The Ferry Task Force Needs Your Support

In case you missed this “Brown Betty” in the pre-drydock crazies, here is a letter from the Task Force requesting our help in urging the County Council to adopt their recommendations.  They have put out a tremendous amount of energy and time helping us, now is the time for us to do what we can [...]

Video of Task Force presentation to Council plus Q&A

Here’s the link to the complete 1-hr video of yesterday’s summary presentation by the Ferry Task Force to the County Council, along with an extended period of Q&A. The Task Force did an excellent job, on time (as usual), clear (as usual) and were thoughtfully responsive to questions (as usual).  The video includes clear shots [...]

Final Ferry Task Force Report

The Whatcom County Council has posted the Ferry Task Force’s final report. (Feb. 10, 2012 update:  The document is no longer available on the Council’s site. Thank goodness it’s also located & retrievable  — and always will be — on the Ferry Documents site. Use the link in the next paragraph.) The report  includes overview, [...]

Task Force Recommendations 2011-20-11

Here are the July 20, 2011  expense-cutting, revenue-generating, policy and fare recommendations that have been (mostly) finalized by the Ferry Task Force. Last details will be worked out at Monday night’s meeting (27 July, 2011, The Grange, 6-?? PM). Note:  A problem column format on p. 8 yields a total “Revenue Target after recommended changes” [...]

Major Dry Dock Parking Changes (?)

Below is an email from Pat Dunn (email is part of the public record, as it went to all task force members) with some hearsay / information about dry dock. I’ve emailed Frank Abart for confirmation or refutation, but I know that we all have been planning for months based on past dry dock experiences [...]

July 11 Draft Ferry Task Force Recommendations

                Please use the July 20 updated recommendations instead of the July 11th ones below. Here are the Ferry Task Force’s draft recommendations as of their July 11, 2011 meeting, in pdf format.  Items still remaining to be agreed upon should be determined at the July 18th meeting [...]

Public Comments: Draft Cost-Cutting Recommendations

Here are some of the comments about the draft recommendations (by topic) made by community members last Monday, June 20th, Task Force meeting and at  the June 22 LICA meeting.  Some comments have been consolidated, for the sake of brevity. Cost-savings ideas Administrative services reduce administrative service costs, including Frank Abart’s percent salary; think Abart’s [...]

More Docs & Information from the Task Force

In an effort to be certain that you don’t miss anything that the Ferry Task Force (or individual members) put out, the following includes a power point presentation that Diane Harper presented to LICA on June 22nd, as well as her own personal comments on the Draft Fare Recommendations.  Also included is Jim Dickinson’s comprehensive [...]

Have your say NOW on draft Task Force recommendations

Friday, June 24 is the deadline for comments. Do you have questions, thoughts, concerns and ideas (pros, cons, other ideas) for recommended changes to ferry operations, fares etc that you would like the Ferry Task Force to consider at their next meeting (and before they write their next pretty-much-final report)? Send in your comments (in [...]

Task Force DRAFT cost-cutting / revenue ideas

Here’s a draft of ferry cost-cutting and revenue-generating options that the Task Force is considering recommending to the County Council (spreadsheet, MS Excel or OpenOfficeCalc).   PDF Version of recommendation-costs20110611-p-draft At the June 13 Task force meeting (Grange, 6- ~830 PM), the focus will be on the cost-cutting measures since revenue and other issues have [...]