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Legislative Review Committee Agenda
Meeting Notes
August 12, 2014, 4:00 p.m.
City Manager’s Conference Room
Present: Wade Troxell, Councilmember; Lisa Poppaw, Councilmember; Ross
Cunniff, Councilmember; Wendy Williams, Assistant City Manager; Carrie
Daggett, Interim City Attorney; Dan Weinheimer, Legislative Policy Manager
Absent: None
Guests: Kevin Jones, Chamber of Commerce; Madeline Anderson, citizen
Councilmember Poppaw called the meeting to order at 4:08 pm.
Adoption of the minutes from the June 10, 2014 meeting were moved for
approval by Councilmember Cunniff and seconded by Councilmember Poppaw.
Minutes were adopted without amendment.
Dan Weinheimer provided a brief review of the state ballot. He mentioned that
the oil and gas compromise between Governor Hickenlooper and Congressman
Jared Polis took the four oil and gas-related initiatives off the ballot. This action
left initiatives on abortion and gambling with the potential for an initiative on
genetically-modified organism labeling of food and open meetings for school
boards.
Dan summarized interim activity taken to date to engage with Colorado
legislators and Congressional representatives. Dan said that Colorado legislators
and candidates attended a hardhat tour of the Foothills Mall construction. Alberta
Development Partners staff led the tour and City staff attending reported the event
went well. Dan also mentioned that U.S. Senator Michael Bennet rode MAX and
had a meeting with a small group of community leaders on the bus. He reported
that Congressman Jared Polis was planning an “all of the above” energy tour and
that staff had provided suggestions for locations to visit in the community.
Councilmembers pointed out the need to continue communication with the state
delegation on Urban Renewal Authority. Dan stated that the City Manager and
County Manager were discussing ways to move forward from the previous
General Assembly session.
LRC considered appointments to the Colorado Municipal League (CML) Policy
Committee. This group reviews policies and makes specific recommendations to
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the CML Executive Board for adoption. Councilmember Troxell was
recommended to City Council for consideration to serve on this committee. City
Manager Atteberry was also recommended to serve. Dan Weinheimer is the
alternate member of the Committee.
Councilmember Troxell talked about work being done through National League
of Cities (NLC), International City/County Management Association (ICMA) and
the International Town/Gown Association (ITGA) to collaborate on community
solutions. He suggested that in future years the City and Colorado State
University (CSU) officials partner in federal advocacy more actively.
Specifically, Councilmember Troxell suggested that CSU and the City send
officials jointly to Washington, DC to pursue a shared federal agenda.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:52 pm.