Gov. Bill Ritter 's Blue Ribbon Transportation Panel will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, less than week after Gov. Ritter directed the 32-member committee to continue working for another 12 months.
Gov. Ritter established the panel last year. It met more than a dozen times around Colorado
The panel was scheduled to sunset June 30, but Gov. Ritter has directed the panel to shift into a new phase – embarking on a public awareness program about the state's dire transportation funding situation, and crafting specific proposals to be considered during the 2009 legislative session.
Tuesday's meeting is scheduled to run from 1 to 4 p.m. at 1290 Broadway, the offices of the Denver Regional Council of Governments. The agenda includes:
1 p.m. Welcome and Introductions – Panel Co-Chairs Doug Aden and Bob Tointon
1:15 p.m. Opening Comments – CDOT Executive Director Russ George
1:20 p.m. Legislative Perspectives on Increasing Transportation Funding – Discussion with state Reps. Bernie Buescher, Randy Fischer, Don Marostica and Frank McNulty and Sens. Dan Gibbs and Sen. Suzanne Williams.
2:30 p.m. Reports from Working Groups (20 minutes each)
· Statewide Strategic Transit
· Coalition Building
· Public Education
· Proposal Options
3:45 p.m. Next Steps & Next Meeting date
