I. CHAIRPERSON TO CALL MEETING TO ORDER II. CHAIRPERSON TO CALL ROLL III. COMMITTEE AND DIRECTOR'S REPORTS (No action required)
Receive public testimony and initiate a 20-day public review and comment period for the proposed Limited English Proficiency Plan.
Receive public testimony and initiate a ten-day public review and comment period for the following proposed amendments) of the 2015-2018 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP): 1. Addition of project CSJ 2150^04-067 intended to provide the design and construction of one additional travel lane (northbound) on FM 1472, from Killam Industrial Boulevard to 0.3 miles north of Mueller Bqulevard, with an estimated total project cost of 4.482 million dollars. Projected letting date is August of 2016. 2. Addition of project CSJ 0922^33-166 intended to provide the development of the schematic, environmental document and preliminary engineering for a 5 lane rural roadway, from 0.1 miles east of Beltway Parkway to IH 35 West Frontage Road, Estimated cost for saicj phases of the project is $300,000.
Receive public testimony and initiate a 10 day public review and comment period for the following proposed revision(s) of the 2015-2040 Laredo Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP): 1. Amending Table 12-10, entitled Roadway and Bicycle/Pedestrian Project Summary and Table 12-11, entitled Roadway projects, and Figure 12-1, entitled Federally funded Roadway, Bicycle and Pedestrian Projects, by: a. Adding project CSJ 2150-04-067 intended to provide the design and construction of one additional travel lane (northbound) on FM 1472, from Killam Industrial Boulevard to 0.3 miles north of Mueller Boulevard, with an estimated total project cost of 4.482 million dollars. Projected letting date is August of 2016. b. Adding of project CSJ 0922-33-166 intended to provide the development of the schematic, environmental document and preliminary engineering for a 5 lane rural roadway, from 0.1 miles east of Beltway Parkway to IH 35 West Frontage Road. Estimated cost for said phases of the project is $300,000.
E. Discussion and possible action on TxDOT's Strategic Projects Office findings on Loop 20 funding. F. Discussion with possible action to receive public testimony and initiate a ten-day public review and comment period for a proposed amendment of the Highway MTP/TJP to program Loop 20/U.S. 59 from international Blvd. to Business U.S. 59 for engineering, Right-of-Way acquisition, and construction: a. Plan formulated by MPO staff and Dannenbaum Engineering b. Plan formulated by Regional Mobility Authority
Discussion and possible action on railroad issues affecting the City of Laredo including but not limited to, Quiet Zones, Secure Corridor and traffic congestion.
V. REPORT(S) AND PRESENTATIONS (No action required) A. Presentation by TxDOT, Laredo District, on the funding (current and future projected) available to TxDOT, Laredo District and the Laredo MPO and the application of said funding to projects in the Laredo District. B. Status on Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on railroad issues (U.S. Border Communities Ongoing DOT Efforts Could Help Address Impacts of International Freight Rail). C. Status report on the Regional Mobility Authority (RMA). VI. ADJOURNMENT
Feb 16, 2016 MPO
I. CHAIRPERSON TO CALL MEETING TO ORDER II. CHAIRPERSON TO CALL ROLL III. COMMITTEE AND DIRECTOR'S REPORTS (No action required)
Receive public testimony and initiate a 20-day public review and comment period for the proposed Limited English Proficiency Plan.
Receive public testimony and initiate a ten-day public review and comment period for the following proposed amendments) of the 2015-2018 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP): 1. Addition of project CSJ 2150^04-067 intended to provide the design and construction of one additional travel lane (northbound) on FM 1472, from Killam Industrial Boulevard to 0.3 miles north of Mueller Bqulevard, with an estimated total project cost of 4.482 million dollars. Projected letting date is August of 2016. 2. Addition of project CSJ 0922^33-166 intended to provide the development of the schematic, environmental document and preliminary engineering for a 5 lane rural roadway, from 0.1 miles east of Beltway Parkway to IH 35 West Frontage Road, Estimated cost for saicj phases of the project is $300,000.
Receive public testimony and initiate a 10 day public review and comment period for the following proposed revision(s) of the 2015-2040 Laredo Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP): 1. Amending Table 12-10, entitled Roadway and Bicycle/Pedestrian Project Summary and Table 12-11, entitled Roadway projects, and Figure 12-1, entitled Federally funded Roadway, Bicycle and Pedestrian Projects, by: a. Adding project CSJ 2150-04-067 intended to provide the design and construction of one additional travel lane (northbound) on FM 1472, from Killam Industrial Boulevard to 0.3 miles north of Mueller Boulevard, with an estimated total project cost of 4.482 million dollars. Projected letting date is August of 2016. b. Adding of project CSJ 0922-33-166 intended to provide the development of the schematic, environmental document and preliminary engineering for a 5 lane rural roadway, from 0.1 miles east of Beltway Parkway to IH 35 West Frontage Road. Estimated cost for said phases of the project is $300,000.
E. Discussion and possible action on TxDOT's Strategic Projects Office findings on Loop 20 funding. F. Discussion with possible action to receive public testimony and initiate a ten-day public review and comment period for a proposed amendment of the Highway MTP/TJP to program Loop 20/U.S. 59 from international Blvd. to Business U.S. 59 for engineering, Right-of-Way acquisition, and construction: a. Plan formulated by MPO staff and Dannenbaum Engineering b. Plan formulated by Regional Mobility Authority
Discussion and possible action on railroad issues affecting the City of Laredo including but not limited to, Quiet Zones, Secure Corridor and traffic congestion.
V. REPORT(S) AND PRESENTATIONS (No action required) A. Presentation by TxDOT, Laredo District, on the funding (current and future projected) available to TxDOT, Laredo District and the Laredo MPO and the application of said funding to projects in the Laredo District. B. Status on Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on railroad issues (U.S. Border Communities Ongoing DOT Efforts Could Help Address Impacts of International Freight Rail). C. Status report on the Regional Mobility Authority (RMA). VI. ADJOURNMENT