Subject: RE: HNTB/ Amtrak HSR Al Engel /John Parola
From: "Engel, Albrecht P" <[email-masked]>
To: "John Parola" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Peter Denitz" <[email-masked]>, "Brad Guilmino" <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>, "Pryor, Kanessa T" <[email-masked]>, "Gardner, Stephen J" <[email-masked]>, "Bob Sutton - BOS" <[email-masked]>, "'Hunter Biden'" <[email-masked]>, "Sackel, Howard" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 08:49:04 -0500

Hello John:

Thanks for coming in to visit us and sharing some of your thoughts on advancing our NEC Vision.

The "Institute" concept is intriguing a we will definitely give it some serious consideration.  Stephen shared the proposal you forwarded to him and the topics of stakeholder coordination and financing are certainly issues of great interest to us which are being studied.

I'm curious also if you have given the environmental review streamlining issue some thought?  This is an area where hands-on practitioners such as HNTB may be able to offer substantive recommendations for improvement.  It's an area where revised rules and perhaps some legislative initiatives could possibly be achieved in a difficult political climate since they may actually be scored to have favorable budget impacts..

Whatever the topic, the proposed date won't work for us as we have already scheduled an internal strategic business planning workshop for that day.

Regards, Al

Al Engel

Vice President - High Speed Rail

Amtrak

215-349-2975; Mobile: 215-287-9187

-----Original Message-----
From: John Parola [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 5:06 PM
To: Engel, Albrecht P; Peter Denitz; Brad Guilmino; [email-masked]'; Pryor, Kanessa T; Gardner, Stephen J; Bob Sutton - BOS
Subject: RE: HNTB/ Amtrak HSR Al Engel /John Parola

Al and Stephen: Thank you for the opportunity to meet with you today. HNTB is prepared to support you / Amtrak to advance HSR in the NEC. Our offer of the institute to cover various topic areas is sincere and perhaps a great vehicle to sort through stakeholder concerns, funding issues and overall coordination of the many challenges facing the NEC / Amtrak.  Please do not hesitate to call if you have any further questions and we would welcome the opportunity to meet with you to help plan and strategize the potential use of the Institute format.

Take Care, John

John J. Parola
Sr. Vice President, Northeast Division

HNTB Corporation
5 Penn Plaza Plaza, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Direct (212) 294-7536 or
(215) 282-1120
Cell (267) 934-1566
Email:[email-masked]
www.hntb.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Engel, Albrecht P [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 12:21 PM
To: John Parola; Peter Denitz; Brad Guilmino; [email-masked]'; Pryor, Kanessa T; Gardner, Stephen J; Bob Sutton - BOS
Subject: RE: HNTB/ Amtrak HSR Al Engel /John Parola

Hello John:
We will meet in a conference room on 3rd floor in NE wing.  Call us when you're in the station unless you already have an escort.
Al

Al Engel

Vice President - High Speed Rail

Amtrak

215-349-2975; Mobile: 215-287-9187

-----Original Message-----
From: John Parola [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 5:33 AM
To: Peter Denitz; Brad Guilmino; Engel, Albrecht P; [email-masked]'; Pryor, Kanessa T; Gardner, Stephen J; Bob Sutton - BOS
Subject: HNTB/ Amtrak HSR Al Engel /John Parola

Please note time change as we discussed. John
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