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Bend MPO policy board approves amended bylaws changes, sends proposals to TAC for review
Summary
The Bend MPO policy board agreed on multiple bylaw revisions — including adding Cascade East Transit as a voting member, changing quorum rules and clarifying amendment procedures — and directed staff to start the member review process.
The Bend Metropolitan Planning Organization (Bend MPO) policy board on a unanimous vote approved proposed changes to its bylaws as amended and directed staff to initiate a 30‑day member review process.
The board’s action followed extended discussion of two sets of bylaws: revisions to the technical advisory committee (TAC) bylaws and more substantive amendments to the policy board bylaws. The changes address membership language, voting and quorum rules, the role of the MPO manager and the process for amending TAC bylaws.
Tyler Deakey, Bend MPO staff, opened the discussion on the TAC bylaws and said the committee was recommending several modest edits, including updating repeatedly used terms: “we're changing the word citizen to so citizen members are changing it to community members to be more inclusive.” Deakey also…
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