Task 1: Project Management Work with SRTA staff to manage the project and ensure key deadlines are met. The consultant will: • Attend a project kick-off meeting. • Organize regular project management meetings with SRTA staff and a Shasta Regional Freight (SRF, pronounced “surf”) working group (staff from local agencies and interested federally recognized tribes and potential participation by industry representatives at key meetings). • Provide regular invoice and progress reports, including DBE reporting. TaskDeliverables: • Meeting agendas and notes; presentation materials • Invoices; progress reports Task 2: Vision and Goals Develop and work with the SRF Working group to identify a vision, goals, and strategic actions for the improvement of goods movement throughout the freight network in the Shasta Region. TaskDeliverables: • Summary of the statewide and federal freight plans, policies, visions, objectives, and goals; as well as relevant local, state, and federal legislation (current and pending). • Matrix of existing regional planning efforts/documents/legislation (existing and pending) that highlight areas of need for developing a regionwide freight plan that aligns with the latest state and federal plans.
