The Environmental Finance Center @ The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (efc@unc)

Water and Wastewater
Infrastructure Funding
Strategies
January 22-23, 2008
The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education Chapel Hill, NC

Presentations from this training are now available. Please see below.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008
8:00	Registration
8:30	Welcome/Introduction/Objectives (pdf) Jeff Hughes, Director, School of Government Environmental Finance Center
8:45	Capital Funding Legislative and Program Update (pdf) Jeff Hughes
9:15	Financial Management Plans and Strategies (ppt) Doug Bean, Director, Charlotte Mecklenburg Utilities
10:30	Break
10:45	Rates and Fees - Overview of Current Practices and Key Issues Related to Generating Funds for Capital Projects (pdf) Jeff Hughes
12:15	Lunch
1:00	Pay Go and Capital Reserve Funds (pdf) Jeff Hughes
1:30	Overview of Debt Financing Options and Processes Issuing Debt in NC (pdf) Tim Romocki, Local Government Commission Utility Financing Alternatives (pdf) Rebecca Joyner, Parker Poe, Bernstein and Adams LLP
3:00	Break
3:15	Project Funding Show Case - Examination of diverse strategy options used throughout to fund capital projects. Creating and Funding a New Regional Sewer Authority (pdf) Lloyd Payne, Town of Edkin and Yadkin Valley Sewer Authority Overview of OWASA's Water Reclamation System (ppt) Pat Davis, OWASA
4:45	Adjourn
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
8:15	Tracking and Communicating Financial Performance TBD
9:00	Assessing Eligibility for Public Funding Programs Andrew Westbrook, Environmental Finance Center
9:45	Break
10:00	Public Funding Assistance Panel Julie Haigler, Rural Center Water and Sewer Programs (pdf) Sid Harrell, NC DENR Wastewater Funding Programs (pdf)
12:15	Adjourn

Questions?

Call Jeff Hughes at 919.843.4956 or Beverly Howarth at 919.966.4171.