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09-Appoint Representative/I-30 Corridor CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM BRIEFING SHEET Submittal Date: Originating Department: Presented By: Agenda Item No.: 10/14/2010 Council Date: City Council Rhonda Rogers 9. 10/25/2010 RECOMMENDED MOTION: Motion to appoint a Council Member representative for I-30 Corridor Transportation issues. POLICY ISSUE(S): Planning BACKGROUND: This item was requested by Council Member Rhonda Rogers. BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: EXHIBITS: The attached e-mail from Dean International, Inc. and Letter from Judge Carlow ACTION: BUDGET INFO: ❑ Financial Report ® Minute Order Expense $ ❑ Department Report ❑ Resolution Budgeted Amt. $ ❑ Presentation ❑ Ordinance YTD Actual $ ❑ Public Hearing ❑ Other Acct. Name Acct. Number FISCAL NOTES: REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY: ® Administration ® City Clerk ❑ Community Development ❑ EMS/IT ❑ Finance ❑ Fire ❑ Municipal Court ❑ Legal ❑ Library ❑ Police ❑ Eng./Public Works ❑ Utilities City of Paris Revised 2/04/08 0041 Janice Ellis From: Rhonda Rogers Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 12:43 PM To: Kevin Carruth; wbiard1@sbcglobal.net Cc: Janice Ellis Subject: FW: Strategic 1-30 Stakeholders Briefing Attachments: 1-30 Corridor Letter (10.13.10).pdf Would you please put this on the agenda for Oct 25 as a future event to discuss. I think we need to have a City representative at this meeting. Since I am on the COG Regional Planning group, I can represent Paris if that is ok with Council. I think it would be good to have someone else go also, if anyone has the time, desire, etc. This is important for Paris. Do you know if Steve Gilbert, Judge Superville, Don Wall received this email? I think they should, but if they have a copy, I don't want to send another. Thanks. Rhonda From: Casey Smith [CSmith@dean.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 5:03 PM To: John Addington Subject: Strategic I-30 Stakeholders Briefing Residents and Elected Officials along the I-30 Corridor, Attached to this email you will find a letter with signatories that include elected and appointed officials all along the I-30 Corridor in both Texas and Arkansas that originated with Bowie County Judge James Carlow and Bowie County Commissioner John Addington. I would urge you to read this letter and answer their call to come together this November 12, and move forward with one voice to improve the quality of transportation for our daily lives, businesses and commerce along the I-30 Corridor. As state and federal resources struggle to keep pace with the growing strain placed on our vast multi-modal transportation infrastructure, it will become increasingly important that key stakeholders - including elected officials, appointed leaders, planners, academia, and the business community - become and remain actively involved in identifying the areas of greatest need while leveraging scarce public and private funds to achieve the greatest possible impact. The I-30 Corridor represents not only a geographic area, but one of the nation's key strategic corridors linking together vital communities, providing valuable and efficient transportation of goods and people, and generating a great deal of commerce and economic activity in Texas and Arkansas. This Corridor also represents great promise of untapped potential. I hope you will read this letter and join with other members along the I-30 Corridor on November 12 in the City of Texarkana for an open meeting at 10:00am. The meeting will go until 12:00 noon at which time there will be a lunch with Congressman Ralph Hall as the speaker. Following lunch will be a meeting of TEX-21, the statewide transportation advocacy group, which you are encouraged to stay for and will include the insights of transportation leaders from the entire two-state region and from across the State of Texas. The whole day will come to a close at 3:00pm. There will be more information to come on both of the meetings. We hope to see you there and look forward to working with you to lift up the needs and champion the benefits of the I-30 Corridor. Please contact Casey Smith with TEX-21's Public Policy Consultants at Dean International, Inc. should you have any questions or wish to RSVP at 214- 750-0123 or csmith(&dean.net Casey Smith 1 0044 Public Policy Consultant Dean International, Inc. 214.750.0123 csmith@dean.net 2 0043 ZHE BOpy~F~OG Lisa Thomas, Chief Deputy Bowie County Courthouse 903-628-6718 0 P.O. Box 248 903-798-3040 710 James Bowie Drive 903-628-6719 Fax New Boston, TX 75570 •#1t JUDGE JAMES M. CARLOW COUNTYJUDGE BOWIE COUNTY October 13. 2010 RE: Strategic Meeting on Improving Transportation within the 1-30 Corridor Dear Friends and Colleagues: As state and federal resources struggle to keep pace with the growing strain placed on our vast multi-modal transportation infrastructure, it will become increasingly important that key stakeholders - including elected officials, appointed leaders, planners, academia, and the business community - become and remain actively involved in identifying the areas of greatest need while leveraging scarce public and private funds to achieve the greatest possible impact. The broadly defined I-30 Corridor represents not only a geographic area, but one of the nation"s key strategic corridors linking together vital communities, providing valuable and efficient transportation of goods and people, and generating a great deal of commerce and economic activity in Texas and Arkansas. This Corridor also represents great promise of untapped potential. While the economy is currently strained, it is not slowing the growth of our region. The population of Texas is currently at nearly 25 million and is expected to explode to 51.7 million people in the next 30 years, with Arkansas" population increasing by nearly 30% over the next 15 years. Our Corridor is uniquely positioned to benefit from this massive growth and the resulting increased movement of goods and services to and through North Texas and Arkansas along 1-30. We have an opportunity and obligation to come together to discuss, plan, organize, and take decisive action to ensure that everyone along the Corridor can see greater success for our communities. Additionally, high-speed intercity passenger rail routes are being advocated and selected. Will I-30 be the route chosen or will we be bypassed? In the coming 82°a Session of the Texas Legislature, Austin will take up transportation funding strategies, the authority of the state to build toll roads through Comprehensive Development Agreements, and TxDOT will be under 0044 Sunset Review for the second consecutive session. Is there a strong voice to advocate for the needs of the I-30 Corridor on these issues? On April 14, 2014 the greatly expanded and enlarged Panama Canal will be christened. This event will be as consequential to trade and commerce as the original opening of the Panama Canal in 1914. Will the elected and appointed officials and business leaders along I-30 be prepared to capitalize on these opportunities and to mitigate any potential downside of that expansion? These and many, many other issues need to be discussed and a vehicle needs to be established to move them forward. It is important that we identify the issues and advocate for them collectively and in unison, in Austin, Little Rock, and Washington, DC. Those of us that have signed this letter feel that it is time for us to take action. We are pleased that Rick Stopfer, TEX-21 Chairman and Deputy Mayor Pro Tem for the City of Irving, based on the strength of the existing TEX-21 members along this corridor, has agreed to help us utilize an opportunity to partner with TEX-21 as we seek to create a strong, sustained focus on trade and commerce along the 1-30 Corridor. If there is enough interest expressed from those of us within the Corridor, then Rick Stopfer will move to create a TEX-21 I-30 Corridor Task Force which will be formed to specifically address the issues and opportunities along 1-30. This could give us one voice, and a stronger presence, in Austin, Little Rock, and Washington at this critical time. On Friday, November 12 from 10:00 AM until 12:00 Noon in the City of Texarkana, Texas, Bowie County Judge James Carlow and Bowie County Commissioner John Addington, along with key stakeholders from across the I-30 Corridor will host and conduct a strategic planning meeting to begin this exciting initiative aimed at maximizing the myriad surface transportation opportunities available within the 1-30 Corridor. As a recognized leader in this region, your participation at this first meeting is of vital importance and would be greatly appreciated. Following this planning meeting, the Board of Directors of Transportation Excellence for the 21 Century (TEX-21 ) will conduct its Fall Quarterly Meeting over lunch and through 3:00 PM. You are invited and encouraged to attend and participate in this TEX-21 lunch and meeting along with stakeholders from across the State of Texas to discuss and determine the ways in which TEX-21's ongoing work can, and will, contribute to the development of sound transportation policies and a sustainable revenue source to ensure that these policies have the greatest impact. TEX-21 has also confirmed that TEX-21 Congressional Caucus member and long-time 1-30 champion Congressman Ralph Hall will attend and address those at this meeting and will keep in close contact with Congressman Hall's district leadership as the date nears. 0045 Should you have any questions, please feel free to call any of the undersigned or contact Casey Smith with Dean International, TEX-21's public policy consultants (csmith(,~rdean.net, 214.750.0123). We need you to join with us and be out front. Call or email Casey to let him know you will be attending the 10:00 AM Corridor meeting, will stay for lunch, and will be involved with the TEX-21 meeting immediately following. We look forward to seeing you on November 12`x' and working with you to realize the full potential of the entire 1-30 Corridor. Sincerely, James Carlow John Addington County Judge County Commissioner Bowie County, TX Bowie County, TX TEX-21 Vice-Chair Rick Stopfer Deputy Mayor Pro Tern Buddy Villines City of Irving. TX County Judge TEX-21 Chairman Pulaski County, AR David Magness Sam Young County Commissioner County Commissioner Rockwall County, TX Franklin County, TX Patrick Hays Ron Harper Mayor Mayor City of North Little Rock, AR City of Rowlett, TX Ronald Jones Horace G. Shipp Mayor Mayor City of Garland, TX City of Texarkana, AR Paul Lovier Chip Harper Chairman Owner NETEX Harrison, Walker, and Harper, L.P 0046