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WPCNCR MAIN STREET JOURNAL. By John F. Bailey. October 24, 2015:
City of White Plains:
Mayor Roach, Chair
Metro-North Railroad:
Michael Shiffer, V.P. Planning, MTA Metro-North Railroad
Westchester County:
Ed Buroughs, Westchester County Planning Commissioner
New York State:
Todd Westhuis, NYS Department of Transportation, Division of Operations and Asset Management
White Plains Residents:
Justin Brasch
Larry Salley
Mary Cavallero
Patty Cantu
Richard Payne
William Cuddy
Mayor Roach
Landowners & Businesses:
Peter Mosbacher, Senior V.P., Community Development, Webster Bank
Robert Weisz, CEO, RPW Group
Susan Fox, President & CEO, White Plains Hospital
Tim Jones, Managing Member, Robert Martin Company, LLC
William Cuddy, Executive V.P., CBRE Brokerage Services
Special Interest/Community Groups:
Justin Brasch, Commuter
Larry Salley, Chair, White Plains Housing Authority; Former Commissioner, Westchester County Department of Transportation
Richard Payne, Cycling advocate
Peter Mosbacher, Placemaking advocate
Mary Cavallero, Former Chair, White Plains Planning Board
According to the Request for Proposals that Parsons Brinckerhoff was selected to execute for the city, the Multimodal Transcenter Stakeholders Task Force will hold six meetings during which–
“The city shall use Task Force Meetings to discussand review draft work products, work in process (of Parsons Brinckerhoff) and next steps. Each meeting shall include, but not belimited to, one orm0ore of the following: open facilitated discussions in plenary sessions as well as break out groups, workshops and presentations. The city shall use each meeting to update the Task Force on recent activities and receive Task Force input on and assistance with project issues and activities. The consultant (Parsons-Brinckerhoff) will participate in all Task Force meetings.”
This process will according to the Request for Proposals “With the input of city staff, the Task Force and the public, the consultant (Parsons Brinckerhoff) shall develop a Strategic Plan.