03/15/2001 01:40 PM House TRA

                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
              HOUSE TRANSPORTATION STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                         
                         March 15, 2001                                                                                         
                           1:40 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
DOT PRESENTATION ON ALASKA INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Tape 01-20, SIDE A                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                              
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE   VIC    KOHRING,   Chair,   called    the   House                                                               
Transportation Standing Committee to order at 1:40 p.m.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Committee members present  were Representatives Kohring, Kapsner,                                                               
Kookesh,  Scalzi, Wilson.   Representatives  Masek and  Ogan were                                                               
excused.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
JEFF   OTTESEN,   Statewide   Planning   Chief,   Department   of                                                               
Transportation,  provided  overview  of  the  Alaska  Intelligent                                                               
Transportation System (AITS)  in a Power Point  presentation.  In                                                               
response  to  questions,  Mr.   Ottesen  provided  the  following                                                               
information.   He  reported that  road chemicals  produce minimal                                                               
impacts.  In  response to questions regarding  the monitoring for                                                               
bridge scour [undermining of abutments  by rapid water flow], Mr.                                                               
Ottesen noted that the equipment does  not monitor for scour.  He                                                               
also  reported minimal  impacts from  scour.   In  regard to  the                                                               
operating costs of the remote  weather information equipment, Mr.                                                               
Ottesen that the operating costs  for the tower equipment and the                                                               
pedestals  are  $18,000  and  $20,000,   respectively.    To  the                                                               
question as  to the impacts of  bad weather on the  equipment and                                                               
staffing,  Mr.  Ottesen  said  that   the  staffing  wouldn't  be                                                               
reduced.  Mr. Ottesen also  answered questions concerning funding                                                               
sources,  operating  costs,  and   whether  the  system  had  any                                                               
benefits for the Alaska Marine Highway System.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
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COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  KOHRING   adjourned  the  House   Transportation  Standing                                                               
Committee at 2:15 p.m.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
NOTE:   The meeting was  recorded and handwritten log  notes were                                                               
taken.  A  copy of the tape(s)  and log notes may  be obtained by                                                               
contacting the  House Records  Office at  State Capitol,  Room 3,                                                               
Juneau,  Alaska   99801 (mailing  address),  (907) 465-2214,  and                                                               
after  adjournment of  the second  session  of the  Twenty-Second                                                               
Alaska  State Legislature  this  information may  be obtained  by                                                               
contacting the Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.