April19

printable Adobe Acrobat version of this agenda (pdf 52 kb) FINAL WASHINGTON STATE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION LOCAL MEETING AGENDA Tuesday, April 19, 2011 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Olympia City Hall Council Chambers 601 4th Avenue E Olympia, Washington Please note: All listed times are estimates only and the Commission reserves the right to move agenda items as needed.
	AGENDA ITEM		TIME

1.	CHAIRMAN WELCOME AND COMMISSION INTRODUCTIONS		8:30
2.	MINUTES APPROVAL/ADOPTION Approval of March 22-23, 2011 Regular Commission Meeting Minutes	ACTION	8:35
3.	TRANSPORTATION 101-A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF FUNDING AND PLANNING IN WASHINGTON STATE TRANSPORTATION Presenter: Paul Parker, Senior Policy Analyst		8:40
4.	CITY TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND PRIORITIES City of Olympia Presenters: Mayor Doug Mah Steve Hall, City Manager David Riker, Transportation Manager		9:00
	City of Lacey Presenters: Virgil Clarkson, Lacey City Council Roger Schoessel, City Engineer		9:30
	City of Tumwater Presenters: Mayor Pete Kmet John Doan, City Administrator		9:45
	BREAK		10:00
5.	THURSTON COUNTY: KEY REGIONAL FACILITIES, CORRIDORS AND PROJECTS Presenters: Karen Valenzuela, Chair, Board of County Commissioners Les Olson, Public Works Director, Thurston County		10:15
6.	REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND PRIORITIES Thurston Regional Planning Council Presenter: Thera Black, Sr. Transportation Planner Intercity Transit Presenter: Mike Harbour, General Manager Port of Olympia Presenter: Ed Galligan, Executive Director		10:45
7.	TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES Nisqually Tribe Presenter: Willie Frank, Councilman Joe Cushman, Planning Director Chehalis Tribe Presenter: David Burnett, Chair (invited)		11:30
	LUNCH		12:00
8.	WASHINGTON'S CAPITAL: DESTINATION? BEDROOM COMMUNITY? OR BOTH? REGIONAL PROJECTS AND PERSPECTIVES I-5 Mobility Strategy Smart Corridors Capitol Campus Mobility Facilitated by Karen Messmer Thera Black, Sr. Transportation Planner, Thurston Regional Planning Council Mike Harbour, General Manager, Intercity Transit David Schaffert, President & CEO, Thurston County Chamber of Commerce Karen Parkhurst, Sr. Transportation Planner, Thurston Regional Planning Council		1:00
	BREAK		2:30
9.	RURAL AND TRIBAL MOBILITY PROGRAM Presenter: Karen Parkhurst, Sr. Transportation Planner, Thurston Regional Planning Council		2:45
10.	PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ACCESS IN THURSTON COUNTY Presenters: Paul Brewster, Sr. Transportation Planner, Thurston Regional Planning Council Jack Horton, President, Woodland Trail Greenway Association		3:15
11.	WSDOT REGIONAL UPDATE Presenter: Kevin Dayton, Region Administrator, Olympic Region		4:00
12.	PUBLIC COMMENT		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. SPECIAL NEEDS 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 April 15, 2011. 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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