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From: David Smith [mailto:vision.for.lawrence@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 8:27 AM
To: David L. Corliss
Cc: Boog Highberger; mdever@sunflower.com; mikeamyx515@hotmail.com; robchestnut@sunflower.com; suehack@sunflower.com
Subject: Public input / Oversight Committee

Dave,

I'm writing on behalf of the Campaign to Save the T to formally ask the City of Lawrence appoint a representative of our group to the soon-to-be-appointed Sales Tax Oversight Committee.  Further, we ask the City Commission to hold a public hearing, well publicized in advance, about the mission and composition of this committee, and to deliberate carefully about appointments on that basis.  And we think that other community groups with an interest in public transit should also be consulted with respect to the Oversight Committee, including, for example, the Lawrence Association of Neighborhoods and the League of Women Voters.

Finally, we ask that this request be formally discussed whenever the City Commission considers possible appointments to the Sales Tax Oversight Committee, and that you inform us in advance when this might happen.  Since we consider appointments to the Oversight Committee to be an important aspect of the follow-up to last week's heartening election, I've also sent a letter to the LJW (attached, co-signed by Gwen Klingenberg and Lisa-Marie Wright) expressing our views on this subject publicly. 

Thanks Dave; all the best, take care,

David

David Smith
Campaign to Save the T