I'd like to call to order the Evansville Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Committee meeting.

First item on the agenda is the roll call.

Carrie.

Okay.

When I um announce your name, if you can reply with present, Jack Korn.

Present.

Mayor Stephanie Terry.

Mary Allen.

Present.

Rusty Fowler.

Amy Canterbury.

Denitra Henderson.

Present.

Nick Stallings.

Jill Hahn.

Dylan Ward.

Present.

Thank you.

Chris Cook.

Present.

John Stoll.

Todd Robertson.

I see Todd online.

He's muted.

Sarah Seaton.

Bobby Howard for Sarah.

Present.

Thank you.

One, two, three, four, five, six.

If Todd counts, then we have quorum.

But he is muted.

Otherwise, we do not have quorum.

I couldn't get it all for some reason.

Okay, great.

Excellent.

Thank you, Todd.

You've saved the day for us.

So thank you.

All righty.

Thank you.

We have seven, so we have quorum.

Okay, thank you.

Second item on the agenda is approval of the minutes from the previous meeting.

Mr.

Chairman, I'll make a motion to approve the minutes.

Second.

All those in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Oppose, same sign.

Old business.

Jennifer, looks like you got the project update.

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

We'll start with the LPA projects for Indiana.

First, Vanderburgh County.

Oak Hill Road from Lynch Road to St.

George.

Construction activities are ongoing.

Utility relocation work and storm sewer installation is continuing.

The contractor will begin installing new waterline along Oak Hill Road between Eastbrook Drive West and Aspen Drive during the week of July 6th.

Next, uh Piersburg Road from Clubhouse Drive to Boonville New Harmony Road.

The commissioners approved a resolution for this amended contract on May 26, 2026.

It will have to be approved by the County Redevelopment Commission next, but no date has been set for that meeting.

This is not preventing the design work from continuing.

Right-of-way acquisition is continuing.

One parcel still needs to be acquired.

Utility coordination and final design are continuing.

Twenty-four of the 25 parcels have had offers accepted.

MOT coordination with the city of Evansville, NDOT, and the hospital is ongoing.

Sage three plans were submitted on 522, 2026.

Utility work plans are being finalized and permit applications are being finalized with the 401 permit approval coming June 22nd, 2026.

The historic property short report was submitted to consulting parties for review and comment on 6.9 2026.

Working with the cemetery property owner to schedule field work.

And then lastly, Oak Grove Road phase four.

Received approval to submit the draft environmental document before having NPPA approval.

And we'll check on the status of the MPPA review and approval and ride-of-way engineering was finalized on 529 2026 and appraisal analysis has begun.

And I'll also be doing the N DOT updates for today if we're going to move forward with those.

First, R 44898.

And uh installed Euroblend color to curbs at Stockwell.

Completed uh closer work at Burkhart.

Continuing concrete work at Cross Point and Burkhardt.

And then R 42287.

The ramps were open at University Parkway.

Working on Red Bank and Rosenberger Southern approaches and continuing to work on the bridges and eastbound pavement.

The next R 451 52.

Utility relocations are underway.

Construction will be starting tentatively in August or September.

And then R 45753.

Final field check is scheduled for July 14th.

And then R 44013.

Then utility relocations will follow, may have to be let with exceptions.

Working towards final tracings on Bakey on Stockwell, we're waiting for the liquor store to move their sign.

That's required by September 1st.

And we're working towards final tracing.

Environmental document documentation completed for the bridge over Harper Ditch and working towards final tracings.

Then R 45274.

Environmental document has been submitted for review.

Utility coordination is progressing and geotech work is almost completed.

R 4450 for SR 57 in daylight, it was confirmed with the county to use Boonville New Harmony Road for a detour.

Maintenance of traffic is to be a closure with business access.

Stage two is complete and under consultant review.

R39923.

The railroad coordination and utility coordination is ongoing.

Environmental meeting took place in March to try and limit impacts to require a low level environmental document.

B negotiations are complete and working on the schedules for deliverables for stage one to be turned in next.

Then R 457-95.

Early coordination letters were sent out, working towards a stage one submittal.

Early concerns with the amount of ride-of-way involved.

And then finally, R46317.

Developing preliminary layouts for the alternatives.

A meeting will take place to discuss traffic analysis.

Alternate alternatives, crash analysis, and cost estimates.

We'll be scheduling a scoping field check soon.

Continued work on utility coordination.

And that's all for the N DOT updates.

Any questions?

This project is in the area where the golf course used to be on the east side of 41.

Um is there I my understanding was the company that's building that's relocating is on the other side of 40, on the west side.

Yeah.

That's true.

Yeah, so this this one's on the other on the other side.

It's up closer to uh where the school they put the new school in.

Because I've already heard rumblings from the people that use Petersburg Road.

But that's nothing new either.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Okay.

Aaron, it looks like you're up.

Yep.

Uh since our last meeting, we processed uh six modifications.

Uh two projects were added for Kentucky.

One was for signing improvements on Kentucky 416, and the other um is for installation on high friction surface on a portion of US 41.

Um, three projects were modified by NDOT.

The first one included revising funding for district wide bridge maintenance project, and then two modifications were made for uh the state road 62, state road 66 intersections with Epworth, Bell, and State Road 61.

Uh, this was an intersection improvement project with media and U turns, and funding was revised and moved, and then we revised the funding again.

Uh there's also a modification from KYTC and INDOT for section two, which is the bridge portion of I 69.

This modification revised the fiscal years, funding sources and amounts for the Indiana federal and state shares.

Uh, the Kentucky federal state shares uh are the same as they were last time.

Any questions on those?

Any questions?

Uh motion to oh, it's information only, okay.

One for the next one here.

For the amendments, uh we have three amendments, and these are all for the city of Evansville.

Uh this is to remove the three projects from the tip.

These were safety projects from a special NDOC call, and they were for Franklin Street, John Street, and various locations on Diamond, Covert, and Lynch.

Uh the process to deliver these projects exceeded the timeline set by NDOT to receive the funds before the projects could go to letting.

Any questions?

Motion to approve.

I'll make a motion to approve, Mr.

Chairman.

Second.

All those in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Opposed, same sign.

Okay.

Thank you.

Oh, Matt, you get the next one.

Yes, I got the next one.

Um the MPO is submitting updates to the MPO planning area roadway functional classification system for NDOT and Federal Highway Approval.

Following the decennial census, the MPO updates roadway classifications to integrate updated urban boundaries and ensure the designations uh accurately reflect the current function of the roadway within the regional network.

So every 10 years or so we we make these updates.

Recommended changes were developed in coordination with city and county engineers.

We will be looking for your approval to submit those to NDOT and Federal Highway.

Uh the maps show or the map, and then the table shows the location of the changes that are being made and what they're made being made to.

So um just mostly a lot of uh uh new development in the area that that uh causes the functional class to change and then just some fixes that didn't make sense from the last time.

Any questions?

I didn't entertain a motion to approve, so moved.

All those in favor signify by saying aye.

Same sign.

Thanks, Matt.

Uh I entertain a motion for approval of bills.

So moved.

Second.

All those in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Opposed, same sign.

Okay.

Uh I guess you're next, Aaron.

I am.

I have a surprise announcement.

Uh in a week or so, we are we will be sending out our call for projects.

Um, this is for federal highway funding for Indiana uh for fiscal year 2032, meaning projects will have to be able to be let between July and November of 2031.

Uh we'll send out the call with the application and guidance document in a week, two weeks, and um we're anticipating the applications being due back to us the first week of August.

But when I send out that call announcement, we'll have all the details with that.

So that'll be coming out in the next week or so.

Okay, we don't need anything done on that one.

All right, nope.

Our next meeting is September the 10th, so put that down on your calendar so we can get a quorum without running around all over the place to try to find bodies.

There's uh no other public comment.

Seeing none, we are adjourned.