TENTATIVE AGENDA

for the

ECONOMIC AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE

July 16-17, 2001

Rio Rancho City Council Chambers

3900 Southern Boulevard

Rio Rancho

Monday, July 16

10:00 a.m. CALL TO ORDER

--Senator Roman M. Maes III

MINUTES

10:15 a.m. WELCOME TO RIO RANCHO

--Mayor John Jennings

10:30 a.m. CONNECTING NEW MEXICO

--Pat Vanderpool, Senator Pete Domenici's Office

--Ed Spivak, NM Communications Institute

--Lisa Cochran, Tri-Area Association for Economic Development

12:00 noon LUNCH

1:30 p.m. CLUSTER-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
--Mike Skaggs, President, Next Generation Economy

--Lillian Montoya-Rael, Executive Director, Regional Development Corporation

--Catherine Zacher, President, Santa Fe Economic Development, Inc.

--Jill Halverson, Economic Development Representative, Senator Jeff Bingaman's Office

--Pat Vanderpool, Economic Development Specialist, Senator Pete Domenici's Office

2:30 p.m. IN-PLANT TRAINING FUND

--Carol Radosevich, Public Service Company of New Mexico

--Ed Carp, Alamogordo Economic Development Corporation

3:00 p.m. INFRASTRUCTURE

--Jack Harrington, Eclipse Aviation

--Linda Kay Jones, Silver City Economic Development Corporation

3:30 p.m. TECHNOLOGY START-UP TAX CREDIT

--John Elling, Cytoprint

--Sayuri Ymada, YSA

4:00 p.m. SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL NEW MEXICO

  --David Franklin, Strategic Analytics

--Bill Fernandez, Bill Fernandez Design

5:00 p.m. RECESS

Tuesday, July 17

9:00 a.m. DEVELOPMENT OF WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE TAX AND REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT

--Joe Gallian

--John Cmelak, Verizon Communications

--Kimberley Hunter, Verizon Communications

--Steve Metts

12:00 noon LUNCH

1:30 p.m. CONNECTING NEW MEXICO

--Judy Beckes, Connect New Mexico

2:30 p.m. START GRANT

--George Friberg, Albuquerque TVI