Calendar
Annual Meeting
Thursday, March 2, 2017
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Hotel Coolidge: The Vermont Room
39 South Main Street
White River Junction, Vermont
Please forward this invitation to anyone you think would be interested.
View the flyer here: Listening Tour Flyer
Dr. Cameron Wake
University of New Hampshire
Research Professor, Institute for the Study of
Earth, Oceans and Space
Josephine A. Lamprey Professor in Climate and
Sustainability, UNH Sustainability Institute
Thursday March 2, 3:30 pm
Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall
Free and Open to the Public
Cameron Wake leads a research program investigating regional climate change through the analysis of ice core records and historical and instrumental data. Cameron also helps lead Climate Solutions New England, a collaborative effort to secure healthy, prosperous, and sustainable communities through the pursuit of integrated solutions that include building energy self-reliance and weather resilience. His collaborative research on several regional climate assessments in the northeast United States has been shared with municipal, state, and federal agencies and representatives, has been covered widely in the media, and has been cited by several as motivation for policy action. In recognition of his engaged scholarship around the issue of climate change, Cameron was awarded the UNH Faculty Award of Excellence in Public Service in 2010.
Read more: https://www.eos.sr.unh.edu/Faculty/Wake
Co-Sponsored by the Department of Earth Sciences, the Sierra Club Upper Valley Group, and the Dickey Center for International Understanding
Michal Kravčík , a distinguished hydrologist and climate expert from Slovakia, and recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize, has an urgent message for America as well as the rest of the globe: All of us, not just the “experts,” must take action by soaking up the rain in soil and plants, which release cooling cloud-forming vapor to fall again as rain, to restore critical land-based water cycles. Otherwise we will experience worsening drought, heat waves and other climate woes, including floods and severe storms. Dr. Kravčík is a seasoned world lecturer who will touring North America in March and April 2017, presenting natural, inexpensive solutions for restoring more livable landscapes and weather patterns. For anyone, lay or professional, concerned about water supplies, land use, or climate, this will be time well spent.
For more information please visit Voices of Water for Climate, a project of Biodiversity for a Livable Climate at https://bio4climate.org/vow/ or contact tour coordinator Jan Lambert at [email protected] or 603-477-9947.
March 7, 2017 8-3:30 ,at the Sheraton Hotel, 870 Williston Road, Burlington VT.
The course, Procurement Under FEMA Awards: Requirements for Recipients and Sub recipients When Procuring Services and Supplies with Funding under Stafford Act Grant Programs, is designed for State, Local, and Tribal emergency management personnel, and private non-profit entities who procure services that may be reimbursable under the FEMA program. https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/96773
March 8, 10 am – noon at 171 Bridge St, Hartford VT. Room 2
Please RSVP to [mailto:[email protected]]
Please also feel free to distribute this to anyone who could benefit from the course.
Agenda
1. Introductions.
2. Approval of January 12 Minutes.
3. Project Prioritization / Pre-Candidate Bridges / District Leveling (Rita)
4. Sharon Park and Ride Scoping Report – Wayne Davis, VTrans Park and Ride Manager
TAC needs to select a preferred alternative to VTrans for input
5. 2017 Better Roads Funding (Rita)
a) Grant window: January 23 to March 17, 2017
b) Applications planned?
6. Other business
• VTrans I-89 Exit 3 Royalton Park and Ride Informational Meeting
• 2017 field season – traffic counts, culvert + road erosion inventories
Future meeting topics? Next meeting on Thursday May 11, 2017. Location TBD
Meeting agenda for Wednesday March 15, 2017 VTrans District 4 Garage
9:30am – 11:00am
1) Introductions (9:30am)
2) Gravel Gradation – Todd Eaton, VLR Circuit Rider (1.5 hrs)
Todd will go into discussion of gravel gradation, sieving and material components.
3) Field season (culverts, road erosion, traffic speed studies) – Rita (10 mins)
4) Meeting Adjourn
Please RSVP to Rita ([email protected] or call 457-3188)
Location:
VTrans District 4 Garage – 221 Beswick Drive, WRJ, VT Phone: (802) 295-8888
Directions:
From Exit 11 of I-91 (WRJ), go north on US5, right onto Sykes Mountain Ave, right onto Beswick Drive (McDonald’s corner).
A special meeting of the TRORC Executive Committee has been called for a site visit to a potential new office location for TRORC. No action will be taken.
The Vermont Agency of Transportation has selected a new park and ride facility site at Exit 3 on I-89 in Royalton.
They are holding a public meeting to obtain public input on the conceptual design. Please attend and provide your input.
If you are unable to attend and have comments/questions, please contact Wayne Davis, VTrans Park and Ride Manager at 802-828-5608 or at [email protected].
Meeting agenda for Tuesday March 21, 2017 VTrans District 4 Garage
9:30am – 11:00am
1) Introductions (9:30am)
2) Gravel Gradation – Todd Eaton, VLR Circuit Rider (1.5 hrs)
Todd will go into discussion of gravel gradation, sieving and material components.
3) Field season (culverts, road erosion, traffic speed studies) – Rita (10 mins)
4) Meeting Adjourn
Please RSVP to Rita ([email protected] or call 457-3188)
Location:
VTrans District 4 Garage – 221 Beswick Drive, WRJ, VT Phone: (802) 295-8888
Directions:
From Exit 11 of I-91 (WRJ), go north on US5, right onto Sykes Mountain Ave, right onto Beswick Drive (McDonald’s corner).