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BClARD QF DIRECT JRS REPORT<br />
To<br />
Clarence W Marsella General Manager<br />
Date<br />
Frain Scott Reed Assistant Gen ral<br />
Manage of<br />
Public Affairs<br />
Date December 4 20<strong>07</strong><br />
GM<br />
<strong>Board</strong> Meeting Date December 18 20<strong>07</strong><br />
Subject<br />
FasTracks Citizens Advisory Cammittee<br />
Reappointment<br />
of Committee Members<br />
f ACTION DISCUSSION INFO<br />
X<br />
RECOMMENDED ACTION<br />
It is recommended by the FasTracks Monitoring Committee that the<strong>RTD</strong> <strong>Board</strong> of Directorsre appoint<br />
four members of the FasTracks Citizens Advisory Committee CAC Tom Asburn Thomas J Burns<br />
Charles Choi and Ken Hotard for athree year term<br />
BACKGROUND<br />
On April 1 2006 the <strong>RTD</strong> <strong>Board</strong> of Directors appointed eleven citizens to the FasTracks Citizens<br />
Advisory Committee for terms of ane to three years Actual terms of the appointees were determined<br />
by random drawing at the first meeting of the CAC in May 2006 Four member sterm expires on<br />
December 31 20<strong>07</strong><br />
DISCUSSION<br />
Under the direction of the <strong>RTD</strong> Public Affairs Division the <strong>RTD</strong> Public Involvement<br />
Consultants were<br />
tasked with developing a proposed structure for the CAC which the <strong>Board</strong> approved at its December 13<br />
2005 meeting<br />
Recruitment for Committee members was publicly advertised through<br />
the <strong>RTD</strong> Web site local<br />
publications and stakeholderamail distributions beginning January 3 2006 The Nominating<br />
Committee Siff Christopher Juanita Chacon Scott Reed and Liz Rao carefully reviewed each<br />
application considering criteria outlined in the Committee Structure approved by the <strong>Board</strong> on December<br />
13 2005<br />
Broad representation of stakeholder interests<br />
Diversity<br />
Geographical representation<br />
within the District<br />
Demonstrated interest in public transit and or the FasTracks Plan<br />
Previous community service<br />
Professional experience<br />
Terms of office for initia committee members began the day the members were appointed with three<br />
members serving one year terms to expire on December 31 2006 four members serving two year terms<br />
to expire on December 31 20<strong>07</strong> and four members serving three year terms to expire on December 31<br />
2008 Actual terms for each memberie one year two year etc were determined by a random<br />
drawing by the Committee at its first meeting in May 2006<br />
The four members selected to serve an initial two year term were<br />
Tom Ashburn is<br />
the Area Manager Community and Local Government Affairs responsible for<br />
maintaining effective working relationships with municipalities counties and community organizations in<br />
Arapahoe Douglas and Adams Counties He is past chairman of the Aurora Chamber of Commerce a<br />
past member of the Aurora Economic Development Council member of the Southeast Business<br />
Partnership and South Metro Chamber of Commerce a founding<br />
member of the Eastern Metro
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