DATE: March 3, 2010
TO: MRPC Board of Commissioners
FROM: Laura Antolak, Chairman
SUBJECT: Meeting Notice and Agenda

The Meramec Regional Planning Commission will hold a public meeting on Thursday, March 11, 2010, at its office located at 4 Industrial Drive, St. James. The meeting schedule is as follows:

5:30 p.m. ....................................................................................... Housing Advisory Board

6:00 p.m. .................... (Small Conference Room) External Relations/Membership Committee

6:00 p.m. ................................ (Large Conference Room - East Side) Operations Committee

6:00 p.m. .................................. (Large Conference Room – West Side) Planning Committee

7:00 p.m. ................................................................................................................... Dinner

7:30 p.m. ......................................................................... (Large Conference Room) MRPC

Agenda

1. Pledge of Allegiance

2. Welcome: Laura Antolak, chairman

3. Consent Agenda
The consent agenda is intended to group several items of a routine nature upon which the commission agrees to accept a committee or staff recommendation. Listed below are the items on the consent agenda. A motion may be made to accept all the items listed, or if a commissioner wishes to consider any item(s) separately, then a motion would be in order to approve the consent agenda with the exception of the item(s) to be considered separately. Any item to be considered separately would then be taken up immediately after the consent agenda is adopted.

The following consent agenda items were presented for approval:

a. .. Minutes (February)

b. .. Local Review (As of this mailing, no local reviews have been received by MRPC).

c. .. Statewide Grant Applications (attached)

d. .. Contracts

• City of Irondale
Permission is requested for MRPC’s chairman and/or executive director to enter into a contract to provide technical assistance in the preparation of a CDBG Water Project application for the city of Irondale.

• City of Houston
Permission is requested for MRPC’s chairman and/or executive director to enter into a contract to perform lead-based paint risk assessment for the MHDC HERO program for the city of Houston.

• City of Houston
Permission is requested for MRPC’s chairman and/or executive director to enter into a contract to perform housing inspection services for the MHDC HERO program for the city of Houston.

• Boonslick RPC
Permission is requested for MRPC’s chairman and/or executive director t to sign an amendment to the financial assistance agreement between MRPC and Boonslick Regional Planning Commission. The contract is to provide assistance in a statewide assessment of waste treatment facilities. Additional funds became available and the number of facilities to include in the assessment was expanded. The contract amount was increased from $12,900 to $19,700.

4. Department of Economic (DED) Presentation: Bill Ransdall, DED community development specialist
Bill Ransdall will be present to talk about his new duties as a community development specialist with DED. After his presentation, he will take a few minutes to hear any suggestions for improving DED.

5. Board and Committee Reports

a. External Relations Committee: Russell Scheulen, chairman
The External Relations Committee will meet at 6 p.m. to review MRPC Bylaws, tracing of stimulus funds and a legislative update that may impact the region.

b. Operations Committee: Gary Brown, chairman
The Operations Committee will meet at 6 p.m. to discuss minutes, MRPC/MRB financial statements and MRPC/MRDC-RLF and IRP program financials for the period ending Feb. 28, 2010, potential job description revisions, salary survey discussion, and procurement policy revision.

c. Planning: Dennis Wilson, chairman
The planning committee will meet at 6 p.m. to discuss how Delta Regional Authority (DRA) has benefited the Meramec Region since its formation, reports on Federal Home Loan Bank projects and update on personnel changes in the planning and development department.

d. Housing Advisory Board: Darrell Skiles, chairman
Darrell Skiles will report on the housing advisory board, which meets at 5:30 p.m.

e. Transportation Advisory Committee: Bonnie Prigge, assistant director
Assistant Director Bonnie Prigge will report on the outcome of the Statewide Planning Prioritization meeting on Feb. 25.

f. Meramec Regional Emergency Planning Committee: Kraig Bone, at-large representative for emergency management.
Kraig Bone will report on MREPC activities.

g. Business Loans: Tom Klebba, at-large representative for banking
Tom Klebba will report on business loan activities.

h. Meramec Community Enhancement Corporation: Connie Willman, staff
No report is expected

i. Workforce Development: T.R. Dudley
T.R. Dudley will report on workforce development activities.

j. Succession Committee: Laura Antolak, chairman
Chairman Antolak will report on the Feb. 16 Board Retreat that discussed future leadership of MRPC.

k. Chairman and Director’s Report
Laura and Richard will report on NADO’s Washington Policy conference and other issues of interest. Richard will also discuss federal transportation funding issues that are impacting MoDOT.

7. Staff Handouts
A recommendation from board members at MRPC’s strategic advance was to eliminate staff reports for those who provide handouts. This would shorten the length of the meeting, avoid duplication and would provide more time to discuss pertinent issues.

The following staff members have prepared handout reports:

•Connie Willman—grants submitted and funded since the last meeting, application deadlines and funding availability.

• Tammy Snodgrass— solid waste activities, emergency planning and management, Homeland Security Oversight Committee activities, hazard mitigation and pending grant applications.

Informational Agenda