IMPLEMENTATION OF PROPOSITION 1B

An Informational Hearing of the

Senate Transportation and Housing Committee

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

1:30 – 4:30 pm

State Capitol, John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203)

DRAFT AGENDA

I.  Welcome and Introductions

·  Senator Alan Lowenthal, Chairman of the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee

II.  Trade Corridor Improvement Fund

Speakers

·  Ron Dellums, Mayor, City of Oakland

·  Ron Loveridge, Mayor, City of Riverside

·  Lee Ann Garcia, Mayor Pro Tem, City of Grand Terrace

Panelists

·  Barry Sedlik, Business, Transportation, and Housing Agency

·  Kathryn Phillips, Environmental Defense

·  Geraldine Knatz, Executive Director, Port of Los Angeles

·  Rick Richmond, Alameda Corridor East Construction Authority

·  Andrew Chesley, Executive Director for the San Joaquin Council of Governments

·  Gary Gallegos, Executive Director, San Diego Association of Governments

·  Jim Flanagan, General Manager of Regulatory Affairs and Operations, APM Terminal Group

·  Juan Acosta, BNSF Railway Company

III.  Port and Transit System Safety, Security, and Disaster Response Panel

·  Brian Michael Jenkins, Director, National Transportation Security Center, Mineta Transportation Institute California State, University, San Jose

·  David Solow, Executive Director, Southern California Regional Rail Authority

·  John Fischer, Manager State and Local Affairs, Bay Area Rapid Transit

·  Port of Los Angeles

·  Steven Castleberry, Executive Director, San Francisco Bay Water Transit Authority

·  Josh Shaw, California Transit Association

IV.  Public Comment