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8A Page 12 Speaker's Commission on State and Local Government Finance, Proposition 1A and the Bipartisan Commission to Review California's Outdated Revenue Laws. (For more information and links to other backgrounq materials please visit http://www.cafof"\Nard.orQ/resources.) Guest speakers at Wednesday's meeting included Fred Silva, senior policy consultant for California Forward and Jim Wunderman, executive director of the Bay Area Council. Both spoke about the need for reform and their ideas on how to achieve it. Task force members requested that information such as each participating association's ideas, advocacy papers, and written summaries, be shared with the group, as well as a timeline for completion of the group's goals. The task force plans to meet on the first Wednesday of each month rotating the meetings among the Sacramento offices of the three associations. The partnership with the next meeting will be held at CSAC. For more information about the CCS Partnership Task Force on Fiscal Reform, visit www.ccsoartnership.orQ or contact Connie Busse, executive director at (916) 323-6011. Speed Limit Setting Hearing Scheduled For Feb. 24 The California Traffic Control Devices Committee (CTCDC) will hold a special hearing to review the on-going issue of speed limit-setting in lotal communities, and under what circumstances speed limits can be altered to address local safety concerns. Cities are encouraged to attend and provide input on how this issue will impact their transportation and public safety needs. The meeting will be held on Tuesday. Feb. 24, at the Water Resources Building, located at 1416 9th Street in Sacramento. The agenda notice and a map are available at: htto :/lwww.dot.ca.gov/ha/traffoDS/siqntech/newtech/index.htm . For those cities who are not able to attend in person, you are encouraged to send written correspondence expressing your views to Dev;nder Singh, executive secretary of the CTCDC, at: . Devinder Sinoh@dot.ca.Qov. The CTCDC is the vehicle by which the California Department of Transportation fulfills its obligation to consult with local agencies and the public, before adopting rules and regulations prescribing uniform standards and specifications for all official traffic control devices used in California. PPIC Survey Concerning the Economic Climate for Cities California cities will have an important opportunity to make their economic issues and concerns known if they participate in a new survey begin conducted by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC). The survey seeks to gather information about cities' adjustment to the current fiscal and economic climate. While there are a range of topics, it is not a long survey, and the League recommends that your city take the time to complete it. Achieving a high response rate is very important for this research I and PPIC will strive to elicit participation from as many cities as possible, since it is important that the views of every type of city are represented in the study. PPIC will contact city officials and supply a link to the survey questions. Instructions for the survey will also be included, as you can respond to part of the survey and stop and come back to complete it another time. Also, you are free not to answer a particular question or not participate in the survey at all, although the League would greatly encourage participation. 6