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FuturePorts congratulates founding Board Member and Treasurer Fran Inman on her appointment by Governor Schwarzenegger to the California Transportation Commission! Below is an excerpt from the announcement from the Governor's office

Fran Inman, 64, of Los Angeles, has been appointed to the California Transportation Commission. Since 1996, she has been senior vice president of Majestic Realty. Previously, Inman was principal of Inman and Associates from 1989 to 1996, vice president of Management Resources from 1985 to 1988 and a broker for Bishop Hawk from 1984 to 1985. She is a member of the executive committee and immediate past chair of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, member of the Public Infrastructure Advisory Commission, San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership, vice president of the California Business Properties Association Board of Directors, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties Board of Directors and founding member of FuturePorts. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Inman is a Republican.

FuturePorts is recipient of US EPA Environmental Justice Achievement Award FuturePorts was recently notified by the US Environmental Protection Agency that the organization was named as a recipient of the US EPA's Environmental Justice Achievement Award for its role as a stakeholder in the Clean Trucks Program. As a participant in the Clean Air Action Plan Stakeholder Group, FuturePorts has provided input and represented its members in the process of developing the Clean Trucks Program. For more information on the award, visit the US EPA website

Moving Green on LBPost.com
Public policy expert (and FuturePorts member) Nancy Pfeffer explores the environmental impact of transportation, both moving goods and moving people.

Port Releases Final Gerald Desmond Bridge Report -- New span proposed to replace vital transportation link

The Port of Long Beach released the final environmental analysis for a plan to replace the aging Gerald Desmond Bridge with a new, nearly $1 billion span that would improve traffic flow, safety and vessel navigation. The document is available on the Port's website and is scheduled on Aug. 9 to be considered for approval by the Board of Harbor Commissioners. The final EIR is also available for viewing at these locations:

• Port of Long Beach Harbor Administration Building, 925 Harbor Plaza, Long Beach 
• Long Beach Main Library, 101 Pacific Ave., Long Beach
• San Pedro Regional Branch Library, 931 Gaffey St., San Pedro 
• Wilmington Branch Library, 1300 N. Avalon Blvd., Wilmington

For a project overview and links to the complete draft EIR, please visit www.polb.com/bridge.

Download the Fact Sheet
Download the Gerald Desmond Bridge Q&A
Gerald Desmond Bridge Draft EIR
Video about the Gerald Desmond Bridge on YouTube

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Thank you to all our sponsors, speakers, and attendees for making the conference a success! Click here to download the presentations..

Date:      Tue, June 22, 2010
Where:   Doubletree Hotel San Pedro

April 12 FuturePorts General Membership meeting

Click to download presentation by Steve Faichney, Director of Public and Government Affairs for Valero, on AB 32 and the Federal Cap and Trade Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009: "Challenges and Risks to Providing Adequate, Reliable, Affordable Energy and the unintended consequences of Climate Change regulation."

Presentation from the CAAP Stakeholders meeting April 7, 2010..
Documents from the meeting, the draft report and the appendices..
News Release: Largest U.S. Port Complex Strengthens Clean Air Action Plan with Update..

FuturePorts is the organization bringing together business, community and government leaders to work toward an integrated approach to resolving port, industry and community concerns.

As the two largest ports in the nation, the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach generate $200 billion annually in throughput, and handle 43% of all waterborne U.S. trade and 60% of all imports from Asia.  Hundreds of thousands of jobs have already been created in Southern California by ever-increasing port activity. With trade volume projected to triple over the next 20 years, Southern California has an unprecedented opportunity to solidify its position as the nation's pre-eminent trade center. However, a number of challenges threaten the ports' and industries' ability to sustain their role as critical economic engines in California and the nation.  

• Congestion in the region continues to increase, and the construction of necessary improvements to alleviate bottlenecks is hindered by funding shortfalls and delays in the decision-making process.
• Air quality and other environmental challenges are jeopardizing the timely completion of much-needed infrastructure improvements.  
• Area residents are increasingly concerned about the impact of port activity on their communities, and struggle to understand the beneficial and necessary role our ports play in the local econom

The time is now for a dynamic and visionary organization to secure a vibrant economic and environmental future for the ports, their businesses and their surrounding communities. Currently, there is no single advocacy organization focused on solving goods movement problems using a multi-stakeholder and regional perspective on the ports and shipping supply chain.  FuturePorts will identify growth and environmental challenges and advocate strongly for solutions through its Strategic Action Plan.

Download the FuturePorts brochure.. (.pdf)