NERPO Meeting
New Mexico Highlands
University
903 Baca Street
Las Vegas, NM 87701
Thursday, April 6, 2006
10:00 am
Meeting
Attendees:
Doug
Powers, City of Tucumcari
Fred
Sparks, City of Raton
Harold
Garcia, San Miguel County
Les
Montoya, San Miguel County
Hoot
Gibson, Village of Angel Fire
Lesah
Sedillo, Village of Pecos
Terry
Turner, Quay County
Larry
Moore, Quay County
Richard
Arguello, Union County
Russell
Kear, Union County
Paula
Chacon, Union County
Barbara
Shaw, Harding County
Edna
Sena, Mora County
Mark
Severance, Village of Wagon Mound
Margie
Woods, Village of Wagon Mound
Betty
Medina, Village of Wagon Mound
Clint
Ballard Village of Wagon Mound
Shawn
Jeffrey, Village of Mosquero
Renee
Hayez, Village of Roy
Mariana
Padilla, NERPO Planner NCNMEDD
Chris
Pacheco, NERPO Planner EPCOG
Janet
Spivey, NMDOT
Tom
Wilson, NMDOT
NMDOT
District 4 Office:
Paul Gray, Dennis Peralta, Heather Sandoval, Thomas
Martinez, Christina Romero, Tim Chavez, James Sandoval, Martin Gonzales, Carlos
Gonzales, Jacob Trujillo, John Garcia, Daniel Garcia, Abel Esquibel, Jeffrey
Valdez, Benito Mondragon
Members
Not Present:
Carlos
Ortiz, City of Las Vegas
Richard
Gutierrez, City of Santa Rosa
Manuel
Baca, Guadalupe County
Mike
Running, Town of Clayton
Mignon
Saddoris, Village of Grenville
Sherman
Martin, Village of House
Larry
Wallin, Village of Logan
Leo
Pacheco, Village of Roy
Johnny
Chavez, Village of Springer
Jess
Yeargain, Village of Des Moines
Neva
Hascall, Village of Eagle Nest
Anthony
Mitchell, Village of Maxwell
Linda
Pavletich, Village of Cimarron
Nora
Like , Village of Folsom
NERPO
Meeting Minutes
I
1)
Meeting
was called to order by NERPO Chairman Doug Powers at 1020 AM
2)
The
Pledge of Allegience was conducted
II
3)
Meeting
was turned over to Paul Gray DE of District 4 for the welcome. Les Montoya San
Miguel County Manager addressed the RPO and also welcomed everyone to Las Vegas,
New Mexico. Introduced Harold Garcia
(Public Works Director for San Miguel County).
Main subject was the interaction with the RPO and local communities.
4)
Previous
Meeting Minutes were approved. Motion
by Hoot Gibson, 2nd by Les Montoya.
III
5)
Introductions
were conducted.
6)
RPO
Planners updates by Mariana Padilla and Chris Pacheco. Chris Pacheco announced RPO training
scheduled for NERPO at Tucumcari on 12 May 2006. Mariana Padilla gave an Update on the Bylaws Meeting in Las Vegas
on March 27.
7)
Paul
Gray DE for District 4 gave the NMDOT Project Updates and Statuses. Updated several Projects and Bid
Statuses. Safety Projects include I-40
by San Jon, Bridge replacement on NM 402, GRIP 14 on US 84, and the 3rd
segment of US 60 – 84. There were 4
projects scheduled for Colfax and Union Counties for May. In June the NM 39 Project will be let for a
section in Harding County and the Tourist Information Center in Glenrio on I-40. Main Bridge focus is on the Interstate
Bridges. I-40 between Santa Rosa and
Tucumcari. A project between Mora and
Guadalupita is in Right of Way acquisition and my not make a September
letting. NMDOT Dist 4 is targeting a
Sept Bid Letting for Concrete replacement on I-25 near Raton NM.
8)
SAFETEA-LU
Update by Dist 4 DE Paul Gray. The
Federal Obligation Limitation has dropped from 90% to 80% amount received from
FHWA due to the Hurricane Katrina Disaster and the War on Global
Terrorism. Discretionary Funding is
also reduced for the STIP Funds. GRIP
has made an impact but GRIP 2 didn’t pass so this will also create a reduction
effect. No Order for reduction in Bid
Letting Schedule by NMDOT to DE’s.
Example given was of NM 39 of a project that would not make it on the
Bid Letting Schedule. Interstates will
be given the bulk of the Discretionary Funds.
In District 4 we have I-40 and I-25.
The main obligation is for upkeep of the Interstates. According to Paul Gray, FHWA Area Engineer
is predicting a possible use of gas tax or some measure to keep the projects in
the STIP and available for Bid letting.
We will have $2.9 M of Discretionary Funds in FY 07 available District
Wide for Road Projects. DE discussed
possible effects on the RTIPR Projects and the RPO. DE said the number one road project by Union County would not be
able to be funded due to not having any available funds for this project. We will have $2 M for Bridges and around
$900k for Enhancements in FY O7. Scenic
Byways is a separate type of program funded by the Dept of Tourism. Dist 4 will look to have projects ready if
some other statewide projects fall out due to not meeting Bid Process
Scheduling. Planning will have to make
adjustments. DE then discussed 100%
State Funded Program such as the Maintenance Program. Approximately $2M available for the deficient bridges, almost
deficient bridges and roads not eligible for funding. DE urged a look at limits for the projects in the RPO to match
and meet the fiscal constraints that come out every year. District 4 has more bridges than anyone
except District 3 in NM. Discussion
followed with Paul Gray taking questions and comments from the audience. The
topics that came up were safety, economic development, and enhancement.
9)
Mariana
Padilla urged looking at other sources of funding throughout the area for
various different types of projects.
10) DE Paul Gray then went
over the GRIP2 process and the Capital Outlay Process for the last cycle and
the effect on the RPO and its process from the last cycle. Discussion and comments about Grip2
followed. Hoot Gibson of Angel Fire
stressed the importance and effect on smaller communities that GRIP2 had. Les Montoya discussed streamlining the
process to fit into the budget as had been brought up by DE Paul Gray. The DE also brought up the idea of letting
them in on the Bylaws. He felt that the
NMDOT District 4 would be helpful and advisory to the NERPO. The next discussion was about millings and
how they are becoming less and less available to small communities as the NMDOT
is now using them everywhere. Most are
used in maintenance area by patrols. District
4 will generally be keeping all their millings at this time. Hoot Gibson brought up the differences in
funding and project targets. The
meeting broke for lunch.
11)
Mariana
Padilla reviewed old Bylaws and showed the proposed changes for the upcoming meeting
in May to finalize the Bylaws. NERPO
Chairman Doug Powers recommended that we have Dist 4 personnel act in an
advisory role as mentioned before lunch.
NERPO decided to do this by acclamation.
III
Rating and Ranking Process
NERPO
Chairman Doug Powers discussed the rating and ranking process that had taken
place during the Feb. RTIPR RPO Meeting in Pecos. The item of discussion was that the discrepancy with the way the
votes and numbers were totaled. Some
RPO members had a different total than the intended method used at the Rating
and Ranking RPO Meeting. The RPO had
the same outcome for the projects either way.
Doug Powers asked that some projects that are duplicated be taken off
the RTIPR List. The RTIPR List can be
revised and amended at any time by RPO action.
Options and procedures to match future funding cycles were
discussed. The topic was the dropping
out of some projects due to them not getting funded when they are community
priorities.
NMDOT
District 4 Staff made presentations of each position and handed out contact
information.
IV
Meeting Adjourned by Acclamation.