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R-00-11-09-10B3 - 11/9/2000February 11, 2002 Robert Stluka City of Round Rock 221 E. Main Round Rock, TX 78664 RE: Interlocal Agreement Dear Mr. Stluka: The Texas Department of Transportation — Austin District is committed to planning a regional high- occupancy vehicle system. The support of our local partners facilitates this endeavor. You recently received an executed copy of the Interlocal Agreement for the Development of a Regional High- Occupancy Vehicle System. TxDOT is pleased to add the City of Austin as a partner. Please attach the enclosed signature page to the Interlocal Agreement and consider it amended to include the City of Austin. TxDOT appreciates you please feel free to cal Sincerely, Diana Farrack Chair of HOV Task r ..port in our e at 832 -7195. RECEIVED FEB 1 9 2882 anning efforts. If you have any questions City of Austin By ;�V I�1,rf� Date `I -Z - Z -0 1 Typed or Pr' ted Name and Title JG5u.5 Ge rz0. C'-4/ • MAY1d -q er A • Attest 4 ` 1 • •' ►1 . • Title: ei Attest CIF rk City of Cedar Park By Date Typed or Printed Name and Title Attest: Title: City of Leander By Date Typed or Printed Name and Title Attest: Title: City of Pflugerville By Date Typed or Printed Name and Title Title: Bottom of Form 1 Ar Texas Department of Transportation January 15, 2002 Mr. Robert Stluka City of Round Rock 221 E. Main Round Rock, TX 78664 RE: Interlocal Agreement Dear Mr. Stluka: Sincerely, Diana Farrack Chair of HOV Task Force P.O. DRAWER 15426 • AUSTIN, TEXAS 78761 - 5426 • (512) 832 - 7000 Enclosed you will find a fully executed copy of the Interlocal Agreement for the Development of a Regional High- Occupancy Vehicle Facility System. TxDOT appreciates the cooperation of all the regional entities in support of this effort. We look forward to working with you to provide a safe and efficient transportation system. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact to me at 832 -7195. iCO� �1 -09- tog' An Equal Opportunity Employer RECEIVED JAN t 72002 INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A REGIONAL HIGH - OCCUPANCY VEHICLE FACILITY SYSTEM THE STATE OF TEXAS THE COUNTY OF TRAVIS THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT IS MADE BY AND BETWEEN the State of Texas, acting through the Texas Department of Transportation (State), the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Capital Metro), the Capital Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO), The Capital Area Rural Transportation System (CARTS), the City of Austin, the City of Cedar Park, the City of Leander, and the City of Pflugerville, acting by and through its duly authorized officials, hereinafter referred to collectively as the "Parties ". WITNESSETH WHEREAS, the Transportation Equity Act for the 21 Century (TEA -21) codified under Title 23 U.S.C. Section 101 et seq., establishes the National Intermodal Transportation System as economically efficient and environmentally sound, provides the foundation for the nation to compete in the global economy, and moves people and goods in an energy efficient manner; and WHEREAS, Title 23 U.S.C. Section 133 establishes that Surface Transportation Programs should be developed and implemented by the States' Transportation Agencies; and WHEREAS, Title 23 U.S.C. Section 134 establishes that Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) and the States' Transportation Agencies will develop transportation plans and programs for urbanized areas of the state; and WHEREAS, Transportation Code Section 201.103 and Transportation Code Chapter 221 authorized the State to layout, construct, maintain, and operate a system of streets, roads, and highways that comprise the State Highway System; and WHEREAS, Chapter 791 of the Texas Government Code authorizes local governments to contract with each other and with a state agency to provide governmental functions or services; and WHEREAS, Capital Metro is a body corporate and politic organized and existing pursuant to Chapter 451 of the Texas Transportation Code § 791.003(4) (A); and WHEREAS, CARTS is a rural transit district pursuant to Section 458.001, et seq. of the Texas Transportation Code and a political subdivision of the State of Texas; and WHEREAS, the City of Austin, the City of Cedar Park, the City of Georgetown, the City of Leander, the City of Pflugerville, and the City of Round Rock, are municipal corporations and local governments as defined in Government Code § 791.003(4) (A); and WHEREAS, the State, Capital Metro, CARTS, the City of Austin, the City of Cedar Park, the City of Georgetown, the City of Leander, the City of Pflugerville, and the City of Round Rock all have the authority to perform planning activities related to transportation management within their respective jurisdictional areas; and WHEREAS, in June 2000 CAMPO, the local MPO, adopted a long -range transportation plan which contains major elements of a regional HOV System, including proposed HOV facilities for IH -35, Loop 1, and U.S. 183, and accommodation for future HOV facilities on other major highways; and WHEREAS, the Parties are of the opinion that regional mobility can be improved through the implementation of high- occupancy vehicle (HOV) facilities, which increase the movement of people through congested corridors and intersections by offering travel time savings, thus encouraging bus transit ridership, carpooling, and vanpooling; and WHEREAS, a high- occupancy vehicle (HOV) facility is defined as a physical or operational feature of the transportation infrastructure that provides priority treatment for high- occupancy vehicles. HOV facilities may take the form of separate lanes on freeways, arterial streets or exclusive rights -of -way, preferential signalization at intersections or freeway ramps, and supporting facilities such as park- and -ride lots on public right -of -way; and WHEREAS, the Parties believe that the mobility objectives of HOV lanes can be achieved through a regional, cooperative approach accomplished through coordinated implementation of HOV facilities; and WHEREAS, this regional approach is to be facilitated by a multi- agency HOV Task Force, which will identify and address issues related to planning, design, construction, operations, enforcement, and maintenance of HOV facilities, and to which the parties commit to provide staff resources with the authority to implement the respective policies of their elected bodies in cooperation with other participating agencies; and NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual promises and covenants herein contained, the Parties agree as follows. ARTICLE 1. AGREEMENT PERIOD AGREEMENT This agreement becomes effective when signed by the last party whose signature makes the agreement fully executed. The Parties consider it to be in full force and in effect for 24 months. Unless the agreement is terminated under the provisions of Article 3, the agreement will automatically renewed every 24 months. ARTICLE 2. RESPONSIBILITIES OF PARTIES ALL Parties agree to participate in the following activities that are related to the state highway system, as appropriate and as directed by their duly authorized officials: • Support and promote regional HOV facility planning, development, and implementation activities; • Attend regularly scheduled working (Director's Team) meetings of the HOV- related Major Investment Studies (MIS) and meetings of the Austin HOV Task Force; • Provide HOV technical support, including research, data collection, analysis, presentations as appropriate, and provide timely review and comment on reports; • Participate in a multi- agency public education/involvement effort; • Promote ridesharing and support the development of HOV facilities through the incorporation of HOV strategies and policies into short and Long -range transportation plans; • Participate in the discussion of subsequent agreements relating to right -of -way reservation, project management and financial participation in HOV development phases, including but not limited to planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance, monitoring, and enforcement of HOV facilities; • Identify and plan local land use and development policies that support HOV facilities and enhance their effectiveness; • Identify and plan supporting facilities, programs, and services that complement HOV facilities and enhance their utilization, including but not limited to • Coordination with major employers to promote ridesharing ♦ Park- and -ride lots ♦ Express bus service • Parking ordinances that encourage ridesharing • Arterial street HOV treatments that connect freeway HOV lanes to major trip generators, or that address localized congestion; and ♦ Support schedules, established milestones and critical paths compiled by the HOV Task Force for all activities listed above, monitor progress of those activities, assist in the resolution of schedule delays, and participate in the development of a Quarterly Progress Report. ARTICLE 3. TERMINATION This agreement may be terminated under the following conditions: ♦ by mutual written consent and agreement of all Parties, • by any Party with thirty (30) days written notice, or • by any Party, upon the failure of any other Party to fulfill the obligations as set forth in this agreement. ARTICLE 4. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES Each of the Parties is responsible for its own acts and deeds and for those of its agents or employees during the performance of the work under this agreement. ARTICLE 5. SOLE AGREEMENT In the event the terms of the agreement are in conflict with the provisions of any other existing agreements between the Parties, the latest agreement shall take precedence over the other agreements. ARTICLE 6. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS The Parties bind themselves, their successors, executors, assigns, and administrators to the other Parties to this agreement and to the successors, executors, assigns, and administrators of such other Parties in respect to all covenants of this agreement to the extent allowed by state law. ARTICLE 7. AMENDMENTS By mutual written consent of the Parties, the terms and conditions of this agreement may be amended prior to the expiration of this agreement, including the addition of new Parties to the agreement. ARTICLE 8. SIGNATORY WARRANTY IN WITNESS WHEREOF, THE STATE AND THE PARTIES have executed duplicate counterparts effectuating this agreement. THE STATE OF TEXAS Certified as being executed for the purpose and effect of activating and/or carrying out the orders, established policies, or work programs heretofore approved and authorized by the Texas Transportation Commission. Texas Department of Transportation - Aust District 0 By eCc Date Texa THE PARTIES Capital Metro By enlof Tran ike Authority Division ate / 74>7 Date .kc_ f � a000 Typed or Printed Name and Title T • 1« 2, General Manager Attest: Title: Capital a e pol' n P 1 ' nization By � t t D a te 0-e ll , ZOo Typed or Printed Name and Title Cc � 1 `U-` C<\' ) a K'e-C , V 1 (� C . 1 M Attest: Title: Capita ransportation System By Typed or Printed Name and Title / � s t'2 Date k t / S ' A &— Attest: Title: City of Austin (N /A) By Typed or Printed Name and Title Attest: Tit City of Leander �,�/� By cad' -o+e u `� / [ Typed or Printed Name and Title Attest: Title: Dat City of Cedar Park �n By v Date / / ZAVLCc.(it, 7:4 UO0 Typed or Printed N e and Title Bob Young, Mayor Attest: Title: 0 Plaint) r-o City of Pflugerville By Date nLio Typed or Printed Name and itle Doyle Bridgefarmer, Mayor Attest: Title: Date Typed or Printed Name and Title Attest: Title: From: Nancy Yawn Sent: January 12, 2001 1:19 PM To: Mayor Robert Stluka Cc: Christine Martinez Subject: Signature on TTI document Mayor — Tina Collier with TTI is coming by (around 2:45) before our 3:00 meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 16 for your signature on an original document that you previously signed a copy of in November. It is an interlocal agreement regarding the regional HOV plan. You signed a resolution number R -00- 1109-10B3 on November 9. What happened is you signed the copy and they need your signature on the original. I am copying Christine — Christine — if this resolution has not been signed or if this information Tina gave me is not correct — will you please let me know at your earliest convenience? Thanks for your help. Is that okay with you? Nancy 'Yawn Director, Public Affairs, Business Development City of Round Rock 221 East Main Street Round Rock, Texas 78664 (51 2) 218 -7094 - phone (51 2) 218-7097 - fax (512) 801 -4419 - mobile nyawn @round - rock.tx.us From: Cindy Fronk Sent: January 12, 2001 10:09 AM To: 'Collier, Tina' Cc: Christine Martinez Subject: RE: mailing address Call Christine at City Hall, 218 -5404 to get the mayor's signature. Then you can fax one to me. Original Message ri Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 10:04 AM To: `Cindy Fronk' Subject: RE: mailing address Will the mayor be available this afternoon? I can't leave them there so I need to wait for signatures. Original Message Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 10:04 AM To: `Collier, Tina' Subject: RE: mailing address Anytime is fine. I'm away from the office during lunch. Original Message Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 9:54 AM To: `Cindy Fronk' Subject: FW: mailing address Cindy, I have this all ready to go so just let me know when you want me to come by, Thanks, Tina Original Message Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 1:59 PM To: `Cindy Fronk' Subject: RE: mailing address Cindy, OK, this makes a little more sense now. I see that RR city council passed a resolution and then signed a copy that they had. I don't know what Glenn did with the copy that you sent him. Patsy said we can just add Round Rock back to the list (on page one where we took them off) and then I'll just add them to the signature page. I can bring 10 copies of that for the mayor to sign if you just let me know when it's convenient. I really appreciate your help in getting this straightened out. Tina Original Message Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 1:28 PM To: `Collier, Tina' Subject: RE: mailing address Oh, I had an original mailed to Glenn McVey. Original Message Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 1:23 PM To: `Cindy Fronk' Subject: RE: mailing address Sorry about that. From now on, I'm only talking to you. I've left a message for Patsy over at TxDOT. I'll let you now as soon as I hear from her. Our fax number is 467 -8971 Original Message Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 1:15 PM To: `Collier, Tina' Subject: RE: mailing address No, my copy is not a draft. The mayor signed it. In the future, should anything be needed from Tom, let me know first. He's in and out way too much to get emails or voicemails on a regular basis. Thanks! Let me know what happens. I'll fax what I have. What's your fax number there? Original Message Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 12:10 PM To: `Cindy Fronk' Subject: RE: mailing address I don't have Round Rock. We (TTI and TxDOT) never received a response from Tom Word regarding the ILA so we proceeded without Round Rock as part of the agreement. What I have are the 10 originals signed by the other entities. I'm going to talk to Patsy Warren (contracts) at TxDOT and see how we can get this fixed. We may just have to do an amendment to add Round Rock or we may be able to just re -print the first page where the entities are listed and then add you to the signature page. Who signed the copy that you have? Does it say draft at the top? I'm thinking maybe that's where the confusion came in. There were lots of drafts in circulation at one time. Original Message Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 12:03 PM To: `Collier, Tina' Subject: RE: mailing address I'm not sure you how you got Round Rock's signed original because I have that. We have not mailed it out because we didn't know who to send it to. You may have a copy. Original Message Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 12:02 PM To: `Cindy Fronk' Subject: RE: mailing address Can you tell me or fax me exactly what it is the you have? It may be the draft copy of the HOV agreement but it is not the original because TxDOT required 10 originals to be signed by each party and I have those. This is very confusing. If it's easier you can give me a call at 467 -0946. Thanks for your help. Original Message Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 11:59 AM To: 't-collier@tamu.edu' Subject: mailing address Please send me your mailing address so I can mail you a copy of the HOV agreement. Cindy Fronk City of Round Rock Traffic Department 218 -5562 cfronk@round- rock.tx.us From: Cindy Fronk Sent: December 06, 2000 2:15 PM To: Christine Martinez Subject: RE: Agreement Tom said to have the Mayor sign it and forward it to him. He would take care of getting it where it needs to go. He said each party signed a different document so all the signatures will not be included on this document. Let me know if you need anything else on this agreement. -- -Original Message-- - From: Christine Martinez Sent: December 05, 2000 5:02 PM To: Cindy Fronk Subject: Agreement Cindy: I have the following item that still needs signatures. Can you get those for us or let me know where to send them to get the ball rolling on getting all the signatures. Thanks, Christine R- 00- 11- 09 -10B3 Christine R. Martinez Administration City of Round Rock Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute an Interlocal Agreement for the Development of a Regional High- Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Facility System with the State of Texas, acting through the Texas Department of Transportation, the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the Capital Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Capital Area Rural Transportation System, the City of Austin, the City of Cedar Park, the City of Georgetown, the City of Leander, and the City of Pflugerville. The proposed Interlocal Agreement provides for the establishment of an HOV task force and indicates Round Rock's agreement to participate in the planning process. Round Rock's participation in any actual HOV construction and operation will be established by future agreements. RESOLUTION NO. R- 00- 11- 09 -10B3 WHEREAS, Chapter 791 of the Texas Government Code, V.T.C.A., authorizes local governments and agencies of the state to enter into agreements with one another to perform governmental functions and services, and WHEREAS, the City of Round Rock wishes to enter into an Interlocal Agreement for the Development of a Regional High - Occupancy Vehicle Facility System ( "Agreement ") with the State of Texas, acting through the Texas Department of Transportation, the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the Capital Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Capital Area Rural Transportation System, the City of Austin, the City of Cedar Park, the City of Georgetown, the City of Leander, and the City of Pflugerville, Now Therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS, That the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute on behalf of the City said Agreement, a copy of same being attached hereto and incorporated herein for all purposes. The City Council hereby finds and declares that written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of the meeting at which this Resolution was adopted was posted and that such meeting was open to the public as required by law at all times during which this K:\ WPDOCS \RRSOLUfI \R01109BS.WPD /sC Resolution and the subject matter hereof were discussed, considered and formally acted upon, all as required by the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended, and the Act. RESOLVED this 9th day of November, 2000. ATTEST: L J ANNE LAND, City Secretary 2 ROBERT A. STLUKA, Mayor City of Round Rock, Texas INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A REGIONAL HIGH - OCCUPANCY VEHICLE FACILITY SYSTEM THE STATE OF TEXAS § THE COUNTY OF TRAVIS § THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT IS MADE BY AND BETWEEN the State of Texas, acting through the Texas Department of Transportation (State), the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Capital Metro), the Capital Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO), The Capital Area Rural Transportation System (CARTS), the City of Austin, the City of Cedar Park, the City of Georgetown, the City of Leander, the City of Pflugerville, and the City of Round Rock, acting by and through its duly authorized officials, hereinafter referred to collectively as the "Parties ". WITNESSETH WHEREAS, the Transportation Equity Act for the 21 Century (TEA -21) codified under Title 23 U.S.C. Section 101 et seq., establishes the National Intermodal Transportation System as economically efficient and environmentally sound, provides the foundation for the nation to compete in the global economy, and moves people and goods in an energy efficient manner; and WHEREAS, Title 23 U.S.C. Section 133 establishes that Surface Transportation Programs should be developed and implemented by the States' Transportation Agencies; and WHEREAS, Title 23 U.S.C. Section 134 establishes that Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) and the States' Transportation Agencies will develop transportation plans and programs for urbanized areas of the state; and WHEREAS, Transportation Code Section 201.103 and Transportation Code Chapter 221 authorized the State to layout, construct, maintain, and operate a system of streets, roads, and highways that comprise the State Highway System; and WHEREAS, Chapter 791 of the Texas Government Code authorizes local governments to contract with each other and with a state agency to provide governmental functions or services; and WHEREAS, Capital Metro is a body corporate and politic organized and existing pursuant to V.T.C.S. Art. 1118x, and a local government as defined in Government Code § 791.003(4) (A); and WHEREAS, CARTS is a rural transit district pursuant to Section 458.001, et seq. of the Texas Transportation Code and a political subdivision of the State of Texas; and WHEREAS, the City of Austin, the City of Cedar Park, the City of Georgetown, the City of Leander, the City of Pflugerville, and the City of Round Rock, are municipal corporations and local governments as defined in Government Code § 791.003(4) (A); and WHEREAS, the State, Capital Metro, CARTS, the City of Austin, the City of Cedar Park, the City of Georgetown, the City of Leander, the City of Pflugerville, and the City of Round Rock all have the authority to perform planning activities related to transportation management within their respective jurisdictional areas; and WHEREAS, in June 2000 CAMPO, the local MPO, adopted a long -range transportation plan which contains major elements of a regional HOV System, including proposed HOV facilities for IH -35, Loop 1, and U.S. 183, and accommodation for future HOV facilities on other major highways; and WHEREAS, the Parties are of the opinion that regional mobility can be improved through the implementation of high- occupancy vehicle (HOV) facilities, which increase the movement of people through congested corridors and intersections by offering travel time savings, thus encouraging bus transit ridership, carpooling, and vanpooling; and WHEREAS, a high- occupancy vehicle (HOV) facility is defined as a physical or operational feature of the transportation infrastructure that provides priority treatment for high - occupancy vehicles. HOV facilities may take the form of separate lanes on freeways, arterial streets or exclusive rights -of -way, preferential signalization at intersections or freeway ramps, and supporting facilities such as park- and -ride lots on public right -of -way; and WHEREAS, the Parties believe that the mobility objectives of HOV lanes can be achieved through a regional, cooperative approach accomplished through coordinated implementation of HOV facilities; and WHEREAS, this regional approach is to be facilitated by a multi- agency HOV Task Force, which will identify and address issues related to planning, design, construction, operations, enforcement, and maintenance of HOV facilities, and to which the parties commit to provide staff resources with the authority to implement the respective policies of their elected bodies in cooperation with other participating agencies; and NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual promises and covenants herein contained, the Parties agree as follows. ARTICLE 1. AGREEMENT PERIOD AGREEMENT This agreement becomes effective when signed by the last party whose signature makes the agreement fully executed. The Parties consider it to be in full force and in effect for 24 months. Unless the agreement is terminated under the provisions of Article 3, the agreement will automatically renewed every 24 months. ARTICLE 2. RESPONSIBILITIES OF PARTIES ALL Parties agree to participate in the following activities that are related to the state highway system, as appropriate and as directed by their duly authorized officials: ♦ Support and promote regional HOV facility planning, development, and implementation activities; ♦ Attend regularly scheduled working (Director's Team) meetings of the HOV- related Major Investment Studies (MIS) and meetings of the Austin HOV Task Force; ♦ Provide HOV technical support, including research, data collection, analysis, presentations as appropriate, and provide timely review and comment on reports; ♦ Participate in a multi- agency public education/involvement effort; ♦ Promote ridesharing and support the development of HOV facilities through the incorporation of HOV strategies and policies into short and long -range transportation plans; ♦ Participate in the discussion of subsequent agreements relating to right -of -way reservation, project management and financial participation in HOV development phases, including but not limited to planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance, monitoring, and enforcement of HOV facilities; ♦ Identify and plan local land use and development policies that support HOV facilities and enhance their effectiveness; ♦ Identify and plan supporting facilities, programs, and services that complement HOV facilities and enhance their utilization, including but not limited to ♦ Coordination with major employers to promote ridesharing ♦ Park -and -ride lots • Express bus service • Parking ordinances that encourage ridesharing ♦ Arterial street HOV treatments that connect freeway HOV lanes to major trip generators, or that address localized congestion; and • Support schedules, established milestones and critical paths compiled by the HOV Task Force for all activities listed above, monitor progress of those activities, assist in the resolution of schedule delays, and participate in the development of a Quarterly Progress Report. ARTICLE 3. TERMINATION This agreement may be terminated under the following conditions: • by mutual written consent and agreement of all Parties, ♦ by any Party with thirty (30) days written notice, or ♦ by any Party, upon the failure of any other Party to fulfill the obligations as set forth in this agreement. ARTICLE 4. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES Each of the Parties is responsible for its own acts and deeds and for those of its agents or employees during the performance of the work under this agreement. ARTICLE 5. SOLE AGREEMENT In the event the terms of the agreement are in conflict with the provisions of any other existing agreements between the Parties, the latest agreement shall take precedence over the other agreements. ARTICLE 6. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS The Parties bind themselves, their successors, executors, assigns, and administrators to the other Parties to this agreement and to the successors, executors, assigns, and administrators of such other Parties in respect to all covenants of this agreement to the extent allowed by state law. ARTICLE 7. AMENDMENTS By mutual written consent of the Parties, the terms and conditions of this agreement may be amended prior to the expiration of this agreement, including the addition of new Parties to the agreement. ARTICLE 8. SIGNATORY WARRANTY IN WITNESS WHEREOF, THE STATE AND THE PARTIES have executed duplicate counterparts effectuating this agreement. THE STATE OF TEXAS Certified as being executed for the purpose and effect of activating and /or carrying out the orders, established policies, or work programs heretofore approved and authorized by the Texas Transportation Commission. Texas Department of Transportation - Austin District By Date Texas Department of Transportation - Turnpike Authority Division B Date THE PARTIES Capital Metro B Date Typed or Printed Name and Title Attest: Title: Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization B Date Typed or Printed Name and Title Attest: Title: Capital Area Rural Transportation System B Date Typed or Printed Name and Title Attest: Title: City of Austin B Date Typed or Printed Name and Title Attest: Title: City of Cedar Park B Date Typed or Printed Name and Title Attest: Title: City of Georgetown B Date Typed or Printed Name and Title Attest: Title: City of Leander B Date Typed or Printed Name and Title Attest: Title: City of Pflugerville By Typed or Printed Name and Title Attest: Title: Date Ala Date 11-9- 00 w Typed or Printed Name and Title Paerae11 /'f • L5TLUEA J yo2 Attest: Acm /Aim /e-s DATE: November 3, 2000 SUBJECT: City Council Meeting — November 9, 2000 ITEM: 10.B.3. Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute an Interlocal Agreement for the Development of a Regional High - Occupancy Vehicle (HOT) Facility System with the State of Texas, acting through the Texas Department of Transportation, the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the Capital Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Capital Area Rural Transportation System, the City of Austin, the City of Cedar Park, the City of Georgetown, the City of Leander, and the City of Pflugerville. The proposed Interlocal Agreement provides for the establishment of an HOV task force and indicates Round Rock's agreement to participate in the planning process. Round Rock's participation in any actual HOV construction and operation will be established by future agreements. Resource: Jim Nuse / Tom Word History: The congestion on IH 35, Loop 1, and US 183 in the Central Texas Region is growing faster than capacity can be added to the roadway systems. Therefore, every strategy to improve the capacity and efficiency of the corridors must be evaluated and considered. We believe that regional mobility can be improved through the implementation of high- occupancy vehicle (HOV) facilities. To this end, the establishment of a multi- agency HOV task force is being proposed to examine the implementation of HOV facilities in the Central Texas Region. Funding: Staff time only at this time estimated at 8 hours per month. Cost: Source of funds: Outside Resources: N/A Impact: This project will tax already busy City staff. However, it is essential for Round Rock to play a role in the planning of HOV facilities as they will significantly impact our transportation facilities, and potentially also impact land use in the corridors where HOV exists. Benefit: Potential for developing improved mobility in the Central Texas Region, including Round Rock citizens. Public Comment: Opportunities for public comment will be provided throughout the project development process. Sponsor: N/A