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BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
President
David Session
(Willis A. Smith Construction,
Inc.)
Vice President
Fred Derr, P.E.
(Frederick Derr & Company)
Secretary
Jim Paulmann
(Wilson Miller)
Treasurer/Manatee Chamber Member
Neil Spirtas (Manatee
Chamber of Commerce)
Sarasota Chamber Member
Del Borgsdorf (Sarasota
Chamber of Commerce)
STARTUPS
South Tampa Bay Area
Transportation Partnership
PO Box 155 Bradenton, FL 34206
Executive
Director
Michael Guy |
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STARTUPS will support a bill that would provide for
indexing the local option gas tax to the CPI.
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STARTUPS will support incentive-based legislation for those
counties that have passed the full local option gas tax. For example
making the T.R.I.P. program 75% State and 25% local match for those
counties, rather than the current 50%-50% match program for all
counties.
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STARTUPS will support adjusting the tolls on the Sunshine
Skyway Bridge to be comparable to the tolls on similar facilities
within the state of Florida.
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STARTUPS will
support a bill amending Section 338.165 Florida Statutes to include
that one quarter (¼) of the Skyway toll revenues collected be used
to fund the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority (TBARTA.)
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STARTUPS will support restoration and protection of the
State Transportation Trust Fund and the retention of funding for
programs i.e. T.R.I.P., C.I.G.P., etc.
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STARTUPS will
support the local option rental car surcharge for regional
transportation including airports.
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STARTUPS will support the practice of utilizing mobility
fees as a tool for mitigating transportation impacts.
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STARTUPS will support improvements to Port Manatee to take
advantage of the Panama Canal expansion.
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STARTUPS will support the U.S. Department of Transportation
flexing Federal Transit Administration capital grant funds to local
transit providers for capital purchases and/or operation and
maintenance.
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