Mid-Missouri Regional Planning Commission

Project Activity

FY19 Work Program and Budget

The Traffic Engineering Assistance Program (TEAP) funding application cycle is open. Applications will be accepted from July 26, 2019 to September 20, 2019. TEAP is open to local public agencies to apply for engineering assistance to study traffic engineering problems. These problems can include corridor safety and/or operational analysis, intersection safety analysis, speed limit review, sign inventory, bike/ped route analysis, and much more. ADA Transition Plans also fall within the lines of TEAP funding.

TEAP is an 80/20 reimbursement program through MoDOT with 80% funding for eligible projects up to $8,000 coming from MoDOT and the entity having a 20% match. Funds for projects must be spent in the year that they are awarded for. If a project costs more than $10,000 the entity can put more than the required 20% match toward completing the project. Check back for information as specific dates are released for applications.

Midwest Assistance Program (MAP) will hold a free workshop offering financial and managerial information for water and sewer systems, focused on the responsibilities of local board members and city clerks on Tuesday, August 13, from 1-4 p.m. at the Mid-Missouri Regional Planning Commission office in Ashland, MO. 

Attendees will learn practical tips on how to more effectively conduct local government business, while better managing your community’s water and wastewater systems in a sustainable, professional manner. 

The training is free but pre-registration by August 9^th is required to insure sufficient handout materials. Refreshments will be provided, and there will be an opportunity to share information through open discussion. 

To register contact Jeff Kormann at  573.680.0682 or email  jkormann@map-inc.org. More details can be found here.

Here is the link to our July edition of the Mid-MO Current which is our quarterly newsletter that highlights how the Mid-Missouri Regional Planning Commission staff is assisting our communities. 

Mid-MO RPC staff attended the Broadband Leaders Academy hosted by the Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) and the Department of Agriculture in partnership with the Hawthorn Foundation. Tim Arbeiter, Director of Broadband Development for DED, moderated the event.

The conference brought together broadband internet stakeholders, both public and private, to learn about the new sources of funding and technical assistance available to expand access for rural communities, and to brainstorm new ideas and discuss success stories from companies, utility cooperatives and cities that have recently expanded broadband access.

According to the FEC’s most current data, fully 20% of Missourians are unserved with no meaningful access to highspeed/broadband internet services, and as many as 50% of Missouri’s residents are underserved meaning they have connections that are slower than 10 megabits per second download speed and 1-megabit upload. In this increasingly digital age, the lack of access to broadband is a major impediment to improving the health, wealth, and wellbeing of Missourians.
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The U.S Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), in partnership with Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), is offering a free, intensive two-day training course designed to help local agencies and governments “ensure that pedestrian facilities and access routes are properly constructed and maintained for individuals of all abilities.” The course will include the following modules:

Module 1:        Laws, Regulations and Pedestrian Characteristics (which includes self-evaluations and transition plans and the DOJ-DOT Joint Technical Assistance on the Title II of the ADA Requirements to Provide Curb Ramps when Streets, Roads, or Highways are Altered through Resurfacing)
Module 2:        Pedestrian Access Route (PAR)
Module 3:        Curb Ramps and other Transitions
Module 4:        Detectable Warnings (truncated domes)
Module 5:        Pedestrian Crossings
Module 6:        Accessible Pedestrian Signals (APS)
Module 7:        Street furniture and Parking
Module 8:        Work Zones & Maintenance  

Course topics will be covered through a variety of activities including presentations, discussion groups, video demonstrations, small group problem identification, and will feature a hands-on outdoor wheelchair, low-vision goggles, and white cane exercise. The deadline to register is Monday, April 29, 2019 through the MoDOTu portal. See the attached course flyer for instructions on how to register.

Designing Pedestrian Facilities for Accessibility (DPFA)
May 6 – 7, 2019 from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Harry S. Truman Building, 301 W. High St.
Rooms 490/492
Jefferson City, MO 65102

August 20, 2019 – 9 am, Mid-MO RPC Office, 206 E. Broadway, Ashland (map)

August 21, 2019 – 11:30 am, Mid-MO RPC Office, 206 East Broadway, Ashland (map). The Executive Committee is a subcommittee of the Board of Directors and is comprised of the Chair, Vice Chair, Past Chair, Personnel Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer/Budget Chair.

September 2, 2019 – The Mid-MO RPC office will be closed for Labor Day.

September 25, 2019 – 2:00 pm, Mid-MO RPC Office, 206 E. Broadway, Ashland (map).

September 25, 2019 – 4:00 pm meeting/5:30 pm dinner, Mid-MO RPC Office, 206 E. Broadway, Ashland (map).