2020

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final draft

final draft

Unified Planning Work Program

2019 UPWP Amendment 1

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Table of Contents

NIRPC 2019 budget 4

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NIRPC staff organization and functions 6

600 | Special planning activities 7

NIRPC budget‌

2019

Trey Wadsworth

Trey Wadsworth

Gabrielle Biciunas

Gabrielle Biciunas

Charles Bradsky

Charles Bradsky

Dominique Edward

Dominique Edward

Allen Hammond

Allen Hammond

Meredith Stilwell

Meredith Stilwell

Transportation Environment Communication Finance Adm inistration ED

Administration and public participation

UPWP

section

Staff cost Total

task cost

Federal share

NIRPC

share

Non-NIRPC

Mitch Barloga

Mitch Barloga

Eman Ibrahim

Eman Ibrahim

Peter Kimball

Peter Kimball

Terrell Waddell

Terrell Waddell

Scott Weber

Scott Weber

James Winters

James Winters

Interns

Interns

Interns

Interns

Interns

Interns

Kathy Luther

Kathy Luther

Joe Exl

Joe Exl

Env. Educator/ Coordinator

Env. Educator/ Coordinator

John Smith

John Smith

Daria Sztaba

Daria Sztaba

Connie Boos

Connie Boos

Talaya Jones

Talaya Jones

Lisa Todd

Lisa Todd

Mary Thorne

Mary Thorne

Carolyn Brown

Carolyn Brown

Candice Eklund

Candice Eklund

Ty Warner

Ty Warner

share / in- kind value

Planning management + administration 19-100.1 234,101 284,101 227,281 56,820 - 1066 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 492 0 0 0 164 0 0 0 0 164 328 0 0 0

Public participation + communication tools 19-100.2 156,570 156,570 125,256 31,314 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 771 1312 0 0 0 0 0 164 82 0 0 0

Title VI program management 19-100.3 5,300 5,300 4,240 1,060 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Environmental Justice program management 19-100.4 5,300 5,300 4,240 1,060 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

ADA program management 19-100.5 13,550 13,550 10,840 2,710 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 0 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

UPWP development and management 19-100.6 46,810 46,810 37,448 9,362 - 164 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 164 0 0 0 0 0 164 0 0 0

Total costs for task group 461,633 511,633 409,306 102,327 - Data collection + analysis

Transportation data collection 19-200.1 163,313 163,313 130,650 32,663 - 0 0 0 0 0 164 1640 82 0 1640 1640 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Planning data analsis + forecasts 19-200.2 19,101 19,101 15,281 3,820 - 0 0 0 0 0 164 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

GIS support services 19-200.3 82,044 82,044 65,635 16,409 - 0 0 0 0 0 1148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Performance-based planning activities 19-200.4 29,521 29,521 23,617 5,904 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 328 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Congestion management 19-200.5 22,141 22,141 17,713 4,428 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 246 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PL + 5303 activities

PL + 5303 activities

Travel demand modeling 19-200.6 22,141 22,141 17,713 4,428 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 246 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Air quality conformity 19-200.7 22,141 22,141 17,713 4,428 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 246 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total costs for task group 360,401 360,401 288,321 72,080 - Short-range planning

TIP development 19-300.1 82,569 82,569 66,055 16,514 - 0 0 820 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TIP management 19-300.2 94,622 94,622 75,698 18,924 - 0 0 820 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 246 0

Environmental red flag investigations 19-300.3 7,321 7,321 5,857 1,464 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 0

Total costs for task group 184,511 184,511 147,609 36,902 - Long-range planning

2050 CRP development 19-400.1 288,378 288,349 230,679 57,670 - 410 984 0 0 984 0 0 164 164 0 0 0 328 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CRP implementation 19-400.2 74,081 74,081 59,265 14,816 - 0 492 0 0 164 0 0 0 0 0 0 1640 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Environmental linkages planning 19-400.3 12,053 12,053 9,643 2,411 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 246 0

Regional land use planning 19-400.4 69,567 69,567 55,653 13,913 - 0 164 0 0 492 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 164 0 0 0

Surface transportation planning 19-400.5 50,458 50,458 40,366 10,092 - 0 0 0 0 0 164 0 246 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 328 0 0 0

Total costs for task group 494,538 494,509 395,607 98,902 - Multi-modal planning

Active transportation planning 19-500.1 179,824 179,824 143,859 35,965 - 0 0 0 1640 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 246 0 0 0

Transit planning 19-500.2 - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PL / 5303 + match per MPO Council distribution Unprogrammed PL / 5303 + needed match to program PL / 5303

Special

Special

Special planning activities

1,731,691 1,385,353 346,338 200,023

814 651 163

^ # of staff time billed to PL + 5303 across all metropolitan planning activities ^

Air quality + education (FY 2019 CMAQ) 19-600.1 - 450,000 360,000 - 90,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 0 820 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total budget + match - 450,000 360,000 - 90,000

Budget Summary

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Executive Director:

• Maintains Commission relationships

• Oversees all program functions

• Establishes internal policy

  
  

  NIRPC staff organization and functions‌

  

  Administration team:

• Human resources

• Office management

• Administrative support

  Communication team:

• Public participation

• Graphics and documents

  Environment team:

• Air quality

Ty 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

• Public education / outreach

• Permitting evaluation

  Environment Transportation Finance Administration

• Alternative fuels

• Watershed quality

  • Regional watershed planning

  • Water usage

  • Storm water public education

  • Great Lake Watershed Academy

• Natural resources

  • Chicago Wilderness

  • Purdue Planning with Power

• Environmental management planning

  • Transportation linkages

    Finance team:

• Finance and accounting

• Sub-grantee oversight

  Transportation team:

• Long-range planning

• Unified Planning Work Program

• Transportation Improvement Program

• Outreach and public involvement

• Transit planning

• Land use planning

• Bicycle and pedestrian planning

• Travel demand forecast modeling

• Air quality conformity

• Data collection and analysis

• Demographics and population forecasts

• Congestion management

• Intelligent Transportation System planning

• Safety and security planning

• Geographic Information Systems planning

• Freight planning

• Joe Exl

  

  Sr. Water Resource Planner

• Vacant

  Environmental Educator

  /Project Coordinator

  
  

  Communication

  
  

• Dominique Edwards

  Public Participation Planner

• John Smith

  Production Manager

• Mitch Barloga Transportation Planning Manager / Active Transportation Planner

  
  

• Gabrielle Biciunas

  Long-Range Planner

  
  

• Charles Bradsky Transportation Projects Manager

  
  

• Eman Ibrahim

  Planning Manager

  
  

• Terrell Waddell Transportation Data Specialist

  
  

• Scott Weber Transportation Planner / Analyst

  
  

• James Winters

  Transit Planner

  
  

• Peter Kimball Regional GIS Data Analyst

• Connie Boos

  Accounts Payable Manager

  
  

• Allen Hammond

  Compliance Manager

  
  

• Talaya Jones

  Chief Accountant

  
  

• Lisa Todd

  Procurement Coordinator

• Carolyn Brown

  

  Receptionist

• Mary Thorne

  Administrative Assistant

• Candice Eklund

Administrative Assistant

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600 | Special planning activities‌

Program #: 19-600

2019 budget:

Federal $360,000 CMAQ

Local match $ 90,000 – Third Party-In-Kind

Total $450,000

Program #: 20-600

2020 budget: Federal $0 Local match $0 Total $0

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Tasks: Air Quality Education

Task objective:

This multi-year program continues 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 relationship to air quality, health and quality of life in the region. NIRPC will continue to work with public officials, public diesel fleet owners and operators, private sector decisionmakers, universities, educators, students, the media and the general public on the air quality issues in the region. 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.

Task description: Elements + activities:

• Media and Marketing:

  • Utilize social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram in addition to local college and community newspapers and magazines (digital and print), regional radio station remotes and commercials, marketing agencies, tv, movie theater on screen, SMS, NWI Clean Air monthly e-newsletter, NWI Clean Air Website and Air Quality survey (in 2021) to help with various forms of public outreach and education. This also includes professional promotion assistance of events and activities.

  • Cross promote non-motorized transportation and transit programs such as assisting with the promotion of Bike on Trains, website assistance for Gary Public Transportation Corporation Broadway Metro Express, and new active transportation efforts in Lake, Porter, and LaPorte Counties.

• NWI Clean Air (NIRPC):

• Distribute 62,000 air quality education document holders to Clean Air Car Check’s vehicle emission testing stations as well as to South Shore Clean Cities and NWI Clean Air (NIRPC) to assist with education and outreach.

• Exchange 2,400 gas cans at household hazardous waste collection events in Lake, Porter and LaPorte Counties. Advertising promotion will be used to increase the participation at these events.

• Participate and sponsor two Partners for Clean Air Events.

• Attend and participate in various events, programs and workshops related to environmental education and active transportation throughout the region.

• Improve education and outreach efforts in Hispanic/Latino and African American communities, 18-34- year-old residents, those who have children in their household, and/or have a frequent or daily commute. Implement air quality curriculum at the Boys & Girls Club of Northwest Indiana in July 2018. Distribute promotional drawstring bags to students to encourage and remind them to care for the air.

• Integrate an air monitoring component into the air quality curriculum to empower school-aged students to improve our air and public health; requires the purchase of educational particulate matter sensor kits. These particulate matter sensors will also be used at various events.

• Develop a citizen scientist air monitoring program which would include workshops in partnership with local colleges and community organizations and groups; requires the purchase/development of reliable bicycle or pedestrian air quality monitoring devices.

• Partner with Purdue University’s Environmental & Ecological Engineering Program. In the Fall of 2018

  – Spring 2018, students will create air quality and/or non-motorized transportation data/information specific to Lake Porter and LaPorte County and/or create/test particulate matter sensors for reliability and cost analysis.

  Update NWI Clean Air website which is to include non-motorized transportation and transit programs.

• Create new education and outreach materials which are to include tabletop banner displays.

• Assist South Shore Clean Cities emission reduction program at schools throughout northwest Indiana.

• Distribute at least 1,000 promotional lunch totes to promote anti-idling and reduce lunchtime driving.

• Partners for Clean Air (IDEM Northwest Regional Office and members such as local health departments and area businesses):

  • Annually register as Gold member and report on commitments.

  • Distribute at least 1,000 promotional lunch totes to promote anti-idling and reduce lunchtime driving.

  • Manage Partners for Clean Air Facebook page.

• NWI Green Fleets:

  • South Shore Clean Cities will operate the NWI Green Fleets Program.

  • Provide individualized fleet emission assessments and reduction planning for up to 30 fleets.

  • Provide a series of workshops/webinars and training related to clean air, clean fuels, and emission reduction technology.

  • Report on Green Fleets at the Technical Planning Committee

  • Operate an annual Green Fleets Award Program

• NWI Take Bike the Streets (Build-A-Bike, Safety Village, and Northern Lights Camp) –

  • Will promote environmental stewardship, foster intergenerational leadership and improve air quality/community health by focusing on non-motorized transportation and safety:

• Prior task accomplishments cont. NWI Green Fleets: South Share Clean Cities contracted to operate NWI Green Fleets Program; provided individual fleet emission assessments and reduction planning for twenty-eight public and private fleet operators; assisted in implementing diesel retrofit bus heater program; and operated annual Green Fleet Award program.

  Take Bike the Streets:

  Attended multiple events and meetings related to creating NWI Take Bike the Streets which includes Build-A-Bike and Safety Village programs and Northern Lights Camp in partnership with the Miller Arts and Creative District, Miller Spotlight and a resident interested in creating a Build-A-Bike in Porter County.

  
  

• Performance measures for task Increase social media followers by 15%; increase e-newsletter sign-up by 15%; increase marketing impressions by 5-10%; emission reduction due to gas can exchanges and NWI Green Fleets emission reduction program. Conduct a survey in 2021 to see how knowledge and perception of air quality among northwest Indiana residents has changed since the 2017 survey.

• Funding source

CMAQ programmed in 2018

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2019 Unified Planning Work Program- Amendment 1

• Distribute 75,000 Greenways + Blueways 2020 bike maps, 2,000 bike pins, and 1,000 walker pins to encourage and promote active/non- motorized transportation.

• Partner with local police departments, Tri-Town Safety Village, Hammond Police Department Safety Village, Miller Safety Village, newly developed Safety Villages and Safe Routes to School and integrate Project Lightning Bug into their safety programs; distribute at least 1,000 bike safety lights to those who ride their bike at night or are interested in riding their bike at night.

• Sponsor existing and newly developed (planning/implementation stage) Safety Villages and Build-A-Bike programs to ensure the continuation and support of the program in Northwest Indiana and integrate air quality education. It is important to identify community members passionate about non-motorized/active transportation, safety, and air quality to sustain the newly developed Safety Villages and Build-A-Bike programs. NIRPC would like to see at least one new Safety Village and Build-A-Bike program established in underserved communities in Lake, Porter and LaPorte Counties.

• Create/promote regional events in Northwest Indiana with various partners that encourage non-motorized transportation (e.g. National Bike Challenge, Bike to Work Day, Bike to School Day, Walk to School Day, Bike to the Beach, Ride-a-Bike or Take-a-Hike).

Public outreach:

All of the Air Quality and Public Education Program initiatives are inclusive of all of the region’s residents. All Title VI, Environmental Justice and ADA protect communities have access and opportunities to be a part of the programs and events. Some examples of outreach efforts include the Hammond Hispanic Community Committee, Boys & Girls Club of Northwest Indiana, School City of East Chicago, Gary Public Transportations Corporation, Tri- Town Safety Village, Hammond Police Department Safety Village. The outreach efforts are ongoing to build new relationships and strengthen existing relationships.

Task deliverables:

Increase knowledge and change perception of air quality among Northwest Indiana residents and businesses.

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