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FINAL
WASHINGTON STATE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA

Wednesday & Thursday, May 21 & 22, 2008
Transportation Building, Commission Board Room 1D2
310 Maple Park Avenue SE, Olympia, Washington

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 – 9:00 a.m.

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

AGENDA ITEM TIME

1. MINUTES APPROVAL/ADOPTION

Approval of March 18 & 19, 2008 Regular Meeting Minutes;
March 19, 2008 WSF Amendatory WAC Hearing Minutes;
April 7, 2008 Special Meeting Minutes - Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Toll Proposal Conference Call; and
April 15, 2008 Pullman Local Meeting Minutes

ACTION 9:00
       
2.

FERRY USER SURVEY

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

    • Focus Group Video Presentation
    • Results of First Wave of Surveying
    • Plans for On-line Survey
    • Next Steps
INFORMATION 9:05
  LUNCH   12:00
       
3.

LONG-TERM FERRY FUNDING STUDY (pdf 63 kb)

Draft long list of possible sources of funding for Washington State Ferries (pdf 152 kb)

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

    • Phase 2 Work Plan and Key Deliverables
    • Next Steps
INFORMATION 1:00
  BREAK   3:00
       
4.

UPDATE ON JOINT TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE (JTC) FERRY FINANCE STUDY (pdf 389 kb)

Presenter: Kathy Scanlan, Managing Partner, Cedar River Group

INFORMATION 3:15
   
LUNCH 12:00
   
5.

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD

  4:30
   
  ADJOURN   5:00
       


Thursday, May 22, 2008 – 9:00 a.m.

AGENDA ITEM TIME

6.

OVERVIEW OF PRICING / TOLLING OUTREACH AND SURVEY EFFORTS BY WSDOT AND KING COUNTY (pdf 232 kb)

Presenters: Craig Stone, Urban Corridors Administrator, WSDOT; and Ron Posthuma, Assistant Director, Transportation, King County

INFORMATION 9:00
       
7.

UPDATE ON 167 HOT LANES OPERATIONS (pdf 1.1 mb)

Presenters: Craig Stone, Urban Corridors Administrator, WSDOT; and Patty Rubstello, Traffic Policy Engineer, Urban Corridors, WSDOT

INFORMATION 10:15
   
BREAK 10:45
   
8.

DESIGN / BUILD PROJECT OVERVIEW (pdf 497 kb)

Presenter: Aaron Butters, State Construction Engineer, WSDOT

INFORMATION 11:00
   
LUNCH 12:00
   
9.

UPDATE ON WSDOT FERRY DIVISION ACTIVITIES

Presenters: Traci Brewer-Rogstad, Deputy Director, WSF, WSDOT;
Rob Berman, AICP, KPFF Consulting Engineers; and
Michael Hodgins, Principal, Berk & Associates

INFORMATION 1:00
10.

UPDATE ON NEW FEDERAL PLANNING REQUIREMENTS (pdf 48 kb)

Presenter: Elizabeth Robbins, Manager, Policy Development and Regional Coordination, Transportation Planning Office, WSDOT

INFORMATION 2:30
   
11.

NAMING SR 112 THE “VIETNAM WAR VETERANS’ MEMORIAL HIGHWAY” (pdf 45 kb)

Presenter: Skip Dreps, Government Relations Director, Paralyzed Veterans of America

ACTION 3:00
   
12.

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION DECISION

Presenter: Jessica Todorovich, Labor and Employee Relations Manager, WSDOT

INFORMATION 3:30
   
13. COMMISSION BUSINESS & REPORTS 3:45
ACTION
  • Appoint Nominating Committee for 2008/09 Officers
ACTION
  • Appoint 2009/11 Budget Team
ACTION
   
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

Individuals 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 May 16, 2008. 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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