Dear Friend &Supporters, (sorry this took so long to get out-we are fielding lots of questions about the meeting last weekend)
The Fairfield City Council Safety Committee voted 2 to1 in favor of a very strong and positive resolution to immediately form an Ad Hoc Committee to consolidate and verify the necessary information and steps to create a Quiet Zone for Fairfield. The resolution will be will be presented to the full City Council on Monday May 14th. We will need people to be at that meeting as well as there are some on the council who are not yet fully supporting the project. Congratulations-with your help we have raised about $60,000 to help fund the improvements for a Quiet Zone. This was an important benchmark. Right afterwards we held our first very successful formal meeting last weekend with the Fairfield City Council Safety Committee at City Hall. Over100 people who attended the meeting were all in support of a quiet Zone. The attendance and contributions made were instrumental in achieving our first step, meeting our April goals and getting this resolution on the floor and passed. FYI-what is still needed are tighter estimates of the final cost of the project and engineering challenges, and an updated crossing by crossing analysis. We are told that later there will be public hearings on how each crossing will be affected by a quiet zone. This committee would be made of both members of the community and interested members of the City Council. We have made a great leap forward to have a Fairfield Quiet Zone no later than New Year's Eve 2007. Yet we still have to do more to begin raising the second half of the cost, estimated to be about an additional $50,000 to $60,000 more, and receive those generous pledges that have been made. This was a huge step forward so please continue to contribute. The closer we get to the estimated cost, of $120000 for the improvement the stronger our chances are for success. Make Tax Deductible Contributions to ALF-Fairfield Train Safety & Quiet Zone, PO Box 2302, Fairfield, Iowa 52556. <http://www.fairfieldquietzone.org/> www.fairfieldquietzone.org Bill Blackmore <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 919-1118 Thanks Bill
