[tabi] Fw: City of Tallahassee News Release - Citizen Advisory Council to review StarMetro's decentralization plan

From: "Lynn Evans" <evans-lynn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 19:24:57 -0500

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Subject: City of Tallahassee News Release - Citizen Advisory Council to review 
StarMetro's decentralization plan


        
      Citizen Advisory Council to review StarMetro's decentralization plan 
      The Transit Advisory Committee (TAC) will vote on the approval of 
StarMetro's decentralization plan, Nova2010, on Thursday, Jan. 21, at the 
regularly scheduled meeting from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at StarMetro's offices, located 
at 555 Appleyard Drive. This Mayor-appointed, citizen based council acts in an 
advisory capacity to the City Commission and StarMetro in transit planning 
projects. The outcome of this vote will help steer both the City Commission and 
StarMetro is pursuing a decentralized route structure. The public may attend 
this TAC meeting and submit questions in writing via index cards, which will be 
provided, prior to the meeting.

      Prior to the January 21 meeting, a TAC working group will meet on 
Saturday, Jan. 9, from 9 to 11 a.m. at the StarMetro offices to review data, 
research and analysis surrounding the Nova2010 route decentralization project. 
This working group, which consists of 12 citizens of varying backgrounds and 
opinions, will make a recommendation on the decentralization project to the 
Transit Advisory Committee at the January 21 meeting. The public may also 
attend this working group meeting but only in a bystander capacity; the public 
may not submit questions to the working group.

      "We [members of the Transit Advisory Committee] believe that a working 
committee appointed by the TAC could help in identifying issues and mitigation 
strategies that would both meet the transit improvement objectives of Nova2010 
while allying concerns associated with its implementation," said Dr. Gregory L. 
Thompson, Chairman of the Transit Advisory Committee.

      The goal of the working group is to provide the Transit Advisory 
Committee with additional citizen input to help determine the committee's 
stance on Nova2010. The committee's final vote will then help guide StarMetro 
in developing a draft report and map to the City Commission. StarMetro intends 
to present the City Commission with a proposal of the Nova2010 decentralization 
plan in Spring 2010.

      For more information, please call StarMetro's main office at (850) 
891-5200 or visit Talgov.com/StarMetro. For additional project updates, please 
call the Nova2010 hotline at (850) 891-5283 or email 
nova2010project@xxxxxxxxxxx Citizens may also follow updates on Facebook at 
www.facebook.com/nova2010project and Twitter at 
www.twitter.com/nova2010project. 

      Contact: Brian Waterman, StarMetro Planning Administrator, 891-5564; or 
Heather Teter, StarMetro Marketing Specialist, 891-5206; Dr. Gregory Thompson, 
Transit Advisory Committee Chairman, 644-8514



     
        
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[tabi] Fw: City of Tallahassee News Release - Citizen Advisory Council to review StarMetro's decentralization plan

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