433 West Van Buren Street  
Suite 450  
Chicago, IL 60607  
CMAQ, CRP & TAP-L PROJECT SELECTION  
COMMITTEE  
MEETING MINUTES - FINAL  
Thursday, March 26, 2026  
11:00 AM  
Cook County Conference Room  
433 West Van Buren Street, Suite 450  
Chicago, IL 60607  
1.0  
Call To Order  
Chair Doug Ferguson called the meeting to order at 11:02 a.m.  
Present:  
Douglas Ferguson, Grant Davis, Gabe Desmond, Mark Pitstick, Tom Rickert and Chris  
Schmidt  
Absent:  
Dave Brady  
Non-Voting: Jon Paul Diipla  
Absent (NV): Mark Kane  
Staff present: Victoria Barrett, Teri Dixon, Kama Dobbs, Alyson Dressman, Jon Haadsma, Hayden  
Horton, Aimee Lee, Jen Miller, Richard Norwood, George Rivera, Sarah Stolpe  
Others present: David Kovarik, Megan Swanson, Michael Weiser  
2.0  
3.0  
Agenda Changes and Announcements  
Chair Ferguson welcomed Gabe Desmond as the new Illinois EPA representative on the committee.  
Approval of Minutes  
3.01 Draft Meeting Minutes from February 5, 2026  
ACTION REQUESTED: Approval  
26-074  
Attachments: Draft_MeetingMinutes_02052026  
A motion was made by Chris Schmidt, seconded by Tom Rickert, that the draft minutes from the  
February 5, 2026 meeting be approved. The motion carried.  
4.0  
Program Monitoring  
4.01 Project Programming Status Sheets  
26-075  
ACTION REQUESTED: Information  
Attachments: CMAQ_Programming Sheet_031926  
CMAQ Deferred_Programming Sheet_031926  
TAP-L_Programming Sheet_031926  
CRP_Programming Sheet_031926  
Chair Ferguson provided a summary of the programming status sheets.  
4.02 CMAQ Programming Summary and Obligation Goal  
26-076  
26-077  
ACTION REQUESTED: Information  
Attachments: FFY26 ob goal table_20260326  
Chair Ferguson provided a summary of the programming summary and obligations.  
5.0  
Project Changes  
5.01 Project Change Request Memo  
ACTION REQUESTED: Approval  
Attachments: Project Change Memo_Formal Requests_03262026  
Jonathan Haadsma provided an overview of the requested changes.  
Approval of the Group Vote  
A motion was made by Tom Rickert, seconded by Grant Davis, that the project change requests in  
items 5.01.1 through 5.01.7 be approved as requested. Following discussion of the individual requests,  
the motion carried by voice vote.  
5.01.1 CDOT - Arterial VMS Traveler Information System (01-12-0002)  
26-078  
PURPOSE & ACTION: The sponsor requests a reinstatement of $1,313,000 CMAQ for construction in  
FFY 2027.  
ACTION REQUESTED: Approval  
Attachments: 01-12-0002_Schedule-Change-Request  
01-12-0002_Scope-Change-Request  
Detection&PCMS_Combined_Budget  
The agenda item was approved.  
5.01.2 CDOT - Arterial Detection System Improvements (01-12-0005)  
26-079  
PURPOSE & ACTION: The sponsor requests a reinstatement of $975,200 CMAQ for construction in FFY  
2027.  
ACTION REQUESTED: Approval  
Attachments: 01-12-0005_CMAQ-Schedule-Change-Request  
01-12-0005_Scope-Change-Request  
The agenda item was approved.  
5.01.3 CDOT - Chicago Streets for Cycling (01-94-0092)  
26-080  
PURPOSE & ACTION: The sponsor requests a reinstatement of $3,296,000 CMAQ in FFY 2026 from  
construction and a transfer of $2,400,000 CMAQ from construction to preliminary engineering in FFY  
2026.  
ACTION REQUESTED: Approval  
Attachments: 01-94-0092_CMAQ-Cost-Change-Request  
Chicago Streets for Cycling_Location List  
The agenda item was approved.  
5.01.4 Mount Prospect - Algonquin Road Bike Path (03-21-0007)  
26-081  
PURPOSE & ACTION: The sponsor requests a transfer of $53,843 CMAQ from engineering 2 to  
right-of-way, a schedule change to move construction from FFY 2026 to FFY 2027, and a cost increase  
of $1,668,022 CMAQ for construction and construction engineering.  
ACTION REQUESTED: Approval  
Attachments: 03-21-0007_Mount Prospect Change Request  
The agenda item was approved.  
5.01.5 Alsip Park District - Cal-Sag Multi-Use Greenway (06-06-0061)  
26-082  
PURPOSE & ACTION: The sponsor requests a cost increase of $547,000 CMAQ for engineering 2 in FFY  
2026.  
ACTION REQUESTED: Approval  
Attachments: 06-06-0061_CMAQ Cost-Change-Request  
The agenda item was approved.  
5.01.6 Lake Co DOT - Deerfield Road from Milwaukee Ave to Saunders Road (10-03-0005)  
26-083  
PURPOSE & ACTION: The sponsor requests a cost increase of $591,661 TAP-L for construction in FFY  
2026 and $4,263,486 CMAQ for construction in FFY 2026.  
ACTION REQUESTED: Approval  
Attachments: 10-03-0005_Cost-Change-Request_Signal Interconnect + Intersection  
10-03-0005_CMAQ-Cost-Change-Request_Bike Path  
Deerfield Road_Funding-Breakdown_2026-03-09  
The agenda item was approved.  
5.01.7 Harvard - Access to Transit (11-25-0021)  
26-090  
PURPOSE & ACTION: The sponsor requests a schedule advancement of engineering 2 from FFY 2029  
to FFY 2028.  
ACTION REQUESTED: Approval  
Attachments: 11-25-0021_Schedule Change Request  
The agenda item was approved.  
6.0  
FFY 2028-2032 CMAQ and TAP-L Program Development  
6.01 Highway Transportation Improvement Criteria - Safety  
26-088  
PURPOSE & ACTION: Staff will update the committee on the work of the county safety action plans in  
advance of making recommendations for changes to the safety evaluation and scoring of highway  
applications.  
ACTION REQUESTED: Discussion  
Attachments: PSC(MemoSafety)03-26-26  
CMAP staff Vickie Barrett shared updates and findings from CMAP’s Safe Travel for All Roadmap  
(STAR) program. Barrett noted that county safety action plans have been adopted and the next step is  
to use the plans to inform other work that CMAP is doing, including the work of the project selection  
committee. Discussion of the plans and opportunities for applying the findings to the project selection  
methodology occurred. Discussion of staff recommendations for modifying scoring criteria is  
anticipated at the committee’s next meeting.  
7.0  
8.0  
Other Business  
Mark Pistick provided an update on CMAQ funded Regional Transit Signal Priority Integration Plan  
(TIP 13-12-0002) and Improvements to Priority Interagency Transit Transfer Locations-Signage  
Program (TIP 13-12-0005). Working with the FTA, RTA has closed out the grants for those projects  
and individual grants with the unexpended funds will be created with the appropriate service boards  
to complete the projects.  
Public Comment  
This is an opportunity for comments from members of the audience.  
Michael Weiser with the Commuter Cars Corporation, provided a comment on ultra-compact electric  
vehicles and ask for committee consideration of vehicle width and spatial efficiency in future CMAQ  
criteria and to explore thin-mobility deployment pilot programs.  
Jeannette Huber with the Alsip Park District thanked the Committee for all its work and its support of  
the Cal-Sag Trail.  
9.0  
Next Meeting  
The next meeting is scheduled for May 14, 2026.  
10.0 Adjournment  
A motion was made by Grant Davis, seconded by Gabe Desmond, that the meeting be adjourned. The  
motion carried.  
The meeting was adjourned at 12:09 p.m.  
Minutes prepared by Douglas Ferguson