HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_GTAB_05.16.2007Minutes of the Meeting of
Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board
and the Governing Body of the
City of Georgetown, Texas
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
The Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board of the City of Georgetown, Texas, met on Wednesday ,
May 16, 2007 presiding.
Board Members Present:
Jack Noble - Chair, Charlene Mendoza - Vice Chair, Ricki Salazar - Secretary, Henry Carr, Howell Jones
Board Members Absent:
Harry Gibbs, Doug Smith
Staff Present:
Paul Brandenburg, Jim Briggs, Jana Kern, Tom Benz, Ed Polasek, Micki Rundell
Minutes
Regular Meeting
Board may, at any time, recess the Regular Session to convene in Executive Session at the request of the
Chair, a Board Member, the City Manager, Assistant City Manager, City Council Member, or legal
counsel for any purpose authorized by the Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 551,
and are subject to action in the Regular Session that follows.
Regular meeting called to order by Mr. Jack Noble on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at 1:10 p.m.
A. Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes from the regular meeting held on March
12, 2007. -- Jana Kern
Discussion: None
Action: Motion by Salazar, seconded by Mendoza to approve the minutes as written.
Approved 5-0 (Harry Gibbs, Doug Smith absent)
B. Consideration and possible action on the 2007/08 GTAB TIP Process following GTEC TIP Project
Selection. -- Tom Benz, Ed Polasek
Discussion: Polasek stated, at the March 2007 Board meeting this Board voted to submit 9 projects to
the Georgetown Transportation Enhancement Corporation (GTEC) Board for their Transportation
Improvement Plan (TIP) process. At the March 27, 2007, City Council meeting, staff was directed to
move forward with the amendments to the current TIP and Overall Transportation Plan (OTP)
related to several project in the proposed TIP. What this means is that project 14 (SE 1) was divided
into three parts (14 a, 14b, & 14c). Staff keep GTAB's scoring consistant and just divided your scoring
between all three parts. Then gave all of this information to the GTEC Board.
At the GTEC Board meeting held on May 14, 2007 GTEC went through their TIP process and GTEC
went through their rankings. Here is the summary of the combined rankings.
Project Detail Description GTE
C
GTEC GTA
B
Staff Projec
t
Overal
l
# of Transportation Improvement Total Rank Total Total Total Rank
12b Arterial SE1 from Project 12a to SH 130 93.3 1 89.7 90 273.0 3
12c Arterial SE1 from Maple/Inner Loop to CR 110 91.7 2 89.7 90 271.4 5
QQ Northwest Blvd Bridge 89.2 3 86.5 91 266.7 7
14c SH 29 Bypass (from RR 2243 to IH 35) 87.0 5 98.8 98 283.8 1
14b SH 29 Bypass (from SH 29 to RR 2243) 87.0 4 97.5 96 280.5 2
12a CR 110/Southwestern (SE Inner Loop to SE1) 85.9 6 89.7 90 265.6 8
9 IH 35/Williams Drive Intersection/Access
Improvements
83.0 7 96.8 93 272.8 4
10 Northeast Inner Loop/Lakeway Bridge over IH
35, from CR 151 to Airport
78.7 8 93.8 97 269.5 6
14a Southwest Inner Loop (D.B. Wood to Bypass) 78.4 9 93.8 93 265.2 9
19a South East Inner Loop (Reconstruction/Relocation
(IH 35 to SE1))
76.3 10 79.0 90 245.3 11
AH North West Inner Loop (Widening to 4 Lanes
(Williams Drive to Water Plant)) portion of project
16a
74.4 11 86.7 90 251.0 10
At the GTEC Board meeting, they went through their project selection process. What GTEC decided to do
for their TIP process for next year is to have zero funds and zero projects. What this means is that all of the
previous funding & projects will continue. Most of that funding will be for project 12a, b, & c, which is the
SE 1, and the NE Inner Loop projects; which was previously funded and we now have a TxDOT agreement
so there will be no additional funding. GTEC is holding their debt capacity for the foll owing two years.
GTEC will move forward with the SH 29 Bypass from RR2243 - SH29 with $5,000,000.00 for right a way in
2008/09 and $9,000,000.00 in construction in 2009/10. GTEC will also put some funding in engineering for
the Northwest Blvd. bridge – project QQ. We probably will not see the Williamson County Bond money
until 2010/11. The final project that GTEC put on their five-year radar is the IH 35/Williamson Drive Access
improvements. This would help with the redesign the whole Williams Drive Gateway. This project would
also coincide with the Northwest Blvd. Bridge construction. So, all of the construction in the Gateway area
would be completed around 2012.
GTEC Projects still needing funding are: SH 29 Bypass from IH 35 to RR 2243, the additional two lanes on
SH 29 from RR 2243 to SH29, and Southwest Inner Loop widening from two lanes to four lanes,
Northwest Inner Loop widening to four lanes, and Southeast Inner Loop widening to four lanes.
Noble asked about funding options: Rundell stated that funding options are very limited. Other than
Williamson County, State, and Federal sources, those ones will not cost us anymore. The only real option
that is available to the City is Bonds. Rundell went on to explain what it will take to bring bonds to t he
voters and talked about a bond committee. In addition, Rundell stated that these projects would not be
complete within the next few years; we are looking at about ten to twelve years down the road. The Full
Discussion is on Tape.
Noble asked when GTAB needs to make their recommendations to Council. It was stated that the
recommendation on unfunded projects needs to be presented to Council in July.
Noble would like to see the list paired down to the ones that we just discussed.
Carr stated pick the projects that the City must have. You will never affect the taxes more than .02 cents in
a given year.
Briggs stated that staff would bring back a bond TIP that will show what is important for congestion relief,
as well as mobility, and different factors such as Rail.
Brandenburg stated that at the July meeting he would be bringing forth with an initiative that would start
work on the project budget it creation of a City Transportation Division. Brandenburg will be using this
Board as a conduit to get this moving forward with organization and structure and to make this
recommendation to Council.
Motion by Noble, seconded by Salazar at adjourn meeting.
Approved 5-0 (Gibbs, Smith absent)
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 01:49 PM.
Approved : Attest:
_______________________ ________________________
Jack Noble - Chair Ricki Salazar - Secretary