City of Columbia, Missouri  
Meeting Minutes  
Columbia Area Transportation Study Organization (CATSO)  
City Council Chamber  
Thursday, May 25, 2023  
2:30 PM  
Regular Coordinating Committee Meeting  
City Hall  
701 E. Broadway  
Columbia, Missouri  
I. CALL TO ORDER  
II. INTRODUCTIONS  
Chair De’Carlon Seewood called the meeting to order at 2:34 pm. Eight  
members were in attendance.  
Members Present:  
De’Carlon Seewood, City Manager (Chair), City of Columbia  
Tim Teddy, City of Columbia- Community Development  
Shane Creech, Public Works Director, City of Columbia  
Barbara Buffaloe, Mayor, City of Columbia  
Jeff McCann, Boone County Public Works, Engineering  
Thad Yonke, Boone County Resource Management, Planning (for Justin Aldred,  
Boone County Commission)  
Machelle Watkins, MoDOT Central District Office  
Mike Henderson, MoDOT Central Office  
Members Absent:  
Jerica Holtsclaw, MoDOT Multimodal  
Others Present:  
Mitch Skov, CATSO Staff/City of Columbia  
Brad Kelley, City of Columbia/CATSO staff  
Rusty Palmer, City of Columbia Community Development  
III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA  
A motion to approve the agenda was made by Thad Yonke, and seconded by  
Tim Teddy. The motion passed unanimously. (8-0)  
IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
Attachments: Draft CATSO Coordinating Committee Meeting Minutes, 2-23-23.doc  
Yonke made a motion to approve the February Coordinating Committee  
meeting minutes as written, with a second by Mike Henderson. The motion  
passed (7-0) with one abstention.  
V. MODOT SYSTEM PERFORMANCE TARGETS  
Attachments:  
MoDOT Statewide System Performance Targets 5-25-2023  
Memo.docx  
Skov discussed the MoDOT System Performance Targets that had been  
provided to CATSO and the other MPOs in December, 2022. These targets  
relate to both Interstate and Non-Interstate Travel Time reliability, expressed in  
terms of a metric of Percent of Reliable Person-Miles Traveled. The third target  
is  
a
Freight Reliability measure expressed as  
a
Truck Travel Time Reliability  
Index metric.  
MPOs have the option of either adopting the system performance targets as  
formulated by MoDOT, or establishing their own specific targets. Skov said  
staff saw no reason to adopt targets specific to CATSO and noted that the  
Technical Committee had passed  
a
motion at their May 3 meeting to  
recommend to the Coordinating Committee to adopt the statewide targets as  
presented.  
Yonke made a motion to adopt the MoDOT statewide targets as presented. The  
motion was seconded by Shane Creech. The motion passed unanimously.  
VI. MODOT PAVEMENT AND BRIDGE TARGETS  
Attachments: MoDOT Statewide Pavement-Bridge Targets 5-25-2023 Memo.docx  
Skov discussed the MoDOT Pavement and Bridge Targets that had been  
provided to CATSO and the other MPOs in December, 2022. These reflect the  
conditions (good or poor) of National Highway System (NHS) corridor bridges,  
Interstate Pavements, and non-Interstate NHS Pavements.  
MPOs have the option of either adopting the Pavement and Bridge targets as  
formulated by MoDOT, or establishing their own specific targets. Skov said  
staff saw no reason to adopt targets specific to CATSO. At their May 3, 2023  
meeting, the  
Coordinating Committee to adopt the statewide targets as presented.  
Yonke made motion to adopt the MoDOT statewide Pavement and Bridge  
Technical Committee passed  
a
motion to recommend to the  
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targets as presented. The motion was seconded by Teddy.  
unanimously.  
The motion passed  
VII. MODOT TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT TARGETS  
Attachments: MoDOT Transit Sponsored Group TAM Plan Oct 2022.pdf  
MoDOT Statewide TAM Targets 5-25-2023 Memo.docx  
Skov discussed the MoDOT Transit Asset Management (TAM) that were  
provided to CATSO and the other MPOs in October, 2022. These reflect the  
conditions (good or poor) of transit vehicle fleets and transit system facilities.  
MPOs have the option of either adopting the Pavement and Bridge targets as  
formulated by MoDOT, or establishing their own specific targets. Skov said as  
GoCOMO, the Columbia area bus system, had signed on to the state’s TAM  
Plan, which includes the statewide targets noted, staff saw no reason to adopt  
targets specific to CATSO. At their May 3, 2023 meeting, the CATSO Technical  
Committee passed  
adopt the TAM targets as presented in the statewide TAM Plan.  
Yonke made motion to adopt the MoDOT statewide TAM targets as  
a motion to recommend to the Coordinating Committee to  
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presented. The motion was seconded by Barbara Buffaloe.  
unanimously.  
The motion passed  
VIII. MODOT UNFUNDED NEEDS LIST FOR CATSO METROPOLITAN PLANNING AREA  
Attachments: 2023 Unfunded Needs List Approved at CATSO Tech 5-3-2023.docx  
Staff Memo MoDOT Unfunded Needs List 2023.docx  
Mitch Skov gave an overview of the proposed 2023 update to the 2022 CATSO  
Unfunded Needs List. He pointed out the projects that had been suggested as  
potential additions by staff, which include Business Loop 70, I-70 Drive SW to  
Route 763, and Transit Route, Columbia to Jefferson City. He also noted that  
the draft list had been vetted by the Columbia Bicycle and Pedestrian  
Commission at their April meeting. Given that one of the Top 10 Multimodal  
Projects, the St. Charles sidewalk, had dropped off the list due to being funded  
and now in the City of Columbia CIP, the BPC had suggested replacing that  
project with: Adding bicycle and pedestrian connectivity of all four  
legs/directions to the I-70/US 63 Interchange. The BPC also suggested the  
addition of five City of Columbia greenbelt trail projects to the list for potential  
addition to the Top 10 Multi-Modal list.  
Skov noted that MoDOT Central District had been provided  
updated list of CATSO MPA unfunded needs, as recommended for CATSO  
Coordinating Committee approval at their May 3, 2023 meeting. The Central  
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provisional  
District Unfunded Needs meeting was held on May 16, 2023. He mentioned  
that the new multimodal project recommended for inclusion by the BPC and by  
CATSO Technical Committee, Adding bicycle and pedestrian connectivity of all  
four legs/directions to the I-70/US 63 Interchange, was formally added to the  
MoDOT Unfunded Needs List at the May 16 meeting.  
A motion to approve as recommended by the CATSO Technical Committee was  
made by Yonke, and seconded by Creech. The motion passed unanimously.  
IX. CATSO METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN STATUS UPDATE  
Skov gave  
a
brief overview of the anticipated schedule for the process of  
putting out a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the update to the current CATSO  
2050 long-range transportation plan.  
X. CATSO OVERVIEW - PURPOSE AND FUNCTION  
Skov gave PowerPoint presentation detailing the history, purpose, and the  
functions of the Columbia Area Transportation Study Organization (CATSO).  
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XI. OTHER BUSINESS  
None.  
XII. GENERAL COMMENTS BY PUBLIC, MEMBERS AND STAFF  
None.  
XIII. NEXT MEETING DATE  
The next regularly scheduled meeting is Thursday, August 24, 2023.  
XIV. ADJOURNMENT  
A motion to adjourn was made by Yonke and seconded by Teddy. The motion  
was approved.  
Seewood adjourned the meeting at 3:12 pm.  
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