Consulting with Idaho Tribes in Planning Transportation Development

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Consulting with Idaho Tribes in Planning
Transportation Development

• 14th Annual NW Tribal Transportation Symposium
• Patti Raino, ITD

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SAFETEA-LU Requires Consultation

• In general at a minimum consider the concerns of
  Indian tribal governments
• STIP and Long Range Transportation Plan will be
  developed with consultation with tribal
  jurisdiction in Idaho and the Secretary of the
  Interior.
• What does this mean to Idaho Tribes?

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Indian Tribes in Idaho

• Five Reservations, Six Tribes
• Each is different
• How do the Tribes wish to be consulted on
  transportation planning?
• How do the tribes wish to be consulted on
  transportation projects?

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Current Planning Consultation Activities Between
Tribes/ITD

• Individual Meetings/ statewide and district
• Formal MOUs
• Participation in MPO
• Participation in Intermodal Planning Group
• Tribes participated to the extent they desired in
  the development of Idahos Long Range
  Transportation Vision

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Current Points of Consultation in the Planning
Process

• STIP/Corridor Plans /Long Range Plans
• Development of a Federal-aid or state-funded
  project on state highways
• Project Planning and Development

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Statewide Transportation Improvement Program

• Developed Yearly
• Establishes projects
• Requires consultation with locals, resource
  agencies and Indian Tribes
• Calendar and process is Set by Intermodal Working
  Group (Tribal Transportation Planners are
  members)

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Purpose of the STIP

• To provide for a financially sound, short range
  capital improvement plan for the states surface
  transportation program.
• The document A picture in time
• The process Dynamic, subject to modification and
  change as projects and funding are finalized.

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STIP (continued)

• IRR projects are included in STIP from
  information received from the BIA
• Draft sent to Tribes for comment and districts
  consult with tribes on projects of concern

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Federal Requirements

• Minimum of Four-Year Span
• All FHWA and FTA Funded Projects
• Coordinate inclusion of Metropolitan
  Transportation Improvement Programs (TIPs) in
  STIP
• Project Details (Description, Cost, Year, Agency)
• Public Involvement
• Consultation With Government Officials (Local,
  Tribal, Federal)
• Financially Constrained
• Updated On Four Year (or less) Cycle
• (ref. 23 CFR 450.216)

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State Requirements

• Five-Year Construction Span
• Include All State Funded Projects
• Include Safety, Aeronautics and Rail Projects
• Updated Annually
• (ref. ITD Admin Policy A-11-1)

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STIP must include all modes of Transportation

• STIP must include all modes of transportation
• Highway, bridge, bicycle and pedestrian
  facilities
• Highway safety
• Air quality
• Airports
• Railroad crossing safety
• Public transportation and
• Transportation planning.

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The Planning Process
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Projects are identified and selected through a

• Coordinated ongoing public involvement process
  with
• Citizens,
• Elected officials,
• Tribes,
• Other state/federal agencies
• Interested parties on current and future
  projects.

• And in collaboration
• with
• Local Highway Technical
• Assistance Council
• (LHTAC),
• The six MPOs in Idaho (COMPASS in the Boise/Nampa
  area),
• Input from the public,
• Other interested agencies.

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Factors that Impact STIP/TIP Projects

• Federal-aid Funding
• State Funding
• Inflationary Trends
• Population Trends

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Corridor Studies

• This is the way Idaho develops a plan of action
  for important transportation corridors and
  facilities now and 20 Years in the future
• Strong community involvement by those impacted
  including Indian Tribes when the study corridor
  travels through an Indian Reservation

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Transportation Plan/Vision

• Approved in FY 2004
• Envisions future directions over 25 year
  horizon.
• Required significant stakeholder participation.

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Long Range Vision

• Purpose
• Share Idahos Transportation Vision
• Outline ITDs Principles and Values
• Guide ITDs Planning and Project Decisions
• Integrate Modes in Transportation Decisions

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What Does It Say?

• These are the
• guiding principles
• the state should
• use in developing
• the statewide transportation
• system over the
• next 30 years.

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Consulting with Idaho Tribes in Planning
Transportation Development

• 14th Annual NW Tribal Transportation Symposium
• Patti Raino, ITD