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COMMUTER RAIL COMMITTEE Minutes -July 28, 2008
1. Call to order:
Mr. John Gooding, Chair called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m.
Present: John Gooding, Urmesh Shah, Linda Baker, Fred Mills, Clif Davis,
Paul Vigiletti, James Day, David Grimes, Keath Hance, Roger Nelson, Kristen
O'Regan
Absent: Michael Muhm, John Paul Burnett, Rich Hendler, John Leeper, Joyce
Hammill, Bartley Butler,
Staff: Kelly Cooper and Mona Gandy
2. Approval of minutes: July 14, 2008
Fred Mills made a motion to approve the minutes for July 14, 2008. James
Day seconded the motion. Motion approved.
3. Review the subcommittee narratives
John Gooding read the finance subcommittee narrative and answered
questions. Discussion occurred on the 3/8 cent estimate, the transportation
feeder system and discussion on how to pay, affordability, and funding of a
station.
Cliff Davis mentioned that the city should hire someone to do an economic
development study for the area in a '/2 mile radius of the station; compare
station to no station. There is a similar ED Study at asarail.org.
David Grimes read the traffic subcommittee narrative and answered
questions. The narrative is categorized in focus areas with multiple inputs.
Discussion occurred regarding access to John McCain is a bike path only.
Roger Nelson read the Safety and security subcommittee narrative and
answered questions. Discussion occurred regarding speed which will depend
on the final environmental impact study. Discussion occurred regarding train
incidents and the need to be prepared for accidents that would include train
and car, train and passengers (derailment) and train and trespasser.
Additional discussion occurred regarding Quad Gates and quiet zones and if
additional sound mitigation would be needed. Initial study shows no
mitigation for sound, outside of quiet zones is necessary. Quiet zones are a
city decision.