Transportation Committee

2007 Goals for the Year:

• We, the Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce Transportation Committee, continue to study the importance of connections for the growing economic opportunities and healthy communities. These connections include air, water and land as well as utilities and communications to develop our resources and reach effective markets.
• We recognize that the vast size of Alaska maximizes transportation challenges at the local, regional and statewide levels.
• We understand that co-development of utility corridors and resource pipelines alongside transportation projects are efficient and critical.
• We value the input from the University of Alaska and the contribution they make to the development in our state and the understanding of the needs of Alaskans. We continue to utilize them as a good source of knowledge and understanding of the challenges we face.
• We understand the close connection between transportation and resource development and must communicate the results of our two committees regularly.

2008 Program of Work - To be posted in January 2008

Resolutions & Letters:
Juneau Road Letter - March 12, 2007
Knik Arm Crossing Project Resolution - September 24, 2007
Letter of Support for AK Railroad Realignment - February 11, 2008

Meeting Minutes:

January 3, 2008	February 7, 2008
January 10, 2008	February 21, 2008
January 17, 2008	March 6, 2008
January 24, 2008	March 13, 2008
January 31, 2008	March 20, 2008

Members of the Transportation Committee:

Denny Schlotfeldt (Chair)    Alaska Tent & Tarp	Tony Johansen (Vice Chair) Great Northwest, Inc.
Bill Brophy    Usibelli Coal Mine, Inc.	Roger Burggraf Alaska Miner's Association / Greatland R.T.
Barry Donnellan    Fairbanks Exploration	Cliff Everts Everts Air Fuel
Karl Gohlke    Frontier Plumbing	Stan Halvarson Alaska Aerofuel
Tom George     AOPA	Jim Little JCL Engineering
Don Lowell      Individual	Paul Metz University of Alaska Fairbanks
Clark Milne Department of Transportation	Jeff Roach Department of Transportation
Bob Sparks Sparks Law Office	Ken Collette City of Fairbanks
Mike Olson Alaska Railroad	Ed Peebles Warbelow's Air
Butch Stein Fairbanks Economic Development Corp.