HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_GTAB_03.12.2010Minutes of the Meeting of
Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board
and the Governing Body of the
City of Georgetown, Texas
Friday, March 12, 2010
The Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board of the City of Georgetown, Te xas, met on Friday ,
March 12, 2010 presiding.
Board Members Present:
Keith Brainard, Gabe Sansing, Henry Boecker, William Maples, Tina Geiselbrecht, Don Padfield, Joe
Graff
Board Members Absent:
None
Staff Present:
Jim Briggs, Ed Polasek, Bill Dryden, Micki Rundell, Laurie Brewer, Marsha Iwers, Jana Kern, Laura
Wilkins, Mark Miller
Others Present:
Bill Sattler - Dist. 4 Councilman
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.
Call to order at 10:20 by Brainard
I. STAFF BOARD COMMENTS/QUESTIONS:
(This is a short informational time regarding items where specific actions are not requested or needed)
A. Introduction of City Staff and GTAB Board members.
Everyone introduced themselves
B. Project Progress Reports
Dryden- construction contract for DB Wood Rd going to council on the 23rd
includes right turn lane. Briggs – owner of the property granted easement at no cost.
Boecker – asked for an overlay to see how DB Wood connects/ties to Williams Drive.
Dryden – said one could be provided. Oak Tree Drive now open – ribbon
cutting on March 23rd. Brainard – asked about installation of light at Williams Drive.
Briggs – several meetings with property owners. Will create 4-way intersection at
Olde Oak drive to form a "T" intersection on Williams and put a drive(County is taking
the lead on this working with landowners) Penny Lane and Sedro would be re -routed.
C. Meeting Process
Briggs – explained new format sections of the agenda to make the
agenda flow smoother.
D. Industry/CAMPO/Updates
Polasek – CAMPO Board has voted to amend its bylaws
and that gives us a seat on the board and we can choose our own alternate on the Board
Joint Powers Agreement is under review now approved by Austin and Travis County
and ?? should be approved early April to appoint a permanent member from
Georgetown. They have taken a call for projects for a second round of stimulus funds
we want to submit Lakeway Bridge – County said they would submit it. They did a
state-wide and Lakeway Bridge was 46th on the list. We would have been better off
submitting ourselves. Now there will not be a call for second round stimulus for
quite a while now. We have shovel ready projects to include InnerLoop signalization.
II. LEGISLATIVE REGULAR AGENDA:
(This is for specific action items considered by the Board – greater than $50,000 in value)
E. Board nominations and election of Vice -Chair of the GTAB Board. -- Keith Brainard
Board nominations – Vice-Chair – Sansing nominated Geiselbrecht. Motion by Padfield,
second by Graff APPROVED 7-0
F. Board nominations and election of Secretary of the GTAB Board. -- Keith Brainard
Motion by Sansing, second by Geiselbrecht for Graff as Secretary - APPROVED 7-0
GEISELBRECHT - Vice President
GRAFF - Secretary
G. Review and possible action on Day and Time of GTAB Board meetings. -- Keith Brainard
Day and Time of meetings – no action – remains the same
H. Review and possible action to approve the minutes from the regular GTAB Board meeting
held on February 12, 2010. --Laura Wilkins
Minutes from last meeting – Graff – recommends that in the future that page numbers
be on the bottom of each page. Several edits to the minutes suggested.
Adjournment Time - discrepancy between the footer and the minutes.
Boecker – comment the more verbiage the less he reads – more summarization.
Strike line about no quorum. Minutes corrected March 16 , 2010
Motion by Padfield, Second by Sansing – to approve as amended. APPROVED 6-0
(Brainard abstained as he was not at the February meeting)
I. Consideration and possible recommendation to award a construction contract to Smith
Contracting, of Austin, Texas, for the reconfiguration and reconstruction of DB Wood Rd/Shell
Rd at Williams Dr. Intersection in the amount of $762,340.60. -- Bill Dryden, Tom Benz
Smith Contracting of Austin – Dryden presented the item. Briggs – total amount
$1.7 million in bonds. Rundell - original project– bid and engineering is $959,200
which is $700,000 under bond authorization.
Additional discussion. Motion by Sansing, second by Geiselbrecht to recommend
approval of the project.
APPROVED 7-0
III. STRATEGIC ISSUES
J. Consideration and possible action regarding how the City should proceed with the
development of the FM 1460 project.-- Edward G. Polasek
FM 1460 – Polasek presented the item and explained the project and history.
Discussion about reasons and costs of using current alignment or using an
alternate alignment to go around the properties along the current alignment.
Basically cheaper to go with an alternate alignment rather than condemn all
properties on the current alignment. Question Brainard about the Industrial
Agreement. Briggs – between the City and Texas Crushed Stone/Georgetown
Railroad. Not to be annexed and pay a payment annually in lieu of being annexed.
It is coming up for renewal soon - Valuable to them to renew. City would discuss
during the ROW Acquisition discussions how the acquisition would affect the
agreement.
Motion by Sansing, second by Geiselbrecht to recommend that council direct staf f
to identify opportunities that may exist with respect to the TRZ that might present
themselves with the landowner and any other variables that might be at work not
only for this project but others projects in the city. And further direct staff to work
with TxDOT to finalize engineering, using excess funds from DB Wood project
alternative alignment APPROVED 7-0
Additional discussion prior to vote. Sansing would prefer that GTEC Funds not
be used on this project if we can find other sources. Rundell/Briggs – Savings on
DB Wood Road will be used.
Motion to adjourn: Motion by Graff, second by Padfield to adjourn. APPROVED 7-0
Meeting adjourned at 11:24 a.m.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 11:24 AM.
Approved : Attest:
_______________________ ________________________
Keith Brainard - Chair Joe Graff - Secretary