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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes_GTAB_08.13.2010Minutes of the Meeting of Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board and the Governing Body of the City of Georgetown, Texas Friday, August 13, 2010 The Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board of the City of Georgetown, Texas, met on Friday , August 13, 2010 presiding. Board Members Present: Tina Geiselbrecht, Joe Graff, William Maples, Don Padfield Board Members Absent: Danny Meigs, Gabe Sansing, Henry Boecker Staff Present: Jim Briggs, Micki Rundell, Bill Dryden, Terri Calhoun, Sasha Lockamy., Mike Stasny, Laura Wilkins (for Jana Kern) Others Present: Garrett Burchett - Kimley-Horn, Rebecca Bray - Klotz & Associates, Davis Meycz - McDonalds, Bruce Barton - Omni Projects Inc., William Sattler - Georgetown City Council, Tony Bagwell - HDR Engineering. 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. I. STAFF BOARD COMMENTS/QUESTIONS: (This is a short informational time regarding items where specific actions are not requested or needed) A. Introduction of Visitors - Everyone introduced themselves. B. Recent CAMPO Actions - Ed Polasek absent - no updates at this time C. Project Updates - Southwest Bypass/Wolf Ranch Blvd. Benz gave updates – asked for questions about any projects. DB Wood Williams Drive almost complete - due to be complete by end of the month – left turn lane only one lane right now. Waiting for County to finish work on Williams Drive widening. SW Bypass – Briggs gave info – connection between SW Bypass and DB Wood Road SW Parkway extension. Showed exhibit. Explained alignment proposal that the property owner is proposing. This proposal will be discussed at the GTEC meeting next week. Staff can support the proposed alignment. More expense – but could provide safer access in and out of the area. - North Bound Frontage Road - Williams Dr. to Northwest Blvd. North Bound Frontage Road – Benz met earlier this week TxDOT to determine what needs to be done to move forward. They need additional info. Lakeway off-ramp configuration. Will continue to work with TxDOT on this. McDonalds Sonic, etc. all feel their businesses will be impacted significantly. Staff trying to improve access – but traffic flow and safety concerns are important. Geiselbrecht – heard from some at the last TAB meeting – yes - but no new info yet. Geiselbrecht asked about the big open area behind McDonalds. Briggs – aware of that area and looking into options. That area is separate ownership Padfield –SE1 Project #12 - Indicates staff is reviewing 95% construction plan – what does that mean? Benz complete with design 95% - trying to acquire ROW to build. Cannot go out to bid until that is done. We are getting close – will be bringing items to GTEC this month we have seven properties to secure – will wrap up two of them this month. II. LEGISLATIVE REGULAR AGENDA: (This is for specific action items considered by the Board – greater than $50,000 in value) D. Board nominations and election of Secretary of the GTAB Board.-- Tina Geiselbrecht Padfield nominated Maples for Secretary, second by Graff. Approved 3-1 (Maples abstained Meigs, Sansing and Boecker absent) Maples selected as Secretary E. Review and possible action to approve the minutes from the regular GTAB Board meeting held on June 11, 2010-- Jana Kern Graff – error item F - should read “for” instead of “fro”. Motion by Padfield, second by Graff to approve with correction. Approved 4-0 (Meigs, Sansing and Boecker absent) (minutes corrected 8/31/10 - by Wilkins) F. Discussion and possible action to appoint one member of the Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board to the Engineering Selection Committee to develop an Engineering pre-qualification list for the Utility for the next three years. -- Tom Benz Benz explained the need of the committee – pre qualification list for the next 3 to 5 years. Will get MSA’s and go to that list for future projects to ensure qualified firms are doing the projects. Motion by Graff, second Padfield – to appoint Geiselbrecht to the Engineering Selection Committee. Approved 3-1 (Geiselbrecht abstained Meigs, Sansing and Boecker absent) G. Consideration and possible recommendation to approve Task Order HDR -10-002 with HDR Engineering, Inc. of Austin, Texas, for professional services related to impervious cover calculations and for process and ordinance review for the Drainage Utility in the amount Not to Exceed of $76,733.00. – Mike Stasny, Utility Systems Information Manager and Thomas R. Benz, P.E., Systems Engineering Director. Benz presented the item. We have selected HDR for this project. They are familiar with our process – will use Sanborn Map Co. Will help us with the ordinance and revenue analysis. Rundell - Stormwater Utility authorized under Local Government Code. Have not done this in 18 years. Right now not capturing info correctly/completely – need to do this correctly and ensure cost recovery is being done. Question Padfield - clarification on inequity. Answered by Rundell - LUE’s not recorded correctly now - an LUE from 1993 is not the same as an LUE today. We should be updating this every 5 years. Briggs explained – important fiduciary responsibility. We should update to be fair to the rate payers. Came up recently due to newly annexed areas – we need to go back and bring everything up to date. Rundell – consultant did our original analysis – there are probably revenues we are losing. Question - Geiselbrecht - is this step one? Answered - Rundell that is correct – will wrap up in February. Question - Padfield – what do you do with the current projects? Answered - Briggs – they do not enter into the process. Question - Graff – budget – numbers do not add up. Not a big difference – just does not add up. Answered by Stasny – we can correct that. Padfield motion to approve second by Graff to recommend approval of the task order. Approved 4-0 (Meigs, Sansing and Boecker absent) H. Discussion, update and possible direction to staff regarding the Overall Transportation Plan Update – Edward G. Polasek Rebecca Bray - Klotz & Associates - presented overview/update on OTP plan report. Well into writing the draft report. Not trying to rewrite – just update. Ped plan will be separate. Public meetings have been held – but not much participation. However will try to get more people involved/interested in future discussions. Garrett Burchett - Kimley-Horn – presented travel demand model info. Model determines number of lanes. Makes certain Georgetown has the right demographics. Question - Geiselbrecht. - How does the model coordinate with the CAMPO Model? Answered by Burchett Georgetown has model – different from CAMPO –but it does include same CAMPO project and zone structure. Using same assumptions as CAMPO. Control totals are the same. Question - Padfield – began with essential data – do we feel it is adequate data? Answered by Burchett - Yes – used traffic counts – several different years along with Williamson County data from their recent update. Also, TxDOT held a round of workshops – list of projects – draft policy for implementation – with final adoption this fall. Question by Geiselbrecht – will it address mass transit? Burchett - No routes – but just reinforce what work has already been done to lay ground work for a more formal plan. Question by Bill Sattler – have you identified any economic development areas for traffic patterns – such as a LaFrontera type thing? Burchett - Specifically, no – model follows the comp plan – modeling a land use that is intense for certain areas – along the comp plan. Question - Sattler – is it City’s responsibility to identify those areas? Burchett - we are assuming 2035 totally built out and accounted for. Question - Padfield – drawings – mentioned things that could be looked at before we move on are those different options or copies of the same one? Burchett - They are basically the same - but we also brought a copy of the plan as it exists today. We did not bring a lot of options. Basically we are putting together our options that City staff is working with us on the things they are seeing - taking that info back and testing it all. There will be an opportunity to refine those in the future. No Action Motion to adjourn – Motion by Padfield, second by Graff – Adjourned at 11:17 am Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 11:17 AM. Approved : Attest: _______________________ ________________________ Board Member Name Secretary