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Traffic & Pedestrian Safety Team Committees

Grants Acquisition Committee

• Purpose
  • Explore possible grant organizations and identify appropriate grants
  • Apply for grants
  • Acquire grants
• Committee Leader: Mindy Flynn Craig
• Current Activities:
  • Application for Safe Routes to Schools grant
  • Application for additional grants

Acquired Grants Management Committee

• Purpose
  • Manage existing grants
  • Report on grant activities
• Committee Leader: Doug Mosher
• Current Activities:
  • Manage Oakland Pedestrian Safety Project $4,000.00 grant

Fundraising Committee

• Purpose
  • Identify methods of raising funds
  • Implement fundraising
• Committee Leader: Eric Dremann
• Current Activities:
  • Raise $500.00 for MSIC general fund

Public Works Agency Committee

• Purpose
  • Establish and maintain working relations with PWA personnel:
    • Director
    • Managers
    • Supervisors
    • Working Crews
  • Implement Issue Solutions with PWA
    • Advocate issues with PWA
    • Assist in determining solutions with PWA
    • Schedule solution timetables
    • Maintain the TPST watch over all issue solutions
    • Report on progress of all issue solutions
• Committee Leader: Paul Lessard
• Current Activities:
  • Under development

Schools Liaison Committee

• Purpose
  • Identifying issues to be submitted to Issues Evaluation Committee
  • Maintaining operational relationship with schools/PTA/PFA
  • Monitoring effectiveness of the issue solution process
• Committee Leader: Tom O'Toole
• Current Activities:
  • Organize Thornhill School PFA Team
  • Organize Montclair School PTA Team
  • Organize Montera School PTA Team (see map of school boundaries)
  • Organize Joaquin Miller School PTA Team (see map of school boundaries)

Neighborhood Organizations Liaison Committee

• Purpose
  • Identifying issues to be submitted to Issues Evaluation Committee
  • Maintaining operational relationship with NA
  • Monitoring effectiveness of the issue solution process
• Committee Leader: Elaine Geffen
• Current Activities:
  • Organize Piedmont Pines Team
  • Organize Shepherd Canyon Homeowner’s Association Team
  • Organize Thornhill Neighborhood Association Team
  • Organize Fernwood Neighborhood Association Team
  • Organize Glenview Neighborhood Association Team
  • Organize Cabot Drive Neighborhood Association Team

Issues Evaluation Committee

• Purpose
  • Evaluate submitted issues
  • Conflate submitted issues into more meaningful aggregate issues
  • Recommend issues to TPST:
    • Issue itself
    • Priority of issue
    • Initial solution suggestions
    • Cost of issue solutions
• Committee Leader: Entire TPST Team

MSIC Quarterly Meeting Committee (once a calendar year activity)

• Purpose
  • Identify speakers
  • Prepare presentations
  • Prepare displays
  • Make presentations
• Committee Leader: Mindy Flynn Craig
• Current Activities:
  • Plan Quarterly Public Meeting for June 2004

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