Trési B. Houpt

Elected to serve a second term as Garfield County Commissioner in November 2006, was sworn into office in January 2007.

Serves as Chair Pro-Tem for the Board of CountyCommissioners

Professional Boards and Committees:

• Member of the Executive Committee, past-Chair of the I-70 Mountain Corridor Coalition
• Member of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
• Vice-Chair of the Water Quality Steering Committee for the National Association of Counties (NACO)
• Past-President for the Colorado Counties Inc (CCI) Western District
• Chair of CCI’s Land Use and Natural Resources Committee
• Past-Chair of the Board for the Rural Resort Region
• Board of Directors Rocky Mountain Rail Authority
• Advisory Board for CMC Rifle Campus
• Member of Environment, Energy and Land Use Steering Committee (NACO)
• Colorado Blue Ribbon Panel on Housing
• Advisory Board for Ruedi Water and Power Authority
• Advisory Committee for Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission Noise Regulation revision
• Board of Directors for RFTA (honorary non-voting member)
• Advisory Board for the State Park System, Strategic Planning Process
• Colorado Counties Inc (CCI) RS2477 sub committee (2004-2005)
• Oil and Gas Regulation Round Table negotiations, between Colorado Counties, CCI, Colorado Oil & Gas Association
• Advisory Board for Healthy Beginnings (2003-2004)
• CCI Steering Committees that convene during Legislative Session

Previous professional and community service involvement:

• Executive Director of Valley Resource Management, intergovernmental partnership coordinating waste management planning in the Roaring Fork and Colorado River Valleys
• Board of Education Director for the Roaring Fork School District (RFSD), two terms
• Board of Directors and Executive Committee for the Colorado Association of School Boards (CASB)
• Board of Directors and Legislative Committee Chair for the Colorado Association for Recycling (CAFR)
• Advisory Board for Roaring Fork Family Resource Centers
• Advisory Board for the Roaring Fork Health Council

Additional Committees:

• Strategic Planning/RFSD
• Interest Based Bargaining Team/RFSD
• Policy Development/RFSD
• Legislative Delegate/RFSD and CASB

Trési is a Colorado native who moved to Garfield County with her family 11 years ago. Jeff and Trési have been married for 25 years and have two sons, Sam and Frank. They enjoy snowboarding, skiing, biking and camping together.

As a parent and Colorado native, Trési has a commitment to see Garfield County managed in a responsible manner. With thoughtful planning, she is convinced that growth can occur without negatively impacting the environment. “We are fortunate to live in a county with a wealth of natural assets. With this, comes the responsibility to preserve our natural wonders for future generations.”

As a Commissioner, Trési is committed to working closely with the municipalities and special districts in Garfield County, as well as, neighboring counties. Professionally, she has come to recognize the value of working cooperatively on issues with far-reaching impact.

Since being elected, Trési has taken interest in creating avenues for cooperation between the oil and gas industry, surface owners and mineral rights owners. In the Spring of 2003, Garfield County hired a full-time Oil and Gas Auditor who has greatly enhanced these opportunities. The Garfield County Energy Advisory Board was created in 2004 and has been actively working on oil & gas concerns within our county. She supports the idea of local governments adopting land-use regulations as they pertain to the oil and gas activity within their boundaries, to the extent allowed by law. Trési would like to see Garfield County follow the lead of other counties and adopt such regulations. This legislative season, Trési worked with State Representative Kathleen Curry on a bill that would have addressed oil and gas surface use agreement concerns raised by landowners; although the bill was not successful, it did raise an important discussion at the State level. Additionally, Trési continues to attend and participated in numerous meetings with the industry, residents, elected officials and groups actively involved in the discussion of energy development in Western Colorado.

Housing needs continue to be a concern in our region. As Chair of the Rural Resort Region, Trési took an active leadership role in facilitating the accomplishment of their 2004 projects which included housing workshops and the compilation of the Benchmark Report which analyses population growth, housing, transportation, workforce, environment, education and child care, both on a county level and throughout the rural resort region. This report can be found online at http://www.nwc.cog.co.us  She is currently serving on the Colorado Blue Ribbon Panel for Housing, which is working on a state-wide solution to our housing dilemma.

As Chair of the I-70 Mountain Corridor Coalition, Trési has worked closely with the 30 member jurisdictions on assessing CDOT’s Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the 20 year I-70 Corridor Transportation Plan CDOT is working on. The Coalition will continue to work closely with CDOT through the planning process.

If you have any questions, issues or concerns, Trési would welcome your call.