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City of Laredo And Webb County Area MPO Policy Committee Meeting, 10/20/2021
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A
A
F
B
Prepared
we
have
some
some
apps.
We
can
share
with
you
that
mr
najosa
from
our
staff
helped
us
prepare
just
going
back
to
the
former
meetings.
You
know
just
doing
some
research
on
the
meetings
from
from
years
back.
It
seemed
like
this
item
was
last
discussed
in
november
of
2019,
and
at
that
time
there
were
some
issues
with
the
right-of-way,
I
think,
with
one
property
owner.
B
I
don't
know
what
happened
that
the
discussion
didn't
continue
after
that
there's
different
alignments.
We
have
one
in
the
metropolitan
transportation
plan.
This
shows
the
river
road
project
going
from
riverbank
road
to
vidal
cantu,
which
are
now
a
jason,
will
show
and
then
also
through
the
rma
study,
the
north
dakota
city,
that
they
did.
B
B
A
G
B
Has
been
discussed
before
it's
been
studied
before
there's
a
few
different
alignments
that
we've
seen
but
most
recently
the
rma
study
has
been
the
one
that
has
studied
it
more
detailed
and
they
have
a
proposal
in
their
study
as
well,
and
now
jason
will
share
some
maps
and
just
a
brief
history
on
river
road
for
discussion.
Okay,.
A
H
Jason
also
for
the
record
with
the
mpo.
Thank
you.
So
I
pulled
up
the
2000
if
we
can
pull
up
the
images
from
the
pdf,
so
this
is
just
the
initial
extent
view
for
the
river
road
project
from
2006..
If
you
all
might
remember,
it
showed
the
river
corridor
flowing
from
fm
1472
by
la
siendas
road.
All
the
way
down
to
just
about
rio.
Bravo
zoom
in
a
little
bit
yeah,
so.
H
Is
going
to
show
section
one
which
is
the
known
as
the
section
of
interest
that
we're
looking
at
as
you
can
see
on
the
northernmost
section
where
it
begins
the
it's
lining
up
with
the
realignment
of
fm
3338,
because
texas
has
plans
to
move
that
alignment
and
the
proposed
river
road
would
connect
from
that
section
to
al
pico,
all
the
way
down
to
kilimandustral
boulevard
in
the
southern
end.
That's
where
you
see
section
two
and
beginning
and
section
one
ending
and
so
just
to
go
back
on.
H
F
H
H
It
was
in
the
mtp
1995,
and
I
think
this
is
where
this
proposal
kind
of
extracted
that
alignment
we've
looked
at
it
since
and
in
these
next
maps,
you'll
see
some
of
the
realignments
that
the
rmas
kind
of
proposed
and
we've
looked
at
as
well,
so
we
can
show
you
what's
being
considered
so
on
the
next
map.
This
is
just
showing
a
river
road
discussion.
What's
currently
existing
in
our
network
out
there,
as
you
can
see
without
cantu's
finished
out,
the
water
plant
has
a
road,
that's
called
river
bank
road.
H
These
are
some
everything
in
purple's
existing
roads,
our
industrial
centers,
just
trying
to
give
a
glimpse
of
what's
available
out
there.
As
you
can
see
anything
west
of
the
of
mines,
road
along
the
riverside
has
to
feed
into
mine's
road,
so
all
the
residential,
all
the
industrial
everything
needs
to
go
in
that
direction,
as
well
as
whatever
comes
over
from
the
eastern
side,
the
ultimate.
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B
And
I
mean,
if
you
want,
we
can
speak
through
it.
We
just
wanted
to
kind
of
show
the
land
use
changes
in
this
area
to
kind
of
show
a
picture
of
why
this
road
might
be
important.
I
also
wanted
to
note
that
the
techno
committee
made
a
recommendation
that
we
explore
all
options
for
relief
route
to
fm
1472
and
possibly
work
with
the
rma.
H
Okay,
thank
you.
So,
as
you
can
see
those
roads
that
connect
just
to
give
you,
as
we
all
understand
the
area,
there's
a
mix
of
industrial
and
residential
industrial
being
in
orange
and
residential
being
in
yellow
along
with
those
roads,
the
ultimate
goal
is
the
traffic
is
trying
to
reach
the
world
trade
bridge
for
most
purposes.
You
know,
there's
also
the
residential
areas
that
are
trying
to
get
through
town
so
again
for
just
for
demonstration
purposes
and
the
next
one's
going
to
show
that
alignment
it
no
longer
goes
through
labor.
H
So,
ideally,
your
your
road
that
takes
you
north
to
south
would
not
be
going
through
a
residential
subdivision.
It
would
just
be
to
connect
the
community
outside
of
mines
road,
so
the
ultimate
goal
with
this
is
to
remove
vehicle
access
vehicles
from
mines
road,
so
given
a
car
access
only
and
potentially
buses
as
well.
So
that
way
it's
a
short-term
relief
congestion
relief
and
you
still
have
mindsrow
to
serve
its
purpose.
H
I
I
G
F
H
H
E
Me
just
ask
you
real
quick
going
back
so
have
you
incorporated
that
into
their
master
plan?
Is
that
road
going
to
be
show
up
on
their
plant?
Their
master
plan
shows
that
road
and
I
lined
it.
What
is
this
called
sapphire?
You
said
correct
and
then
what
about
up
there?
It
could
be
that
gun
too
same
thing.
It
does
it
already
hasn't
been
built,
but
I
mean
it's
there.
B
F
A
G
A
A
B
A
J
Excuse
me
a
couple
questions,
so
I
I
see
that
you've
already
aligned
it
with
the
sapphire
and
some
other
developments
that
are
happening
that
are
developing
this
river
road
when
we're.
Actually,
I
guess
the
municipality
needs
to
look
at
whether
they're
building
the
roads
to
the
same
standard
that
we
expect
this
river
road
to
be
built,
and-
and
so
do
you
know
whether
we
are
we're
not.
H
J
I
think
that
that
we
need
to
look
at
that,
because
we
don't
want
to
have
to
measure
measure
five
times
and
then
cut
like
20
right.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
what
we're
doing
now
or
whatever
we're
asking
these
developments
to
give
is
going
to
be
in
line
with
the
future
thoroughfare
that
we
expect
to
transit
this
area
right
now,.
H
One
thing
I
will
comment
on
is
the
reason
this
well,
it's
come
up
for
various
reasons,
but
there's
been
a
recent
plot.
That's
been
submitted
for
cattle
boulevard,
orchido
middle
school,
which
is
going
to
be
along
a
cattle
boulevard
which
was
provided
to
do
a
90-foot
rideable,
a
90-foot
right-of-way
back-to-back,
but
they're
only
building
half
the
section.
So
we
said
is
this
going
to
serve
the
transportation
needs
for
the
area
technically
you're
going
to
come
up
and
have
to
do
a
u-turn
and
get
back
out
of
there.
H
J
So
that's
the
other
thing:
if
we're
going
to
have
other
entities
school
districts
that
are
going
to
be
building
in
this
area,
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
perfectly
in
line
with
all
the
entities
right.
So
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we're
all
thinking
along
the
same
lines,
and
so
I
think
the
planning
department
needs
to
be
very.
J
It
needs
to
be
very
clear
to
the
planning
department
of
what
we're
anticipating
is
going
to
be
the
the
potential
route
for
this
road,
and
so
I
think
at
some
point
we're
going
to
have
to
establish
the
actual
route
for
the
road.
We
can't
keep
moving
it
left
and
right,
left
and
right
because
of
new
developments,
and
so
what
process
do
we
have
to
go
through
to
be
able
to
just
say
this
is
where
it's
going
to
go?
Is
it
an
environmental
study?
J
H
That
there's
a
lot
of
on
system
requirements.
It
would
be
if
it
went
that
direction,
but
we
can
do
this
as
an
off
system
as
a
local
street
to
provide
that
corridor.
So
we
talked
about
there's
some
environmental
issues
that
need
to
be
done.
Dedication
of
right-of-way
yeah,
those
right,
the
same
components
to
any
road
that
would
happen.
B
Yeah
this
would
be
a
city
of
that
project
and
it
would
definitely
need
to
come
from.
You
know
the
city
and
we've
been
coordinating
with
the
planning
department.
We
work
well
with
them,
so
as
they're
developing.
It's
definitely
something
that
we
can
discuss
to
make
sure
that
you
know
that's
being
considered
and
we'll
go
back
and
check
on
the
third
floor
plan
just
to
make
sure
what
alignment
shows
on
there
rma.
J
H
J
H
E
F
B
B
F
A
H
J
B
J
And
so
those
requirements
I
mean,
would
it
is
it
more
feasible
for
the
municipality?
I
guess
we
have
to
look
at.
Is
it
more
feasible
for
txdot
to
be
able
to
give
us
some
of
this
money
to
build
this
road
and
meet
those
requirements,
or
is
it
more
feasible
for
the
city
to
bond
out
for
this
road
and
not
meet
those
requirements?
What
is
that's
a
good
question.
K
K
J
Caliber,
okay,
I
understand
you're
saying
that
we
could
allocate
mpo
dollars
to
support
the
municipal
led
off
system
road
project.
Is
that
correct?
Okay?
But
if
we
were
to
go
on
system,
would
you
guys
think
that
this
is
something
that
is
of
high
priority
and
if
we
were
to
do
that,
is
our
monies
allocated
through?
You
know
these
infrastructure
bills
that
are
out
right
now
that
might
might
fit
this
bill.
So
let.
K
Me
answer
this
in
the
best
possible
way
that
I
can
so
you
know
we
currently
do
not
have
a
mechanism
to
bring
on
system
roadways,
we're
already
stretching
it
with
bringing
on
our
child
ruth
and
joshad.
Now,
when
you
say
priorities,
is
this
a
viable
right?
I
think
it's
a
viable
route.
There
are
certain
priorities
within
the
city
that
we
also
need
to
consider.
We
all
have
lomas
that
slow
down
south
in
downgrade
and
overpass,
because
the
facility
is
coming
in.
We
have
carriers
that
need
some
expansion
due
to
the
traffic
there.
K
There's
other
needs
throughout
the
city
that
we
would
have
to
prioritize
with
those
category
7
fund
dollars
that
are
not
funded.
There's
several
projects
that
we
can
go
through
the
quadrants
connection,
now
south
the
expansion
of
3338
to
four
lanes
beyond
five
lanes.
Certainly
the
priorities
and
needs
of
the
city
are
far
beyond
the
front
that
are
available
to
us.
At
this
point,
mr.
A
K
K
F
That
we
had
involved
tech
border
patrol
on
these
discussions
because
it's
you
know
kind
of
a
route
for
them
to
help
with
their.
You
know,
duties
and
everything
is
that
also
something
we
could
explore
and
maybe
getting
border
patrol
on
board
with
this
with
this
road,
and
it
would
help
all
of
us
absolutely.
H
Reducing
congestion
on
a
major
corridor
which
feeds
into
the
world
trade
bridge,
so
they
understand
the
significance
of
it.
So
I
think
that
would
be
would
rise
to
the
top
of
a
priority
right.
But,
as
you
said,
border
patrol,
it
would
be
wise
of
us
to
go
reach
out
and
see
if
they're
willing
to
play
in
this
part.
F
I
was
just
going
to
comment.
One
last
thing
is
that
is
that,
regardless
of
where
this
project
lines
up
with
priorities-
and
I
know
other
projects
are
already
in
the
works-
I
think
that
just
for
to
alleviate
the
problems
that
we've
already
identified
and
just
to
kind
of
get
the
ball
rolling,
I
think
we
would
owe
this
area
to
actually
kick
start
this
and
wherever
that
lands
in
the
funding
and
everything.
F
I
Going
to
make
a
simple
comment,
but
it
can
be
a
complex
one
as
well
my
biggest
concern
and
you
could
align
it,
however
you'd
like
or
whoever
wants
to
align
it.
However,
they
like,
where
it's
going
to
be
feasible
and
workable,
but
I
guess
one
of
my
biggest
concerns
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
do
this
correctly,
for
the
future
is
the
connection.
So
I
don't
know
what
that
purple
line
or
that
road
it's
about.
L
L
I
Hate
to
do
a
nice
little
road
or
a
nice
90-foot
road
and
then
all
of
a
sudden
come
to
yes-
and
that's
my
that's
my
concern.
So
as
long
as
if
we
have
to
change
that
route
or
we
have
to
just
make
it
more
accessible
or
you
know,
have
a
little
bit
more
room,
I
wouldn't
mind
that.
But
that's
the
only
thing
that
I
that,
as
long
as
you
are
aware
of
that,
I'm
okay
with
it
and
y'all
are
good
with
it.
F
The
only
reason
why
that
is
like
that
right
now
is
just
because
aquido
came
online
after
this
was
already
like
the.
I
think
the
original
plan
had
the
road
kind
of
not
incorporating
any
of
that
little
section.
So
now
I
think
we
have
to
work
around
it,
which
is
one
of
the
reasons
why
I
want
to
move
it
because
we
don't
know
what
the
development
is
going
to
be
in
a
couple
years
in
this
area,
and
then
it's
going
to.
Maybe
we
won't
even
be
able
to
have
a
road.
H
A
H
H
H
H
A
B
G
A
A
B
N
And
I'm
here
with
melissa,
montemayor,
some
questions
come
up
that
that
she
has
some
expertise
on
that
predates
me,
but
we
definitely
when
we
did
the
north
laredo
webb
county
transportation
planning
study.
We
saw
merit
in
this
road
there's
a
lot
of
merit
in
the
road.
I'm
I'm
hearing
a
lot
of
the
dialogue.
What
happens,
though,
when
you
get
south
of
the
world
trade
bridge
beyond
the
fascine
property,
you
get
into
properties
that
were
developed
in
the
80s,
and
I
don't
know
what
the
right-of-way
looks
like
down
there.
N
When
you
get
into
quail
creek
and
river
oaks
or
the
different
areas
that
are
in
there,
I
don't
know
how
wide
it
is
and
how
that
that
road
would
really
transition.
That's
something
going
to
the
mayor's
point
that
would
have
to
be
looked
at
as
far
as
connectivity
to
get
it
all
the
way
down,
further
south
and
east
to
tie
it
back
to
other
parts
of
laredo.
As
far
as
the
project,
we
see
the
merit,
you
know
the
where
it
spends
off
of
aquido
and
goes
back
to
the
northwest.
N
There
was
a
lot
of
stud
when
we
did
our
our
planning
back
in
2019.
There
was
considerable
public
input
that
came
in,
and
stakeholder
meetings
that
took
place.
We
did
study
the
master
plans
that
were
germaine
at
that
time.
That
may
not
be
now
but-
and
then
I
you
know,
I
know
a
little
bit
about
the
history
of
the
the
project,
if
you're
trying
to
take
it
through
cardinal
creek
or
the
lovelock
area,
that's
a
gated
community
so
that
create
creates
all
other
problems.
N
N
I
think,
there's
an
item
later
on
the
agenda.
That's
coming
up
that
you
have
2.3
million
dollars
coming
in
that
you
might
be
able
to
use
on
a
project
like
this-
I'm
probably
maybe
stealing
some
of
your
thunder,
but
there's
a
little
money
there
to
look
at
it.
The
money
that
we
have.
We
don't
have
the
deep
pockets
that
txdot
has,
or
maybe
the
city
has,
but
we're
pretty
good
at
doing
so.
N
J
N
J
N
N
There
are
other
projects
that
a
little
further
along
that
are
part
of
my
future
presentation,
which
would
be
viacio.
So
I
want
to
talk
about
that
later,
but
but
this
is
definitely
a
very
important
project
to
that
area.
But
one
thing
I
keep
hearing
is:
there's
important
projects
all
around
town,
we're
growing,
we're
still
growing
so
much
that
we
can't
put
all
of
our
emphasis
in
north
dakota
to
at
the
peril
of
south
laredo,
which
is
having.
N
F
N
We
have
to
define
the
scope
of
what
we're
looking
at
exactly
what
what
and
that
can
there's
conversations
that
that
can
happen
outside
of
the
meeting
that
talk
about
what
working
with
the
mpo
staff,
with
the
city
staff
trying
to
get
up
to
speed
on
what
the
the
master
plans
are.
That's
so
important
to
understand
where
this
was
two
years
ago
may
not
be
where
it
is
today,
with
the
master
plans
that
have
already
been
submitted,
we
thought
it
made
sense
to
align
with
with
a
jar,
maybe
there's
another
road
that
makes
more.
A
G
K
L
That
was
going
to
be
I'm
just
going
to
give
a
quick
overview
of
what
what
been
going
on
with
this
project.
You
know
so
far.
We
received
the
schematic
and
environmental,
the
draft
document
from
the
county.
We
are
working
on
the
psme.
We
have
a
consultant
on
board
right
now,
starting
developing
our
psne.
L
We
are.
We
had
agreed
with
the
city
to
develop
the
runaway
map.
You
know
for
this
roadway
once
we
have
a
runaway
map,
we'll
give
it
to
pass
it
back
to
the
city,
so
they
can
start
with
the
right-of-way
acquisition
environmental.
You
know,
I
suspect
it
to
be
clear
within
about
six
months
from
now.
You
know
what
you
have,
it
completely
done
the
environmental
and
then,
with
that
you
know,
we
expect
another
few
months
and
the
city
have
completed
it
right
away.
L
I
said
the
estimate
right
now
that
we
have
for
a
four-lean
divided
highway,
which
is
based
on
the
schematic.
We'll
still
have
to
do.
The
actual
psne
is
52.4
now,
based
on
the
afas
with
the
county
and
the
city
we
have
about
50
million
dollars,
so
was
to
have
to
bring
additional
funds
through
a
a
updater
or
a
minor
a
phase
to
increase
that
to
the
final
amount.
We
are
maybe
able
to
do
that
right
now
or
we
might
wait
until
we
get
a
closer
estimate
on
the
psne
to
have
the
correct.
L
L
D
E
L
L
F
L
K
So
roberto,
if
you
don't
mind
congressman
perez,
you
know.
Certainly
new
funds
that
are
coming
available
are
always
going
to
be.
Welcome,
not
necessarily
means
that
we
can
speed
it
up
by
a
year.
There's
processes
that
we
have
to
go
through.
Of
course,
we
have
to
go
through
environmental
clearance.
We
did
receive
the
draft
environment
from
the
city
on
may
21st
emphasis
on
draft.
So
that's
what
has
to
be
completed
once
the
environmental
process
is
completed.
We
cannot
start
on
the
right
way
until
we
clear
the
environmental
right
away
on
that.
G
E
K
Again,
if
you
can
recall
during
the
initial
conversion
over
to
texas,
when
we
took
it
over
in
may,
the
city
or
the
county,
I
believe,
was
coming
to
for
additional
funds
to
complete
the
right
of
way.
At
that
point,
we
made
the
decision
to
accept
that
we
would
take
it.
Take
it
on.
We
did
get
a
draft.
It
was
not
a
complete
environment,
so
we're
still
working
on
that
environment
to
get
it
clear
it
is
projected
to
march.
We
cannot
I'm
sorry.
A
K
A
G
K
F
K
E
Well,
I
think
we
did
this
last
time
we
spoke
about
breaking
it
into
phases.
Do
we
have
environmental
done
where
I
know
there
were
some
issues
where
they
had
to
go
back
and
do
additional
studies
on
environmental?
Is
there
a
stretch
that
has
no
issues
that
we
can
say?
Environmental
is
terminated.
You
know
it's
done
here,
so
we.
K
K
K
It's
not
going
to
benefit
us
anymore,
to
break
it
into
smaller
pieces.
We're
going
to
do
it
as
one
whole
piece,
and
this
is
a
schedule
that
we
got.
This
is
a
schedule
we're
going
to
move
forward.
I
would
like
to
remind
everybody
that
when
we
started
this
entire
process,
the
letting
date
for
this
project
was
may
of
23..
Nothing
has
changed
from
2016
when
the
initial
afa
was
signed
between
texas
and
webcam.
G
A
J
K
K
A
D
E
D
D
Like
mr
salazar
mentioned,
we
will
try
our
best
to
see
how
we
can
expedite
the
development
of
the
ps
and
e.
It
may
not
be
like,
like
mrs
said
eventually,
in
a
year,
it
may
be
able
to
move
up
a
couple
months,
but
all
that
is
going
to
be
contingent
upon
the
environment
being
cleared
and
the
right-of-way
being
acquired
as
quickly
as
possible.
Again
that
right-of-way
process
is
being
acquired
by
the
city
right
so
again,.
A
J
D
So
so,
just
to
explain
we're
on
that
process
when
we
get
the
schematic
that
schematic
has
a
right-of-way
footprint
right
now,
it's
our
job
with
our
new
engineers
that
are
on
board
they're,
verifying
that
footprint
to
make
sure
that
that
is
actually
the
final
final
footprint.
That's
going
to
be
needed
because,
as
the
mayor
mentioned,
you
don't
want
to
go
and
start
acquiring
right
away
at
this
moment
and
then
come
back
later
and
find
out
that
doing.
D
K
F
The
reason
why
I
said
that
is
because
that
was
the
response
last
time
was
that
the
funds
weren't
going
to
come
online
until
2023.
So
that's
what
kind
of
kick
started.
The
comments
was
well.
If
you're
waiting
on
the
2023
funding
for
the
lending,
then
maybe
we
can
put
some
funding
up
front
to
kind
of
you
know
substitute
that
deficiency
and
that's
what
kick-started
it
so
now
the
comment
they're
saying,
is
a
little
different
than
what
was
said
last
time.
F
K
Absolutely-
and
I
totally
agree
with
you
if
you
know
for
some
unforeseen
reason,
we
expedite
this
project,
even
by
six
months
to
a
year.
We
would
definitely
come
back
and
ask
for
additional
funds
and
maybe
trade
out
with
the
current
project
that
we
have
in
the
utp
right
now
to
get
this
project
to
lending.
But,
yes,
we
would
definitely
do
that.
A
Awesome,
okay,
so
you're
open
to
that
there's
a
chance.
Okay!
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much.
Moving
on
to
the
presentation,
an
update
by
texas,
a
m
transportation
institute,
otherwise
known
as
tts
on
the
ongoing
npo
process
review.
Responsible
action.
Yes
welcome
to
your
name
for
the
record.
Please.
M
B
M
Again,
bill
frawley
with
the
texas,
a
m
transportation
institute.
Just
so
you
know,
I've
only
got
about
eight
or
nine
slides
that
I'm
going
to
work
through.
Just
to
give
you
an
update
of
the
progress
that
we're
making
on
our
mpo
process
review
and
the
current
steps
and
the
next
steps
and
I'll
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
and
have
any
discussion
you
desire
just
want
to
be
respectful
of
your
time,
just
as
a
reminder,
our
review
methodology.
M
M
Just
real
briefly.
I
took
this
picture
yesterday
at
the
transit
building
and
I'll
always
enjoy
when
I
go
to
cities
and
find
something
that
they're
have
the
first
of
or
the
best
of
the
largest
and
having
the
first
electric
railway
system
west
of
the
mississippi
river.
I
thought
that
was
just
really
kind
of
important
for
the
history
of
the
city
in
the
area.
M
So
remember,
the
review
purpose
is
to
look
at
the
relationship
between
the
mpo
and
the
fiscal
agent,
looking
at
organizational
chart
and
hierarchy
who
would
report
to
whom
who's
going
to
be
responsible
for
various
things.
One
of
the
issues
that
we're
looking
at
is
the
mpo
bylaws.
What
do
the
bylaws
allow?
What
do
they
prohibit?
M
There's
also
a
document
called
the
tech
stock
planning,
contractor
planning
agreement
and
there's
some
things
in
there
that
have
to
be
modified,
possibly
as
part
of
this
whole
process
and
we'll
go
into
some
details
on
that.
But
so
that's
one
of
the
things
we're
also
looking
at
another
thing
too,
is
the
fiscal
agent
and
there's
been
some
discussion
in
the
past
and
based
on
the
discussions
I've
had
with
the
mayor
county
judge,
other
city
leadership,
the
mpo
staff.
M
Everyone,
I
think,
is
in
agreement
it's
best
to
leave
the
fiscal
agent
be
in
the
city
of
laredo,
and
that
makes
the
most
sense
overall
anyway.
But
I
think
there's
been
enough
open
discussion
about
that
that
we
feel
good
moving
forward
with
that
recommendation
overall,
but
as
a
fiscal
agent,
there
will
be
the
need
to
just
develop.
What's
called
a
memorandum
of
understanding,
what
are
the
fiscal
agent
roles?
M
All
of
this,
the
main
goal
is
this
bottom
line
down
here,
ensure
an
efficient
process,
that's
in
compliance
with
federal
and
state
requirements
that
result
in
success
for
the
mpo
and
one
of
the
things
I
take
very
personally
when
I
go
to
any
of
the
mpos
is
I
always
tell
the
staff
policy
more
tech.
I
want
this
mpo
to
shine.
I
want
to
help
this
npo
get
to
where
it
needs
to
be
and,
and
just
be,
the
best
of
that
they
can
be.
So
that's
the
ultimate
purpose.
M
So
the
progress
today
and
again,
if
anyone
has
a
question
along
the
way,
please
let
me
know
I
don't
mind
being
interrupted
or
whatever.
So
if
I
go
too
fast,
please
tell
me,
but
again,
we've
developed
that
staff
level
working
group
consisting
of
mpo
txdot
federal
highway
staff.
We've
had
multiple
work
sessions
with
the
work
group
and
the
staff
we've
identified.
The
overall
mpo
status
and
part
of
that
is
looking
at
okay.
Where
is
the
mpo?
M
Now,
in
the
recent
months
years,
there's
been
some
additional
hiring
some
staff
positions
designated
people,
kind
of
moved
from
city
planning
to
the
mpo
and
there's
you
know
different
words
have
been
kind
of
tossed
around
whether
it's
independence,
autonomy
separation,
but
the
mpo
is
functioning
as
an
npo
should
and
there's
a
good
path
to
continue
on
that.
I've
worked
with
this
mpo
over
the
years
back
to
when
nathan
was
the
director,
then,
when
kirby
and
now
with
juan
as
the
interim
director.
M
So
I
know
at
least
some
of
the
history
and
that's
been
helpful,
and
one
of
the
things
I'll
say
is
that
everyone
that
I've
worked
with
has
been
very
good
about
helping
me
with
a
little
bit
more
knowledge
of
not
just
the
history
of
the
mpo
but
the
community
and
how
things
have
developed.
And
why?
Because
that's
so
important
to
realize
you
don't
just
have
someone
come
in
and
say
hey
it
needs
to
be
this
way.
It
needs
to
be
that
way.
M
M
One
thing
that
we've
also
done
developed
a
bylaws
amendment
to
have
that
separate
city
of
laredo
planning
director
and
the
npo
director,
which
has
already
come
up
and
then
coming
forward
well
I'll
talk
about
coming
forward.
We've
also
identified
consistency
for
the
mpo
director
to
report
to
this
policy
board
to
take
direction
from
this
board
because
it
represents
all
the
entities
in
laredo
and
webb
county
that
they
would
hire.
M
Possibly
a
subcommittee
would
be
involved
in
that,
but
terminate
evaluate
discipline,
the
director
all
those
types
of
things
and
then
the
mpo
staff
would
report
directly
to
the
mpo
director,
which
that's
how
the
peers
of
your
type
of
mpo
tma
do
it
around
the
state.
So
it
brings
you
into
the
similar
type
situation.
M
You
have
a
relatively
new
staff,
because
some
of
them
are
very
new
to
the
mpo
world,
but
they
are
so
eager
and
they
are
learning
every
day
and
I
learn
from
them
also,
of
course,
but
this
is
on
such
a
positive
track.
You
have
the
great
staff
that
you
need
to
move
forward,
so
I'm
very
impressed
with
them
and
I
think
that's
very
promising
for
your
npo's
future.
The
staff
that
you
have,
even
though
again
some
of
them
are
relatively
new
to
this
process.
M
M
We're
reviewing
the
staffing
needs,
looking
at
appropriate
job
descriptions
for
the
staff
that
you
have
and
what
you'll
need
going
forward.
Looking
at
office,
office-based
needs
and
options.
If
there's
any
consideration
of
what
might
need
to
be
done
differently
and
then
again,
any
other
recommendations
if
there
are
take
them
to
the
tax
into
the
policy
committee
and
then,
ultimately,
we're
going
to
document
this
entire
process,
what
we
sometimes
call
a
white
paper
that
type
of
thing.
So
when
it's
all
said
and
done,
everyone
can
look
okay.
What
was
your
process?
Would
you
go
through?
M
M
A
So
just
as
long
as
the
city-
and
I
think
I'm
I'm
not
speaking
out
of
turn-
I
think
I've
heard
this
before,
but
it's
got
to
be
confirmed
by
city
management,
but
just
as
long
as
the
city
is
made
whole
with
whatever
monies
we
were
responsible
for,
you
know
up
front,
then
I
think
it
would
be
okay,
but
it
obviously
has
a
city
management
has
a
visit
with
with
council
as
well,
though
man
and
the
housing.
I
know
at
some
point.
We
discussed
that.
A
Maybe
the
city
planners
the
county
planners
mpo
rma,
should
they
should
make
every
effort
to
to
be
housed
under
one
roof.
If
we
can
achieve
that,
I
think
that'd
be
a
tremendous,
at
least
speaking
on,
like
you
know,
convenience
for
for
people
wanting
to
to
do
planning
in
our
city
or
radio
one,
but
that
that
remains.
I
know
it's
secondary,
but
I
think
it
it
it'd
be
extremely
well.
I
think
the
community
will
be
well
served
and
we
have
it
all
under
one
roof
so
anyway.
A
J
B
You
have
a
very
brief
summary
of
these
fonts.
You
know
through
this
pandemic
that
we,
you
know
just
that.
We're
still
in
the
federal
government
has
been
providing
supplemental
right,
relief
to
states
and
municipalities,
so
through
the
coronavirus
response
and
relief
appropriation
act,
there's
an
additional
additional
federal
funds
that
were
provided
for
these
on
highway
infrastructure
programs,
texas
received
967.7
million,
of
which
approximately
164.1
million,
is
being
designated
in
urban
nice
areas
with
a
population
greater
than
200
000.
B
So
the
laredo
urbanized
area
has
been
allocated,
2
million
341
9935
and
the
mpo
plays
a
role
in
coordinating
with
texas
optimum
select
and
program
projects
with
these
funds.
These
funds,
just
a
few
notes
in
this.
These
funds
must
meet
the
eligibility
requirements
for
urban
areas
over
200
000,
which
would
be
the
same
as
category
7.
B
E
E
D
What
are
we
lacking
yeah?
I
do
want
to
make
a
comment
on
that,
mr
gale,
that
on
that
on
that
part,
we
currently
have
an
estimate,
a
preliminary
estimate
at
the
schematic
stage
of
52.4
million
and
the
mpo
and
through
afas
with
the
city
there's
currently
50
million
dollars
obligated
so
there's
about
a
2.3
million
dollar
gap
currently
and
right
now
we're
assessing
to
see
where
that's
at
so
just
just
food
for
thought.
Right
and
10.
B
B
B
N
Thank
you
again,
jed
brown
for
the
record,
chair
of
the
rma.
We
are
currently
working
on
five
projects
they're
in
your
packing,
but
I'll
go
quickly
over
them.
Killam
industrial
boulevard
turn
lane
project
is
something
that
we're
doing
with
the
city
and
with
txdot
txdot
has
that
project
underway
working
south
to
north,
the
portion
at
killam
industrial
boulevard
should
be
under
construction
by
november.
The
part
that
we're
most
directly
involved
in
los
presidentes
is
now
45
complete
to
be
finished
by
june
of
2022
so
june
of
this
summer.
N
This
next
summer,
springfield
we
put
in
approximately
two
million
dollars
with
a
4.2
million
dollar
project.
There
should
be
a
groundbreaking
on
that
soon.
I
hope
dr
martinez
is,
I
hope,
that's
something
we're
going
to
do
soon,
because
we
want
to
be
there
with
you
to
celebrate
when
that
round
is
broken
life
downs.
At
the
last
meeting
we
talked
about
that
we've
received
one
bid
that
came
in
over
our
our
budgeted
amount.
That's
been
allocated
or
approved
by
the
rma.
We
have
a
second
bid
coming
in
soon
by
the
next
meeting.
N
N
That,
I
guess
that's
part
of
the
study
that
discussion,
that
that's
something
that
the
traffic
engineer-
that's
hired,
working
with
the
county
engineer
and
the
people
involved
from
y'all's
planning
standpoint,
the
various
consultants
you
all
have
hired
the
county's
hired,
so
we'll
all
have
to
work
together,
river
road.
Obviously
we
just
talked
about
that.
We'll
look
at
it,
something
if
you'll
re,
we
did
a
essentially
a
survey
last
year
and
ranked
ordered
priorities
that
that
wasn't
on
the
list.
So
that's
something
that
I'm
not
saying
we
won't
look
at.
N
We
definitely
will
you
have
my
commitment,
we'll
look
at
it
because
we
see
the
merit
we've
already
included
in
one
of
our
studies
again,
there's
just
so
many
meaningful
projects
in
our
community,
the
last
one's
viaceo
we're
supposed
to
find
out
that
the
goal
posts
keep
getting
moved
in
washington,
we're
supposed
to
find
out
by
the
end
of
the
month.
If,
if
we
have
funds
in
the
year
mark
right
now,
the
the
funds
aren't
there
three
months
ago,
the
funds
were
there
in
the
year
mark.
N
So
the
you
have
to
have
various
plans
of
attack
to
raise
monies.
I
guess
plan
b
would
be
the
27
to
30
billion
dollars,
that's
coming
in
from
washington
in
march
to
texas
or
that's
supposed
to
come.
We
need
to
find
a
way
that
we
can
chip
out
or
carve
out
17.5
million
dollars
in
austin
to
come
in
for
out
of
that
30
billion
dollars.
N
But
yet
we
haven't
seen
it,
it's
there's
a
lot
of
other
entities
out
there
that
are
fighting
for
the
money.
We
see
that
and
we
know
this
year
there
was
really
a
shortcoming
of
funds
across
texas.
Hopefully,
with
all
these
monies
coming
in,
we
can,
we
can
have
it
prioritized
in
austin
the
same
way.
We
prioritize
it
here
where
it
could
be
in
the
category
12
discretionary
funds
or,
however,
those
funds
are
dispersed.
N
I've
always
felt
like
there's
a
a
flaw
in
the
system
of
how
we
get
our
funding
locally,
at
no
fault
of
anybody
in
our
community,
where
we
it's
based
on
population,
and
we
don't
we
in
my
opinion,
through
the
mechanism
of
the
monies
that
come
out
of
austin
to
us,
don't
really
get
what
we
deserve,
based
on
the
burden
that
we
have
of
all
the
trucking
and
transportation
that
pass
through
our
community.
It's
a
double-edged
sword,
though
it's
a
blessing
that
we
have
all
that
money.
N
I
mean
that
we
have
all
the
trucking
we're
geographically
blessed
and
privileged
to
be
where
we
are
the
last
one
is
as
planned.
I
guess
c
and,
and
I've
heard
different
dialogue
today.
As
far
as
last
time,
commissioner
gaylo
you
talked
about,
maybe
the
rma
could
help
with
the
char,
and
I
said
I
believe
we
could
and
would
I
took
it
to
the
board
at
our
last
meeting
and
the
board
authorized
me
to
work
with
with
you
all
on
that.
N
If
it's
necessary,
I've
heard
david
mentioned
that
it's
it
may
not
be
necessary.
I
think
the
big
kicker
here
is
once
you'll
get
the
construction
estimate.
Then
you'll
know
where
you
are,
because
I've
been
doing
what
I
do
in
the
construction
business.
Unfortunately,
I
haven't
seen
things
going
down,
so
I
think
we'll
see
what
happens.
N
I'm
we're
not
asking
for
it
now,
but
at
some
later
date,
we'd
like
to
see
that
and
I'm
sure
we
I
can
convince
the
rest
of
the
board
that
it's
the
right
thing
to
do,
because
that
was
the
dialogue
we
had
at
the
last
board
meeting.
What
I
would
love
to
see
have
happened
along
the
lines
of
what
dr
martinez
just
said
is
if
approximately
7
million
it's
really
it's
probably
around
6.7
million
comes
in
annually
in
category
7
funds.
It's
what's
been
used
for
hr.
N
I'd
love
to
see
once
a
char
is
fully
funded
to
have
those
funds
come
to
viaceo.
I've
really
been
paying
close
attention,
all
the
dialogue
with
bridge45
and
the
future
bridges
and
they're.
We
have
to
be
looking
at
that.
We
have
a
responsibility
as
public
officials
to
be
thinking
about
that.
I
think
we
also
need
to
be
looking
forward
to
buy.
D
I
I
think
we're
going
to
make
a
comment
real,
quick
in
regards
to.
I
think
we've
had
some
conversations
too
on
the
side,
maybe
with
tony
on
the
side
talking
about
getting
a
a
traffic
study
or
a
real.
What
is
the
impact
or
what
is
going
to
be
the
improvement
right
that
the
last
year
world
is
actually
going
to
create
for
1472.
E
D
E
N
Don't
know
yeah
and
again,
I've
said
this
at
every
meeting
that
I've
attended.
We
see
the
merit
in
both
projects,
although
we
sponsor
by
seo.
That
is
our
project.
That
was
our
our
number
one
work:
authorization
back
in
2014
2015.
It's
taken
us
this
long
to
get
to
this
point,
we
definitely
support
a
char.
We
want
to
see
that
project
and
because
both
those
roads,
in
our
opinion,
are
critically
important.
We
always
talk
about
mines,
wrote
how
it
benefits
you.
N
Again
sure
to
end
this,
we
always
talk
about
how
important
it
is
for
the
mines,
road
and
I,
in
a
recent
conversation
with
another
official.
They
said
you
know,
chad.
You
probably
need
to
talk
more
about
how
important
it
is
to
35,
because
there's
a
lot
of
vehicles
coming
south
on
35
that
need
to
get
back
to
mines,
road,
and
why
should
they
all
have
to
go
down
to
milo
to
make
the
movement
back
north?
If
they
could
have
a
or
you
know
they
can?
N
Some
will
go
and
kill
them
industrial,
but
if
they
could
have
more
choices
as
they
come
south
to
get
to
the
mines
road,
it
would
alleviate
some
of
the
traffic
closer
to
to
I-69
west
or
milo
or
luke
20,
whatever
we
want
to
call
that
area
through
there
lining
up
with
the
world
trade
bridge.
So
it's
important
to
talk
the
entire
area
for
connectivity
all.
O
Right,
melissa
and
for
the
record
melissa,
northway
hntb
we
serve
as
a
gec
for
the
webb
county
city
of
laredo
rma,
and
you
know
I'm
going
to
refer
back
to
a
study
that
txdot
actually
paid
on
tti
to
perform
several
years
ago
about
four
or
five
years
ago,
and
it
looked
at
proposed
traffic
numbers
that
were
going
to
be
funneled
to
both
the
char
road
and
then
to
viaceo
wrote.
I
don't
want
to
speak
for
txdot
on
that
study,
I'll,
let
you
know
david
speak
to
those
numbers.
The
numbers
were
conservative.
O
Even
back,
then
we
felt
the
numbers
were
conservative
for
both
the
char
and
by
seo
being
that
1472
was
carrying
60
000
adt
average
daily
traffic
traffic
per
day,
60
percent
of
that
traffic
being
being
truck
traffic.
So
you
know
remember
that
I-35
in
webb,
county
at
its
highest
peak
hour,
is
carrying
58
000
average
daily
traffic,
and
so
1472
is
acting
like
an
interstate.
It's
acting
like
an
I-35,
it's
actually
carrying
more
traffic
than
I-35
at
the
highest
peak.
So
again
I'll.
Let
david
talk
to
the
study
that
the
texas
world.
F
O
N
B
Any
hands,
yes,
thank
you
I'll.
Try
to
be
brief.
I've
been
updating
the
committee
every
month
about
the
upcoming
audit
and
nothing
has
changed.
It
should
begin
in
november,
2021
I'll
continue
communicating
with
the
tech
squad,
tvp
office
or
sarah
garcia,
just
to
make
sure
that's
still
coming
in
november,
so
the
mpo
is
also
continuing
to
monitor
any
new
developments
related
to
the
world
trade
bridge
expansion.
The
pro
proposed
international
bridge
45
amendments
to
the
current
transportation
improvement
program
and
the
metropolitan
transportation
plan
may
be
necessary.
B
Sorry
as
the
project's
advanced,
so
just
keep
that
in
mind.
We're
also
continuing
to
seek
opportunities
to
collaborate
with
different
stakeholders,
especially
for
data
sharing,
because
this
really
helps
us
in
our
planning
and
forecasting
activities.
So
recently
we've
been
working
with
planning
staff.
You
know
mr
navarro
is
here
in
the
audience
and
also
with
staff
from
the
united
independent
school
district
just
to
collect
some
data.
They
have
some
real
good
data.
Just
you
know
about
you
know
our
students
are
enrolled,
how
many
are
enrolled
in
each
school?
So
that
really
helps
us.
B
You
know
kind
of
analyze
the
traffic
patterns,
so
that's
helping
us
and
we're
hoping
to
keep
this
collaboration
going
with
other
entities
as
well.
We're
also
nearing
a
completion
of
our
updated
draft
to
the
public
participation
plan.
Once
a
draft
is
completed,
we'll
require
a
45-day
comment
period
and
then
that
will
be
needed
to
be
initiated
prior
to
final
adoption.
At
that
point,
a
presentation
will
be
provided
to
the
committee
and
the
upcoming
meetings
for
the
mpo.
B
We
have
an
active
transportation
committee
on
october
27th,
that
is
virtual,
then
a
technical
committee
meeting
on
november
9th
and
then
our
next
policy
committee
meeting
will
be
november,
17
2021
here
at
council
chambers
and
lastly,
we
continue
working
with
metro
with
some
consultants
that
are
conducting
the
comprehensive
operational
analysis
and,
as
part
of
this
effort,
we've
been
helping.
El
metro
also
identify
potential
sites
for
a
transit
hub
in
south
laredo.
B
So
this
is
something
that
we
kind
of
just
you
know
through
this
study,
trying
to
find
what
would
be
some
ideal
sites
to
kind
of
just
think
about
that
with
the
public
and
get
some
public
input.
So
hopefully,
that
study
will
be
coming
out
in
the
next
few
months.
That's
all.
I
have
for
my
director's
comments,
all
right.
Well,.