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February 16-17, 2005 Meeting Agenda

Good Neighbor Environmental Board Meeting

February 16-17, 2005
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
Jose Aranda, Maverick County Judge (confirmed)
Magdalena P. Herrera, Mayor Pro Tem, Eagle Pass (confirmed –letter to be sent)
Claudio Bres, Mayor, Piedras Negras (invited by fax letter)
Juan Garza, Chair, Kickapoo tribe (verbally invited)

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)
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)
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


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