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Bylaws of the Knoxville Regional Transportation Planning Organization Technical Committee

Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is the agency that is responsible for preparing metropolitan transportation plans and Transportation Improvement Programs (TIP) and demonstrating that plans and TIP conform before they are adopted. An MPO is established for each metropolitan area that has an urbanized population of 50,000 or more and is that organization designated as being responsible, together with the State of Tennessee, for conducting the continuing cooperative and comprehensive planning process under Section 134 of Title 23, United States Code and Section 5303 of Title 49, United States Code.

Article I - Name/Study Area
The name of the Metropolitan Planning Organization shall be the Knoxville Regional Transportation Planning Organization (TPO). The TPO study area shall include the Knoxville Urban Area as defined by the 2000 United States Census, as amended by the TPO Executive Board, and may include that area to become urbanized in 20 years.

Article II - Composition
The Technical Committee shall be composed of the following:

• Executive Director Knoxville-Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission
• Director Planning Division, TDOT
• Director Public Transportation, Waterways, and Rail Division, TDOT
• Regional Director Region 1, TDOT
• Director Knox County, Department of Engineering and Public Works
• Senior Director City of Knoxville, Department of Operations
• and Engineering
• General Manager Knoxville Area Transit (KAT)
• Ten Staff Members One each to be designated by Alcoa, Farragut, Lenoir City, Maryville, and Blount, Sevier, Loudon, Anderson, Jefferson, and Cocke Counties
• Director Knoxville Commuter Pool
• Executive Director East Tennessee Development District
• Director Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority
• Director Knox County Transit (formally Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee (CAC))
• Director East Tennessee Human Resource Agency (ETHRA)
• *Division Administrator Tennessee Division, FHWA
• *Regional Representative Region 4 FTA

*Non-voting Members

 Article III - Responsibilities

1. The Technical Committee is responsible directly to the Executive Board for administration of transportation planning and programming, relying on the TPO Director to achieve coordination among technical staff participating in the process;
2. The Technical Committee shall establish schedules and assign personnel to accomplish same in accordance with Executive Board policy and legislative requirements;
3. The Technical Committee, individually or collectively, shall research and prepare planning studies and program development, and report to the Executive Board as appropriate;
4. The Technical Committee shall cooperatively review and approve plans and the planning process;
5. The Technical Committee shall carry out the provisions of Section 1203 (Metropolitan Planning) of the Transportation Equality Equity Act for the 21 st Century (TEA-21) or its successor;
6. Transportation Improvement Program cost overruns shall be administrated according to the policies outlined in the approved Transportation Improvement Program as amended.

 Article IV - Organization

1. The Technical Committee shall elect a Chair and Vice Chair and Secretary. The Chair and Vice Chair shall be elected from the membership of the Technical Committee by a majority vote;
2. Election of officers shall take place during the first meeting of the calendar year. The term of office shall be for one year. Any officer is eligible to serve a maximum of two consecutive terms;
3. The TPO Director shall serve as permanent Secretary to the Technical Committee.

 Article V - Duties of Chair

1. The Chair, or in the absence of the Chair, the Vice Chair, shall preside at all meetings of the Technical Committee;
2. The Chair, or his/her designate, shall present the recommendation of the Technical Committee to the Executive Board. The Chair, or his/her designate, shall represent the Technical Committee at Executive Board meetings, hearings, conferences, and other events as required.

 Article VI - TPO Director

1. The TPO Director shall serve as permanent Secretary to the Executive Board and Technical Committee, coordinate and schedule all meetings thereof, record proceedings and prepare minutes, prepare resolutions as adopted, and disseminate said minutes and resolutions as appropriate. The TPO Director shall be designated by the Executive Director of the Knoxville-Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission;
2. The TPO Director shall sever as Chair of all ad hoc subcommittees appointed by the Executive Board and the Technical Committee;
3. The TPO Director shall coordinate all activities of the TPO and with professional staff assistance accomplish analyses and documentation as assigned.

Article VII - Meetings

1. The Technical Committee shall meet as required to achieve coordination in the transportation planning, programming, and implementation process at least bimonthly;
2. Each Technical Committee member may designate, in writing, a representative to attend meetings in said member's absence;
3. The presence of a majority of the Technical Committee membership or designated representatives shall constitute a quorum for business transaction at Technical Committee meetings.

Article VIII - Rules of Order

1. The Technical Committee shall conduct business as prescribed in Robert's Rules of Order Revised unless prescribed otherwise by amendment to these bylaws.

Article IX - Amendment to Bylaws

1. These bylaws can be amended at any regular meeting of the Committee by a majority vote of the voting membership, provided that the amendment has been submitted in writing at the previous regular meeting.

Article X – Relationship to the Regional Transportation Planning Council

1.  The TPO Executive Board created a Regional Transportation Planning Council (RTPC) to address regional transportation, air quality, and related issues. The Technical Committee will need to address regional issues such as the Regional Transportation Plan, Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality funds, Regional Air Quality Conformity Plan, Regional Transportation Improvement Program, and other issues of regional significance.