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Capitol Building Advisory Committee

Thursday, May 28, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

The Capitol Building Advisory Committee worked through a housekeeping-heavy agenda ahead of Colorado's 150th anniversary, clearing a new mile-high marker, veterans-monument conservation, a wheelchair-lift replacement and other projects with no dissent, and previewing a foundation-funded tapestry for the rotunda.

Key Actions

·Mile-high marker replacementPassed

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Notable Quotes

Wheelchairs since then have become heavier with the addition of more advanced technology, motors and electronics. And the unfortunate situation we have found ourselves in is that the heavier chairs often get stuck on the lift, leaving folks in a really terrible situation.

Vanessa Riley (Chief Clerk of the House) · witnessThe human stakes behind an otherwise routine facilities vote: the aging lift physically strands wheelchair users trying to reach the House gallery.

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TranscriptPreview
For being here this afternoon. We need to take roll. Sorry for getting started a little late, but Ms. Kelly, please take the roll. Committee member Garcia Berry. She's excused. Clifford. He's excused. Contag. Prince Benberg. You know what? Your mic's not on. That's why people aren't hearing you. Was it on? Okay, it was on. Yeah, we're good. Just too far away. Fenberg is here. Here. Oh, there he is. Lee. Here. Mandel. Here. Van Mor. Olivetto. Here. Riley. Here. All excused. Madam Chair. I'm here. All right. Well, again, thank you everybody for coming. Before we get started with the agenda, although Ms. Garcia Berry hasn't been able to join us today, she had said she intended to, but she is not going to be able to continue on the committee from here on out. She just has other family obligations that are taking precedence. How anything can be more important than cbac, I don't know, but I understand. And so I know the governor's office will be appointing somebody else in her place. But that said, we want to have the record show that we truly appreciate the time she gave us and the expertise she brought.
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