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BRYAN / COLLEGE STATION METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION
Policy Board Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at 9:00 A.M.
Brazos County Commissioner's Courtroom
200 South Texas Avenue, Bryan, Texas 77803
AGENDA
1) Welcome and Open Meeting
-Pledge of allegiance to the United States and Texas Flags and Invocation.
2) Election of Policy Board Officers
-As required by MPO Bylaws, the election of the Chair and Vice -Chair must occur every
two years in odd numbered fiscal years. The Chair and Vice -Chair can be any voting
member of the Policy Board and once elected shall serve a two-year term. There is no
limit to the number of consecutive terms a Policy Board member may serve as an officer.
Action Required.
3) Public Comments Regarding Items Not On The Agenda
-Individuals who wish to address the Policy Board must fill out a Public Comment Card
describing the topic(s) they wish to address. Public Comment Cards may be obtained from
Lisa Lyon of the MPO staff prior to the start of the meeting. Please limit your comments
to three minutes per topic. Additional time will be allotted if Policy Board members have
questions.
4) Minutes from the November 7, 2018 Policy Board meeting.
-Consider adoption - Action Required. (See attachment.)
5) Staff Report
• Chamber of Commerce State Legislative Action Plan
• Preliminary Results of Regional Congestion Survey
• University Drive Scoping Progress
• I-14 Alignment Discussion
• Routing and Bus Stop Locations with BTD
• Issue with Task One of FY 2018 Unified Planning Work Program
• No January Policy Board Meeting
6) Annual Performance and Expenditures Report (APER)
- Each year, the MPO is required to prepare and submit an Annual Performance and
Expenditure Report (APER) for review and approval by TxDOT and FHWA. The report
looks at how funds were spent by task and identifies how MPOs can better budget their
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funds based on actual work performed. In FY 2018 we overspent in Program
Administration, primarily because the Executive Director could not spend as much time as
planned on other tasks. ActionRequired. equired. (See attachment.)
7) Bryan/College Station MPO Safety Target Setting
-Under FAST Act requirements, state DOT's must set safety targets on an annual basis.
The Texas Transportation Commission took action to set safety targets for 2019. The FAST
Act requires MPOs to either adopt the state targets or set their own targets within 180 days
of the state setting its target. The Technical Advisory Committee has recommended that
the MPO adopt the state targets. Action Required. (See attachment.)
8) Campus Transformational Mobility Plan Update
-Dr. Katie Turnbull, Associate Director at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, Head
of the System Planning, Policy, & Environment Research Group, will provide an update
on the Texas A&M Transformational Mobility Plan that helps implement the Campus
Master Plan.
9) Adjourn
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