433 West Van Buren Street  
Suite 450  
Chicago, IL 60607  
STP PROJECT SELECTION COMMITTEE  
MEETING MINUTES  
Thursday, May 14, 2026  
9:30 AM  
Cook County Conference Room  
433 West Van Buren Street, Suite 450  
Chicago, IL 60607  
1.0  
Call To Order  
The meeting was called to order by Chair Dobbs at 9:31 a.m.  
Present:  
Absent:  
Grant Davis, Jeffery Schielke, Kama Dobbs and Mark Kuchler  
Anne Zhang and Leon Rockingham  
Non-Voting: Jon Paul Diipla, Tara Orbon, Chad Riddle and RTA Representative  
Absent (NV): Mark Kane  
Mark Pitstick served as the RTA representative.  
Staff Present: Victoria Barrett, Marielle Brown, Phoebe Downey, Alyson Dressman, Kate Evasic, Doug  
Ferguson, Jon Haadsma, Hayden Horton, Aimee Lee, Martin Menninger, Jen Miller, Richard Norwood,  
George Rivera, Charlie Rotering, and Sarah Stolpe  
Others Present: Eric Czarnota, Rithvika Dara, Dawn Dina, Dan Forbush, Gretchen Klock, David Kovarik,  
Brian Larson, Heidi Lichtenberger, Brittany Matyas, Leslie Rauer, Tom Rickert, Chris Schmidt, Todd  
Schmidt, Joe Surdam  
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3.0  
Agenda Changes and Announcements  
There were no agenda changes or announcements.  
Approval of Minutes  
3.01 Draft meeting minutes from March 26, 2026  
Attachments: March 26 STP PSC Draft Meeting Minutes  
A motion was made by Jeffrey Schielke, seconded by Mark Kuchler, to approve the minutes from  
March 26, 2026, as presented. The motion passed by a voice vote.  
4.0  
Active Program Management Reports  
4.01 Shared Fund Status Updates  
Attachments: STP-SF Active Program_May2026  
STP-SF Contingency Program_May2026  
CMAP staff Jon Haadsma provided highlights of the attached status reports.  
4.02 Regional Accounting Update  
CMAP staff Jon Haadsma provided a summary of the STP obligations from both the Shared Fund and  
local programs, highlighting progress on regional obligations and the use of redistribution.  
5.0  
FFY 2028-2032 STP-SF Program Development  
5.01 Resilience planning factor  
Attachments: STP PSC Resilience Memo 5-14-26  
CMAP Staff Kate Evasic presented recommendations for changes to the resilience planning factor in  
the STP-SF project selection methodology to align scoring criterion with the Transportation Resilience  
Improvement Plan.  
Grant Davis expressed concerns that the proposed changes would favor rural projects in scoring. Tara  
Orbon agreed that the proposed changes may make urban projects less competitive.  
CMAP Staff Evasic stated that the "Need" scoring factor included in the proposed changes may  
mitigate these concerns. Evasic will return to a future meeting with more specific recommendations  
and examples.  
5.02 Safety - Corridor & Small Area Safety Improvements  
Attachments: STPPSC_MethodologyMemo_Safety_05-14-26  
CMAP Staff Alyson Dressman presented recommended changes to the STP-SF evaluation  
methodology to incorporate the completed county safety action plans and better align with the Safe  
Systems Approach.  
Mark Pitstick stated that the proposed changes were reasonable and more proactive.  
Tara Orbon asked if existing safety elements would be incorporated into project scoring. Dressman  
clarified that the proposed scoring is based on added safety elements.  
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7.0  
8.0  
9.0  
Other Business  
Chair Dobbs announced the retirement of RTA Representative Mark Pitstick.  
Public Comment  
There were no public comments.  
Next Meeting  
The next meeting is scheduled for July 16, 2026.  
Adjournment  
A motion to adjourn the meeting at 10:34 a.m. was made by Jeffery Schielke and seconded by Mark  
Kuchler. The motion carried by a voice vote.  
Minutes prepared by Hayden Horton.