AGENDA

Joint Minerals, Business and Economic Development Committee

September 26 and 27, 2007

Teton County Commission Chamber

200 South Willow Street

Jackson, Wyoming

 

 

This agenda sets forth the general order in which the Committee will consider each topic.  The times stated are tentative – if a topic is concluded early, the Committee will proceed to the next topic.  The names stated are tentative – if the named person is unable to make the presentation, another person may be substituted.

 

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

9:00 a.m.         Call to Order/Roll Call/Opening remarks

                        Approval of June Minutes

 

9:05 a.m.         1.         University of Wyoming

                        A.        School of Energy Resources

Update and Report #537 – President Buchanan and Director Mark Northam

 

B.         Clean Coal Task Force

Update and Report #567 – Rob Hurless, Energy and Telecommunications Advisor to the Governor's Office and University of Wyoming Representative

 

C.        Institute for Energy Research and Enhanced Oil Recovery

Update – Jim Steidtmann, Executive Director

 

D.        Wyoming Conservation Corps

Report #560 - Nicholas Agopian, University of Wyoming

 

11:25 a.m.       Carbon Sequestration – Report from Judiciary Committee meeting

                        Senator Bebout and Representative Lockhart

 

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.           Lunch Break

 

1:00 p.m.         2.         Wyoming Pipeline Authority

Proposed water pipeline - Mark Doelger, Chairman, Wyoming Pipeline Authority

LSO Staff

 

Price Compression and Pipeline Capacity Update - Brian Jefferies, Executive Director of the Wyoming Pipeline Authority

                       

2:00 p.m.         3.         Wyoming Energy Assets - Background

A Robust Coal Future in A Carbon Constrained World

Jim Sims, President and CEO of the Western Business Roundtable and Founder of NextGen

 

2:30 p.m.         4.         Regional Energy Assets - Background

                        Future Electric Power Demand, Generation and Transmission

Rich Walje, President of Rocky Mountain Power

3:00 p.m.         5.         Wyoming Business Council

Programs - Progress, Effectiveness and Updates

Workforce Housing Rules Status Discussion

Bob Jensen, Chief Executive Officer

 

Report #413 – Wyoming Main Street Annual Report

Mary Randolph – Executive Director

 

4:00 p.m.         Public Comment

 

5:00 p.m.         RECESS FOR THE DAY

 

 

Thursday, September 27, 2007

8:30 a.m.         Call to Order/Roll Call/Opening remarks

 

8:35 a.m.         6.         CBM Task Force Report and Recommendations

Report #550 – CBM Task Force Report

Representative Pat Childers

Pat Tyrrell, State Engineer

John Corra, Director of the Department of Environmental Quality

 

9:45 a.m.         7.         Office of State Lands and Investments

Lynne Boomgaarden, Director

                        Proposed Legislation – 08LSO-0065.W3 – Revolving loan fund accounts.

 

10:15 a.m.       8.         Wyoming Residential Mortgages Practices Act

Jeff Vogel, Banking Commissioner

                        Proposed Legislation – 08LSO-0049.W5 – Residential Mortgages Practices Act.

 

10:45 a.m.       9.         Wyoming Real Estate Commission –

Donna Rice, Executive Director of the Wyoming Real Estate Commission

                        Laurie Urbigkit, Wyoming Association of Realtors

                        Proposed Legislation – 08LSO-0048.W6 – Designated real estate agents.

 

11:15 a.m.       10.       Wyoming Aeronautics Commission

                        Updates and Report #351 on Funds expended under W.S. 10-3-602(c)

Update on Enhanced Air Services and Air Transportation

Shelly Reams, Aeronautics Administrator

 

11:45 a.m.       General Committee discussion – Next steps

Public Comment

 

12:00 p.m.       ADJOURN - Upon Completion of Committee Business


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