Oct 15, 2024 Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)

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PLEASE STAND BY FOR >> IT'S 1:30 AND ALL CALL THIS

[1. Call to Order ]

BEFORE WE MOVED TO NUMBER TWO WHICH IS OUR MINUTES, I WANT TO RECORD HIGHS JUDGE HAREL FROM THE COUNTY. MAY HAVE OUR PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE BOUNDARY TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND ONCE HE GIVES APPROVAL TO THAT THEN WE WILL ADOPT THE BYLAWS AND CHANGES TO THE BOARD AND SO WE'RE THANKFUL THAT YOU'RE

[2. Consideration and Take Action on the Minutes of the August 20, 2024 meeting. ]

[3. Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion, and Take Action on the Election of Officers. ]

>> MOTION APPROVED. >> THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED WITH ITEM NUMBER THREE, RECEIVE A REPORT TO HOLD A DISCUSSION TAKE ACTION ON THE ELECTIONS OF OFFICERS. THIS IS REQUIRED ,

ANNUALLY REQUIRED, RIGHT? >> EVERY TWO YEARS, YES, SIR.

>> BIANNUALLY, THE BYLAWS REQUIRE US TO ELECT A CHAIRPERSON AND VICE CHAIRPERSON IN THE VOTING MEMBERS OF THE POLICY BOARD . VICE CHAIR ASSUMES THE DUTIES OF THE CHAIR IN ABSENCE OF THE CHAIRPERSON . THE CHAIRPERSON SHALL BE ELECTED OFFICERS AND ELECTED BY INDIVIDUAL OR BY MEMBERSHIP POSITION FOR THE OFFICER SHALL BE ELECTED FOR A TERM OF TWO FEDERAL FISCAL YEARS AND ELECTED. CURRENTLY I AM THE CHAIR AND COUNCILMEMBER PRICE AND JUDGE BURGEON IS THE VICE CHAIR. THERE MAY BE DISCUSSION. ON THAT POSITION.

>> I WOULD NOMINATE YOU, COUNCILMEMBER TO SERVE AS A

CHAIRPERSON. >> I'LL SECOND THAT.

>> THE VICE CHAIR. >> I WOULD NOMINATE MAYOR HURT TO SERVE AS THE VICE CHAIR HE'S WILLING TO DO THAT.

>> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT . SEEMING TO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY I . AND OPPOSED? THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS IS COMPLETE . WE MOVED

[4. Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion, and Take Action on the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program. ]

>> INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET IS SOME INFORMATION ON THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE BETTER KNOWN AS AN EVI AND BASICALLY PHASE ONE WAS DONE BY TXDOT SO IT WAS A GRANT PROGRAM THEY HAD OUT THERE AND THEY APPROXIMATELY 36 NEW LOCATIONS WILL BE NEEDED TO SATISFY THE 50 MILE MAXIMUM SPACE REQUIREMENTS AND ALSO THAT IN A MINUTE. WE ARE IN PHASE 2 RIGHT NOW AND SO PHASE 2 IS WHERE THE MPO IS GOING TO RECEIVE 1 MILLION RECONSTRUCTION AND 200,000 FOR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE THIS IS A ONE TIME THING AND SO WILL GET IT THIS TIME IN ORDER TO DO THAT. AND TXDOT WILL BE HAVING A GRANT PROGRAM BASICALLY TO HAVE NOMINEES SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATIONS AND THEN THEY WILL CHOOSE THE WINNING AWARDS FOR THE AREA PEER SO WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR TODAY IS DO WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE MPO PLANNING AREA OR DO WE WANT TO NARROW IT DOWN TO A SMALLER STUDY AREAS? THE OTHER CONSIDERATION IS IF WE WANT TO USE LEVEL 2 OR THE DC FAST CHARGING. SO ON YOUR LEFT THERE, THAT'S ALTERNATIVE FUELS DATACENTER AND YOU CAN START TO SEE THEIR THE NUMBER OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES WHICH INCLUDES VARIOUS -- YOU CAN SEE ON THE LITTLE LEDGE, THE VARIOUS ONES THEY HAVE THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THAT. THEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN, THIS IS FROM THE STATEWIDE PLANNING MAP YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE GREEN DOTS. THAT'S CURRENTLY WHERE THE EV STATIONS EXIST.

THERE MAY BE MORE AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THE OWNERS OF THE STATIONS HAVE TO GO TO THAT ALTERNATIVE FUELS DATACENTER AND DO WORK IT SAYS AT THE BOTTOM, SOME NEW STATION. THEY SUBMIT A NEW STATION, FILL THE NEW DATA ONCE HE GETS POPULATED UNTIL IT ALTERNATIVE MAP, IT BECOMES PART OF THE STATEWIDE PLANNING THAT WHICH YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. THE LINKS

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THE COUNTY SEATS, THIS IS PHASE 2 AND SO YOU CAN SEE THERE FAST CHARGING PORTS THAT ARE ALONG THE CORRIDORS . THEN THE COUNTY SEATS. THEY HAVE COUNTY SEATS GROUP ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR AND ALL THE MAJOR TRAVEL ROUTES SHOULD BE COVERED WITH WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING HERE ARE THEN TXDOT WILL MANAGE A COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM ON THE MPO'S BEHALF. THIS IS THE ALLOCATIONS THAT WILL BE PUT UP AND SO THE ABILENE MPO, THAT'S A 1 MILLION WAS TALKING ABOUT AND THEN THE 200,000 WHICH IS A FIVE YEAR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE BUDGET FOR THOSE STATIONS. THIS TELLS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE POWER LEVELS AND SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE DIRECT CURRENT FAST CHARGE, THE DC FAST CHARGE THAN THE LEVEL 2. TELLS YOU THE KILOWATTS THERE ARE THAN THE STUDY AREAS ARE SO WE CAN EITHER DO THE ENTIRE STUDY AREA OR WE CAN ESTABLISH SMALLER STUDY AREAS WITHIN OUR STUDY AREA. THEN THE ONES ON THE ALTERNATIVE FUEL STATIONS, THEY HAVE TO BE WITHIN ONE MILE OF THE CORRIDOR. OFF OF IT HAS TO BE MORE THAN ONE MILE FROM THE CORRIDOR . CAN BE LEVEL 2 STATIONS AND ONE MILE FROM THE CORRIDORS CAN BE THOSE DC FAST CHARGING STATIONS. I WILL POINT OUT THAT THE LEVEL 2 INSTALLATIONS, THEY REQUIRE DIFFERENT TYPE OF CONNECT HER AND THAT'S WHAT TXDOT, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY RECOMMENDED THE FAST CHARGING. THIS TELLS A LITTLE BIT ON THE LEFT SIDE . YOU SEE THE TYPICAL TIMELINE OF WHAT IT TAKES AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, THAT'S THE FUNDING FOR THE MPO, THE ABILENE MPO . TYPICAL CHARGING STATION CALLS PER PORT FOR THE FAST CHARGING IS 150. THEN FOR LEVEL 2 , 7.5.

THIS WOULD COME OUT OF THE CATEGORY 10 FUNDING AND THEY CALL IT THE NEPHI WORK PROGRAM. SO WHEN WE ASK THIS AT THE SEPTEMBER 24TH MEETING AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION, WE WERE DISCUSSING THE STUDY AREA BEING THE ENTIRE MPO PLANNING AREA AND STATION TYPE EATING THE DC FAST CHARGING IS WHAT THEY ARE RECOMMENDING TO THE POLICY BOARD. SO WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND THE ACTION WE ARE REQUESTING IS TO EITHER USE A WHOLE STUDY AREA AND THE DC FAST CHARGING IS WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING . I'LL BE HAPPY

TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> TO FOLLOW UP WITH A COMMENT I HAD YESTERDAY , WILL REVIEW THIS AGENDA. I CHECKED WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND YOU CAN PUT A RESIDENTIAL CHARGING PORT ANYWHERE IN THE CITY . A COMMERCIAL CHARGING PORT PUT IN A COMMERCIAL ZONE. SO WE HAVE THE STUDY AREA TO INCLUDE ALL THE MPO NOT TRY TO EXCLUDE PARTS , IT'S NOT NECESSARY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF PROTECTING RESIDENTIAL FROM COMMERCIAL CHARGING POTENTIAL. IN THE LOCTIONS. DO WE HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR IDEAS , CONCERNS , SUGGESTIONS ? THERE RECOMMENDING WE INCLUDE EVERYTHING FOR THE STUDY . ANY DESIRE TO LIMIT THAT OR ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION?

>> JUST A NOTE ON THAT. WHEN OUR PLANNING AREA CHANGES, THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE ENTIRE AREA , WHATEVER IS APPROVED IS OUR NEW

PLANNING AREA. >> JUST FOR THE INFORMATION , WHEN DOES THIS HAVE TO BE EXPENDED BY? IT'S $1 MILLION,

BUT DID THEY GIVE A DATE? >> NO, I DON'T HAVE

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>> I WOULD MOVE THAT WE DO A STUDY OF THE OLD MPO BOUNDARY AREA. 'S BEEN OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION?

>> SECOND. >> JUST INCLUDE THE CHARGING OR ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT IN SECOND MOTION? SEEING THAT WE CAN DO THAT SEPARATE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR

SAY AYE? >> AYE.

>> SO WILL DO THE FULL BOUNDARY WHICH INCLUDES THAT APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR. THE SECOND QUESTION IS DO WE WANT TO FOCUS ON THE FAST CHARGING STATIONS FOR THE LEVEL 2 CHARGING

STATIONS? >> LOOKING AT THIS CHARGING GUIDE, AND AGAIN THE BOUNDARY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE FAST CHARGING . I THINK I WOULD RECOMMEND THE FAST CHARGING BASED UPON THE RATE THAT IS DESCRIBED HERE PER HOUR.

>> I WILL ADD A CAVEAT TO THAT SOME OF THEM, THE OLDER CARS HAVE A DIFFERENT CONNECTION, BUT IT'S REALLY EASY TO GET A CONNECTION THAT MAKES A CONNECTION TO THE FAST CHARGING. SO IT IT WILL ATTACHED TO THOSE FAST CHARGING . HE MATCHES THE CAR OWNER OF THAT ADAPTER OR DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT OF THE CHARGING STATION?

>> KNOW BECAUSE IF YOU LEAVE IT AT THE CHARGING STATION, IT DISAPPEARS. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD, ANYWAY. SO THEY USUALLY, THE CAR OWNER HAS AN ADAPTER AND THE USUALLY KNOW THAT IF THEY WANT THE FAST CHARGE, THEY HAVE TO HAVE THAT. MOST OF THE CARS, AND THEY DON'T HAVE THEM, THEY CAN GET THEM FROM THE DEALERSHIP SEAM THESE CHARGING STATIONS WILL BE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY OR SOME AGREEMENT WITH THE PRIVATE TO

INSTALL THIS? >> YES, SIR. PUT THEM AT THOSE LOCATIONS AND THEN IT'S A FIVE YEAR MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH THAT . IF THE PROPERTY OWNER DECIDES AT THAT POINT THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO MAINTAIN A PASS AT FIVE YEARS THAN THEY HAVE SOMETHING IN THE CONTRACT WHERE IT CAN BE SWITCHED TO ANOTHER PERSON FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS OR WHATEVER. SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT PERSON MAINTAINING THAT AFTER THAT FIVE YEARS. THEY CAN GIVE UP THEIR OWNERSHIP OR THEIR

MANAGERIAL OF IT. >> I WAS SECOND JUDGE

SPURGEON'S MOTION . >> A TALKING POINT I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DO FAST CHARGING .

>> I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. >> MOTION SECONDED TO DO THE FAST CHARGING . ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE?

>> AYE . >> ANY OPPOSED?

[5. Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion, and Take Action on the Goals and Objectives for the FYs 2025-2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP). ]

>> THANK YOU ALL >> NUMBER FIVE, RECEIVER REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND TAKE ACTION ON THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE FY 2025 THROUGH 2015 METROPOLITAN

TRANSPORTATION PLAN , MTP. >> INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET, THIS IS OUR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS DUE IN DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR AND SO WE HAVE THE CONSULTANTS HERE WORKING ON THAT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE ASKING US TO DO IS HAVE THE POLICY BOARD LOOK AT THE GOALS AND ACTIONS THAT THEY HAVE DRAFTED UP WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET. THEN MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD IS AGREEABLE WITH THOSE GOALS.

THEY ARE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS WHAT WE HAD IN THE LAST MTP.

ONE OF THE CAVEATS I WILL SAY IS THAT THESE MAY BE ADJUSTED SLIGHTLY WHEN Y'ALL SEE THE DOCUMENT IN DECEMBER AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS WHERE USING A NEW SOFTWARE PROGRAM. IT SEEMED TO US . IT'S A TXDOT SOFTWARE PROGRAM CALLED DECISION LENS. SO THERE MAY BE A FEW PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND THINGS WE WANT TO TWEAK AND ADD THOSE TO THE GOALS THAT WE WANT TO GET THE BOARD'S OVERALL VIEW OF THESE GOALS TO BEGIN WITH AND THEN AT ME CHANGE SLIGHTLY IN DECEMBER. BUT IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR PACKET, THERE ARE FIVE MAIN GOALS AND SO GOAL ONE IS TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND THERE SOME OBJECTIVES UNDERNEATH THAT. GOAL TWO IS TO IMPROVE SYSTEM RELIABILITY.

THREE IS PROVIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE .

FOUR IS TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND FIVE IS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH. SO THOSE ARE THE FIVE GOALS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING FOR THE NEW MTP. THEY'RE VERY CLOSELY RELATED TO WHAT WAS IN THE PREVIOUS YOU WILL HAVE THE PREVIOUS IN YOUR PACKET IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AND REFER TO THAT. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THEIR SEPTEMBER MEETING RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THESE GOALS ALONG WITH THE CAVEAT THAT THEY MIGHT CHANGE SLIGHTLY WITH THE DECISION LENS. IF THERE'S ANY PERFORMANCE MEASURES WE WANT TO ADD.

>> THIS IS NOT AN ITEM FOR ACTION.

>> YES, SIR. GIVE US SOME DIRECTION THAT THIS IS THE WAY WE WANT TO GO. WE DON'T HAVE THE FINAL GOAL FOR YOU TO BE

ABLE TO TAKE ACTION ON. >> ANY CONCERNS WITH CONTINUING

ON WITH WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED? >> NO CONCERNS.

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>> WERE SUPPORTIVE OF CONTINUING ?

[6. Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion, and Take Action on Special Studies for the Metropolitan Planning Area. ]

>> OKAY. THANK YOU ALL. SAME ANY DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS ON THAT? WHICH ITEM NUMBER SIX, RECEIVER REPORT, HOLD THE DISCUSSION AND TAKE ACTION ON SPECIAL STUDIES FOR THE

METROPOLITAN PLANNING AREA. >> INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET IS THE CURRENT UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM WHICH IS THE 24 TO 25 WORK PROGRAM. THIS WAS LAST AMENDED ON FEBRUARY 20TH , 2024 AND SO IT'S VALID ALL THE WAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2025.

WITH THE EXPANSION OF THE AREA, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO LOOK AT OUR SPECIAL STUDIES AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED TO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALSO WANTED TO BRING UP IS WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF SAVINGS BECAUSE WE HADN'T HAD THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNER POSITION FILLED FOR TWO YEARS WE HAVE SAVINGS THERE. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD A COUPLE OF STUDIES TO THE PROGRAM JUST TO MAKE SURE WE ARE GETTING EVERYTHING WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD . SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE LOOKING AT IS MAYBE FREIGHT PLANNING OR CORRIDOR PLANNING. SO THE MEETING OF SEPTEMBER RECOMMENDED SOME IDEAS AND I'M GOING TO COVER THOSE IN A MINUTE. BUT I WANT TO SHOW Y'ALL THE BOUNDARY, THE PROPOSED BOUNDARY AGAIN. INCLUDED IN THE CURRENTLY IS A COMPLETE STREETS WISH THIS IS LOOKING AT EVERYTHING FROM TRANSIT ROUTES TO BICYCLE PADS AND LOOKING AT A COMPLETE STREET NETWORK . THAT'S ALREADY IN OUR PLAN WE ALSO HAVE A RESILIENCY PLAN IN THEIR AND THIS IS LOOKING AT IF WE HAVE A NATURAL DISASTER, WHAT WE COULD DO . SO THOSE ARE ITEMS WE HAVE IN THERE AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A SAFETY ACTION PLAN. THIS IS WHEN WE GOT 50,000 FROM TXDOT IN ORDER TO DO THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN, BUT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE COULD ADD INTO THAT TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT TXDOT IS DOING WITH HER SAFETY PLAN FOR THE 50,000. THOSE THINGS ARE ALREADY IN THEIR CARE WHEN WE WENT TO THE TAC COMMITTEE, WE GOT SOME IDEAS FOR SOME CORRIDOR PLANNING COME SOME PREPLANNING AND SOME GENERAL PLANNING . SO ONE OF THE THINGS ON THE QUARTER PLANNING WE WERE LOOKING AT FM 89 GOING TOWARDS BUFFALO GAP. DOING A QUARTER PLANNING THEIR. LOOK AT TURNING LANES AND SOME DIFFERENT THINGS. LUKE 322 EXTENSION FROM I-22 HIGHWAY 351 TO THE U.S. 83 WOULD BE ANOTHER CORRIDOR .

THEN ODOM LANE FROM EAST SOUTH 11TH STREET TWO FM 707 ARE SOME CORRIDOR PLANNING OPTIONS. FREIGHT PLANNING, WE LOOKED AT THE EAST HIGHWAY 80. THEN IN GENERAL PLANNING, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP WAS THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES, INCLUDING SOME SMALL TOWNS, THE CITY OF ABILENE, THE AIRPORT . CEILING. ALL OF US HAVE ADA PLANS. WE ALSO HAVE TODDLE SUITS PLANS AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLANS ONE OF THE THINGS IN GENERAL PLANNING IS LOOKING AT A WAY THAT WE COULD CONSOLIDATE ALL THAT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE MEETING ALL THE GUIDELINES WE NEED TO, BUT MAYBE THERE'S NOT A PLAN IN PLACE FOR EVERYONE. MAYBE WE CAN HAVE ONE THAT WORKS ALL THE ENTITIES IN A MORE UNIFORM WAY . SO THOSE ARE THE SUGGESTIONS I CAME OUT OF THE TAC FOR THIS ITEM IS JUST TO SEE IF THE POLICY BOARD HAD ANYTHING ELSE THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD AND OF COURSE KEEP IN MIND, WE DON'T HAVE A TON OF FUNDING, BUT I LIKE TO GET SOME IDEAS US MONEY BECOMES AVAILABLE, WE HAVE THE MINI PLAN TO START LOOKING AT. WITHOUT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO

ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> ALL BUT ONE OF THOSE IS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF ABILENE, SO ARE THERE ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR STUDIES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OR COUNTY YOU HAVE? USING JONES COUNTY WOULD BENEFIT FROM THAT?

>> NOTHING IS COMING TO ME RIGHT NOW.

>> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING EITHER AT THE MOMENT.

>> IF THERE ARE ANY -- EVEN IF IT'S NOT TODAY, BUT IF YOU HAVE SOME IDEAS FOR SOME STUDIES, THAT WOULD BENEFIT CALLAHAN COUNTY , IF YOU COULD LET US KNOW SO WE CAN CONSIDER

THAT AND INCLUDE THAT TO ALISA. >> I WILL SAY WILL BE MEETING WITH OUR PARTNER AGENCIES TOO THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE AREA. SO IF THEY HAVE SOME IDEAS, WE CAN ALSO DO THAT.

>> IT'S A OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PROVIDE EITHER TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR PLANNING FOR FREIGHT PLANNING WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF THE MPO . SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S A CONCERN THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO FUND OR STUDY TO LOOK AT, THEN THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. WE CAN ALLOCATE THOSE

FUNDS. >> THAT WOULD BE MORE OF A QUESTION FOR TXDOT, BUT I KNOW THERE'S SOME UPGRADES ON HIGHWAY 36 . IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR THAT BEYOND WHAT TXDOT IS ALREADY PLANNING ON HIGHWAY 36?

IMPROVEMENTS FOR CORRIDOR? >> NOT UNLESS WE START TALKING

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>> CAN YOU GIVE MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT QUALIFIES AS FAR AS FREIGHT PLANNING? DO YOU HAVE A BETTER DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THAT ENTAILS? IS THAT TYPICALLY TRAFFIC OR CONNECTION

? >> YES, SIR. A LOT OF THE MPO'S ARE DOING PREPLANNING RIGHT NOW AND THAT'S A BIG PUSH FROM FEDERAL HIGHWAYS. ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN MOVE GOODS. WE ARE TALKING A MULTIMODAL FREIGHT FACILITY PERHAPS , OR HOW RAIL COMES IN WITH THE TRUCKS. THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. THE MOVEMENT OF THAT FREIGHT THROUGH THE MPO AREA . SO IT'S A STUDY OF ALL OF THOSE THINGS ON HOW FREIGHT GETS FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER THROUGH THE MPO AREAS , OR EVEN ENDS UP IN THE MPO AREAS WE HAVE A MULTI-FREIGHT FACILITY.

>> DO WE REALLY HAVE A FREIGHT FACILITY FROM TRUCK TO RAIL OR VICE VERSA? DO WE HAVE A YARD LIKE THAT THAT'S NOT TIED TO

AN INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS? >> NO, I THINK THIS ONE OUT OF THE DEVELOPMENT . YOU KNOW BY CHANCE? I'M NOT SURE. I DO KNOW THEY HAVE A CONNECTION TO THE RAIL THAT'S OUT OF THERE BEHIND THE TXDOT AREA OFFICE, BUT I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THEY TRANSPORT THINK IT'S TIED TO THE TO A BUSINESS AT THAT POINT. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ANY MULTIMODAL FACILITY AT

THIS TIME . >> IS NOT A BENEFIT FOR THIS

AREA TO HAVE >> I THINK SO EVENTUALLY IT COULD BE . THAT'S WHAT A CONSULTANT COULD LOOK AT TO SEE. I KNOW MIDLAND ODESSA BECAUSE OF ALL THE OIL AND THINGS THEY HAVE, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS AND WHEN THEY EVALUATED THEIR STUDY, EVEN WITH US WITH A WIN TURBINES AND STUFF ON FEARING HOW THEY GET TO THE AREAS, THE SOMETHING THAT MAY BE BENEFICIAL TO LOOK AT LOOKING AT THOSE CORRIDORS THAT IS TRANSPORTED ON. IT COULD BE A BENEFIT, BUT IT WOULD TAKE THE CONSULTANTS LOOKING AT THAT TO DO A STUDY AND SEE IF IT'S WHAT WE NEED. SEAM BUILDING A FACILITY LIKE

THAT, A REAL FREIGHT ? >> I DON'T KNOW. I CAN'T SPEAK

TO THAT. >> IT MAY NOT BE NOW BUT MAYBE IN THE FUTURE , JUST BE MINDFUL OF WHAT THAT POSSIBILITY MIGHT BRING TO THIS AREA. AND IF IT'S NEEDED.

>> SO THE SAFETY PLAN ON YOUR PREVIOUS SLIDE , IT'S A

REQUIREMENT, CORRECT? >> YES, SIR.

>> I JUST WANT TO OF COURSE SAFETY FROM A TXDOT PERSPECTIVE IS A VERY HIGH PRIORITY. WE ARE ON HASHTAG INDUSTRY CAMPAIGNS .

A DEATH ON OUR HIGHWAYS EVERY DAY SINCE NOVEMBER 2007, SO SAFETY IS A HIGH PRIORITY TO TRY TO GET THAT NUMBER LOWER AND TRY TO END THE STREAK. BUT I'M JUST NOT FOR SURE -- I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS PIER $50,000 ISN'T MUCH FOR THAT PLAN, SO I WOULD JUST -- SINCE THAT'S A REQUIREMENT, I WOULD MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNEW HOW MUCH IT WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO COST BECAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE 50,000 IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO

BE ENOUGH. >> I GUESS THE BENEFIT TO THAT IS THAT TXDOT IS DOING A PLAN AND SO THEY HAVE HIRED A CONSULTANT THAT'S DOING THE PLAN FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE MPO'S . THERE ARE SOME MPO'S HAVE TAKEN THE 50,000 AND ADDED IT TO A DIFFERENT POT SO THEY'RE DOING THAT STUDY STATEWIDE. SO IT'S A LITTLE MORE BENEFICIAL FOR THE CONSULTANTS BECAUSE THEY HAVE THAT STATEWIDE 50,000 +50,000, +50,000. SO IT SORT OF ADDS UP AND IT'S NOT JUST THAT FOR THEM. BUT THEY ARE DOING THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS THE OTHER MPO'S HAVE DONE IS TAKE THAT 50,000 AND SORT OF ADD SOME TO IT SO THEY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT'S PROVIDED AND THAT MAYBE SOMETHING WE LOOK AT.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> WHEN ARE YOU NEEDING FINAL DIRECTION ON THIS?

>> I DON'T. WE'RE GOING TO PUT THIS INFORMATION TOGETHER AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO Y'ALL WITH THE UNIFIED PLANNING AMENDMENT AND THEN YOU CAN TAKE ACTION ON IT. THIS IS FOR YOU TO GET SOME IDEAS , WE GET SOME FIGURES AND NUMBERS AND PUT TOGETHER ON WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO LOOK AT EXACTLY AND

THEN BRING THAT THAT. >> IF WE COME UP WITH SOMETHING BETWEEN NOW AND DECEMBER'S MEETING, GO AHEAD AND EMAIL E'LISA SO SHE CAN ADDED TO THE DISCUSSION FOR THAT AGENDA ITEM. SINKING IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA ON SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR CALLAHAN COUNTY THAT YOU BECOME AWARE OF OR

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[7. Discussion and review of transportation projects. ]

>> NO, SIR. I JUST NEEDED SOME IDEAS AND WILL PUT THEM TOGETHER AND BRING THEM BACK. THREE MET WITH ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, DISCUSSION AND REVIEW OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. START

US OFF WITH TXDOT. >> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN PRICE AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO SPEAK FOR TXDOT STAFF ON OUR CURRENT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR PLANNING PROJECTS. MY PASSIONS AND WHAT'S GOING ON NOW I DEAL WITH EVERY DAY SO LET ME START WITH THE CURRENT CONSTRUCTION. AND GO THROUGH THAT . FEEL FREE TO INTERRUPT OR STOP ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS IF I'M NOT CLEAR. LOOKING AT THE LIST THAT'S ON THE MAP THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, SITES ONE AND 15 ARE PART OF THE SAME PROJECT. THOSE ARE SOME OVERLAYS . THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES A SECTION OF 22 AND HOLLY OUTSIDE THE MPO BOUNDARY AND A SECTION ON FM 18 IS ALSO OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARY, BUT I SAY THAT BECAUSE THIS IS A MULTILOCATION PROJECT. THEY'RE JUST GETTING STARTED . WILL PROBABLY START SEEING SOME OF THE GUARD RAIL ANOTHER WORK HAPPENING . WE PROBABLY WON'T SEE THE MAJORITY OF THE PAVING UNTIL NEXT YEAR , UNLESS THEY HAPPEN TO START IN HOLLY SOONER THAN THAT WHICH IS THE REASON WHY I MENTIONED THE OTHER LOCATION. SITE TWO IS , WE CALL IT OUR ICS PHASE 2 PROJECT. WE HAVE THE PROJECT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WERE REINSTALLED A NUMBER OF IGS DEVICES ALONG I-20. THIS PROJECT WILL INSTALL SOME NEW DEVICES ALONG 22 AND THE FREEWAY. THOSE STEEL STRUCTURES PLUS THOSE IGS DEVICES ARE LONG ITEMS SO I DIDN'T HAVE A RECENT UPDATE AND EXPECT WILL GET STARTED HOLIDAYS OR EARLY NEXT YEAR BY THE TIME THEY CAN GET SOME OF THE STUFF GOING. SEAM YOU MIGHT DESCRIBE THE GROUP IGS. FEMA YES. ACRONYM IGS, INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CAMERAS IN THE LARGE MESSAGE BOARDS THAT YOU SEE MOST OF THEM RECENTLY I THINK SAVE THE ALERT FOR FIRST RESPONDERS AND ROADWAY . MOVE OVER AND SLOW DOWN TYPE MESSAGES. WE ALSO USE THOSE FOR AMBER ALERTS THAT TYPE OF STUFF. I DON'T REMEMBER THE COUNT EXACT. I THINK THERE'S THREE OR FOUR BOARDS AND I THINK SEVEN, EIGHT CAMERAS. I CAN'T REMEMBER. THERE WAS SOME JOCKEYING OF THAT BASED ON BUDGET FOR THE PROJECTS FOR THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE LONG 322. THERE'S A COUPLE OF INSTALLATIONS ALONG THE FREEWAY AS WELL. TRIED TO HELP MONITOR TRAFFIC AND PROVIDE USEFUL MESSAGES TO THE USERS. SO THANK YOU . FEEL FREE . SOMETIMES I GET NERVOUS AND GET STUCK ON VERNACULAR . REAL FREE TO INTERRUPT ME AND ASK FOR CLARIFICATION. SITE THREE IS ONE OF OUR CONCRETE MEDIUM -- MEDIAN BARRIER PROJECT IS LISTED AS A SINGLE ENTRY BUT THAT LINE CONSISTS OF TWO DIFFERENT PROJECT'S. THE ONE THAT HAS STARTED RIGHT NOW RUNS FROM IDLE CREEK DOWN TO THE INTERCHANGE OR THE 384. THAT WORK HAS RECENTLY STARTED AND IS GOING PRETTY WELL . THE WORK THAT SORT OF THAT FROM 10TH STREET DOWN TO THE CREEK, THAT WORK IS PART OF ANOTHER BARRIER PROJECT THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT PEER BUT WERE NOT GOING TO START ON THAT PORTION UNTIL WE GET DONE WITH THE OTHER PORTION OF THE CONTRACT. WE LIKE TO TRY TO KEEP ALL THE WORK GOING ON .

SEE THE MAP ON 322, WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. WE ARE REALLY HAMMERING THAT CORRIDOR TODAY SO LET'S JUST GET ALL THE CONTRACTORS AND EVERYBODY ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. IT MAKES LIFE EXCITING. SITE FOUR , DEFINITELY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT. THAT IS OUR BUFFALO GAP ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT . ALWAYS WANT TO MENTION THAT THE SUM OF THE MPO FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH IT. WE'VE ALL BEEN ENJOYING THE CONSTRUCTION FOR QUITE A WHILE. THEY'RE CLOSING IN ON IT, I PROMISE. I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU WHEN THEY'RE GOING

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DIDN'T SAY WHICH YEAR. >> THAT'S RIGHT. BUT IS CUT MPO MANY. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT THE THAT YOU WANT TO GO INTO? ALL RIGHT. SITE FIVE IS HER EAST SOUTH SEVENTH BRIDGET CEDAR CREEK OR THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE. THE BRIDGE IS OPEN . WE ARE WORKING ON TRYING TO CLOSE OUT THE CONTRACT THAT'S RIGHT THERE AT THE CEDAR CREEK TRAIL. THAT BRIDGE HAVING CLOSED FOR MANY NUMBER OF YEARS, SO WE HOPE EVERYONE IS EXCITED TO HAVE ACCESS THROUGH THERE AGAIN. SITE SIX IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR VERY IMPACTFUL PROJECTS . YOU PROBABLY NOTICED THAT GOING ON.

WE HAVE A GOING ON OUR NEW PR CORRIDOR PROJECT. ALONG THE NORTH AND SOUTH FIRST. BOTH SIDES OF THE RAILROAD. RIGHT NOW ARE CONTRACTOR IS WORKING AT TMP LANE WHERE IT CROSSES AND THEN THEY STARTED AT LEGGETT . HE'LL DO TWO AT A TIME , SO THEY WILL START ON THE NEXT TWO UNTIL WE'RE DONE WITH TMP IN LEGGETT. YOU'VE ALSO PROBABLY SEEN U.P. IS GOT OUT AHEAD OF US AND THEY'VE DONE RE-PLANKING FOR THOSE CROSSING LOCATIONS. THAT'S WHY THERE WERE A COUPLE WEEKENDS WHERE I THINK THERE WERE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT WERE WONDERING WHAT'S GOING ON? I CAN'T GET ACROSS? BUT I THINK THEY'VE MADE IT THROUGH ALL OF THE RE-PLANKING SO WE JUST HAVE TO DEAL WITH OUR HOOSIERS THAT WILL HAPPEN AS WE MOVE THROUGH ON THAT PROJECT. QUICK QUESTION ON THAT. AT LEGGETT, THE LEFT TURN LANE HAS BEEN REMOVED TO SHIFT LANES AWAY FROM THE INTERSECTION . IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AND ALL THE INTERSECTIONS ARE JUST THE ONES THAT NEED THAT ELEVATION AND

EXPANSION? >> I DON'T HAVE IT MEMORIZED BUT I THINK MOST OF THEM, WE ARE GOING TO NEED A SHIFT TRAFFIC BECAUSE WE REACH A POINT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO INSTALL SOME LOW-PROFILE BARRIER SO THAT WE CAN DO THE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY THAT'S RIGHT AT THE EDGE OF THE EXISTING ROADS, OR LIKE YOU POINTED OUT, SOME OF THEM WE HAVE TO GET ONTO EITHER SOUTH FIRST AND DO SOME REGRADING WORK. I WOULD SUGGEST IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE A SIMILAR APPROACH IN THE MAJORITY OF THEM.

>> IS THAT A PERMANENT CHANGE OR JUST DURING CONSTRUCTION?

>> JUST DURING CONSTRUCTION . THE INTERSECTIONS WILL ALL HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF LANES THAT THEY HAD BEFORE WE GOT STARTED AND HOPEFULLY THE TURNING MOVEMENTS IN ALL THE PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE WILL MAKE IT EASIER AND MORE CLEAR FOR EVERYBODY. IS GOT THE SIGNALS BEING REPLACED, SIDEWALKS AND PENTAGRAMS AND CROSSINGS THE TRACKS NOW WHEN WERE DOWN AND DRAINAGE AND PAVING AND EVERYTHING ELSE ASSOCIATED AT EACH ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS. IT WILL BE IMPACTING NORTH FIRST AND SOUTH FIRST EACH TIME THAT WE MOVE ALONG. GOOD QUESTIONS.

I BROUGHT MY PEN SO I COULD MARK THESE AND KEEP TRACK. SITE SEVEN IS THE CITY'S LGA PROJECT ON SOUTH 14. IS THE SIDEWALK PROJECT . I KNOW THEY'VE HAD A COUPLE OF HICCUPS, BUT I THINK THEY'VE BEEN MAKING GOOD PROGRESS. I DON'T HAVE AN ANTICIPATED COMPLETION DATE FOR THAT ONE.

SITE EIGHT IS OUR I HAVEN'T 20 REPAVING OCCURRING WEST OF TYPE. WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO COMPLETING THAT PROJECT. SITES NINE AND 11 ARE THAT OTHER MEDIUM BARRIER PROJECT I MENTIONED EARLIER. THEY HAVE JUST ABOUT WRAPPED UP THE CABLE IN JONES COUNTY. ALMOST OVER THAT AND THEY HAVE NOW STARTED ON THE CONCRETE BARRIER THAT'S ON THE FREEWAY INSIDE TAYLOR

COUNTY. >> APPARENTLY THAT WAS NEEDED .

>> BOY, IT'S BEEN TESTED. IS SORT OF PAINFUL TO THINK ABOUT HOW MANY OF THOSE CROSSINGS WERE GOING ON WE HAD THE CABLE THERE TO BEAR WITNESS TO IT BECAUSE , YEAH, IT'S A GOOD SAFETY DEVICE TO HAVE ON HAND WHEN IT GETS TESTED. HOPEFULLY IT'S DOING SOME GOOD. SITES 10 AND 11 ARE PART OF THE SAME PROJECT . THAT'S OUR LANDFILL ROAD OVERPASS AND INTERCHANGE.

TALKING WITH A CONTRACTOR, WE ARE LOOKING AT TRYING TO START RIGHT AFTER THE NEW YEAR SO WE DON'T THROW UP BARRICADES AND GET EVERYBODY EXCITED RIGHT BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS IS DISPERSED FOR THE HOLIDAYS. I THINK THE DELAYS WE GOT ON THAT WILL START PRETTY QUICK AFTER THE NEW YEAR. SITE 13 IS ON FM 1082 . THAT'S A NEW BRIDGE AND ROAD NORTH OF THE DAM. THAT PROJECT IS MPO FUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. THAT PROJECT HAS

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CONSTRUCTION . ANY FOLLOW-UP? >> QUESTIONS . FEMA MOVE INTO SOME OF THE PLANNING PROJECTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT MANY OF THESE A LOT OF TIMES, SO I'M GOING TO COVER THE ONES I LOOK LIKE THEY'RE ALL NEW TO ME ON OUR LIST. STARTING WITH SITE TWO . THAT'S FM 707 PROJECT TO WIDEN THE ROAD , ADDING LANES AND SHOULDERS. THE FILAMENTS I DON'T KNOW IF WE TALKED ABOUT A WHOLE LOT BEFORE. IT IS BASICALLY A THREE 84 AND THEN WE HAVE A PROJECT ON 1750 THAT'S GOING TO ADD A SERIES OF TURN LANES AND CONTINUOUS LEFT TURN LANES. THAT'S ONE OF OUR HS IP PROJECTS . I THINK THAT IS NEW TO OUR LIST HERE.

SITE FOUR IS A LOT OF WORK GOING ON. 322. WE GROUNDED IN.

YOU HAVE A BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AT MAPLE WHICH I THINK IS REALLY GOOD NEWS FOR A LOT OF US IN THIS ROOM LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. AND RIGHT BELOW THAT, WE HAVE SITE SIX WHICH IS AN OVERLAY ON 322 WHICH I KNOW I'M ONE IN THIS ROOM THAT'S EXCITED TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. THAT WILL HELP US A LOT. THAT WILL HAPPEN IN GETTING THOSE BARRIERS INSTALLED. SO WILL COMBINE THAT AND DO THIS OVERLY WORKED ON THE ROAD. THAT WE'VE GOT SITE SEVEN IS ALSO NEW . STATE HIGHWAY 36 AT MAPLE STREET . I BELIEVE THAT'S A SIGNAL PROJECT. IT'S ANOTHER ONE OF OUR HS IP FUNDED PROJECTS, I BELIEVE. THEN STATE HIGHWAY 36 FROM TREADWAY TWO 1750 IS OUR SIDEWALK PROJECT .

I THINK THAT IS NEW TO OUR LIST. NOW I'LL SKIP DOWN TO SITE 12 . THAT'S ON U.S. 277, SOUTHWEST OF TOWN. THERE WAS ALREADY -- SITE 11 WAS ALREADY ON THE MAP. THIS WAS ANOTHER PROJECT TO DO ADDITIONAL RESEARCH THAT NEEDS IT PRETTY BAD. I'M GOING TO SKIP FARTHER DOWN TO SITE 17 . SITE 17 AND 18 ARE REALIGNMENTS AND REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING RAMP JUST TO THE WEST OF OLD ANSON ROAD . IT'S A NEW EXIT AND ENTRANCE TO THOSE I BELIEVE ARE HS IP PROJECTS AS WELL. I'M SORRY , HS IP , HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM . SAFETY .

AND THEN , LET'S SEE, SITE 20. I TREADWAY AND PINES RECON BUSINESS 83. THINK THAT'S ANY PROJECT TO OUR LIST. IT'S FOR AN INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT MAY BE AN INNOVATIVE INTERSECTION DESIGN . THINK WE HAVE SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS WE ARE CONSIDERING. THE LAST ONE I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WAS SITE 21, IT'S NOT NEW. IT'S BEEN ON THE LIST BEFORE, BUT THAT DOES HAVE MPO MONEY DEDICATED TO IT. THAT'S RI-20 RECONSTRUCTION, WIDENING FOR THE OVERPASS AT THE BOULEVARD. THOSE ARE THE ONES I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT. FEEL FREE TO ASK ABOUT ANY

PROJECTS ON THE LIST . >> PROJECT TWO, THE FM 707 ADDING LANES AND SHOULDERS. THAT'S CONCERNING UNTIL 27?

>> SO THE PLANNING WORK IS GOING TO CONTINUE ON. THEY STARTED THAT PROCESS, BUT YEAH , ACCORDING TO OUR PROGRAM, THAT SCHEDULE WILL LAST SOMETIME IN 27.

>> THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN ERROR . IT'S ACTUALLY THE WEST SIDE FROM 89 . FROM 83. THAT PROJECT IS FIRST .

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>> APOLOGIZE. >> IS NOT SHOWN ON THE MAP, BUT THAT'S AN ERROR ON THE MAP. PAYMENT THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING BECAUSE I SHOULD'VE ASKED QUESTIONS BEFORE . THE ONE THAT SHOULD BE WHICH I'LL GET THAT CORRECTED FOR THE NEXT MAP, RENTS FROM FM 89 TO 83/84 . THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S IN

ADVANCE OF THE ONE TO THE EAST. >> THAT ONE IS IN 27.

>> THINK THAT ONE IS AND 27. >> OKAY.

>> THE REASON WHY I WAS ASKING IS THERE WAS A 707 SPLIT COMING TOGETHER. JUST MAKING SURE WE WEREN'T OVERLAPPING. CAUSING DIFFICULTIES WITH ONE GROUP TRYING TO GET IN. SHE MET WE GOT NO PROBLEM WITH THAT OBVIOUSLY. THE FIRE STATION , I'M SURE EVEN AND 27 WOULD ALREADY BE DONE. BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME.

>> ANY OTHER PROPOSED PROJECTS?

>> THANKS FOR CLARIFYING THAT. LET'S GO TO THE CITY OF

ABILENE PROJECTS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON GERMAN PRICE AND BOARD MEMBERS . I DO HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS TO GO THROUGH.

YOU HAVE A MAP ON THEIR WITH HER AIR FORCE BLUE AND MAROON SHOWING MAROONS FOR THIS YEAR . SORRY, THE MAROON IS THIS YEAR.

THE BLUE IS FOR 25 AND BEYOND. JUST A COUPLE OF THE PROJECTS GOING DOWN THE LIST . HONEYBEE, WE'RE ABOUT DONE WITH THAT ONE. THAT'S UP NEAR THE LAKE. IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS THAT ROAD , BUT WE ARE 99.999 AND I CAN CONTINUE ON ABOUT TO BUT NOT ONE UP. AND FINALIZE THE PROJECT. MAPLE STREET. THIS IS THE SOUTH PARTS OF THE 322 . THIS ONE IS ONGOING THAT WE ARE DOING THE CONCRETE LANES BETWEEN HARBISON ROAD AND 322.

AND WE ARE MOVING ALONG WITHOUT ONE . HOPEFULLY THAT ONE WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR. AGAIN, NOT SAYING WHICH YEAR. FIVE POINTS . THAT'S OUT IN OUR INDUSTRIAL REGION.

THAT'S A COUPLE OF LINEAR ROADS THAT WE ARE BUTTONING UP ON THAT ONE. WE DID HAVE A CHANGE ORDER TO ADD A LITTLE MORE HOT MIX OUT INTO THE MIX DUE TO SOME CALCULATION ERRORS.

BUT THAT ONE SHOULD BE BUTTONING UP . AGAIN BY THE END OF THE YEAR. SOUTH 14TH IS THE ONE THAT BRYCE TRIED TO STEAL A LITTLE OF MY FENDER ON. IT'S AN HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM . THIS ONE IS ON THE VERY END STAGES OF IT. WE HAD A COUPLE OF ISSUES WITH OUR PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AND SOME OF THE FOUNDATION WORK, BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO GET DELIVERED THE PIECES THAT WE NEED TO BUTTON AND FINISH THAT UP AND OPEN SOUTH 14TH BACKUP WHICH WILL BE BIG FOR THE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA. DISTRICT IS ABOUT TO WRAP UP AS WELL. US DOWN HERE BY THE HOTEL AND A GREAT IMPROVEMENT THERE . SOUTH 27 SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS. THIS IS ANOTHER HS IP PROGRAM. IT'S IMPROVING SOME OF THE SIGNALS AND MAKING THAT CORE DOOR INTO A SINKS CORRIDOR FOR SOUTH 27TH. CYPRESS STREET RECONSTRUCTION IS A CYPRESS STREET DOWNTOWN. IT'S GOING ALONG THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG PROCESS AND IF YOU BEEN DOWNTOWN, YOU SEE THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON THERE. THEY ARE MAKING GREAT STRIDES, BUT HAVE QUITE A BIT OF WORK TO DO TO GO. EMILY MEMORIAL, THIS IS A BIG ONE. IT'S BEEN ASKED BY MANY CITIZENS WHO WERE PUTTING A NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL UP. WE SHOULD START THAT SOMETIME IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER WITH PROBABLY ABOUT A TWO TO THREE MONTH CONSTRUCTION TIME BEFORE ITS OPERATIONAL.

BUT THE GROWTH IN THE TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA HAS WARRANTED THAT TO GO UP AND I THINK IT WILL BE WELCOMED BY MANY PEOPLE THE NEXT TWO OUR WORK ZONES. THESE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS. JUST BUTTONING UP PASADENA HEIGHTS. AND SIX B NORTH OF HIGHWAY 80.

ESTON A, WHICH IS STARTED THIS WEEK. THAT'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD WEST OF ROSE PARK . AND THEN THE LAST THREE ARE LINEAR FOR

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>> YES, SIR. IS THE SCHEDULING OF THE CONTRACTOR AND THAT'S WHEN HE ASKED US TO BE ABLE TO START TO BE ABLE TO GET IT

THROUGH QUICKLY. >> YES, SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? FEMA FOR 25 AND BEYOND, WE HAVE TWO MORE SEGMENTS OF MAPLE THAT ARE IN DESIGN AT THIS TIME. STREET MAINTENANCE BOARD HAS CHOSEN THE NEXT FOUR PROJECTS AS SEVEN. THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS 25 PROJECT. ESTON B IS THE SECOND HALF OF ESTON A THAT WE STARTED NOW. NEAR CW GILL PARK .

REBECCA LANE. THIS ONE WE ARE GOING TO DELAY TO GET TXDOT OFF OF BUFFALO GAP ROAD AND THEN WERE GOING TO COME IN AND REPLACE A PART THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BETWEEN BUFFALO GAP AND CAT WELL. SOUTH 14TH PHASE 2, WILLIS TWO SALES IN NORTH 18TH, THE SECOND PHASE OF NORTH 18TH . WILLIS TO MOCKINGBIRD.

THAT'S OUR PROGRAM FOR THIS YEAR AND NEXT . ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS I MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER? SEAM QUESTIONS.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. >> THANK YOU, MAX. WILL MOVE ON TO THE CITY. SEEM A GOOD AFTERNOON, LORI STEVENS . WE HAVE FEW PROJECT THAT WE DID FINISH THE FEASIBILITY STUDY WITH OUR CONTRACTOR . THEY SUBMITTED THE REPORTS TO US. WE DID APPROVE THEM . SEND THEM ON TO FTA OCTOBER THE FOURTH.

DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE ELSE THEY NEEDED TO GO . HE DOES HAVE BOTH THE PROJECT OR THE REPORTS FOR THE PROJECT. THE PARKING LOT PROJECT WHICH IS TO TURN THE PARKING LOT FROM THE LAND THAT IT IS INTO A PARKING LOT FOR OUR BANDS IS CURRENTLY ON HOLD. THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN THAT IS OUT OF OUR CONTROL. WE NEED TO SEE AN ENGINEER TO HELP US WITH SOME OF THAT, SO WE KIND OF PULL THAT BACK AND WE HAVE THAT HOLDS UNTIL WE CAN MOVE THAT FORWARD WITH THEM. WE HAVEN'T ONTO THEM ANY FURTHER, SO THEY HAVE NO MORE INFORMATION OR ANYTHING THAT WE LITERALLY PUT IT ALL ON HOLD. THE REPAIR AND REMODEL, WE HAVE COMPLETED THE PORTION FOR THE PLUMBING. THEY WENT IN AND THEY REDID PIPES GOING INTO THE BUILDING. THAT WAS COMPLETED. WE ARE WAITING FOR THE NEXT STEP TO ACTUALLY MAKE THE REPAIRS INSIDE THE BATHROOMS AND REPLACE CERTAIN FIXTURES LIKE THE SINK AND CABINETS AND TOILETRIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT'S IN SCHEDULING WITH THE VENDOR I GUESS TO COME IN. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY DEPARTMENT HELP US GET ALL THAT DONE WITH THE FACILITIES. THE EXHAUST FANS THEIR PARTS HAVE BEEN ORDERED. EVERYTHING IS SET. ALL PAPERWORK IS DONE, BUT WERE WAITING FOR THE VENDOR TO GET US ON THEIR SCHEDULE EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE BACKED UP WITH THEIR PROJECTS, SO I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING YESTERDAY ABOUT IT. SO I DON'T KNOW WHEN THEIR FINDINGS GET THIS OUT THERE. SO WE ARE AT THEIR MERCY. THE CONCRETE PROJECT FOR THE TRANSFER LANES ON THE SOUTH LANE . THAT WOULD BE THREE LANES IN . THEY WENT IN AND REMOVED A LOT OF THE GROUND BRICKLAYERS THAT WERE COMING UP. PEOPLE WERE TRIPPING ON THEM. SOME OF THEM WERE MISSING AND THEY COMPLETELY LAID IT WITH CONCRETE. SOLUTION WORK BREAKDOWN ON THE FLOOR. IS A LEAD WITH CONCRETE . THEY FIXED SOME OF THE CURB WHERE IT WAS COMING APART. THERE WERE PIECES ACTUALLY MISSING BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND THE CURB WHICH AGAIN IS A TRIP HAZARD . RAIN WAS GETTING INSIDE THAT AND DETERIORATING ALL THAT AND MAKING IT FALL APART AND MORE THAT'S ALL BEEN FIXED AND COMPLETED. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

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>> QUESTIONS . THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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>> WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, DISCUSS AND REVIEW

REPORTS AND WORK TASKS. >> WE HAVE SUBMITTED ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE AUGUST BILLINGS . WE ARE LACKING SEPTEMBERS BILLING TO CLOSE OUT THE SEPTEMBER 30TH 2024 , THAT FISCAL YEAR . CURRENTLY, WE HAVE AUTHORIZED 290 , 393 93 .

REMAINING BALANCE IS 42 01 -- ZERO 11.26. CAVEAT . WE HAVE STILL NOT RECEIVED OUR CARRYOVER FUNDS FOR 2023, SO THAT BALANCE IS NOT SHOWING IN HERE HOPEFULLY WILL RECEIVE THAT YOU'RE JUST NOT TO SPEND IT DURING THE 2024 FISCAL YEAR SENSOR IN THE 2025. WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FINANCIAL STATUS.

>> ANY QUESTIONS? FEMA INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET IS A FULL REPORT HERE JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS, WE DID HAVE OUR ENHANCED FUNDING REVIEW AUDIT WITH FEDERAL HIGHWAY FTA AND TXDOT . THAT WAS ON AUGUST 21ST . WE ARE AWAITING THE REPORT FROM THEM ONCE WE HAVE THE REPORT, WILL SEND IT TO YOU ALL . THERE WAS A COUPLE OF THINGS THEY WERE LOOKING AT .

RESILIENCY PLANNING AND A COUPLE OF THINGS LIKE THAT , AND WILL PREPARE THE REPORT FOR YOU ALL AND GET IT. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CONSULTANTS RESOURCE DATA ON SOME MAPPING NEEDS. WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH THE MTP MAPPING NEEDS AND SO THOSE ARE MOVING RIGHT ALONG. WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 , 2050 MTP, METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN. WE HAD A PUBLIC MEETING PAST WEEK AND SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT FOR THE DECEMBER 17TH MEETING.

THE BOUNDARY EXPANSION, IT'S AT TXDOT . HE WENT FROM TXDOT TO THE GOVERNOR 'S OFFICE, SO WE'RE WAITING ON THE GOVERNOR TO GET WORD BACK TO US . AS SOON AS WE HAVE THAT, WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT FOR THE BUDGET WE CLOSE OUT 2024 AND WERE JUST WAITING ON SEPTEMBER AND WE HAVE EVERYTHING READY TO MOVE INTO THE 2025 BUDGET. AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING , TRYING TO GET ACCESS TO THE GIS . THAT'S BEEN A PROCESS . GETTING ACCESS TO DECISION LANES. THEN WORKING TO GET ACCESS TO ALSO THE PERFORMANCE METRICS DATA INTEGRATION SYSTEM WHICH THEY CALL THE PM GIS DATA . THAT'S FOR THE MTP UPDATE . WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THE OPERATIONS REPORT.

>> ANY QUESTIONS? THE DIRECTORS REPORT.

>> THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, WE ARE STILL HAVE AN OPENING FOR THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNER. WE'VE DONE NUMEROUS INTERVIEWS AND WERE STILL WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS THAN THE BOUNDARY UPDATE, I JUST COVERED THAT POSSESS THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> ANY QUESTIONS? ITEM NUMBER NINE, OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO MAKE COMMENTS ON MPO ISSUES. SEEING NO ONE, A

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