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<br />8A <br />Page 1 0 <br /> <br />forms and previous project funding awardees, please visit www.dot.ca.qQY and search for "Safe <br />Routes to School Program." <br /> <br />Call for Education Session Ideas: 2008 Mayors & Council Members Academy, <br />Executive Forum <br /> <br />Do you have a great idea for a session or speaker for the 2008 Mayors & Council Members <br />Academy Executive Forum in Squaw Valley next year? If so, we want to know about it! <br /> <br />The league's 2008 Mayors and Council Members Executive Forum Planning Committee will be <br />considering session ideas for any topic area. To submit your ideas, a fully-completed proposal <br />form packet is due on or before noon on Monday, Oct. 15. <br /> <br />This packet is available at WWWS9.fill.~s.orq/e\@l].lli.. Any individual, group, business or <br />organization may submit a proposal suggestion. <br /> <br />Who are the thought leaders that understand municipal government and the issues our cities face <br />on a daily basis? What are the vital issues our membership must learn to succeed beyond 2008? <br />This is an exciting opportunity to share your ideas, knowledge and expertise with local <br />government staff, elected officials and decision makers. <br /> <br />The 2008 Mayors & Council Members Academy Executive Forum will be held at the Squaw <br />Creek Resort in Squaw Valley on June 4-6, 2008. <br /> <br />Water Policies Conference Scheduled for October <br /> <br />The Western Governors' Association is hosting "Water Policies and Planning in the West: <br />Ensuring a Sustainable Future" on Oct 10-12 in Salt lake City, Utah. City officials involved in the <br />planning and management of western water policies are encouraged to attend. <br /> <br />The purpose of the conference is to develop policy options and identify case studies relating to: <br /> <br />· Water planning to deal with challenges resulting from growth <br />· Effective watershed approaches to water planning <br />. Responding to climate change and drought impacts <br /> <br />Invited keynote speakers include Gov. Jon Huntsman (Utah), Gov. Janet Napolitano (Ariz.), Sen. <br />Jeff Bingaman (N.M.), Sen. Pete Domenici (N.M.), U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Dirk <br />Kempthorne, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson. <br /> <br />Registration for the conference is $250 for government or nongovernmental attendees. Further <br />information, including how to register, is available online at w~wl.we$tqov.QI}J. <br /> <br />Find a Bill, Legislators, Leg Committee, or Ask League Leg Staff <br /> <br />Visit (and bookmark!) the league's h~qislC!tjvQ.B_~.~our!2.(;,)~ Web page <br />CWWV1Cf~~~j~s.org/IE'&.L~~ource.?). You'lf find a roster and contact information for the League's <br />legislative staff; the online Bill Search program, background materials on lobbying your <br />legislators, and more. <br /> <br />10 <br />