TICC Bridge Finance Committee Charter

The committee shall elect a chair person (Morina Dustan to facilitate as Chair until changed by committee) and establish a meeting schedule as required to meet the committee objectives in a timely manner.

A schedule shall be developed by the Committee for the accomplishment of the goals and objectives.

The committee shall consist of at least 5 but no more than 10 members and at least 1 must be a Board member.

The committee has the authority to bring in additional TICC members with specific skills, on an as needed basis, i.e. contractors, public contacts, engineers, lawyers, etc.

The committee is authorized to make contact with outside sources for research/data gathering purposes only.  No commitment or official action is authorized by any committee member without prior written Board approval.

The committee is authorized to research potential payback schedules methods.

The committee shall use the TICC Bridge replacement concepts presented to the membership during the annual member meeting of July 12, 2008 as a guide to define the parameters for funding.  Upon Board discretion, additional concepts may be added for purposes of funding research.  

The committee shall provide updates to the Board in writing at the regularly scheduled board meetings.

The TICC Board of Trustees has approved the following goals/objectives:

Research potential funding opportunities available to TICC for replacing the TICC bridge.  These funding opportunities should include grants (partial or in whole), government (Federal, State, County) programs, loan sources and any other avenues which may be open to TICC.

Board recommends making the following contacts should be considered:

  • ·     State government officials, including the Governor. There are programs that are in place to help clean up the Puget Sound. Provide them with a well thought out explanation of where we are and what our situation is.  Ask for assistance. A presentation package should be put together to provide to the officials.

  • ·     Raft Island and their Bridge Committee. Share information with them.  Could save us a lot of research.

  • ·     State / County about the RID program. The County Commissioners are the administrators of the program for Mason County. They are a starting point.

  • ·     State agencies that are involved with the environment such as, Department of Ecology, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Department of Natural Resources and find out if there are any grants coming up that may help us.

  • ·     Federal Agencies that may be a source for funding, such as the United States Department of Agriculture. 

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