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Agenda

Thursday, March 18 — Ahwahnee Hotel

Solarium
6:00-7:00pm Conference Registration

Tudor Lounge
7:30-9:30pm Pre-Conference Session:

• Karen Scarborough, Undersecretary, California Resources Agency

Friday, March 19 — Ahwahnee Hotel

Solarium
6:00-7:00pm Conference Registration

Tudor Lounge
7:00pm Conference Welcome

• Conference Host: Councilmember Jake Mackenzie, City of Rohnert Park; Chair, Local Government Commission

7:15pm Participant Show and Tell

8:15pm Presentation of Draft Ahwahnee Principles for Sustainable Water Resources (Draft of Principles Available)

• Martha Davis, Executive Manager for Policy Development, Inland Empire Utilities Agency

8:30pm Keynote Presentation

• Jonas Minton, Planning and Conservation League

9:30pm Adjourn for the evening

Saturday, March 20 — Yosemite Lodge

Cliff/Falls Room
8:00am Continental Breakfast

8:45am Participant Show and Tell

9:30am Matching Water Supplies and California’s Growth

• Jeff Loux, Director of Land Use and Natural Resources, U.C. Davis Extension (Presentation Available)

9:50am Overview: Where Some Communities Are Finding the Water

• Ellen Hanak, Senior Researcher, Public Policy Institute of California (Presentation Available)

10:10am BREAK

10:25am Where Some Communities Are Finding the Water

• Moderator: Councilmember Susan Lien Longville, City of San Bernardino
• John Moss, Utilities Director, City of San Luis Obispo
• Councilmember Sam Salmon, Town of Windsor (Presentation Available)
• Dennis Bilodeau, President, Orange County Water District (Presentation Available)
• Mayor Pro Tem Ramona Finnila, City of Carlsbad (Presentation Available)

12:15-4:30pm Boxed Lunch and Hiking Break

4:30pm Rural Communities and Water

• Councilmember Greg Kirkpatrick, City of Visalia (Presentation Available)

5:15pm Reception — No Host Bar

6:00pm Dinner

7:00pm Examples of Livable, Water-Efficient Development

• Ken Kay, Principal, Ken Kay & Associates (Presentation Available)

7:30pm How Do We Get There From Here?

• Moderator: Martha Davis, Executive Manager for Policy Development, Inland Empire Utilities Agency
• Paul Medeiros, Vice President of Offsite Construction, KB Homes North Bay, Inc.
• Randall Lewis, Executive Vice President, Director of Marketing, Lewis Operating Corporation
• Councilmember Elizabeth Patterson, City of Benicia
• Thomas DiGiovanni, President, New Urban Builders

9:20pm Adjourn for the evening

Sunday, March 21 — Ahwahnee Hotel

Tudor Lounge
8:15am Continental Breakfast

9:15am Landscapes That Reduce Water Use

• Adan Ortega, Vice President of External Affairs, Metropolitan Water District

9:45am Finding the Money!

• Moderator: Judy Abdo, Boardmember, Metropolitan Water District
• Dennis O’Connor, Consultant, Senate Committee on Agriculture and Water Resources
• Al Wanger, Deputy Director of the Energy, Ocean Resources & Water Quality Division, California Coastal Commission (Presentation Available) (Handout: Integrating Land and Water – HTML or PDF)

10:20am Wrap - Up Presentation

• Bob Wilkinson, Professor, U.C. Santa Barbara

11:15am What's Next?

• Councilmember Jake Mackenzie, City of Rohnert Park; Chair, Local Government Commission

11:30am Adjourn