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FINAL
WASHINGTON STATE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
MEETING AGENDA
The Heathman Lodge
7801 NE Greenwood Drive
Vancouver, Washington
Local Area Meeting: Wednesday, May 26, 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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WELCOME AND
INTRODUCTIONS
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8:30 am |
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OPENING REMARKS
- Mayor
Royce Pollard, City of Vancouver
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9:00 am |
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SOUTHWEST
REGION HIGHLIGHTS
- Don Wagner, Southwest
Regional Administrator
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9:05 am |
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COLUMBIA RIVER
CROSSING PROJECT
- Mayor Royce Pollard, City of Vancouver
- Dale Himes, Project Director, Columbia
River Crossing
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9:30 am |
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OREGON'S
NEW PUBLIC PRIVATE LEGISLATION
- Stuart Foster, Chair, Oregon State Department
of Transportation Commission
- Bruce A. Warner, Director of Transportation,
ODOT
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9:45 am |
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PANEL: FREIGHT
AND PORTS
- Overview of Freight
- Lance Grenzeback, Senior Vice President,
Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
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10:00 am |
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- Ports'
Perspective on Freight Transportation
- Commissioner Arch Miller, Chair, Port of
Vancouver
- Commissioner Fred Swanstrom, Port of Kalama
- Ken O'Hollaren, Executive Director, Port
of Longview
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11:00 am |
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- Freight Rail
- Ron Jackson, General Manager, Pacific Northwest
Division, Burlington Northern-Santa
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- Commissioner Betty Sue Morris, Chair, Clark
County
- Steve Schulte, Transportation Program
Manager, Clark
County Public Works
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11:20 am |
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- Steamship
Industry
- Peter Bennett, Vice President, Pacific
Coast Operations, K-Line America,
Inc.
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11:40 am |
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- River
Freight
- John Pigott, Port Captain, Tidewater
Barge Line, Chair, Columbia River
Towboat Association
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11:55 am |
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LUNCH |
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12:15 pm |
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LOCAL
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS
- Rosemary Siipola, Transportation Planning
Manager, Southwest Washington Regional Planning
Organization
- Dean Lookingbill, Executive Director, Regional
Transportation Council
- Pete Capell, Director/County Engineer, Clark
County Public Works
- Thayer Rorabaugh, Manager of Transportation
Engineering, City of Vancouver
- Steve Gorcester, Executive Director, Transportation
Improvement Board
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1:00 pm |
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PANEL: COLUMBIA
RIVER CHANNEL DEEPENING
- Dave Hunt, Executive Director, Columbia River
Channel Deepening Coalition
- Lanny Cawley, Executive Director, Port of
Kalama
- Kathleen Davis, Director of Highways & Local
Programs, WSDOT
- Steve Brown, Columbia River Pilots Association
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2:00 pm |
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TRANSIT: SUSTAINING
QUALITY TRANSPORTATION IN CLARK COUNTY
- Councilmember
Jeanne Harris, Chair, C-TRAN Board of Directors
- Lynne Griffith, Executive Director/CEO,
C-TRAN
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2:30 pm |
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LEWIS & CLARK
BICENTENNIAL UPDATE
- Arlene Johnson, Director, Lewis & Clark
Expedition Bicentennial Committee
- Nabiel Shawa, Washougal City Manager
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2:45 pm |
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PANEL: COLUMBIA RIVER
GORGE
- Update on Gorge Master Plan
- Martha Bennett, Executive Director, Columbia River Gorge Commission
- Transportation Issues in the Gorge
- Mayor Brian Prigel, City of Bingen
- Commissioner Robert Talent, Skamania County
- Commissioner Ray Thayer, Klickitat County
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3:00 pm |
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AIRPORT CAPACITY IN CLARK
COUNTY
- John Sibold, Director, Aviation Division, WSDOT
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3:45 pm |
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PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD |
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4:00 pm |
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ADJOURN |
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4:30 pm |
(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 May 21, 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) 705-7097.
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