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FINAL
WASHINGTON STATE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA

Tuesday & Wednesday, October 20 & 21, 2009

Transportation Building, Commission Board Room 1D2
310 Maple Park Avenue SE, Olympia, Washington

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 – 8:30 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. FERRY SURVEY VENDOR SELECTION (pdf 580 kb)

Presenter:  Bill Young, Project Manager, MTI Enterprises

ACTION 8:30
       
2.

MINUTES APPROVAL / ADOPTION

Approval of July 14 & 15, 2009 Regular Commission Meeting Minutes and September 8, 2009 Ferry Tariff Hearing Minutes

ACTION 9:00
       
3.

WASHINGTON TRANSPORTATION PLAN UPDATE (pdf 800 kb

Presenters: Bonnie Berk, Principal, Berk & Associates; and Allegra Calder, Senior Associate, Berk & Associates

  9:10
       
  BREAK   10:30
       
4.

NAMING PROPOSAL TO DESIGNATE THE I-405 BRIDGE OVER NE 116TH STREET IN KIRKLAND THE “KOLLIN NIELSON MEMORIAL BRIDGE” (pdf 15 kb)

Presenter:  Kathy Kratzer, Project Engineer, Kiewit Pacific Construction Co

ACTION 10:45
       
5.

SEPTEMBER 2009 TRANSPORTATION REVENUE FORECAST (pdf 81 kb)

Transportation Revenue Forecast Council (pdf 351 kb)

Presenters: Doug Vaughn, Director, Budget and Financial Analysis, Strategic Planning and Finance Division, WSDOT; and Lizbeth Martin-Maher, Assistant Director, Economic Analysis, Budget and Financial Analysis,Strategic Planning and Finance, Division, WSDOT

  11:15
   
LUNCH 12:00
   
6.

UPDATE ON PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM AT WSDOT (pdf 1 mb)

Presenter:  Jeff Doyle, Director, Public-Private Partnerships, WSDOT

  1:00
       
7.

PROPOSAL TO NAME THE NEW PORT TOWNSEND – KEYSTONE FERRY “CHETZEMOKA” (pdf 16 kb)

Presenters: JoAnn Bussa, Trustee, Jefferson County Historical Society; and David Moseley, Assistant Secretary, WSF, WSDOT

ACTION
2:00
       
8.

REPORT ON SELLING THE NAMING RIGHTS TO WASHINGTON STATE FERRY VESSELS (pdf 318 kb)

Presenters: Traci L. Brewer-Rogstad, Principal & Executive Director, TB-Rogstad Consulting, LLC; and Jayne David-Russell, Senior Director, Operations & Business Development, TB-Rogstad Consulting, LLC

ACTION 2:45
       
9. PUBLIC COMMENT   4:30
       
ADJOURN 5:00
   

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 – 9:00 a.m.

AGENDA ITEM TIME

10.

SECRETARY’S REPORT (pdf 2 mb)

Presenter: Paula Hammond, Secretary, WSDOT

9:00
   
11.

TOLLING WORK SESSION (pdf 148 kb)

TNB Possible Toll Rate Scenarios (pdf 24 kb)
Tolling Timelines (pdf 144 kb)
Toll Rate Setting (pdf 1.5 mb)
TNB Financial (pdf 72 kb)

Facilitator: Craig Stone, Toll Division Director, WSDOT

  • Introduction of Toll Division Staff
  • Update on WSDOT Tolling Studies
  • SR 520: Rate Setting Timeline and I-960 Requirements; RFP Status Report; and Overview of JTC Tolling Expert Review Panel Recommendation
  • Federal Urban Partnership Agreement Toll Provisions and Update
    • Presenters: Dan Mathis, Administrator, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA); and Robert Arnold, Director, Office of Transportation Management, FHWA
  • Tacoma Narrows Bridge: Detailed Cost Report; Traffic and Revenue Report; 2010 Rate Setting Schedule; Possible Allowable Costs; and Citizen Advisory Committee Schedule
   
9:30
  LUNCH    
12:00
         
12.

TOUGH TIMES: HOW TRANSIT AGENCIES ACROSS THE STATE ARE RESPONDING TO REVENUE LOSS (pdf 253 kb)

King County Metro Budget Report (pdf 376 kb)

Presenters: Mike Harbour, General Manager, Intercity Transit (for Washington State Transit Association); and Kevin Desmond, General Manager, King County Metro Transit

   
1:00
         
13.

TODAY’S ECONOMIC TRENDS AND THE RAILROADS (pdf 2 mb)

Presenter: John Gray, Senior Vice President, Policy and Economics, Association of American Railroads

   
2:15
         
14.

SR 908 ROUTE JURISDICTION TRANSFER

Presenter: Reema Griffith, Executive Director, WSTC

  ACTION
3:15
         
  BREAK    
3:25
         
15.

TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION BUSINESS

  • DRAFT Annual Report
  • White Paper Update
  • 2010 Meeting Schedule
  • Commissioner Reports
   
3:30
  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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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 October 16, 2009. 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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