Idaho Transportation Department News Release
September 15, 2009

Contact:
Sue Higgins
Secretary to the Board 
(208) 334-8808 

Jeff Stratten
Public Information Officer, Senior 
(208) 334-8817 


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Idaho Transportation Board to tour southern Idaho highways; hold executive session in Boise

BOISE - The Idaho Transportation Board will meet with area citizens and delegations and tour southern Idaho highways on Wednesday, Sept. 16 through Thursday, Sept. 17. Regular agenda items will be reviewed on Thursday, Sept. 17, at the Idaho Transportation Department District 4 Office, 216 South Date St., in Shoshone.


The transportation board will also hold an executive session on Friday, Sept. 18, in Boise, at the Idaho Transportation Department headquarters building, 3311 W. State St.


A G E N D A

Regular Meeting and District 4 Tour of the Idaho Transportation Board

September 16-17, 2009

 

September 16, 2009

Time*

DISTRICT 4 TOUR

 

7:45                         Depart Wingate Hotel, 239 Crossroads Point, Jerome, US-93 north

 

8:15                         Arrive District 4 Office, 216 Date Street, Shoshone

 

8:30                         Depart Shoshone, SH-75 north

 

9:15                         Arrive Timmerman Rest Area, overview on facility and Friedman Airport relocation

 

10:30                       Depart Rest Area, SH-75 north

 

10:45                       Arrive Bellevue: meet with Mountain Rides Transportation Authority

 

11:15                        Depart Bellevue, SH-75 north

 

11:45                        Arrive Hailey Maintenance Shed; lunch

 

12:45                        Discussion: SH-75 corridor planning with Blaine County Transportation Committee    members

 

1:30                         Discussion: Boulder Flats Mitigation site with SNRA, Blaine County Recreation Department officials

 

2:15                       Depart Hailey Maintenance Shed, SH-75 south; tour Boulder Flats, Timmerman to Ketchum corridor

 

4:30                        Arrive Shoshone, brief stop at District Office, depart US-93 south

 

5:00                        Arrive Wingate Hotel, Jerome; tour ends

 

 

 

September 17, 2009

Board Meeting

District 4 Office

26 South Date Street

Shoshone, Idaho

 

8:00                 BOARD MINUTES August 19-20, 2009

BOARD MEETING DATES

 

October 14-15, 2009 Boise

November 18-19, 2009 Boise

December 17-18, 2009 Boise

 

8:05                 CONSENT CALENDAR

Revisions to Board Policy, B-07-02, Appealing Department

Actions and Orders

Quarterly report on legal actions and contract claims

Update on the rest area partnership with Nez Perce Tribe, District 2

Contract award information

Professional services and term agreements work task report

Annual report on Railroad Grade Crossing Program

Annual report on contracts and procurements

 

8:10                        BOARD ITEMS

      Chairman's report

 

8:15                        DIRECTOR'S REPORT

       Progress on the Governor's Executive Order

 

8:25                        Increased speed limits

 

8:35                        District 4 action items from the Strategic Plan

 

8:45                        ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY PRESENTATION:

       Jerome County Sheriffs Program

 

8:50                        DELEGATION Buhl & Wendell Highway Districts,

       Aaron Wert: Buhl to Wendell Corridor

 

9:10                        DELEGATION Mini-Cassia Transportation Committee,

       Milo Ross, Chairman: City of Rocks Back Country Byway

 

9:20                        PRESENTATION Local Highway Technical Assistance Council

 

9:40                        BREAK

 

9:55                        Draft legislation for 2010

 

10:30                        Local Programs Economic Stimulus - ARRA completion proposal

 

10:40                        Monthly Financial Statements and Highway Program Obligations

 

10:55                        GARVEE update and annual funding authorization

 

11:30                        FY10-13 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP)

 

11:45                        EXECUTIVE SESSION (working lunch)

         PERSONNEL ISSUES [SECTION 67-2345(a),(b)]

         LEGAL ISSUES [SECTION 67-2345(d),(f)]

 

1:00                        DELEGATION Jerome Highway District: traffic signal project

 

1:10                        OLD/NEW BUSINESS

 

1:15                        EXECUTIVE SESSION

       PERSONNEL ISSUES [SECTION 67-2345(a)]

 

 

September 18, 2009

Idaho Transportation Department

Boise, Idaho

Room 212

 

8:00                        EXECUTIVE SESSION

       PERSONNEL ISSUES [SECTION 67-2345(a)]

 

*Al listed times are estimates only. The Board reserves the right to move agenda items and adjust the time schedule.

 

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