The first meeting of Brazos County’s new regional mobility authority is Thursday morning.
The RMA…a body that can negotiate future highway and other transportation projects with TxDOT…was authorized by the legislature last year.
But the state senate blocked a local request to increase vehicle registration fees in Brazos County by ten dollars to create a matching fund for local highway projects.
At the end of last week’s College Station city council meeting, there was approval to give the RMA $15,000 dollars in start up money. That’s followed a report by councilman Dennis Maloney, who represents the city on the board of the Brazos Valley Economic Development Corporation.
The inaugural RMA meeting is Thursday morning at nine in the Brazos County administration building’s courtroom.
Click below for comments from the January 23, 2020 College Station city council meeting.
Click HERE to read and download the agenda for the first Brazos County RMA meeting.
News release from the Brazos County RMA:
In December of 2019, the Brazos County Commissioners took action to establish the Brazos County Regional Mobility Authority (RMA) and named four Brazos County residents to serve on the Board of Directors.
Later in December of 2019, as required by state law, the Governor appointed a chair.
The RMA Board is now set to hold its inaugural meeting on Thursday, January 30 in the Auxiliary Courtroom on the first floor of the Brazos County Administration building.
The first meeting will primarily be an organizational meeting (an agenda is attached to this notice) including information on what an RMA is and what types of projects an RMA may undertake.
Ms. Tedi Ellison, prior Chair of the Bryan/College Station Chamber of Commerce Transportation Committee was the Governor’s appointee to serve as Chair of the RMA Board.
The other four Board members are Ms. Ann Horton, Ms. Veronica Morgan, P.E., Dr. Dennis Christiansen, P.E. and Mr. Alan Munger, P.E.