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public transit funding issues. To date, several major findings and recommendations offered to the PSTABoard of Directors by the Transit Funding Committee include:Ad valorem tax revenues are not a long-term sustainable funding source. Based on marketresearch and feedback from citizens of Pinellas County, the most promising potential fundingsource would involve some level of sales tax, coupled with the elimination of PSTA’s current AdValorem tax.The committee fully supports the implementation of an alternatives analysis as a prerequisite tosecuring federal and local funds for the development and implementation of future public transitenhancements.The committee supports the formation of the Pinellas County Transportation Task Force topartner with local stakeholders in an effort to help publicize and shape plans for transit fundingand service improvements.PSTA VISIONNew vision and mission statements were developed in 2009. A visioning workshop was held on February9, 2009, that involved the PSTA Board, the Pinellas County MPO’s PMI Steering Committee, and otherinterested parties. The PSTA Board approved the new vision and mission statements at its December 2,2009 meeting. The approved vision and mission statements are as follows:VISION STATEMENT“Quick, affordable transportation from where you are to where you want to go.”MISSION STATEMENTPSTA provides safe, affordable public transit to our community. We help guide land use decisions andsupport economic vitality to enhance our quality of life.Tindale-Oliver & Associates, Inc.September 20105-28Pinellas Suncoast Transit AuthorityTransit Development Plan