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MPO TPC/TAC Board Minutes - 04/20/2011TRANSPORTATION POLICY COMMITTEE (TPC) MEETING WICHITA FALLS METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION April 20, 2011 Present: Glenn Barham, City of Wichita Falls, Mayor ♦ Members Dennis Wilde, NORTEX Regional Planning Commission, Executive Director Jeff Watts, City of Pleasant Valley, Representative Larry Tegtmeyer, TxDOT, District Engineer Michael Smith, City of Wichita Falls, City Council Representative Russell Schreiber, City of Wichita Falls, Director of Public Works Steven Halloway, Lakeside City, Mayor Tim Ingle, City of Wichita Falls, City Council Representative Woodrow (Woody) Gossom, Wichita County Judge Donnie Arbeau, WFMPO, Transportation Planner II ♦ Staff Jaimie Grigsby, WFMPO, Transportation Planner I James Kelley, TxDOT, Area Engineer Lin Barnett, WFMPO, Transportation Planning Director Tammy Marlow, TxDOT, Funding Specialist, NRSC Danny Brown, TxDOT, TP &D Director ♦ Ex- officio I. Welcome & Introduction Mayor Barham, the TPC chairperson, called the meeting to order at 8:37 a.m. and welcomed everyone in attendance. II. Public Comment on Agenda and Non - Agenda Items Mayor Barham asked for any comments from the public on any of the agenda and non - agenda items. There were none. III. Review and Approval of the Transportation Policy Committee's (TPC's) January 26, 2011 Meeting Minutes Mayor Barham asked for comments and corrections to the January 26, 2011 TPC minutes. There were none. Mr. Schreiber motioned to approve the minutes as presented. Judge Gossom seconded the motion, which the TPC committee unanimously approved. WICHITA FALLS MPO TPC MEETING April 20, 2011 PAGE 1 RECEIVED IN CITY CLERK'S oFF►C ATE: E TIME:s =� IV. Review and Comment Regarding the Technical Advisory Committee's (TAC's) April 6, 2011 Meeting Minutes — No Action Required Mayor Barham asked for any comments concerning the TAC Meeting Minutes. There were none. The committee moved on to the next agenda item. V. Review and Approve the 2010 -2035 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) Project List Amendments for April 2011: New TxDOT CSJ Projects Added Mr. Barnett directed the committee's attention to the TxDOT Short -Range (2010 -2020) project list inside the 2010 -2035 MTP project list. He informed the committee that his staff contacted the Wichita Falls TxDOT district office and received seventeen new CSJ projects for addition to the MTP project list. He stated that all seventeen projects fall within the 2010 -2020 timeframe. Mr. Barnett stated it was important to ensure new projects got added to the MTP as they became available so that, if funding became accessible, the project could move into the 2011 -2014 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) as a financially constrained project. Mayor Barham asked for any comments or corrections to the new projects. There were none. He asked for a motion to approve the amended list. Mr. Wilde motioned to approve the project list as presented. Mr. Halloway seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. VI. Review and Approve the 2011 -2014 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Amendment for April 2011: State of Good Repair Transit Grant for Two Replacement Buses Mr. Barnett explained that the City of Wichita Falls competed for and received $592,000 of Federal Transit Administration funds through the FTA's State of Good Repair transit initiative, which is a Section 5309 capital improvement program. The City of Wichita Falls will provide a local match of $148,000 (20 percent match) for a total of $740,000 to purchase two more 35- foot, low- floor, 12 -year, replacement buses. The two new buses are the same style as the newer buses the City received in January 2010. Mr. Barnett stated each bus costs approximately $360,000. Mayor Barham asked for any comments or corrections to the amendment, which there were none. He asked for a motion to approve the TIP Amendment as presented. Mr. Wilde motioned to approve the amendment and Mr. Watts seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. VII. Other Business: A. Discussion & Overview of Progress on Local Transportation Projects — City and TxDOT staff (Quarterly Review) City Report: Mr. Schreiber stated the downtown intersection enhancement project was laying its decorative concrete in the center of the last remaining intersection. Crews are working on utility tie -ins and the intersections should be opening up within the next three to four weeks. He stated he would like to focus some 4B dollars downtown to shape up some of the streets and make it more presentable to the public. Mr. Schreiber stated the City awarded the drainage project on the east side of Beverly Drive on March 1, 2011 and it was in pre- construction phases. Next, work will be done on Maplewood, from Southwest Parkway to Midwestern Parkway, and will include milling up the existing asphalt, stabilizing WICHITA FALLS MPO TPC MEETING April 20, 2011 PAGE 2 RECEIVED IN CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ATE: By - TIME: 49' the soil underneath, and installing a six -inch asphalt overlay. Lastly, the Hike and Bike Trail along Seymour Highway and Barnett Road is completely designed and in review with TxDOT. TxDOT Report: Mr. Kelley reported on the hike and bike trail from Hamilton Park to Scott Street. He stated that the contractor is behind but assured completion on the trail by end of May. Mr. Kelley stated work was finishing up on the "upgrade highway illumination" project extending from US287 to IH -44. He stated the median cable barrier project on US 287 out to the Clay County line was complete and only establishing vegetation remained. Lastly, he stated the HES illumination project (install breakaway light poles) on Maplewood, from Midwestern Parkway to Kemp Boulevard, should start at the end of April and last approximately six weeks. Mr. Kelley asked to add one more item to his report. He informed the committee that railroad crews would replace the railroad crossing on Southwest Parkway, south of Certainteed and east of Allendale Road, during the weekend of May 7th. He stated this part of Southwest Parkway will close to all traffic until crews finish around May 91h or 10th MPO Quarterly Financial Report (1s` Quarter FY 2011 - October, November, December) Mr. Barnett reported on first quarter expenses for the MPO. Mr. Barnett informed the Policy Board that the quarterly expenditures for FY 2011 reached $47,651.54. Mr. Barnett stated that the WFMPO spent 14.39% of its estimated total allocation. He acknowledged that the MPO was slightly behind on spending its estimated allocation but that he did have a couple of planning studies requiring professional consulting services that he wanted to do later in the year. Mayor Barham asked for any other questions or comments about the first quarter report. Receiving none, he moved on to the next agenda item. B. Wichita Falls Transit System — Triennial Review Mr. Barnett informed the committee of the upcoming congressionally mandated Triennial Review of the Wichita Falls Transit System. He stated the pre -site review requires document submission from the MPO, Finance, Human Resources, Purchasing, and the Transit Administrator by May 20th of this year. The Federal Transit Administration scheduled the auditor's on -site visit for June 21 and 22. Mr. Barnett gave a brief overview of the Triennial Review requirements and his role as leader in the process. C. Other Items Mr. Barnett mentioned possible expansion of the MPO boundary extending out to Iowa Park, Burkburnett and other areas. Mr. Arbeau had been working with KTUTS (Killeen - Temple MPO) for examples to expand the boundary. Mr. Barnett mentioned that Mr. Mark McBurnett, SAFB Ex- Officio TAC member, at a previous TAC meeting suggested looking into alternative fuel systems for the Wichita Falls Transit System. Mr. Barnett proposed the idea of conducting a fuel study later in the year. In addition, Mr. Barnett stated that Mr. Beauchamp proposed the idea of conducting an intersection safety study. WICHITA FALLS MPO TPC MEETING April 20, 2011 PAGE 3 RECEIVED IN CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ATE: -- /� BY: TIME; There were no additional comments. VIII. Adjourn The meeting adjourned at 9:21 a.m. a?. - - �VL�� Honorable Glenn Barham Mayor Wichita Falls WICHITA FALLS MPO TPC MEETING April 20, 2011 PAGE 4 RECEIVED IN CITY CLERK'S OFFICE DATE: � -a �"/ 7 TIME: