AppendixAppendix A:A: PublicPublic InvolvementInvolvement ColoradoColorado StateState Freight & Passenger Rail Plan March,March, 20122012 Colorado State Freight and Passenger Rail Plan Appendix A—Public Involvement (see specific documents on enclosed CD) A.1 Steering Committee .................................................................................. A-1 A.1.1 Meeting Minutes, 4/20/11 ................................................................................................... A-1 A.1.2 Meeting Minutes, 7/6/11 ...................................................................................................... A-5 A.1.3 Meeting Minutes, 9/13/11 ................................................................................................ A-11 A.1.4 Meeting Minutes, 12/2/11 ................................................................................................ A-15 A.1.5 Meeting Minutes, 3/16/12 ................................................................................................ A-19 A.2 Stakeholder Group .................................................................................. A-23 A.2.1 Meeting Minutes, 5/4/11 ................................................................................................... A-23 A.2.2 Meeting Minutes, 8/9/11 ................................................................................................... A-27 A.2.3 Meeting Minutes, 10/18/11 ............................................................................................. A-29 A.3 Workshops and Open Houses .................................................................. A-33 A.3.1 Akron Workshop & Open House, 8/15/11, Meeting Notes ................................ A-33 A.3.2 Limon Workshop & Open House, 8/17/11, Meeting Notes ................................ A-35 A.3.3 Denver Workshop & Open House, 8/23/11, Meeting Notes .............................. A-37 A.3.4 Grand Junction Workshop & Open House, 8/25/11, Meeting Notes .............. A-39 A.3.5 La Junta Workshop & Open House, 8/31/11, Meeting Notes ............................ A-41 A.3.6 Alamosa Workshop & Open House, 9/1/11, Meeting Notes .............................. A-43 A.4 Other Meetings ....................................................................................... A-45 A.4.1 BNSF Meeting, 5/5/11, Meeting Notes ........................................................................ A-45 A.4.2 Union Pacific Railroad Meeting, 5/16/11, Meeting Notes ................................... A-49 A.4.3 Commissioner John Salazar, Colorado Agricultural Community and Colorado Corn Meeting, 8/3/11 and 8/29/11, Meeting Notes ......................... A-53 A.4.4 Colorado Coal Industry Meeting, 8/22/11, Meeting Notes ................................. A-59 A.4.5 Colorado Office of Economic Development, 10/11/11, Meeting Notes ......... A-63 A.4.6 Pikes Peak Council of Governments Meeting, 11/15/11, Presentation ........ A-65 A.5 Written and Email Comments and Formal Letters (A.5.1–A.5.22) ............ A-75 A.5.1 Clear Creek County Board of Commissioners, 8/29/11 ..................................... A-111 A.5.2 Kiowa County Economic Development Foundation, 9/1/11 ........................... A-113 A.5.3 Ruth Buller, 9/16/11 ......................................................................................................... A-115 A.5.4 Phyllis Nelson, 9/16/11 ................................................................................................... A-116 A.5.5 Catherine Scherler, 9/16/11 .......................................................................................... A-117 A.5.6 Freda Schmidt, 9/16/11 ................................................................................................... A-118 A.5.7 Theresa Weber, 9/16/11 ................................................................................................. A-119 A.5.8 Hazel Woelk, 9/16/11 ....................................................................................................... A-120 Appendix A — i Colorado State Freight and Passenger Rail Plan A.5.9 Amtrak, 10/3/11 ................................................................................................................. A-121 A.5.10 Town of Red Cliff, 10/6/11 ............................................................................................. A-113 A.5.11 Gary Carter, 10/12/11 ...................................................................................................... A-125 A.5.12 ColoRail, 10/12/11 ............................................................................................................. A-127 A.5.13 Front Range On Track, 10/12/11 ................................................................................ A-131 A.5.14 Conejos County Clean Water, Inc., 10/13/11 .......................................................... A-133 A.5.15 Downtown Partnership of Colorado Springs, 10/14/11 ................................... A-143 A.5.16 Ray Krueger, Green Cities Coalition, 10/14/11 ..................................................... A-147 A.5.17 City & County of Denver, 10/14/11 ............................................................................ A-151 A.5.18 Kiowa County Farm Service Agency, 10/18/11 .................................................... A-153 A.5.19 Eagle County Board of Commissioners, 10/20/11 ............................................... A-155 A.5.20 Attachment to Email from Dave Menter, Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments, 10/21/11 .................................................................................................. A-157 A.5.21 Attachment to Email from Scott Weeks, DRCOG, 10/21/11 ............................ A-161 A.5.22 Attachment to Email from Rick Klein, City of La Junta, 10/21/11 ................. A-165 A.6 Final Draft Review—Written/Email Comments and Formal Letters (A.6.1–A.6.28) ....................................................................................... A-169 A.6.1 Denver Regional Council of Governments, 2/7/12 .............................................. A-183 A.6.2 Lincoln County BOCC, 2/8/12 ....................................................................................... A-185 A.6.3 City of Golden, 2/9/12 ...................................................................................................... A-187 A.6.4 Dave Ruble, 2/21/12 ......................................................................................................... A-189 A.6.5 Rick Klein, Resolution from City of La Junta, 2/22/12 ........................................ A-191 A.6.6 Rick Klein, Resolution from City of Lamar, 2/22/12 ........................................... A-195 A.7.7 Rick Klein, Resolution from Otero County, 2/22/12 ........................................... A-197 A.6.8 Rick Klein, Resolution from Raton, NM, 2/22/12 ................................................. A-201 A.6.9 Rick Klein, Resolution from Trinidad, 2/22/12 ..................................................... A-203 A.6.10 Rick Klein, Resolution from Garden City, KS, 2/22/12 ....................................... A-205 A.6.11 Dave Ruble, Rendering of Typical Interstate Rail Cross-Section 2/25/12 ................................................................................................................................... A-207 A.6.12 Clear Creek County, 2/27/12 ......................................................................................... A-209 A.6.13 Weld County Public Works, 2/28/12 ......................................................................... A-211 A.6.14 Upper Front Range Transportation Planning Region CDOT, 2/28/12 ........ A-219 A.6.15 Gary Carter, 2/28/12 ......................................................................................................... A-223 A.6.16 City of Colorado Springs, 2/29/12 ............................................................................... A-225 A.6.17 Eagle County Board of Commissioners, 2/29/12 ................................................. A-227 A.6.18 North Front Range MPOs, 2/29/12 ............................................................................. A-229 A.6.19 Pete Rickershauser, 3/1/12 ........................................................................................... A-231 Appendix A — ii Colorado State Freight and Passenger Rail Plan A.6.20 Pete Rickershauser, 3/1/12 ............................................................................................ A-234 A.6.21 Pete Rickershauser, 3/1/12 ............................................................................................ A-239 A.6.22 Pete Rickershauser, 3/1/12 ............................................................................................ A-243 A.6.23 Pete Rickershauser, 3/1/12 ............................................................................................ A-245 A.6.24 Albert G. Melcher, 3/1/12................................................................................................ A-247 A.6.25 Colorado Rail Passenger Association, 3/12/12 ..................................................... A-257 A.6.26 Diane Mitsch Bush, 3/2/12 ............................................................................................. A-265 A.6.27 CoPIRG, 3/2/12 .................................................................................................................... A-267 A.6.28 Peter Cooper, 3/2/12 .......................................................................................................