NOTICE OF MEETING Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Executive Committee *************************** 2:30 p.m.

, Thursday, August 18, 2011 Des Moines Botanical Centers Willow Room *************************** TENTATIVE AGENDA

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1. 2. 3. Call To Order VOTE: Approval of Agenda REPORT AND OPTIONAL VOTE: Purple Heart Highway Interstate Designation Assessment Agreements..........................................................................................................................Page 2 Report and discussion on agreements necessary to fund assessments related to designating the Purple Heart Highway as an interstate route; optional vote. Other Non-Action Items of Interest to the Committee Next Meeting Date Wednesday, September 14, 2011, 11:30 a.m., MPO Meeting Room Adjournment

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Executive Committee Special August 2011

Item No. 3 ISSUE: REPORT and OPTIONAL VOTE: Brief report and optional vote on agreements to study interstate designation on the Purple Heart Highway. BACKGROUND: In June 2010, the MPO, upon request of the Purple Heart Highway Collaborative, requested the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) to consider re-designating the Purple Heart Highway (U.S. Highway 65/Iowa Highway 5 bypass) to an interstate route. The Iowa DOT, in December 2010, responded that a Safety Assessment and an Operation Assessment would need to be completed on the corridor before determining the feasibility of an interstate designation for the route. The Iowa DOT has estimated these assessments to cost $100,000. The Iowa DOT has offered to fund half ($50,000) of the assessment costs. The MPO has worked with the Purple Heart Highway Collaborative to develop a funding package for the Collaborative members to fund the other $50,000. The Iowa DOT has indicated they can begin the assessments at any time and can collect the matching funds at a later date. BUDGET IMPACT: The Iowa DOT has proposed fronting the $100,000 for the entire study and taking $50,000 off the top of the MPOs Fiscal Year 2013 federal planning fund allocation when those funds are released to the MPO in July 2012. Members of the Purple Hearth Highway Collaborative would pay their contribution to the MPO to make up for the reduced Fiscal Year 2013 federal planning funds. There would be no net loss of funds to the MPO. RECOMMENDATION: Recommend the MPO allow the Iowa DOT to take $50,000 off the top of the MPOs Fiscal Year 2013 federal planning fund allocation to help study interstate re-designation of the Purple Heart Highway, contingent upon agreements with the Purple Heart Highway Collaborative members to collectively pay the MPO $50,000 to make up the reduced federal planning allocation. STAFF CONTACT: Todd Ashby, tashby@dmampo.org; (515) 334-0075; Zach Young, zyoung@dmampo.org; (515) 334-0075, extension #208; and, Dylan Mullenix, dmullenix@dmampo.org; (515) 334-0075, extension #202.

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