February 23, 2006
Exploris Museum
Raleigh, North Carolina
- 9:00 Welcome
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Tom Lambeth, Chairman, N.C. Rural Center Board of Directors
- 9:05 Introductions
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Billy Ray Hall, President, N.C. Rural Center
- 9:15 Major Findings and Recommendations
- Jean Crews-Klein, Vice President, N.C. Rural Center
- 10:00 Response Panel
- Senator John Kerr, Co-Chair Senate Finance Committee
Representative Bill Owens, Chairman, House Appropriations Committee
Representative Pryor Gibson, Chairman, House Finance Committee
Ellis Hankins, Executive Director, N.C. League of Municipalities
Paul Meyer, Senior Council, N.C. Association of County Commissioners
- 10:45 Break
- 11:00 The Value of Water: Observations for North Carolina Water Management
- Stuart Somach, Somach, Simmons and Dunn, Attorneys at Law, Sacramento, CA
- 12:00 Lunch and Visit to Water Exhibit
- 1:00 Afternoon Session I
- Recommendations on Financing and Managing Public Water
- Jeff Hughes, Director, Environment Finance Center, UNC School of Government
- The Value of Operations and Maintenance Improvements
- Steve Cavanaugh, Manager, Water 2030 Operations and Maintenance Task Force
- 2:30 Break
- 2:45 Afternoon Session II
- Case Studies in Regional Water Resource Management
- Becky Heron, Moderator
Durham County Commissioner
Triangle J Council of Government Board Member
- Protecting Sustainable Groundwater Supplies in the Southern Coastal Plain
- Jim Perry, Executive Director, Lumber River Council of Government
John Morris, Director, Division of Water Resources, N.C. Department of Environment & Natural Resources
- Council of Government Roles in Water Resource Management
- Joe McKinney, Executive Director, Land-of-Sky Regional Council of Governments
- Protecting Water Quality in the Jordan Lake Watershed
- Randy Billings, Executive Director, Piedmont Triad Council of Governments
- Remarks: The Value of Regional Councils
- Representative Lucy Allen
- 3:45 Concluding Observations on Water Management
- Stuart Somach
- 4:15 Wrap Up
- Billy Ray Hall
This event is sponsored in partnership with:
North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission
Employment Security Commission of North Carolina
North Carolina Commission on Workforce Development
North Carolina Community College System
North Carolina Department of Commerce
Michael and Laura Brader-Araje Foundation
North Carolina Community Foundation
