1. MnDOT and Minnesota Regional
Development Organizations

2. History of RDOs and Relationship
with MnDOT
 Established in 1969
 Involved in
transportation, economic
development, land use
planning and more
 MnDOT has provided grants
since the late 1970s
 RDOs provide local
knowledge and expertise to
MnDOT

3. Work Program Overview
 Work Program Activities
 Statewide projects
 ATIP development
 Regional planning
activities
 Maintenance of the
functional
classification system
 Transportation related
communication
 Transportation
Planners meetings
 Secondary activities

4. ATP Process
 Established by MnDOT in
response to ISTEA (1991)
 Increased funding and flexibility
in the use of funds
 Emphasis on multimodal system
 Greater local involvement and
public participation
 ATPs provide local representation
 Role in selecting projects for ATIP
 Everyone handles it
differently, but there is a local
presence
 One size does not fit all

5. Other Contracts with MnDOT
 Transit Local Coordination Plan/Updates
 Safe Routes To School Planning Grants
Potential Contracts with MnDOT
 ADA Compliance Plans
 Mileage Verification Process
 Statewide Functional Classification Review

6. Other Involvement with MnDOT
 RDC Representation on
Statewide Committees
 Minnesota GO
 MnSHIP PAC
 Statewide SRTS Steering
Committee
 Planning and Programming
Workgroup
Committee/MAP-21
 Transportation Alternatives
Program Sub-Group
 Toward Zero Deaths

7. Impacts of MAP-21
 There will be changes to how
we do things
 Don’t yet know what those
changes will be
 One thing is for certain –
MnDOT values the relationship
with the RDOs

8. Contact Information
 Katie Caskey – MnDOT | kathryn.caskey@state.mn.us | 651.366.3901
 Ronda Allis – Region Nine Development Commission | ronda@rndc.org |
507.387.5643
 Jake Huebsch – Region Five Development Commission |
jhuebsch@regionfive.org | 218.894.3233 x4
 Lindsey Knutson – Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development
Commission | lindsey.knutson@umvrdc.org | 320. 289.1981 x7