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Minnesota Board of Directors Minnesota Guidestar Strategic Plan

Minnesota Board of Directors Minnesota Guidestar Strategic Plan. December 1, 2010. Minnesota Guidestar Final Draft Strategic Plan. Table of Contents. Introduction Mission and Vision Goals Board Action Plan Guidestar Board Structure Glossary of Acronyms

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Minnesota Board of Directors Minnesota Guidestar Strategic Plan

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  1. Minnesota Board of DirectorsMinnesota GuidestarStrategic Plan December 1, 2010

  2. Minnesota GuidestarFinal Draft Strategic Plan

  3. Table of Contents • Introduction • Mission and Vision • Goals • Board Action Plan • Guidestar Board Structure • Glossary of Acronyms Appendix – Guidestar Board / Committee Members

  4. Key Revisions • Focus on Board of Directors Action Plan • Elimination of ITS Development and Deployment Sections • Already address by Statewide ITS Plan

  5. 1. Introduction • Overview • Guidestar Board History

  6. 2. Vision Statement • Intelligent Transportation Systems will be fully integrated into the transportation system to enhance quality of life by improving safety, mobility, economic vitality and sustainability.

  7. 2. Mission Statement • The Minnesota Guidestar Board advances transportation technology by providing strategic direction, advice, education, and a forum for developing innovative partnerships among public, private, academic, and other transportation stakeholders.

  8. 3. Goals • Expand ITS Educational Outreach and Education Efforts • Conduct Outreach for Partnership Formation • Provide Strategic Direction to Policy-Making Bodies • Mainstream ITS into the Statewide Transportation Planning and Implementation Process • Promote State and National Architectures, Standards and Protocols • Promote Research to Advance State-of-the-Art ITS Technologies and Applications

  9. 4. Board Action Plan • Action Plan built around 6 goals & input from May 2010 Guidestar Workshop • 13 specific action items for Board • 7 action items outside of Board’s role • Actions prioritized by Board input in Oct. 2010

  10. Top Priority Actions • Provide outreach/advocacy on ITS to new agency executives (Mn/DOT, DPS, Met Council) coming in after elections • Create a Marketing and Outreach Committee to develop and execute a Communications Plan • Cultivate champions on the district and county level • Develop ITS outreach tours for local agencies and/or tour the state and meet with counties and cities on the benefits of ITS, how to apply it to their systems, areas they can use funding to deploy ITS and what they need to do to access or compete for those funds • Conduct outreach and education to Area Transportation Partnerships (ATPs), Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs), and Regional Development Commissions (RDCs) to promote ITS deployment and incorporating ITS elements into construction/reconstruction projects

  11. Top Priority Actions • Push for a greater variety of active private sector involvement (i.e. contractors and vendors) • Invite someone from an agency that selects funding applications for award to discuss with the Board how Minnesota can be better positioned for ITS funding opportunities and what funding application review groups are looking for • Advocate for more funding/Advocate for funding of operations and maintenance • Work with ATPs, Metropolitan Council, and Transportation Advisory Board (TAB) and associated Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), to evaluate and revise criteria on how projects are evaluated – make ITS projects competitive with highway/capital improvement projects

  12. Top Priority Actions • Promote awareness of the need for agencies to review plans for construction projects to see if ITS elements should be incorporated • Review innovative funding options and recommend alternative to Highway Trust Fund • Promote dedicated “set-asides” for ITS • Push for guidelines/warrants/thresholds for when ITS deployments are appropriate for construction or maintenance work zones

  13. Board Action Plan • Open Discussion • Proposed Priorities? • Responsibilities?

  14. 5. Guidestar Board and Committees Guidestar Board of Directors Role: Provide strategic direction and advice on ITS Guidestar Executive Committee Role: Set agenda for Board of Directors Marketing and Outreach Committee Role: Develop and distribute outreach materials and conduct outreach activities Implementation Team Role: Develop strategies and actions for advancing ITS

  15. Board / Stakeholder Interaction • Board Interactions with Other Stakeholders • Mn/DOT • ITS Minnesota • State Agencies • Local Agencies • Private Companies • Other Industry Organizations • USDOT • Educational Institutions

  16. Relation Between Guidestar Board, Mn/DOT and ITS Minnesota Minnesota Guidestar Program Minnesota Guidestar Board of Directors Role: - Provide MN Policy Direction - Strategic Plan - Action Plan Mn/DOT OTST Role: - Administer ITS funds - Support Guidestar Board - Direct Statewide Conformance ITS Minnesota Role: - Foster Partnerships - Promote ITS Awareness - Professional Capacity Building - Help Grow Markets, Research

  17. Open Discussion Board Approval

  18. Thank You!

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