Joint Meeting

Guemes Island Ferry Committee

And

Skagit County Public Works Department

 

3/28/03

2:00 PM

 

In Attendance:                     

 

Ferry Crew:                                         Holly Bowman, Ron Penzaro

Guemes Island Ferry Committee:      Carl Cady, Dixon Elder, Glen Veal, Marilee Fosbre, Steve Orsini

Skagit County Public Works:              Steve Flude

Berk and Associates:                          Bonnie Berk, Steve Orsini, Rick Keisser

 

 

Agenda Items

1.      Debrief from Task Force Meeting of 3/21/03

2.      Ferry haul out Status

3.      Decision Process framework for public Works-Ferry committee issues

4.      Frequent user Ferry Tickets

5.      Fourth crew member discussion

6.      Ferry Committee Chartering—issues and process

Meeting Summary:

 

Task Force Meeting of 3/21/03:

 

The group debriefed about the first Task Force meeting.  There was consensus that the meeting went well and that future meetings should prove productive.  The GIFC was especially pleased that Commissioner Monks was able to attend the first Task Force Meeting and will send him a letter acknowledging our appreciation.

 

Meeting Procedures-materials for the coming Task Force meeting will be 3-mailes the Friday or Monday prior to the meeting. The previous meeting minutes will be included.

 

Carl Cady brought up specific questions about some of the data presented to the Task Force by Berk and Associates.  Bonnie expressed her confidence in the accuracy of the data and invited him to meet with Michael Hedging to go over his questions in detail. Carl gave Bonnie Berks and Steve Flude a detailed list of the questions about the data.

 

The time line for the Task Force was discussed and doubts were that the work could be finished by September.  It may be that smaller groups will need to meet outside of the Task Force Meetings and present the results of their work to the entire group on order to meet the deadline for completion.

 

Marilee Fosbre asked Berk and Associates to look into the reason that the MVFT funding was dramatically smaller the past two years.  Bonnie agreed to research this funding loss.

 

 

Haul Out:

 

The Ferry Haul-out is on track for July 8th.  Marilee asked that Public Works look into garbage collection on the island during the haul-out, as the situation was a health hazard during the last haul-out.

 

Decision Making/Problem Solving:

 

Bonnie handed out a model to be used as a decision making tool.  The GIFC questioned whether Chal Martin would be participating in these discussions.  Steve Flude said that Chal Martin would not be participating.

 

Bonnie suggested that we use this model to discuss the Sticker system that the GIFC proposed for frequent users.  The GIFC explained that the committee had met the previous night and decided that implementing a change at this point prior to any changes that may come as a result of the Task Force would be too confusing and disruptive to the riders.

In lieu of recommending a sticker system the committee is instead informing the PW Department that we object to the cost of the 4th crewmember being funded by fare revenues.  In addition we want to make sure that the cost of consultation to PW by Berk and Associates is not funded by fare revenue. 

 

 

4th Crew Member:

 

The decision making model was used to discuss the addition of the 4th crewmember.  The results of this discussion were captured on wallpaper by Bonnie and will be available after they are summarized. The Problem statement was” The ridership does not show proof of ticket purchase to a separate crew member as required by the WA State Auditor in the 200 and 2001 audits.”

 

Future scheduled meetings with Public works, GIFC, the Ferry crew members and Berk will be the 1st Friday of the month at 2:00 PM at Public Works. –May 2nd, June 6th.

 

Meeting adjourned at 5:15