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Gallatin Valley MPO Technical Advisory Committee Meeting – February 11, 2026

City Commission — Wednesday, February 11, 2026
BodyBozeman, Montana
SessionCity Commission
DateWednesday, February 11, 2026
StatusFILED
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Transcript — Verbatim
0:20

Okay, looks like we have just about a full room.

0:23

So we will get underway.

0:25

Good morning, everybody.

0:26

Welcome to our February meeting of the Gallatin Valley MPO Technical Advisory Committee.

0:34

We've got uh fun little meeting set up for you today.

0:37

So we'll get into uh the agenda pretty quickly here.

0:41

I'll call the meeting to order and ask Marcy uh to please run roll.

0:47

Chris Saunders.

0:54

Nicholas Ross.

0:56

Here.

0:57

Catherine King.

1:00

Here.

1:02

Camera Yulia.

1:05

Here.

1:06

John O'Collin.

1:08

Here.

1:10

Me by Ewan.

1:11

Here.

1:13

Mitch Beau.

1:14

Beth, are you sitting in for proxy today?

1:16

I am, thank you.

1:17

And I'm here.

1:19

Brandon Jones.

1:21

Hi, uh, I'm Anita Matthews.

1:23

I'm sitting in for proxy for Brandon today.

1:27

Sunshine Ross.

1:29

Here.

1:31

Bad Wilson.

1:33

Here.

1:34

Don Howe.

1:37

Okay, we have 10 out of 11.

1:40

And Marcy, I am here.

1:42

I just couldn't get my audio working fast enough to say.

1:45

I saw that you were here.

1:46

Thank you, Chris.

1:49

Okay, thank you, Marcy.

1:50

We've got a quorum, so we can get rolling.

1:53

First item up for business today, approval of minutes.

1:57

Jeff produced our January meeting minutes attached to the agenda.

2:03

I will ask for a motion to approve.

2:10

We'll move to approve is submitted.

2:12

Thanks, Chris.

2:14

Second, please.

2:18

I'll second.

2:19

I'll second.

2:20

Okay.

2:20

Go ahead.

2:28

All right, I got Beth on a second.

2:30

Thank you, Beth.

2:31

Appreciate it.

2:31

That's good.

2:34

Okay, motion on the table.

2:35

Any uh discussion, corrections, additions requested by the committee.

2:44

Okay, seeing no hands or hearing no uh voices.

2:50

Uh Marcy, please call a vote.

2:52

Bruce Saunders.

2:54

Hi.

2:55

Nicholas Ross.

2:56

Hi.

2:57

Catherine King.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Transportation Safety█████████████████████████████████████████████53%
Public Engagement████████████████████24%
Procedural██████████████████21%
Community Engagement██2%
Summary of Proceedings

Gallatin Valley MPO Technical Advisory Committee Meeting – February 11, 2026

The Gallatin Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) met on the morning of February 11, 2026, with 10 of 11 members present. The committee reviewed and recommended adoption of revised Vision, Goals, and Objectives (VGO) for the Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP), following previous discussions at the January TAC and TPCC meetings.

Consent Calendar

  • Approval of January 2026 Meeting Minutes: The committee unanimously approved the minutes from the January meeting with a 10-0 vote.

Discussion Items

  • Long-Range Transportation Plan Vision, Goals, and Objectives (VGO):
    • Staff (Jeff) presented revisions to the VGO document based on input from the January TAC meeting and the Transportation Policy Coordinating Committee (TPCC) meeting.
    • Key changes included: separating system preservation and resiliency into two goals; emphasizing Vision Zero framework (aspirational goal of eliminating all traffic fatalities and serious injuries) in Goal 1; reorganizing objectives; tightening language; adding new objectives such as encouraging land use consistency with transportation investments.
    • Clarification was requested on Goal 5, Objective 3 regarding "walkable" vs. "multimodal" language; staff noted it was intended as an outcome of land use and transportation coordination.
    • Member Chris Saunders raised a point about Goal 1, Objective 1, suggesting the absolute language of "eliminate all traffic related fatalities" was unrealistic and proposing softer wording like "work to" or "strive to". After discussion, the committee chose to keep the language as drafted, noting the TPCC had already endorsed the aspirational tone.
    • The committee voted 10-0 to recommend adoption of the VGO to the TPCC.
  • Upcoming Meeting: The Chair announced that the March TAC meeting will be held in person in Belgrade and will feature a construction and planning update from various agencies.

Key Outcomes

  • Vote: Motion to recommend adoption of the Long-Range Transportation Plan Vision, Goals, and Objectives to the TPCC passed 10-0.
  • Next Steps: The recommendation will be forwarded to the TPCC for final approval at its end-of-February meeting. The TAC will meet in person in Belgrade in March.

Meeting Transcript

Okay, looks like we have just about a full room. So we will get underway. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to our February meeting of the Gallatin Valley MPO Technical Advisory Committee. We've got uh fun little meeting set up for you today. So we'll get into uh the agenda pretty quickly here. I'll call the meeting to order and ask Marcy uh to please run roll. Chris Saunders. Nicholas Ross. Here. Catherine King. Here. Camera Yulia. Here. John O'Collin. Here. Me by Ewan. Here. Mitch Beau. Beth, are you sitting in for proxy today? I am, thank you. And I'm here. Brandon Jones. Hi, uh, I'm Anita Matthews. I'm sitting in for proxy for Brandon today. Sunshine Ross. Here. Bad Wilson. Here. Don Howe. Okay, we have 10 out of 11. And Marcy, I am here. I just couldn't get my audio working fast enough to say. I saw that you were here. Thank you, Chris. Okay, thank you, Marcy. We've got a quorum, so we can get rolling. First item up for business today, approval of minutes. Jeff produced our January meeting minutes attached to the agenda. I will ask for a motion to approve. We'll move to approve is submitted. Thanks, Chris. Second, please. I'll second. I'll second. Okay. Go ahead. All right, I got Beth on a second. Thank you, Beth. Appreciate it.

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