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Members Delegate Gabriel Acevero Delegate Carl Anderton MARYLAND TRANSIT CAUCUS Delegate Heather Bagnall marylandtransitcaucus.org ● @CaucusTransit Delegate Sandy Bartlett Delegate Lisa Belcastro [email protected] Delegate Regina Boyce Delegate Tony Bridges Delegate Al Carr Delegate Lorig Charkoudian Senator Paul Corderman Delegate Brian Crosby Co-Chairs Delegate Charlotte Crutchfield Senator Malcolm Augustine Delegate Debra Davis Delegate Erek Barron Delegate Kathleen Dumais Senator Pam Beidle Delegate Eric Ebersole Delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo Senator Arthur Ellis Delegate Marc Korman Delegate Jessica Feldmark Delegate Brooke Lierman Delegate Wanika Fisher Delegate Catherine Forbes Delegate Jim Gilchrist Delegate Michelle Guyton February 1, 2021 Senator Guy Guzzone Delegate Anne Healey VIA EMAIL Senator Shelly Hettleman Delegate Teri Hill The Board of Public Works Delegate Kevin Hornberger Louis L. Goldstein Treasury Building Delegate Carl Jackson Delegate Dana Jones 80 Calvert Street Senator Cheryl Kagan Delegate Anne Kaiser Annapolis, MD 21401 Delegate Ariana Kelly Delegate Ken Kerr Re: 495/270 P3 Concern on Contract Terms Delegate Trent Kittleman Delegate Carol Krimm Senator Susan Lee Governor Hogan, Treasurer Kopp, Comptroller Franchot, Delegate Mary Lehman Delegate Robbyn Lewis We write with concerns regarding the recently-released Phase Developer Delegate Jazz Lewis documents for the 495/270 Managed Lanes Public-Private Partnership (P3) that Delegate Karen Lewis Young will be submitted to the Board sometime in 2021. Attached you will find Delegate Mary Ann Lisanti Delegate Lesley Lopez comments that we submitted regarding the DEIS that was drafted last year. The Delegate Sara Love fundamental problem is that the Maryland Department of Transportation is Delegate Eric Luedtke Senator Cory McCray asking the Board to go forward with this agreement prior to any of those issues Delegate Maggie McIntosh Delegate Mike McKay in the DEIS being resolved, in contravention to what the Secretary of Delegate David Moon Transportation told a House Committee last year. We are particularly concerned Delegate Julie Palakovich Carr about the fact that the state would have to reimburse any upfront Delegate Joseline Pena-Melnyk “predevelopment costs” if the plans stall for a list of reasons, many of which are Delegate Lily Qi Delegate Kirill Reznik exceedingly common and, in fact, quite likely for a plan of this scale and Senator Jim Rosapepe controversy. Delegate Sheila Ruth Delegate Emily Shetty It is no secret that many members of the General Assembly have Delegate Stephanie Smith Delegate Jared Solomon concerns with the proposed project for transportation and policy reasons, but the Delegate Dana Stein particular concern right now is the fiscal risk to the state if the Board enters this Delegate Vaughn Stewart long-term agreement to hand over control of state infrastructure over to a private Delegate Jen Terrasa Delegate Brenda Thiam entity prior to many basic questions about the project being resolved. Although Delegate Kris Valderrama the Board will have the opportunity to review subsequent contracts, this is the Delegate Geraldine Valentino-Smith Delegate Jay Walker last time the Department has to competitively bid participation to move forward Delegate Alonzo Washington under its current plans. Senator Mary Washington Delegate Courtney Watson Delegate Melissa Wells Delegate Jheanelle Wilkins Delegate Nicole Williams Delegate Pat Young Senator Ronald Young Senator Craig Zucker MARYLAND TRANSIT CAUCUS marylandtransitcaucus.org ● @CaucusTransit [email protected] Because the Maryland Department of Transportation has pledged that there would be no net cost to taxpayers, we urge you to reject signing any contract that would put the state at such significant financial risk - including any requirements to provide reimbursement for costs in the case of any project delays. Thank you for your work and attention to this matter. Delegate Sandy Bartlett Delegate Sara Love Delegate Pam Beidle Delegate Maggie McIntosh Delegate Lisa Belcastro Delegate David Moon Delegate Regina T. Boyce Delegate Julie Palakovich Carr Delegate Alfred Carr Delegate Kirill Reznik Delegate Lorig Charkoudian Delegate Sheila Ruth Delegate Charlotte Crutchfield Delegate Emily Shetty Delegate Debra Davis Delegate Jared Solomon Delegate Kathleen Dumais Delegate Vaughn Stewart Delegate Jessica Feldmark Delegate Jen Terrasa Delegate Catherine Forbes Delegate Brenda Thiam Delegate Anne Healey Delegate Kris Valderrama Senator Shelly Hettleman Delegate Geraldine Valentino-Smith Delegate Ken Kerr Senator Mary Washington Delegate Marc Korman Delegate Courtney Watson Delegate Robbyn Lewis Delegate Jheanelle Wilkins Delegate Brooke Lierman Delegate Nicole Williams Delegate Lesley Lopez Delegate Pat Young .

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