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PSTA works closely with the TAC on a regular basis and the service improvement priorities identifiedthrough this workshop will be considered strongly as PSTA evaluates and prioritizes service improvementsfor the next 10 years.PINELLAS COUNTY TRANSPORTATION TASK FORCEThe Pinellas County Transportation Task Force (TTF) is composed of local business and communityleaders, and elected officials. The group is working to advance the work completed by the Transit FundingCommittee, and is currently scheduled to meet on a monthly basis. The major tasks of the group aresecuring a long-term, sustainable funding source for transit services in the county and building a coalition ofconsensus among community leaders in support of a possible sales tax referendum. To support thosemajor tasks, the TTF conducted an interactive public workshop on August 30, 2010 at the CollaborativeLabs facility at St. Petersburg College to gather feedback from Pinellas County residents on how best tospend revenue from any potential new funding sources.TRANSIT FUNDING COMMITTEEAssembled as an adjunct to the PSTA Board, the Pinellas County Transit Funding Committee wasdeveloped to assist PSTA with developing a strategy to secure stable and robust new funding source(s).Members of the committee include elected officials from both the PSTA Board and the MPO Board, as wellas key public- and private-sector stakeholders from around Pinellas County. The committee has beeninstructed to examine federal, state, and local funding options with the intent to propose feasible fundingopportunities for PSTA to pursue. Since September 2008, the committee held regular meetings to analyzeTindale-Oliver & Associates, Inc.September 20105-27Pinellas Suncoast Transit AuthorityTransit Development Plan