RECORD OF MEETING

FREIGHT TASK FORCE

Thursday, February 2, 2006, CDTC Office, Colonie, NY

Attendance:

Rocky Ferraro (CDRPC)

Michael Franchini (Albany County)

Lou Frangella (CSXT)

Lee French (NYSTA)

Catherine Lawson (UALBANY)

Joe Tario (NYSERDA)

Shannon VanSteenburg (NYSTA)

Denise Zieske (Albany Airport)

Teresa La Salle (CDTC)

Jason Purvis (CDTC)

The logistics of CDTC’s 1^st Annual Freight Workshop were discussed.

At this time the preliminary workshop details are as follows:

One day workshop in the Fall (September/October) of 2006 with 3 sessions:

Education, Emerging Technology and a Facilitated discussion on Freight issues in the Capital District.

J. Purvis will correspond with active task force members through email as details of the workshop progress. As the annual workshop is intended to replace the quarterly meetings, the task force will meet again in May to further discuss the logistics of the workshop.

The issue of quarterly meetings will be revisited following the successful implementation of the annual workshop.