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Transportation Advisory Board <br />of the Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities <br />Bill Hargis <br />Chair <br />Counw pommissioners <br />Andy Westerberg <br />Anoka County <br />Randy Maluchnik <br />Carver County <br />Paul Krause <br />Dakota County <br />Jan Caltison <br />Hennepin County <br />Tony Bennett <br />Ramsey County <br />Jon Ulrich <br />Scott County <br />Dennis Hegberg <br />Washington County <br />Municipal Officials <br />Dick Swanson <br />Blaine City Council <br />Bethany Tjomhom <br />Chanhassen City Council <br />Julia Whalen <br />Champlin City Council <br />James Hovland <br />Mayor of Edina <br />Becky Petryk <br />Hugo City Council <br />Will Rossbech <br />Mayor of Maplewood <br />Robert Litligren <br />Minneapolis City Council <br />Steven Gallagher <br />Newport City Council <br />Sue Sanger <br />St. Louis Park City Council <br />Russ Stark <br />St. Paul City Council <br />Citizen Members - Precinct <br />Gerry Butcher - A <br />Thomas Heffelrtnger - B <br />Jennifer Janovy - C <br />Kenya McKnight - D <br />Ashref Siddiqui - E <br />Bill Hargis - F <br />Margaret Donahoe - G <br />Kart Drotning - H <br />Agency Representatives <br />Adam Duinmck <br />Metropolitan Council <br />Scott McBride <br />iviinnesota DOT <br />Lisa Peilen <br />M.A.G. <br />David Thornton <br />M.P.GA. <br />Modal Representatives <br />Aaron Isaacs <br />Transit <br />David Van Hattum <br />Transit <br />Ron Have <br />Freight <br />Ethan Fawley <br />Non -motorized <br />August 22, 2012 <br />Mark Riverblood <br />Parks Supervisor <br />7550 Sunwood Drive NW <br />Ramsey, Minnesota 553Q3 <br />Mr. Riverblood: <br />Thank you for submitting transportation project proposals in the 2011 regional solicitation process_ A <br />total of 134 applications in the Surface Transportation Program -Urban Guarantee, Congestion Mitigation <br />Air Quality Program, the Transportation Enhancement Program and the Bridge Improvement <br />Replacement program met the qualifying criteria. Teams of transportation professionals from around the <br />region scored the responses to the weighted criteria and ranked the projects by their total score. The <br />Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) developed two funding options from the ranked project lists and <br />forwarded them to the Transportation Advisory Board (TAB) for consideration. <br />On Wednesday, June 20, the TAB completed its review and discussion of the funding options. The <br />regional solicitation is a very competitive process and the TAB awarded funds to 58 projects. The TAB <br />is pleased to inform you that the city of Ramsey has been awarded Transportation Enhancement funds <br />for the Ramsey section of the Mississippi River Trait. - <br />A complete list of all the projects selected to receive federal funds in these four categories can <br />be found on the Metropolitan Council's website at: <br />htto://www.metrocouncil.ore/olanninaltransnortation/reasolicit. htm <br />The selected projects will be programmed in the region's 2013-2016 Transportation Improvement <br />Program (TIP) and the State TIP through an amendment that will be prepared later this year. The <br />recently -passed federal transportation funding Act, MAP-21, combines many federal programs and <br />changes the amount of funds available to the TAB in the solicitation process. The impacts of MAP-21 <br />are not fully understood yet and the TIP amendment process will begin after the impacts to the current <br />program of projects are better understood. The TAB will make every effort to program selected projects <br />in the years when they were requested by the project sponsor. Even though the federal funds awarded <br />to your projects cannot be used until the amendment has been approved by the US Dept. of <br />Transportation, the TAB has officially selected these projects and makes a commitment to include them <br />in the TIP as long as they are still federally eligible. The TAB will notify you when we begin the <br />amendment process and when we receive notice that the amendment has been approved. in the <br />meantime, you should contact the MnDOT Metro State Aid Office to arrange a meeting and begin <br />developing your project. <br />When programmed into the TIP, the federal and match amounts for construction projects will be <br />adjusted for anticipated inflation in construction materials such as bituminous, concrete, structural steel, <br />etc. -.to the program year. Projects programmed in 2015 will receive an additional 10% adjustment and <br />projects programmed in 2016 will receive a 12% adjustment. The federal amount that <br />appears in the TIP and State TIP is a fixed cost cap that will not be adjusted in future Programs. <br />In addition, the TAB will consider changing its sunset date policy as it applies to the projects awarded <br />funds in the 2011 regional solicitation. If the TAB does change its sunset date policy, the Board will <br />notify all affected project sponsors. The TAB strongly encourages project sponsors to make every <br />effort to get their projects ready for letting in the program year. <br />If you have any questions, please contact TAB Coordinator Kevin Roggenbuck at 651-602-1728 or <br />kevin.rooaenbuck( metc.state.mn.us. <br />Sincerely, <br />Bill Hargis, C' air <br />390 No. Robert Street St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 (651) 602-1728 Fax (651) 602-1739 <br />