Thursday, August 27, 2009, 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Main Meeting Room, Old County Courthouse, Hailey, Idaho

I.          Election of Officers of the BCRTC - Angenie McCleary

Nils Ribi made a motion that was seconded and unanimously approved for Angenie McCleary to be seated as Chair and Jeff Adams as Secretary;

II.        Corridor Preservation Agreement Discussion - Jeff Adams

Parsons Brinkerhoff is coordinating a Corridor Preservation agreement for the BCRT & ITD; Nicholas Amrhein had been to the area and spoke with selected officials and planners regarding the agreement and is working on the draft;  Blaine County has sent a draft of recitals of the County's efforts to protect the corridor and other jurisdictions are encouraged to supply their efforts;

III.       ITD Board Tour - Devin Rigby

Brief overview of the tour route and stops; highlights include airport re-location issue, new Timmerman rest stop, Bellevue/MTN Rides/ITD property trade, hospital and Timmerman to Ketchum projects, including Boulder Flats wetlands mitigation; one representative from each district;

IV.       IMAP Update - Angenie McCleary

IMAP revised draft due by September 30; our plan ahead of other areas in the process; will schedule one more public meeting; plan can be updated yearly; success factors to be added to the plan; IMAP network meeting on 17th; likely won't get as much in funding in next round; most of capital funds ($1.6M) to be expended in next month; press outreach will begin this month;

V.         ITD Update - Devin Rigby

Work is being done on the next two ROW plans, north and south of the hospital; white paper on local coordination to allow funds earmarked for work to allow variance from policy for having money in-hand before proceeding; $27 M for ROW plans and construction (Federal & State matching funds) McKercher to Alturas; discussion of support letter from BCRTC for Tour initiated, AMc to coordinate; $5M at Boulder Flats covers project's mitigation;

VI.       Stimulus Update

Stimulus funds for district went to Twin project, which should move Timmerman to Ketchum up in the queue;

III.       Public Comment

None

IV.       Adjourn

Minutes: JA 10.22.2009

Note: this agenda is subject to revisions and additions.

The Committee is scheduled to meet the last Thursday of the month.

PURPOSE. The purpose of this Committee shall be:

(a)                                   To study and  identify transportation and mobility issues affecting Blaine County, Idaho, and its regional partners;

(b)                                   To provide a forum for open discussion and increase public awareness of transportation and mobility issues affecting Blaine County and its regional partners;

(c)                                    To foster cooperation relating to the transportation and mobility issues affecting Blaine County and its regional partners;

(d)                                   To make non-binding recommendations and develop solutions and strategies for implementation to  Bellevue, Carey, Hailey, Ketchum, Sun Valley, Blaine County, the Idaho Transportation Department and other governmental and non-governmental entities, agencies, or bodies relating to transportation and mobility issues affecting Blaine County and its regional partners; and

(e)                                    To promote long-range planning relating to the transportation and mobility needs of Blaine County and its regional partners.