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I_TLRC_2022A 08/09/2022 08:33:43 AM Committee Summary

PUBLIC
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING
INTERIM COMMITTEE  TRANSPORTATION LEGISLATION REVIEW COMMITTEE
Date 08/09/2022
Attendance
Boesenecker X
Bridges E
Catlin X
Donovan X
Exum *
Gray X
Hisey *
Hooton E
Huffman X
Lindsay X
Pico *
Rich X
Scott *
Sullivan X
Valdez D. X
Van Beber *
Froelich X
Winter X
Time 08:33:43 AM to 03:36:26 PM
Place Old State Library
This Meeting was called to order by Winter
This Report was prepared by Nina Forbes
Hearing Items Action Taken
Introductions Committee Discussion Only
Public Highway Authority Update Committee Discussion Only
Colorado Department of Transportation Update Committee Discussion Only
Climate Reduction Goals and Reducing Vehicle Miles Traveled Committee Discussion Only
Presentation from Colorado Motor Carriers Association Committee Discussion Only
Driver Education Requirements with AAA Colorado Committee Discussion Only
Presentation from Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition Committee Discussion Only
Fleet License Plate Issue with Enterprise Rent-A-Car Committee Discussion Only
Interim Bill Draft Requests Committee Discussion Only
Public Testimony Committee Discussion Only

Introductions - Committee Discussion Only



08:33:47 AM
Senator Winter called the meeting to order and gave an overview of the agenda for the day.



Public Highway Authority Update - Committee Discussion Only

08:40:24 AM  
Beau Memory, Executive
Director of the E-470 Highway Authority, introduced himself and began his
presentation.  Mr. Memory described E-470's purpose, background on
the highway, traffic trends from 2019-2022, opportunities for cost savings,
regional partnerships, upcoming improvements, the roadway widening project,
trail connections, environmental stewardship, regional economic impact,
safety commitment, partnership with Colorado State Patrol, partnerships
with Colorado correctional industries, and commercial vehicle support.
 Mr. Memory answered questions from the committee.  The E-470
presentation is included as Attachment A.
08:48:30 AM  
John Diak, Board Chair of the E-470 Highway Authority, introduced himself and was available for questions from the committee.
08:49:57 AM  
Joel Meggers, Managing
Administrator of the Northwest Parkway Authority, and Pedro Costa, CEO
of the Northwest Parkway Authority, introduced themselves and began their
presentation.  Mr. Meggers described the members of the highway authority
and gave a background on the history of the authority, an overview of the
facility, and an overview of its milestones. Mr. Costa continued the presentation
by describing the Northwest Parkway Concession, traffic statistics, toll
revenue, toll rates, oversight, recent improvements, the Marshall Fire
Toll Relief Fund, and their sustainability efforts and solar program.  The
Northwest Parkway Authority's presentation is included as Attachment B.
09:07:24 AM  
Mr. Meggers and Mr. Costa answered questions from the committee.
09:09:20 AM  
Bill Ray, Executive
Director of the Jefferson Parkway Highway Authority, introduced himself
and began his presentation. Mr. Ray gave an overview of the history of
the Denver mobility beltway, the status of the project, and progress over
the past five years.  Mr. Ray answered questions from the committee.
 The Jefferson Parkway Highway Authority's presentation is included
as Attachment C.



Colorado Department of Transportation Update - Committee Discussion Only
09:22:03 AM  
The committee took a brief recess
09:36:06 AM  
The committee was called back to order.
09:36:15 AM  
Shoshana Lew, Executive
Director of the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT); Jeff Sudmeier,
CDOT Chief Financial Officer; Andy Karsian, CDOT Legislative Liaison; and
Marsha Nelson, CDOT Chief Equity Officer, introduced themselves and began
their presentation. Mr. Sudmeier gave an overview of CDOT's FY 22-23 revenue
sources and FY 22-23 budget allocation. Mr. Sudmeier answered questions
from the committee.  CDOT's presentation is inclued as Attachment
D.
09:42:12 AM  
Director Lew discussed
the implementation of Senate Bill 21-260 and gave a summary of the fee
revenue from Senate Bill 21-260 and a breakout of fee revenue. Mr. Sudmeier
made additional comments on the implementation of Senate Bill 21-260. Director
Lew answered questions from the committee.
09:56:03 AM  
Director Lew gave an overview of the key findings from CDOT's employee engagement survey as well as strengths and areas for improvement. Director Lew answered questions from the committee.
10:15:48 AM  
Ms. Nelson introduced herself and presented on equity at CDOT and the Equity 360 program. Ms. Nelson answered questions from the committee.
10:26:01 AM  
Director Lew answered additional questions from the committee.



Climate Reduction Goals and Reducing Vehicle Miles Traveled - Committee Discussion Only
11:00:30 AM  
Chris Piper, Colorado
Energy Office (CEO) legislative liaison; Kelly Blynn, CEO Transportation
Climate Change Specialist; Christian Williss, CEO Senior Director of Transportation
Fuels and Technology; and Kay Kelly, CDOT, introduced themselves and began
their presentation. Ms. Blynn gave an overview of their presentation, an
overview of the sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, GHG emissions
reduction strategies in Colorado, key updates since 2021, electric vehicle
targets, sustainable land use strategies, and indirect source standards.
 CEO's presentation is included as Attachment E.
11:21:36 AM  
Ms. Kelly continued
the presentation by discussing the GHG pollution standard for transportation
plans, the expansion of Bustang and transit infrastructure, the multi-modal
and mitigation options fund, electrification investments, and Clean Transit
Enterprise updates.  Mr. Williss gave additional updates on the Community
Access Enterprise, air quality package programs under Senate Bill 22-193,
Senate Bill 22-180 implementation, charging infrastructure grant programs,
the Charge Ahead Colorado program, DC Fast-Charging corridor stations,
Senate Bill 21-230 implementation, National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure
(NEVI) Plan, and an electric vehicle education and awareness campaign to
be launched in late 2022.  Ms. Blynn gave closing remarks and a look
ahead at CEO's transportation work going forward.
11:31:32 AM  
Ms. Blynn answered questions from the committee.



Presentation from Colorado Motor Carriers Association - Committee Discussion Only
11:40:14 AM  
The committee took a recess for lunch.
12:45:12 PM  
The committee came back to order.
12:45:19 PM  
Greg Fulton, President
of the Colorado Motor Carriers Association, introduced himself and gave
an overview of challenges and opportunities facing the trucking industry.
 CMCA's presentation is included as Attachment F. Mr. Fulton discussed
the importance of the trucking industry to Colorado, the size of the trucking
industry in Colorado, efforts to reduce emissions in trucking, broader
industry concerns, driver and technician shortages, concerns specific to
Colorado, resiliency issues related to canyon closures, actions to reduce
truck-related GHG emissions, where the greatest problems for on-highway
diesel emissions lie, overview of getting older trucks off of the roads,
and proposed improvements for consideration by TLRC.
01:10:38 PM  
Mr. Fulton answered questions from the committee.



Driver Education Requirements with AAA Colorado - Committee Discussion Only
01:38:12 PM  
Skyler McKinley,
Regional Director of Public Affairs for AAA Colorado, introduced himself
and began his presentation on driver education requirements in Colorado.
 AAA's presentation is included as Attachment G.  Mr. McKinley
discussed the increasing danger of driving on Colorado roadways, statistics
on the increase in road deaths, equity issues around road fatalities, and
the economic impacts of vehicle crashes.  Mr. McKinley discussed the
current status of driver's education class requirements in Colorado and
the deficiencies in those requirements, the differences between requirements
in other states in comparison to Colorado, and finally presented suggestions
for what sensible reforms to the driver's education system would look like
in Colorado.
01:52:12 PM  
Mr. McKinley answered questions from the committee.



Presentation from Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition - Committee Discussion Only
02:00:27 PM  
Jaimie Lewis, Transit
Advisor for Colorado Cross Disability Coalition (CCDC), and Julie Reiskin,
Co-Executive Director of CCDC, introduced themselves and began their presentation.
 CCDC's presentation is included as Attachment H.  Ms. Reiskin
presented on major transportation issues for the disability community state-wide,
including the decrease in transit services post-pandemic, safety, reliability,
and access. Ms. Reiskin continued to discuss other emerging issues, such
as autonomous vehicles, housing costs pushing non-drivers to suburbs, and
the lack of consideration of access in some projects.  Mr. Lewis presented
on key legislative priorities for CCDC and how increased funding could
improve key priorities. Ms. Reiskin closed by clarifying CCDC's goals for
the upcoming legislative session.
02:16:47 PM  
Ms. Reiskin and Mr.
Lewis answered questions from the committee.



Fleet License Plate Issue with Enterprise Rent-A-Car - Committee Discussion Only
02:28:38 PM  
The committee took a brief recess and came back to order.
02:41:44 PM  
Travis Hoxie, Fleet
Strategy Manager for Enterprise Rent-A-Car, introduced himself and began
his presentation on fleet license plate issues.  Enterprise's presentation
is included as Attachment I. Mr. Hoxie gave an overview of Enterprise's
fleet goals and fleet statistics.  Mr. Hoxie presented on the issue
of the new 2022 plate requirements and temporary tags for fleet vehicle
that travel one-way out of state and explained how it would be easier if
Enterprise had a new plate inventory in their possession to register in
real time. Mr. Hoxie answered questions from the committee.



Interim Bill Draft Requests - Committee Discussion Only
03:00:13 PM  
Jery Payne, Office
of Legislative Legal Services, explained the bill draft request process.
03:01:52 PM  
Senator Winter asked
committee members to present their bill draft ideas before moving the requests.
 The proposed bills were as follows:



1. Representative Gray requested a draft bill around fixing the issue of
new fleet license plates, as presented by Enterprise Rent-A-Car.



2. Representative Huffman requested a draft bill to strengthen the Colorado
slow-down, move-over laws. Representative Huffman responded to questions
from the committee.  



3. Representative Boesenecker requested a draft bill to study motor carriers
operating inside of a roundabout, specifically using multiple lanes.



4. Representative Gray requested a draft bill on automated enforcement
of traffic laws. Representative Gray responded to questions from the committee.



5. Senator Winter requested a draft bill on adding EV charging stations
to rest stops should the federal restrictions go away. Senator Winter responded
to questions from the committee.



6. Representative D. Valdez requested a draft bill on expanding narrow
bridges in rural Colorado. Representative Valdez responded to questions.



7. Representative D. Valdez requested a draft bill on maintaining rest
stops along rural corridors in the state.



8. Representative Pico requested a draft bill on catalytic converter theft
to allow people who have had their catalytic converter stolen to have a
non-California certified, but still federally certified, catalytic converter
installed to replace their stolen converter. Representative Pico answered
questions from the committee.



9. Senator Winter requested a draft bill to update and streamline drivers
education and provide more affordability.



10. Senator Winter requested a draft bill to look at interstate motor carriers
fine structure. Senator Winter responded to questions.


03:29:26 PM
 Motion Draft a bill addressing the issue of new fleet license plates as presented by Enterprise Rent-A-Car.
Moved Froelich
Seconded
Boesenecker
Bridges Excused
Catlin
Donovan
Exum
Gray
Hisey
Hooton Excused
Huffman
Lindsay
Pico
Rich Excused
Scott
Sullivan
Valdez D.
Van Beber Excused
Froelich
Winter
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 4   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection


03:29:48 PM
 Motion Draft a bill to strengthen the Colorado slow-down, move-over laws.
Moved Froelich
Seconded
Boesenecker
Bridges Excused
Catlin
Donovan
Exum
Gray
Hisey
Hooton Excused
Huffman
Lindsay
Pico
Rich Excused
Scott
Sullivan
Valdez D.
Van Beber Excused
Froelich
Winter
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 4   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection


03:30:12 PM
 Motion Draft a proposed a bill to study motor carriers operating inside of a roundabout, specifically using multiple lanes
Moved Froelich
Seconded
Boesenecker
Bridges Excused
Catlin
Donovan
Exum
Gray
Hisey
Hooton Excused
Huffman
Lindsay
Pico
Rich Excused
Scott
Sullivan
Valdez D.
Van Beber Excused
Froelich
Winter
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 4   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection


03:30:42 PM
 Motion Draft a bill on on automated enforcement of traffic laws.
Moved Froelich
Seconded
Boesenecker
Bridges Excused
Catlin
Donovan
Exum
Gray
Hisey
Hooton Excused
Huffman
Lindsay
Pico
Rich Excused
Scott
Sullivan
Valdez D.
Van Beber Excused
Froelich
Winter
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 4   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection


03:31:06 PM
 Motion Draft bill for adding EV charging stations to rest stops should the federal restrictions go away.
Moved Froelich
Seconded
Boesenecker
Bridges Excused
Catlin
Donovan
Exum
Gray
Hisey
Hooton Excused
Huffman
Lindsay
Pico
Rich Excused
Scott
Sullivan
Valdez D.
Van Beber Excused
Froelich
Winter
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 4   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection


03:32:27 PM
 Motion Draft bill to expand narrow bridges in rural Colorado.
Moved Froelich
Seconded
Boesenecker Yes
Bridges Excused
Catlin Yes
Donovan Yes
Exum Yes
Gray Yes
Hisey Yes
Hooton Excused
Huffman Yes
Lindsay Yes
Pico Yes
Rich Excused
Scott Yes
Sullivan Yes
Valdez D. Yes
Van Beber Excused
Froelich No
Winter Yes
YES: 13   NO: 1   EXC: 4   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS


03:33:02 PM
 Motion Draft a bill to maintain rest stops along rural corridors in the state.
Moved Froelich
Seconded
Boesenecker Yes
Bridges Excused
Catlin Yes
Donovan Yes
Exum Yes
Gray Yes
Hisey Yes
Hooton Excused
Huffman Yes
Lindsay Yes
Pico Yes
Rich Excused
Scott No
Sullivan Yes
Valdez D. Yes
Van Beber Excused
Froelich Yes
Winter Yes
YES: 13   NO: 1   EXC: 4   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS


03:33:33 PM
 Motion Draft a bill on catalytic converter theft to allow people who have had their catalytic converter stolen to have a non-California certified, but still federally certified, catalytic converter installed to replace their stolen converter.
Moved Froelich
Seconded
Boesenecker Yes
Bridges Excused
Catlin Yes
Donovan Yes
Exum Yes
Gray Yes
Hisey Yes
Hooton Excused
Huffman Yes
Lindsay Yes
Pico Yes
Rich Excused
Scott Yes
Sullivan No
Valdez D. Yes
Van Beber Excused
Froelich No
Winter Yes
YES: 12   NO: 2   EXC: 4   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS


03:34:38 PM
 Motion Draft a bill to update and streamline drivers education and provide more affordability.
Moved Froelich
Seconded
Boesenecker
Bridges Excused
Catlin
Donovan
Exum
Gray
Hisey
Hooton Excused
Huffman
Lindsay
Pico
Rich Excused
Scott
Sullivan
Valdez D.
Van Beber Excused
Froelich
Winter
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 4   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection


03:35:03 PM
 Motion Draft a bill to look at interstate motor carriers fine structure
Moved Froelich
Seconded
Boesenecker
Bridges Excused
Catlin
Donovan
Exum
Gray
Hisey
Hooton Excused
Huffman
Lindsay
Pico
Rich Excused
Scott
Sullivan
Valdez D.
Van Beber Excused
Froelich
Winter
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 4   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection



Public Testimony - Committee Discussion Only
03:35:37 PM  
There was no one signed up to testify.


03:36:26 PM   The committee adjourned.