To: Mr. Freeman, Mr. Thompson and
Citizens: garyfreeman@townsquaremedia.com
; troythompsondevm@aol.com
As a relative newcomer to Wyoming,
I have only recently begun listening to KGAB talk radio and was glad
to
hear a very professional dialogue
this morning between Commissioner Thompson and callers on a variety of subjects.
One caller at the end of
the program, however, voiced concern about his attitude at the county's meeting
on the final update of PlanCheyenne where a very different Troy Thompson, in
a chamber full of
citizens, exploded in anger and unrestrained resentment as he was given his turn
on the dais for comment. He then apologized to MPO's director for their
presence and interruption of the director's important and burdensome workload.
I was there and was stunned by his disregard for the constituent's voice, the
one he represents, and to the MPO's director, the one he doesn't. (His answer
by the way, was that someone was filling citizens' heads with misinformation;
that was his reason for the outburst.)
With all due respect, Commissioner
Thompson, this also needs to be addressed: Why did the city and
county
hold a private, exclusive (email, phone
and/or person-to-person?) meeting where amendments were drafted for the city's
meeting on PlanCheyenne?
This is a major violation of the
people's trust. At least two public officials at the City Council's
meeting were not informed of this private meeting and they voiced their surprise
and outrage publicly.
This one will not go away until
those responsible answer to We the People.
I thank KGAB and Mr. Freeman for
being both professional and unafraid to ask the tough questions
of
any and all of our elected
officials. I hope you can see both the urgency and the importance of asking
this one
in
particular.
Sincerely,
Betty
S.
Cheyenne
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To All:
In a nutshell and FYI: Highlights
from yesterday's meeting at the Municipal Building:
Commissioner Diane Humphrey, Mayor
Rick Kaysen and Pat
Persson, District Engineer, WDOT officiated.
(After much confusion as to whom
the MPO director answers to, I think this may answer that question; keep
these names in mind for future reference.)
Ben Herman, main principal with
Clarion & Assoc., was also present along with MPO Director, Tom Mason,
and
he spoke briefly re: the
'streamlining' process involved as well as changes with regard to several areas,
including areas north of I-80, North of Little America,
the Archer Campus,
"Complete Streets" (with revisions).
Agenda items of importance:
1. Approval of P/C: County (with
125 amendments approved first) and City with 17 amendments also approved. Land
Use Plan and Master Transportation Plan remain "exactly or very close" to
the
original.
2. "Discussion and approval of
proposed Surface Transportation Program--Urban Project
Sequence
List." MPO Director Mason
addressed this briefly. Cheyenne is the largest urban area in WY.
East
and West Pershing corridor and
College Avenue ("beltway") were the focus. He mentioned
"there
might be more funds" (this is
federally funded.)
Project Name: Christenson Railroad
and Overpass Project. Total cost: $12.5M ($7.39M TIGER;
STP-Urban
$1.5M; $3M, WY Business Council,
and...remainder of
@$600K would come from in-kind local match..EG: "DONATION OF RIGHT OF WAY". (Alarm
bells
ringing?)
(Also West Allison Road between
Walterscheid and S. Greeley Highway $1.5M.)
3. "Update on MAP-21 ( aka Moving
Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century) Reauthorization and AMPO Policy Committee".
. The National Organization of
MPOs and Congress will decide...(who's missing in this
scenario?)
. Highway trust fund is
starting to run out of money; (2/3rds from gas tax; the remainder "1/3 to
1/2" from
the Feds). Congress needs to sign
a new (re)authorization highway bill but haven't as yet. They may do
a continuing resolution to bridge the gap. "FUNDING IS A MAJOR CONCERN". They're
"STILL DEVELOPING PERFORMANCE MEASURES".
4. The TIP Project amendment,
2014-2017; not on agenda but added by Mayor Kaysen.
For those of you who were there
also, if I've missed something or if I'm incorrect, please let me
know.
Thanks all.
Betty
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