2016-11-08 Mobility Committee Minutes MINUTES
CITY COUNCIL MOBILITY COMMITTEE
November 8, 2016
After determining that a quorum of the Mobility Committee of the Denton City Council was
present, the Mobility Committee thereafter convened into an Open Meeting on Tuesday,
November 8, 2016 at 10:45 a.m. in the City Hall Conference Room 215 E. McKinney, Denton,
Texas.
Present: Council Member Dalton Gregory, Council Member Kevin Roden and Council
Member Keely Briggs
Also Present: Jon Fortune, ACM; Mark Nelson, Director of Transportation; John Davis,
Director of Engineering Services; Pritam Deshmukh, Traffic Engineer; Julie
Anderson, Bike Coordinator Pedestrian Coordinator; John Polster, ITS; and Kim
Mankin, Administrative Supervisor
1. REGULAR MEETING:
A. MC16-040 - Consider approval of the Mobility Committee meeting minutes of October 11,
2016.
Approved as circulated
B. MC16-041 - Consider a nomination and recommendation to the City Council of the City of
Denton, Texas, regarding the appointment of an official voting representative to the
Regional Transportation Council of the North Central Texas Council of Governments.
Mark Nelson talked about this item. Staff recommends appointment of City Council Member
Bagheri from alternate to the primary representative due to scheduling conflicts with the current
RTC representative, Council Member Roden.
Gregory asked if there needs to be an alternate appointed. Nelson answered that Council
Member Roden may be able to be the alternate. Roden confirmed.
Council Member Gregory motioned to recommend Council Member Bagheri as representative
and Council Member Roden as alternate, Council Member Briggs seconded the motion, vote 3-0.
C. MC16-042 -Receive a report and hold a discussion regarding Texas Department of
Transportation On-System projects in the Denton area to include the 35Express Project.
Jon Polster talked about this item.
- FM2181 North South — Utility Relocations Complete April 2017, Let August 2017 possible
earlier.
- FM2499 Section 5 —Construction Complete November 2017
-US377/Fort Worth Drive -Feb/Mar 2017 Let Date, bridge structure has been decided on
Gregory verified the roadway will be six lane divided, Polster agreed six lanes between I-35 and
FM1830. There will also be improvements to the intersections of FM1830, Hobson and US377.
-US380 Urban—Construction Complete December 2016
Design of the signal is underway at Western and Cindy Lane.
-US380 Improvement- In Town—Construction scheduled to complete April 2017
-FM426 - TIP modifications transferring funds from on-system CSJ to off system
CSJ were submitted to NCTCOG on October 27, 2016. City of Denton will receive an
AFA from TxDOT; after city execution, TxDOT execution will take approximately 30 days.
Transfer of funds will occur electronically after full execution of AFA.
Nelson asked for a final amount,Polster added it is $18 million plus but will get the final number.
Briggs thanked staff for working on this important project.
Gregory added it is an important project that has been working for 20 years and since it will be
City of Denton project we need to make sure it moves along with design and construction with
updates. Davis added that is why City of Denton suggested and Council approved to move this
to a City project. TxDOT can only build four design build projects per year that have to be great
than $50 Million. Gregory asked why TxDOT is limited. Polster answered they are limited by
Legislature. There was some further discussion.
-Loop 288 West—Aerial Survey under way. Environmental Clearance by November 2018
Let Date March 2022. Gregory asked if all is in the City limits. Nelson answered it is in the City
limits and ETJ.
-IH35N-HWY380 to Denton County line—This portion of the roadway is motivated to be funded
because the commission has a desire to get I-35 six lanes across Texas. This is one of the last big
pieces.
-FM1515 -Advanced planning and design will be contracted and managed by Denton County.
ITS has worked with TxDOT staff to develop the scope of services for this facility and will
attempt to issue an RFQ by the end of the year. Pritam Deshmukh verified that this road will be
a six lane primary arterial.
435 Express—Polster lastly gave a short update on this project. Nelson added that there will be a
notice to close the north bound on-ramp between Business 77 and Teasley Lane.
-I-35/Brinker/Mayhill — Poster stated OHL started the work on that. The grading has been
completed. Construction will begin beginning of the year.
D. MC16-043 - Staff Reports:
1. Bicycle Opinion Survey Memo
2. DCTA Route Realignment— Staff stated DCTA is delaying realignment until May 2017.
3. Matrix
CONCLUDING ITEMS
A. Under Section 551.042 of the Texas Open Meetings Act, respond to inquiries from the
Committee on the Environment or the public with specific factual information or recitation of
policy, or accept a proposal to place the matter on the agenda for an upcoming meeting AND
Under Section 551.0415 of the Texas Open Meetings Act, provide reports about items of
community interest regarding which no action will be taken, to include: expressions of thanks,
congratulations, or condolence; information regarding holiday schedules; an honorary or salutary
recognition of a public official,public employee, or other citizen; a reminder about an upcoming
event organized or sponsored by the governing body; information regarding a social, ceremonial,
or community event organized or sponsored by an entity other than the governing body that was
attended or is scheduled to be attended by a member of the governing body or an official or
employee of the municipality; or an announcement involving an imminent threat to the public
health and safety of people in the municipality that has arisen after the posting of the agenda.
Gregory- On street parking in neighborhoods near UNT
Briggs—Pecan Place Locust and Sycamore traffic signal timing longer?
Briggs - Hwy 380 East/Loop 288 exit ramp—Davis answered there is a project in motion by
TxDOT.
The meeting was adjourned by consensus at 11:36 a.m.