MPO Policy Board Meeting   5/27/2020

Kevin is knocking on the door.

Gretchen says she can't get in, but I thought I saw her in.

Yeah, she's listed as being on the list of participants.

Yeah.

Maybe Lucinda Teller would like to close out and log out and try to sign back in.

I see Stacy is there too.

That's great.

OK. Do we have enough people present, or should we wait a couple more?

Yeah, we need one more.

Otherwise, this may be a very fast meeting.

Do we call the meeting to order and then do the preamble or do we do the preamble and then call the meeting to order?

Is that what you've been doing for the PDC meeting?

Yeah, you really should probably call it to order.

I don't know if you guys want to either adjust it or let Mr. Emery know when you'll have an opportunity to speak.

I'm privately chatting with Mr. Emery and I'm explaining to him that he will be able to speak during the open comment period at the beginning of the meeting and we'll be sure to call on him and Bill Emery would like to make a comment during the open comment period.

And Paul Josie Wood as well.

Make a list.

Is that what we're?

I'm glad you're here.

you

You didn't get any communication, did you?

I sent out the meeting packets.

Yeah.

Right.

I just want to make sure I'm not overstepping here.

I think you would be perfectly within your rights, as you said, without voting, but moving ahead.

One more.

Very good.

I'm going to interrupt for a question and say to make this absolutely correct, should I be saying the MPO instead of the PDZ?

Yes.

Thank you, LaCinda.

Madam Chair, if I could only add, for those that are just on telephone, you can star 9 to raise a hand.

And if others would like to speak, please raise your hand or send a chat so that our, Lucinda and Sandy will be able to add to the list.

And do you want me to do roll call now?

Yes.

Okay.

Okay.

John Lynch.

Here.

And then for TJPDC staff, we have Sandy Shackelford.

Here.

Chip Boyles?

Here.

Thanks, Ann.

Michael Payne is being admitted right now.

And we would like to recognize Bill Emery first, please.

I appreciate it.

Next I have written down is Paul Josie.

So thank you for my time.

So Chris, go ahead.

Clyde, can you hear me?

Yes.

Thank you.

And Lucinda, is there anyone else on the list?

There's Kathy Neapot.

OK. Go ahead, Peter, please.

Thank you for that opportunity.

Robin, go ahead.

And I'm afraid we're feeling like we're not really believing that you are able to compromise this proposal.

How's that?

Yep.

Cathy Neopold, are you here?

Cathy, if you're on mute, unmute yourself.

Yes, you hear me now?

And I'm going to start doing the three minute timer so we can make sure everybody gets a chance to speak.

But it is difficult to see, given the median and the ditch in the median, how both can coexist.

Lucinda, who do you have next?

VDOT participated in the development of the Monticello Gateway Memorial tree planting and gave approval for it as well as the US Forest Service.

Very good.

DOT Bob has his hand up.

Yes please, go right ahead.

Can you hear me?

Yes.

Thank you.

Did you have something you needed to add, Mr. Boyle?

No, I just added that Supervisor Price has written an email in support of the bike ped project, understanding the concerns, and we'll make that part of the comment record.

interesting all right so if we are done with matters from the public at this time we will move on to the public hearing the UPWP the work program and Lucinda I think you are going to is there a staff report first and then we will open the public hearing go right ahead um Sandy yeah yeah happy to

And that will also go along with that online resources as well.

And then that just supports updates.

So I'll stop there before I go to the short range planning just to see if there's any questions from the board members.

Raise your hand and listen.

Madam Chair, I have a question.

Go ahead.

It says and online as well.

So it's just to reduce some of those barriers to access to make it really kind of visually inviting to simplify the information but to simplify the presentation of the information so that it's not overwhelming and that opening up a technical document in and of itself isn't a barrier to get somebody involved and engaged and participating in the process.

So it's just like a tutorial for these things, is that?

But it's basically just, if you don't know anything about it, you can read this document and have a pretty good, high-level understanding of what those programs are and the important elements of it.

Thank you.

Yeah.

So I would encourage people to think about that.

I think Jessica has had conversations with you and this will hopefully help them again, you know, have those conversations and, you know, give them more resources to be engaged with their communities as well.

OK.

And if we get additional grants come in, these are additional work that we might be able to undertake that we continue to support the MPO, but wouldn't be funded through the MPO current funding mechanisms.

I do not see any hands raised.

If somebody's on the phone and would like to make a comment, you can raise your hand by pressing star nine.

Sandy, are you doing the next item on the agenda as well, or does that go to Lucinda?

Lucinda will do that, yeah.

Any questions?

It looks more like the ones in the old days, so thank you for that.

OK.

And if Mr. Williams or Mr. Sheffield want to add anything as the chart goes by, I'm glad to hear from them.

So any other questions from the board?

Where does it fit?

Yes, please.

These are funded projects.

Very good.

Yet.

And so this is where I needed the clarification.

This helps to budget that money out over that longer period.

Well, go on with your presentation then Lucinda, I don't see any hands at the moment.

Okay, that was the end of my presentation.

Maybe they're all waiting for matters from the public at the end of the meeting.

Wood Hudson raised his hand.

Thank you, Wood.

in the next couple months once we have better data that we can evaluate in terms of available resources.

So we have to consider this a living work that has to be changed along the way.

So we continuously update it.

Am I correct about that?

However, you can vote now on it if you would like.

I can't see the agenda right now, so that's my problem.

I'm scrolling up to it.

I should have printed it out to have it on the side here, and I forgot.

So the next thing on the agenda is the review and acceptance of the agenda.

So I will wait for a motion to accept the agenda.

This is Ned Gallaway.

All in favor of accepting the agenda, please say aye.

Aye.

Or do we have a motion on the minutes now that we are finally gathered together with a quorum to be able to adopt them?

I wish I had memory of which was accurate, but I'm going to go with that I was there and it's just a mistake that I was absent.

We'll get that changed.

Who was that?

So I'm hoping I was there.

OK, we'll make that change.

And then I would move to approve the 2019, July 24 and October 1, 2019 minutes.

John Lynch, second.

All in favor?

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

I was present, so I'm glad to make the motion if there are others who are able to do that.

All right.

I can second to January 22nd if you like.

Aye.

Aye.

Thank you.

And I'll have to abstain because I was absent.

Michael, have the city representatives decided who would like to be chair for the next round, or do you need more time to take that?

That conversation has not happened.

You decide how you want to do that.

I'm happy to do that if it helps things move forward.

And Ned, would you like to be vice chair since it's the county's turn to flip to vice chair for next time?

This is not an attempt to weasel out of the vice chair.

I'm glad to continue on as Vice Chair if that's the will of the board.

I'd make the motion that Ann Mallek be Vice Chair of the board.

All right.

Second.

So all in favor of Michael Payne as Chair and Ann Mallek as Vice Chair, please say aye.

Aye.

And Michael, would you like to take over leading the meeting now or start again next time?

Maybe next time.

And who is presenting this to us?

That's Jessica Bowring.

Does the board of Albemarle County Board of Supervisors need to nominate someone or is someone from the county able to self-nominate and then be approved by the MPO board?

So, oh, go ahead.

No, I was going to fill in if you weren't there, but you're here.

Yep, so served one three-year term and interested in serving as the MPO rep. Well, that is spectacular, because I was feeling very sorry for myself that he was leaving.

All right, so I believe that we appoint Travis Pietila to the CTAC membership as a county representative.

Second.

All right, then.

Just real quick, Ann, not as a county representative, but as an MPO representative.

So all in favor?

Aye.

Or does that take care of it?

So if anyone from the county would like to self nominate or recommend anyone, please put them in touch with me.

Okay, so next on our agenda, number eight is the 2021, okay, this is the UPWP, and we have done the review, and so is there further discussion or further questions about the review that Sandy presented a little while ago, or are we ready for a vote on this item?

CTAC, I had very good feedback, but they did not take a formal vote.

And John, did I hear you about to say something?

Or is that a legitimate task or item?

That was that is that the V dot does that describe the V dot work?

I believe so, yeah.

Yeah, I would need him to communicate that.

If it's not appropriate to be in there, we should take it out next time.

I meant to ask Chuck before the meeting and I didn't get the chance.

And then do we have a motion?

I move that we approve the 2021 Unified Planning Work Program.

And a second?

Second.

Aye.

Aye.

So if there are no further questions or discussion, do we have a motion on number nine?

I'll move approval of the 21-24 transportation improvement program.

So all in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

And who will lead us on that discussion?

So now is the time for policy board members if they have any additional questions about any of these projects.

Thank you.

I'm hoping that the city and the county staff who are on the call will speak directly to their plans for that.

And that's going to be in the coming months.

Kevin or Daniel, are you still here?

The public would be able to speak at the beginning of that meeting during matters of the public if they wanted to talk about that, but the board will be voting on those projects at a public setting.

I think that's correct.

And we will, of course, follow what the County Board of Supervisors recommends for the projects.

You'll have to forgive my ignorance because I don't know how this process usually plays out but I guess a question for the city staff member on the call is if there's any possibility of having this presented and you know maybe not a public hearing but in any way at a upcoming city council meeting just because I know Seville 360 has been very successful and reaches a lot of people but I know some of the community feedback on there doesn't necessarily filter up to every single council member.

We have a deadline of August 3 to receive a resolution of support before that.

So thank you.

Now, number 11, staff updates, tip adjustment.

And there's a memo on it in the packet.

Very good.

It's just FYI if there's any questions.

There are different amounts in different boxes, but it all comes out in the wash. Yeah.

So that's all for staff updates, unless Chip or Sandy, you have anything, or Jessica?

Not from me.

Lucinda, do you see anyone?

Now, if somebody is on the phone who would like to comment, just press star 9 and that will raise your hand for us to see.

So we, I guess we'll now adjourn and thank you to staff.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thanks everyone.

Good night.