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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_GTAB_05.11.2018Minutes of the Meeting of the Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board and the Governing Body of the City of Georgetown, Texas May 11 2018 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 three (3) days prior to the scheduled meeting date, at (512)930-3652 or City Hall at 113 East 81h Street for additional information: TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. Board Members Present: Ron Bindas — Vice Chair, Donna Courtney — Secretary, Dan Jones, Troy Hellman, Robert Redoutey, John Marler, Sheila Mills, John Hesser Board Members Absent: Doug Noble Staff Present: Wes Wright, Russ Volk, Octavio Garza, Chris Foster, Mike Babin, Michael Hallmark, Ed Polasek, Michael Weisner, Emily Koontz Others Present: Carl Norris, John Milford, Wendy Dew, Dennis Hegebarth, Don Smith, Richard Gottleib, Alyson DeMaio, Chris Graf - (Airport Concerned Citizens), Trae Sutton — KPA Engineering, Regular Session A. Call to Order: Meeting called to order by at 10:OOam 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: All visitors and staff were introduced. C. Industry/CAMPO/TxDOT/Transit Updates: Ed Polasek gave updates. On May Th Campo approved two projects. One is the Williams Dr. and access improvements. That is $1.38 million. Campo also approved $4.5 million for Leander Rd. to make four lanes out to the southwest bypass which includes in the estimate two signals, one at the elementary school and one intersection closer to the bypass — still need to meet warrants. D. Airport Monthly Update: Russ Volk gave updates. Airport master plan still under review by the FAA. Operations and fuels have seen an uptick with better flying days. Gas prices continue to rise, but we continue to see healthy set of operations and fuel sales. Recently focusing on dealing with deferred hangar maintenance — replacing skylights on two of the bigger box hangars which has seen considerable improvement on leakage into the hangars. There a list of projects we are working on to help extend the useful life of our existing facilities. In packets are fuel comparisons — still seeing uptick in fuel prices. Rapidly approaching $4 per gallon. Airport is running in the black for the year. Bindas asked what the decrease in volume of jet fuel was due to. Volk responded that we had an heavy jet consumer airplane pull out of the airport — the owner wanted to have the plane closer to where he was based. Volk responded that it is seasonal and gets based on jet traffic. Had a robust sales year last year on fuel. Don't use those numbers for budgeting. Ahead of what we budgeted, but lower than we'd like to see. Citizens Wishing to Address the Board: The following people with the Airport Concerned Citizens (ACC) signed up to speak to the Board on Item D: Hugh C. Norris Jr. — 6 minutes E. May 2018 GTAB Updates: Wright gave updates. All updates included in the packet. Marler asks about an entryway into a retirement village on Shell Road and says that he has been almost hit by cars turning into the village, violating the turning lane. Octavio Garza says they will look into it. Bindas asks about the timeline of Williams Dr. improvements and reduced turns. Wright says that he's not familiar enough with the Williams Dr. Corridor Study to answer specifics about reduced turns, but that Garza's people have re -timed the signals which has helped. F. Financial FY18 Update/Stormwater & Airport - Paul Diaz/Chris Foster. Michael Weisner gave airport update. Provides handout that outline the yearly budget up to the current year to date. Weisner states that, as Volk said earlier, we are exceeding budget in all categories so we expect to be better than we were at budget. Hesser asked question if there was a way to get what we were budgeted year to date through each month to look at seasonal changes. Volk responded that the yearly goal was a number on the handout. Volk also explained that for this fiscal year, because the airport is an enterprise fund, any money that the airport has in its fund rolls over from year to year to help with the lean years it might have periodically. Legislative Regular Agenda G. Consideration and possible approval of the Minutes from the April 13, 2018 Meeting — Emily Koontz — Board Liaison. MOTION by Hellman, second by Bindas to approve the minutes as presented. APPROVED 8-0-1 (Jones — absent) H. Consideration and possible recommendation to award the Rivery Boulevard Extension Project to Joe Bland Construction LP, of Pflugerville Tx. In the amount of $5,099,000.00. - Wesley Wright P.E., Systems Engineering DirectorWright gave presentation. Provide four lane divided road from Williams Dr. to Northwest Blvd. Long term plan will be Northwest Blvd come over I-35 and connect to Austin Ave. which will provide a little relief to Williams Dr. and provide better access to the Rivery area. Bid the project a few ago. Received competitive bids — eleven bids. Engineer's estimate was $6 million. Low bidder was Joe Bland, used this contractor several times before. Contract includes several parts. Part A is roadway and drainage which is the bulk of the project. Heather Brewer, city arborist, is proposing to use funds to improve the visual quality of Rivery — including trees and shrubs, drought -tolerant landscaping. The funds are already available, will not come out of general funds or utility dollars. Hellmann asks if Joe Bland will be in charge of landscaping as well. Wright responds that they will oversee the landscaping as the general contractor, but will probably sub it out. Staff recommends all parts. Hesser asks about time -frame and Wright responds about 300 days. Wright informs that we have been working with residents and there has been no real negativity. Mills asks and Wright answers that it will probably start after the fourth of July. MOTION by Hellmann, second by Hesser. APPROVED 8-0-1 (Jones - absent) I. Discussion on the proposed FY19 GTAB Capital Improvement Plan - Wesley Wright, P.E., Systems Engineering Director. (No Action Required) Wright explains that there is no presentation at this time, but provides packets to the board members to look over. The packets are the proposed CIP for fiscal year 2019 and include airport, solid waste, sidewalks, road bond, and drainage. Wright explains that he will go more in-depth for each project at next month's meeting. Hellmann asks and Wright responds that the purple lines on the map are curb and gutter. Hellmann asks about project on SE Inner Loop. Wright explains that was is proposed is to get a project shovel -ready for expansion - currently there are two lanes and the intent is to add on two additional lanes to help traffic flow. The road bond included dollars for design only of SE Inner Loop but the thought it to move forward with design so that perhaps we can partner with GTEC to expedite construct for widening the road. Hellmann asks about Northbound Frontage Rd. Wright explains that that is in conjunction with TxDOT's plan to redo the William's Drive intersection. TxDOT is proposing to redo William's Drive overpass in 2020. They want to make it a diverging diamond - as part of that project they are going to build a northbound frontage road all the way up to Austin Avenue, Lakeway. That area is out of their right of way and it is a $150,000 funding contribution out of right-of-way dollars for the exit ramp that comes into the airport. J. Discussion concerning GoGeo Transit Programs related to transit advertising policy and update on GoGeo operations. Edward G. Polasek, AICP (No Action Required) Ed Polasek gave presentation. The presentation is included in the packet. Adjournment Motion by Courtney, second by Bindas. APPROVED 8-0 (Noble - absent) Meeting was Adjourned at 11:47 AM AWMarler roved: Attested: Chair AonnaCourtney - Secretary Emily Koontz - GTAB Board Li GTAB STATEMENT MAY 11, 2018 AGENDA ITEM "D" AIRPORT MONTHLY UPDATE Good morning Mr. Chairman, members of the Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board, city staff and ladies and gentlemen. My name is Hugh C. Norris, Jr. My address is 4400 Luna Trail, Georgetown, Texas. I am a member of the Airport Concerned Citizens (ACC). This is the 82nd presentation by ACC members to the city council and/or the GTAB demanding compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regarding federal funding and fiscal transparency for the Georgetown Municipal Airport (GTU). My comments this morning address the new GTU Airport Master Plan Update (AMP) component of Item "D" as it could and should be impacted by the new update for the city's 2030 Comprehensive Plan that will contain goals, policies and vision for the city's growth. On behalf of the ACC, we wish to recognize and congratulate the GTAB member, Mr. Doug Noble, the appointed member of the update plan's Steering Committee representing Transportation/GTAB. The Steering Committee's purpose is to provide recommendations to City Council and the joint workshops of City Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission and to act as ambassadors of the plan to build consensus within the community. Steering Committee meetings are to be open to the public as will be the joint workshops with the City Council, P&Z. The ACC is concerned that these meetings may be open to the public, but, like sessions of the Planning Advisory Committee for the AMP, citizen comments and objections will only be permitted on completed portions of the plan then quickly ignored without comment by city leaders. This new update of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan directly impacts the GTU's present and future location and vision for its future operations. 38 years ago our city leaders made a fateful, dangerous decision by the 1980 Master Plan to change the nature of the airport from its social acceptance since acquisition from the US government following World War II to a Reliever airport to service the entire Central Texas region. A Reliever airport is authorized by FAA to accommodate every conceivable type of military and civilian aircraft including charter passenger service and air cargo of every engine, speed and dangerous armaments capable of operating off its runways. Trouble is: the GTU is located in the planned heart of our densely developing future city rapidly growing to over 200,000 and, with its tens of thousands of gallons of toxic hazardous materials, totally atop the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone, has created a health and safety menace not only to the community, but to the region. The ACC has documented to the city, TxDOT and FAA substantial justifications of public health and safety hazards, documented public controversy, and available practicable alternatives regarding the airport and its location and demanded FAA's preparation of a fully scoped Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the AMP's 20 year, 52 projects, $60 Million PROGRAM of new capital improvements for continued expansion of aviation operations. Specifics of these justifications will be submitted to the GTAB members and Mr. Noble for his information and referral to the Steering Committee. In 2002 the city council compounded airport hazards to the community by approving a bogus, non-professional report titled the "Airport Closing Project" prepared in haste by members of the Airport Advisory Board. That report's conclusion that the airport could never be closed was made part of the city's Century Plan, now the Comprehensive Plan. The city has continually ignored the report's provision that a superior alternative for the community would be relocation of the GTU to a superior, safer site. The city routinely examines alternatives for other federal funded projects and programs, but not the GTU. Currently, the city has available about $1.2 Million in unallocated excess revenue for this fiscal year portions of which could be used to fund a due -diligence, professional feasibility study showing how a seamless, Mueller to Bergstrom type relocation of the GTU could be attained by use of the over $100 Million highest and best use real estate value of the GTU property, the existing state law that requires TxDOT to build a State Airport for Central Texas, and land development agreements with the city such as have been used for other local highest, best use and tax generating developments. Mr. Chairman, we request the board and Mr. Noble in particular ensure the Steering Committee is kept aware of our citizen comments regarding development of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan update. Comments or questions from the board are welcomed.