DATE:           June 6, 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, June 14 at its office located at 4 Industrial Drive, St. James. The meeting schedule is as follows:

4:00 p.m......................................................... Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC)
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
Immediately follows MRPC meeting........................................................................ MRB

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:

  1. Minutes (May)

  2. Contracts

    1. City of Hermann
      Permission is requested for MRPC’s chairman and/or executive director to enter into a contract to provide technical assistance to the city of Hermann in the preparation of a CDBG application for industrial infrastructure for One Soy, Inc.

    2. MRPC/MRDC
      Permission is requested for MRPC’s chairman and/or executive director to enter into a contract to provide professional services to the Meramec Regional Development Corporation to review and package SBA and RLF loans for the period July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008.

    3. Phelps County (Floodplain)
      Permission is requested for MRPC’s chairman and/or executive director to renew its contract to provide floodplain services for Phelps County for the period July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008.

    4. Gasconade Valley Enterprise Zone
      Permission is requested for MRPC’s chairman and/or executive director to sign a contract with the Gasconade Valley Enterprise Zone to continue providing technical assistance and fiscal services for July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008.

    5. Ozark Rivers Solid Waste Management District (ORSWMD)
      Permission is requested for MRPC’s chairman and/or executive director to renew its contract to provide administration services to ORSWMD for fiscal year 2007/2008, which begins July 1.

    6. Meramec Regional Emergency Management Committee (MREPC)
      Permission is requested for MRPC’s chairman and/or executive director to renew its contract to provide administration services to MREPC for fiscal year 2007/2008, which begins July 1.

    7. Gasconade County Industrial Development Authority
      Permission is requested for MRPC’s chairman and/or executive director to renew its contract to provide administration services to the Gasconade County IDA for the period July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008.

    8. MoDOT/MRPC Master Agreement
      Permission is requested for MRPC’s chairman and/or executive director to renew the planning program contract with the Missouri Department of Transportation.

    9. MoDOT/MRPC Transit Planning Contract
      Permission is requested for MRPC’s chairman and/or executive director to sign a contract with MoDOT to develop a coordinated transit plan for the Meramec Region.

    10. City of St. James
      Permission is requested for MRPC’s chairman and/or executive director to enter into a contract with the city of St. James to provide administration of a Community Development Block Grant for an industrial infrastructure project for the city.

  3. Board and Committee Reports
    1. External Relations/Membership Committee: Laura Antolak, chairman
      The External Relations Committee will meet at 6 p.m. to discuss 2007 annual dinner planning, legislative update, Missouri LocationOne, hour allocation tracking and presentation on transit planning contract.

    2. Operations Committee: Jesse Jarvis, chairman
      The Operations Committee will meet at 6 p.m. to discuss minutes, MRPC/MRB reserves, financial statements for the period ending May 31, 2007, and MRPC/MRB budget and lease agreements for fiscal year 2007/2008. Mark Riefer, MRPC’s pension consultant from A.G. Edwards, will update the committee on the 401(a) money purchase pension plan fund and present proposed changes to the investment policy statement.
      A vote will be taken for adoption of the MRPC budget and lease agreements between MRPC and MRB.

    3. Planning:John Petersen, chairman
      The planning committee will meet at 6 p.m. to discuss MRPC’s upcoming strategic advance, progress of work with Community Foundation of the Ozarks, transit mobility plan, and Meramec Region Transportation Plan.

    4. Grant Update: Amy McMillen, staff
      Amy McMillen will report on grants submitted and funded since the last meeting, application deadlines and funding availability.

    5. Housing Advisory Board: Ron Jost, chairman
      The housing advisory board will meet at 5:30 p.m. Chairman Ron Jost will report on that meeting.

    6. Environmental Report: Tammy Snodgrass, staff
      Tammy Snodgrass will report on solid waste activities.

    7. Homeland Security Oversight Committee: Tammy Snodgrass, staff
      Tammy Snodgrass will report on HSOC activities.

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

    9. Business Loans:  Maria Kardon, business loans specialist
      Maria Kardon, business loans specialist, will report on loan activities.

    10. Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC): Donald Dodd, at-large representative for transportation
      Donald Dodd will report on the 4 p.m. TAC meeting.

    11. Meramec Community Enhancement Corporation: Connie Willman, staff
      The MCEC board will meet on June 12. Connie Willman will report on that meeting.
    12. Workforce Development: T.R. Dudley
      T.R. Dudley will report on workforce development activities.

    13. Director’s Report: Richard Cavender, executive director
      Richard Cavender will report on current activities.

    Informational Agenda

    1. Blue Sheet: The most current weekly management staff working memo is available for persons wishing to receive a copy. You may contact a staff member, and it will be provided. (If you’ve never seen the document, you should probably ask for one.)

    2. Press Releases: A listing of press releases distributed during the month of May is enclosed. Persons wishing to receive copies of the press releases need only to request them.