AGENDA ITEM #8: REGIONAL TRANSIT ADVISORY PANEL Robert Crum, HRPDC/HRTPO

During the 2020 General Assembly session, the legislature passed House Bill 1726 and Senate Bill 1038 which created the Regional Transit Fund (HRRTF). As part of this action, the General Assembly included the following provision:

“That the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization shall establish a regional transit advisory panel composed of representatives of major business and industry groups, employers, shopping destinations, institutions of higher education, military installations, hospitals, and health care centers, public transit entities, and any other groups identified as necessary to provide ongoing advice to the regional planning process required pursuant to § 33.2-286 of the Code of on the long-term vision for a multimodal regional public transit network in Hampton Roads.”

To address this requirement, the HRTPO staff has worked with (HRT) staff to develop the attached Membership Roster for the Regional Transit Advisory Panel. This membership roster has been developed to address those sectors required by the Code of Virginia and to also ensure diversity and inclusiveness on this Panel.

Mr. Robert Crum, HRPDC/HRTPO Executive Director, will brief the CAC on this item.

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RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Select two CAC representatives to serve on the Regional Transit Advisory Panel.

HRPDC/HRTPO Community Advisory Committee – September 10, 2020 Regional Transit Advisory Panel Proposed Membership Roster Updated 9/2/2020

Major Business and Industry Groups • Greater Norfolk Corporation • HRT Transit Riders Advisory Committee • Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce • Peninsula Chamber of Commerce • Hampton Roads Community Foundation • Virginia Beach Vision • Hampton Roads Workforce Council • Virginia Ship Repair Association

Major Employers • ADP • Jefferson Lab • Busch Gardens • Newport News Shipbuilding • Dollar Tree • Stihl

Shopping Destinations • • • • Power Plant Hampton Roads • MacArthur Center • Virginia Beach Town Center •

Tourist Destinations • Atlantic Avenue Association • Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation • Colonial Williamsburg • Virginia Beach Hotel Association (VBHA)

Institutions of Higher Education • Christopher Newport University • Thomas Nelson Community College • Hampton University • Tidewater Community College • Norfolk State University • Virginia Wesleyan • Old Dominion University • William and Mary • Regent University

Military Installations • 633rd Air Base Wing • Navy Region Mid-Atlantic (2) • Fifth Coast Guard District o Little Creek • Hampton Roads Military and Federal o Naval Station Norfolk Facilities Alliance (HRMFFA) o Norfolk Naval Shipyard • NATO Act (Norfolk) o Oceana o Yorktown Naval Weapons Station Hospitals and Health Care Centers • Bon Secours Health System • Hampton VA Medical Center • Chesapeake Regional • Riverside • Children’s Hospital of the Kings Daughters • Sentara

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Attachment 8 Real Estate • Hampton Roads Realtors Association (2) • Urban Land Institute • HRACRE • Virginia Association of Realtors

Public Transit Entities • Amtrak • Suffolk Transit • DRPT • WATA • HRT

Air Travel • Newport News / Williamsburg • Norfolk International Airport International Airport

Community Representatives • Asian Business of Hampton Roads • HRTPO/HRPDC Community Advisory Association of Hampton Roads Committee (2) • Bizconnect Hampton Roads • LGBT Life Center • Black BRAND (Hampton Roads Regional • Faith Inclusion Network (coalition of Black Chamber of Commerce) organizations dealing with the special • CBDX needs population in Hampton Roads • CIVIC Leadership Institute • Norfolk Checker Taxi • Courthouse Academy • Real Women Collective Action • Downtown100 • Salvation Army Hampton Roads • Emerging Leaders Society • Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia • Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the • The Connect 757 Eastern Shore • Thrive • Generation MOCA • Tidewater Jewish Federation, Young Adult • Habitat for Humanity Division • Habitat for Humanity of South Hampton • Urban League of Hampton Roads Roads • VOLUNTEER Hampton Roads • Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Coastal • WHRO Emerging Leaders Board Virginia • Women in Defense Greater Hampton Roads

Community Representatives • Robbyn Gayer

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