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125 East 11th Street
Austin, Texas 78701-2483
THURSDAY
February 22, 2001
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9:00 A.M. CONVENE MEETING
1. DELEGATIONS:
(Delegation requests will be
considered and action taken as may be appropriate)
a. TRAVIS
AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES
Capital Area Metropolitan
Planning Organization/Capital Area Transportation Coalition Request construction funding
for US 290 West/SH 71 from Williamson Creek to FM 1826, US 183
South from Loyola Lane to Boggy Creek and Interstate 35 North at
Greenlawn Boulevard
b. HARRIS
COUNTY
West Houston Association
Request accelerated
construction of Interstate 10 (Katy Freeway) from Interstate 610 to the Fort
Bend County line
c. VARIOUS
COUNTIES
Alliance for I-69 Texas
Provide update on the
development of this corridor from Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley through
Northeast Texas to the Louisiana state line
2. Approval of Minutes
of the January 25, 2001, regular meeting of the Texas Transportation
Commission and emergency meetings before the House Transportation Committee
on February 6, 2001 and February 13, 2001.
3. Aviation
Approve funding for
airport improvement projects at various locations (MO)
4. Promulgation of
Administrative Rules Under Title 43, Texas Administrative Code, Part I, Pursuant to the Administrative
Procedure Act, the Government Code, Chapter 2001:
a. Final
Adoption
(1) Chapter 5 -
Finance (MO)
Amendments to §5.43 and
§5.44 (Payment of Fees for Department Goods and Services)
(2) Chapter 9 -
Contract Management (MO)
Amendments to §9.31,
§§9.33-9.38 and §9.41-9.43 (Contracting for Architectural,
Engineering, and Surveying Services)
(3) Chapter 21 -
Right of Way (MO)
Amendments to §§21.31,
21.43, 21.44, 21.48, 21.50, 21.51, 21.53, and 21.54 (Utility
Accommodation)
b. Rule
Review
In accordance with
Section 9-10.13, Article IX of the General Appropriations Act,
and Government Code, §2001.039, as added by Senate Bill 178, 76th
Legislature, Readoption of 43 TAC Chapter 17, Vehicle Titles and
Registration (MO)
5. Traffic
Operations
Various Counties
- Approve additional environmental speed limits in the Dallas/Fort Worth
area (MO)
6. Transportation
Planning
a. Harris County
- Approve construction of on-state system direct connectors at IH
610/Spur 548 and IH 10 with the northern and southern termini of the toll-free
extension of the Hardy Toll Road, at a cost not to exceed $17,000,000, and
enter into any necessary agreements with the Harris County Toll Road
Authority (MO)
b. Kerr County -
Advance project to replace the Hermann Sons Road bridge on the Guadalupe River
to Priority 1, Category 6B, Off-State System Bridge
Replacement/Rehabilitation Program, of the 2001 UTP (MO)
c. Various Counties
- Approve adjustments to participation ratios for projects located in
economically disadvantaged counties (MO)
d. Various Counties
- Approve policy for limiting frontage roads on new controlled access
facilities (MO)
7. State
Infrastructure Bank
Harris County - City
of Bellaire - In accordance with 43 TAC 6.32 (c), consider
granting preliminary
approval of an application from the City of Bellaire to borrow $3,180,000 from
the State Infrastructure Bank to pay for an additional storm water trunk line
within the IH 610 right of way in Bellaire (MO)
8. Contracts
a. Award or
rejection of highway improvement contracts:
(see attached
itemized lists)
(1) Maintenance (MO)
(2) Highway and Building
Construction (MO)
9. Routine
Minute Orders
a. Speed
Zones
Various Counties
- Establish or alter regulatory and construction speed zones on various
sections of highways in the state (MO)
b. Load
Zones
Various Counties
- Revise load restrictions on various roads and bridges on the state
highway system (MO)
c. Highway
Designation
Hunt County -
SH 224 and BU 67-T - Removes the designation of SH 224 from the
state highway system from SH 34 to BU 67-T; and redesignates a
segment of SH 224 and BU 67-T from US 69 to IH 30 as State Highway Spur
302 in Greenville (MO)
d. Right
of Way Disposition, Purchase and Lease
(1) Bexar
County - FM 1535 - Northwest San Antonio near Loop 1604
- Consider the lease of right of way for a bridge to
the abutting
landowner (MO)
(2) Bowie
County - SH 93 at US 82 in Texarkana - Consider
the sale of a tract of
surplus right of way (MO)
(3) Cochran
County - SH 114 south of West Grant Avenue southeast of Morton - Consider
the sale of a surplus maintenance site (MO)
(4) Gray County
- FM 291 northwest of Alanreed - Consider the exchange of a
surplus right of way easement for new right of way (MO)
(5) Grayson
County - SH 11 at US 69 in Whitewright - Consider the sale of a tract of
surplus right of way (MO)
(6) Grayson
County - US 69 at Echols Lane in Whitewright - Consider the sale of
a tract of surplus right of way (MO)
(7) Harris County
- IH 610 at Buffalo Speedway in Houston - Consider the sale of
access rights (MO)
(8) Montgomery
County - US 75 at FM 2432 in Willis - Consider the sale of a tract of
surplus right of way (MO)
e. Eminent
Domain Proceedings
(1) Various
Counties - Request for eminent domain proceedings on noncontrolled
and controlled access highways (see attached itemized lists) (MO)
(2) Harris County
- Consider the condemnation of land to be acquired for
addition to the Houston District Headquarters (MO)
10. Executive
Session Pursuant to Government Code, Chapter 551
a. Section
551.071 - Consultation with and advice from legal
counsel
b. Section
551.072 - Discussion of real property purchase,
exchange, lease, donations
c. Section
551.074 - Discuss the evaluation, designation,
reassignment, and duties of the
individual district engineers, division directors, and
office directors
OPEN COMMENT PERIOD -
At the conclusion of all other agenda items, the commission will allow an
open comment period, not to exceed one hour, to receive public comment on any other
matter that is under the jurisdiction of the commission. No action will be taken. Each
speaker will be allowed a maximum of three minutes. Speakers must be signed up
prior to the beginning of the open comment period.
ADJOURN
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NOTE:
Enumerated agenda items are
assigned numbers for ease of reference only, and will not necessarily be considered by
the commission in that particular order.
Persons with disabilities who
plan to attend this meeting and who may need auxiliary aids or services, such as
interpreters for persons who are deaf or hearing impaired, and
readers of large print or Braille, are
requested to contact Dee Hernandez at (512) 305-9536 at least two working days prior
to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made.
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