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Home My WebLink AboutCommuter Rail Committee-Agenda Packets-5/9/2008~,1t ti• off. ... - f ..:L._il~J rat; X it `-~ .- PUBLIC NOTICE COMMUTER RAIL COMMITTEE AGENDA Friday, May 9, 2008 4:00 P.M. City Hall 100 Main Street City Secretary's Office Executive Conference Room Third Floor The agenda for this meeting will be as follows: 1. Call to Order 2. Approval of the minutes for May 5, 2008 3. Discussion a. Committee Workplan b. Establishing Group Assignments 4. Adjournment 1 certify that this notice was posted on the City Hall Bullefin Board on Tuesday May 6, 2008, by 4:00 pm. 1 Kell er i~ Assistant City Manager C:it}, of. _.. __..: , - \\_.~ ~ C 1 ,~~~ f~f'XA=+ COMMUTER RAIL COMMITTEE Minutes from Monday, May 5, 2008 1. Call to Order and Introductions John Gooding, Chair, called the meeting to order at 6:35 p.m. Present: John Gooding, Fred Mills, Urmesh Shah, Linda Baker, John Paul Burnett, Bartley Butler, James Day, David Grimes, Joyce Hammill, John Leeper, Michael Muhm, Roger Nelson, Kristen O'Regan, Paul Vigiletti, Rich Hendler Absent at role call: Clif Davis (present at 6:45 p.m.) Staff: Kelly Cooper 2. Open Meetings Act Cathy Cunningham, Attorney, Boyle & Lowry L.L.P. provided an overview of the Open Meetings Act. Discussion followed regarding how to conduct subcommittee meetings relative to the Open Meetings Act. Cathy advised the committee that these are considered an open meeting and detailed procedures to follow including posting the agenda,- proper notice to the public and minutes. All members were encouraged to participate in the Attorney General's training for the Act which can be completed online or by contacting the City Secretary's office for a DVD. 3. Discussion of Committee Workplan and Assignments Chair John Gooding opened discussion of the committee workplan by calling for each committee member to introduce themselves and provide their top three concerns for committee consideration respective to the commuter rail. There was general discussion of various issues: riding the train .to understand the specific concerns, how to determine if a station is needed in Colleyville, placement Commuter Rail Committee May 5, 2008 /Page 2 on the November ballot, the need to gather public input, safety of the operation, the need to set mile stones for project planning purposes and timely completion. Rich Hendler suggested two groups be formed Public Input and Safety. Urmesh Shaw, Kristen O'Regan and James Day agreed to work as a subcommittee on developing a plan for Public Input. Roger Nelson agreed to gather information on Safety of Operations. The committee determined to reconvene on Friday, May 9, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. at City Hall to assign tasks by major categories. 4. Citizen Comments John Owsen, 6800 Shalimar, spoke regarding his opposition to a commuter rail stop in Colleyville. He sited several issues cost, passenger use, crime, traffic concerns, validity of the Turco survey and impact rail has had on the city of Irving. 5. Adjournment There being no further business, Chair John Gooding adjourned the meeting at 9:20 p.m. Minutes taken and prepared by Kelly Cooper. Commuter Rail Committee _ -- CHAIRMAN VICE-CHAIRMAN VICE-CHAIRMAN John Gooding Fred Mills Urmesh Shah 1007 Hidden Oaks Court 5400 Linden Court 7305 Braemar Terrace Colleyville, TX 76034 Colleyville, TX 76034 Colleyville, TX 76034 H: 817.503.2408 H: 817.545.6862 W: 817.658.4056 comrailcomCa~gmail.com M: 817.320.6862 H: 817.485.4112 TERM: -December 2008 fred-mariemillsCa~tx.rr.com urmeshs(a.yahoo.com TERM: -December 2008 TERM: -December 2008 Linda Baker John Paul Burnett Bartley Butler 4900 Behrens Road 601 Beverly Drive 1509 Caldwell Creek Colleyville, TX 76034 Colleyville, TX 76034 Colleyville, TX 76034 H: 817.545.6898 W: 214.755.3524 W: 214.756.1050 chovawon(a~aol.com H: 817.281.1929 H: 817.421.2858 TERM: -December 2008 iburnett(a~ups.com bart.butler(c~gmail.com TERM: -December 2008 TERM: -December 2008 Clif Davis James Day David Grimes 205 Adams Court 805 Shelton Drive 6610 Emerald Drive Colleyville, TX 76034 Colleyville, TX 76034 Colleyville, TX 76034 W: 214.224.3083 H; 817.498.1027 W: 972.302.7228 H: 817.788.2255 TERM: -December 2008 H: 817.424.3327 M: 972.632.8910 darimes001 na yahoo.com clifdavisC~hntb.com TERM: -December 2008 TERM: -December 2008 Joyce Hammill Rich Hendler John Leeper 6307 Edinburgh Drive 2100 Highland Meadows 7401 Pebble Hill Drive Colleyville, TX 76034 Colleyville, TX 76034 Colleyville, TX 76034 H: 817.481.6337 W: 817.421.8165 W: 817.798.8926 ioyicehammill(ciltx.rr.com H: 817.421.8164 H: 817.421.8794 TERM: -December 2008 F: 817.421.9062 F: 817.421.8794 M: 817.821.0005 ileeper2(c~verizon.net hendlerranci.colleyville.tx.us TERM: -December 2008 rihendler(cr~.dow.com TERM: -December 2008 Reviser! OS-06-2008 Michael Muhm 6607 Connie Lane Colleyville, TX 76034 W: 817.329.3202 H: 817.329.3202 F: 817.488.8829 mike(u~rpsw.biz TERM: -December 2008 Paul Vigiletti 604 Summertree Court Colleyville, TX 76034 H: 817.485.7417 M: 817.689.4475 eauberviq cni tx.rr.com TERM: -December 2008 Roger Nelson 4509 Dartmoore Lane Colleyville, TX 76034 W: 817.571.2356 H: 817.577.1916 F: 817.571.2335 roaert7a railnet.com TERM: -December 2008 Kristen O'Regan 513 Beverly Drive Colleyville, TX 76034 H: 817.320.9230 kristen.o(r~sbcalobal.net TERM: -December 2008 Reviser! OS-06-2008 COMMUNITY RAIL WORK PLAN By Categories Need For a Station: Will Colleyville citizens use stop? Use rail for work or pleasure? Should we have station? More research -does Colleyville really want? How does station fit into the strategic objectives of city? SH 26 Expansion affect traffic flow -will rail help or not? Need for station by citizen or others coming Talk with HOA -Who's traveling where? Do we need a station? Will citizen's use? Will Colleyville citizens use stop? What are we going to do for the future? How many citizens take Taxi/shuttle/etc......to airport? How does this affect their use of rail? Ridership for each station II. Impacts of a Station: A. Physical- Site review - H2O, trees, impact of station Station location and ED Park in ride - parking for overnight trip? B. Environmental- Noise - of equipment Air quality Funding for noise mitigation The T-Environmental Study - C. Traffic- Traffic impact -Auto John McCain site -Access issues/traffic How get people to station- Mass transit? Shuttle? Capture funding? Intersection traffic with station Other mass transit options. Transport our citizen to other locations. D. Economic- Property values Economically Impact to home owners Economic possibilities -Who is coming/Where are they going/ Are they spending their money here? Development opportunity ED opportunity E. Safety- Crossing safety -Tracks Crime rates -Riverside, NJ Safety -City PD Elements bringing to town? Safety The T-Environmental Study -safety crime -not mentioned. F. Other- Impact to home owners Transportation once you get to where your going -Then what? Buses, etc? Alternate forms of transportation Other cities on board? Does city assume liability with station? III. Funding/Affordability/Revenue How maintain station -not ours? $750,000 -Where does this go? What are we paying for? Cost and funding -initial and maintain Funding -Cap on what we are willing to spend. Funding -sales tax cap Funding for noise mitigation Kiss and Park is source of revenue - is this shared with city? Multi-City station -sharing costs of station with other city Cost -other portions of budget that would have spent on other things. IV. Public Impact Regional solutions Common and clear understanding of legal issues - The T legal reasonability's. What can city actions (? ). Range of actions as a city now and in the future. What are actions directly related to commuter rail? What is impact of actions environmental/social/economic? Provide clear information in decision making process V. Balanced Public Input Public education