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Policy Board Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 9:00 A.M.
Conducted Remotely Using Zoom
Please email Lisa Lyon at llyon@bcsmpo prior to 5:00 p.m. on October 6, 2020
to request log-in and password information for meeting.
AGENDA
1)Welcome and Open Meeting
-Pledge of allegiance to the United States and Texas Flags and Invocation.
2)Public Comments Regarding Items Not on the Agenda
-Individuals who wish to address the Policy Board must contact Lisa Lyon at llyon@bcsmpo.org
to obtain Zoom log in information. When requesting access to comment, please include your name,
address and the topic you would like to discuss. Please limit your comments to three minutes.
3)Minutes from the September 2, 2020 Policy Board Meeting.
-Consider adoption - Action Required. (See attachment.)
4)Staff Report
•Regional Access Management Standards
•2020 Census Update
•Activities of the Regional Mobility Authority
5)Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) Amendment One
-When the MTP was adopted in December of 2019, MPO staff and the Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA) entered into an agreement concerning the inclusion of the Bush/Wellborn
interchange in the Fiscally Constrained Plan. The project cost estimate was $69 million and only
$5 million was from MPO funds and the remaining $64 million would come from Texas
Transportation Commission determined TxDOT funds when the Unified Transportation Program
(UTP) was adopted in the summer of 2020. If the Commission decided not to fund the project in
the 2020 update, then the project would be removed from the Fiscal Constraint List. The Texas
Transportation did not fund the Bush/Wellborn project in this year’s revision. The TAC
recommended adding a footnote to both the Fiscally-Constrained Project List and the
Unconstrained Project List stating that the project is the TxDOT Bryan District and the MPO’s
highest rated unfunded project. The Bryan District will continue to request funds from the
Commission each time the UTP is revised. Staff has conducted a 30-day public comment period
as required in our Public Participation Procedures. Action Required. (See attachments.)
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6)FY 2021 – FY 2024 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Amendment One
-Brazos Transit District is requesting two changes to the FY 2021 – 2024 Transportation
Improvement Program. The first is to add project #5012 for rehabilitation of the Brazos Transit
District owned garage in downtown Bryan. Total cost of the project is $312,500 using $250,000
in Section 5339 (Bus and Bus Facility) grant funds and $62,500 in Transportation Development
Credits. The second change is to add project #5013 for the construction of a new Brazos Transit
District Administration Building. Total cost of the project is $807,650 using $646,120 in Section
5339 grant funds and $161,530 in transportation development credits. The TAC recommended
the amendment to the Policy Board and staff conducted a 15-day public comment period on the
amendment as required by our Public Participation Procedures. Action Required. (See
attachment.)
7)Consideration of the Bryan/College Station Metropolitan Planning Organization/Brazos
County Regional Mobility Authority Cost Sharing Agreement
-There were concerns from the Federal Highway Administration and the Texas Department of
Transportation Planning & Programming Division regarding commingling of funds between the
Brazos County RMA (RMA) and Bryan College Station MPO (MPO). To show the RMA is not
using State Planning funds to pay for any portion of RMA operations, these agencies have asked
that an agreement is signed to clarify how expenditures that could be used for both the RMA and
MPO are being accounted for separately. The Shared Expense Agreement follows the FY 2021
Budget that was adopted by the RMA and there was no increase in RMA funds or MPO funds.
This document has been drafted by the BCSMPO and the Board is being asked to review and
consider adoption. The RMA approved the agreement on September 23, 2020. Action
Requested. (See attachment.)
8)Presentation of the Brazos Valley Economic Development Corporation’s Infrastructure and
Transportation Portion of their Strategic Plan
-Mr. Matt Prochaska, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Brazos Valley Economic
Development Corporation will provide an overview of the role infrastructure and transportation
play in the region’s strategic plan for business recruitment and retention.
9)Adjourn