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NATURAL
RESOURCES ADVISORY COUNCIL |
| AGRICULTURE & PUBLIC LANDS COMMITTEE
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Andy Wyatt ,
Prowers County Assessor, Chair
Jake
Klein, Otero County Commissioner, Vice
Chair-Public Lands
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Mission
To encourage, protect and enhance the agricultural and
related industries; promoting partnerships with federal
public lands and conserving natural resources.
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| ENERGY
COMMITTEE |
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Charlie Spielman, Chair
Jim Clare Vice
Chair
Kathy
Worthington, Vice Chair |
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Mission
Assess, advocate and act through the building of
partnerships and/or coalitions to improve and develop energy
systems that promote a strong Southern Colorado economy and
a healthy environment. |
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WATER COMMITTEE
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Gerald McDaniel,
Attorney, Chair
Steve
Vandiver_, Vice
Chair |
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Mission
Utilizing the Colorado 64
Water principles, participate in and advocate for mutually
beneficial water projects, a balanced water-related policy
and legislation to address Colorado's water challenges and
work to find water supply answers that benefit the present
and future generations.
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Water Principles |
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BUSINESS
AFFAIRS ADVISORY COUNCIL |
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| EDUCATION
AND WORKFORCE COMMITTEE |
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Joe
Garcia, President, CSU-Pueblo, Co-Chair
Jim
Stewart, Technology Vectors, Co-Chair
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Mission
Build
partnerships in southern Colorado between education and
business for building a better workforce and economic
development opportunities
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Higher Education Principles and Position Statement
Value of Higher Education in Southern Colorado
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HEALTH
ISSUES COMMITTEE
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| Byron Geer,
Pueblo Community Health Center, Chair |
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Mission
Advocate
for an effective health care system composed of three
essential elements including access, affordability and
quality.
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Health Principles |
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| HWY 50
SUB-COMMITTEE sub-committee of the Transportation Committee. |
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| Jake Klein, Otero
County Commissioner, Chair |
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Mission
The Hwy. 50 Sub-Committee is a sub-committee of the
Transportation Committee. Its mission is to work on doubling
highway 50 from east of Pueblo to the Kansas border. |
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| TOURISM COMMITTEE
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Michael Bandera, Royal
Gorge Bridge and Park, Chair
Kyle Fenner, Vice
Chair |
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Mission
Increase tourism revenue/visitors through cooperative
public/private partnerships; to market the exciting southern
Colorado area as a travel destination; continue to educate the public
and elected officials on the economic importance of tourism
and to work on common tourism industry issues of concern. |
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Tourism E-Brochure |
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Southern Colorado Tourist
Website:
www.coloradosfrontier.com
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TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
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Roger Miller,
Nolte Associates, Chair
Bob
Torres, Carter-Burgess, Vice
Chair
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Mission
The Committee will take a pro-active role in the review
and resolution of issues concerning all forms of
transportation. This would include public or private
transportation, motorized or non-motorized, on land, on
water, or in the air. The focus in the resolution of these
issues is to encourage collaboration across political
boundaries in order to promote the implementation of the
transportation infrastructure.
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TRANSPORTATION PRIORITIES
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FEDERAL PROJECTS (Yellow)
Ports to Plains
o Completion of State Hwy. 287
STATE PROJECTS (Green)
Hwy. 50 Action 22 Region
I-25 Action 22 Region
Hwy. 160 Walsenburg West
US 24/Hwy. 94 Corridor East to Schreiver Air Force Base
Hwy. 17 to Hwy. 285 from the New Mexico border to Bailey
IMPORTANT PROJECT LIST (Blue)
Completion of Hwy. 287
Powers Blvd.
Hwy. 115
Pueblo Blvd.
Hwy. 160/285 Interchange
Hwy. 50 West
Hwy. 12
Hwy. 40 Kit Carson to Kansas
Hwy. 69 from Westcliffe to Walsenburg
Hwy. 160 Springfield to Trinidad
Efforts would be made to push
these into studies. That way they are ready to go should
money be available and a project can be moved up.
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Transportation
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TASK FORCES |
| Business
Affairs Has
just been established 1/08 |
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| Economic
Futures Task Force |
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| Dr.
Barbara Montgomery, Chair |
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Mission
Review and study the Colorado
Economic Futures Panel Report recommendations. Submit
to the Board of Directors recommendations on supporting
and/or adding recommendations. Participate in
Colorado's Future organization and work on tax reform.
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