein Managing Partner, St Clair Commons and GDNG, LLC