Task Force members are asked to review, comment and provide edits to a letter requesting $800,000 for the 2015-2016 biennium. This $800,000 request was based on earlier estimates to complete the next phases of work and we have good support from the legislators for this requested amount.
Please review the proposed letter prior to the full Task force meeting and send comments or suggested revisions to dougkrapas@iepco no later than Tuesday, February 17 so that a final version can be posting the following day. Please do your best to not wordsmith this document. This document is similar in form to was approved for the previous legislative funding request (2013-2014), so please determine “if you can live with it as written.”
– SRRTTF Funding Support Letter_2015 -DRAFT
The Task Force may also want to consider adding the Idaho cities (Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls and Hayden) to the Task Force letterhead footer.
In addition, individual members of the Task Force are encouraged to send letters of support for this request. Doug Krapas has provided a letter drafted by IEP for consideration. Please send this to your local legislators, the governor’s office, provide copies to your lobbyists and also provide a copy to Doug Krapas for Task Force use and distribution in Olympia.