Quorum
=
4
·
Agenda
Planning
Committee Meeting
Tuesday,
February
21, 2012, 11:30 a.m.
DARTConference Room
C -
1st Floor
1401 Pacific Ave., Dallas, Texas 75202
(Estimated Meeting Time:
1
hour
and
35
minutes)
1.
Approval
of
Minutes: January 24, 20122. Amendment to DART Board Policy IV.14 Relating to Access Policy for NonResident Services (Scott Carlson/Todd Plesko)
[20 minutes]
3. Approval
of
2012 Service Changes (Scott Carlson/Todd Plesko)
[40 minutes]
4.
Approval
of
a Site-Specific Shuttle Agreement with McKinney Avenue TransitAuthority (MATA) (Scott Carlson/Todd Plesko)
[10 minutes]
5.
Local Assistance Program (LAP) -Program Modification Request for the City
of
Cockrell Hill (Scott Carlson/Steve Salin)
[10 minutes]
6.
*Cotton Belt Regional Rail Project (Scott Carlson/Steve Salin)
[IS
minutes]
7.
Identification
of
Future Agenda Items
8.
Adjournment
*Briefing
ItemThe Planning
Committee
may
go into Closed Session
under
the
Texas
Open
Meetings Act, Section 551.071,Consultation
with Attorney, for any
legal issues,
or
under
Section 551.072,
Deliberation
Regarding
Real
Property
for
real
estate issues arising
regarding any
item listed on this Agenda.This facility is
wheelchair
accessible.
For
accommodations for
the hearing impaired,
sign
interpretation
is
available. Please
contact Community
Affairs
at
214-749-2543, 48
hours
in advance.
Chair
-Scott
Carlson Vice
Chair
-Pamela Dunlop Gates
Mem
bers -William Velasco, Mark Enoch, Gary Slagel, William Tsao and Faye Wilkins
Staff
Liaison -Todd Plesko and Steve Salin
"DART: Your preferred choice
of
transportation
for
now
and
in the
future
....
"
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AGENDA
ITEM NO.1
MINUTES
DALLAS AREA RAPID
TRANSIT
PLANNING
COMMITTEE MEETING
January
24, 2012 The Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Planning
Committee meeting convened at 12:33 p.m., Tuesday,January 24, 2012, at DART Headquarters,
1401
Pacific Avenue, Dallas, Texas, with ChairCarlson presiding.The following committee members were present: Scott Carlson, Bill Velasco, Gary Slagel,William Tsao, and Faye Moses Wilkins.Other Board members present: John Danish, Claude Williams, Mike Cheney, and RandallChrisman.Others Present: Gary Thomas, Shirley Thomas, David Schulze, Mike Miles, David Leininger,Todd Plesko, Steve Salin, John Hoppie, Lupe Hernandez, Nancy Johnson, andYvette Martinez Medina.
1.
Approvalof
Minutes: December 13, 2011Ms. Wilkins
made
a motion to
approve
the December 13, 2011
Planning
committeemeeting minutes with no additions, deletions,
or
corrections.
Mr.
Tsao seconded the motion
and
it was approved unanimously.2.
InterlocalAgreement with North
Central
Texas Council
ofGovernments(NCTCOG)
for
Reimbursement of Operation ofHigh Occupancy
Vehicle
LanesOutside
of
the
DARTService
Area
Mr. Todd Plesko, Vice President
of
Planning and Development, briefed the Committee(slides on file with the Office
of
Board Support) as follows:• Today's Action• HOV Outside Service Area Operation• Previous NCTCOG Reimbursements• Reimbursement Included in Proposed ILA Agreement• Reimbursement for Balance
ofFY12
• ActionMr. Chrisman asked
if
an ILA was already
in
place for the HOV lanes outside
of
DART's service area that are currently being operated. Mr. Plesko replied that there is anILA in place for operation through TxDOT but financing from the NCTCOG is neededfor the funding. Mr. Chrisman then asked when the previous ILA for funding was done.Mr. Plesko responded that the previous agreement was for 2007,2008 and 2009.
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Mr. Chrisman asked when the funds for the last two years would be transferred to DARTonce the ILA was signed. Mr. Plesko stated that the money is available now for transfer.Mr. Chrisman inquired as to when the 2012 ILA expires. Mr. Plesko responded that anew ILA was needed quickly because the funding allotted for 2012 will be depletedshortly. Mr. Chrisman expressed his concern over repayment for the services DARTprovides and asked
if
the new ILA will address timely payments. Mr. Plesko stated thatDART has received a letter
of
promise to pay, but some flexibility is needed to get thefunds from different sources. Mr. Chrisman made the point that promise
of
payment isfine but a definite date or time period for repayment would be beneficial. Mr. Pleskoreplied that it is reasonable to include in the ILA payment terms.Ms. Wilkins stated that she agrees with
Mr.
Chrisman's concerns. She asked whose ideait was for DART to be paid in arrears. Mr. Plesko replied that initially
DART
asked to bepaid in advance, but in practicality it
hasn't
been done. Ms. Wilkins asked
if
any penaltywas charged for payment in arrears.
Mr.
Plesko replied no. Ms. Wilkins requested toknow
if
the contract could be made for the remainder
of
2012 with the payment languageor
if
the numbers are set. Mr. Plesko responded that the money cannot be increased. Ms.Wilkins asked
if
carrying money on
DART's
books costs additional money and
if
it isthen that amount should be recovered. She recommended that the item be approved withlanguage included stating interest penalties for behind payments.Mr. Tsao asked
if
the Texas Prompt Payment Act could be included in this ILA. Hecontinued by asking
if
once the funding source is identified
if
this ILA will have to benegotiated every year. Mr. Plesko stated that staff is seeking a multi-year agreement. Mr.David Schulze, Senior Assistant General Counsel, addressed Mr.
Tsao's
second questionby stating that the Texas Prompt Payment Act language could be included in the ILA, butprevious attempts haven't worked because NCTCOG has been reluctant to commitwithout a funding source being identified.Ms. Wilkins asked what conclusion was reached. Chair Carlson stated that
staff
isdirected to change the model being currently used to avoid payments in arrears.Mr. Danish reiterated that clauses allowing late payments should be eliminated from theILA.Mr. Chrisman asked
how
much time would be spent to keep the HOV lanes outside
of
theservice area in operation without payment before DART decides to halt operations fornon-payment. Mr. Gary Thomas, PresidentlExecutive Director replied that staff willbring to the N CTCOG the concerns
of
the Board and decisions will have to be made as tothe next steps.
Mr.
Tsao
made
a motion to
forward the
Agenda
Item
to
the
Committee-of-theWholeInitial Consideration Agenda with
a
recommendation
that
states
that
thePresidentlExecutive Director
or
his designee
is
authorized to execute an InterlocalAgreement (ILA) with the North
Central
Texas Council
of
Government (NCTCOG) forreimbursement
of
expenses incurred in the operation
of
HOV
lanes outside the DART
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