In response to Executive Committee inquiries, as well as a need for periodic updates, staff has drafted the attached proposed revisions to the Transportation Agency's bylaws.  The proposed revisions are attached, and by and large, are related to two issues.

First, the changes address the issue of late-breaking agenda items. The current process by which the Executive Committee reviews the draft Transportation Agency Board of Directors agenda has worked well for regular agenda items.  However, in some cases agenda items needing attention arise after the Executive Committee but before the agenda closing on the Thursday, 9 days before the Board of Directors meeting.  Recognizing that often-times such items are ministerial, the Committee suggested that the Executive Director check in with the Chair, or in absence of the Chair, the First Vice Chair, when items arise after the Executive Committee review, but before the agenda deadline. 

Second, staff proposes to rename the annual congestion management program assessments as Regional Transportation Planning Agency assessments, to better reflect actual usage of the member agency contributions, which are one of the agency's few local funding sources.  In addition, there are minor wording changes proposed, as shown, including removing the successor agency designation from the title of the bylaws (it is retained in the language of the first part of the bylaws). 

An underline/strike version of the Bylaws showing all the proposed changes is attached.