ST9904-CS 990614Major Investment
Study
COMMITTEE
City oI Coppell
MIS STUI)Y TEAM
HDR Engmcclmg. Inc
Services
Engineering Management
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Hicks & Company
Klnllcy }lorn & Associales
NCTCOG
June 14, 1999
Mr. Kenneth Griffin. P.E.
Director of Engineering, & Public Works
City of Coppell
P.O. Box 478
Coppell, TX 75019
Texas
Departrn~n!
of~ansportation
Dear Mr. Griffin:
The Technical Committee Meeting #6 held on June 7, 1999 inarked a milestone in
the project development of the SH114/SH121 corridor. The committee members
assented to a preferred alternative consisting of a general purpose freeway with a
managed facility in the median along with congestion mitigation components.
In order for the NCTCOG to finalize thc Mobility 2025 plan for the DF~V region
it is important that thc SH114/SH121 project have an economical placeholder in
thc plan fi-om financial and operational standpoints. Provisions of this placeholder
will include an assumption that the managed facility will operate as a reversible
facility that will accommodate both high occupancy vehicles (HOV) and single
occupancy vehicles (SOV) in coordination with the general purpose lanes. Should
futurc detailed design of this facility show that a reversible facility is not
economically feasible, adjustments will be made to the alternative to reflect bi-
directional operations. This alternative will be presented to the public for
consensus in mid July 1999 as well as thc Regional Transportation Council (RTC)
for final approval in August. Upon RTC adoption, the team will proceed with the
access options and detailed schematic design.
Please review the Technical Coinmittee Meeting #6 Summary and provide any
comments or corrections to me by June 23, 1999. After this date the Meeting
Summary will be finalized with comments incorporated, if you have any
questions or comments please contact me at (817) 370-6614.
Sincerely,
Joseph W. Atwood, PE
Project Manager
Advance Project Development
TxDOT~FTW
Major Investment
Study
MEETING SUMMARY
Technical Committee Meeting #6
Date/Time: June 7, 1999
Location: City of Grapevine City Hall, Grapevine, Texas
Attendees: See Attached Si~n-in Sheet
The following summary is not intended to be a verbatim transcript of the above mentioned meeting. It is
only to serve as a summary of the topics discussed and the major points identified. Please review the
contents of the summary and notify Brian Swindell with HDR En~neering (ph. (972) 960-4451) if there
are any questions or additions necessary. All comments must be received by June 23, 1999 in order to be
included in the final summary.
The meeting opened up with Joe Atwood (TxDOT-Fort Worth) welcoming the committee and
briefing going over what would be discussed.
Will Hagood discussed the activities at the last Public Meeting. He stated that there was good
feedback on the local access alternatives and that the comments received were being utilized to
refine the alternatives. He also stated that the next major step in this project is to identify the
Preferred Alternative and that the local access issues would be put on hold while we pursue the
preferred alternative.
Chris Klaus discussed the current status of air quality in the DF~V region and the challenges that
the region faces in balancing the Air Quality Goals with the Mobility Goals. He also discussed
the implications of the air quality issues and how DFW may be moved into a problematic or
freeze status that would effect funding and construction of projects in the region.
Dan Lamers discussed the importance of the reaching a consensus on the Preferred Alternative
by August 1999 in order to create a placeholder in the Mobility 2025 Plan. This placeholder
should include the design concept & scope, financial implications, and congestion management
strategies (CMS).
Terry Watson then discussed the CMS plan which included the Transportation System
Management (TSM) and Travel Demand Management (TDM) elements. He stated that the CMS
plan would include arterial widening, intersection improvements, advanced traffic management,
access management and intelligent transportation systems. There was some discussion on
whether the 'arterial improvements should be included in the model at this time and the consensus
was that the affects to the model would not impact the decision for the Preferred Alternative.
Additionally, several modifications to the arterial list were suggested and Terry indicated that he
would evaluate those modifications.
Brian Swindell then discussed the Viable Alternative screening process and began by re-
introducing the Viable Alternatives (General Purpose, HOV, Express/Managed). The access
locations for the HOV and Expreess/Managed alternatives were presented along with a definition
of the Managed element of the Express/Managed Alternative. Brian stated that the Managed
aspect would include a freeway facility that accommodates High Occupancy Vehicles (HOV)
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and Single Occupancy Vehicles (SOV) and provides opportunities for congestion management
through a combination of three variables: Time of Day, Auto Occupancy and Toll/Pricing. Brian
then went through the evaluation criteria and indicated that based on the criteria evaluated the
Study Team's recommendation for the preferred alternative is the Express/Managed Facility. The
reversible feature of the Express/Managed alternative was discussed and Brian indicated that
based on the lane balance criteria it would be difficult to provide a reversible lane; however, this
aspect would be further evaluated as project development continues. Brian asked the Technical
Committee if there was consensus on the Express/Manage Facility and the Technical Committee
agreed. There were no objections to an express w/or w/o toll, reversible or non-reversible.
Michael Burbank indicated a need to emphasize the HOV aspect of the Express/Managed
Facility alternative for the RTC.
Gustavo Baez suggested that another Technical Committee Meeting be held before the next
Public Meeting. The Committee felt that this meeting was not necessary at this time but would
reserve the right to hold a meeting, if the need arose.
Joe Atwood closed the meeting with a request for help from the Committee members in
informing their city councils on the study progress and recommendations and stated that he
would be following up with the committee members to set up opportunities to brief the city
councils. Joe then thanked the committee for their attendance and the meeting was adjourned.
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List of Meeting Attendees
Jim Foster
E.J. Harbin
Loma Gibson
Start Laster
Jerry Hodge
Steve Gilbreath
Michael Barnes
Ron Harper
Steve Sa!in
Don Williams
Ron Carriker
Sal Deocampo
Dan Lamers
Gustavo Baez
Randy Skinner
Chris Klaus
Michael Burbank
Sam Adamie
Joe Atwood
Brian Swindell
Phil Ullman
Will Hagood
Terry Watson
Colleyville
Flower Mound
Flower Mound
Grapevine
Grapevine
Grapevine
Keller
Southlake
BRW, !nc.
DFW Airport
FHWA
FHWA
NCTCOG '
NCTCOG
NCTCOG
NCTCOG
NCTCOG
Tan-ant County Health Dept.
TxDOT-Fort Worth
HDR Engineering
HDR Engineering
HDR Engineering
IGmley-Horn & Assoc.
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