MINUTES

 

SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE WATER FUNDING

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

10:00 a.m.

Woodlands, Texas

 

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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on State Water Funding was held on Wednesday, July 9, 2008, at the Lone Star College System Training and Development Center, Room 102, located at 5000 Research Forest Drive,  The Woodlands, Texas, 77381.

 

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MEMBERS PRESENT:		MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Kip Averitt Senator Robert Duncan Representative Mike Hamilton Representative Dan Gattis		Senator Kevin Eltife Senator Juan Hinojosa Representative Brandon Creighton Representative Will Hartnett

 

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The chair called the meeting to order at 10:13 a.m.  There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted: 

 

The following testified before the Committee:

 

-Kevin Ward, Executive Administrator, Texas Water Development Board

 

-Mark Vickery, Executive Director, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

 

Panel:

-Jeff Taylor, Deputy Director, Houston Water Utilities and Chair, Region H Regional Water Planning Group

-SuEllen Staggs, Utilities Director, City of Sugarland

-Michael Page, General Counsel, Woodlands Municipal Utility Districts and the San Jacinto River Authority

-Steve Bresnen, Attorney, North Harris County Regional Water Authority

 

 

 

 

Panel:

-Joe Beal, Senior Consultant, PBS&J

-John Ma, Managing Director, Public Sector and Infrastructure Investment Banking, Goldman Sachs

-Charles Jones, President and C.E.O., Inland Public Properties Development Inc.

-Susan Butler, Water Resources Manager, CH2M Hill

-Michael Deane, Associate Assistant Administrator, Office of Water,  Environmental Protection Agency

 

Public Testimony:

-Lori Levy, Attorney, Texas Association of Realtors

 

There being no further business, Senator Averitt moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered. 

 

 

 

 

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Senator Kip Averitt, Co-Chair

 

 

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Representative Mike Hamilton, Co-Chair

 

 

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Teddy Carter, Clerk