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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
pass 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. STARTUPS will
support a bill amending Section 338.165 Florida Statues 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
funding to build the Florida High Speed Rail system.
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STARTUPS will
support restoration and protection of the State Transportation Trust
Fund.
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STARTUPS will
support the local option rental car surcharge for regional
transportation.
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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 the study and evaluation of
transportation funding revenues.
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STARTUPS will
support legislation to stop red light running.
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STARTUPS will support
improvements to ports and other freight movement facilities to take
advantage of the Panama Canal expansion.
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