Date	Event	Detail
05/21/02	Public Meeting	Joint meeting of Williamson and Travis County Commissioners Courts to discuss the creation of an RMA.
12/10/02	Public Meeting	Travis County Commissioners Court unanimously approves the appointment of Henry Gilmore, Lowell Lebermann and Johanna Zmud to the CTRMA board.
12/17/02	Public Meeting	Williamson County Commissioners Court (including Cmsr. Mike Heiligenstein) unanimously approves the appointment of Jim Mills, Bob Bennett and Bob Tesch to the CTRMA board.
01/22/03	Effective Date	Governor Perry appoints Bob Tesch chairman for a term ending January 17, 2005. Tesch serves until reappointed or replaced.
01/28/03	Effective Date	Williamson County Commissioners Court appoints Mike Robinson to the CTRMA board to replace Bob Tesch.
01/29/03	CTRMA resolution	New CTRMA board approves and adopts the “Bylaws of the CTRMA.”
02/26/03	CTRMA resolutions	Approves agreement to transfer Williamson County funds to CTRMA. Approves agreement to transfer the contract of Prime Strategies, Inc. from Williamson County. Authorizes Prime Strategies, Inc. and Locke Liddell & Sapp, LLP (LLS) to be interim staff.
03/01/03	Effective Date	Williamson County reassigns its contract with Prime Strategies, Inc. to CTRMA and gives CTRMA $250,000.
04/24/03	TTC Approval	Approves the $12.7 million toll equity financial assistance agreement with CTRMA, effective May 30, 2003.
04/30/03	CTRMA resolution	Selects First Southwest and Ladd Pattillo & Associates to be co-financial advisors. Reviewers: Mike Weaver (Prime Strategies) and Brian Cassidy (LLS). Interviewers: Executive Committee (Chairman Bob Tesch, Vice-Chairman Lowell Lebermann, Treasurer Bob Bennett) Selection: Full board, based on executive committee recommendation.
05/28/03	CTRMA resolution	Selects Peña Swayze & Co, LLP to provide accounting services. Reviewers: None – no responses received. Interviewers: No formal interviews – no candidates to interview. Selection: Full board approval based on executive committee recommendation (Tesch, Lebermann, Bennett).
06/04/03	Effective Date	Travis County pays $250,000 to CTRMA.
06/25/03	CTRMA resolution	Directs interim staff to publish posting for Executive Director position.
07/15/03	CTRMA resolutions	Approves the selection of Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP as general counsel. Reviewer: Mike Weaver (Prime Strategies) Interviews: No in-person interviews were required. Selection: Full board approval based on executive committee recommendation (Tesch, Lebermann, Bennett). Approves the selection of HNTB as general engineering consultant. Reviewers: Mike Weaver (Prime Strategies) and Brian Cassidy (LLS) – scoring performed. Interviewers: Executive Committee (Tesch, Lebermann, Bennett) – scoring performed. Selection: Full board approval based on executive committee recommendation.
09/24/03	CTRMA resolution	Approves the selection of UBS Financial Services, Inc. as senior manager of the U.S. 183-A Investment Banking Team, along with JP Morgan Securities, Morgan Stanley, First Albany, Southwest Securities, Estrada Hinojosa & Co., Inc., and Siebert, Brandford, Shank & Co. Reviewers: financial advisors (First Southwest Company and D. Ladd Pattillo & Associates). Interviewers: Full board. Selection: Full board.
09/30/03	Effective Date	Williamson County pays CTRMA $300,000.
10/16/03	CTRMA resolution	Travis County pays CTRMA $300,000 and asks CTRMA to use “best efforts to develop a Travis County project second.”
11/05/03	CTRMA resolutions	Accepts the resignation of Mike Weaver as interim executive director and appoints Brian Cassidy in his place. Selects Williamson County Commissioner Mike Heiligenstein as executive director. Reviewers: Mike Weaver (Prime Strategies), Brian Cassidy (LLS), Bob Bennett (board member), Joanne Land (consultant). Interviewers: Telephone interviews of six semi-finalists (same as reviewers). Selection: Full board, based on resumes and in-person interviews of three finalists.
12/17/03	CTRMA resolution	Selects Vinson & Elkins LLP as bond counsel. Reviewers: financial advisors (First Southwest Company and D. Ladd Pattillo & Associates). Interviewers: executive committee (Tesch, Lebermann, Bennett). Selection: Full board.
12/30/03	Effective Date	CTRMA board member Mike Robinson submits resignation to Williamson County Commissioners Court.
02/01/04	Effective Date (Grier-Bankett)	Master Agreement between HNTB and Grier-Bankett Consulting, Inc.
02/17/04	Effective Date	Williamson County Commissioners Court appoints David Singleton to the CTRMA board to replace Mike Robinson.
02/25/04	CTRMA resolution	Approves the short-list of finalists (Austin Flatiron, Hill Country Constructors and San Gabriel River Constructors) recommended by the executive director and evaluation committee for US 183-A Comprehensive Development Agreement.
05/05/04	CTRMA resolution	Directs staff to publish the posting for Chief Financial Officer and Public Information Officer.
05/26/04	CTRMA resolution	Directs staff to publish posting for Chief Operations Officer. (Delayed to December 2004 and reposted January 2005.)
06/30/04	CTRMA resolutions	Authorizes staff to submit a TIFIA (Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program) loan application for US 183-A. Approves agreement with Williamson County and the City of Cedar Park for right of way acquisition. Approves amendment to the agreement with Williamson County providing $300,000.
07/07/04	Signature Date (Grier-Bankett)	Master Agreement between HNTB and Grier-Bankett Consulting, Inc.
07/08/04	Effective Date	Professional Consulting Services Agreement between CTRMA and Everett Owen for $150 per hour for indefinite term.
07/12/04	Public Meeting	CAMPO approves Phase Two of ‘2025 Plan’ to develop toll roads.
07/13/04	Signature Date (HNTB) Invoice	Master Agreement between HNTB and Grier-Bankett Consulting, Inc. HNTB approves payment of Grier-Bankett invoices of $6,037, $10,627.50 and $3,700.
07/28/04	CTRMA resolutions	Selects Helin, Donovan, Trubee & Wilkerson to provide auditing services for US 183-A bond financing. Reviewers: financial advisors (First Southwest Company and D. Ladd Pattillo & Associates) – scoring performed. Interviewers: None – no in-person interviews held. Selection: Full board based upon financial advisor recommendations. Selects JP Morgan Chase to provide trustee services for US 183-A bond financing. Reviewers: financial advisors (First Southwest Company and D. Ladd Pattillo & Associates) Interviewers: None – no in-person interviews held. Selection: Full board based upon financial advisor recommendations.
09/08/04	CTRMA resolution	Selects Hill Country Constructors as the firm that will construct US 183-A. Members of evaluation committees: Richard Ridings (HNTB), Curt Ashmos (LLS), Everett Owen, Russell Zapalac (HDR), Loretta Scheintinger (HNTB), Brian Cassidy (LLS), Eric Ploch (HNTB), Wayne Placide and Dan Wegmiller (First Southwest Company), D. Ladd Pattillo (Ladd Pattillo & Associates). Interviewers: None – no in-person interviews held. Selection: Full board, based on scoring criteria and executive director recommendation.
09/29/04	CTRMA resolutions	Approves the submission to TxDOT of a Request for Financial Assistance for approximately $50 million. Selects TateAustin to provide marketing services. Reviewers: Cindy Forkner (CTRMA: compliance review only), Mike Heiligenstein (CTRMA), Audrey Murphy (HNTB), Beth Phillips (Pecora & Bluxrud), Deanna Attenhoff (Clean Air Force), Ron Pecora (Pecora & Bluxrud), Hector Snoddy (TxDOT – non-voting observer), Shuronda Robinson-Parks (ADISA – non-voting observer). Interviewers: Same as reviewers (except for Forkner). Selection: Full board based on staff recommendation.
10/01/04	Announcement	Comptroller Strayhorn to audit CTRMA per request of state Representative Terry Keel and Austin City Council Member Brewster McCracken.
11/29/04	Effective Date	Bill Chapman begins as CTRMA’s Chief Financial Officer.
12/21/04	Effective Date	Williamson County reappoints Jim Mills to a two-year term, Bob Bennett to a four-year term and David Singleton to a six-year term beginning February 1, 2005. (Subsequent terms will be six years.)
01/26/05	CTRMA resolution	Adopts first budget, for the remainder of fiscal 2005.
Sources: Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, Locke Liddell & Sapp, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.