THURSDAY: NEXT MEETING OF GOV. RITTER'S TRANSPORTATION PANEL

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