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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCommuter Rail Committee-Minutes-8/11/20081 w � s�— o �1:�=�.y�,l 1 e _� ���- COMMUTER RAIL COMMITTEE Minutes - August 11, 2008 1. Call to order Mr. John Gooding, Chair called the meeting to order at 7:11 p.m. Present: John Gooding, Urmesh Shah, Fred Mills, Clif Davis, Rich Hendler, James Day, Keath Hance, Michael Muhm, John Paul Burnett, John Leeper, Bartley Butler Absent: Linda Baker, Paul Vigiletti, Joyce Hammill, David Grimes, Roger Nelson, Kristen O'Regan 2. Approval of minutes: General committee - July 28, 2008 Finance subcommittee — August 5, 2008 Station Impact subcommittee — August 6, 2008 John Paul Burnett made a motion to approve the minutes for July 28, 2008, August 5, 2008, August 6, 2008; James Day seconded the motion. Motion approved. 3. Review and discuss the City Council presentation for August 19 Pre Council meeting a. Discuss any changes or additions b. Clarify key points c. Agree on content John Gooding reviewed the presentation. John Gooding made a motion to approve making a statement in the presentation that this committee does not support or oppose a station stop, the committee is searching for facts and public opinion regarding the matter. The motion was discussed and determined it should not be used. There being no second, a vote was not taken. Discussion regarding the last presentation slide took place. Rich Hendler suggested the final slide was not clear and should be renamed with points clarified. Discussion occurred regarding funding options, Fred Mills asked that the slide include information from recent newspaper article regarding vehicle registration fee. Discussion occurred regarding crime statistics. Urmesh Shah asked why this was not mentioned. John Leeper indicated it is difficult to find a true apples to apples comparison but that the PD had indicated confidence in their ability to control crime if a station is built. Discussion continued regarding ridership and that the ridership projections should be included in the presentation John Gooding mentioned that the City Council will receive an additional supplemental packet with the presentation Additional discussion took place regarding the traffic slide and that the impact of traffic from the station is not mentioned. 4. Discuss and review additional research items from subcommittees Mona Gandy reviewed the narrative information and how it would be presented on the website with the exception of the Traffic Subcommittee. Indicated some issues with a few questions for example, north side of Fort Worth may mean demographics. It was discussed that subcommittee chairs read the narratives and make sure the information is correct and that there are no contradictions in responses with other subcommittees. Once each has approved, the subcommittee chair will notify Chairman John Gooding and Staff member Kelly Cooper. Fred Mills motioned to approve the process mentioned above; Keath Hance seconded the motion. The motion was approved. Urmesh Shah indicated that he had read the Public Information Subcommittee information and it was correct. Urmesh also asked how the public would be notified. It was discussed that information would be placed on the cable channel, website and disbursed through utility billing inserts. 5. Adjournment There being no further business to discuss, John Gooding made a motion to adjourn. Rich Hendler seconded the motion. The motion was approved and the meeting adjourned at 9:14 p.m. Minutes taken and prepared by Kelly Cooper.