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REVISED FINAL
WASHINGTON STATE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA

Tuesday & Wednesday, March 20 & 21, 2007
Transportation Building, Commission Board Room 1D2
310 Maple Park Avenue SE, Olympia, Washington

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 – 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 February 13 & 14, 2007 Regular Commission Meeting Minutes

  ACTION 9:00
         
2. TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT BOARD (TIB) PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (pdf 62 kb)

Presenter: Steve Gorcester, Executive Director, TIB

  INFORMATION 9:10
         
  BREAK     10:15
         
3.

DEVELOPMENT OF AN INLAND PACIFIC HUB

Presenters: Glenn Miles, Executive Director, Spokane Regional Transportation Council (SRTC) and Kootenai Metropolitan Planning Organization (KMPO) Latisha Hill, Special Projects Coordinator, AVISTA

  INFORMATION 10:30
         
4.

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Presenter: Reema Griffith, Executive Director, WSTC

  INFORMATION 11:30
         
  LUNCH     12:00
         
5.

LONG-TERM AIR TRANSPORTATION STUDY (LATS) AND PLANNING COUNCIL

Draft - Phase III Work Element Proposal for the Washington State Long-Term Air Transportation Study (pdf 86 kb)

ESSB 5121 Legislation (pdf 32 kb)

Long-Term Air Transportation Study (LATS) Update (pdf 23 kb)

Long-Term Air Transportation Study Update (presentation) (pdf 1.8 mb)

Presenters: John Sibold, Director, Aviation Division, WSDOT
John Shambaugh, LATS Project Manager, Aviation Division, WSDOT

  INFORMATION
POSSIBLE ACTION
1:00
         
6.

TACOMA NARROWS BRIDGE – TOLL DISCUSSION

Comparison of Toll Operations Costs Tacoma Narrows Bridge and Comparable Facilities (pdf 16 kb)

Toll Recommendation Schedule (pdf 56 kb)

Comparative Analysis of Toll Facility Operational Costs (pdf 112 kb)

Comparative Analysis of Toll Facility Operational Costs (presentation) (pdf 782kb)

Presenters: Greg Selstead, Director, Tolling Operations, WSDOT
David Pope, Toll Systems Manager, WSDOT

  INFORMATION 2:00
         
  BREAK     3:30
         
7.

COMMISSION STAFF REPORT

Governor's Climate Change Initiative (pdf 40 kb)

Five Western Governors Announce Regional Greenhouse Gas Reduction Agreement (pdf 144 kb)

Washington Climate Change Challenge (pdf 132 kb)

Presenter: Paul Parker, Sr. Policy Analyst, WSTC

  INFORMATION 3:45
         
  ADJOURN     4:30
         

Wednesday, March 21, 2007 – 9:00 a.m.
 
  AGENDA ITEM     TIME

         
8.

THE GMA CONCURRENCY GOAL AND THE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
(pdf 516 kb)

Presenters: Brian Smith, Director, Strategic Planning and Programming,
WSDOT
Elizabeth Robbins, Manager, Policy Development and Regional
Coordination, Transportation Planning Office, WSDOT

  INFORMATION 9:00
         
9.

COUNTY ROAD PRESERVATION (pdf 1.8 mb)

Presenter: Jeff Monsen, Intergovernmental Policy Manager, County Road Administration Board (CRAB)

 

INFORMATION

10:00
 

 

     
10. SEISMIC ASSESSMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES (pdf 2.7 mb)

Presenter: Tim Walsh, Chief Geologist, Hazards Section, Washington Geological Survey, Division of Geology and Earth Resources, Department of Natural Resources

  INFORMATION 11:00
         
  LUNCH     12:00
         
11.

TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES OF SMALL PORTS IN GROWING COMMUNITIES – PORT OF RIDGEFIELD

Presenters: Brent Grening, Executive Director, Port of Ridgefield
Commissioner Joe Melroy, Port of Ridgefield

  INFORMATION 1:00
         
12.

LAKE WASHINGTON URBAN PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT APPLICATION

Presenters: Brian Smith, Director, Strategic Planning and Programming, WSDOT
Shuming Yan, Technical Services Manager, Urban Planning Office, WSDOT

  INFORMATION 2:00
         
13. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD   INFORMATION 2:45
         
14. COMMISSIONER REPORTS   INFORMATION 3:15
         
  ADJOURN     4:30

(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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