NORTH COAST RAILROAD AUTHORITY (NCRA)

�PASSENGER COMMITTEE MEETING

MINUTES

MAY 2, 2000 11:00 A.M.

501 ASTI ROAD

CLOVERDALE DEPOT

CLOVERDALE, CALIFORNIA

A. CALL TO ORDER

����������� The meeting was called to order at 11:02 a.m.

B. ROLL CALL�

����������� Directors present:� Chair Robert Jehn, David Ripple, and Max Schlienger.

����������� Also present:� Executive Director Max H Bridges, Carl Myers and Angelo Figone of

����������� California Redwood Coast Company, and John Diamante of the NWP Information Project.

C. AGENDA APPROVAL

����������� The Agenda was approved as written; however, it was noted that Marcus Brown from the

����������� Northern Counties Logging Interpretive Association representing the Humboldt Bay

����������� Scenic Railroad requested that Item E.1 be postponed to a future meeting.

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D. PUBLIC COMMENTS

����������� None.

E. CONDUCT OF BUSINESS

����������� 1.��������� Proposal for the Humboldt Bay Scenic Railroad

������������������������ Item was continued to a future meeting.

����������� 2.��������� Discussion of Passenger / Excursion Service with Contractor,

������������������������ California Redwood Coast Company (CRCC)

����������� Mr. Myers and Mr. Figone discussed in great detail their letter to Mr. Bridges dated

����������� February 29, 2000.� Specific items for further action were as follows:

����������� CRCC provided clarification of the accounting that will be provided for passenger

����������� operations. It was agreed that full understanding will not be possible until service actually

����������� takes place and the procedures can be tested.

����������� Mr. Bridges will look into the need to continue to provide Workers Compensation

����������� insurance while not operating and while having no employees.

���������� CRCC will identify all past obligations on the part of NCRA and provide them to Mr.

���������� Bridges for transmittal to the NCRA Board for concurrence.

���������� CRCC and Mr. Bridges will identify items in the current agreement that can no longer be

���������� provided by NCRA and recommend an appropriate revision to the agreement to address

���������� these issues including the possibility of leasing the NCRA owned equipment to CRCC.

���������� CRCC will provide Mr. Bridges with current information relative to transfer of

���������� responsibility for the Trione car to CRCC including acceptance of that approach by Mr.

���������� Trione.

���������� Mr. Bridges to discuss with General Counsel Neary the ability to pay the Myers note out of

���������� receipts from the anticipated PacBell fiber optic easement due to past intent to re-pay from

���������� utility receipts.

���������� Discussed need to provide better security for stored passenger cars owned by NCRA. It was

���������� suggested that they be leased to CRCC making storage, security, damage repair, etc. a

���������� CRCC responsibility.

���������� Discussed the status of the Meecham consist and the lack of response from Mr. Meecham

���������� when contacted by CRCC.� Mr. Bridges is to look into this issue and get advice from

���������� General Counsel Neary on NCRA�s position with respect to the Meecham purchase.

F. ADJOURNMENT

����������� The meeting was adjourned at 12:08 p.m.