Meetings Next Week — CUC Briefing; Mtg with Banks; Hearing on Mixed Martial Arts bill; OGA hearing

Posted on 29-05-2009

Filed Under (Public Notice) by admin

This is to announce the following meetings next week:

1) Follow-up Briefing with CUC on Stipulated Order for Water & Wastewater — on Monday, June 1, 2009 @ 10am in the Senate Chamber with Mr. Tony Muna, Executive Director for CUC, and Mr. Bruce Megarr, CUC Deputy Director. This presentation will be a follow-up to the one that was delivered to the Legislature on February 17, 2009. Since then the Stipulated Orders have been formally entered by the federal court and the clock has begun ticking for CUC to come into compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Clean Water Act, with deadlines for certain deliverables. The next deadline is June 11, 2009. The memo issued today is attached in this email.

2) House Committee on Judiciary & Governmental Operations meeting with representatives from various banks — on Monday, June 1, 2009 @ 9am in the House Chamber to review proposed new rules to be added to the Commonwealth Rules of Civil Procedure, with respect to mortgage foreclosure proceedings. The Judicial Branch Communication (16-16) is attached in this email.

3) JGO Public Hearing on House Local Bill 16-26, to regulate mixed martial arts on Saipan – Wednesday, June 3 @ 9am in the House Chamber. Witnesses have been requested to appear before the committee, including representatives from Trench Tech, Gorilla Warfare, the Dept of Public Health, the Dept of Public Safety, the Saipan Mayor's Office, and the Dept of Community and Cultural Affairs. The committee is also accepting written or oral testimonies from the public.

4) Court hearing on June 4, 2009 on the Open Government Act petition for mandamus re funding sources and expenditures for the Governor's 903 lawsuit – Thursday, June 4, @ 1:30pm before Judge Wiseman in Courtroom 223A. Judge Wiseman's order of May 15th is attached in this email, as is the government's response of May 28, 2009.