Scope of Work. Land Use, Transportation, and Resilience: Scenario Planning Study East Tangipahoa Area State Project No. H RPC Task: ETangi

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1 Scope of Work Land Use, Transportation, and Resilience: Scenario Planning Study East Tangipahoa Area State Project No. H RPC Task: ETangi Project Description The Regional Planning Commission is preparing a land use and transportation study for the south eastern area of Tangipahoa Parish. On August 9, 2016 the Regional Planning Commission amended and expanded the Metropolitan Planning Area for the South Tangipahoa Urbanized area to include the portion of the parish south of LA 40 and east of the Tangipahoa River in recognition of significant land use development occurring in that area of the parish. The project area limits for this particular effort are as follows: US 190 to the north, the Tangipahoa River to the west, LA 22 to the south, and the St. Tammany Parish line to the east. The project is being carried out in coordination with Tangipahoa Parish. The study will involve scenario planning for alternative land use and will be ultimately coordinated with South Tangipahoa s Metropolitan Transportation Plan and Transportation Improvement Program updates. Tasks to be performed by the technical consultant include: TASK 1: PROJECT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE The consultant will assist RPC in establishing and supporting a Project Management Committee to guide the technical work effort and to review the consultant s work products. The PMC will consist of the RPC, Tangipahoa Parish, LADOTD District 62, and other stakeholders, as appropriate. The consultant will provide all necessary agendas, handouts and exhibits in advance of PMC meetings for RPC review and approval and prepare summary minutes of the meetings. The PMC will meet four times during the course of the study effort. In addition, the consultant will assist RPC in the conduct of meetings (maximum of three) with other stakeholders in the area to discuss the project s purpose and need and project-related development opportunities and concerns. The RPC will initiate these contacts in consultation with the Parish, and the consultant will prepare summary meeting minutes for review and discussion with the PMC. Task products will include meeting agendas, handouts, summary minutes, handouts and support graphics. TASK 2: PROJECT TIMELINE & KICK-OFF MEETING The consultant will prepare a draft project schedule including major milestones (PMC meetings, site visits, draft reviews, final report submission, etc.). The timeline will be submitted at the project kick-off meeting that will include the consultant, all sub-consultants, RPC, Tangipahoa Parish and LADOTD representatives. The kick-off meeting will be organized by RPC and take place within two (2) weeks of the Notice to Proceed. 1

2 Task product will include detailed project schedule with timeline and major milestones. TASK 3: DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC PROFILE The technical consultant will prepare a summary description of existing demographic and economic conditions within the study area using available U.S. Department of Commerce census and economic data. Generalized Land Use information also will be collected by the consultant from the parish to identify any recent changes in existing land use as well as new or proposed residential and commercial developments taking place in or adjacent to the study area, including existing or potential megasites as identified by Louisiana Economic Development (LED). These data will be used to identify potential changes in population and economic growth by census tract or other appropriate analysis unit, i.e., traffic zones or neighborhoods. Task product will consist of a summary socio-economic profile and a generalized geospatial database of land use in the study area, describing population and economic changes and emerging residential and commercial growth centers. TASK 4: TRAFFIC DATA COLLECTION The consultant will work with the PMC to establish baseline traffic volumes (existing conditions) for the study area. The traffic network will be established by the RPC in consultation with the PMC and based on the region s federal-aid system and pertinent parish roadways. A. The consultant will collect three day, twenty-four hour, bidirectional automated traffic counts at the following locations: 1) Lee s Landing Road between LA 22 and Collins Rd. 2) Firetower Rd. between LA 22 and Harvey Lavigne Rd 3) Firetower Rd. between Harvey Lavigne Rd. and US 190 4) Mike Cooper/Harvey Lavigne Road between LA 445 and Firetower Rd B. The consultant will collect three day twenty-four hour, bidirectional vehicle classification counts at the following locations: 5) LA 445 between LA 22 and I-12 6) LA 445 between I-12 and US 190 7) LA 445 between US 190 and Powell Ln. 8) LA 22 between Tangipahoa River and LA 445 9) LA 22 between LA 445 and Firetower Rd. 10) LA 22 between Firetower Rd and St. Tammany Parish Line 11) US 190 between Tangipahoa River and LA ) US 190 between LA 445 and Firetower Rd. 13) US 190 between Firetower Rd and St. Tammany Parish Line 14) Two additional locations to be determined by PMC C. The consultant will work with DOTD and RPC to secure recent vehicle class and volume data for: 2

3 15) I-12 between LA 3158 and LA ) I-12 between LA 445 and LA 1077 D. Based on 24 hour count data collected, peak AM and PM traffic hours will be discerned. Peak period turning movement counts will be required for the following intersections: 1) LA 445 at I-12 (two intersections) 2) LA 445 at US 190 3) LA 445 at LA 22 4) Firetower Rd. at LA 22 5) Firetower Rd. At US 190 6) Lee s Landing Rd at LA 22 Existing Levels of Service for each intersection will be determined using HCM criteria. Task product will include the transportation study network populated with existing and newly collected traffic data thereby establishing an existing conditions benchmark for use in the analysis. The consultant will coordinate with RPC s GIS Coordinator to insure compliance with RPC standards and industry best practices related to GIS products and printed mapping. TASK 5: UTILITY DATA The consultant will meet with the parish to identify major water, sewer, drainage, electrical and communication facilities in or adjacent to the study area. These data will be used to help define and support the low, medium, and high density land use development scenarios. Utilities data will be included as a separate deliverable in the project GIS database complementing land use and traffic data mapping. A geo-spatial database identifying locations of major water, sewer, drainage, and other utilities in or near the development site which can be used to support the land use development plan. The consultant will coordinate with RPC s GIS Coordinator to insure compliance with RPC standards and industry best practices related to GIS products and printed mapping. TASK 6: CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION SCENARIOS Much of the study area is undeveloped at this time. This area is poised for significant growth consistent with parish land use planning efforts. Working with the Project Management Committee, three land use and transportation scenarios will be developed for the study area. The land use scenarios will include 1) low density suburban residential and commercial mix; 2) medium density consisting of single and multifamily residential with economic clusters; and 3) high density land use scenario with mixed residential, commercial, and industrial site(s) development. The land use scenarios will be prepared with input from RPC and Parish planning and economic development departments. Using the existing Metropolitan Transportation Plan for the South Tangipahoa UZA as a starting point, sketch planning techniques will be used to refine the various land use and 3

4 transportation scenarios, taking into account opportunities and constraints for future site development, i.e., roadway access, type and location of utilities, zoning classifications, powerline rights-of-way, potential brownfields and wetland areas, and other development constraints. Lack of north- south access is an identified concern to traffic planners familiar with the area and should be addressed in this section. The consultant will be responsible for collecting the data and using it to refine each land use and transportation development option. The consultant will be responsible for further refining the three development scenarios, with associated transportation infrastructure, following review and comment by the PMC. Under this task, land use planning concepts will be produced for low, medium, and high density growth conditions within the study area. Data will be collected and mapped for modal transportation assets, including factors which foster economic growth or limit development within the study area. TASK 7: DESIGN YEAR TRAFFIC AND ANALYSIS A) Working with the PMC, RPC will establish a 2044 Existing + Committed roadway network. This network will be used as the no-build network for comparative analysis, and will be run with existing 2044 Traffic Analysis Zone (TAZ) socio-economic inputs to the travel model. Consultant will not run the travel model. Using scenarios developed in Task 6, the consultant will develop input data to modify study area TAZ attribute data for the year 2044 in the travel model (*.csv format). The template for said modification will be provided to the consultant by RPC. There will be approximately three zones that will need to be modified to some degree, dependent on the scenario. B) Socio economic inputs to the travel mode include the following attributes: a. Population b. Housing units c. Average income d. Primary/secondary school enrollment e. University enrollment (total) f. University enrollment (resident) g. Retail employment h. Non-retail employment C) RPC will input modified TAZ data and applicable transportation infrastructure (i.e. modification to the highway network or introduction of transit) into the SELATRAM model and run each scenario using the no-build network. Impacts to the existing transportation infrastructure, both inside and outside the study area for each scenario will be assessed. Model outputs of each scenario will be reviewed by the consultant, RPC, and PRC Task products include map showing locations various land uses and associated transportation infrastructure. Additional products include revised TAZ data attributes 3 zones, for three scenarios TASK 8: ALTERNATIVES EVALUATION/ RESILIENCE ASSESSMENT 4

5 Criteria will established by the consultant team to compare the relative benefits, impacts, and costs associated with each development scenario. Criteria would include, but not be limited to, project purpose and need, economic (tax) benefits to the parish, amount of developable versus non-developed acreage, consistency with Parish master plan(s), traffic impacts on local and major streets, access alternatives, onsite traffic circulation and parking, alternative modes (bike/ped), potential mitigation measures (wetlands and water retention, etc.), infrastructure costs, and innovative financing of infrastructure, and potential timeline for development. Additionally, Consultant will be tasked with undertaking a high-level transportation infrastructure resilience assessment since this area has experienced flooding in recent years. The consultant will coordinate with the project management committee to identify transportation assets that are rendered impassible during flooding events, and provide recommendations for ameliorating flooding/ impassibility risks. Evaluation criteria will be developed with the PMC and an Evaluation Matrix will be prepared for the purpose of comparing the land use plans in terms of relative benefits, costs, ease of implementation, and estimated timeline. TASK 10: OPINION OF PROBABLE COST The consultant will provide the PMC with a prioritized list of both short and long-term transportation and related capital improvements for each alternative development scenario, describing the transportation deficiency, type of proposed improvement(s), and opinion of probable cost. Consultant will also prepare an order of magnitude cost estimate for the resilience assessment recommendations. A prioritized list of short and long-term transportation improvements with an opinion of probable costs for each development concept for further study and consideration. TASK 11: DRAFT REVIEW A draft of the report (ten copies) with supporting documentation will be submitted to RPC for distribution to the PMC for review by, at the latest, 80% of project completion. The report will include a draft purpose and need for the project, a description of the three land use and transportation development scenarios, forecasted traffic volumes associated with each development scenario, existing traffic conditions and forecasted traffic mapping, potential phased land use and transportation development associated with each option, a comparative matrix of the various development scenarios, potential transportation and related infrastructure needs and costs, including potential for alternative funding sources. Deliverable: Development and circulation of draft report for PMC review and comment. TASK 12: NEXT STEPS Based on the results of the comparative evaluation, the consultant will recommend a preferred development scenario for further consideration by the Parish, including a set of action measures on short and long-term infrastructure priorities and policy measures necessary to advance the preferred land use and transportation plan. 5

6 A summary identifying the preferred land use and transportation alternative along with supporting policies and transportation / infrastructure improvement measures. TASK 13: FINAL DELIVERABLES Following review and approval of the draft submission, the consultant will provide RPC with ten (10) bound copies of the Final Land Use and Transportation Scenario Planning Study, documenting the information and analysis described above. Ten printed copies of the report and 10 disks in electronic format (pdf including all maps and visualizations) will be submitted by the consultant to the RPC for distribution, including Environmental and MPO checklists. Final report deliverable including ten bound and electronic copies of the study and all supporting data, maps, and other documentation. STUDY TIMELINE: Twelve Months BUDGET: $120,000 6