[Md-sligo] Complete list of WMATA hearing schedule

[Michelle Clark]

Thanks Debbie.

 

Michelle

 

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Debbie
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Here is the complete list of the WMATA hearing schedule.  Try to arrange to
give testimony for these, because a fare increase is involved.  

 

Debbie

 

For immediate release: January 2, 2014

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Metro seeks public input on FY15 budget and fare proposals

Public hearings scheduled Jan. 29 to Feb. 6

Metro is seeking feedback from riders and will offer many convenient
opportunities

for them to comment on the proposed FY15 budget and fare changes, as well as
Metro’s

Capital Improvement Program, beginning today.

The public’s first opportunity to comment on the proposal is an online
survey that

went live today at

wmata.com/budgetsurvey

.  The survey is open until 5 p.m. on February 11, and is provided as an
option to

submitting a verbal or written statement for the record.  Survey results
will be

presented to the Board as part of the public record.

The survey is one of several opportunities for the public to be heard.
Another is

through participation in public hearings in the District, Maryland and
Virginia.

Metro’s Board of Directors will host a series of six public hearings between
January

29 and February 6. Each public hearing will be preceded by an informal
“Information

Session,” starting at 6 p.m.  The Information Sessions provide the public
with an

opportunity to learn about Metro’s current work to improve service and to
provide

comments and suggestions on any topic, including subjects that are not on
the docket.

Public hearings will begin at 6:30 p.m. to provide an opportunity to give
formal

testimony on the docket of proposed budget actions.  To review the docket,
visit

wmata.com/hearings

.

The proposed FY15 budget and Capital Improvement Plan would invest $3
billion in

providing safer, better, and more service for Metro riders, while preparing
for the

region’s future with funding for many key initiatives in Metro’s 2025
strategic plan,

called Momentum.  In addition to providing improvements to current rail and
bus services,

the budget includes funding for:

Delivery of safer service by continuing to close NTSB recommendations,

Continuing the rebuilding of the Metrorail system to improve safety and
reliability,

Purchase of new 7000-series railcars to replace the oldest cars on the
system and

allow for more trains,

Operation of the first full fiscal year of Silver Line service between
Reston and

Largo Town Center,

Implementation of a new comprehensive Customer Care program,

Initiation of new Metrobus Priority Corridor Network (PCN) and State of Good
Operations

(SOGO) improvements; and

Investments to prepare for more 8-car trains to increase capacity and
station capacity

improvements at key stations

Implementation of the fatigue management program for employees,

Metro’s fiscal year 2015 budget, and any approved fare changes, would take
effect

July 1, 2014.

The hearings are scheduled as follows:

Wednesday, Jan. 29

Greenbelt Marriott – Hearing 589

6400 Ivy Ln

Greenbelt, MD

Free shuttle to/from Greenbelt station

Thursday, Jan. 30

Hilton Springfield – Hearing 590

6550 Loisdale Rd

Springfield, VA

Free shuttle to Franconia-Springfield station after 7:30 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 3

Matthews Memorial Baptist Church – Hearing 591

Fellowship Hall

2616 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., SE

Washington, DC

Tuesday, Feb. 4

Montgomery County Executive – Hearing 592

Office Building Cafeteria

101 Monroe St

Rockville, MD

Wednesday, Feb. 5

Arlington Central Library – Hearing 593

1015 N Quincy Street

Arlington, VA

Thursday, Feb. 6

Metro Headquarters Building – Hearing 594

600 5th Street, NW

Washington, DC

How to register to speak at the public hearing

To establish a witness list for the public hearings, individuals and
representatives

of organizations who wish to be heard at the hearings are asked to provide
in writing

their name, address, telephone number and organization affiliation, if any,
to Office

of the Secretary, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, 600 Fifth
Street,

NW, Washington, D.C. 20001. Alternatively, requests to speak may be faxed to
202-962-1133

or e-mailed to speak at wmata.com. Please submit only one speaker’s name per
letter

and reference the hearing number. Lists of individual speakers will not be
accepted.

Others present at the hearing may be heard after people who have registered
have

spoken. Please note that this information may be releasable to the public
under the

WMATA Public Access to Records Policy (PARP). The PARP can be viewed on
WMATA’s website

under the link marked “Legal Affairs.” Public officials will be heard first
and will

be allowed five minutes each to make their presentations. All other speakers
will

be allowed three minutes each. Relinquishing of time by one speaker to
another will

not be permitted.

The locations of all public hearings are wheelchair accessible. Any
individual who

requires special assistance such as a sign language interpreter or
additional accommodation

to participate in the public hearings, or who requires these materials in an
alternate

format, should contact Danise Peña at 202-962-2511 or TTY: 202-962-2033 as
soon as

possible in order for Metro to make necessary arrangements.

How to submit written comments

Written statements and exhibits may be sent to the Office of the Secretary,
Washington

Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, 600 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20001,

or e-mailed to writtentestimony at wmata.com. Statements also may be faxed to
202-962-1133.

Please reference the hearing number. Submissions must be received by 5 p.m.
on Tuesday,

February 11. Please note that any personal information such as name, e-mail
address,

address, or telephone number you provide in the statement may be releasable
to the

public under the WMATA Public Access to Records Policy.

News release issued at 3:10 pm, January 2, 2014.

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