City of Columbia, Missouri  
Meeting Minutes  
Columbia Area Transportation Study Organization (CATSO)  
Council Chamber  
Thursday, February 22, 2024  
2:30 PM  
Regular Coordinating Committee Meeting  
City Hall  
701 E. Broadway  
Columbia, Missouri  
I. CALL TO ORDER  
MR. SEEWOOD: All right. It's 2:30, so we're going to call to order the Columbia  
Area Transportation Study Organization meeting for February 22, 2024.  
II. INTRODUCTIONS  
Members Present  
Jeff McCann, Boone County Public Works  
Thad Yonke (for Boone Co Commissioner Justin Aldred)  
Shane Creech, City of Columbia Public Works  
Barbara Buffaloe, Mayor, City of Columbia  
De'Carlon Seewood, City Manager, City of Columbia  
Tim Teddy, Community Development, City of Columbia  
Mike Henderson, MoDOT Central Office  
Machelle Watkins, MoDOT Central District Office  
Staff  
Mitch Skov  
MR. SEEWOOD: Let's first do introductions. I'm De'Carlon Seewood, Chair.  
MR. TEDDY: Tim Teddy, Community Development Director for the City of Columbia  
and CATSO Technical Committee.  
MR. HENDERSON: Mike Henderson, MoDOT Central Office Transportation  
Planning.  
MS. WATKINS: Machelle Watkins, District Engineer with MoDOT Central District.  
MS. BUFFALOE: Barbara Buffaloe, Mayor of Columbia, Missouri.  
MR. CREECH: Shane Creech. I'm the Director of Public Works for the City of  
Columbia.  
MR. YONKE: Thad Yonke, Senior Planner, Boone County. I'm here for Justin  
Aldred.  
MR. MCCANN; Jeff McCann, Boone County, Chief Engineer.  
III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA  
MR. SEEWOOD: All right. Approval of agenda?  
MR. YONKE: Move to approve as written.  
MR. TEDDY: Second.  
MR. SEEWOOD: All in favor? (Unanimous voice vote for approval.)  
IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
Attachments: Draft CATSO Coordinating Committee Minutes 12-7-23.docx  
MR. SEEWOOD: Approval of minutes?  
MR. YONKE: Move to approve as written.  
MR. TEDDY: Second.  
MS. BUFFALOE: I'm going to abstain since I wasn't at the meeting.  
MR. SEEWOOD: All right. All in favor? (Unanimous voice vote for approval, with  
one abstention.)  
V. REVIEW AND POTENTIAL ADOPTION OF STATEWIDE SAFETY TARGETS  
Attachments: 2023 MoDOT Safety Targets.pdf  
MoDOT Statewide Safety Targets 2-22-2024 Memo.docx  
MR. SEEWOOD: Mitch?  
MR. SKOV: Yes, Mr. Chair. This is the annual adoption that we review for statewide  
safety targets, which is something we're required to do from a reporting perspective. The  
MPOs are required to decide whether or not they adopt our own safety targets in various  
categories, or whether we want to adopt those that are adopted by MoDOT themselves. I  
will show you a table in a moment to show us  
the -- the latest -- what safety targets were provided to us, and of the other MPOs in  
August of 2023. These are included in the so-called Highway Safety Improvement  
Program. That's a federal aid program whose purpose, of course, is to achieve a  
decrease in traffic fatalities and major injuries on the -- the public highways. As usual,  
we have the option of either for voting, as I just said, providing formal approval, or to  
establish our own specific targets. We've never established our own specific targets.  
We've always gone along with the statewide versions. The staff does find the statewide  
targets acceptable, recommend that these be formally supported by the committee. This  
is the table. I'll just briefly describe it. You can see there are five performance measures.  
These are the same as they have been in previous tables: Number of fatalities, the  
fatality rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled, number of serious injuries, serious  
injury rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled, and number of non-motorized fatalities  
and serious injuries. There is a target setting methodology. If you want me to get into  
that, I can. It's based on one percent annual vehicle miles travel increased. It's  
presumed the non-motorized fatalities and serious injuries just will be a line, and this is, I  
think, percentage-wise with the overall fatality and serious injury reductions, and it's  
presuming or based on a zero by 2030 fatality rate and a zero by 2040 serious injury  
reduction rate. Again, if there's any questions, I will try to answer those.  
MR. SEEWOOD: Any questions for staff?  
MS. BUFFALOE: Mitch, quick question. This is because this then qualifies us for  
federal funding. I mean, I know it's a requirement, and then does it qualify us for extra  
safety funding?  
MR. SKOV: I don't know that it qualifies us for extra safety funding, but it's  
something, again, we have to do. From a reporting perspective, we have to provide to the  
central office the fact that, you know, the motions, and then the formal activity of the  
committee, that it has been adopted by the MPOs policy board, which, of course, the  
CATSO Coordinating Committee is.  
MS. BUFFALOE: Okay.  
MR. SKOV: I don't know that it makes any difference from a specific safety funding,  
but it is one of those things we have to keep -- we have to do annually to keep ourselves  
up to date.  
MS. BUFFALOE: Okay.  
MS. SKOV: And -- and eligible for federal funding.  
MS. BUFFALOE: Okay.  
MR. SEEWOOD: Any other questions or --  
MR. SKOV: For like we have -- and I could just say that the CATSO Technical  
Committee did review this at their February 7th meeting. They had no objection to  
adopting these targets as opposed to setting specific ones for CATSO's Metropolitan  
Planning Organization. They did pass a motion to recommend to the Coordinating  
Committee that they formally adopt the statewide safety targets, and that's what I would  
suggest that you consider doing, is pass a motion doing exactly that. Thank you.  
MR. SEEWOOD: Any other questions or comments for staff? Are there any  
questions or comments from citizens? If not, can I get a motion?  
MR. YONKE: Yeah. Move to adopt the targets.  
MS. BUFFALOE: Second.  
MR. SEEWOOD: All in favor? (Unanimous voice vote for approval.) All right. It  
passes.  
VI. CATSO METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN (MTP) UPDATE - DISCUSSION  
MR. SEEWOOD: Mitch?  
MR. SKOV: Well, I don't know how much liberty I am to say. Our purchase  
department is currently in negotiation with some vendors regarding the Metropolitan  
Transportation Plan update. We have received some bids. I don't really know what I'm at  
more liberty to say, other than we're -- we are hoping to get started on this very soon.  
MR. TEDDY: Yeah. We're very close to getting to the contract stage with a  
consultant, so just wanted the committee to be aware. I think by our next -- maybe next  
month, we'll have something.  
MR. SEEWOOD: Okay. Any questions for staff?  
VII. OTHER BUSINESS  
MR. SEEWOOD: Mitch, was there any other business?  
MR. SKOV: Well, there was an administrative revision done to the Transportation  
Improvement Program, which is very minor. It's typically done behind the scenes, but I  
will send you the -- an update sheet to show you what happened. It's related to I-70. It  
will basically just take some money out of the overall project, Columbia to Kingdom City,  
a minor amount relative to the total amount. A minor amount for asphalt repair of  
pavement which is going to be let this year instead of a couple of years from now. That  
repair is, of course, associated with the overall Columbia to Kingdom City project. But  
that's again minor. It's not something that requires any formal action, because it's moving  
money from one project to another. The amount of money was $1.5 million, which is a  
small amount compared to the total amount of the project for the Columbia to Kingdom  
City corridor. But I will send you the sheet which explains that. I will just e-mail all of  
that to you. So that was the only other thing I think I had to mention to you.  
MS. BUFFALOE: I think I had a question. I missed -- yesterday there was a  
MoDOT update at the Chambers quarterly membership breakfast. And somebody  
mentioned that the order of projects for the Improve I-70, originally Columbia's projects  
were, like, the first and last projects, but now maybe we're, like, the first and fourth. Is  
that -- do we -- are we -- have we, like, the Marshal to State -- you know, has that moved  
up? I'm just wondering, so maybe I'm asking MoDOT.  
MS. WATKINS: I think that the -- the best place for that information is on the I-70 --  
Improve I-70 web page.  
MS. BUFFALOE: Yeah. It's not updated with that. This is what was said at the  
meeting yesterday.  
MS. WATKINS: Okay. And I was not a part of that meeting.  
MS. BUFFALOE: Okay.  
MS. WATKINS: I haven't officially heard that.  
MS. BUFFALOE: I was, like, oh, if we're going to have more projects happening, I'd  
be interested to know, because it sounds like we also have other projects happening in  
our -- in our Study Organization area, just to help make awareness for community  
members.  
MR. SEEWOOD: Yeah. So have a -- we -- our internal group has a meeting with  
MoDOT. Is that next week, Shane?  
MR. CREECH: Yeah. Tuesday, I believe.  
MR. SEEWOOD: Okay. And so we'll be able to update.  
MS. BUFFALOE: You guys are good to know.  
MR. SEEWOOD: Yeah. All right.  
VIII. GENERAL COMMENTS BY PUBLIC, MEMBERS AND STAFF  
MR. SEEWOOD: General comments from the public. Anyone from the public like to  
speak? All right. Any comments from the Board? Tim?  
MR. TEDDY: Yes, sir. And this is just to let the committee know that I received a  
letter a week ago. It's dated February 15th from a design professional with Crockett  
Engineering. I believe they're doing work on behalf of a client, and they are requesting a  
revision to the Major Roadway Plan, specifically to East Stadium Boulevard from East  
Richland Road to North Grace Lane. That is, of course, the 740 extension, and that  
would be a very involved process, I would think, because it was a very involved planning  
process to put it in its current alignment, so I think we'll -- rather than ask the committee  
now to share its thoughts, I think we'll come back with some information on how a  
reexamination process would look on that.  
MR. SEEWOOD: So does -- does that go to -- does that start with us and then go to  
Technical?  
MR. TEDDY: Yeah. Normally, you would refer it to Technical Committee for study.  
MR. SEEWOOD: Okay.  
MR. TEDDY: I think we want to just gather some background on this.  
MR. SEEWOOD: So you'll bring this up then for the next meeting?  
MR. TEDDY: Yeah. And look at -- look at the area a little bit. They have made a  
specific suggestion, and they did appear at our Technical Committee meeting, so -- so  
Thad, Jeff, and Mitch are familiar with this request. They have mapped it out, and they  
wanted to make use of an altogether different alignment for the traffic around that area.  
.
MS. BUFFALOE: And you say -- which area was it, again?  
MR. TEDDY: The Stadium extension. And in the letter, they say it a little more  
specific, from Richland to Grace is the area of concern. But I think they were looking at  
north of WW also, but --  
MS. BUFFALOE: Yes. I had somebody approach me yesterday after our meeting.  
MR. TEDDY: Yeah.  
MS. BUFFALOE: With a similar question.  
MR. TEDDY: Yeah. And I think we're just going to have to review that internally as a  
City, and maybe the County and MoDOT could do the same to see how we feel about  
such a revision. That's all.  
MR. SEEWOOD: Thank you, sir.  
MR. TEDDY: And, Mitch, we could probably share that correspondence with  
everybody?  
MR. SKOV: Yes.  
MR. TEDDY: Yeah. Sure.  
MR. SEEWOOD: All right. Mitch, did you have anything for us?  
MR. SKOV: I do not. No more. Nothing else.  
IX. NEXT MEETING DATE  
MR. SEEWOOD: Next meeting date?  
MR. SKOV: That will be on May 23rd, 2024. Same location here at the usual 2:30  
time.  
X. ADJOURNMENT  
MR. SEEWOOD: With nothing else, I'll take a motion for adjournment.  
MR. YONKE: Move to adjourn.  
MR. TEDDY: Second.  
MR. SEEWOOD: All in favor? (Unanimous voice vote for approval. Meeting  
adjourned,.  
(The meeting adjourned at 2:40 p.m.)  
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