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DAY 1: Thursday, March 22, 2018
10:00 AM – 4:30 PM TOUR OF SAN JOAQUIN SACRAMENTO BAY DELTA
Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Executive Director, Save the Delta
Curt Schmutte, Engineer, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM WELL RECEPTION
Pedro Nava, Former Assembly Member and current Chair, Little Hoover Commission
UnTapped Fellows
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DAY 2: Friday, March 23, 2018
8:00 AM BREAKFAST
8:30 AM WELCOME
UnTapped Fellows, WELL video presentation
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM MANAGING FLOODS PANEL DISCUSSION
Tapping into Financial Resources and Building Collaborative Relationships to Better Protect Your Community
Tony Estremera, Director, Santa Clara Valley Water District Art Hinojosa, Chief of Integrated Regional Water Management, Department of Water Resources Josephine Axt, Chief of Planning Division, Los Angeles District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Moderator: Corina Lopez, City Councilwoman, City of San Leandro
10:15 AM – 10:35 AM BREAK
10:35 AM – 11:50 PM INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE PANEL DISCUSSION
Managing Stormwater to Increase Supplies
Paul Alva, Assistant Deputy Director, Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Works Andrew Fahlund, Senior Program Officer, The Water Foundation Sam Pedroza, City Councilmember, City of Claremont Moderator: Acquanetta Warren, Mayor, City of Fontana
11:50 PM – 1:05 PM LUNCH AND SPEAKER
Norma Galindo, Board of Directors, Division 5, Imperial Irrigation District Dr. Mindy Romero, Founder and Director, UC Davis California Civic Engagement Project
1:10PM – 2:25PM EARTHQUAKES, FIRES & SUBSIDENCE PANEL DISCUSSION
Preventing Interruptions to Regional Water Infrastructure and Accessing Emergency Funding
Jay Lund, Professor of Civil Engineering, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences Eric Lamoureux, Acting Deputy Director, Response and Recovery, Office of Emergency Services Alvaro Preciado, Mayor, City of Avenal Moderator: Carmen Ramirez, City Councilwoman, City of Oxnard