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FINAL
WASHINGTON STATE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA

Tuesday & Wednesday, August 15 & 16, 2006
Transportation Building, Commission Board Room 1D2
310 Maple Park Avenue SE, Olympia, Washington

Tuesday, August 15, 2006 – 9:00 a.m.

AGENDA ITEM TIME

Please note: All listed times are estimates only and the Commission reserves the right to move agenda items as needed.
 
1.

MINUTES APPROVAL

Approval of June 13 & 14 Regular Commission Meeting Minutes

  ACTION 9:00
         
2.

SECRETARY’S REPORT

Presenter: Paula Hammond, Chief of Staff

  INFORMATION 9:05
         
3.

STATE AUDITOR’S OFFICE PERFORMANCE AUDIT WORK PLAN (pdf 87 kb)

presentation (pdf 300 kb)

Presenter: Christopher Cortines, State Auditor’s Office

  INFORMATION 10:00
         
  LUNCH     12:00
         
4.

STATUS REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ELECTRONIC FARE SYSTEM FOR WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES (WSF) (pdf 254 kb)

Presenters: Sam Kuntz, Director of Finance, WSF Traci Brewer-Rogstad, Director of Operations, WSF Brian Churchwell, Financial Analyst, WSF Dwight Hutchinson, Lead EFS Trainer, WSF

  INFORMATION 1:00
         
  BREAK     2:30
         
5.

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGES AND TRANSPORTATION (pdf 2.4 mb)

Presenter: Dennis McLerran, Executive Director, Puget Sound Clean
Air Agency

  INFORMATION 2:45
         
6. NAMING SR 397 AINSWORTH AVENUE OVERPASS THE “CHARLES D. KILBURY OVERPASS” (pdf 17 kb)

Presenters: Randy Hayden, Director of Planning & Engineering, Port of Pasco;
Rebecca Francik, Pasco City Council Member; Bill Clark, Commissioner, Port of Pasco

  ACTION 3:45
         
7.

STATUS UPDATE ON THE WTP OUTREACH EFFORT

Presenters: Brian Smith, Director, Strategic Planning & Programming, WSDOT; Elizabeth Robbins, Manager, Policy Development & Regional Coordination, Transportation Planning Office, WSDOT; Judy Lorenzo, Statewide Policy Planning Manager, Strategic Planning & Programming, WSDOT

  INFORMATION 4:30
         
  ADJOURN     5:00

Wednesday, August 16, 2006 – 9:00 a.m.
AGENDA ITEM TIME

8.

GRAY NOTEBOOK QUARTERLY UPDATE (pdf 3.3 mb)

Presenters: Kimberly Howard, Gray Notebook Production Manager, Strategic Assessment Office, WSDOT; Katherine Boyd, Acting Gray Notebook Production Manager, Strategic Assessment Office, WSDOT

  INFORMATION 9:00
         
  BREAK     10:45
         
9.

FINALIZING TOLLING STUDY RECOMMENDATIONS**

Presenter: Jeff Buxbaum, Project Manager, Cambridge Systematics
**By phone or video conference

  INFORMATION 11:00
         
  LUNCH     12:00
         
10.

REGIONAL / MULTI-INTEREST TRANSPORTATION PROJECT COALITIONS (pdf 32 kb)

Trent Marquis presentation (pdf 2.7 mb)

Presenters: Karen Bonaudi, “Tansco”
Trent Marquis, “TRANS-Action”
Dan James, US 12 Coalition

  INFORMATION 1:00
         
11.

UPDATE ON STATUS AND FISCAL IMPACT OF INITIATIVE 917 (pdf 792 kb)

Presenter: Robin Rettew, Senior Budget Assistant, Office of Financial Management

  INFORMATION 2:00
         
  BREAK     2:45
         
12.

PUBLIC AND LEGISLATOR COMMENT PERIOD

 

  INFORMATION 3:00
         
13.

COMMISSIONER REPORTS

  • Commissioner Dick Ford – Tolling Study
  • Commissioner Dan O’Neal – Rail Study
  • Commissioner Dale Stedman – Washington Transportation Plan
  • Commissioner Bob Distler – JTC Ferry Finance Study Advisory Committee
  • Commissioner Elmira Forner – Transportation Innovative Partnerships
  INFORMATION 3:30
         
14.

ADOPTING THE 2007/09 BUDGET

Presenter: Reema Griffith, Executive Director, Transportation Commission

  ACTION 4:15
         
15.

STAFF REPORT: DRAFT BY-LAWS AND ANNUAL REPORT

Presenter: Paul Parker, Senior Policy Analyst, Transportation Commission

  INFORMATION 4:30
         
  ADJOURN     5:00

(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.  

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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 August 11, 2006. 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.

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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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