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<br />` - ROUST®1\I • GALVEST®iV AREA COSJ~ICIL • •-`
<br />,',• ~ ~ ~~~'~;r-•~~ Office of the Executive Director
<br />•~,~;: T0: Board of Directors ~.. ..~:.s' •.;;,y~•;j.,.,~.'•;•.~ .. _.
<br />. ~ ~~FROM: Jack Steel e - ~ ~,' ~~ ' ~ '.r~~:~- ~ - ~• ~ - '
<br />SUB.I : PERSONAL REPORT ' . ... = ~ ~.~•~.:~~'~~'; : - • ~ ':.:
<br />. DATE: January 9, 1984 ~ '. ~ ';. ; :~.. •~~`::.':~.'- ..
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<br />~..••: •••, First, •I regret to report the death ~of..~•Irma Hooks, who died last Thursday ::::.:,.;;'- , : ~.;~
<br />• ~ shortly after a car accident. ,Irma. was committed to H-GAC, and had done out-.~;;~,°i ~'~~''~
<br />•, standing service this last year 'chairing our Airport Committee, whose first:~'~~`~~:•~-"':
<br />major report is to be acted on this month.:.~~The funeral will be at George H..~~:~~~~t~`-~~`
<br />' 'Lewis and Sons on Berin Drive Tuesda at •1:30 ~~~'~`~' . `
<br />.. 9 ~ Y p.m. Mayor Reid and I will.:;:~_~~+~;~.•:...~~
<br />,be attending, and appropriate flowers have been sent from the Board. ' ,::~'::~.ye:~=~~_.~'.~~;;,f••
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<br />Our January Board'~agenda has been kept intentionally brief, in order to~ allow ~ ~•`~~r'~:`~'=~..:
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<br />• • ~' plenty of discussion time on the reliever .ai rport plan, and the Houston Area'. . ~`~~'~~~~ '•
<br />Divergence project. ~ The highlights include: ~ ~ .. - ~~~~-'~~-~
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<br />' FINANCE: No problems; 1983 year-end preliminary numbers are i n, and present. 1•t~:'1..=_.-:
<br />' no surprises .: ~ _ "`~,~~;
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<br />. .PROJECTS REVIEW: Will meet on ~~the 10th- due•~to the New Years holiday. "'•The~e~~ ;''r~:::~'~•.
<br />. are negative recommendations from the staff on a state family planning pro- ~ ~~s~~J._~.:.:
<br />ject, which appears to be off target, and a statewide migrant worker program ';~.~w:?.t,~:~a,.;h.
<br />.. ~ which has numerous technical difficulties. _ .~ .. , ~Y~{:,,.. _
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<br />- ~ TRANSPORTATION: The reliever airportplan is to you for action this month;~~~a .~``'~~':.;~a'~•
<br />'• brief is enclosed. A second public comment meeting will be held on January ~ :~-:;,..°:~':~s
<br />~~ .10 at 3:00 p.m. Unresolved issues include: 'Lakeside Airport in west Harris ~•'•~ '~'~~~''~~'~
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<br />County--there i s strong sentiment both for and against, including a State ~•' '-`~f.;y :';..:' .
<br />~•representative in the negati=ve• column; La Porte Municipal Airport--the City ~:•~-~•~,,~;~~~•'~••
<br />• _ of La Porte wishes to be included on the reliever list; Baytown Ai rport--its =:~'~=~.~.:::.'•
<br />' - '.. _ pri vate owners wish their , faci 1 i ty to be included as wel 1..'-' Leaving aside the ,'-,.;.~o;;s :'=~
<br />• • individual facility pros and cons, I believe the Board should decide whether..•'~~~~~e„~•.
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<br />. ' ~ it wants to include al'1 airports which ~mi ght seek reliever funds on our 1 i st, ' . ~,•.~;a.:.• : •
<br />or whether, as we do in several other areas, we ~should~put together a list _ ~:r'~.': '~'
<br />~. which identifies this region's key needs and priorities and requests FAA~to '::~°:`~.~;`':•.
<br />` ~ allocate funding accordingly. ~ The Ai rport Committee's work reflects the' pri- ~~~=~~wi,.~.~=•t :;
<br />• ority setting conce t an .~.~~~' :~..:,, :;.'~ ~,~: ~-.: ~~;.;:; .. ,:• ~'~k's~~ ~,,,.,3,:;n:
<br />P ~ d I~srecommend it. ,~. ~ ti{ru:~_:~~:~~~~,-:•M .~.:~:.~rti:=•,~,~~.,;~.. +~~"~'~~;
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<br />-'' • ''~, One of the reli ever plan's findings i•s ~ a 'need ~'~for' more information-' i n the •~'~:~as«`~::"~=`: •
<br />- . , `.'''eastern sector of the region before designating a reliever airport. ~~We're ~:'~`=~'~ ~~:~~~:
<br />.• requesting that you approve a consulting contract ~ under $10,000 • to i nventory ., ,.~~:;~:•„ti ,;
<br />• present and future airport need and capacity, since these numbers are key- to .~__ .,. .
<br />ai rport development. A scope i s enclosed. We are also requesting approval to _ ~`~•- ~ ;
<br />solicit consulting services for an areawide transportation systems management ..::;i
<br />study (scope of work-enclosed); 'this work would identify those transportation ~•~ .~
<br />corridors which are likely not to receive .major upgrading in the next few -
<br />years, but which can be improved through some low capital traffic engi-~ '' -•
<br />• veering. Once we get these corridors identified, we could fund, with con- ~ ' -
<br />currence of affected jurisdictions, individual studies similar to the one _.~
<br />recently completed in the Bellaire/Bissonnett corridor of Houston. .' ~ '.~
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