[BikeLongmont] Fw: Safe Routes Bill Passes First Committee!!

[Buzz Feldman]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Grunig" <dan at bicyclecolo.org>
To: <info at bicyclecolo.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 3:42 PM
Subject: Safe Routes Bill Passes First Committee!!


> Great News from BC
> February 12, 2004
>
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> SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PASSES TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE!!
>
> We just returned from the State Capitol where the House Transportation and
> Energy Committee just passed our Safe Routes to School Bill (HB04-1309) on
> a 10 to 3 vote!!! (See how folks voted below.) Next the bill goes to the
> House Appropriations Committee.
>
> Bill sponsor Representative Greg Brophy displayed his enthusiasm for the
> bill during testimony and is a true leader in the effort to make our
> transportation system safer for bicyclists and pedestrians.  Bill
> co-sponsors Bob Briggs and Mike Merrifield provided excellent insight
> during discussions and their support was crucial.
>
> Thanks to Bicycle Colorado members and supporters for your calls and
> emails.  I spoke with committee members who mentioned they had heard from
> several people in their districts. Your effort really can make a
difference!
>
> Next steps: Now the bill goes to the House Appropriations Committee who is
> hearing the bill due to a $5,000 fiscal note CDOT attached to bill for
> their costs in writing the rules for the program should the bill pass. We
> do not yet have a date for the Appropriations hearing but will let you
know
> as soon as we get scheduled. We still have a tough road ahead but this is
a
> tremendous first step and hopefully we can build off of this momentum!
>
> More information regarding the bill is at
> www.bicyclecolorado.org/for/saferoutes.
>
> Thanking your Representative for their support of Safe Routes to School is
> just as important as asking them to vote for it. Please take a few seconds
> today to thank them for their vote.
>
> YEAS
> District 55- Mesa County
> Gayle Berry, Chairperson, (R)
> gayle.berry.house at state.co.us
> 303-866-2908
>
> District 59- Archuleta, La Plata, Montezuma, San Juan Counties
> Mark Larson, Vice-Chair, (R)
> marklarson at gobrainstorm.net
> 303-866-2914
>
> District 9- Arapahoe, Denver Counties
> Alice Borodkin, (D)
> alice.borodkin.house at state.co.us
> 303-866-2910
>
> District 29- Jefferson County
> Bob Briggs, (R) Co-sponsor of the Bill
> bob.briggs.house at state.co.us
> 303-866-2950
>
> District 47- Fremont County
> Liane "Buffie" McFadyen, (D)
> McFadyen2002 at hotmail.com
> 303-866-2905
>
> District 18- El Paso County
> Michael Merrifield, (D) Co-sponsor of the Bill
> michael.merrifield.house at state.co.us
> 303-866-2932
>
> District 11- Boulder County
> Jack Pommer, (D)
> jack.pommer.house at state.co.us
> 303-866-2780
>
> District 40-Arapahoe, Denver Counties
> Debbie Stafford, (R)
> debbie.stafford.house at state.co.us
> 303-866-2944
>
> District 51- Larimer County
> Jim Welker, (R)
> jim.welker.house at state.co.us
> 303-866-2947
>
> District 41- Arapahoe, Denver Counties
> Suzanne Williams, (D)
> suzanne.williams.house at state.co.us
> 303-866-2919
>
>
> NAYS
> District 35- Adams County
> Ann Ragsdale, (D)
> ann.ragsdale.house at state.co.us
> 303-866-2843
>
> District 16- El Paso County
> William D. "Bill" Sinclair, (R)
> bill.sinclair.house at state.co.us
> 303-866-2965
>
> District 39- Arapahoe, Denver Counties
> Nancy Spence, (R)
> nancyspence at qwest.net
> 303-866-2935
>
>
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> Dan Grunig
> Executive Director
> Bicycle Colorado
> 1701 Wynkoop Street, Suite 236
> Denver, CO  80202-5924
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