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Meeting - June 8, 2006...
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Minutes:
CALL TO ORDER:
The legislative meeting hosted by the Utility Notification Center of Colorado was held on the 8th day of June 2006, at their offices at 16361 Table Mountain Parkway, Golden, Colorado. J.D. Maniscalco called the meeting to order at 9:06 a.m. and welcomed attendees to the tenth meeting.
ENFORCEMENT:
David Fiore passed out a copy of the enforcement committee findings. He reviewed the four primary findings briefly and discussion was held on the questions remaining as outlined by the document. These questions will need to be answered before an effective enforcement mechanism can be put in place in Colorado. The enforcement committee will continue to work on this project. Draft legislation has been prepared by the CCA based on the Virginia legislation. This draft legislation will be sent out before the end of June. The group discussed the possible involvement of the PUC in the process. Also discussed and then dismissed was the possibility of UNCC serving as the enforcement entity. While an enforcement commission would be new to Colorado, the enforcement program would be based on definitions in the current Colorado law. The group agreed it would be advisable to give the enforcement commission the ability to revise the program as it progressed, without going back to the legislature for approval of each small revision. The enforcement committee finding documentation will be revised as discussed.
EXEMPTIONS:
The exemption group also provided a copy of their findings. The findings were based on the legislative meetings hosted by UNCC and previous work from past legislative efforts on this topic. The findings reflect the results of the survey hosted by UNCC on the exemptions. The survey results will be Included as an attachment to the minutes of this meeting and to the exemption document. After discussion, J.D. Maniscalco and Marty Mead were asked to work on refining the notification center reporting section of the exemption findings document. The next step for the exemptions group will be to provide draft legislation for review at the next meeting.
MEMBERSHIP:
David Fiore presented the membership group summary report and provided a copy for review. The membership group findings included a review of group discussions held so far. The discussions have made it clear that Colorado does not have a true one call system. As the document was reviewed, it was agreed that beginning membership findings would not recommend a tiered system of any kind and that all facility owners would pay for usage. Andy Colony and Rex Kohart will revise the membership documentation as discussed. Rex Kohart will chair the membership committee going forward. Everyone at the meeting agreed that a true one call center was important for the one call process and that this meant that every facility owner needed to participate fully in the process.
CONCLUSION and NEXT MEETING:
The next meeting will be held on Thursday, June 29, 2006 at UNCC. The deadline for revised documents from the committees was set for June 23, 2006. Documentation from each committee will be provided electronically to J.D. Maniscalco and he will forward this information to the entire legislative group.
July 13, 2006 will remain as a possible future meeting date.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:00 a.m.
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