Senate Committee on Local Government

Senator Dave Cox, Chair

Faster, Cheaper, Better?
A Legislative Oversight Hearing on
How Counties Use Design-Build Contracting

9:30 to 11:00 a.m.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
State Capitol, Room 112

9:30 to 9:35 a.m.

Introduction.

• Senator Dave Cox, Chair
  Senate Local Government Committee

9:35 to 9:50 a.m.
Legislative Analyst’s Briefing.

• Mark Whitaker, Fiscal and Policy Analyst
  Legislative Analyst’s Office

9:50 to 10:10 a.m.
County Governments’ Reactions and Advice.

• Hardy Acree, Airports Director
  County of Sacramento
   
• Massood Eftekhari, Deputy Public Works Director
  County of Los Angeles
   
• Kanon R. Artiche AIA, County Architect
  County of Solano
   
• Lou Cavagnaro, Assistant General Services Director
  County of San Diego

10:10 to 10:30 a.m.
Contractors’ Reactions and Advice.

• Seth Boles, Operations Manager
  Hensel Phelps Construction Company
   
• Robert J. Close, Vice President
  Parsons Brinckerhoff
   
• Barbara Wagner, Senior Vice President
  Clark Construction Group
   
• Kevin Dayton, State Government Affairs Director
  Associated Builders and Contractors of California

10:30 to 10:50 a.m.
Labor Organizations’ Reactions and Advice.

• Danny Curtin, Director
  California Conference of Carpenters
   
• Cesar Diaz, Deputy Legislative Director
  State Building & Construction Trades Council of Calif.
   
• Willie L. Pelote, Sr., Policy & Legislative Director
  American Federation of State, County and Municipal
  Employees (AFSME), AFL-CIO
   
• Ted Toppin, Director
  Professional Engineers in California Government
   
• Murtaza H. Baxamusa, Director of Research & Policy
  Center on Policy Initiatives

10:50 to 11:00 a.m.
Advice and Comment.

• Time for public comments.

11:00 a.m.
Adjourn.

Revised: January 19, 2010 (2 pm)