CIWMB  

California Integrated Waste Management Board

Recycling Market Development Zone
"Zone Works"

June 21-22, 2007
Wine & Roses Hotel

 
 
 

Tentative Agenda

 
 
Successfully Site Recycling-Based Businesses in Your Zone!

Thursday, June 21, 2007

8:30 - 11:00 am  
California Association of Recycling Market Development Zones Quarterly Meeting
Zone Administrators only
    Deodar Room
11:00 - 11:30 am   Workshop Registration
11:30 - 12:15 pm  
LUNCH n’ LEARN!     Garden Ballroom

Welcoming Remarks
Pamela Kelley, CIWMB RMDZ Program
Frank Ferral, Zone Administrator, San Joaquin County RMDZ
Carragh Taylor-Hunt, CSUS Conference Planner

Luncheon Speakers
Dave Konwinski, CEO, Onsite Power Systems
UC Davis Biogas Energy Project

12:15 - 1:15 pm  

BUSINESS SITING 101
Learn all about the typical stages in the business siting process!
John Smith, Branch Manager, CIWMB RMDZ Program
Laurie Braunesreither, Senior Environmental Health Specialist,
Contra Costa County Environmental Health Department
Greg Gibson, Senior Project Manager, CalBIS

1:15 - 3:30 pm  

BUSINESS SITING 201A
Construction and Demolition debris and organics are a major portion of what we now discard and are among the hardest recycling facilities to site. What can we learn to accommodate such facilities?

Construction & Demolition
Rodd Palon, Owner, Two Rivers Demolition (Placer Co. RMDZ)
Spencer Short, Councilmember, City of Lincoln
Bobbi Park, CEO, Lincoln Area Chamber of Commerce

Organics/Green Waste
Mary Matava, Owner, Agri- Services, Inc.(No. San Diego County RMDZ)
Gary Gurley, General Services Manager, City of Oceanside-Public Works
Mike Wonsidler, Zone Administrator, North San Diego County RMDZ

3:30 - 3:45 pm   Break
3:45 - 5:00 pm   Zone Administrators Peer Share
5:00 - 7:00 pm  
Networking Reception     Pavillion
     

Friday, June 22, 2007

8:00 – 8:30 am  
Breakfast     Garden Ballroom
8:30 - 10:30 am  

BUSINESS SITING 201B
Many RMDZ businesses use waste tires and post-consumer plastic in their processes that would otherwise go to California landfills – meet some of them and learn about their siting experiences.

Waste Tires
Cameron Wright, Owner, West Coast Rubber (Central Coast RMDZ)
Mandy Rose, Director, Integrated Waste Management, San Benito County
Jeff Pyle, Economic Development Manager, City of Hollister

Plastics
Craig Boblitt, President, Epic Plastics (San Joaquin County RMDZ)
Mike Locke, President & CEO, San Joaquin Partnership
Frank Ferral, Zone Administrator, San Joaquin County RMDZ

10:30 – 11:00 am  

Break/Hotel Check-out

11:00 - 12:00 pm  

BUSINESS CHALLENGE! (Group Exercise)
(Continuation of March '07 ZW "Business Request" exercise)
Lisa Barry, CIWMB RMDZ Program

12:00 - 1:45 pm  

LUNCH n’ LEARN!

Luncheon Speakers
Mike Paparian, Executive Director, California Pollution Control Financing Authority
Carolyn Usinger, California Academy for Economic Development
John Smith, CIWMB - Board Updates
Keir Furey, CIWMB - Legislation Updates
Carragh Taylor-Hunt, - October 2007 Training Workshop
Pamela Kelley and Frank Ferral, - Closing Remarks