JWC Meeting Minutes

San Antonio, Texas
July 20, 2000

The status of the MOU is that the MOU has not been signed. The MOU is ready for their signatures. However, due to some scheduling conflicts, the execution of the MOU has not occurred. It is anticipated that the MOU will be signed at the International Transportation Symposium in Washington DC in October.

Guymas Work plan subcommittee meeting- The Guymas meeting was summarized. The Border Infrastructure Needs Assessment, GIS, ITS lines of work were discussed. All agreed to have all the states provide contacts for the GIS and Border Infrastructure Needs Assessment by May 10. This did not happen. Coordinators requested that this information be forwarded to them as soon as possible.

Lines of Work
Binational Border Transportation Infrastructure Needs Assessment (a.k.a. BINS)- Presented by Caltrans

Action items:
Approval of methodology of BINS
Designate contacts for GIS & BINS
Border Wide Application

California went over the scope of work using overhead slides. All agreed that this Assessment would be made border wide with the BINS contacts. Caltrans agreed to coordinate this activity (take the lead) Much of the information needed from US DOT will be acquired through the Corridors and Borders Flagship committee. The technical committee (BINS contacts) will agree on format and data definitions. The JWC Committee will approve these criteria in October.

A discussion ensued about either including the entire border or just the major corridor areas. JWC should collect the data border wide develop criteria for evaluation and analysis in Task 7 and apply criteria identifying deficiencies and define prioritizing

Title of study was agreed to be the following:

Binational Border Transportation Infrastructure Needs Assessment

SCT will produce a SOW the binational trade corridors coordinating with FHWA Freight office efforts.

The horizon for the needs assessment should be 10 years and not 20 years.

Economic development should be included as a criterion

Task 8- financial plan- this plan may overlap with the SCT has proposed in the financial mechanism line of work

Technical contacts be given to the coordinators with in 10 days and that a meeting will be conducted in August for the Technical Group. Criteria can be discussed and brought to the JWC meeting in Santa Fe in October

The methodology for BINS has been approved by the JWC.

Line of Work GIS scope of work was presented by Caltrans and GIS pilot project by SCT

Jose San Martin proposed using the T squared centers for housing the GIS or each state should decide where the GIS would be housed and maintained.

Preliminary discussion with Mr. Gaytan of Nuevo Leon and Mr. Barrios of Chihuahua concerning this issue has been positive as far as locating GIS in the T squared centers.

GIS contacts will be selected within 10 days and forwarded to the coordinators.

GIS concept approved by JWC

Coordinated Port of Entry Management System scope of work presented by SCT

Focus of study is the inter-relational activities between agencies and between countries. A POE will be selected in which base line data will be compiled. Then after recommendations what improvements. Comments were made about the lack of verbiage articulating the involvement of the Federal Inspection Agencies and the other states along the border. The JWC will serve as the advisory group be created or task force for this issue.

Comments on the scope of work in this area to be sent to the coordinators within the next two/three weeks.

ITS Line of work scope was presented by SCT.
Claude outlined the proposal of having a pilot course in San Diego on September 6th and conducting finalized form of that course in Monterrey, Mexico in late September in conjunction with a GIS seminar.

Mr. Lobaco from SCT-DGAF presented current status of ITS and direction in Mexico. Sylvia will forward this presentation to all JWC members and other interested parties.

Innovative Financing Mechanism scope of work presented by SCT.
The focus of the presentation is how to obtain NADBANK funding. The scope of work will be rewritten and be presented again in October.

The next meeting will be in Santa Fe on October 17 (US only and Mexican only) The US/Mx JWC meeting on October 18 & 19 at the following hotel:

Radisson Santa Fe
750 North St. Francis Drive
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
Telephone (505) 992-5800
Fax (505) 992-5865

Reservations must be completed by September 23 at room rate of $90/night.