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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_GTAB_06.12.2015Notice of Meeting of the Georgetown Transportation Advisot*y Board and the Governing Body of the City of Georgetown, Texas June 12 2015 The City of Georgetown is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). If you require assistance in participation at a public meeting due to a disability, as defined under the ADA, reasonable assistance, adaptations, or accommodations will be provided upon request. Please contact the City at least four (4) days prior to the scheduled meeting date, at (512)930-3652 or City Hall at 113 East 8th Street for additional information: TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. Board Members: Truman Hunt — Chair, Ray Armour - Secretary, John Hesser, Rachel Jonrowe, Chris H'Luz, Scott Rankin, Donna Courtney, Steve Johnston Board Members Absent: John Pettitt — Vice Chair, Staff Present: Jim Briggs, Ed Polasek, Jana Kern, Wes Wright, Bill Dryden, Mark Miller, Nat Waggoner, Micki Rundell, Russ Volk, Skye Mason, Chris Foster, Mike Babin, Bridget Chapman Others Present: John Milford, Avis & James O'Connell, Dennis Hedgebarth, Nancy Zenner, Hugh Norris, Terry Reed — ACC, Trae Sutton — KPA, Terry Putman & Bill Weber — Citizen, Tom Crawford & Bill Connor — GTEC Board, Ken Mabe — Texas Aviation Partners Regular Session A. Call to Order: Mr. Truman Hunt called the regular GTAB Board to order on Friday, June 12, 2015 at 10:00 AM Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board may, at any time, recess the Regular Session to convene an Executive Session at the request of the Chair, a Board Member, The City Manager, Assistant City Manager, General Manager of Utilities, 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. B. Introduction of Visitors C. Industry/CAMPO/TxDOT Updates: TxDOT Retirement update — Gerald Pohlmeyer will be leaving at the end of July 2015. CAMPO, at their last Policy Board Meeting, has approved their unified planning work program for their next fiscal year. All of the local projects and the regional funded projects were identified. Two of these projects were the Williams Drive Corridor analysis & Bicycle Plan for Georgetown D. Discussion regarding the Project Progress Reports and Time Lines — Bill Dryden, P. E., Transportation Engineer, Mark Miller, Transportation Services Manager and Edward G. Polasek, AICP, Transportation Services Director. E. Discussion regarding the Airport Project Progress Report and Time Lines. — Russ Volk, Airport Manager and Edward G. Polasek, AICP, Transportation Services Director. Persons signed up to speak on this item: Carl Norris - See Mr. Norris's presentation at the end of these minutes; & Mr. Weber Legislative Regular Agenda The Board will individually consider and possibly take action on any or all of the following items: F. Review and possible action to approve the minutes from the Regular GTAB Board meeting held on May 08, 2015 — Jana Kern Motion by Jonrowe second by Courtney to approve the minutes as presented. Approved Unanimous 8-0 (Pettitt absent) G. Consideration and possible recommendation to adjust AvGas (100LL) fuel margin and to adjust the "Margin" every two years thereafter according to the Dallas, Fort Worth, TX CPI -W number. — Russ Volk, C.M., Airport Manager and Edward G. Polasek, AICP, Transportation Services Director Persons signed up to speak on this item: Ken Mabe Volk explained this item to the Board. Chris Foster gave a presentation on the Analysis of the Airport. There was lengthy discussion on the amount of the fuel margin. The Board thought it best if this and item 'H' be brought back to the July GTAB Board Meeting. Motion by Hesser second Johnston to postpone this item until the July 2015 GTAB Board Meeting. Approved Unanimous 8-0 (Pettitt absent) H. Consideration and possible recommendation to adjust Commercial Wholesale JetA fuel margin and to adjust the "Margin" every two years thereafter according to the Dallas, Fort Worth, TX CPI -W number. — Russ Volk, C.M., Airport Manager and Edward G. Polasek, AICP, Transportation Services Director Motion by Hesser second Johnston to postpone this item until the July 2015 GTAB Board Meeting. Approved Unanimous 8-0 (Pettitt absent) L Consideration and possible recommendation to allow the City Manager to submit Letter of Interest for additional Airport Capital Improvement item to TxDOT Aviation for Runway 18/36 repairs and maintenance. — Russ Volk, C.M., Airport Manager and Edward G. Polasek, AICP, Transportation Services Director Persons signed up to speak on this item: John Milford & Nancy Zenner: See their presentations at the end of these minutes Volk explained the item and the condition of the runway. Motion by Armour second by Rankin to approve that the City Manager submits a Letter of Interest for additional Airport Capital Improvement for repairs and maintenance to Runway 18/36. Approved Unanimous 8-0 (Pettitt absent) J. Consideration and possible recommendation to award the 2nd Street Rehabilitation Contract to Joe Bland Construction of Austin, Texas in the amount of $1,945,100.00. — Mark Miller, Transportation Services Manager and Edward G. Polasek, AICP, Transportation Services Director Miller explained what all will be done on this project. Motion by Hesser second Jonrowe to award contract to Joe Bland Construction in the amount of $1,945,100.00. Approved Unanimous 8-0 (Pettitt absent) Hesser stepped out Returned at 11:26 AM Armour stepped out Returned at 11:28 AM Johnston stepped out Returned at 11:31 AM K. Presentation, Discussion and possible recommendation of the DRAFT Transit Development Plan with Capital Metro -- Nat Waggoner, PMP®, Transportation Analyst and Edward G. Polasek, AICP, Transportation Services Director Waggoner & Michelle Meaux gave the Board a presentation. No Action Required Johnston left meeting 11:54 AM Courtney stepped out Returned at 12:30 PM Rankin stepped out Returned at 12:30 PM L. Consideration and possible recommendation to Council regarding the Proposed Implementation Schedule for the 2015 Road Bond Program. — Bill Dryden, Transportation Engineer and Edward G. Polasek, AICP, Transportation Services Director Dryden gave the Board a presentation on the scheduling of the Road Bond projects. Motion by Hesser second by Courtney to recommend to Council the Proposed Implementation Schedule for the 2015 Road Bond Program. Approved Unanimous 7-0 (Pettitt & Johnston absent) M. Consideration and possible recommendation to approve a Ground Lease Agreement with Corsair Turbines, LLC at the Georgetown Municipal Airport. — Bridge Chapman — City Attorney Chapman informed the Board of the new Ground Lease with Corsair. No action required Adjournment Motion by Messer second by Jonrowe to adjourn meeting. Approved Unanimous 7-0 (Pettitt & Johnston absent) Meeting adjourned at 12:40 PM Approved: Attested: (�man Hunt - ChairL Ray Armour — Secretary Jana R. Kern — GTAB Board Liaison GTAB STATEMENT JUNE 12, 2015 AGENDA ITEM "E" AIRPORT PROJECT PROGRESS REPORT AND TIME LINES Good morning Mr. Chairman, members of the GTAB, city staff and ladies and gentlemen. For the record, my name is Hugh C. Norris, Jr. My wife and I reside at 4400 Luna Trail. I am a member of the Airport Concerned Citizens (ACC). This is the 401h presentation by members of ACC to the city council and to the GTAB since January 14, 2014. These presentations have been in pursuit of the moral and legitimate rights of the general public for public participation in decisions for use and expenditure of federal funds for development of expanded aviation operations at the Georgetown Municipal Airport (GTU). My statement this morning on behalf of the ACC follows our two previous statements to the GTAB on October 10, 2014 and May 8, 2015 and our October 28, 2014 statement to City Council regarding the new 20 year (2025-2045) Airport Master Plan Update. As you will recall we requested this board and the City Council not to proceed with the recommendations of Mr. Polasek for approval of a resolution of the city's 10% payment of $50,000 for a $500,000 new master plan pending further public vetting of the plan and its scope of work. Mr. Polasek advised the board and the City Council that TxDOT required city approval of the resolution for its November 2014 agenda and that if it were not approved the city would lose TxDOT federal funding. In addition to Mr. Polasek's crisis assertion on the approval timing of the resolution, city staff on its own initiative and part of the GTAB recommended approval, decided to revise upward the $20,000 for the city's 10% share of the TxDOT's $200,000 cost for this plan as shown on TxDOT AVN's CIP to $50,000 for a new master plan budget of $500,000. As usual, both GTAB and City Council ignored our public interest requests by mutual unanimous approvals with no questions from any member of those bodies for verification or documentation of Mr. Polasek's crisis assertions or staff's revision of the plan budget. It is now a full eight (8) months since the GTAB October 2014 meeting and Mr. Polaseks's recommended resolution and attachment documents have not been entered on TxDOT's agenda. It is worthy of note that the airport is the property of the citizens of Georgetown. The airport is not the property of the GTAB, the City Council, the city staff, the special interests who act as if it is their own, the TxDOT or the FAA. The airport is the property of the citizens of Georgetown. They deserve public participation in decisions regarding the airport and its future. This board is charged to represent the general public interests in its recommendations to City Council. Several members of GTAB and city staff have been appointed to the Consultant Selection Committee authorized by the above described resolution and authorized to determine consultant selection criteria, review consultant qualifications and proposals, conduct interviews and select a best qualified master plan consultant. All this with no prepared and approved scope of work to be accomplished by the best qualified consultant to complete the work. As part of our statement to City Council on October 28, 2014 we requested the scope of work to be determined through a GTAB open workshop forum that included the public with free discussion access. We make that request again to this board. At our May GTAB meeting we requested that the board instruct our new Airport Manager, Mr. Russ Volk, to provide a full presentation of the proposed scope of work for this new master plan and its justification for a 90% federal grant. Not seeing such a presentation on today's agenda, we again make that request for the benefit of the public and the Consultant Selection Committee. Until we have a more definitive description for the scope of work we will assume that the new plan will follow the basic structure and analysis process of the current 2005 Master Plan Update and Airport Layout Plan by GRW-Willis, Inc and include recommendations of the Georgetown Airport Business Analysis by CH2MHill and Section 6.3.1 of the Draft Environmental Assessment for the Fuel Farm as prepared by TxDOT. Such assumptions would include new capital improvements for continued expansion of aviation operations, preparation of a new Airport Layout Plan necessary for federal grants considerations, an added extension of Runway 18/36, development of about 150 acres for new aviation industrial tenants, additional airport land expansion, added box and T hangers, new taxiways, taxi lanes, and aprons, new roadways and parking areas and other operations expansion improvements. Mr. Chairman, we request the GTAB approve our two requests previously described. I would appreciate comments and or questions from the board. Mr. Chairman, members of the GTAB board: on behalf of the members of ACC and other concerned citizens, I strongly object to "Item I", the proposal to fund and expand the load capabilities of runways 18/36 and 11/29. This is an obvious attempt by city staff to expand airport operations beyond it's current capability. This so called "safety" improvement, would double the current weight load capabilities. This would allow aircraft, such as the Gulfstream 550, 650, etc., with larger passenger and cargo capabilities to land and take off at GTU. This is an another effort to expand airport operations and the only reason it's being disguised as "safety", is to secure 90% Federal funding. The impact of this action alone will create far more noise than is currently being generated at GTU. An already ineffective "Fly Friendly" noise abatement program, which most aircraft ignore, will just be made worse. A new noise impact study will most certainly be required to re -access the impact to all surrounding communities. The installation of sound barriers will most likely be required at the airport in order to mitigate the louder noise generation. The potential safety hazards, created by larger aircraft and more frequent take offs and landing, to surrounding communties will most certainly have to be reevaluated. It should be common sense that allowing larger aircraft, with much larger payloads to take off and land at GTU, will most certainly have a negative effect on the surrounding communities. However, at first glance of this proposed action doesn't seem to be a concern from city staff. This action, if approved, will most certainly affect property and property evaluations of those who live near the airport fence boundaries, in the flight paths as well as those in the surrounding communities. The Airport Master Plan Appendix C -ALP, already identifies many of the houses and properties along Toledo, Vortac etc. that are to be acquired by "fee or easement". An action like this would certainly have an affect on other properties in the area too. As well, others will be effected if the potential relocation of the airport fence boundary is implemented. These actions do not seem to be of much concern from the city either. Lastly, the "overall cumulative environmental impact" to people, property and community caused by operational expansions like this should be stopped. Any proposal to expand operations at GTU must be made available for general public vetting and approval. These purposed actions must be measured fairly and accurately for "environmental impact" and approved by the community first, before receiving any Federal funding. John Milford Talk at GTAB meeting - June 12, 2015 - Item "I" Good morning Mr. Chairman, members of GTAB, city staff and guests, My name is Nancy Zenner and my husband, Pete, and I reside at 901 Bosque Trail, which is at the corner of Vortac Lane and Bosque Trail. We have lived at this location since 1985. 1 am a registered nurse and I serve as the Neighborhood Watch Captain for a portion of Serenada East that we refer to as ACES NEIGHBORHOOD. This includes Air Country Estates, the properties along Vortac and Cavu Road as well as the portion of East Serenada from Airport Road on the East and Serenada Drive on the West. We are neighbors to the airport. I have become involved as an Airport Concerned Citizen, not only because of my proximity to the airport but my concern for the safety and well being of all citizens in Georgetown. I want to focus today on Item "I" and its recommended letter from the city manager to TxDOT. This letter infers a request for a 90% federal grant to strengthen RW 18/36 to service larger, heavier and noisier aircraft than can currently use the existing runway. If correct, then I oppose this request for personal safety of the citizens of Georgetown, the negative effects on property values and environmental reasons and will urge others to do the same. If that inference is not correct then the board should clearly state for the record and to the city council that it too opposes such use for the funding. Thank you for your time.