Amend Resolution, page 4, line 19, by inserting after
"Amtrak"
, the host railroad and alternative service providers
Amend Resolution, page 4, line 23, by striking out the period
after "operations" and inserting
and locomotive power and rolling stock needed for
proposed alternative operations, including the ideal length
of operational contracts so as to permit financing through
public-private partnerships.
Amend Resolution, page 4, lines 28 and 29, by striking out
the semicolon in line 28 and all of line 29 and inserting
and the feasibility of introducing an option for Altoona
local service as a part of the expanded passenger rail
package.
(6) An evaluation of the options for maximizing public-
private partnerships and introducing competition into
passenger rail service with a goal of creating a high
performance and high speed interconnected urban and intercity
network.
(7) In pursuit of the goal under paragraph (6), a
recommendation for a transparent, expedited approval process
for improving passenger rail service within the existing P3
law, 74 Pa.C.S. Ch. 91, and recommendations for statutory
revisions of Pennsylvania law that will permit service to be
replaced, expanded or added in a timely fashion. In pursuit
of this goal, a designated study group may be established to
solicit estimates and provisional shadow proposals from
Amtrak and qualified alternative operators, which may be
invited to make confidential oral presentations. A
provisional shadow proposal may recommend a plan to add
service or replace current service with an upgraded package.
Each shadow proposal should be made available in advance of
the presentation to the host freight railroad through a
nondisclosure agreement, and the host railroad should be
invited to comment by the study group and may inform the
study group as to the preferred proposal from the perspective
of the freight railroad. After consultation with the
Department of Transportation, host railroad, rail labor and
other key stakeholders, the study group may recommend a
preferred alternative;
and be it further
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inserting
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