MATS  Committee 

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	MATS TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
	Jan 20th , 2010 TIME: 10 a.m. PLACE: Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Office, 10th floor, 682 Cherry St.
	*Voting Member     Subject: MATS Policy meeting Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:55 From: "Ken North" <knorth@mbpz.org> To: "Wayne Puckett" <wayne.puckett@robins.af.mil>,     "Calder Pinkston" <Calder@PinkstonLaw.com>,     "Don Tussing" <dtussing@mbpz.org>,     "Gigi Cabell" <gigi.cabell@cox.net>,     "Kelly Gwin" <kgwin@dot.ga.gov>,     "Lindsay Holliday" <teeth@mindspring.com>,     "Mike Underwood" <mikeunderwood@windstream.net>,     "Oby Brown" <obrown@macon.com>,     "Rick Hutto" <rick.hutto@macon.ga.us>,     "Sharon Patterson" <spatterson@bibb.k12.ga.us>,     "Tony Rojas" <tonyr@maconwater.org> The next MATS Policy meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. in the County Engineering Annex, 760 Third St., Macon, GA 31201. The above attachment contains an updated agenda for the meeting as well as other information. In addition, the other scheduled meeting dates for the MATS Policy Committee for the rest of the year are as follows: April 7th, August 4th, and November 3rd. All meetings will begin at 9:30 a.m. in the County Engineering Annex. Please put these meeting dates on your calendar. If you have any questions, contact our office.       Ken North Transportation Planner Macon-Bibb Planning & Zoning 478 751-7462    attachments: MATS  POLICY COMMITTEE       MEETING NOTICE DATE:    Wednesday, February 3, 2010 TIME:     9:30 a.m. PLACE:  Bibb Co. Engineering Annex, 760 Third St., Macon, GA 31201   --Roll Call – establishment of quorum --Approval of meeting agenda & minutes --Election of Officers --Committee Reports    -CAC    -TCC --Public Input (5 min./person limit) Agenda Items 1. Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) – Revisions to LRTP & CDR 2. Transit Projects – Presentation by Transit Authority 3. Safe Routes to School Program – Review of Program 4. Project Status Report – Presented by Georgia D.O.T. --New Business (Items to be referred to committee; not for action at meeting) --Old Business (Items previously addressed by this or other committees)        Forest Hill Rd. -- Chellman Report --Adjournment MATS POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING ATTENDANCE LIST    November 4, 2009  Those Attending            Representing  1.  Jim Thomas*            Damon King, Macon-Bibb P & Z Chairman  2.  Lindsay Holliday*            James H. Webb, CAC Chairman  3.  Sam Hart*                Chairman, Bibb Co. Commission  4.  Gigi Cabel                Mayor’s Office              5.  Tom Queen                Georgia D.O.T.  6.  Ken North                Macon-Bibb Co. Planning & Zoning Comm.  7.  David Fortson            Bibb Co. Engineering  8.  Don Tussing            Macon-Bibb Planning & Zoning Comm.  9.  Kelly Gwin                Georgia D.O.T. 10. Elmo Richarson*            Bibb Co. Commission 11. Bill Causey                City Engineer 12. Van Etheridge            Road Improvement Program 13. Robert Reichert*            Mayor, City of Macon 14. Lee Martin                Citizen 15. Greg Brown                Macon-Bibb Co. Planning & Zoning Comm. 16. Radney Simpson*            Vance Smith Jr., Georgia D.O.T. Commissioner 17. Nigel Floyd                Macon-Bibb Traffic Engineer 18. Cindy Van Dyke            Georgia D.O.T. 19. Joe Allen*                Bibb Co. Commission 20. Wanzina Jackson            City of Macon Econ. & Comm. Development 21. Ken Sheets                Bibb Co. Engineer 22. Michel Wanna*            Frank Amerson, Macon Water Authority 23. David Gowan            Bibb Co. School District 24. Lisa Rowland            Citizen *Voting Member MATS POLICY MINUTES November 4, 2009 A meeting of the MATS Policy Committee was held on November 4, 2009 at City Hall. There were eight voting members in attendance, thereby establishing a quorum. The agenda and minutes of the previous meeting were introduced and approved by the committee members. Under committee reports, Lindsay Holliday stated that the CAC members had some concerns regarding Forest Hill Rd. in the project status report. The CAC thought that this project was scheduled for construction in 2020. Mr. Holliday passed out copies of a report by Rick Chellman dealing with traffic volumes and projections for Forest Hill Rd. which he discussed. Jim Thomas presented the report from the Technical Committee and also stated that there were some concerns regarding the project status report. There was not any public input presented at the meeting. The first item on the agenda was the Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) for FY 2011.  Jim Thomas reviewed the draft UPWP and discussed the various tasks that the planning staff would be working on in the upcoming year. One of the new items presented concerned an element for training and professional development of the planning staff. He went on to discuss the proposed funding sources and commented that the state match would not be available for any of the work tasks in 2011. Unfortunately, as a result of the current financial issues, the state match was eliminated for the upcoming year. Jim Thomas stated that the final copy of the UPWP would be available for the MATS Policy meeting in April. The Mayor commented that he would like the Middle GA Clean Air Coalition to be included in the list of organizations for work task FHWA 1.11. Subsequently, a motion was made by Lindsay Holliday and seconded by Elmo Richardson to approve the draft UPWP which was approved by the Policy Committee.     The next item on the agenda was the Road Classification System presented by Don Tussing.  He explained that a request had been made to reclassify certain local roads as collector roads in order to qualify for possible stimulus funding for repaving. A list was presented to the committee which contained a list of roads that could be reclassified as possible collectors.  In addition, the CAC had also suggested other roads that should be added to this list. After further review, a suggestion was made by the City Engineer to remove Vista Circle from the original list and to add Ayres Rd. to the list of possible collector roads. The list would first have to be submitted to Georgia D.O.T. to be inserted into their model and then be reviewed by FHWA. After further discussion, a motion was made by Elmo Richardson and seconded by Sam Hart to approve the revised classification list to be coordinated with Georgia D.O.T. The motion was approved by the members of the Policy Committee.     The next item presented was the project status report. Tom Queen reviewed the projects and stated that the right of way (ROW) date in the report was incorrect for the Forest Hill Rd. project from Wimbish to Forsyth. The correct ROW date for this project was 2014. The other section of Forest Hill Rd. is currently in the ROW acquisition process. He also stated that a concept meeting was held on the Lamar Road project during the summer.  In addition, the I-75 project from Pierce to Arkwright is scheduled to be let in March. Lindsay Holliday stated that the ROW date for Forest Hill Rd. should have been corrected in the project status report before the Policy meeting was held.        Under New Business, Lindsay Holliday stated that someone from Georgia D.O.T. should be available to explain in detail the transportation model. Radney Simpson stated that an explanation of the model was made earlier in the year to the MATS Committees as part of the development of the long range transportation plan. Subsequently, Mayor Reichert added that the model could be put on a future agenda of the MATS Committees if needed. Lindsay Holliday thought this matter could be reviewed by just the CAC members. However, he asked that the Chellman report regarding Forest Hill Rd. be placed on a future MATS agenda for review. After some discussion, the Mayor decided that the Chellman report be put on the next agenda of the MATS Committees to be presented under Old Business.  In addition, Lindsay Holliday thought that this report should also be presented to the executive committee of the Road Improvement Program.     Also under New Business, Joe Allen stated that there is a problem at Eisenhower Parkway at I-475 westbound which results in a significant backup of traffic. Jim Thomas commented that the Georgia D.O.T. district office could be contacted about this to inform them of the problem. Also under New Business, the Mayor stated that there should be a review of the inventory of the buses and equipment of the Transit Authority as a result of comments that he has received. He was concerned that the Transit Authority may not have the proper equipment that is needed. After some discussion, it was decided that the Director of the Transit Authority should be invited to attend the next MATS Policy meeting to discuss this matter. In addition, under New Business, the Mayor stated the truck route through the downtown area should be revised from MLK to Seventh Street. This alternate route would help alleviate the truck traffic that exists in the museum district. The Mayor asked that this item be reviewed in order to come up with a recommendation on how to proceed regarding this matter. Radney Simpson asked that the Georgia D.O.T. be provided with a map of the proposed new truck route for examination. Subsequently, the Mayor asked Bill Causey to prepare a map of the alternate route so it could be forwarded to Georgia D.O.T.     Finally, a resolution of appreciation for Cora Cook was presented by Don Tussing for her work with the MATS Committees. A motion was made by Elmo Richardson and seconded by Lindsay Holliday to adopt the resolution that was approved the by Policy Committee. Being no further business to discuss the meeting was adjourned.