HomeMy WebLinkAboutA001 - Council Action Form dated December 10, 20241.Hearing on amendment to FFY 2025-2028 Transportation Improvement Program
a. Resolution approving amendment
AGENDA
AMES AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION (AAMPO)
TRANSPORTATION POLICY COMMITTEE
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - CITY HALL
DECEMBER 10, 2024
CALL TO ORDE R: 6:00 p.m.
HEARINGS:
POLICY COMMITTEE COMMENTS:
ADJOURNMENT:
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ITEM #:1
DATE:12-10-24
DEPT:AAMPO
SUBJECT:FFY 2025-2028 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM AMENDMENT
TRANSPORTATION POLICY COMMITTEE ACTION FORM
BACKGROUND:
To receive federal funds for regional transportation projects, it is necessary to be included in the
AAM PO’s Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The AAMPO’s current TIP contains projects
programmed for federal fiscal years 2025 through 2028 and was adopted on July 9, 2024. MPOs are
allowed to convert some of their Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) funds into planning funds
to be used on transportation planning activities that are defined and budgeted in the MPO’s
Transportation Planning Work Program (TPWP). These STBG funds must be programmed as a project
in the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for this conversion to occur.
The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) recently informed the AAMPO that the $440,000
in STBG funding that was already programmed in FFY 2024 for work on the 2050 Metropolitan
Transportation Plan (MTP) and the Transportation Systems Management and Operations
(TSMO) & Regional ITS Architecture document needs to be reprogrammed into FFY 2025 for
the STBG funds to be converted properly. This reprogramming requires an amendment to the
FFY 2025-2028 TIP.
To address this issue, the amendment proposed is as follows:
TPMS Project #52419
Modify the STBG funding amount in FFY 2025 from $187,500 to $421,180
Change the project description to:
MPO Planning Activities: 2050 MTP, TSMO & ITS Architecture
The $187,500 STBG amount previously shown in FFY 2025 was for the completing work on the 2050
MTP and TSMO/ITS Architecture document. Because this work will not be completed until the
beginning of FFY 2026 (October 2025), the AAMPO will plan to add this funding ($187,500) back in
FFY 2026 when developing the FFY 2026-2029 TIP in spring 2025. The proposed $421,180 STBG
amount matches what was shown in the FY 2025 Transportation Planning Work Program (TPWP),
which was approved by the Transportation Policy Committee on May 28, 2024.
The Transportation Technical Committee and Transportation Policy Committee have reviewed
this proposed amendment and unanimously recommended approval. A 10-day public comment
p e r i o d was also held from November 26 to December 6, 2024, and staff received no public
comments.
ALTERNATIVES:
1. Approve the amendment to the FFY 2025-2028 Transportation Improvement Program.
2. Do not approve the amendment to the FFY 2025-2028 Transportation Improvement Program.
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MPO DIRECTOR'S RECOMMENDED ACTION:
The Transportation Technical Committee and Transportation Policy Committee have reviewed this
proposed amendment and unanimously recommended approval. A timely approval of this amendment
minimizes the risk of a delay in the MPO receiving its reimbursement funds for consultant work being
done on the 2050 MTP.
Therefore, it is the recommendation of the MPO Executive Director that the Transportation
Policy Committee adopt Alternative No. 1, as noted above.
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