<div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b><span style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Proxima,serif;color:rgb(228,108,10)">YOUR REGION. YOUR THOUGHTS</span></b><span style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Proxima,serif;color:rgb(228,108,10)">. </span><span style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Proxima,serif;color:rgb(228,108,10);letter-spacing:0.75pt">COLUMBIA AREA TRANSPORTATION PRIORITIES.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Proxima,serif">There is still time to propose projects and provide input on the transportation priorities which matter most to you! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Proxima,serif">The <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/catso_values" target="_blank">values survey</a> and <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/catso_projects" target="_blank">suggest a project survey</a><b> are open until <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">5:00 PM on Friday, March 28, 2014</span></span>!</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Proxima,serif;letter-spacing:0.75pt">Located in Columbia, Missouri, the Columbia Area Transportation Study Organization (CATSO) serves the City of Columbia and Boone County.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Proxima,serif;letter-spacing:0.75pt">MoDOT has asked its planning partners, including CATSO, to identify and prioritize projects important to our community.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Proxima,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Proxima,serif">WHAT DO YOU VALUE?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Proxima,serif">The first step in this prioritization process is to hear from you. We invite you to take part in a <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/catso_values" target="_blank">values survey</a> that will inform how we score proposed projects. MoDOT has established four key areas that Missourians have suggested are important to them.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Proxima,serif">Missouri’s Four Transportation Goals:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(119,119,119)">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Proxima,serif;color:rgb(119,119,119)"><a href="http://www.missourionthemove.org/vision-for-the-future/maintenance/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:rgb(254,123,16);text-decoration:none">Maintenance</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Proxima,serif">: Take care of the transportation system and services we enjoy today</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Proxima,serif;color:rgb(119,119,119)"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Proxima,serif">HAVE A PROJECT IDEA?<br>If you have a specific transportation project or need, be it for automobile, additional transit service, sidewalk improvements, or other type of transportation, which you feel would benefit our area; please submit it using our online <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/catso_projects" target="_blank">Suggest a Project survey</a>. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Proxima,serif">PROJECT PRIORITIZATION PUBLIC MEETING</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Proxima,serif">It is important to us that this process be inclusive, transparent and accountable. With that in mind, we will host a public meeting to gather feedback about our region's transportation priorities. Come and be heard!</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Proxima,serif"><span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">Thursday, April 3</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Proxima,serif"><br><span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">4-6pm</span></span><br>
City Hall, 701 E Broadway, Room 1A<br>Columbia, MO 65205</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Proxima,serif;color:rgb(119,119,119)"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Proxima,serif">ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Proxima,serif">Additional information is online at </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Proxima,serif"><a href="http://www.motransportationpriorities.com/catso" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(85,22,81)">http://www.motransportationpriorities.com/catso</span></a> or may be found by searching “CATSO” on the City of Columbia website (<a href="http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/" target="_blank">www.gocolumbiamo.com</a>). </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Proxima,serif">A final prioritized project list is to be submitted to MoDOT in May. The list will be used in developing MoDOT's long-range plan. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Proxima,serif">To provide written comments, please write, call or e-mail: CATSO, PO Box 6015, Columbia, MO, 65205 or <a href="tel:573-874-7239" value="+15738747239" target="_blank">573-874-7239</a> or <a href="mailto:Planning@gocolumbiamo.com" target="_blank">Planning@gocolumbiamo.com</a>.</span></p>
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