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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_GTEC_05.14.2007Minutes of the Meeting of Georgetown Transportation Enhancement Corporation and the Governing Body of the City of Georgetown, Texas Monday, May 14, 2007 The Georgetown Transportation Enhancement Corporation of the City of Georgetown, Texas, met on Monday, May 14, 2007. Board Members Present: Gabe Sansing - President, Paul Brandenburg - General Manager, Micki Rundell - Finance Director, Farley Snell, Henry Boecker, Ricki Salazar Board Members Absent: Ray Armour, Henry Carr Staff Present: Jim Briggs, Jana Kern, Tom Benz, Joel Weaver, Ed Polasek, Mark Miller, Joe Lara, OTHERS PRESENT: G. E. (Sonny) Kretzschmar, P.E. - HDR Engineering, Inc. Minutes Regular Meeting Mr. Gabe Sansing called the regular meeting to order on Monday, May 14, 2007 at 2:02 p.m. Board may, at any time, recess the Regular Session to convene in Executive Session at the request of the President, a Board Member, the City Manager in his capacity as General Manager of the GTEC Corporation, the Assistant City Manager, or legal counsel fo r any purpose authorized by the Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 551, and are subject to action in the Regular Session that follows. A. Consideration and possible approval of the minutes from the special meeting held on April 2, 2007 and April 10, 2007 along with the regular meeting held on April 18, 2007. -- Paul E. Brandenburg Discussion: None Action: Motion by Snell, seconded by Salazar to approve all three sets of the minutes as written. Approved 4-0 (Ray Armour & Henry Carr absent) B. Discussion and possible action regarding the Project Progress Report and timelines (including but not limited to items listed). -- Joel Weaver, Tom Benz. Discussion: Weaver presented the monthly report: Southeast Arterial 1: New alignment and ROW width approved by GTEC and Council. Preparing to resurvey and redesign of the two-lane section. Briggs gave an overview to the Board on his meeting with County. S. Bound IH 35 Frontage Road: The bridge deck pours are now complete. Traffic should be able to start using the new road by end of May. Traffic will have to go through the light at Leander Road until the new ramps are completed. Still is having problem with the natural rock wall. Change order has been turned in for the rock wall. Park Central: This job is going very well. Concrete placement on the southern half of the road is complete. Demo of the northern portion of the existing roadway is complete and the sub grade work is in progress. Southwest Bypass: Staff has been directed to engage the services o f TxDOT to conduct the environmental study for the entire bypass route. In addtion, staff is to engage the services of the CTRMA to conduct a mobility and feasibility study. Lakeway Drive Overpass: TxDOT is in ROW acquisition phase at their division level. This project has been cleared environmentally. 90% of the plans are due this month. Letting date may be pushed to latter in the year. Signal Work Rivery at Wolff Ranch Parkway: Should begin the week of May 21, 2007 Action: None C. Presentation of Georgetown Transportation Enhancement Corporation monthly financial report for April 2007. -- Micki Rundell Discussion: Rundell presented the monthly financial report. Action: None D. Consideration and possible action on the 2007/08 GTEC TIP Project Selection. -- Tom Benz, Ed Polasek Discussion Part one: Polasek presented this item. When this process was started, there were nine (9) projects. Due to the Council action on SE 1 and the division of project 12 into three parts (a,b,& c), there was only Project 12c was the only project that did not have a finding of eligibility done. At the April Board Meeting, it was decided that project 12c would have the eligibility done. Of the members that turned in their scoring sheets project 12c is eligible for funding. Action: Motion by Snell, seconded by Salazar that the Georgetown Transportation Enhancement Board, following guidelines provided by the City Attorney, finds Transportation Project numbered 12c eligible for 4B funding, because it: (1) conforms to the ball ot language establishing the sales tax; (2) constitutes one or more costs authorized by stature; and (3) is one or more of the types of project authorized by stature, documented by the GTEC Board Ranking of Eligibility Ranking Summary completed May 14, 2007. Approved 4-0 (Armour & Carr absent) Discussion Part two: This Board also has the opportunity to vote on the individual items. On the five TIP project list there are eleven (11) potential projects. Four (4) out of the eleven (11) are fully funded based on the current TIP. Now GTEC has seven (7) potential projects for funding. At this time, the Board set the five (5) year TIP that is below: Action: Motion by Snell, seconded by Salazar to approve the new current 5-year plan, with no new major new projects. Approved 4-0 (Armour & Carr absent) Motion by Salazar, seconded by Boecker to adjourn meeting. Approved 4-0 (Armour & Carr absent) Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 03:24 PM. Approved : Attest: _______________________ ________________________ Gabe Sansing - President Ray Armour - Secretary