Press Release - Next Transportation Panel Meeting
OFFICE OF GOV. BILL RITTER, JR.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 12, 2008
CONTACT:
Evan Dreyer, 720.350.8370, evan.dreyer@state.co.us
GOVERNOR'S TRANSPORTATION PANEL MEETS THURSDAY
Gov. Bill Ritter's Blue Ribbon Transportation Panel will hold its next meeting from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, at the Colorado Department of Transportation's headquarters, 4201 E. Arkansas Ave., Denver.
This full meeting of the panel will include a discussion of possible transportation funding options that could help shape legislative proposals in the upcoming 2009 legislative session.
This meeting also follows a series of 25 community outreach meetings that panel members held around the state this fall as part of a public awareness campaign about Colorado's transportation funding crisis.
The agenda for Thursday's meeting:
10:00 a.m.
Introductions and Welcome
Cary Kennedy and Doug Aden, Panel Co-Chairs
10:10 a.m.
Opening Comments
Russ George, CDOT Executive Director
10:20 a.m.
Transportation Investment Strategy Recommendations
Carla Perez and Peter Kenney
11:30 a.m.
CDOT VMT Fee Pilot Blueprint
Jake Kononov, CDOT Research Branch
12:00 p.m.
Break for Lunch
12:30 p.m.
Additional Strategy Recommendations
- Mark Mehalko, Move Colorado
- Kevin O'Malley, Clear Creek County
1:30 p.m.
Recommendations Report Outline
Carla Perez, Governor Ritter's Office
2:00 p.m.
Next Steps
3 p.m.
Conclusion and Closing Comments
Russ George, CDOT Executive Director
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