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Votes at a glance: MPO amends TIP for paratransit, adopts FDOT safety target, approves appointments and scopes
Summary
At its Feb. 14 meeting the Collier MPO approved a TIP amendment adding a federally funded paratransit capital project, reappointed members to MPO advisory bodies, adopted FDOT 2025 safety performance targets, approved a regional congestion management scope, and directed staff to refocus the Old 41 PD&E and to consult with Lee County on a proposed consolidation study.
Key formal actions taken at the Feb. 14 Collier MPO meeting:
- TIP amendment (Item 9A): The board approved an amendment to the 2025–2029 Transportation Improvement Program to add a federally funded paratransit capital project. Staff said the project had committee endorsement. (Passed; staff conducted roll call and announced the amendment passes.)
- MPOAC representation (Item 10A): Commissioner William McDaniel was re-elected as the MPO's primary representative to the Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council and Commissioner Bert Saunders was re-elected as alternate (motion; passed unanimously by voice vote).
- FDOT Target Zero safety targets (Item 10B): The board adopted the Florida Department of Transportation's Target Zero safety performance targets for calendar year 2025 (annual adoption required by statute/regulation). (Passed by voice vote.)
- BPAC reappointment (Item 10C): Anthony Matanti was reappointed as chair/member of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee for another two‑year term. (Passed by voice vote.)
- Joint regional congestion management scope (Item 10E): The board approved moving forward with a scope of services and procurement for a jointly led Collier regional congestion management process and authorized staff to begin procurement activities. (Passed by voice vote.)
- Old 41 PD&E (Item 11B): After receiving the FDOT presentation and hearing concerns about right‑of‑way and floodplain compensation costs, the board directed staff to re‑evaluate the study with emphasis on intersection improvements and alternative shared‑use facilities. (Passed.)
- MPO consolidation feasibility study (Item 11C): The board voted to continue the consolidation item and direct staff to meet with Lee County MPO staff and FDOT to assess benefits and implications prior to contracting the budgeted $250,000 consultant study.
Where motions passed by voice only, staff recorded outcomes in the meeting minutes; explicit numeric tallies were not recorded in the transcript for all votes.
