What is the Project Development Team?

• A skilled team that includes City, County, State and Federal technical members, local stakeholders and development staff.
   
• They represent disciplines such as environmental, planning, freight, traffic analysis, regional issues, as well as, citizens-at-large.

The Role of the Project Development Team

• This team is responsible for project management decisions, technical quality of the project and assisting in the successful development of the project.
   
• They represent the best interests of the larger public.
   
• Individual members will have no financial or personal stake in the corridor.
   
• Team members will provide overall strategy and direction to the project.
   
• They will arrive at decisions within its authority through a consensus model.

 
Project Development Team

• ODOT Project Leader
  Dick Leever
   
• URS Consultant Group
  Terry Kearns/Martha Richards
   
• Citizen at Large
  Donna Beck*
   
• Citizen at Large
  David Elliot*
   
• City of Medford
  Al Densmore/Suzanne Myers*
   
• Jackson County
  John Vial*
   
• FHWA
  Chris Bucher*
   
• MPO
  Mike Quilty*
   
• Medford Chamber
  Dale Lininger*
   
• Freight-Trucking
  Mark Gibson*
   
• ODOT Roadway
  James Burford/Chris Zelmer*
   
• ODOT TPAU
  Brian Dunn*
   
• ODOT Environmental Project Mgr.
  Anna Henson*
  
  
  *denotes voting member

 
What is the Citizen Advisory Committee and what’s its role?

• A group comprised of concerned citizens from the general project area, including highway users, property and business owners.
   
• They represent disciplines such as bicyclists, pedestrians, transit, agriculture, environmental issues and other interests.
   
• The committee serves as a forum and community “sounding board” for the Highway 62 Corridor Project.
   
• The role of the Citizen Advisory Committee will be to advise the Project Development Team to ensure that the interests, issues, knowledge and recommendations of the local community are considered in project decisions.

 
Citizens Advisory Committee
 

Why we do Public Involvement

• A well-planned and executed Public Involvement Program avoids misunderstandings, opposition and delay, and builds credibility, ownership and acceptance within the community.