MEETING MINUTES

June 10, 2010

 Call to Order & Welcome:
Donald Dodd, District 9 Co-Chair, called the June 10, 2010 Transportation Advisory Committee meeting to order at 4:07 p.m.

Members Present:
Ed Worley (Crawford),Gary Brown (Dent), Donald Dodd (Dent), Darrell Skiles (Dent), Richard Huse (Maries), James Kleffner (Maries), Lowell Tonding (Maries), Larry Stratman (Phelps), Cecil Penland (Pulaski), John Casey (Washington) and T.R. Dudley (Washington)

Members Absent:
Richard Martin (Crawford), Robert Schaffer (Crawford), Matthew Penning (Gasconade), Ron Jost (Gasconade), Jim Decker (Gasconade), Danny Foster (Osage), Russell Scheulen (Osage), Jerry Wolfe (Osage), John Butz (Phelps), Candace Connell (Phelps), Bruce Harrill (Pulaski), George Sanders (Pulaski), Todd Moyers (Washington)

Ex-Officio, Alternates, MoDOT and Guests:
John Petersen (Phelps-Alt), Denis Beganovic (MoDOT), Willie Johnson (MoDOT), Alan Trampe (MoDOT) and Health Pickerill (MO-LTAP)

Staff Present:
Richard Cavender, Bonnie Prigge, Connie Willman, Patti Adams and Lisa Warnke

Approval of April 8, 2010 TAC Minutes:
Gary Brown made a motion to approve the April 8, 2010 Transportation Advisory Committee minutes as presented. Darrell Skiles seconded the motion. Motion passed.

Sign Retroreflectivity Regulations:
Heath Pickerill, Missouri-LTAP, presented information concerning the Federal Highway Administration new regulations for the standard for sign retroreflectivity. Heath stated that the current signage generally does not meet the new requirement. He informed the committee that the compliance date is January 22, 2012 for the communities to identify and begin using the new retroreflectivity methods and that all regulatory signs must be changed to meet this requirement by January 2015. He strongly recommended not waiting until January 2012 to start on this process.

Mr. Pickerill distributed handouts regarding the new methods and provided website addresses for the committee if they want more information. Those websites are:

• www.fhwa.dot.gov/retro
• www.Moltap.org
• www.retroreflectivity.net

Heath provided a flyer and registration to the committee on a class in signing and pavement markings that will be offered on June 29, 2010 in Maryland Heights.

Regional Transportation Plan – Goals and Objectives:
Connie Willman informed the committee that the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) is being updated and is due to MoDOT at the end of June. She explained to the committee that this plan is used as MRPC’s guide to prioritize our transportation projects. She asked the TAC members to review the current goals and objectives and suggest any changes.

The committee had no suggestions for changing the Goals and Objectives for the RTP but they suggested the following changes to the list of concepts to follow:

• Change bullet 5 to read: “Continue to support transportation safety improvements.”
• Change bullet 6 to read: “Recognize that transportation improvements encourage economic development which in turn generates additional revenue.”
• Change bullet 7 to read: “Help generate revenue for the state wide transportation needs. Consider all proposed options.”
• Delete bullet 9.

Report on MRPC’s Transportation Work Plan:
Bonnie Prigge presented MRPC’s FY2010-2011 Transportation Work Plan. She informed the committee that this plan is updated on a yearly basis and is discussed with MoDOT and the state association. Bonnie discussed the few changes that were made to the plan for this fiscal year. The transportation work plan is as follows:

Richard Huse made a motion to approve the Fiscal Year 2010 – 2011 Meramec Regional Planning Commission Transportation Work Plan as presented. Jim Kleffner seconded the motion. Motion passed.

Election of Officers:
Per the Bylaws, a Nominating Committee was appointed at the April 8, 2010 meeting. Members appointed were: Darrell Skiles (Dent), Jim Decker (Gasconade), James Kleffner (Maries) and T.R. Dudley (Washington) . The committee met via a conference call on May 11, 2010 at 11:00 a.m.

Darrell Skiles gave a brief summary of the meeting and presented the officer nominees as follows: Current Co-Chairmen Donald Dodd (District 9), Ron Jost (District 5) and Secretary Richard Huse were all nominated to serve another term.

Gary Brown made a motion to approve the re-election of the current officers, Co-Chairmen Donald Dodd (District 9), Ron Jost (District 5) and Secretary Richard Huse to serve another term. Larry Stratman seconded the motion. Motion passed.

Bylaws Changes:
Connie discussed the changes for the existing Bylaws that were made at the last TAC meeting. (See attached copy)

Jim Kleffner made motion to approve the changes to the TAC Bylaws as presented. Darrell Skiles seconded the motion. Motion passed.

MoDOT Updates and Staff Reports:
Districts 5 and 9 Engineers updated TAC members on local projects.

District 5 Report:
Alan Trampe, District 5 MoDOT updated the committee on projects in District 5.

• Hwy 63 to Mari-osa-delta on Hwy 50 – rumble stripes were completed in May
• Hwy 89 – Overlay will begin later this summer from Rich Fountain thru Belle. Jefferson asphalt won bid on this project.
• Safe and Sound Bridge replacement in Vienna will start this summer
• Basically the only current major projects are repairing high water damage from last big storm in Osage and Gasconade counties
• Five year plan is completed for District 5. Mike Dusenberg can provide copies if needed.

District 9
Willie Johnson, District 9 MoDOT, updated the committee on current projects in District 9.

• Overlay thru Rolla has been awarded and work will begin later this summer.
• Five year plan – basically MoDOT will be keeping commitments that are on the the STIP. The district has just finished the plan for minor road repairs. MoDOT will be looking at the minor roads that have at least 400 cars a day traveling on them. The plan is to get these roads on a 7 year cycle for repair and resurfacing. Current plans are to chip seal 250 miles a year on minor routes and overlay 100 miles a year on numbered routes.
• The STIP will have final approval in July. Willie Johnson will leave a copy if TAC members would like to review it. He said that this is only a plan /best guess for the upcoming five years and these plans could change due to funding, weather or other issues.
• Tuscumbia Bridge Update – MoDOT has had to Retro-fit the girders on the bridge due to design problems. Highway 17 will have to be close for four days to finish the bridge later in the summer.

Staff Update:
Richard Cavender updated the committee on the NADO Board meeting that was held in Branson on June 4, 2010 through June 7, 2010. He stated Kevin Keith – presented information about the grass roots participation in Missouri and how this has had a tremendous impact on the working relationship between the RPC’s and MoDOT.

Next Meeting:
The next Transportation Advisory Committee meeting will be held on August 12, 2010

Adjournment:
Jim Kleffner made a motion to adjourn theJune 10, 2010Transportation Advisory Committee meeting at 5:47 p.m. Richard Huse seconded the motion. Motion passed.

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District 5, Co-Chair, Ron Jost Date