Overview
OKI has expansive efforts to involve the public in transportation decisions and to assess the community impacts of our transportation investments. As a public agency that receives federal funds and recommends where they should be spent, OKI must ensure that this money is used without discrimination.
OKI’s community impact and involvement efforts specifically include the elderly, low-income persons, people with disabilities and zero-car households. Many of these special efforts are focused on areas where these populations are most prevalent, as defined in Element 2 of the OKI Participation Plan.
Community Advisory Committee’s Role for OKI
Community Advisory Committee members review, score and rank every application requesting funding. This is to evaluate the overall net benefit of all programs, policies, and activities on the elderly, low-income persons, persons with disabilities, and zero-car households in OKI’s eight-county region.
Committee Members
- Adam Goetzman, Committee Chair, Green Township
- Megan Bessey, Planning & Development Services Kenton County
- Scott Brown, Ohio Department of Transportation, District 8
- Nancy Cahall, Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio
- Jaeydah Edwards, Groundwork Ohio River Valley
- James A. Foster, Resident, Trenton, Ohio
- Hadil Lababidi, Warren County Regional Planning Commission
- Jenna LeCount, Boone County Planning Commission
- Erin Lynn, City of Fairfield
- Rosalind Moore, City of Forest Park
- Pamela Mullins, Resident, Covington, Kentucky
- Keith Smith, Ohio Department of Transportation – District 8
- Olivia Tussey, TANK, Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky
- Mick Keeling, METRO, Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority
