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REVISED FINAL
WASHINGTON STATE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA


Tuesday & Wednesday, November 13 & 14, 2007
Transportation Building, Commission Board Room 1D2
310 Maple Park Avenue SE, Olympia, Washington

Tuesday, November 13, 2007 – 9:00 a.m.

AGENDA ITEM TIME

1. MINUTES APPROVAL

Approval of June 19, 2007 Local Commission Meeting Minutes (Walla Walla); July 17 & 18, 2007 Regular Commission Meeting Minutes;
September 18, 2007 Local Commission Meeting Minutes (Wenatchee); and
October 9, 2007 Special Commission Meeting Minutes re Tacoma Narrows
Bridge Toll Revenue Uses

  ACTION 9:00
         
2.

TACOMA NARROWS BRIDGE (TNB) CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO TNB TOLL REVENUE USES (pdf 68 kb)

Presenter: Bob Ryan, Chairman, TNB Citizen Advisory Committee

  INFORMATION 9:10
         
  BREAK     10:15
         
3.

WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (WSDOT) BRIEFING ON EMERGING ISSUES

  INFORMATION 10:30
         
4. RESOLUTION HONORING COMMISSIONER ED BARNES (pdf 19 kb)   ACTION 11:30
         
  LUNCH     12:00
         
5.

FERRY CUSTOMER SURVEY KICKOFF – OVERVIEW OF WORK PLAN AND SCHEDULE (pdf 306 kb)

Presenter: Rebecca Elmore-Yalch, Senior Vice President, Opinion Research Northwest

  ACTION 1:00
         
6.

LONG-TERM FERRY FINANCE STUDY KICKOFF – OVERVIEW OF WORK PLAN AND SCHEDULE (pdf 116 kb)

Phase I Washington State Ferry Finance Study, Proposed Scope of Services (pdf 106 kb)

Presenter: Steve Pickrell, P.E., Principal and Senior Vice President, Cambridge Systematics, Inc.

  ACTION 3:00
         
7.

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD

  INFORMATION 4:45
         
  ADJOURN     5:00
         

Wednesday, November 14, 2007 – 9:00 a.m.
 
  AGENDA ITEM     TIME

         
8.

OVERVIEW OF WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES (WSF) ORIGIN AND DESTINATION STUDY

Washington State Ferries 2006 Origin / Destination Onboard Survey Summary Report (pdf 89 kb)

Origin-Destination Onboard Survey (pdf 804 kb)

Origin-Destination Onboard Survey - South Sound Corridor (pdf 2 mb)

Origin-Destination Onboard Survey - North Sound Corridor (pdf 2 mb)

Origin-Destination Onboard Survey - Central Sound Corridor (pdf 2.8 mb)

Presenter: Ray Deardorf, Planning Director, Finance, WSF, WSDOT

  INFORMATION 9:00
         
  BREAK     10:15
         
9.

SR 167 HOT LANE WORK SESSION

SR 167 High Occupancy Toll (HOT) Lanes Pilot Project (pdf 1.7 mb)

Coming Soon to SR 167:
High Occupancy Toll (HOT) Lanes Pilot Project (folio) (pdf 278 kb)

SR 167 HOT Lanes Pilot Project Toll Setting (pdf 43 kb)

Presenters: Ted Trepanier, State Traffic Engineer, Traffic Operations, WSDOT;
Craig Stone, Deputy Administrator, Urban Corridors Office, WSDOT; Patty Rubstello, Traffic Policy Engineer, WSDOT; Assistant Chief Brian Ursino, Washington State Patrol; and Captain Bill Hilton, Washington State Patrol

  INFORMATION 10:30
         
  LUNCH     12:00
         
10.

OVERVIEW OF TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT BOARD (TIB) ROUTE JURISDICTION TRANSFER PROGRAM AND AGENCY REQUEST LEGISLATION

Route Jurisdiction Transfer Requests – Transfer of Assignment (pdf 35 kb)

Overview of Route Jurisdiction Transfer (pdf 17 kb)

Final Finding on Route Jurisdiction Transfer Rquest - Skamania County Forest Service Road 90, Curley Creek Road, Wind River Road (pdf 32 kb)

Presenter: Steve Gorcester, Executive Director, TIB

  INFORMATION 1:00
         
11.

FUTURE FERRY FARE SETTING AND OUTREACH PROCESS

Presenter: Commissioner Dan O’Neal, WSTC

  INFORMATION 1:45
         
12.

COMMISSION BUSINESS

  INFORMATION 2:30
 
  • COMMISSIONER REPORTS
     
 
  • COMMISSION TEAM STRUCTURE ADJUSTMENT
    Presenter: Commissioner Richard Ford, Chair
  ACTION  
 
  • 2008 MEETING SCHEDULE ACTION
    Presenters: Reema Griffith, Executive Director, WSTC; and
    Paul Parker, Senior Policy Analyst, WSTC
  ACTION  
 
  • REVIEW SPOKANE SUMMIT AND ANNUAL REPORTS
    Presenter: Paul Parker, Senior Policy Analyst, WSTC
  INFORMATION  
         
  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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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Information

IIndividuals requiring reasonable accommodations may request written materials in alternate formats, sign language interpreters, physical accessibility accommodations, or other reasonable accommodations by contacting the event sponsor (Commission Office at (360) 705-7070), by November 12, 2007. Persons who are deaf or hard of hearing may contact the event sponsor through the Washington Relay Service at 7-1-1.

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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