2012-09-17 Meeting Report (Regional Transportation Forum)
SPIN MEETING REPORT
CASE NO.
N/A
PROJECT NAME:
Regional Transportation Forum
SPIN DISTRICT:
Citywide
MEETING DATE:
September 17, 2012; 6:00 PM
MEETING LOCATION:
1400 Main Street, Southlake, TX
Training Rooms 3A 3B
TOTAL ATTENDANCE:
Fourteen (14)
SPIN REPRESENTATIVE(S) PRESENT:
Lou Hillman # 4, Vic Awtry #7, Ray Tremain #
9, Ron Evans # 10, Monique Schill # 11, and David Baltimore, SPIN Senior
Representative
CITY COUNCIL:
Jeff Wang
TARRANT COUNTY:
Gary Fickes, Tarrant County Commissioner; Norm Lyons; Vic
Suhm, Tarrant Regional Transportation Coalition Executive Director
STAFF PRESENT:
Shana Yelverton, City Manager; Ken Baker, Director Planning &
Development Services; Bob Price, Director Public Works; Lorrie Fletcher, Planner I
STAFF CONTACT:
Alison Ortowski, Assistant to the City Manager: (817)748-8057
TRTC CONTACT:
Vic Suhm vic@TRTCmobility.org
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Project Details
Discussion of the challenges our fast growing region faces in funding needed for
transportation improvements, the costs and consequences of underinvesting in our
transportation infrastructure, and how citizens can engage constructively in advancing
mobility solutions.
* visit this link to view the video recorded forum: http://www.cityofsouthlake.com/index.aspx?nid=332
QUESTIONS / CONCERNS
Explain a coalition that was defeated recently
We wrote a bill proposal that ended up 100 pages long by the time it got to
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legislature. It was a value proposition that got more complicated before it got to
the floor. Every region in the state added something. Motor fuel distributors
added more. It made it through the Senate but never got through the House.
Who would use this (high speed rail) with so much moving of baggage?
This would work similar to a terminal at the airport where bags are transferred
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according to your travel plan and carriers. You would purchase one ticket.
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