Partners Project on Public-Private Partnerships (P3s/PPPs)

Mission Statement and Summary

- extract from the Project's  Concept Paper

To link legislators, legislative staff, and interested private sector entities to analyze legislators’ needs and to develop nonpartisan, balanced, and useful materials to aid legislators’ decision-making, both in their respective states and as they consider state-federal relationships.  The P3s Partners Project will largely focus on publicly held surface transportation systems – namely roadways – but may incorporate linked water-based systems or intermodal installations as Project time and resources permit.

In particular, the 18-month Project will:

• Develop and offer educational sessions;
• Develop and provide a Legislative P3 Toolkit, including, but not limited to, items legislators and staff can use to:
  • Evaluate the merits of P3s when considering implementing legislation,
  • Assist state transportation officials as they evaluate tenders and bids,
  • Understand P3 contracts,
  • Oversee the operation and performance of P3s, and
  • Respond to public and press inquiries about P3s;
• Develop greater NCSL expertise on P3s, offer episodic technical assistance upon request from legislators and staff, and increase capacity to respond to information requests; and
• Inform the NCSL Transportation Committee’s deliberation of P3s in the context of state-federal relations.

Members of the Steering Committee

(as of July 1, 2009)

Officers
Co-Chair: Representative Terri Austin, Indiana
Co-Chair: Representative Linda Harper-Brown, Texas
Staff Chair: Fred Lewis, West Virginia House Finance Committee

Legislators
Senator Steven Baddour,  Massachusetts
Senator Scott Dibble, Minnesota
Senator Pamela Gordon, Arizona
Senator Mary Margaret Haugen, Washington
Senator Bruce Starr, Oregon

Legislative Staff
Karl Spock - Texas Sunset Commission
Kate Wade - Wisconsin Audit Bureau

Ex Officio
Senator Dennis Nolan, Nevada, Chair-- NCSL Transportation Committee
Eric Bugaile, Pennsylvania, Staff Chair-- NCSL Transportation Committee

Foundation
NCSL Foundation for State Legislatures  - Caroline Carlson, Director of Development

Private Sector
AAA - Justin McNaull, Director of State Relations
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) - Dennis Houlihan, Policy Analyst
American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) - Hank Webster, Managing Director - Public-Private Ventures Division, and Bill Toohey, Senior Vice President
American Trucking Association (ATA) - Ted Scott, Director of Special Projects
Americans for Transportation Mobility Coalition (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) - Janet F. Kavinoky, Director, Transportation Infrastructure
Macquarie Capital - Geoffrey Segal, Vice President, Government Relations
Reason Foundation - Leonard Gilroy, Director of Government Reform
Transurban - Kristie Helmick & Bill Berry, Public Affairs

Technical Resource
Bob Johns, Director, University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies

Reports

Meeting Summary & Presentations - Project Pre-conference at the 2009 NCSL Spring Forum - April 22-23, 2009

Meeting Summary & Presentations – Project Educational Session at the 2009 NCSL Legislative Summit – July 20, 2009