Call to Order

9:00 A.M. CONVENE MEETING

Item 1

Safety Briefing
Staff will provide general safety instruction.

Open Comment (Part 1 of 3)

Open Comment

Commission Opening Remarks

Commission Opening Remarks

Item 2

Consider the approval of the Minutes of the March 28, 2019, regular meeting
of the Texas Transportation Commission

Item 3A

Contracts
Consider the award or rejection of contracts for highway construction and
maintenance, and construction and rehabilitation of buildings (Presentation)
These proposed minute orders contain information concerning the receipt of bids for highway improvement contracts. The department may reschedule receipt of bids for those projects where the commission rejects all bids. Those bids accepted by the commission will result in conditional contract awards to the low bidders. Contract award conditions may involve securing funding from other sources, the contractor's ability to satisfy federal DBE subcontracting requirements, or other requirements as outlined in the project bid proposal.

Highway Improvement and Other Transportation Facilities
(see attached itemized list) (MO)

Item 3B

Routine Maintenance (see attached itemized list) (MO)

Item 3C

Construction and Rehabilitation of Buildings
(see attached itemized list) (MO)

Item 4

Design-Build Contract
Bexar, Comal, and Guadalupe Counties - Consider authorizing the department to issue
a request for qualifications to design, develop, construct, and maintain the I-35 Northeast Expansion Project, consisting of non-tolled improvements along I-35 from approximately I-410 south to FM 1103 in Bexar, Comal, and Guadalupe Counties (MO) (Presentation)
Transportation Code §223.242 authorizes the department to enter into, in each fiscal year, up to three design-build contracts for highway projects with a construction cost estimate of $150 million or more. I-35 is a major north-south transportation corridor critical for moving people and goods. Portions of this project are part of the 100 most congested roadways in Texas. The proposed improvements would manage vehicle congestion, promote efficient use of existing transportation facilities, minimize impacts to the natural and built environment, and complement other modes of transportation and economic development initiatives in the region. This project meets the requirements for design-build delivery.

Open Comment (Part 2 of 3)

Open Comment

Item 5

Aviation
Various Counties - Consider the award of federal non-primary entitlement grant
funding and federal apportionment grant funding for airport improvement projects at various locations (MO) (Presentation)
Federal law authorizes the award of federal non-primary entitlement grant funding and federal apportionment grant funding to preserve and improve the state's general aviation system.

Item 6

Public Transportation
Various Counties - Consider the award of federal funds for public transportation to
multiple entities for a variety of program eligible purposes (MO) (Presentation)
The awards identified in this minute order reflect the allocation of Federal Transit Administration Section 5311 Formula Grants for Rural Areas funds flexed from the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program to Capital Area Rural Transportation System; Section 5324 Emergency Relief Program funds to the Rural Economic Assistance League; and Section 5310 Enhanced Mobility for Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Program funds to the Concho Valley Economic Development District.

Item 7

Eminent Domain Proceedings
Various Counties - Consider the authorization of the filing of condemnation proceedings
to acquire real property by eminent domain for non-controlled and controlled access highways (see attached itemized list) (MO)
Commission findings, determinations, and authorizations for the state, by motion made in accordance with Senate Bill 18 (82nd Legislature), to acquire by eminent domain, upon the payment of adequate and just compensation, various ownership interests in specific parcels of real property that are needed to develop or improve both non-controlled and controlled access state highways, to include requesting the state attorney general to bring and pursue condemnation suits relating to those specific parcels of real property described in the attached itemized list.

Item 8

Routine Minute Orders and Reports

a. Donations to the Department
Various Districts - Consider the acknowledgment of donations with a value of
$500 or more, including donations of money, materials, services, or real property, that are made to the department for the purpose of assisting the department in carrying out its functions and duties or for improving access to or from a highway on the state highway system (see attached itemized list) (MO)
State statutes require the commission to acknowledge the acceptance of a gift to the department that is valued at $500 or more. By the adoption of this minute order, the commission acknowledges the receipt and acceptance of the property specified in the minute order.

b. Real Estate Dispositions
The commission must approve the sales, transfers, and exchanges of state rights of way and other
real properties that are no longer needed for a state highway purpose. It must also approve, accept, and acknowledge donations to the state of real property that is valued at $500 or more.
(1) Bexar County - SH 16 - Consider the release of easement to the
underlying fee owner M/I Homes of San Antonio, LLC (MO)
The district has determined that the easement is no longer needed for highway purposes. The easement may be released to M/I Homes of San Antonio, LLC.
(2) Harris County - I-45 - Consider the transfer of the tract and transfer of
control, jurisdiction, and maintenance to Harris County, Texas (MO)
The district has determined that the tract is no longer needed for highway purposes. The tract may be released to Harris County.
(3) Kleberg County - US 77 (East General Cavazos Blvd.) - Consider the
release of easement to the United States of America, acting by and through the Department of the Navy (MO)
The district has determined that the easement is no longer needed for highway purposes. The easement may be released to the United States of America, acting by and through the Department of the Navy.
(4) Medina County - SH 173 - Consider the sale of real property to Medina
County, Texas (MO)
The district has determined that the land is no longer needed for highway purposes. The real property may be sold to Medina County.
(5) Moore County - US 87/287 - Consider the transfer of the tract and
transfer of control, jurisdiction, and maintenance to the City of Dumas (MO)
The district has determined that the tract is no longer needed for highway purposes. The tract may be released to the City of Dumas.

c. Reports
(1) Compliance Division Report
State law requires the commission to establish a compliance program, which must include a Compliance Division to oversee the program. The Compliance Division is responsible for acting to prevent and detect serious breaches of department policy, fraud, waste, and abuse of office, including any acts of criminal conduct within the department. The Compliance Division is required to provide a monthly report to the commission regarding investigations and a summary of information relating to trends and recommendations.
(2) Letting Allocation Status Report
Quarterly status report on the FY 2019 letting allocation, the actual allocation utilized through the current month, and proposed remaining highway maintenance and construction contract letting for the fiscal year (Report)
This report will provide the current overall allocation status, by district and metropolitan planning organization, of the FY 2019 letting allocation and will also provide the anticipated effect on the letting allocation of remaining proposed highway maintenance and construction letting.
(3) Quarterly Cash Report
Quarterly report on FY 2019 State Highway Fund 6 cash status (Report)
This report updates the commission on the year-to-date cash balance and activity of Fund 6. The report will include original projections and actual revenues/inflows and expenditures/outflows on a cash basis.

d. Finance
(1) Quarterly Investment Report
Consider the acceptance of the Quarterly Investment Report (MO)
This minute order recognizes the presentation and commission’s acceptance of the Quarterly Investment Report for the investment of: (1) funds held by the Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, under the Indenture of Trust securing the Central Texas Turnpike System toll revenue obligations; (2) funds for the pre-paid TxTag account held by the Bank of New York Mellon, acting as custodian; (3) funds held by Amegy Bank, a Division of ZB, National Association, as trustee, under the Trust Agreement securing the IH 35E Managed Lanes Project toll revenue obligations; and (4) funds held by U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, under the Master Trust Agreement securing the SH 249 System toll revenue obligations.
(2) Travis and Williamson Counties - Consider the acceptance of the
Quarterly Report of Actual Traffic and Toll Revenue for the Central Texas Turnpike System (MO)
Report of actual traffic and revenue for the Central Texas Turnpike System as of February 28, 2019.

e. Rail Clearance Deviations
Consider the approval of rail clearance deviations (MO)
This minute order authorizes approval of applications for rail clearance deviations, which are waivers from clearance provisions for structures over and alongside railway tracks.

f. Designation of Access Control
Kaufman County - Spur 557, in the City of Terrell - Consider the designation of
four locations on the westbound frontage road of Spur 557 at which access will be permitted to the abutting property (MO)
The designation of access to and from the westbound frontage road of Spur 557 includes one 144-foot break and two 120-foot breaks in the control-of-access line to allow the abutting landowner to open three commercial driveways, and one 120-foot break in the control-of-access line to allow access for a proposed city street. The district has determined that access may be permitted at the designated location.

g. Speed Zones
Various Counties - Consider the establishment or alteration of regulatory and
construction speed zones on various sections of highways in the state (MO)
This minute order establishes or alters regulatory and construction speed zones on various sections of highways in the state.

Item 9 - Executive Session, Open Comment (Part 3 of 3), and Adjourn

Executive Session Pursuant to Government Code, Chapter 551
Section 551.071 - Consultation with and advice from legal counsel regarding any
item on this agenda, pending or contemplated litigation, or other legal matters.

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 department. 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