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2019

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Unified Planning Work Program


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The 2040 Comprehensive Regional Plan that guides NIRPC’s planning activities identified five planning areas in which to focus upon. These include, the environment, growth + conservation, human + economic resources, stewardship + governance, and transportation. Throughout this UPWP each task will be identified by the icons below for which planning focus area the task contributes to.


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Growth + conservation


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Human + economic resources


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Stewardship + governance


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Transportation

2019-2020 Unified Planning Work Program


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Table of Contents

NIRPC budget 6

2019 estimated task budgets 7

2020 estimated task budgets 9‌

About NIRPC 10

Background + purpose 10

State authority 10‌

NIRPC Commission – 2018 appointments 12

NIRPC committees 13‌

NIRPC staff organization and functions 14

About the UPWP 15

Required elements 15‌

FHWA + FTA planning emphasis areas 15

Metropolitan planning activities and tasks 16

  1. | Administration + public participation 16‌

    1. | Planning management + administration 17

    2. | Public participation + communication tools 18‌

    3. | Title VI program management 19

    4. | Environmental Justice program management 20

    5. | Americans with Disabilities Act program management 21‌

    6. | UPWP development and management 22

  1. | Data collection + analysis 23‌

    1. | Planning data collection 24

    2. | Planning data analysis + forecasts 25

    3. | GIS support services 26‌

    4. | Performance-based planning activities 27

    5. | Congestion management 28

    6. | Travel demand modeling 29‌

    7. | Air quality conformity 30

  1. | Short-range planning 31

    1. | Transportation Improvement Program development 32

    2. | Transportation Improvement Program management 33

    3. | Environmental mitigation planning 34‌

  1. | Long-range planning 35

    1. | 2050 comprehensive regional plan development 36

    2. | Comprehensive regional plan implementation 37

    3. | Regional land use planning 39‌

    4. | Surface transportation planning 41

    5. | Environmental linkages planning 43‌

500 | Multi-modal planning 44

500.1 | Active transportation planning 45

600 | Special planning activities 47

700 | FTA activities and tasks 48

  1. | Sub-grantees oversight 49‌

  2. | Transit planning 50

800 | NIRPC programs 51

CMAQ, HSIP, or STBG funding planning activities or contracts 51‌

  1. | Air quality + education 52

  2. | Alternative fuels – Dunes Learning Center partnership 55‌

800.3 | e-TIP 56

800.4 | Household Travel Survey 57

900 | NIRPC administration 58

  1. | General management of NIRPC, office + staff 59

  2. | Water resources 63‌

  3. | Green infrastructure 64

  4. | Brownfields 65

    Other significant regional planning activities 66

    Appendices 67

    UPWP submittal letters and resolution of adoption 67‌

    INDOT approval letter 69

    USDOT approval letter 70

    Cost allocation plan approvals 71‌

    Planning agreements 73

    NIRPC / INDOT / transit operators 73

    CMAP / NIRPC / IDOT / INDOT 85‌

    FHWA planning emphasis area letter 87


    5303 activities

    5303 activities

    NIRPC budget‌


    Transportation

    Environment

    Communication Finance

    Adm inistration

    KRC

    ED

    2019


    Trey Wadsworth


    Mitch Barloga


    Gabrielle Biciunas


    Charles Bradsky


    Eman Ibrahim


    Terrell Waddell


    Scott Weber


    James Winters


    Reg. Planner


    GIS Planner


    Graduate intern


    Undergrad intern


    Kathy Luther


    Joe Exl


    Rachel Veronesi


    John Smith


    Dominique Edwards


    Daria Sztaba


    Connie Boos


    Allen Hammond


    Talaya Jones


    Lisa Todd


    Meredith Stilwell


    Mary Thorne


    Carolyn Brown


    Admin Asst


    Jody Melton


    Ty Warner


    Total number

    UPWP

    section

    Total task cost

    Administration and public participation

    of hours

    Planning management + administration

    100.1

    262,280

    918

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    574

    -

    -

    -

    -

    164

    -

    -

    -

    -

    164

    328

    -

    -

    -

    -

    2,148

    Public participation + communication tools

    100.2

    157,585

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    738

    1,394

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    164

    82

    -

    -

    -

    -

    2,378

    Title VI program management

    100.3

    5,185

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    82

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    82

    Environmental Justice program management

    100.4

    5,185

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    82

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    82

    ADA program management

    100.5

    13,371

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    82

    -

    -

    82

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    164

    UPWP development and management

    100.6

    45,468

    164

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    164

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    164

    -

    -

    -

    -

    492

    Total costs for task group

    489,073

    Data collection + analysis

    Transportation data collection

    200.1

    125,851

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    1,640

    82

    -

    164

    164

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    2,050

    Planning data analysis + forecasts

    200.2

    80,346

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    82

    -

    984

    164

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    1,230

    GIS support services

    200.3

    92,003

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    82

    1,312

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    1,394

    Performance-based planning activities

    200.4

    39,475

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    328

    -

    164

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    492

    Congestion management

    200.5

    21,829

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    246

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    246

    Travel demand modeling

    200.6

    21,829

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    246

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    246

    Air quality conformity

    200.7

    21,829

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    246

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    246

    Total costs for task group

    403,162

    Short-range planning

    PL +

    TIP development

    300.1

    80,775

    -

    -

    -

    820

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    820

    TIP management

    300.2

    93,434

    -

    -

    -

    820

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    246

    -

    -

    1,066

    Environmental red flag investigations

    300.3

    17,519

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    164

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    82

    -

    -

    246

    Total costs for task group

    191,728

    Long-range planning

    2050 CRP development

    400.1

    268,315

    410

    -

    984

    -

    820

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    1,640

    1,640

    328

    164

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    5,986

    CRP implementation

    400.2

    49,432

    -

    -

    492

    -

    164

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    656

    Environmental linkages planning

    400.3

    25,958

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    164

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    246

    -

    -

    410

    Regional land use planning

    400.4

    69,574

    -

    -

    164

    -

    492

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    164

    -

    -

    -

    -

    820

    Surface transportation planning

    400.5

    53,692

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    246

    -

    246

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    328

    -

    -

    -

    -

    820

    Total costs for task group

    466,971

    Multi-modal planning

    Active transportation planning

    500.1

    179,943

    -

    1,640

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    246

    -

    -

    -

    -

    1,886

    Transit planning

    500.2

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    Total costs for task group

    179,943

    Total budget for PL / 5303 + match

    PL / 5303 + match available per MPO Council distribution

    1,730,877

    574

    1,640

    1,640

    1,640

    1,476

    1,640

    1,476

    -

    1,640 1,640 1,640 1,640 328 492 - 738 1,640 164 - 82

    ^ hours of staff time billed to PL + 5303 across all metropolitan planning activities / 1,640 = 100% ^

    -

    -

    164

    984

    -

    574

    -

    -

    1,731,691


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    Environ

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    Commu

    nication

    Finance

    Adm inis

    tration

    KRC

    ED

    2019


    Trey Wadsworth


    Mitch Barloga


    Gabrielle Biciunas


    Charles Bradsky


    Eman Ibrahim


    Terrell Waddell


    Scott Weber


    James Winters


    Reg. Planner


    GIS Planner


    Graduate intern


    Undergrad intern


    Kathy Luther


    Joe Exl


    Rachel Veronesi


    John Smith


    Dominique Edwards


    Daria Sztaba‌


    Connie Boos


    Allen Hammond


    Talaya Jones


    Lisa Todd


    Meredith Stilwell


    Mary Thorne


    Carolyn Brown


    Admin Asst


    Jody Melton


    Ty Warner


    Total number of hours

    UPWP

    section

    Total task cost

    Sp

    No activities identified in this UPWP period

    600.1

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    Total budget for 5307 + match

    -

    t 5307

    Sub-grantees oversight

    700.1

    315,105

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    1,558

    541

    1,394

    -

    -

    -

    164

    -

    -

    3,657

    Transit planning

    700.2

    186,410

    148

    -

    -

    -

    164

    -

    164

    1,640

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    246

    -

    -

    2,362

    Total budget for 5307 + match

    501,515

    ed activi

    TIP fund

    Air quality + eduction (FY2018 CMAQ)

    800.1

    110,213

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    66

    -

    1,640

    82

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    82

    -

    -

    1,870

    Household Travel Survey (FY2017 STBG)

    800.2

    127,024

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    E-TIP (FY 2017 STBG)

    800.3

    45,000


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    2019 estimated task budgets

    UPWP section

    Task group name

    Funding source

    Total task cost

    Federal share

    Total match

    (match source described to the right)

    NIRPC match

    Non-NIRPC / in-kind value

    19-100

    Administration and public participation


    PL/5303

    $489,073

    $391,259

    $97,815

    $97,815

    $0

    19-200

    Data collection + analysis

    $403,162

    $322,530

    $80,632

    $80,632

    $0

    19-300

    Short-range planning

    $191,728

    $153,382

    $38,346

    $38,346

    $0

    19-400

    Long-range planning

    $466,971

    $373,577

    $93,394

    $93,394

    $0

    19-500

    Multi-modal planning

    $179,943

    $143,955

    $35,989

    $35,989

    $0

    19-600

    Special planning activities

    $0

    $0

    $0

    $0

    $0

    PL / 5303 total

    $1,730,877

    $1,384,702

    $346,175

    $346,175

    $0

    19-700

    FTA activities + tasks

    5307

    $501,515

    $401,212

    $100,303

    $100,3030

    $0

    19-800

    NIRPC programs

    CMAQ (2018)

    $110,213

    $88,170

    $55,228

    $0

    $22,043

    STBG (2017)

    $172,024

    $137,619

    $64,228

    $9,000

    $55,228



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    Transportation

    Environment

    Communication

    Finance

    Adm inistration

    KRC

    ED


    Trey Wadsworth


    Mitch Barloga


    Gabrielle Biciunas


    Charles Bradsky


    Eman Ibrahim


    Terrell Waddell


    Scott Weber


    James Winters


    Reg. Planner


    GIS Planner


    Graduate intern


    Undergrad intern


    Kathy Luther


    Joe Exl


    Rachel Veronesi


    John Smith


    Dominique Edwards


    Daria Sztaba


    Connie Boos


    Allen Hammond


    Talaya Jones


    Lisa Todd


    Meredith Stilwell


    Mary Thorne


    Carolyn Brown


    Admin Asst


    Jody Melton


    Ty Warner


    Total

    number of

    UPWP

    section

    Total task cost

    Administration and public participation

    hours

    Planning management + administration

    100.1

    261,161

    1,107

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    328

    -

    -

    -

    -

    164

    -

    -

    -

    -

    164

    328

    -

    -

    -

    -

    2,091

    Public participation + communication tools

    100.2

    163,504

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    738

    1,394

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    164

    82

    -

    -

    -

    -

    2,378

    Title VI program management

    100.3

    5,380

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    82

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    82

    Environmental Justice program management

    100.4

    5,380

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    82

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    82

    ADA program management

    100.5

    13,874

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    82

    -

    -

    82

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    164

    UPWP development and management

    100.6

    47,174

    164

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    164

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    164

    -

    -

    -

    -

    492

    Total costs for task group

    496,472

    Data collection + analysis

    activities

    Transportation data collection

    200.1

    130,579

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    1,640

    82

    -

    164

    164

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    2,050

    Planning data analysis + forecasts

    200.2

    83,365

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    82

    -

    984

    164

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    1,230

    GIS support services

    200.3

    95,460

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    82

    1,312

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    1,394

    Performance-based planning activities

    200.4

    40,958

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    328

    -

    164

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    492

    Congestion management

    200.5

    22,649

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    246

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    246

    Travel demand modeling

    200.6

    22,649

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    246

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    246

    Air quality conformity

    200.7

    22,649

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    246

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    246

    Total costs for task group

    418,308

    Short-range planning

    PL +

    TIP development

    300.1

    83,810

    -

    -

    -

    820

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    820

    TIP management

    300.2

    96,944

    -

    -

    -

    820

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    246

    -

    -

    1,066

    Environmental red flag investigations

    300.3

    18,177

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    164

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    82

    -

    -

    246

    Total costs for task group

    198,931

    Long-range planning

    CRP implementation

    400.1

    245,500

    -

    -

    1,476

    -

    984

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    1,640

    1,640

    164

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    5,904

    Environmental linkages planning

    400.2

    40,733

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    328

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    246

    -

    -

    574

    Regional land use planning

    400.3

    72,188

    -

    -

    164

    -

    492

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    164

    -

    -

    -

    -

    820

    Surface transportation planning

    400.4

    70,808

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    410

    -

    246

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    328

    -

    -

    -

    -

    984

    Total costs for task group

    429,228

    Multi-modal planning

    Active transportation planning

    500.1

    186,704

    -

    1,640

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    246

    -

    -

    -

    -

    1,886

    Transit planning (programmed in 5307)

    500.2

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    Total costs for task group

    186,704

    Total budget for PL / 5303 + match

    L / 5303 + match available per MPO Council distribution

    1,729,643

    1,271

    1,640

    1,640

    1,640

    1,476

    1,640

    1,640

    -

    1,640 1,640 1,640 1,640 492 492 - 738 1,640 328 - 82

    ^ hours of staff time billed to PL + 5303 across all metropolitan planning activities / 1,640 = 100% ^

    -

    -

    328

    1,312

    -

    574

    -

    -

    1,731,691



    2020

    Transportation

    Environment

    Communication

    Finance

    Adm inistration

    KRC

    ED


    Trey Wadsworth


    Mitch Barloga


    Gabrielle Biciunas


    Charles Bradsky


    Eman Ibrahim


    Terrell Waddell


    Scott Weber


    James Winters


    Reg. Planner


    GIS Planner


    Graduate intern


    Undergrad intern


    Kathy Luther


    Joe Exl


    Rachel Veronesi


    John Smith


    Dominique Edwards‌


    Daria Sztaba


    Connie Boos


    Allen Hammond


    Talaya Jones


    Lisa Todd


    Meredith Stilwell


    Mary Thorne


    Carolyn Brown


    Admin Asst


    Jody Melton


    Ty Warner


    Total

    number of hours

    Spec

    No activities identified in this UPWP period

    600.1

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    Total budget for 5307 + match

    -

    5307

    Sub-grantees oversight

    700.1

    326,944

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    1,558

    541

    1,394

    -

    -

    -

    164

    -

    -

    3,657

    Transit planning

    700.2

    219,183

    365

    -

    -

    -

    164

    -

    164

    1,640

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    246

    -

    -

    2,579

    Total budget for 5307 + match

    546,126

    ed a


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    Air quality + eduction (FY2019 CMAQ)

    800.1

    124,963

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    148

    -

    1,640

    82

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    82

    -

    -

    1,952

    Household Travel Survey (FY2017 STPBG)

    800.2

    127,024

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    Total budget for CMAQ or STP + match

    251,987


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    TIP fund

    TIP fund

    al

    al

    2020 estimated task budgets

    UPWP section

    Task group name

    Funding source

    Total task cost

    Federal share

    Total match

    (match source described to the right)

    NIRPC match

    Non-NIRPC / in-kind value

    20-100

    Administration and public participation


    PL/5303

    $496,161

    $397,178

    $99,294

    $99,294

    $0

    20-200

    Data collection + analysis

    $418,308

    $334,646

    $83,662

    $83,662

    $0

    20-300

    Short-range planning

    $198,931

    $159,145

    $39,786

    $39,786

    $0

    20-400

    Long-range planning

    $429,228

    $343,382

    $85,846

    $85,846

    $0

    20-500

    Multi-modal planning

    $186,704

    $149,363

    $37,341

    $37,341

    $0

    20-600

    Special planning activities

    $0

    $0

    $0

    $0

    $0

    PL / 5303 total

    $1,729,643

    $1,383,714

    $345,929

    $345,929

    $0

    20-700

    FTA activities + tasks

    5307

    $546,126

    $436,901

    $109,225

    $109,225

    $0

    20-800

    NIRPC programs

    CMAQ (2019)

    $124,963

    $99,970

    $24,993

    $0

    $24,993

    STBG (2017)

    $127,024

    $101,619

    $25,405

    $0

    $25,405



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    Originally outlined in the 1962 Federal-Aid Highway Act, the “3C” transportation planning process requires cooperation among all levels of government, comprehensively consideration of many planning factors, and be a continuously evaluated planning process.


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    A Transportation Management Area is an urbanized area with greater than 200,000 people. Northwestern Indiana is such a region and this designation enhances NIRPC’s responsibilities under federal law. This includes the requirement that our planning process include a Congestion Management System and that USDOT certify that NIRPC conducts a 3C planning process.

    About NIRPC‌

    Background + purpose‌

    NIRPC, as the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Northwestern Indiana, has the responsibility to conduct the federally required “3C" transportation planning process for Lake, LaPorte, and Porter Counties. This Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) is a core planning document required by the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT). The UPWP is the approved work plan for the MPO staff, identifying planning tasks and activities to be conducted over the next two years.


    This UPWP is also a financial planning document linking resources and staff where they will be the most effective in responding to significant local and regional issues and resolving area-wide problems. This includes describing other planning, administrative and program offerings of NIRPC as a council of governments. It includes all environmental and economic development planning, as well as transit administration, which includes sub-grantee oversight to transit providers in our region, grant administration, and procurement.


    The UPWP continues to balance within the available resources, long and short- range planning and programming; special studies; data gathering, analysis, and dissemination; travel demand modeling; public involvement; and program administration. The UPWP attempts to address the major surface transportation issues facing our region and supports the necessary work required of an MPO in a Transportation Management Area. The UPWP is designed to maintain a certified, 3C transportation planning process in the context of a connected planning process with land use, social justice, economic development, and the environment.

    State authority‌

    Regional planning and coordination came to Northwestern Indiana in 1965 when enabling legislation was passed by the Indiana General Assembly and signed into law by the Governor. The first state law called for a transportation planning commission, which was inspired by the 1962 Federal Highway Act. The state law has since been amended to create what is known today as the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission, a three-county council of governments. In the 2007 enabling legislation, NIRPC’s Executive Board membership was expanded and weighted voting was enabled.


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    NIRPC region showing county and municipal boundaries


    Northwestern Indiana is 1,520 square miles comprising a wide mixture of land uses, from the environmentally unique Indiana Dunes to one of the nation's largest concentration of heavy industry, and from urban and suburban communities to productive farmland. The communities along Lake Michigan and the places to the south have a diversity of residents, housing values and incomes.


    Northwestern Indiana is a very important part of the sixteen county 9.7 million-person Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area (CSA).

    Northwestern Indiana’s population is 769,294 (2015) and has a labor force of 370,465 (2013) representing a significant portion of the CSA.


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    Lake County

    Porter County

    LaPorte County

    Cedar Lake

    Robert Carnahan

    Beverly Shores

    Geof Benson

    County Commission

    Richard Mrozinski

    County Commission

    Kyle W. Allen, Sr.

    Burns Harbor

    Jane Jordan

    County Council

    Cary Kirkham

    County Council

    Christine Cid

    County Commission

    Jim Biggs

    County Surveyor

    Anthony Hendricks

    County Surveyor

    Bill Emerson, Jr.

    County Council

    Jeff Larson

    Kingsbury

    Mark Ritter

    Crown Point

    Andrew Kyres

    County Surveyor

    Kevin Breitzke

    Kingsford Heights

    Pending

    Dyer

    Mary Tanis

    Chesterton

    Jim Ton

    LaCrosse

    Justin Kiel

    East Chicago

    Anthony Copeland

    Dune Acres

    Jeannette Bapst

    La Porte

    Mark Krentz

    Gary

    Karen Freeman-Wilson

    Hebron

    Don Ensign

    Long Beach

    Nick Meyer

    Griffith

    Rick Ryfa

    Kouts

    Tim Jones

    Michiana Shores

    Jean Poulard

    Hammond

    Thomas McDermott, Jr.

    Ogden Dunes

    Carolyn Saxton

    Michigan City

    Tim Bietry

    Highland

    Michael Griffin

    Pines

    Pending

    Pottawattomie Park

    Pending

    Hobart

    Brian Snedecor

    Portage

    James Snyder

    Trail Creek

    John Bayler

    Lake Station

    Christopher Anderson

    Porter

    Greg Stinson

    Wanatah

    Diane Noll

    Lowell

    Will Farrellbegg

    Porter Township

    Edward Morales

    Westville

    Thomas Fath

    Merrillville

    Richard Hardaway

    Union Township

    George H. Topoll

    Munster

    Dave Shafer

    Valparaiso

    H. Jonathan Costas

    New Chicago

    Lori Collmar

    St. John

    Christian Jorgensen

    Governor’s Appointment

    Rep. Ed Soliday

    Schererville

    Tom Schmitt

    Schneider

    Jack Jeralds

    Whiting

    Joseph Stahura

    Winfield

    Dave Anderson

    Lake County

    Porter County

    LaPorte County

    Cedar Lake

    Robert Carnahan

    Beverly Shores

    Geof Benson

    County Commission

    Richard Mrozinski

    County Commission

    Kyle W. Allen, Sr.

    Burns Harbor

    Jane Jordan

    County Council

    Cary Kirkham

    County Council

    Christine Cid

    County Commission

    Jim Biggs

    County Surveyor

    Anthony Hendricks

    County Surveyor

    Bill Emerson, Jr.

    County Council

    Jeff Larson

    Kingsbury

    Mark Ritter

    Crown Point

    Andrew Kyres

    County Surveyor

    Kevin Breitzke

    Kingsford Heights

    Pending

    Dyer

    Mary Tanis

    Chesterton

    Jim Ton

    LaCrosse

    Justin Kiel

    East Chicago

    Anthony Copeland

    Dune Acres

    Jeannette Bapst

    La Porte

    Mark Krentz

    Gary

    Karen Freeman-Wilson

    Hebron

    Don Ensign

    Long Beach

    Nick Meyer

    Griffith

    Rick Ryfa

    Kouts

    Tim Jones

    Michiana Shores

    Jean Poulard

    Hammond

    Thomas McDermott, Jr.

    Ogden Dunes

    Carolyn Saxton

    Michigan City

    Tim Bietry

    Highland

    Michael Griffin

    Pines

    Pending

    Pottawattomie Park

    Pending

    Hobart

    Brian Snedecor

    Portage

    James Snyder

    Trail Creek

    John Bayler

    Lake Station

    Christopher Anderson

    Porter

    Greg Stinson

    Wanatah

    Diane Noll

    Lowell

    Will Farrellbegg

    Porter Township

    Edward Morales

    Westville

    Thomas Fath

    Merrillville

    Richard Hardaway

    Union Township

    George H. Topoll

    Munster

    Dave Shafer

    Valparaiso

    H. Jonathan Costas

    New Chicago

    Lori Collmar

    St. John

    Christian Jorgensen

    Governor’s Appointment

    Rep. Ed Soliday

    Schererville

    Tom Schmitt

    Schneider

    Jack Jeralds

    Whiting

    Joseph Stahura

    Winfield

    Dave Anderson

    NIRPC’s governing body is the Commission composed of county and municipal elected officials and one Gubernatorial appointment. The Commissions membership is established in Indiana state statute and is required to meet in full at least four times per year. A smaller Executive Board is elected by and from the full Commission membership and takes on the routine business of NIRPC, except for the adoption of bylaws, election of officers, and annual budget appropriations.


    Please check NIRPC.org for updates to Commission membership.

    NIRPC Commission – 2018 appointments‌


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    NIRPC committees MPO functions:‌


Executive Director:

Environment team:

Warner

Executive Director


Kathy Luther

Chief of Staff +

Director of Environment

- Jody Melton

Director of the Kankakee River Basin Commission


Trey Joseph Wadsworth

Director of Transportation

- Allen Hammond

DBE Officer (collateral duty)


Daria Sztaba

Chief Financial Officer


Meredith Stilwell

Office Manager + Website Coordinator


Ten national transportation planning factors:


  1. Support the economic vitality of the metropolitan area, especially by enabling global competitiveness, productivity, and efficiency;


  2. Increase the safety of the transportation system for motorized and non-motorized users;


  3. Increase the security of the transportation system for motorized and non-motorized users;


  4. Increase accessibility and mobility of people and freight;


  5. Protect and enhance the environment, promote energy conservation, improve the quality of life, and promote consistency between transportation improvements and State and local planned growth and economic development patterns;


  6. Enhance the integration and connectivity of the transportation system, across and between modes, for people and freight;


  7. Promote efficient system management and operation;


  8. Emphasize the preservation of the existing transportation system;


  9. Improve the resiliency and reliability of the transportation system and reduce or mitigate stormwater impacts of surface transportation; and

  10. Enhance travel and tourism.


Metropolitan planning activities and tasks‌

100 | Administration + public participation‌

Program #: 19-100

2019 budget:

Federal $391,259 Local match $97,815 Total $489,073


Program #: 20-100

2020 budget:

Federal (PL)

$397,178

Local match

$99,294

Total


Tasks:

$496,472


    1. | Planning management + administration‌

      Task objective:

      Effective management of NIRPC team and resources to achieve high-quality and impactful outcomes image

      from MPO functions. Efficient administration of NIRPC grants and contracts, and support of all Commission and topical committees.

      Task description: Elements:

      • Management of NIRPC team including the coordination of internal team meetings, delegation of work and committee assignments.

      • Staff training, mentorship, professional development, time and attendance review, and execution of a new performance management processes.

      • Administration of financial resources

      • Administration of topical planning committees: production of agendas, minutes, and communication functions by Administrative Assistants for timely distribution of meeting materials.

      Activities:

      Transportation and Environmental Directors participate in meetings with partners throughout the year. Examples include the MPO Council in Indianapolis, Department of Natural Resources, Lake Michigan Coastal Program Coastal Advisory Board, Chicago Wilderness, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning’s Transportation and Green Infrastructure Committees, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Illinois-Indiana Sea-Grant Advisory, Indiana Climate Change Impact Assessment Advisory Group, Urban Waters Federal Partnership, Calumet Collaborative, Port of Indiana, South Shore Clean Cities, Indiana Department of Environmental Management etc.

      Public outreach:

      Coordinated implementation of MPO functions with the public, partners, stakeholders, state, federal, regional, and local agencies.

      Data collection/analysis: not applicable. Task deliverables:

      On-budget and on-schedule delivery of planning program including all grant deliverables and federally required 3C documents identified herein. Quarterly billing, performance evaluations, monthly committee and Commission meetings, and quarterly training activities.


      • Task lead

        Trey Wadsworth

      • Task contributors

        Kathy Luther, Mary Thorne, Daria Sztaba, Meredith Stilwell, and vacant Administrative Assistant

      • Topical committee

        All committees and Commission

      • Task status

        Ongoing and permanent

      • Prior task accomplishments

        • Management of staff performing UPWP tasks and projects

        • Initiation of new performance management system

        • Management of planning processes.

        • Preparing for Certification Review and Maintaining Planning Certification.

        • Quarterly PL and CMAQ Program Reports and Billings

        • Annual PL and CMAQ Completion Reports.

        • Commission and Committee meetings staffed

        • Participation in meetings of coordinating partners

      • Performance measures for task

        On-budget and on-schedule delivery of planning program



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        • Task lead

          Dominique Edwards

        • Task contributors

          Mary Thorne, John Smith, and Meredith Stilwell

        • Topical committee

          Outreach Committee

        • Task status

          Ongoing and permanent


        • Prior task accomplishments Continued public participation and adherence to the 2014 Public Participation Plan

          • Website updates

          • New page creation

          • Posting of meeting dates

          • Posting of comment periods

          • Share NIRPC content w/ social media followers


        • Performance measures for task Web, email and social media analytics, in addition to the number of participants in our planning efforts.


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    2. | Public participation + communication tools‌

      Task objective:

      Implement the NIRPC Public Participation Plan, which includes the public participation requirements for Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) found in the federal metropolitan planning regulations. This means the development and execution of a transparent planning process with ample opportunity for input from the public, partners, and stakeholders. NIRPC is committed to providing opportunities for education, feedback, and outreach to all-region residents and stakeholders. Manage and update/upgrade the NIRPC website to be an informative and up to date source for NIRPC planning efforts, meetings, and resources to not only assist constituents who are familiar with and utilize NIRPC services, but to also increase awareness and inclusion of the general public in NIRPC efforts.

      Task description: Elements:

      Implement the 2014 Public Participation Plan and communication strategies associated with all planning activities, including the coordination of public participation programs with state and federal entities. Ensure that contact lists are up to date and a list of accessible meeting locations is maintained. Ensure that the provision of alternative formats is made available when requested.

      Activities:

      Plan for, secure, and document public input pertaining to transportation, environmental, and economic development plans and programs, including comment periods and public meetings. Post content regarding planning activities and public comment periods on NIRPC's social media pages and website. Publish a quarterly newsletter for distribution to stakeholders and interested parties. NIRPC Website Coordinator will keep the website current.

      Public outreach:

      Identify and attempt to engage diverse participation from all communities with our region on NIRPC's plans and programs, particularly groups who have traditionally not been involved in transportation planning. Address PEA to ensure freight, ports, and providers of transportation are included in the PPP.

      Data collection/analysis:

      Utilize web, email and social media analytics to gauge outreach activities are successful. Track meeting participation and comments received to understand if participation reflects regional demographics.

      Task deliverables:

      Consistent implementation of the 2014 Public Participation Plan. Activation of the Outreach Committee and reporting to federal partners on outreach activities.


    3. | Title VI program management‌

      Task objective:

      Continue to ensure that NIRPC and partner Local Public Agencies (LPA) in our region comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This will have the effect of better ensuring that programs and projects adhere to the principles of non-discrimination, as well as make the MPO’s nondiscrimination self- certifications accurate.

      Task description: Elements:

      Assist and survey LPAs on compliance, including monitoring if LPAs have Title VI implementation plans and that they meet Title VI requirements. If such a plan is not in place with the project sponsor LPA, then INDOT may limit funding to those entities that are not meeting the requirements. Elements of an implementation plan include 1) identification of a person responsible for Title VI; 2) ensure utilization of “Notification of Nondiscrimination” statements; 3) a documented complaint process, and 4) steps used to collect and evaluate data on impacts from the LPA’s programs and projects.

      Activities:

      NIRPC will continue to offer technical assistance to those LPAs that need assistance in completing this requirement for the development and implementation of a Title VI Plan.

      Public outreach:

      All planning activities conducted by NIRPC will ensure that all aspects of Title VI are considered. NIRPC will also further its effort on outreach activities to include communities protected by Title VI so that all communities input is received.

      Data collection/analysis:

      Monitor that 100% of LPAs have Title VI implementation plans in effect. Monitor NIRPC’s outreach activities in Title VI protected communities.

      Task deliverables:

      Technical assistance to LPAs and robust public outreach.

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      Dominique Edwards

      • Task contributors

        Not applicable

      • Topical committee

        Not applicable.

      • Task status

        Ongoing and permanent

      • Prior task accomplishments

        LPA compliance with Title VI.

      • Performance measures for task

All recipients of federal funds, including NIRPC itself, are in compliance with Title VI.


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The Household Travel Survey valued at

$276,139, was amended into the TIP and prior UPWP. This consultant task is funded with STBG funds and match provided by partner agencies. The contract associated with the Household Travel Survey is estimated to be completed by February 2020.


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    1. | Planning data collection‌

      Task objective:

      Collect, update and manage data relating to all aspects of metropolitan planning. Includes data to support congestion management, economic and land use development, safety planning, vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian counts, and transit data.

      Task description: Elements:

      • Crash data collection

      • Traffic count data collection

      • Travel time data collection

      • Transit data collection

        o Asset inventory and condition data

      • Bicycle and pedestrian count data collection

      • Household Travel Survey in partnership with CMAP

        Activities:

        Emphasis will be placed on identifying all the data needed for collection by NIRPC in order to support transportation planning processes and decision making, especially in light of requirements to fulfill the performance-based planning requirements of USDOT, and for the development of the next comprehensive long-range plan due by FY 2020. In addition, the optimal data collection cycle will be identified.

        Public outreach:

        As needed, but not anticipated to be a considerable effort.

        Data collection/analysis:

        All data identified above; no analysis is conducted under this task.

        Task deliverables:

        Data sets are collected in time for use by planners responsible for analysis. Completion of traffic counts requested by INDOT on a spring and fall cycle. In addition, the Household Travel Survey will kick-off and remain on schedule.


    2. | Planning data analysis + forecasts image‌

      Task objective:

      The objective of this work element is to manage, analyze, and disseminate data to support NIPRC planning activities, which requires data for transportation, regional land use, environmental and economic development elements. The management of data is essential in analyses and downstream decision making for the regional planning and initiatives, and for integration in GIS.

      Task description: Elements:

      Management of all data that supports the planning activities by NIRPC. Data analysis as needed to inform recommendations contained within NIRPC plans, to support the performance-based planning system, and for decision-makers to consider in NIRPC committees or externally. Census data and demographics forecasts will also be the main focus of this task.

      Activities:

      Identify data analysis and forecast cycles that best assist NIRPC planning activities, routine or unique tasks. Provide for dissemination of data analysis results to appropriate parties within NIRPC or to external parties.

      Public outreach: coordination with LPAs and INDOT.

      Data collection/analysis: not applicable.

      Task deliverables:

      Clear analysis framework and a data clearinghouse. Ongoing analysis of data and forecasts thereafter.

      • Task lead

        Vacant Regional Planner / Policy Analyst

      • Task contributors

        Scott Weber and vacant GIS planner

      • Topical committee

        All committees

      • Task status

        Ongoing and permanent

      • Prior task accomplishments

        This task was assigned to a team member that received a promotion and therefore in 2017-2018 there has not been a significant level of effort attributed to this task.


      • Performance measures for task Development of a clear analysis framework and a data clearinghouse.


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        • Task lead image

          Vacant GIS planner

        • Task contributors

          Regional Planner / Data Analyst

        • Topical committee

          All committees

        • Task status

          Ongoing and permanent


        • Prior task accomplishments GIS spatial analysis to support all NIRPC planning activities


        • Performance measures for task High-quality GIS spatial analysis delivered on-time to support all NIRPC planning activities


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    3. | GIS support services‌

      Task objective:

      Manage, coordinate, expand, and continue to upgrade of the NIRPC GIS to meet the increasingly diverse spatial data requirements of comprehensive transportation, environmental, and land use planning, economic development, and regional initiatives.

      Task description: Elements:

      Working with NIRPC team members identify spatial analysis and maps needed to support all planning activities.

      Activities:

      • Maintain GIS functionality

      • Organize GIS more effectively

      • Produce and consistently maintain datasets

      • Create, deploy, and maintain online GIS maps

      • Participate in regional GIS user groups

      • Perform analysis for planning tasks

        Public outreach: not applicable

        Data collection/analysis: not applicable

        Task deliverables:

        High-quality GIS spatial analysis conducted throughout the year to support NIRPC planning activities.


    4. | Performance-based planning activities image‌

      Task objective:

      Implement the requirements of federally mandated performance-based planning activities. Expand beyond the requirements to include a comprehensive performance management system as an outcome of the 2050 long-range planning process.

      Task description: Elements:

      Metric identification where measures are not already established in federal law, target setting, data collection, and reporting.

      Activities:

      Follow the timeline established by FHWA and FTA, NIRPC will implement performance-based planning as required. This will be followed by ongoing data collection and analysis to support this task permanently.

      Through the 2050 long-range planning process, NIRPC will go beyond what is required of FHWA and FTA to develop a comprehensive performance management system addressing all aspects of the plane.

      Participate in the MPO Council committee on performance-based planning.

      Public outreach:

      Public outreach will consist of presenting metrics, targets and reporting to relevant committees the Commission. Where needed the long-range plan and TIP will be an amendment to fulfill federal requirements. Such amendments will call for public participation with comment periods and a public meeting.

      Data collection/analysis:

      This task will focus on identifying the data that needed to support NIRPC’s performance-based planning system. The activities of data collection and analysis will be conducted under the “Planning data collection” and “Planning analysis and forecasts” tasks.

      Task deliverables:

      Adopted targets by federal due dates, timely reporting of performance, and maintenance of the federally required performance-based planning process. Measures will include safety, pavement and bridge condition, system congestion for all users and freight users, and one for the Congestion Mitigation Air Quality program. By May 2019, NIRPC will have a full performance management system as a result of the 2050-long-range planning process.

      • Task lead

        Scott Weber

      • Task contributors

        Vacant Regional Planner / Policy Analyst

      • Topical committee

        Surface Transportation Committee and Transit Operators Roundtable

      • Task status

        New, but intended to be ongoing and permanent


      • Prior task accomplishments Adoption of the safety target, and participation in training for the implementation of performance-based planning activities.


      • Performance measures for task Ongoing adherence to federal performance-based planning requirements. Creation of a comprehensive performance management system.


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      • Task lead

        Scott Weber

      • Task contributors

        None

      • Topical committee

        Surface Transportation Committee

      • Task status

        Ongoing and permanent


      • Prior task accomplishments Application of the Congestion Management Process to long-range plan and TIP amendments in addition to the FY 2018-2021 TIP. Acquired newly and freely available probe-based data from the National Performance Measures Research Data Set (NPMRDS) and compiled a database for the NIRPC region from these data. Acquainted the Surface Transportation Committee with the NPMRDS data and presented a direction NIRPC would like to take the Congestion Management Process.


      • Performance measures for task Reliability measures that are applicable: Percentage of Person Miles Traveled on the Interstate that are reliable, Percentage of Person Miles Traveled on the Non-Interstate NHS. Congestion Measure that is applicable: Annual Peak Hours of Excessive Delay per Capita in the overall Chicago Metropolitan Area.


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    5. | Congestion management‌

      Task objective:

      Fulfill the requirements for a Transportation Management Area (TMA) by ensuring that planning and projects carried out by NIRPC and its local partners consider congestion reduction where possible.

      Task description: Elements:

      Objective and quantitative evaluation of congestion within the NIRPC region. An operation-oriented approach to the congestion management process will continue to be pursued.

      Activities:

      1) Recognize that on some corridors there is congestion that NIRPC aims to consider for improvement. 2) Identification and involvement of stakeholders of congested corridors. 3) Analysis of existing data on the congested network. 4) Identification of potential alternative plans and projects that would result in improvements in congestion. 5) A process that would screen plans and projects and select the preferred alternative(s). 6) Monitor the congested network to inform future planning and programming strategies.

      Public outreach:

      Outreach to the public occurs on an as-needed basis in the congestion management process. Environmental Justice and Title VI populations are considered by acknowledging the locations of the congested network that may disproportionately impact burdened communities as well as award potential plans and projects that seek to improve congestion in burdened communities.

      Data collection/analysis: as described in the activities above and milestones below.

      Task deliverables:

      A simplified Congestion Management Process will be achieved that reduces down to the six elements listed in the activities above, that will be robust enough to allow implementation and monitoring using powerful tools such as NPMRDS where available and collect travel times where NPMRDS coverage is lacking. Analysis of the NPMRDS data will be completed by May 2018. Data collection on the roads in the Congested Network not covered by NPMRDS will be collected in Spring and Fall 2018. The Surface Transportation Committee will adopt a new Congestion Management Process in April 2019 after a 30-day public comment period of a draft by February or March 2019, and then that CMP will be included in the 2050 RTP. The remainder of the time in this task will be spent implementing the new CMP.


    6. | Travel demand modeling image‌

      Task objective:

      Model region travel demand in Northwestern Indiana and in neighboring areas. The computationally rigorous travel demand model allows NIRPC to support planning and programming activities by identifying the need for, and impact of, plans and projects. Results of modeling help meet federal requirements of air quality conformity and assist NIRPC stakeholders in evaluating some localized travel impacts of projects.

      Task description: Elements:

      Model validation, socio-economic forecasts, land-use assumptions, VMT estimates, air quality impacts.

      Activities:

      1) Validate Travel Demand Model to latest VMT estimates. 2) Extend the model’s horizon year out to 2050 by incorporating upcoming 2050 demographic forecasts. 3) Use Household Travel Survey Data to keep Travel Demand Model current with respect to trip generation rates. 4) Be involved with the Indiana Model Users Group (iMUG) and the Chicago Area Travel Model Users Group (CATMUG) to stay atop of best Travel Demand Modeling practices. 5) Apply Travel Demand Model to NIRPC planning and programming activities such as Air Quality Planning, programming decision support for projects, etc. 6) Improve the usability of the Travel Demand Model so that it can be more easily replicated by others.

      Public outreach: not applicable.

      Data collection/analysis:

      VMT forecasts, land-use assumptions, and socio-economic forecasts.

      Task deliverables:

      This is an ongoing activity that will support the development and implementation of the 2050 RTP and analysis of transportation investments considered in the Transportation Improvement Program. The analysis in the transportation section(s) of the 2050 RTP, drafted by spring 2019, will include information from the Travel Demand Model. Validation to a 2016 base year (the most recent year where reliable VMT information is available, possibly 2017) will be completed by summer 2018. Demographic forecasts should be completed by fall 2018 with the model extending out to 2050 by then as well. By spring 2019, the household travel survey data will be available for NIRPC to incorporate into improving trip generation rates.

      • Task lead

        Scott Weber

      • Task contributors

        None

      • Topical committee

        Surface Transportation Committee

      • Task status

        Ongoing and permanent


      • Prior task accomplishments Applied the Travel Demand Model to support NIRPC planning activities including implementing the Regional Corridors Study, modeling air quality impacts on RTP and TIP

        amendments/adoptions, understanding congestion, and assisting project sponsors on understanding how project implementation impacts the project areas and regional travel patterns.

        Increased the automation of the Travel Demand Model so it is executed in Python tools instead of in MS-DOS prompt.

      • Performance measures for task

        On-time model validation along with input data to support the development of the 2050 RTP.


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      • Task lead

        Scott Weber

      • Task contributors

        None

      • Topical committee

        Technical Planning Committee

      • Task status

        Ongoing and permanent


      • Prior task accomplishments Completed the air quality conformity process for amendments #3 and #4 to the 2040 Comprehensive Regional Plan Update Companion as well as the FY 2018-2021 TIP. Began the process of updating the now-INDOT but future- NIRPC air quality post processor that will directly tie in results from the travel demand model into the air quality conformity process without having to wait for INDOT to complete this step.


      • Performance measures for task Total emissions reductions in kg/day of ozone precursors (VOC and NOx)


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    7. | Air quality conformity‌

Task objective:

Meet the federal requirements for Air Quality Conformity as they apply to an MPO planning and programming for an air quality non-attainment or maintenance area. The task will show that NIRPC fulfills these requirements by only planning and programming projects that fall within motor vehicle emissions budgets and other required parameters.

Task description: Elements:

Participate with state and federal partners to evaluate air quality impacts of transportation investments. Communicate modeling results to partners and inform investment decisions.

Activities:

1) Participate in the Interagency Consultation Group (ICG) on Air Quality. 2) Prepare draft air quality conformity determination Analysis documents showing that regionally significant non-exempt planned and programmed projects, regardless of funding source, demonstrate air quality conformity. 3) Revise Air Quality Conformity Determination Analysis documents to the ICG’s satisfaction. 4) Present the ICG- sanctioned Air Quality Conformity Determination Analysis document to the NIRPC Technical Planning Committee for recommendation to the Commission for final approval. 5) Collect FHWA/FTA’s formal findings of Air Quality Conformity Determination. 6) Methodology for completing the elements listed above: run the Travel Demand Model to the specifications necessary with the regionally significant non-exempt projects; running the Air Quality Post Processor; draft the Air Quality Conformity Determination Analysis document (applicability, priority, consultation, relationship of the RTP and TIP conformity to the NEPA process, fiscal constraints for the RTP and TIP, criteria and procedures for the conformity determination, latest planning assumptions, latest emissions model, TCM implementation, consistency with motor vehicle emissions budgets in the State Implementation Plan, emissions reductions in areas without motor vehicle emissions budgets, procedures for determining regional transportation-related emissions, regional transportation-related emissions results).

Data collection/analysis: described above.

Task deliverables:

Model runs for 2050 long-range plan, TIP and TIP amendments as needed. Task milestones are aligned with the development of the 2050 long-range plan.


300 | Short-range planning‌

Program #: 19-300

2019 budget:

Federal (PL) $153,382 Local match $38,346 Total $191,728


Program #: 20-300

2020 budget:

Federal (PL)

$159,145

Local match

$39,786

Total


Tasks:

$198,931


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The E-TIP valued at $45,000, was amended into the TIP and prior UPWP in June 2017. This consultant task is funded with STBG funds with match from NIRPC.

    1. | Transportation Improvement Program development‌

      Task objective:

      Develop and deliver the FY 2020-2023 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) by May 2019. The TIP will be a fiscally constrained five-year multi-modal investment program reflecting the vision and goals of the 2050 long-range plan, implementing the performance-based planning system, adhering to air quality conformity rules, and utilizing a robust and transparent public participation process.

      Task description: Activities:

      1) Solicit transportation projects within the established committee structure. 2) Develop the FY 2020-2023 TIP with the intent of delivering a full portfolio of projects with the resources available to the NIRPC region.

      3) Develop a fiscally constrained five-year spending plan of federal funds allocated to NIRPC. 4) Develop and employ project selection criteria to inform decision-makers on the merit of each proposed project. 5) Maintain a good working relationship with LPAs, transit operators, INDOT, FHWA, and FTA.

      Public outreach:

      Utilize a robust and transparent public participation process to inform the project selection.

      Data collection/analysis:

      Financial planning, fiscal constraint analysis, and air quality conformity.

      Task deliverables:

      A new TIP for review and approval by INDOT and federal partners. Task milestones are aligned with the development of the 2050 long-range plan.


    2. | Transportation Improvement Program management image‌

      Task objective:

      Maintain through periodic amendments and modifications a fiscally constrained five-year multi-modal investment program reflecting the vision and goals of the 2050 long-range plan, implementing the performance-based planning system, adhering to air quality conformity rules, and utilizing a robust and transparent public participation process.

      Task description: Activities:

      1) Coordinate transportation projects within the established committee structure. 2) Maintain the 2018- 2021 TIP by introducing amendments and administrative modifications with the intent on delivering a full portfolio of projects with the resources available to the NIRPC region. 3) Maintain a fiscally constrained five-year spending plan of federal funds allocated to NIRPC. 4) Maintain a current list of Employee in Responsible Charge (ERC) for each LPA. 5) Organize and conduct quarterly tracking meetings to assess the viability of project letting; recommend amendments as needed. 6) Employ project selection criteria, as applicable, to inform decision-makers on the merit of each proposed project. 7) Maintain a good working relationship with LPAs, transit operators, INDOT, FHWA, and FTA. 8) Publish a list of obligated projects, known as the Annual List of Obligated Projects (ALOP), no later than 90 days following the close of the fiscal year.

      Public outreach:

      Utilize a robust and transparent public participation process to inform the project selection and amendments.

      Data collection/analysis:

      Financial planning, fiscal constraint analysis, and air quality conformity.

      Task deliverables:

      Quarterly tracking meetings the month following the close of a quarter, amendments as needed but before a project is due to let. Document the number and percentage of projects let for construction per program year as originally published in the TIP.

      • Task lead

        Charles Bradsky

      • Task contributors

        None

      • Topical committee

        Transportation Resources Oversight Committee, Transit Operators Roundtable, Technical Planning Committee, and Commission

      • Task status

        Ongoing and permanent

      • Prior task accomplishments

        TIP amendments and modifications. Publication of the ALOP.


      • Performance measures for task Fully obligating all available federal funds allocated to the NIRPC region.


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      • Task lead

        Joe Exl

      • Task contributors

        Vacant Administrative Assistant

      • Topical committee

        Environmental Management Policy Committee

      • Task status

        Ongoing and permanent


      • Prior task accomplishments Conducted red flag investigations as needed.


      • Performance measures for task Number of red flag investigations conducted to facilitate project development and timely letting.


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    3. | Environmental mitigation planning‌

Task objective:

To enhance the performance of the transportation system while protecting and enhancing

the natural environment by integrating the various aspects of Planning and Environmental Linkages, especially as it pertains to the Planning Emphasis Areas, the Red Flag Investigations and FHWA Every Day Counts initiatives into transportation planning.

Task description: Activities:

1) Conduct red flag investigations. 2) Continue with the implementation of RFIs on projects in the TIP. 3) Continue to monitor any updates to relevant state, federal, regional, and local environmental plans that they may inform the transportation planning process. 4) Maintain an open dialog with environmental stakeholders, land trusts, and local natural resource groups to review results and technical reports. 5) Continue to explore opportunities to implement new aspects of FHWA Ecological in the region. 6) Continue to communicate to LPAs the availability of our Red Flag Investigation services and participate in project scoping meetings with agencies before projects are added to the TIP, at which point opportunities for impact avoidance and mitigation are less available and costlier. 7) Work with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources IN-Lieu Fee program to identify regionally significant natural resource and watershed plan priorities and opportunities for potential mitigation needs related to priority new transportation

projects identified in the completed Regional Corridors Study. 8) Open dialogue with INDOT Right of Way Maintenance Program to explore partnership opportunities in high priority invasive management areas.

Public outreach: not applicable.

Data collection/analysis:

Continue to update and maintain the NIRPC environmental database to inform discussion and decisions on environmental impacts and priority mitigation activities. Environmental impacts to include at a minimum: water quality and stormwater impacts, wildlife mortality, habitat connectivity. Other data collected and maintained includes; wetlands, watershed priority areas, priority forest resources, prime farmland, historic structures, public open lands, and many others.

Task deliverables:

RFI process incorporated into pre-TIP project scoping meetings. Updated Environmental Mitigation Areas map. Mitigation targets identified for future Regional Corridors Study transportation projects.


400 | Long-range planning‌

Program #: 19-400

2019 budget:

Federal (PL) $373,577 Local match $93,394 Total $466,971


Program #: 20-400

2020 budget:

Federal (PL)

$343,382

Local match

$85,846

Total


Tasks:

$429,228



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o This is an ongoing activity, though the planning conducted through this task will apply to other work at NIRPC.


    1. | Environmental linkages planning‌

      Task objective:

      Identify areas in which transportation planning and the environment intersect in the region, plan for enhancement when possible, consider the resiliency of our transportation network as it relates to environmental influences, and assist partners. Ensure that NIRPC long-range transportation plans are consistent with environmental resource agency plans.

      Task description: Elements + activities:

      Insert

      Public outreach:

      NIRPC's participation in Indiana Department of Environmental Management Citizens Advisory for the Remediation of the Environment directly impacts the Environmental Justice Communities of Gary, Hammond, and East Chicago. NIRPC's participation in the Trail Creek Advisory Committee directly impacts the Environmental Justice Community of Michigan City.

      Data collection/analysis:

      Analysis of environmental data layers to inform transportation planning.

      Task deliverables:

      Inform transportation planning activities about environmental linkages to enable environmental enhancement, resiliency, with the ultimate goal of reducing environmental permitting time by considering environmental impacts early in the process.

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      Kathy Luther

      • Task contributors

        Vacant Administrative Assistant

      • Topical committee

        Environmental Management and Policy Committee and Ped, Pedal, and Paddle Committee

      • Task status

        On-going and permanent


      • Prior task accomplishments Provided environmental and natural resource analysis of the Regional Corridors Study, which enabled potential new transportation corridors to be evaluated on their environmental impacts and potential barriers to implementation. Contributed to analysis of priority non-motorized trail corridors for potential environmental impacts and linkages. Robust mapping and analysis of natural resources that underlay the transportation infrastructure of the region. Discussions with resource agencies led to realization that permitting and mitigation processes at the agencies are handled on a short- term project specific basis. NIRPC's subsequent work to support LPA Red Flag Investigations continues to address this need. However, maintaining NIRPC natural resource mapping with resource agency priorities and plans as they are updated or adopted is long term ongoing task to support federal consistency at the regional level.


      • Performance measures for task Reduced time to permit infrastructure projects and environmental impacts


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500 | Multi-modal planning‌

Program #: 19-500

2019 budget:

Federal (PL) $143,955 Local match $35,989 Total $179,943


Program #: 20-500

2020 budget:

Federal (PL)

$149,363

Local match

$37,341

Total


Tasks:

$186,704


500.1 | Active transportation planning‌

Task objective:

Engage the public, partners, and stakeholders on advancing goals and objectives as identified in the Greenways+Blueways 2020 Plan.

Task description: Elements and activities: