DATE: January 31, 2007
TO: MRPC Board of Commissioners
FROM: Bob Reed, Chairman
SUBJECT: Meeting Notice and Agenda
The Meramec Regional Planning Commission will hold a public meeting on Thursday, February 8 at its office located at 4 Industrial Drive, St. James. The meeting schedule is as follows:
4:00 p.m......................... (Large Conference Room) Transportation Advisory Committee
5:30 p.m........................................... (Small Conference Room) 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: Bob Reed, chairman
Recognition of guests.
3......... Consent Agenda: Bob Reed, chairman
........... 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 (January)
b... Contracts
..... • City of Hermann
..... Permission is requested for MRPC’s chairman and/or executive director to enter into a contract with the city of Hermann to provide administration of a CDBG for a Downtown Revitalization Project.
..... • Genesis, Waynesville, Mo.
..... Permission is requested for MRPC’s chairman and/or executive director to enter into a contract with Genesis, a women’s shelter in Waynesville, for grant administration of its Community Development Block Grant to construct a new building.
c. Meramec Regional Development Corporation Board Appointments
Nominations to the Meramec Regional Development Corporation (MRDC) board, which oversees Small Business Administration and Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) loans, are made by the presiding commissioner of the affected county.
• Dent County
Darrell Skiles, presiding commissioner, nominated Michael Homeyer, to a term on MRDC’s board.
If no objections are received from MRPC’s board, Chairman Reed will appoint Mr. Homeyer to the MRDC board.
4 Presentation: MRPC and Transportation Advisory Committee: Planning From Local Level—Bonnie Prigge, assistant director
MRPC established its Transportation Advisory Committee in 1994 to advise it on transportation needs. As the MRPC board has changed over the years, staff will review the purpose of TAC, its relationship with MRPC and the Missouri Department of Transportation and its role in transportation planning.
5. Board and Committee Reports
a. External Relations/Membership Committee: Laura Antolak, chairman
The External Relations Committee will meet at 6 p.m. to review the state and federal priorities process, discuss MRPC’s marketing strategy and hear a report on MRPC’s business loans programs.
b. Operations Committee: Jesse Jarvis, chairman
The Operations Committee will meet at 6 p.m. to discuss minutes, financials statements for the period ending Jan. 31, 2007, insurance agent of record update and salary comparison process.
c. Planning:John Petersen, chairman
The planning committee will meet at 6 p.m. to discuss strategic advance, MRPC’s information technology and grant writing services.
d. Grant Update: staff
Staff will report on grants submitted and funded since the last meeting, application deadlines and funding availability.
e. Housing Advisory Board: Ron Jost, vice chairman
The housing advisory board will meet at 5:30 p.m. for a board election and an update on utilization of housing assistance payments. Vice chairman Ron Jost will report on the meeting.
f. Environmental Report: Tammy Snodgrass, staff
Tammy Snodgrass will report on solid waste activities.
g. Homeland Security Oversight Committee: Tammy Snodgrass
The HSOC met on Jan. 18. Tammy Snodgrass will report on that meeting.
h. Meramec Regional Emergency Planning Committee: Dawn Warren, committee chairman
Dawn Warren will report on MREPC activities.
i. Business Loans: Tom Klebba, at-large representative for business loans
Tom Klebba will report on loan activities.
j. Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC): Decky Finn, at-large representative for transportation or staff
The TAC will meet at 4 p.m. Decky Finn or staff will report on that meeting.
j. Meramec Community Enhancement Corporation: Connie Willman, staff
No report is expected.
k. Workforce Development: T.R. Dudley will report on workforce development activities.
l. Director’s Report: Richard Cavender, executive director
Richard Cavender will report on current activities.
Informational Agenda