Serving Native Nations in Texas, Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma
SP TTAP e-News for January 19, 2016           
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FHWA
TAP Funding would support 80% of total project budget, with tribes required to demonstrate a 20% cash match, in-kind match is not considered toward the 20% minimum required tribal commitment. Tribes may provide matching funds and project support over the minimum.
Apply Now for TAP Funding

Preliminary applications from tribes applying for Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) Funding are due by Feb. 29. Awards will range up to $700,000.

Applicants invited to submit a final proposal will be required to revise their proposal online on or before March 31. For additional information, including a user guide for applicants, visit the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) Website.

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) program supports alternative transportation programs and projects including diverse project areas not limited to creating bicycle facilities, converting abandoned railway corridors to trails, managing invasive species along roadways, preventing runoff water pollution and projects to support archaeological activities resulting from the impact of highway construction projects.

ODOT will be distributing funding for programs and projects serving areas outside of the urban areas of Oklahoma City and Tulsa. The Indian Nations Council of Governments (INCOG) and the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG) will be distributing funding to proposals serving Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Preliminary applications will be reviewed as they are received, Jan. 1-Feb. 29.
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CDC Funding For Tribal Safety Programs

Tribal governments have until April 8 to prepare and submit their online application for funding from the CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) Core State Violence and Injury Prevention Program (Core SVIPP).

The cooperative agreement awards will range from $200,000 to $475,000, to support projects and programs that decrease or prevent injury and violence, or increase the sustainability of existing programs and practices. NCIPC seeks to support projects specifically addressing priority focus areas related to child abuse, traumatic brain injury, motor vehicle crash injury and intimate partner/sexual violence. Online applications are due April 8.m.

SPTTAP Awards Gary Corino for Decades of Service. Photo courtesy of ODOT.

TTAP Program Manager Karla Sisco and Safety Circuit Rider Tabatha Harris express the gratitude and well-wishes to Gary Corino at his retirement from a successful career.
After 42 years of service with FHWA, Gary Corino, Oklahoma Division Administrator retired on January 1, 2016. Southern Plains Tribal Technical Assistance Program (SPTTAP) Program Manager Karla Sisco presented the avid SPTTAP supporter with an award of appreciation at his retirement celebration on Dec. 17.

After earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark College of Engineering, Corino joined the FHWA Highway Engineering Training Program in New Jersey in June of 1973. In his successful career, he worked as an area engineer for the New York and Tennessee divisions. As the Atlanta Resource Center Manager, he supervised the program in providing technical assistance, creating resourceful partnerships and meeting performance goals. He went on to serve as the Assistant Division Administrator for the Tennessee Division, and a Highway Safety Engineer for the Washington D.C. Office of Safety.

In 2005, he became the Division Administrator of the Oklahoma Division Office. Throughout his four decades of dedicated service, Corino received numerous awards, including outstanding performance ratings, the FHWA Administrator's Superior Achievement Award, the AASHTO Standing Committee on Quality Trailblazer Award, and Vice President Al Gore's Hammer Award for National Partnership for Reinventing Government.

Sisco and Safety Circuit Rider Tabatha Harris thanked him for his work in support of tribal capacity building and wished him well in devoting well-earned free time to New York Giants games, working on automobiles and creating warm memories with his family.
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ODOT Preparing for Effects of Revenue Failure

Lower collection of personal income tax than expected will require the Oklahoma Transportation Department (ODOT) to cut $13 million from the Rebuilding Oklahoma Access and Driver Safety (ROADS) fund. ODOT Director Mike Patterson said the cuts will likely delay new projects.

"Due to these state budget challenges, we are looking at reductions that will likely have a negative impact on highway construction spending. This means some projects in the Eight-year Plan will be postponed, though we don't know which ones at this point," said Patterson. "We are not going to reduce our maintenance budget. We are not going to reduce our asset preservation budget. The one group of projects that will absolutely not be affected are those bridge rehabilitation and replacement projects that are sorely needed."

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UPCOMING TRAINING AND EVENTS:
Ready to Go Paperless?
Join host John Cooper in a free Webinar exploring technology and policies that can streamline your team's workflow through time-saving digital processes.

"Building the Technology and Policy Base for e-Construction" is the second in a series of four training opportunities on the subject. Part of the Every Day Counts Webinar series promoting innovation in roads construction, safety and management, the free e-construction Webinar begins at 12:30 p.m. Central Time on Jan. 20.

Jan. 20 - 12:30 p.m.

Feb. 17 - 12:30 p.m.

March 16 - 12:30 p.m.

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Accessibility Requirements for Tribal Transit Programs
U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Authority (FTA) grantees are invited to attend the free Webinar "ADA General Requirements, Oversight and Monitoring," which will cover accessibility requirements and changes to transit following the FTA ADA Circular issued in October 2015.


Wed. Jan. 20 1 - 2 p.m. Central

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Four OSHA 10-hour classes scheduled in January

Oklahoma LTAP and Southern Plains TTAP will be holding four OSHA 10-hour sessions in January. This revolutionary program for owners, safety managers, supervisors, and workers is focused directly on the hazards and situations that roadway construction workers face every day. From work zones to night work, this training sets the standard for the entire industry!

We also offer an OSHA 10-hour course that adds a component on Disaster Response.

Please see the schedule below:
  



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Injury Prevention Level I Course
set for Jan. 26-29 in Stillwater

This course will be held Jan. 26 - Jan. 29 at the Southern Plains TTAP Center in Stillwater, OK, to introduce participants to injuries as a public health problem. It addresses the principles of effective injury prevention through a combination of presentations, case histories, and group exercises. Emphasis is placed on the following core injury prevention program topics: - The Public Health Approach - Injury Data - Program Design & Implementation - Program Evaluation - Coalitions & Collaborations - Program Management - Marketing & Advocacy. For more information, contact Tabatha Harris at [email protected].


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Pamela Jurney, Cross Timbers Consulting, offers assistance to Rachel Dinwiddie, Seminole Nation.
ArcGIS Workshop II: Making Data Useful, Feb. 3

In this 6-hour workshop, Pamela Jurney, Cross Timbers Consulting, will show participants how to use the GeoDatabase created in Workshop 1 to create a base map. Students will explore Symbology and labeling techniques. A simple map layout will be produced at the end of the workshop.


ArcGIS Workshop 3: Editing Basics - March 22
This workshop is dedicated to editing points, lines, and polygons in ArcMap. The activities will introduce you to some tools you know and some tools you don't, and show how they can be used for different mapping purposes. This class also covers editing attribute tables and shortcuts. As part of editing attribute tables, attendees will learn how to create Domains within a geodatabase. Whether you need to edit geometry or data, the goal of this workshop is to help you save time and make the editing process easier.

Wednesday, March 22
9 am to 4 pm
Class Limit: 12; Stillwater
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Rural Signing and Marking Resources
The National Center for Rural Road Safety (Safety Center) will be hosting a FREE, 1.5 hour online training event.

This Safety Center sponsored webinar will provide participants with the ability to utilize signing and marking resources, identify the critical safety issues in signing maintenance, and consider the critical liability issues with signing maintenance.

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Every Day Counts: Call for Ideas
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is seeking input from Native Nations to help shape future Every Day Counts areas of focus and learning. What innovations and processes is your tribe using to delivery highway projects? Share your knowledge and suggestions via email to [email protected] by Jan. 31.
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Help Shape MUTCD Revisions
Native Nations have until Feb. 18 to provide feedback and input on the Manual Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (MUTCD) to inform revisions to the document. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) developed the MUTCD to be used by traffic engineers, traffic control device technicians and the public as needed.

What changes to content and structure does your tribe propose, that will make the manual efficient and easier to use?
FHWA would like to hear from tribal stakeholders if the document should continue to be written primarily for the audience of traffic engineers. Other questions include input on how updates between versions could be streamlined, how MUTCD content could be reorganized for clarity, if its explanatory language needs improvement and what formats or tools for distributing the revised document would be helpful.

To provide feedback (docket number: FHWA-2015-00280, visit: http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=FHWA-2015-0028.
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This material is based upon work supported by the U. S. Department of Transportation under Agreement No. DTFH61-12-H-00004.  Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the Author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the Federal Highway Administration.