Item 1 - Safety Briefing

Staff will provide general safety instruction.

Item 2 - Approval of Minutes

Approval of Minutes of the August 29, 2013, meeting of the Texas Transportation Commission

Comments and Report by District

Receive comments from area public officials, community and civic leaders, and private citizens. Report by the District.

Item 3 - Discussion Items

Discussion Items a. Update on Interstate Program Initiatives in South Texas - Presentation on the status of interstate program initiatives related to I-69E/US-77, I-69C/US 281, and I-2/US 83. Discussion will include route designation, on-going project development activities and planning efforts b. Update on SB 466 and National Environment Policy Act (NEPA) Delegation Presentation on the passage of Senate Bill 466 and on-going coordination between the Federal Highway Administration and the Texas Department of Transportation (department) on the assignment of NEPA responsibilities to the department

Item 4 - Aviation

Various Counties - Award federal and state grant funding for airport improvement projects at various locations (MO)

Item 5 - Texas Mobility Fund

Various Counties - Lone Star Rail District - Consider granting approval of a request from Lone Star Rail District in the amount of $2 million for environmental and development studies relating to the provision of passenger rail services with funding from the proceeds of Texas Mobility Fund general obligation bonds issued under Transportation Code, Chapter 201, Subchapter M (MO)

Item 6 - Transportation Planning

Starr County - Designate State Loop 195 along a new location near Rio Grande City (MO)

Item 7 - Promulgation of Administrative Rules

Under Title 43, Texas Administrative Code, and the Administrative Procedure Act, Government Code, Chapter 2001: a. Final Adoption (1) Chapter 9 - Contract and Grant Management (MO) Amendments to §§9.31 - 9.34, Repeal of §§9.36-9.40, and New §§9.36- 9.42 (Contracting for Architectural, Engineering, and Surveying Services) b. Proposed Adoption (1) Chapter 28 - Maintenance (MO)

Item 8 - Office of Compliance and Ethics

Office of Compliance and Ethics Report

Item 9 - Design-Build Agreements

Various Counties - Authorize the department to issue a request for proposals for the design and construction of the Energy Sector Roadway Repair Project, comprised of improvements to identified roadways in the Corpus Christi, Yoakum, Laredo, and San Antonio Districts of the department, and approve a stipulated amount as payment for the work product of unsuccessful proposers (MO)

Item 10 - Toll Roads

Dallas and Tarrant Counties - Designate the I-30 Managed Lanes Project from west of North Fielder Road in Tarrant County to Sylvan Avenue in Dallas County as a toll project on the state highway system (MO)

Item 11 - Traffic Operations

Travis County - Authorize temporary one-way or reversible operations on FM 973 (MO)

Item 12 - Contracts

Award or reject contracts for maintenance, highway and building construction

Item 13 - Eminent Domain Proceedings

Various Counties - Authorize the filing of condemnation proceedings to acquire real property by eminent domain for non-controlled and controlled access highways (see attached list) (MO)

Item 14 - Routine Minute Orders

a. Donations to the Department Various Districts - Consider the acceptance of donations made to the department to include: (a) donations in any form, including realty, personalty, money, materials, or services, which are made to the department for the purpose of carrying out its functions and duties; and (b) donations from landowners, with land adjacent to a highway that is part of the state highway system, to construct an improvement on the highway right-of-way that is directly related to improving access to or from the owner’s land (See attached itemized list) (MO) b. Right of Way Dispositions and Donations (1) Brazoria County - SH 288 from Harris County line to SH 332 in Lake Jackson - Consider the acceptance of a donation of land for a highway improvement project (MO) (MO) (2) Fort Bend County - FM 1463 from 0.009 miles north of Fry Road to Langham Road - Consider the acceptance of a donation of land for a highway improvement project (MO) (3) Liberty County - FM 1413, old alignment at SH 146 - Consider the removal from the system, designation on a new location, release of a surplus right of way easement and waiver of the service fee (MO) (4) Potter County - SL 335 south of I-40 in Amarillo - Consider the exchange of drainage easements and acceptance of a donation to the state (MO) c. Release of Access Tarrant County - I-35W, southbound frontage road, north of Basswood Blvd in Fort Worth - Consider the designation of a location on the highway at which access will be permitted to the abutting property (MO)

Open Comment Period & Adjournment

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