TPCC votes to dissolve TTAC and update bylaws ahead of MPO redesignation

The Transportation Policy Coordinating Committee (TPCC) voted to dissolve the Technical Transportation Advisory Committee (TTAC) and to adopt updated TPCC bylaws that reflect membership changes needed for an imminent Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) redesignation.

Staff told the committee the consolidated planning board that has historically been designated as the MPO will dissolve later this year, requiring a formal redesignation. As part of that process, the committee approved bylaws that add a seat for the city planning board, a seat for the county planning board and convert the city-county health department from a nonvoting to a voting seat so TPCC membership would be an odd number.

The motion approved by TPCC follows staff’s recommendation to dissolve TTAC upon the governor’s redesignation of the MPO and to transition the technical forum into an agency coordination meeting rather than a formal committee that produces minutes and formal recommendations. Staff explained the intent is to preserve staff-level coordination among agencies while avoiding the legal constraints that come with a standing committee that must meet under public meeting laws.

Committee members discussed options including keeping TTAC as-is, a hybrid model that would meet formally only occasionally, or replacing it with a memorandum of understanding among agencies. Staff noted a hybrid—holding informal staff meetings while retaining TTAC as an official committee—would conflict with open-meeting requirements if the official TTAC membership routinely met informally without notice.

Several members raised concerns about preserving guaranteed seats for statutory partners and ensuring transit and other agencies remain structurally at the table during and after the transition. Staff said transit is a statutory partner for MPO designation and that they plan to retain a structure to include transit and other listed partners in the new coordination format. TPCC members also discussed the risk that participation could drop without a formal meeting schedule and suggested defining membership or an MOU to maintain long-term participation.

TPCC approved the staff-recommended motions. The committee agreed TTAC will continue to meet in the near term to close out pending items and that the transition is likely to take place in roughly September as agreements and bylaws are finalized and submitted for governor redesignation. TPCC directed staff to return to the committee in a future meeting with a draft structure for the agency coordination meeting and any proposed MOU or membership language.

Notes: The transcript records the motions and committee “Aye” votes but does not provide a detailed roll-call tally in the meeting record. The committee recorded that TTAC would continue to meet for a short period to wrap up outstanding work before transitioning.