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Metropolitan Planning Organization Committees

The transportation planning process is represented by three committees for which all transportation products and plans must be presented before. The three committees involved in the transportation planning effort within the Metropolitan Transportation Planning area include the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC), the Technical Coordinating Committee (TCC), and the Executive Policy Committee (EPC). These committees review and adopt the necessary transportation products and plans produced by or for the representative participants. Committee participation in the review of transportation products and plans varies due to the roles and responsibilities assigned to each committee.

Citizen's Advisory Committee
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Adeline Kalmback	Sandra Burns	Tom Bodensteiner
Cal Wiest	Joe McCarty	Matthew Fitting
Dennis Landguth	Marc Jacobs	Laura Myers

The Citizens Advisory Committee is the public participation forum for all transportation products and plans. The CAC is represented by various community groups and individuals from within the Metropolitan Transportation Planning study area. Membership can be drawn from any group or organization deemed applicable by its committee members. Members of the CAC may represent different groups or organizations, but are generally representatives of the general public. Vacancies in any of the representative positions can be filled by interested citizens or by recommendations from the committee.

The CAC does not have the authority to adopt transportation products or plans. Their role is to provide citizen input into the review of products and plans, and analyze potential impacts as it relates to the citizens of the Metropolitan Transportation Planning area. Upon the CAC's review of products and plans, the committee shall make a recommendation to the Technical Coordinating Committee as to whether the product or plan should be either recommended or denied adoption or acceptance.

Technical Coordinating Committee
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Transportation Planning Process Administration	Rapid City Public Works Department, Engineering Division	Rapid City Public Works Department, Traffic Engineer
Rapid City Public Works Department, Street Division	Rapid City Public Works Department, Urban Systems Engineer	Rapid City Public Works Department, Rapid Transit Manager
Rapid City Regional Airport Administration	Rapid City Police Department, Traffic Division	Rapid City Growth Management Department
Pennington County Planning Department	Pennington County Drainage Coordinator	Pennington County Highway Department
Pennington County Sheriff's Office	Meade County Director of Equalization	Meade County Highway Department
Meade County Sheriff's Department	City of Box Elder	Ellsworth Air Force Base
SDDOT - Division of Operations: Regional Engineer	SDDOT - Division of Planning and Engineering	SDDOT - Office of Air, Rail and Transit
Federal Highway Administration	Rapid City School District	Douglas School District
Meade County School District 46-1

The Technical Coordinating Committee is represented by staff and other participating agencies responsible for or affected by the implementation of transportation plans, products or improvements. Their role is to assist and advise the policy board on technical matters as it relates to transportation process elements.

The TCC does not have the authority to adopt transportation products or plans. Their role is to review products and plans, and analyze the technical aspects as it relates to costs, construction, design or other technical matters and make a recommendation for adoption or acceptance to the Executive Policy Committee. The CAC and TCC play an important role in the review of transportation projects and plans. Without the involvement of these two committees a cooperative, continuing, and comprehensive transportation planning process would not occur. It is their responsibility to make recommendations for approval, denial, or acceptance to the policy board regarding documents required of the Metropolitan Transportation Planning process.

Executive Policy Committee
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Mayor of Rapid City	Mayor of Box Elder
Rapid City Council Representative	Box Elder City Council Representative
Pennington County Commissioner	Pennington County Commissioner
Meade County Commissioner	Meade County Commissioner
Rapid City Regional Airport	SDDOT Commissioner

The designated MPO and policy board for the Metropolitan Transportation Planning process is the Executive Policy Committee. The EPC is responsible for making transportation planning and improvements decisions. The EPC reviews the recommendations of the CAC and TCC prior to making their decision.