Expert Review Panel on Link Light Rail:
Costs, Ridership, Impacts & Alternatives
Hosted by King County Councilmember Maggi Fimia
King County Council Offices, SW Conference Room
Seattle, Washington
February 9, 2001

Order on Agenda

Time

Speaker/Title

Topic

Contact Information

   

WELCOME and INTRODUCTIONS

   
    Inspector General’s Office
US Department of Transportation Washington, DC 
  • Les Smith, Program Director, Responsible for the Review
  • Sarah Batipps, Project Manager
  • Al Larpenteur, Auditor, Region 10
 

 

 
9:00-9:05

9:00-9:05

Maggi FIMIA, Host and Moderator
King County Councilmember,
(206) 296-1001 maggi.fimia@metrokc.gov
John NILES, Facilitator
Public Interest Transportation Forum
(206) 781-4475 jniles@alum.mit.edu
   

ISSUES FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES

   
  1 Kevin GROSSMAN, Councilmember Shoreline Constituency Concerns 206-546-1700
  1 Guy SPENCER, Councilmember Normandy Park Constituency Concerns (206) 246-1883, (206) 248-7603
  1 Dawn MASON, Former Washington State Representative Constituency Concerns 206-721-0304 dawnsabiha@home.com
  1 El JAHNCKE, Mercer Island Councilmember Constituency Concerns (206) 382-0825, (206)236-0951; eljahncke@siteconnect.net
  2 Eric ESPENHORST, Friends of the Earth Environmental Organizations 206-297-9460
  1 Dorothy BULLITT – Downtown Seattle
Businesswoman
Downtown Seattle Association Board Member
Neighborhood Concerns bullitt@bigplanaet.com
  1 Matt FOX
President, University District Community Council
Neighborhood Concerns (206) 527-0648
(206) 679-4099
mfoxmail@aol.com
  1 Kathy DANPIER, Manager, Malloy Apartments in University District Neighborhood Concerns 632-0278 malloyapt@emailmsn.com
  1 Wes LARSON – Roanoke Park
Chair of Eastlake, Portage Bay and North Capitol Hill Business Association
Neighborhood Concerns (206) 320-9847 weslar@home.com
  1 Barry Rogel - Capitol Hill
President, Broadway Improvement Association
Neighborhood Concerns (206) 324-9697
  1 Patricia PASCHAL - Rainier Valley
Vice-President, Save Our Valley
Neighborhood Concerns (206) 725-7647
  1 Ron MOMODA – Rainier Valley
Save Our Valley
Neighborhood Concerns (206) 723-0340
  1 Ron LAMB - Tukwila
Community Activist
Neighborhood Concerns (206) 243-3716 LambtownWest@msn.com
  1 Peter ARMATO - Bellevue
President, Bellevue Downtown Association
Neighborhood Concerns (425) 453-1223 peter@bellevuedowntown.org
9:30-9:40 10 Maggi FIMIA
King County Councilmember,
A SUMMARY OVERVIEW (206) 296-1001 maggi.fimia@metrokc.gov

FINANCE

9:40-10:10 30 Emory BUNDY

Sane Transit Steering Committee member

Co-chair of Citizens for Mobility

HISTORICAL PERSEPCTIVE – Regional (206) 726-9416 Ebundy@nwlink.com
10:10-10:40 30 Rob MCKENNA

King County Councilmember

Sound Transit Board Member,

 

REGIONAL FINANCIAL ANALYSIS and ASSUMPTIONS (206) 296-1006 rob.mckenna@metrokc.gov
10:40-10:45 5 Hal B.H. Cooper, Jr.
Consulting Engineer
Cooper Consulting Company,
RIGHT-OF-WAYS Disproportion & Acquisition Costs Cefco@nwlink.com
10:45-10:50 5 Dick NELSON
Former Washington State Representative
Co-founder Public Interest Transportation Forum
REGIONAL FINANCIAL CAPACITY TO FUND SOUND TRANSIT (206) 781-0915 dicknels@msn.com

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE and LEGAL ISSUES

10:50-11:05 15 Charles PRESTRUD
Independent Transit Planning Consultant
LEGAL ANALYSIS (206) 364-2378
cprestrud@sprynet.com
11:05-11:20 15 Cleveland STOCKMEYER, P.L.L.C.
Talmadge and Stockmeyer
Transportation Activist
SUMMARY OF CURRENT and FUTURE LAWSUITS (206) 525-4400
(206)574-6661
(206) 419-4385 cleve206@aol.com
11:20-11:30 10 George CURTIS,

Legal Liaison, Save Our Valley

SAVE OUR VALLEY Lawsuit based on violation of 1964Federal Civil Rights Acts (206)721-1799 saveourvalley@wans.net
11:30-11:35 5 Charles R. HORNER,

Attorney for Friends of Monorail

FRIENDS OF MONORAIL Lawsuit 206-223-1060 chorner@willielaw.com
11:35-11:40 5 Maggi FIMIA

King County Councilmember,

BUS TUNNEL MOTION, King County (206) 296-1001 maggi.fimia@metrokc.gov
11:40-11:50 10 Jim HORN, Washington State Senator ® CURRENT WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATION; SOUND TRANSIT BILLS (360) 786-7680
11:50-12:15  

PERFORMANCE and ALTERNATIVES

   
  5 James MAC ISAAC,
Regional Transportation Planning and Engineering Consultant
PROJECTED RIDERSHIP NUMBERS (425) 454-6307

jmacisaac@qwest.net

  5 Richard HARKNESS, Ph.D. Urban Systems Planning
Local Aerospace Company Planner/Manager
ALTERNATIVES ANALYSES (425) 865-4426

(425) 644-2721

  5 Charles PRESTRUD
Independent Transit Planning Consultant
RIDERSHIP FORECASTS (206) 364-2378

cprestrud@sprynet.com

  5 Ed BRIGHTON
Vice President, Friends of Monorail
MONORAIL Alternative (206) i726-0213 (206) 650-6534 edb@dbug.org
  5 Lee KELLER
Spokesperson for Ride Free Proposal
RIDE FREE Alternative  
12:15-12:30 10 Maggi FIMIA
King County Councilmember,
CONCLUDING REMARKS (206) 296-1001 maggi.fimia@metrokc.gov
     

COMMUNITY TOUR

1:30-6:00 pm

   
12:30-1:30   Kate JONCAS
President, Downtown Seattle Association
DOWNTOWN

(Downtown Seattle Association, 500 Union Ave. (3rd and Union)

(206) 623-0340

Kate@downtownseattle.org

    Dorothy BULLITT
Businesswoman
Downtown Seattle Association Board Member
DOWNTOWN

(Downtown Seattle Association)

 
1:45-2:15 30   TRAVEL VIA BUS TUNNEL TO  
2:15-2:45 30 Matt FOX,

President, University Neighborhood Council

UNIVERSITY DISTRICT

(Terry Lander Dormitory)

(206) 527-0648

(206) 679-4099

mfoxmail@aol.com

    Kathy Danpier, Manager, Malloy Apartments UNIVERSITY DISTRICT 632-0278 malloyapt@emailmsn.com
2:45-3:00 15   TRAVEL TO  
3:00-3:15 15 Wes LARSON

Chair Eastlake, Portage Bay and North Capitol Hill Business Association

ROANOKE, EASTLAKE, PORTAGE BAY
(St. Patrick’s Parking Lot)
(206) 320-9847 weslar@home.com
    Jim SIMPKINS, President of Roanoke Park/Portage Bay Community Council ROANOKE, EASTLAKE, PORTAGE BAY (206) 860-0076 jimsi@exmsft.com
3:15-3:30     TRAVEL to  
3:30-4:00 30 Barry ROGEL,

President, Broadway Improvement Association

CAPITOL HILL  
    Kay ROOD

Chair, Groundswell On Broadway

Business Owner, KRF Custom Framing

CAPITOL HILL Monotyper2@aol.com
    Rich LANG
Chair, Capitol Hill Stewardship Council
Past President, Capitol Hill Community Council
CAPITOL HILL (206) 329-1932

richclang@aol.com

4:00-4:05 5   TRAVEL to  
4:05-4:20 15 Steve GAINES
First Hill Neighborhood Coalition
FIRST HILL
1301 Spring Street
(206)628-7209 steveg@cbic.com; steveg@reflexnet.net
4:20-4:35 15   TRAVEL to  
4:35-5:05 30 Patricia PASCHAL,
Save Our Valley
RAINIER VALLEY (206) 725-7647
  Ron MOMODA,
Save Our Valley
RAINIER VALLEY (206) 723-0340
Dawn MASON
Former Washington State Representative
Save Our Valley
RAINIER VALLEY 206-721-0304 dawnsabiha@home.com
    George Curtis,
Save Our Valley
RAINIER VALLEY 206-721-1799, 206-721-9898
5:05-5:10 5   TRAVEL to  
5:10-5:20 10 Ron LAMB, Tukwila Community TUKWILA (206) 243-3716 lambtownwest@msn.com
5:20-6:00 40 Maggi FIMIA

Councilmember, King County

CONCLUDING REMARKS RETURN to DOWNTOWN (206) 296-1001 maggi.fimia@metrokc.gov