Committees

Capital Area Regional Transportation Planning Organization (CARTPO)

The Capital Area Regional Transportation Planning Organization serves as a forum for elected officials to come together on transportation issues to recommend changes in policy and practice, advocate for legislation, recommend regional priorities, direct certain planning and data initiatives, oversee the federally-prescribed local consultation process, and collaborate with the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO).

Membership on CARTPO consists of three categories: voting, ex-officio, and associate. Voting membership is given to three elected officials from each of the ten counties within the CAPCOG region with representation from at least one municipality in each county suggested. Ex-officio and associate are non-voting members made up of officials from regional transportation stakeholders, other governmental entities, organizations, or individuals.

 

History

The Capital Area Regional Transportation Planning Organization (CARTPO) was originally created as a response to TEA-21 legislation, which called for state departments of transportation to work with officials in non-metropolitan areas when making transportation planning and programming decisions. CARTPO originally was one of several Rural Planning Organizations (RPOs) voluntarily created by Texas Councils of Governments to help address rural transportation needs. Past calls for projects in 2003 and 2004 resulted in funding $24 million in transportation projects within our counties by the Texas Transportation Commission. Projects from the 2005 call for projects were not able to be funded through TxDOT's traditional funding categories.

CARTPO reevaluated its role in the transportation planning process during 2006 and on April 11, 2007 formalized its structure, and objectives into an adopted set of Bylaws.

Purpose

CARTPO's responsibilities consist of the following:

  • Providing a forum for elected officials and community leaders to learn about and discuss relevant transportation topics;
  • Evaluating and recommending projects with a regional impact to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT);
  • Overseeing research and education on financing mechanisms for transportation and related projects; 
  • Studying and recommending changes in statutes, rules, or policies related to state or federal transportation programs;
  • Coordinating with CAMPO on transportation issues;
  • Developing a regional mobility strategy for the ten-county area; and
  • Serving as an information clearinghouse for transportation related data.

List of Members

Membership on CARTPO consists of three categories: voting, ex-officio, and associate. Voting membership is given to three elected officials from each of the ten counties within the CAPCOG region with representation from at least one municipality in each county suggested. Ex-officio and associate are non-voting members made up of officials from regional transportation stakeholders, other governmental entities, organizations, or individuals.

CARTPO Voting Members

  • CARTPO Chair: Commissioner Will Conley of Hays County
    CARTPO Vice-Chair: Judge Wayne Brascom of Llano County
  • Bastrop County
    Clara Beckett, Commissioner Precinct 2 of Bastrop County
    Marc Holm, Mayor of Elgin
    Terry Orr, Mayor of City of Bastrop
  • Blanco County
    James Sultemeir, Commissioner Precinct 2 of Blanco County
    John Wood, Commissioner Precinct 1 of Blanco County 
    Vacant- No appointment made
  • Burnet County
    Donna Klaeger, County Judge of Burnet County
    Ronny Hibler, Commissioner Precinct 3 of Burnet County
    Jim Weber Councilmember from City of Marble Falls
  • Caldwell County
    H.T. Wright, County Judge of Caldwell County
    Joe Roland, Commissioner Precinct 4 of Caldwell County
    Jimmy Bertram, Mayor of City of Lockhart
  • Fayette County
    Tom Muras, Commissioner Precinct 4 of Fayette County
    Gary Weishuhn, Commissioner Precinct 2 of Fayette County
    Ernest Kutac, Councilmember from City of Schulenburg
  • Hays County
    Debbie Ingalsbe, Commissioner Precinct 1 of Hays County
    Will Conley, Commissioner Precinct 3 of Hays County
    Vacant- No appointment made
  • Lee County
    Maurice Pitts, Jr., Commissioner Precinct 1 of Lee County
    Douglas Hartfield, Commissioner Precinct 2 of Lee County
    Vacant- No appointment made
  • Llano County
    Wayne Brascom, County Judge of Llano County
    Henry Parker, Commissioner Precinct 2 of Llano County
    Richard Owen, Justice of the Peace of Precinct 1
  • Travis County
    Caroline Murphy, Mayor of the City of Bee Cave
    Joe Sanchez, Mayor of the City of Manor
    Vacant-No appointment made
  • Williamson County
    Pat Berryman, Councilmember from City of Georgetown
    Cynthia Long, Commissioner Precinct 2 of Williamson County
    Ron Morrison, Commissioner Precinct 4 of Williamson County

Minutes

Contacts

Will Conley - CARTPO Chairman
Commissioner, Hays County
512-847-3159 (phone)
512-847-7352 (fax)
P.O. Box 2085
Wimberley, TX 78676

Wayne Brascom - CARTPO Vice-Chairman
Judge, Llano County
325-247-7730 (phone)
325-247-7732 (fax)
801 Ford Street, Room 101
Llano, TX 78643

CARTPO Staff

David Fowler, Senior Planner, CAPCOG
512-916-6165
512-916-6001 (fax)
6800 Burleson Rd
Building 310, Suite 165
Austin, TX 78760-7848

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