The 5th Annual Mississippi River Cities & Towns Initiative Capitol Meeting
Agenda
February 28 – March 2, 2017 Washington, DC
Unless otherwise noted, all sessions and events are open to all mayors and other officially invited attendees. Official functions and meeting services are located in the Phoenix Park Hotel unless otherwise stated. Overflow Hotels include the Hyatt Regency Washington, DC, and the Washington Court Hotel
February 28
Dinner with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
6:00pm – 9:00pm, The McDermott Building, Main Conference Room, 500 North Capitol Street, NW
Mayors may gather in the hotel lobby at 5:50pm to walk next door to dinner venue. Registration materials will be available at the dinner.
Mayors will be joined by leadership from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for a sit-down dinner to discuss current challenges facing the Mississippi River as well as possible solutions.
Presiding: GEORGE FLAGGS, Mayor of Vicksburg, MS
CHRIS COLEMAN, Mayor of St. Paul, MN, MRCTI Co-Chair
BELINDA CONSTANT, Mayor of Gretna, LA, MRCTI Co-Chair
Welcome: JAMES KIM
Partner
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Remarks: LESLIE SHOEMAKER
Global Vice President, Water Infrastructure
Tetra Tech
Discussion: MAJOR GENERAL DONALD E. (ED) JACKSON
Deputy Commanding General for Civil Operations U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
COLONEL ANTHONY MITCHELL
Commander, St. Louis District
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
COLONEL MICHAEL DEROSIER
Commander, Vicksburg District
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
EDWARD E. BELK
Chief, Programs Integration Division
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Discussion: ROY E. WRIGHT
Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance and Mitigation
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Update on
2017 Annual Mtg: FRANCIS SLAY, Mayor of St. Louis, MO
March 1
Funding Infrastructure Improvements In Our Cities
8:00am – 10:00am, Main Conference Room, Van Scoyoc Associates, Inc., 101 Constitution Ave NW, #600w
Mayors will meet in the Phoenix Park Lobby at 7:45am and walk 2 block to breakfast venue.
Presiding: JIM STRICKLAND, Mayor of Memphis, TN
Welcome: STEVEN PALMER
Vice President, Van Scoyoc Associates
Greetings: JESSICA GIROUX
General Counsel & Managing Director
Bond Dealers of America
Inroduction: MARK P. SMITH
Depty Director, North American Water
The Nature Conservancy
Inroduction: LINDA LANGSTON
Director of Strategic Relations
National Association of Countries
Presentation: ANTTI M. SUHONEN
Executive Director, Infrastructure Public Finance
Corporate & Investment Bank, J.P. Morgan
Capitol Hill Executive Meetings
10:30am – 12:00pm, LBJ Room (S-211), United States Capitol, Senate Side
Presiding: ROY BUOL, Mayor of Dubuque, IA
Frank Klipsch, Mayor of Davenport, IA
Presentation: KAREN E. WIRTH
EPA Office of Groundwater and Drinking Water
Source Water Protection Collaborative Team Leader
Presentation: ALAN MAYBERRY
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety
Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. DOT
Presentation: HOWARD "MAC" MCMILLAN
Acting Deputy Director
Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. DOT
Presentation: MARK SANBORN
Intergovernmental Affairs
Office of the Secretary, U.S. DOT
Update: MICHAEL MCGINNIS
Mississippi River Program Manager
Mississippi River Network
Update: STACI WILLIAMS
Mississippi River Program
American Rivers
Capitol Hill Lunch
12:30pm – 1:30pm, LBJ Room, United States Capitol, Senate Side
Presiding: Tim Kabat, Mayor of La Crosse, WI
Remarks: FRANCIS SLAY, Mayor of St. Louis, MO
Presentation: THE HONORABLE RON KIND
Member, House Ways & Means Subcommittee on Trade
United States House of Representatives (WI)
White House Meeting on Infrastructure (Mayors and city staff only)
2:30pm – 4:00pm, White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Presiding: CHRIS COLEMAN, Mayor of St. Paul, MN, MRCTI Co-Chair
BELINDA CONSTANT, Mayor of Gretna, LA, MRCTI Co-Chair
Welcome: WILLIAM KIRKLAND, Deputy Director PRESIDENT’S OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Introduction: PRESIDENT'S NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
Disaster Resiliance and National Security
Discussion: D.J. GRIBBIN
Special Assistant to the President for Infrastructure Policy, Executive Office of the President
Break (Return to Hotel)
5:00pm – 6:00pm
Congressional Dinner
6:30pm – 7:00pm, Opening Reception, Top of the Jones Day Building, 300 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Rm 740
Mayors may gather in the hotel lobby at 6:15pm to board buses for the Dinner venue. Join St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman, Gretna Mayor Belinda Constant, and members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives for a reception and dinner with the Mississippi River Caucus.
Presiding: CHRIS COLEMAN, Mayor of St. Paul, MN, MRCTI Co-Chair
BELINDA CONSTANT, Mayor of Gretna, LA, MRCTI Co-Chair
Introduction: BUZ CRAFT
Mayor, City of Vidalia, LA
Remarks: THE HONORABLE RALPH ABRAHAM
Member, Agriculture Committee
United States House of Representatives (LA)
Introduction: TIM KABAT
Mayor, City of La Crosse, WI
Welcome: THE HONORABLE TAMMY BALDWIN
United States Senate (WI)
7:00pm – 8:30pm, Dinner, Top of the Jones Day Building, 300 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Rm 740
This is our opportunity to impress upon new members of Congress and the Administration the importance of the Nation’s Inland Waterway System and the valuable Federal Partnerships that can fulfill America’s infrastructure needs.
Presiding: CHRIS COLEMAN, Mayor of St. Paul, MN MRCTI Co-Chair
BELINDA CONSTANT, Mayor of Gretna, LA MRCTI Co-Chair
Welcome: ANTONIO F. DIAS
Senior Counsel, Municipal Practice
Jones Day
Introduction: HARRY REDIGER
Mayor of Cape Girardeau, MO
Remarks: THE HONORABLE JASON SMITH
Co-Chair, Mississippi River Caucus
United States House of Representatives (MO)
Introduction: LIONEL JOHNSON, JR.
Mayor of St. Gabriel, LA
Keynote: THE HONORABLE GARRET GRAVES
Chairman, Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources & Env.
United States House of Representatives (LA)
March 2
MRCTI Leadership Breakfast
7:30am - 8:30am, Phoenix Park Hotel
Presiding: CHRIS COLEMAN, Mayor of St. Paul, MN, MRCTI Co-Chair
BELINDA CONSTANT, Mayor of Gretna, LA, MRCTI Co-Chair
Discussion: DON CLINE
Associate Director of Water.
U.S. Geological Survey
Discussion: ALEXANDRA CAMPBELL-FERRARI
Executive Director
The Center for Water Security and Cooperation
Mayors Press Conference
9:00am – 9:30am, National Association of Realtors Building, 12th floor, 500 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Mayors will host a press conference to introduce their plan for restoring the built and natural infrastructure of the Mississippi River Corridor.
Presiding: CHRIS COLEMAN, Mayor of St. Paul, MN, MRCTI Co-Chair
BELINDA CONSTANT, Mayor of Gretna, LA, MRCTI Co-Chair
Presenting: Frank Klipsch, Mayor, City of Davenport, IA
Presenting: Paxton Branch, Mayor, City of Tallulah, LA
Presenting: Ted Sykes, Chief Executive Officer, American Queen Steamboat Company
Presenting: David Simmons, Senior Counsel, Viking River Cruises
Presenting: Jeremy Travis, Operations Manager, Tetra Tech
Presenting: Dru Buntin, Executive Director, Upper Mississippi River Basin Association