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WASHINGTON STATE TRANSPORTATION
COMMISSION
MEETING AGENDA
Red Lion Hotel, Yakima
Gateway
9 North 9th Street
Yakima, Washington
Local Area Meeting: Wednesday,
June 23, 2004
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Please note: All listed
times are estimates only and the Commission
reserves the right to move agenda items as needed.
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YAKAMA NATION
WELCOME
Presenter: Gordon Thomas, Director, Transportation
Office |
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8:30 am |
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OPENING REMARKS
Presenter: Mayor
Paul George,
City of Yakima |
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8:45 am |
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DISCUSSION
OF TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION ISSUES
Presenter:
Gordon Thomas, Director, Transportation Office |
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9:00 am |
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WSDOT’S
WORK AHEAD ON KEY ISSUES
Presenter: Charlie Howard, Director, Strategic
Planning and Programming, WSDOT
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9:30 am |
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TRANS-ACTION
EFFORTS
Presenters: Overview
from Don Whitehouse, Regional Administrator, South
Central Region; Germaine Beveridge, Senior Transportation Planner,
YVCOG
Panel: Senator
Alex Deccio; Mayor Aubrey Reeves, City of Union
Gap; and Trent Marquis, Wide Hollow Development
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9:45 am |
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YAKIMA LOWER VALLEY COMMUNITY
NEEDS
Presenter:
Al Hubert, Chairman, YVCOG |
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10:15 am |
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YAKIMA FREIGHT NEEDS
Presenter:
Overview from Barb Ivanov, Director, Freight Strategy
and Policy Office, WSDOT
Panel Discussion: Michael
Nickoloff, Borton and Sons, Inc; Patricia
MacDonald, Pacific Marketing International; Commissioner
Ron Gamache, Yakima County Commission; Ron
Jackson, General Manager, Pacific Northwest Division,
Burlington Northern-Santa Fe
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10:30 am |
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PUBLIC COMMENT |
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11:30 am |
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LUNCH
(The Commission will have a working lunch with
members of the Washington State Senate Highways
and Transportation Committee.)
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12:00 pm |
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YAKIMA TRANSIT ISSUES
Presenters:
Assistant Mayor Neil McClure, City of Yakima; Marilyn
Mason-Plunkett, Executive Director, People for People
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1:30 pm |
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HABITAT PROTECTION
AND CONNECTION ISSUES FOR TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS
Presenters: Paul
Wagner, Biology Branch Manager, Environmental Services
Office, WSDOT; Charlie Raines, The Sierra Club;
and Dave
Atcheson, The Cascade Conservation Partnership
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2:00 pm |
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I-90 PROJECT UPDATE AND
DISCUSSION
Presenters: Don
Whitehouse, Region Administrator, South Central
Region, WSDOT; Randy Giles, Project Manager, South
Central Region, WSDOT
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2:45 pm |
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LOCAL
WSDOT TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS
Presenter: Don
Whitehouse, Region Administrator, South Central
Region, WSDOT
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3:15 pm |
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CITY
OF YAKIMA STREET FINANCE GAP ANALYSIS
Presenter:
Chris Waarvick, Public Works Director, City of Yakima |
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3:30 pm |
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ADJOURN |
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4:00 pm |
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(The Commission reserves the
right to take action
on any item during the Commission meeting.)
All Transportation Commission and Committee meetings
are open to the public.
 SPECIAL
NEEDS
Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA) Information
Individuals requiring reasonable
accommodation may request written materials in
alternate formats, sign language interpreters,
physical accessibility accommodations, or other
reasonable accommodation by contacting the Commission
Office at (360) 705-7070, by June 22, 2004. Persons
with hearing impairments may call Washington
State Telecommunications Relay Service (TTY)
at 1-800-833-6388, or Tele-Braille at 1-800-833-6385,
or Voice at 1-800-833 -6384, and ask to be connected
to the event sponsor's phone number.
Title
VI Notice to Public
It is the Washington State Department
of Transportation's (WSDOT) policy to assure
that no person shall, on the grounds of race,
color, national origin and sex, as provided by
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, be
excluded from participation in, be denied the
benefits of, or be otherwise discriminated against
under any of its federally funded programs and
activities. Any person who believes his/her
Title VI protection has been violated, may file
a complaint with WSDOT's Office of Equal Opportunity
(OEO). For Title VI complaint forms and
advice, please contact OEO's Title VI Coordinator
at (360) 705-7098.
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