Agenda

Western Connecticut Council of Governments and
the Housatonic Valley and South Western Region
Metropolitan Planning and Organizations Meeting
Thursday December 14th 12:00pm at:
The Ridgefield Town Hall Annex
66 Prospect Street
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Zoom Meeting:
https://uso2web.zoom.us/j/88222966740
Meeting ID: 882 2296 6740

Agenda

1. COG/HVMPO Meeting Call to order: Hon. Rudy Marconi, Chairman
2. SWRMPO Meeting call to order: WestCOG Executive Director Francis Pickering
3. Welcome New Members
4. Public Participation: limited to topics on this agenda and to 2 minutes per speaker.
5. FEATURED PRESENTATION Jonathan Murphy Smalls from Senator Chris Murphy's office.
6. *Approval of the 11/16/2023 SWRMPO/HVMPO Meeting Minutes
7. **Approval of the COG 11/16/2023 Meeting Minutes
8. ***COG Action Items:
   1. COG Election of Officers
   2. 2024 Proposed Meeting Dates
   3. WestCOG 2023 RAISE Grant
   4. NOAA CRRC Program (Climate Resilience Regional Challenge)
   5. LOTCIP Adjustment
9. *MPO Action Items:
   1. MPO Election of Officers
   2. 2024 Proposed Meeting Dates
10. MPO Information Items:
    1. USDOT Advanced Transportation Technology & Innovation Program
    2. USDOT 2024 RAISE Grant Solicitation
    3. 2024 CTDOT Highway Safety Performance Targets
11. COG Information Items:
    1. Draft Legislative Priorities
    2. Legislative Reception
    3. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
    4. EPA Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants
    5. Other Business
12. Next meeting: MPO/COG/Legislative Reception Thursday January 18th 2024
13. Adjournment

*A quorum of 6 voting members for HV and 5 for SWR is required. Separate votes are required for each MPO.
**A quorum of 10 elected officials is required.