WSF hosted public meetings and workshops in 2008 and public hearings in 2009 to share information and take public comments on areas of study under ESHB 2358 ("ferry financing" legislation) as we developed the long-range plan for the ferry system. Below you can download handouts and summaries from 2008 meetings and workshops and the January 2009 hearings. At the bottom of the page is a list of past community briefings.
January 2009 public hearings
In January 2009, WSF held public hearings to get comments on the draft long-range plan. Public comments received helped inform the revised draft plan released to the Legislature on Jan 31, 2009.
An estimated 500 attendees packed McMurray
Middle School for the Jan. 7 public hearing on
Vashon Island.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
You can download transcripts of public testimony from the hearings below. Written comments received between December 19, 2008 and January 26, 2009 are available in appendices K and L to the revised draft long-range plan.
Public Testimony Transcripts:
Port Townsend/Keystone - Jan 5 (pdf 26 kb)
Clinton/Mukilteo - Jan 6 (pdf 122 kb)
Vashon Island - Jan 7 (pdf 208 kb)
Bremerton/Seattle - Jan 8 (pdf 172 kb)
Southworth - Jan 12 (pdf 145 kb)
Bainbridge/Seattle - Jan 13 (pdf 147 kb)
Kingston/Edmonds - Jan 14 (pdf 143 kb)
San Juan Islands - Jan 15 (pdf 122 kb)
Anacortes - Jan 15 (pdf 133 kb)
Fauntleroy - Jan 21 (pdf 186 kb)
2008 public meetings and workshops
September/October 2008 - public meetings
In September/October 2008, WSF held public meetings to discuss initial concepts for the long-range plan.
Agendas
Presentation materials
Route packages
View videos from the Sept. 25 meeting in Edmonds
(Windows Media Player format)
System Update and Financial Problem Presentation
WSTC Presentation
Building Blocks for the Long-Range Plan Presentation
Executive and comment summaries
June/July 2008 - public workshops
Attendees study presentation boards at a
public workshop in Bremerton June 30.
In the June/July 2008 round of public workshops, we shared information and took public comments on operational and pricing strategies.
Workshop materials:
Workshop summaries:
March/April 2008 - public meetings
In the March/April 2008 round of public meetings, we shared information and took public comments on the vehicle level-of-service (LOS) approach and baseline ridership forecasts.
Handouts
Meeting Summaries
Past community briefings
- Bremerton City Council
July 23, 2008
5:00 p.m.
Bremerton
- Seattle City Council
June 23, 2008
9:30 a.m.
Seattle City Hall
- Mukilteo City Council
June 9, 2008
6:00 p.m.
Mukilteo
- Bainbridge Island City Council
May 28, 2008
6:00 p.m.
Bainbridge Island
- Edmonds City Council
May 20, 2008
7:00 p.m.
Edmonds
- Puget Sound Regional Council
Apr. 8, 2008
9:00 a.m.
Seattle
- Vashon-Maury Island Community Council
Feb. 18, 2008
7:00 p.m.
Vashon Island
- Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Dec. 17, 2007
7:30 a.m.
Seattle
- San Juan County Council
Dec. 4, 2007
11:15 a.m.
Friday Harbor
- Peninsula Regional Transportation Planning Organization
Nov. 16, 2007
10:00 a.m.
Port Hadlock