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:t=J':D Northwestern Indiana

WJ RPC

Regional Planning Commission


RESOLUTION 16-33


A RESOLUTION OF THE NORTHWESTERN INDIANA REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION ADOPTING THE AMENDMENT OF THE UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017

WHEREAS, the preparation of a Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) is a necessary and required part of the metropolitan area transportation planning process as specified in 23 CFR 450.314; and by its State statutory authority, the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission (NIRPC) is charged with planning responsibility in three domains of transportation, environment and economic development; and


WHEREAS, the work tasks described within NIRPC's UPWP for the three-county northwestern Indiana region are in conjunction with the programs of the Federal Transit Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Indiana Department of Transportation and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, and significant planning projects in the region by other agencies; and


WHEREAS, this program has been prepared for planning (PL),and Air Quality (CMAQ) funds through the Federal Highway Administration, Section 5303 technical study funds through the Federal Transit Administration, Sections 5307 and 5323 and planning funds through the Federal Transit Administration, private foundation, and NIRPC's locally derived funds;


WHEREAS, the work elements contained in the program respond to the transportation and air quality planning needs of Northwest Indiana and are in keeping with federal requirements found in the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 and the Fixing America's Surface

Transportation (FAST) Act of 2015 and accompanying guidelines and regulations;


WHEREAS, all regional transportation and other significant planning projects in the three-county region should be included in the UPWP;

WHEREAS, NIRPC is amending the UPWP for fiscal Year 2017 to add a new program and amend the budget of existing projects;

WHEREAS, the new program is a Household Travel Survey that will be funded from a carryover of Federal PL funds of $116,232.29 with 20% local match of $29,058.07 for a total of

$145,290.36.


WHEREAS, the purpose of this program is to ensure that NIRPC best informs stakeholders about travel patterns using reasonably current data about origins and destinations of transportation users within Northwest Indiana and between Northwest Indiana and the greater Chicago area; and

WHEREAS, this would help NIRPC satisfy the requirements of the Transportation Conformity Rule to validate a Travel Demand Model;

WHEREAS, the amendment a lso includes addition to the budget of a carryover from FY 2016 HSIP funding of $288,947 for the current 1-65/ US 30 Safety Planning project. This funding includes a contractual service of $248,161;and

WHEREAS, amend the current budget of the Air Quality Education/ Outreach programs 2541 and 2542 that are listed under the NIRPC Programs element. A carryover of CMAQ funding of

$177,420 and $223,013 are allocated for programs 2541 and 2542 respectively in addition to 20% of local/other funds.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission adopts the Unified Planning Work Program first amendment of Fiscal Years 2017.

Duly adopted by the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission on this twentieth day of October,2016.


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Amendment (1) to the Unified Planning Work Programs (UPWP) FYs

2017 /2018:

Amendment 1includes a new program and budget amendments to current projects.


Amendment 1-1:


A carry over of Federal PL funds of $116,232 .29 in FY 2017 ($145,290.36 total wit h 20% local match) is allocated for a Household Travel Survey Program. The new program will be added to the Short Range Planning element of the report. The following is the program description:

5. H OU SEH OLD TRAVE L SU RV EY


STAFF: SCOTT WEBER


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OBJE CTIVE :

The purpose of this task is to ensure that NIRPC best informs stakeholders about travel patterns using reasonably current data about origins and destinations of transportation users within NW Indiana and between NW Indiana and the greate r Chicago area. Also, this would help NIRPC satistfy the requirements of the Transportation Conformity Rule to validate a Travel Demand Model no more than 10 years prior to the first year of a Conformity Determination.


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BAC KGROUND:

NIRPC last completed a Household Travel Survey between 2007 and 2008 jo intly with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) for the entire Chicago area including the NIRPC area. Staff has processed the Household Travel Survey data from the previous effort and incorporated it into the trip generation and trip distribution methods of the current travel demand model. However, nearly 10 yea rs have passed since this data has been available, and NIRPC is required to keep the first horizon year in air quality conformity models va lidated with data no older than 10 years.


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WOR K ELE MENTS/ METHODOLOG Y:


1. Work with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) on the procurement process for vendor(s) to complete the work.

  1. Ensure that the scope of work in the CMAP- led procurement process requires data to be collected on travel patterns that include a substant ial number of NW Indiana households. The methodology will most likely include significant use of smart phone data but with at least a minimal amount of user confirmation.

  2. Work with CMAP on selecting potential vendor(s) that satisfy the scope of work and other requirements.

  3. Work with the selected vendor(s) to conduct a pilot study of the data collection for the region.


  4. Plan a data collection timeframe to ensure that data collection takes place before the end of Fiscal Year 2017.

  5. Acquire post-processed and user manual-accessible data from the vendor(s)

Amendment 1-2


Item 2 of the amendment includes a carryover from FY 2016 HSIP funding of $288,947 for the 1 -65/ US 30 Safety Planning project. This funding includes a contractual service of $248,161. The project is described in page 127 of the UPWP report.

Amendment 1-3


Item 3 of the amendment includes a budget changes to the NIRPC Programs element that are listed as Air Quality Education/ Outreach.A carryover of CMAQ funding of $177,420 and $223,013 are allocated for program #s 2541 and 2542 respectively in addition to 20% of local/other funds. The following are the updated programs descriptions that are listed in pages 130-134 of the report:


Section 9: NIRPC Progr a ms


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BUDGET 2017



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2541 - A ir Quality Education I Outreach 177,420


2542 -Air Quality Education I Outreach 223,013


2067 -Alternative Fuel 40,000


2538 - Deep River Portage Burns Waterway


2539 - Solar Ready in Northwest Indiana


2540 - Calumet Land Conservation Partnership


1149/1150 NWI Brownfield Coalition

49,355 226,775


55,753 278,766


10,000 50 ,000


55,000 55,000


25,000 25,000


50,000 50,000


10,000 10,000


Total

440,433

230,108 670,541


  1. AIR QUAL ITY ED UC ATION & O UTRE ACH,


    STAFF :AMANDA POLLARD, MEREDITH STILWELL, KATHY LUTHER, 2541, 2542


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    OBJ ECTIVE:


    The mission of the multi-year program is to continue to develop and promote a highly visible, on-going effort to educate the residents of Lake, Porter, and LaPorte Counties concerning their personal choices and that relationship to air quality, health and quality of lif e in northwest Indiana. The goal of the campaign is to expand the successful efforts of the eight year nationally recognized "It All Adds Up to Cleaner Air" program to include public education on alternative fuel

    vehicles, driver's education, ride share opportunities anti-idling benefits, and health issues. NIRPC will continue to work with public officials, public diesel fleet owners and operators, private sector decision-makers, universities, educators, students, the media and the general public on the air quality issues in northwest Indiana. The public education campaign is necessary to obtain public support, consensus and participation to achieve and maintain national air quality standards as designated in the Clean Air Act.


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    PAST WOR K/ BASIS:


    NIRPC has a long history of working on regional air quality issues with local,state, and federal partners. The Agency maintains a leadership role in many of the ongoing air quality initiatives in Northwest Indiana and has received recognition for the It All Adds Up To Cleaner Air public outreach program from US EPA and FHWA.


    To help promote the importance of clean air, 500 reusable bags and 375 lunch totes were distributed at Partners for Clean Air Open House events, the Partners for Clean Air luncheon, Earth Day events and radio remotes in 2015 and 2016. 33,000 educational/informational document holders were distributed to Clean Air Car Check emission testing sites, and a widely distributed newsletter was sent via email. The Post-Tribune (Newspaper), The Times (Newspaper), Adams Radio Group (regional radio stations), Diversified Marketing Strategies (Marketing agency) and National CineMedia (Movie Theater) were all used to help with various forms of public outreach and education.



FY 2 017/ 2018 E ND PRODUCTS AND MEASUR AB LE GOA LS :


1. Exchange 2,400 Vapor Free Gas Cans and document emission reductions each year.


  1. Document Air Quality Action Day Commitments of Partners for Clean Air members.


  2. Participate and sponsor 2 Partners for Clean Air Events.


  3. Lunchtime Anti Idle Campaign distributes 1000 lunch totes.


S. Eight NWI Green Fleet Participants.

6. Maintain NWI level at 10% of PACE rideshare database.

  1. CMA Q DIESEL R ETR OFIT - BUS HEATERS, (20 18 ONLY)


    STAFF:CONTR ACTUAL


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    OBJ ECTIVE :


    The purpose of this task is to retrofit diesel school buses with propane auxiliary heating units to reduce diesel idling emissions.


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    FY 2018 WOR K E LEME NTS/METHODOLOGY :


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TABLE I: FY 2017 UPWP SUMMARY LIST OF PROJECTS AND BUDGETS

2017 TOTAL

PL I5303

FTA 5307

HSIP

CMAQ

PENDING/

NIRPC

PROGRAM CATEGORY NIRPC Job #

BUDGET

SHARE

SHARE

SHARE

SHARE

OTHER

SHARE

NOTES

17-100 Administration & Public Participation 2061

566,490

453 ,192

113,2g8

Staff Charges + department exp. $40,500

1 - Planning Management & Administration 2 - Public Meetings & Communication Tools 3 - Website/ Social Media Management

4 - Administration of Transportation Projects 111-200 Data Management & Analysis

  1. Transportation Data Collection

  2. Planning Data Analysis I Forecasting 3- GIS Support Services

    1. Short Range Planning

      1. UPWP Development & Management

      2. Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Management 3- Title VI Program Management

4- Household Travel Survey

!17-400 Long Range Planning

1- Comprehensive Regional Plan I Transportation Regional Plan 2 - Regional Land Use Planning

  1. - Congestion Management

  2. - Environmental Mitigation Planning 5 - Safety & Security Planning

  1. - Freight Planning

  2. - Travel Network Modeling 8 - Air Quality Conformity

9 - Intelligent Transportation System

10- Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)


2062


2063


2064


240,580 192,464


485,055 388,044


483,410 386,728


2g,059


48,116


67,953 Contractual Expense $145,290


96,682

\ 17-500 Transit and Active Transportati on

1 - Non-Motorized Transportation Planning 2 - Transit Planning

117-600 Other Planning Initiatives/Special Projects 1- Sprawl Analysis

Total PL Funding


Safety Plannlng 1-65 fus_ JO (HSIPJ. Transit - FTA

2114 - Transit Planning

2545 - Hobart Transit Feasibility Study 2546 - Portage Transit Feasibility Study

2536 - Transit Administration & ADA Review Total Trans t - F.TA. F.undlnhg _

NIRPC Programs

2065


2066


2068

171,760 137,408


46,729 37,383


$ • 1,94,024.$

$ : $


$

6,250 28,102 Staff Charges + contractual exp. $31 ,250


9,346


$ 3§)08 ..s. .31fa,.m

·., $ . $ ":_ - •Contractual Expense $248,161_

30,000

15,000

15,000 Scheduled to be completed 08 .01116

70,000

$ Jg,ooo $ 100,0QO

2541 - Air Quality Education/ Outreach 2542 - Aor Quality Education/ Outreach 2067 - Alternative Fuel


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