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MPO TPC/TAC Board Minutes - 04/09/2014WICHITA FALLS METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION Technical Advisory Committee Minutes Wednesday, April 9, 2014 Voting Members Present: Lin Barnett, Wichita Falls MPO, MPO Director, TAC Chairperson Allan Moore, TxDOT, Director of Construction Danny Brown, TxDOT, Director of TP &D David Rohmer, TxDOT, Area Engineer Davis Powell, City of Wichita Falls, City Engineer Karen Montgomery - Gagne, City of Wichita Falls, Planning Administrator Kevin Hugman, City of Wichita Falls, ACM /Director of Community Development Mark Beauchamp, City of Wichita Falls, Traffic Superintendent TJ Herrell, Proxy for Tim Hertel, TxDOT, Director of Operations MPO Staff: Jaimie Lee, Wichita Falls MPO, Transportation Planner 11 Visitors: Mark McBurnett, Civil Engineer, SAFE 82 CES Rhonda Poirot, Representative James Frank Tammy Marlow, CTCM, TxDOT, TP &P 1. Welcome & Introduction Mr. Barnett, the TAC chairperson, called the meeting to order at 9:35 a.m. and welcomed everyone in attendance. II. Public Comment on Agenda and Non- Agenda Items Mr. Barnett asked for any public comments on agenda and non - agenda items. Receiving none, he moved on to the next agenda item. Ill. Review and Approval of the January 15, 2014 Technical Advisory Committee's (TAC) Meeting Minutes Mr. Barnett asked for any comments or corrections to the January 15, 2014 TAC meeting minutes. There were none. He then asked for a motion to approve the minutes. Mr. Brown made the motion to approve. Mr. Beauchamp seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. IV. Review and Comment Regarding the January 29, 2014 Transportation Policy Committee's (TPC) Meeting Minutes — No Action Required Wichita Falls MPO TAC Meeting April 9, 2014 Page 1 of 4 Mr. Barnett asked for comments on the January 29, 2014 TPC meeting minutes. None were received. The committee moved on to the next agenda item. V. Review and Comment Regarding the February 20, 2014 Transportation Policy Committee's (TPC) Special Called Meeting Minutes — No Action Required Mr. Barnett asked for comments on the February 20, 2014 TPC Special Called meeting minutes. None were received. The committee moved on to the next agenda item. VI. Transit Oriented Development Study: Presentation by Freese and Nichols, Inc. on Progress of Study with Comment and Guidance by TAC Afterwards Mr. Barnett informed the committee that Freese and Nichols, Inc. had set up five stakeholder meetings on April 8 with the major transit "activity generators ", which included Kell West Hospital, United Regional Health Care Center, Midwestern State University, Sheppard Air Force Base, and Wichita Falls Downtown Development. Only two stakeholders showed up for the meetings. Ms. Wendy Shabay, Project Lead, felt that due to the lack of attendance and information received from the stakeholder meetings, she had nothing new to present to the TAC committee on April 9. Therefore, Ms. Shabay and Mr. Barnett decided to regroup and try to get all the stakeholders to come to one workshop style meeting at a future date in late May or early June. Ms. Shabay and her staff returned to Dallas that day. Before returning to Dallas, Ms. Shabay informed Mr. Barnett of her concerns in trying to identify key areas within the city for TOD infrastructure investment. Mr. Barnett told the committee that he reminded Ms. Shabay that part of the scope of the study was to determine the viability of instituting TOD measures within Wichita Falls. Mr. Brown agreed and commented that even though Ms. Shabay had concerns about locating TOD areas within Wichita Falls, he felt the research behind the TOD study was successful in showing Wichita Falls was not quite ready yet to implement TOD. He stated that it is better to spend funding on a study to show an area is not ready for TOD, than to spend a greater amount of funding to implement TOD and watch it fail. Mr. Barnett told the committee that his staff would work with Ms. Shabay to set up the workshop and insure its success so that Freese and Nichols, Inc. could deliver a quality product, in the form of the study with recommendations, later that year. Mr. Barnett asked for any other concerns or questions regarding the Transit Oriented Development Study. None were received. The committee moved on to the next agenda item. VII. Review and Recommendation to Approve Amendments to the 2013 -2016 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for April 2014: Section 5339 Transit Capital Grant — Bus Replacement and Section 5307 — Bus Acquisition Mr. Barnett directed the committee's attention to page 23 of the meeting packet. He stated there were two TIP amendments needing review and recommendation to forward to the Policy Board for approval. Mr. Barnett stated the first amendment was for an unexpected, but pleasant, surprise. He stated that in early March, the TxDOT Public Transportation Coordinator informed the City of Wichita Falls that it would receive a small amount of funding from the Federal Transit Administration's Section 5339 Capital Wichita Falls MPO TAC Meeting April 9, 2014 Page 2 of 4 Grant Program. He stated this was the first time the City had received funds from this section of the program. Mr. Barnett stated that he met with City leaders to discuss how they wanted to use the funds and they informed him that they wanted to program the entire amount of $399,293, towards the purchase of a replacement bus for Falls Ride. Mr. Barnett asked for any questions regarding the first amendment to the TIP. There were none. Mr. Barnett then discussed the second TIP amendment, which applied to the FY 2013 Section 5307 Capital, Operating, and Planning transit, grant. He stated this amendment added a capital requisition for two 33 -foot, Ford 550, Entourage cutaway buses to the existing FTA transit grant that was currently under development. He stated Falls Ride needed these two buses to fill a service gap in the overall system. Mr. Barnett asked for any questions regarding the second amendment to the TIP. He then directed the committee's attention to the transit summary on page 33 of the TAC meeting packet. Mr. Barnett informed the committee of the changes to the transit financial summary involving the new federal and state funding amounts for FY 2014. Mr. Barnett asked for any comments or questions regarding changes to the transit financial summary. Receiving none, he then asked for a motion to forward the 2013 -2016 Transportation Improvement Program, transit amendments to the policy board for review and approval. Mr. Beauchamp made the motion to forward the amendments to the policy board. Mr. Rohmer seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. Vlll. Progress Report on the 2015 -2040 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) Update Mr. Barnett informed the committee about progress on the 2015 -2040 Metropolitan Transportation Plan. He stated that MPO staff completed seven focus group meetings in March and that staff would hold two or three public meeting workshops in May. Additionally, staff would develop most of the vision, goals, objectives, and public participation sections once the public meetings have been completed so that WFMPO can gain insight into their vision for our community. Mr. Barnett stated the plan update was on schedule and should be ready for review by the fall of 2014. Mr. Barnett stated that his goal was to have the MTP ready for review by October or November. Mr. Barnett asked for questions regarding progress on the 2015 -2040 Metropolitan Transportation Plan. Receiving none, he moved on to the next agenda item. IX. Progress Report on Development of the 2015 -2018 Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) Draft Document Mr. Barnett directed the committee's attention to page 42 of the TAC meeting packet. He stated TxDOT sent all the MPO's a timeline for completion of the 2015 -2018 statewide STIP and that WFMPO needs their draft Transportation Improvement Program submitted to the Wichita Falls District Office by May 1. Mr. Barnett stated that the basic structure of the TIP would remain unchanged but would incorporate the new project templates required by TxDOT Public Transportation and would include performance measures based on MAP -21 regulations. Mr. Barnett asked for comments regarding progress on the 2015 -2018 Transportation Improvement Plan. There were none. The committee moved on to the next agenda item. X. Other Business: Wichita Falls MPO TAC Meeting April 9, 2014 Page 3 of 4 A. Discussion & Overview of Progress • Local Transportation Projects — City and TxDbT staff (ouarterly Review) B. MPO Quarterly Financial Report (1-s' Quarter FY 20 October, November, December) Mr. Barnett reported on the first quarter e�oenses for the MPO. He stated that the MIPO had spent 21.22% of its allocation for FY 2014. He asked for any comments on the first quarter financial report. There were none. 0. Grouped TxDOT CSi Projects Repoo Mr. Barnett directed the committee's attention to page 50 of the TAC meeting packet. Ms. Lee reported to the committee that MPO staff added one new project to the Grouped TXDOT CSJ Project report for this quarter, Mr. ®- asked for any comments to the Grouped TxD• T GSJ project report. Heceiving none, he moved on to the next agenda item, z �# I =1 RECEIVED IN CXTY CLERK'S OFFICE Q TE: BY. 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