Iowa DOT News

AMES, Iowa – Feb. 9, 2017 – The Iowa Transportation Commission will hold its next business meeting Tuesday, Feb. 14, in the Materials Conference Room at the Iowa Department of Transportation’s headquarters at 800 Lincoln Way in Ames.

      Business meeting agenda

Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 13 and 14
Informal workshop session
The Commission will meet informally with staff from the Iowa DOT over two days beginning at 2:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, and reconvening at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, in the Materials Conference Room at the Iowa Department of Transportation’s headquarters in Ames.

The following transportation-related matters may be discussed, but no action will be taken during the meeting. The items are listed in no particular order and may be discussed at any point during the workshop.

Monday, Feb. 13 at 2:30 p.m.

• Commission input
• Director’s report
• Administrative Rules
  -761 IAC 28, Iowa Transportation Map
  -761 IAC 143, Traffic Signal Synchronization
  -761 IAC 540, Transportation Network Companies
  -Motor Vehicle Division rules (Part 1)
    ○761 IAC 400, Vehicle Registration and Certificate of Title
    ○761 IAC 401, Special Registration Plates
    ○761 IAC 425, Motor Vehicle and Travel Trailer Dealers, Manufactures, Distributors, and Wholesaler
    ○761 IAC 602, Classes of Driver’s Licenses
    ○761 IAC 604, License Examination
  -Motor Vehicle Division rules (Part 2)
    ○761 IAC 520, Regulations Applicable to Carriers
    ○761 IAC 529, For-Hire Interstate Motor Carrier Authority
    ○761 IAC 607, Commercial Driver Licensing
• Future Commission meeting dates
• Washington, D.C., trip discussion
• FFY 2018 Federal Aviation Administration Funding preapplications
• Iowa’s Clean Air Attainment Program funding recommendations (The recommendations can be viewed online after the workshop at iowadot.gov/systems_planning/icaap.htm.)
• Statewide Transportation Alternatives program funding recommendations (The recommendations can be viewed online after the workshop at iowadot.gov/systems_planning/trans_enhance.htm.)
• Federal Recreational Trails Program funding recommendations (The recommendations can be viewed online after the workshop at iowadot.gov/systems_planning/fedstate_rectrails.htm.)
• Automated Vehicle Project overview
• Highway Helper overview/status

Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 8:30 a.m.

• RISE projects
  -Wright County Immediate Opportunity
  -Van Meter Local Development
  -Annual review of RISE participation per job
• Commercial and Industrial Network modification
• 2017 Highway Program balance report
• Five-Year Program discussion
  -Highway system background
  -Asset management overview
  -Program development

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Editor’s note: There are two ways to listen to the Iowa Transportation Commission’s informal workshop sessions and business meeting. The broadcast feed and phone lines are active 15 minutes prior to each of the three meetings and discontinued immediately after a meeting ends.

1. Live audio streaming and some PowerPoint presentations will be available online
   at iowadeptoftransport.adobeconnect.com/iowa_dot_commission_meeting/.
2. Call 866-685-1580 and enter access code 0009990545.