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MPO TPC/TAC Board Minutes - 05/28/2009T TRANSPORTATION POLICY COMMITTEE (TPC) MEETING WICHITA FALLS METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION May 28, 2009 Present: Lanham Lyne, City of Wichita Falls, Mayor, Chairperson Charles Elmore, City of Wichita Falls, City Council Representative Danny Brown, TxDOT, Proxy for Larry Tegtmeyer Davis Powell, Proxy for Russell Schreiber, Director of Public Works Dennis Wilde, NORTEX Regional Planning Commission, Executive Director Jeff Watts, City of Pleasant Valley, City Representative Steven Halloway, Lakeside City, Mayor Woodrow (Woody) Gossom, Wichita County Judge, Vice - Chairperson Donnie Arbeau, WFMPO, Transportation Planner II Lin Barnett, WFMPO, Transportation Planning Director Andrew Howard, Kimley -Horn & Associates, Inc. Michael Smith, City of Wichita Falls, City Council Representative I. Welcome & Introduction ♦ Members ♦ Staff ♦ Ex- officio ♦ Guests ♦ Absent Mayor Lyne called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. Introductions were made around the room. II. Public Comment on Agenda and Non - Agenda Items Mayor Lyne stated that no one had signed up to make public comments. He moved on to the next meeting agenda item. III. Review and Approval of Increased ARRA Funding for the Holliday Creek Hike and Bike Trail Project Mr. Barnett informed the committee that the Wichita Falls TxDOT District had reevaluated the construction cost to perform the hot mix overlay on BU 277A (Seymour Hwy.) using the MPO's sub - allocation of ARRA funding. The estimated cost dropped from $1.7 million down to $1.4 million thus providing an additional $382,318 in funding for the Holliday Creek Hike and Bike Trail section Phase III. Mr. Barnett stated that in order to accept and program this additional funding it must first be approved by the Policy Board and a letter signed by the Chair or Vice - Chair be sent to the Wichita Falls TxDOT District office informing the District Engineer of their WICHITA FALLS MPO TPC MEETING May 28, 2009 PAGE 1 f actions. Mr. Barnett stated that after taking these actions total funding for the Holliday Creek Hike and Bike Trail project would total $3,282,318. Mr. Barnett then informed Mayor Lyne that the letter of support was in his meeting packet and ready for his signature. Mayor Lyne asked for a motion to approve the acceptance and programming of the additional funding for the Holliday Creek Trail project Phase III. Councilor Elmore made the motion to approve. Mr. Wilde seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. Mayor Lyne signed the letter and gave it to Ms. Marlow. IV. 2010 -2035 Metropolitan Transportation Plan Goals and Objectives Presentation with Discussion to Follow Mr. Barnett introduced Mr. Andrew Howard of Kimley -Horn and Associates as the project leader for the 5 -year update of the Wichita Falls 25 -year Metropolitan Transportation Plan. Mr. Barnett informed the Policy Board that Mr. Howard had prepared a presentation concerning the goals and objectives to be accomplished during the update. Mr. Howard began by giving the Policy Board a little of his background history in transportation planning and the history of Kimley -Horn and Associates, Inc. He then discussed the legislative changes since the last update occurred in 2005 and how his task as a consultant was to stay abreast of state and national policies in order to be able to assist MPO's. Mr. Howard stated that is was essential to have good goals and objectives so that the plan update could be built off of a solid base that represents Wichita Falls. He then discussed the goals and objectives developed by the TAC oversight subcommittee for the 2010 update. These goals and objectives were developed from SAFETEA -LU requirements and national trends. Mr. Howard then asked each Policy Board member to write down one transportation goal and one transportation challenge for the Wichita Falls region. Once complete, he discussed the similarities and specific needs identified by the board members. Mr. Howard then gave a PowerPoint presentation about the workshops to be used at the upcoming public meetings on June 4, 2009. He described the process that would be used to gather information from the public using a map of the MPO region and population /funding chip sets. He stated the public would be asked to indicate on the maps their preference in specific land use development and the type and location of transportation projects needed for future generations. At the end of his presentation, Mr. Howard inquired as to whether or not the Policy Board would be interested in doing a sample walkthrough of the workshop exercise. The board members indicated they would. Mr. Howard then led them through the exercise. The Policy Board did the exercise in about 45 minutes. Mr. Howard thanked the board for their participation. There was no other discussion on this agenda item. V. Adjourn The meeting adjourned at 11:55 a.m. Honorable Lanham Lyne Mayor Wichita Falls WICHITA FALLS MPO TPC MEETING May 28, 2009 CITY CLERK'S OFFICE Date By I Time PAGE 2