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Agenda for the February 16-17, 2005 Meeting
Good Neighbor Environmental Board Meeting
February 16-17, 2005
Middle Rio Grande Workforce Center
1200 Ferry St.
Eagle Pass, Texas
Middle Rio Grande Workforce Center
1200 Ferry St.
Eagle Pass, Texas
AGENDA
DAY 1- February 16th
Meeting Themes: community success stories and colonias
| 8:00 a.m. | Registration | |
| 8:30 a.m. | Pledge of Allegiance and Welcome Remarks | |
| Pledge of Allegiance - Rosita Valley Literacy Academy, Loma Linda Colonia
Welcome Remarks |
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8:50 a.m. |
Self Introductions | Board members, Attendees |
| 9:00 a.m | Speaker Presentations on Meeting Themes Begin: Community Success Stories | |
9:00 p.m. |
Roberto Gonzalez, Eagle Pass Water Utility (confirmed) | |
9:45 p.m. |
Hector Chavez, Eagle Pass Public Works Director (confirmed) | |
| 10:30 a.m. | Break | |
| 10:45 a.m. |
Kickapoo Tribe representative (confirmed) | |
| 11:30 a.m. | Public Comment Session | |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch – Speaker, Buddy Garcia (invited) | |
| 1:15 p.m. | Announcements | Paul Ganster, Chair |
| 1:30 p.m. | Speaker Presentations on Meeting Themes Continue | |
1:30 p.m. |
Ing. Luis Eustaquio Gurrola, General Manager, Sistema Municipal de Aguas y Saneamiento (SIMAS), Piedras Negras - (confirmed) | |
2:15 p.m. |
Alven Lam, HUD, and Jean Parcher, Acting Chief, Texas Mapping Partnership Office, US Geological Survey (confirmed) | |
| 3:00 p.m | Depart for Loma Linda Colonia, La Central Community Center | |
3:30 p.m. |
Nora Flores, Organizer, Border Organization (confirmed) Nina Polengo, Las Quintas colonia (confirmed) Esperanza Guajardo, Las Quintas colonia (confirmed) |
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4:15 p.m. |
Domingo Davalos, Texas Secretary of State under the Colonias Initiative (confirmed) | |
4:30 p.m. |
Sabino Garza, Director, La Central Community Center | |
| 5:00 p.m. | Depart for brief tour of Kickapoo Reservation | |
| 5:30 p.m. | Day One Ends | |
Good Neighbor Environmental Board Meeting
February 16-17, 2005
DAY 2 - February 17th - Business Meeting, Including
2005 Strategic Planning Session
(* Note: a portion of the Strategic Planning Session, conducted via a 2-hour teleconference call, will precede the meeting)
(* Note: a portion of the Strategic Planning Session, conducted via a 2-hour teleconference call, will precede the meeting)
| 7:30 a.m. | Registration |
| 8:00 a.m. | Pledge of Allegiance – Boy Scout Troop # |
| 8:05 a.m. | Overview of Meeting Objectives |
8:10 a.m. |
Approval of Douglas Meeting Minutes |
| 8:15 a.m. | Update from Consejo representative Andres Ochoa |
| 8:45 a.m. | 2005 Strategic Planning Session begins |
| 9:15 a.m. |
Break |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Strategic Planning Session continues |
| 12:00 p.m. | Working Lunch |
1:00 p.m. |
Board Member Report-Outs |
2:00 p.m. |
Meeting Ends |
Elaine Koerner
Designated Federal Officer
Good Neighbor Environmental Board
Phone: (202) 564-2586
E-mail: koerner.elaine@epa.gov