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Governor William P. Clements, Jr. - Official State Papers, 2nd Term Box English
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Economic Development Background Material

3/1: Employment--Nonfarm, August 1989-October 1990
Texas Employment Commission Newsletter, Texas Labor Market Review; Texas Employment Commission report Covered Employment and Wages by Industry and County, first, second, and third quarter; and Civilian Labor Force Estimates in Texas Metropolitan Areas

3/2: Employment Numbers, 1985-1990
Memos, notes, various statistical reports on numbers of individuals employed; Texas Employment Commission reports on Covered Employment and Wages by Industry and County during second quarter 1988, fourth quarter 1989 and first quarter 1990; and two newsletters of the Texas Employment Commission

3/3: Income, 1970-1992
Various brief statistical reports and projections and notes covering the years

3/4: Population, 1990
Memo, notes, clipping, and U. S. Census Bureau report of the population of each county and city and town in Texas

3/5: Small Business Facts, 1976-1989
Dun and Bradstreet statistics on business failures for each month during 1988 and 1989 and U. S. Small Business Administration statistical report Small Business Fact Sheets for Region VI that includes Texas covering the years 1976-1986

3/6: Retail Sales, 1970-1989
Letters, notes, and various statistics for the period

3/7: Unemployment Insurance, November 1987-November 1990
Weekly reports of unemployment insurance activity from the Texas Employment Commission. Each report gives statistics for current week, previous week, and previous year of current week as well as percentage of change from previous year.

3/8: JP Morgan Publications, 1990
Three reports titled Municipal Market Monitor dated August 24, October 19, and November 2 and one copy of Credit Outlook: Higher Oil Prices and Recession dated August 24

3/9: Oil/Gasoline Data Sheet, October 9, 1990
Report titled Weekly Petroleum Status Report produced by the Energy Information Administration

3/10: Economic Indicators, U.S. and Texas, April-May 1989
By the Texas Water Development Board

3/11: Economic Indicators, U.S. and Texas, June-August 1989
By the Texas Water Development Board

3/12: Economic Indicators, U.S. and Texas, September-October 1989
By the Texas Water Development Board

3/13: Economic Indicators, U.S. and Texas, November-December 1989
By the Texas Water Development Board

3/14: Economic Indicators, U.S. and Texas, January-February 1990
By the Texas Water Development Board

3/15: Economic Indicators, U.S. and Texas, March-April 1990
By the Texas Water Development Board

3/16: Economic Indicators, U.S. and Texas, May-June 1990
By the Texas Water Development Board

3/17: Economic Indicators, U.S. and Texas, July-August 1990
By the Texas Water Development Board

3/18: Economic Indicators, U.S. and Texas, September-October 1990
By the Texas Water Development Board

3/19: Economic Indicators, U.S. and Texas, November 1990
By the Texas Water Development Board

3/20: Bergstrom Closing
Letters, press releases, and clippings about closing the Air Force base in Austin

3/21: Border Business Indicators, December 1987-January 1988
Three issues of a weekly statistical sheet produced by Laredo State University

3/22: Canada-U.S. Trade Agreement, 1988-1990
Letters, memos, clippings, newsletter of the National Governors' Association, request for advice on subsidies issues in the agreement, and position paper opposing the agreement by the American Plywood Association

3/23: Comparisons with Other States, 1987-1990
Letters, memos, and variety of reports about the Texas economy in comparison with that of other states including a report titled Competitiveness Index 1990 by the Council on Competitiveness, a report titled Moving Arkansas forward into the 21st Century, and newsletters about the economy in Nebraska and Japan

3/24: Defense Projects, 1989-1990
Letters, memos, notes, and resolution, newsletter of the National Governors' Association dealing with closing or reducing military bases and facilities and the eliminating funding for the V-22 Osprey aircraft and Summer 1990 issue of The Privatization Review containing articles on privatizing wastewater treatment plants and private sector development of military facilities

3/25: Defense Projects, 1990
Clippings about closing or reducing military bases and facilities including Bergstrom Air Force Base, Fort Hood, Kelley Air Force Base, and Fort Sam Houston and reducing or cutting funding for the B-2 bomber and the V-22 Osprey aircraft

3/26: Development Report Card, 1989-1990
Letters, memos, notes, clippings, newsletter, and press release

3/27: Development Report Card
Letters and report titled Program Definitions for Policy Measures being considered for the 1989 Development Report Card prepared by the Corporation for Enterprise Development

3/28: Development Report Card
Report titled Program Definitions for Policy Measures under consideration for The 1990 Development Report Card for the States prepared by the Corporation for Enterprise Development

3/29: Economic Indicators, 1989-1990
Memo, brief updates on the Texas economy and scattered issues of Fiscal Notes published by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Texas Business Review published by the University of Texas at Austin, Texas Key Economic Indicators published by the Texas Department of Commerce, and The Service Economy published by the Coalition of Service Industries, and single issues of The Texas Economy published by the Texas Department of Commerce, Texas Research League Bulletin of Texas State Finance, Texas Business today published by the Texas Employment Commission, and Dun & Bradstreet Comments on the Economy

3/30: Economic Indicators, 1989 & 1990
Reports titled Regional Economic Digest published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 1990 and Texas 1989 Annual Cash Report: Summary of Financial Information published by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, 1989

3/31: Economic Outlook of Texas, 1988-1990
Letters, memos, notes, brief reports titled Texas Economic Update, report titled Texas Economic Rebound by Bernard L. Weinstein and Harold T. Gross and reports from the Comptroller's Office titled Outlook for the Texas Economy and Texas Economic Outlook

3/32: Economic Outlook of Texas, 1988-1990
Scattered issues of the following newsletters: Fiscal Notes published by the Comptroller of Public Accounts, Texas Business Review published by the University of Texas at Austin, and the Texas Economy published by the Texas Department of Commerce

3/33: Economic Outlook of Texas, 1988-1990
Single issues of miscellaneous newsletters and reports about the Texas economy

3/34: Eximbank Program in Texas, 1989
Letters, memos, notes, invitation, clippings, brochures, news releases, and copies of remarks by Governor Clements and John Macomber, president and Chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States announcing the new program in Texas

3/35: Export Assistance Centers, 1988-1990
Letters, memos, agendas, progress report, press release, copy of Governor Clements' remarks at opening of center in San Antonio, Dun & Bradstreet newsletter Comments on the Economy, and copy of Business America, the magazine of international trade

3/36: Fairchild Aircraft, 1988
Letters, memos, notes, and clippings regarding the company's being chosen to provide turboprop aircraft for the Air National Guard

3/37: Foreign Offset Credit, 1989-1990
Maryland Proposal (Exports), Letter, memo, and copy of a proposed executive order to create a foreign trade procurement offset program in Maryland

3/38: Fun & Fashion Mall Proposed in San Antonio
Letters, memos, notes, clippings, and maps regarding a facility in San Antonio but also includes information on Fiesta Texas in San Antonio, Opryland USA in Nashville, Tennessee, an amusement facility in Orange County near Vidor, the West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and the Alliance International Center and Airport near Fort Worth

3/39: INC. Council of Growing Companies, 1989-1990
Correspondence and memos regarding establishing a chapter of the organization in Texas

3/40: International Trade, 1987
Correspondence and memos

3/41: International Trade, 1988
Correspondence and memos

3/42: International Trade, 1989-1990
Correspondence, memos, and clippings

3/43: International Trade, 1990
Four issues of Business America, the magazine of international trade

3/44: International Trade, 1987
Miscellaneous newsletters and reports on Japan

3/45: International Trade, 1990
Report titled A Proposal to Get America Back on Its Feet: The Transition to a Demand Economy

3/46: International Trade, 1987
Reports titled, Annual Report of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and Promoting International Business Activity in Texas: Meeting the Financial Needs of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses by James W. Kolari and Al H. Ringleb

Economic Development Background Material, Texas Department of Commerce, Nuevo Laredo, and State Development Division, and Border Governors' Conference Files

Economic Briefs
5/1: Economic Briefs, April 1988

5/2: Economic Briefs, March 1988

5/3: Economic Briefs, February 1988

5/4: Economic Briefs, January 1988

5/5: Economic Briefs, November 1987

5/6: Economic Briefs, October 1987

5/7: Economic Briefs, September 1987

5/8: Strategic Economic Policy Commission, 1988
Announcement, December 15, 1988, Letters, memos, report on a meeting with Governor Clements, strategic objectives, clippings, statement before the commission by the American Electronics Association, remarks by Governor Clements at the unveiling of the commission's report, and report titled A Blueprint for Tomorrow's Texas (an overview of the strategic plan for diversifying and developing the Texas economy, and a copy of the report of the commission

Texas Department of Commerce, Nuevo Laredo, and State Development Division
5/9: Department of Commerce, Referrals, 1990
Correspondence and memos

5/10: Department of Commerce, Plant Closing, 1988-1990
Notification, Letters about layoffs, reductions in personnel, and closing of businesses in Texas

5/11: Department of Commerce, Product Commercialization Fund, 1989-1990
Letters, memos, clippings, minutes of a meeting of the Product Development Fund Advisory Committee, press releases, copies of HB 1860, HB 362, and HJR 51 relating to establishing and funding the Fund, list of appointees to the Product Commercialization Advisory Board, and draft program rules for the Product Commercialization Fund

5/12: Department of Commerce, Research Centers, 1990
State/Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers (S/IUCRC), Memo regarding the criteria for State/IUCRC proposal evaluation November 1990, and list of IURC Centers as of October 1, 1990

5/13: Nuevo Laredo/Laredo Sewer Plant, Project Background, 1989-1990
Letters, memos, clippings, information on counties eligible under Senate Bill 2, listing of counties with average per capita income of 10 percent or more below the state average, proposed Texas Water Development Board rider, report on average per capita income and unemployment rates for all Texas Counties, and copy of HB 1862 relating to financial assistance for wastewater projects to improve water discharged into the Rio Grande

5/14: Nuevo Laredo/Laredo Sewer Plant, Project Background, 1989
Copies of SB 2 relating to the authorization, administration, and funding of the financial assistance program to provide water supply and sewer service in economically distressed areas and to provide adequate local regulation of those water supply and sewer services as drafted by Senator Santiesteban, et al, copy of the Senate Committee Substitute for the bill, copy of a Senate floor amendment to the bill, analysis of the bill by the Senate Committee on Natural Resources, analysis of the bill by a staff member in the Texas Department of Commercial Affairs, and an Attorney General's opinion on the authority of Harris County to provide certain potable water facilities

5/15: Nuevo Laredo/Laredo Sewer Plant, Sewage System Project
Letters, memos, notes, memorandum of understanding between the Texas Water Development Board and the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission regarding improving the quality of the water in the Rio Grande at Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, list of people attending a meeting in Nuevo Laredo, report on the Texas Water Development Board's financial programs to resolve Nuevo Laredo waste discharge problems, list of cities with the population of each which get water from the Rio Grande, and copies from statutes on water assistance program

5/16: Nuevo Laredo/Laredo Sewer Plant
International Boundary and Water Commission documents including a draft environmental assessment on the international agreement for improvement of the quality of the waters of the Rio Grande at Laredo, Texas-Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas; finding of no significant impact on the international agreement; Minute No. 279 on the joint measures to improve the quality of the waters of the Rio Grande; and report of the principal engineers concerning measures that should be undertaken to improve the waters of the Rio Grande

5/17: Nuevo Laredo/Laredo Sewer Plant
Unnumbered drafts of Texas legislation relating to financial assistance for wastewater projects to improve water discharged into the Rio Grande and to Texas participating with federal agencies in that improvement

5/18: Nuevo Laredo/Laredo Sewer Plant, 1987-1988
U. S. House Resolution 2046 100th Congress 2nd session to authorize the Secretary of State to conclude agreements with appropriate representative of Mexico to correct pollution in the Rio Grande and U. S. Senate bill 1796 100th Congress, 1st session to provide for the establishment of the Special Committee on Rio Grande water quality

5/19: Nuevo Laredo/Laredo Sewer Plant
Note and computer printout of all public water systems from Webb County to Cameron County, Texas that use treated water from the Rio Grande

5/20: State Development Division, Economic Accomplishments, 1987-1989
State Development Division, Periodic brief reports and fact sheets (mostly undated), one multi-page report that may be an end of term report, a press release, list of bills related to economic development introduced in the 70th Legislature, a copy of Texas Fiscal Facts published by the Texas Research League, and reports titled Texas Jobs and Opportunity Blueprint, Texas Five-Point Plan for Agricultural Development, and A Strategic Economic Plan for Texas by the Strategic Economic Policy Commission for the 71st Legislature

5/21: State Development Division, Hispanic Affairs, 1986-1989
General, Letters, memos, notes, resolutions, and clippings primarily of Cynthia A. Ramirez Garza as Director of Hispanic Affairs in the Office of State Development, 1987-1989. Also includes the program for an international Trade Breakfast at the Texas Association of Mexican-American Chambers of Commerce convention in Houston, 1987, and Final Report & Recommendations of the Border Economic Development Task Force, 1986

5/22: State Development Division, Memos Received, 1990
Mostly by Margaret Spearman as Assistant Director for Agribusiness & Rural Development in the Office of State Development

5/23: State Development Division, Memos Sent, 1990
Mostly by Margaret Spearman

Border Governors' Conference Files
5/24: Las Cruces, New Mexico - December 10-11, 1987, May-August 1987
Letters, memos, notes, press release, and clippings relating to followup and planning for conferences that were held before this one

5/25: Las Cruces, New Mexico - December 10-11, 1987, September-October 1987
Letters, memos, notes, list of invitees by Governor Clements, agendas for a conference in Las Cruces October 5-6, 1987

5/26: Las Cruces, New Mexico - December 10-11, 1987, November 1987
Letters (primarily about rescheduling the conference to December), memos, notes, and agenda for a roundtable on border issues

5/27: Las Cruces, New Mexico - December 10-11, 1987, November 1987
Report titled Briefing Materials on U.S./Mexico Border Economic Development prepared for Governor Clements by Donald Hagans and Donald Michie

5/28: Las Cruces, New Mexico - December 10-11, 1987, December 1987
Letters, memos, press release, clippings, tentative and final agendas, agendas for and notes on private meetings of Governor Clements with the governors of Mexican States, paper titled "Industrialization of the U. S. and Mexican Border Areas" presented at the conference by Arturo D. (Tito) Torres (also includes three exhibits titled "The Economic Impact of Maquiladoras on Border Development: A Rio Grande Valley Case Study-Some Preliminary Findings," "Proposals for Special Economic Zones on the U.S.-Mexico Border" by Harvey Rosenblum and William C. Gruben, and "Proposal for a Bilateral Framework Agreement on Trade and Investment Between Mexico and the United States" by Trade Subcommittee of the Mexico-U.S. Business Committee) to accompany the paper, and brief reports on issues for Governor Clements to discuss at the conference

5/29: Austin, Texas, March 1988
Letter and application of the Rio Grande Electric Cooperative, Inc. for a certificate of convenience and necessity for proposed transmission lines and associated substations to be discussed at the meeting in Austin

5/30: Austin, Texas, February-April 1988
Cooperative agreements between Texas and the Mexican States of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas regarding industrial, commercial, and tourism relations and a memorandum of understanding with Chihuahua regarding higher education. Includes both English and Spanish versions.

5/31: Sautillo, Coahuila, Mexico, 1988 & 1989
February 15-17, 1989, Letters, memos, notes on a planning meeting, report on meetings in Mexico City between November 29 and December 4, 1988, copy of a report of the 1981 conference in El Paso attended by President Ronald Reagan, report on U. S.-Mexico Industrial Development, A Texas Project from the U.S.-Mexico Border Conference in Monterey, California, July 27-9, 1988, report on the conference in Monterey, and clippings, May 1988-January 1989

5/32: Sautillo, Coahuila, Mexico, 1989
February 15-17, 1989, Letters, memos, notes, clippings, press release, lists of Governor Clements' invitees, program, tentative agenda, agendas for Governor and Mrs. Clements, joint resolution of the U. S.-Mexico Border Governors on several issues, cooperative agreement between Texas and Chihuahua, text of an address by Donald F. Hagans, brief reports on a variety of issues, and follow-up reports on issues raised or discussed at the conference, January-April 1989

5/33: Sautillo, Coahuila, Mexico, 1989
February 15-17, 1989, Clippings and brief information reports on a variety of issues for Governor Clements' meeting with President Carlos Salinas de Gorhart of Mexico, February 15, 1989

5/34: Working Group Meetings, 1989-1990
Memos and agendas concerning planning and other meetings of governors' support staff concerning several meetings of border governors

5/35: Planning Meeting, 1990 & 1991
Memos, list of attendees, planning chart, timeline, lists of tasks to be accomplished with individuals or agencies responsible for them and dates they need to be accomplished, list of individuals to contact, report of items to be considered in developing a budget for meetings

5/36: Resolution, 1990
Joint resolution adopted by the United States-Mexico Border Governors on trade and investments, industrial development, tourism, agriculture, and health and environment, adopted March 30, 1990. Includes English and Spanish versions as well as several drafts between November 1989 and January 1990

5/37: Resolution, Background Materials, 1989-1990
Letters, memos, notes, reports on various issues included in the above resolution as well as copies of agreements between the government of the United States of America and the government of the United Mexican States relating to protecting the environment and the development and facilitation of tourism

5/38: 8th Border Governors' Conference, 1990
Resumes and statements of the governors of each state for the program for the Conference in Austin, Texas

5/39: Staff Liability Insurance, 1990
Memo, clipping, invoice, and policy for the conference in Austin, Texas

5/40: Austin, Texas - Texas Association of Business, 1990
Letters, memos, notes, lists of tasks with names of individuals responsible for accomplishing them and dates by which they should be accomplished, drafts of the agenda, list of the members of a fundraising committee, memo from the General Counsel's office on the legality of the fundraising plan, draft contract with the hotel, record of responsibilities of the hotel, and draft invitations to the conference held March 29-30. The Texas Association of Business undertook the task of raising approximately $200,000 to fund the conference.

5/41: Austin, Texas - Texas Association of Business, July 1989-March 1990
Financing, Letters, memos, notes, progress reports on contributions received and anticipated, list of members of the fundraising committee, procedures for handling the money raised, report of funds needed, lists of potential contributors, record of levels of gifts anticipated, and memo from the General Counsel's office on the legality of the fundraising plan

5/42: Austin, Texas - Proposals to Texas Association of Business, 1990
Costs, Proposals are for costs of floral decorations at meal functions and for menus for meal functions. Also includes a floor plan for what appears to be a press room and a registration plan of the hotel.

5/43: Austin, Texas - Volunteer Plan, 1990
Developed by the Texas Association of Business for the conference

5/44: Austin, Texas, June 1989-February 1990
Correspondence, memos, notes, clippings, timelines, agreement with the conference hotel, and brief reports on issues related to planning for the conference

Relocations of Companies to Texas, and Governor's Conferences, Trips, and Memos

8/1: Bausch & Lomb Announcement, December 15, 1988
Letters, memos, notes, press releases, clippings, fact sheet, and remarks by Governor Clements at the opening of the plant in San Antonio

8/2: Composite Technology Engine Components (CTEC) Announcement, March 16, 1989
Memo, clipping, and press release about plans to construct a plant in San Marcos

8/3: Exxon Corporation Announcement, October 26, 1988
Letters, memos, clippings, and press releases regarding plans to move corporate headquarters area to Dallas

8/4: Formosa Plastics Announcement, October 31, 1988
Letters, memos, clippings, press release, fact sheet, copy of Governor Clements’ remarks at the announcement that the corporation would expand to Port Lavaca, brochure, and maps of Port Lavaca and vicinity, Victoria and vicinity, and Calhoun County

8/5: Fruit of the Loom Announcement, December 22, 1988
Letters, memos, clippings, fact sheet, booklet about the company, materials about a loan for the city of Harlingen from the Water Development Board, and remarks by Governor Clements regarding a Fruit of the Loom plant in Harlingen

8/6: Fujitsu Announcement, December 8, 1988
Letters, clippings, fact sheet, booklet about the company, and press release about the Fujitsu America Incorporated establishing a plant in Richardson

8/7: Glamour Sportswear Announcement, February 22, 1989
Memo, clippings, brief economic update, and remarks of Governor Clements announcing the expansion of the corporation to Texas A&M University

8/8: Golden Aluminum Company Announcement, May 11, 1989
Letters, memos, clipping, and press release regarding groundbreaking for a new rolling mill facility in San Antonio

8/9: GTE Announcement, November 1988
Letter, memo, press releases, clippings, fact sheet, and economic impact assessment of relocating the headquarters to the Dallas area

8/10: Gulf Chemical and Metallurgical Corporation, 1989-1990
Letters and memos concerning expanding its plant in Brazoria County

8/11: MCI Expansion Announcement, June 8, 1989
Press release, fact sheet, and clippings about a planned construction project at the MCI Telecommunications Corp.’s facility in Richardson

8/12: Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing
Clipping about a rumor that the company will buy land to build a facility in the Dallas area

8/13: Mitsubishi Announcement, January 16, 1989
Memos, update report of State Development Office, fact sheet, press release, and clippings about the corporation building a copper processing plant at Texas City

8/14: Motorola, 1990
Clipping about the company’s plans to construct a plant to make memory chips in the Austin area

8/15: Northern Telecom Announcement, August 11, 1989
Letters, memos, clippings, background information sheet, and press release about the company’s plans groundbreaking ceremony for an office complex and research complex in Richardson

8/16: Novel Expansion, Austin, 1989
Letter, memo, and clipping about the company’s efforts to acquire an office building in Austin

8/17: J.C. Penny, 1987
Clippings about moving the company’s headquarters from New York City to Plano

8/18: Recontek Announcement, October 20, 1989
Letters, memo, and press release regarding the choosing of Athens as the site of the company’s newest metals recycling facility

8/19: Relocations
Memos, periodic reports on the economic impact of recent relocations of companies to Texas, and April, May, and June 1990 issues of the Texas Industrial Expansion newsletter

8/20: Rohr Industries Opening, October 29, 1990
Letters, press release, fact sheets, schedule, progress report on new industries in San Marcos, and remarks by Governor Clements at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new facility in San Marcos to fabricate components from advanced metals for aerospace applications

8/21: Sanden International, 1990
Memo, note, and letters regarding the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Sanden International (U.S.A.) Inc. facility in Wylie

8/22: Sematech, 1987-1988
Correspondence, memos, notes, photographs, press releases, drafts of incentives packages, report of a trip to Washington, DC, and Governor Clements’ remarks at a news conference regarding making Texas the permanent home of the proposed semiconductor industry consortium

8/23: Sony, 1990
Clippings about the purchase of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. in San Antonio by the Sony Corp

8/24: Southern Coke and Chemical (SCCI), 1989
Letter to Governor Clements informing him that SCCI in association with ABB Trading (US) Inc., had reached an agreement with Lone Star Steel to purchase and reopen Lone Star Steel’s Coke and Chemical By-Product Plant in Lone Star

8/25: Superconducting Super Collider, 1987-1990
Letters, memos, and press releases regarding Texas being chosen as the site

8/26: Superconducting Super Collider Announcement, 1988
Announcement on December 3, 1988, Fact sheet, brochure, clippings, and September-December 1988 issue of the newsletter The Lattice from the University of California at Berkeley about Texas being chosen as the site

8/27: U.S. Memories, Inc., 1989
Letters, memos, notes, incentives proposal, press release, and clippings regarding efforts to convince the company to construct one of its proposed new facilities in Texas

8/28: United Airlines, 1990
Letters, memos, and clippings regarding the company considering a site in Texas for a new aircraft maintenance center complex

Governor's Conferences, Trips, and Memos
8/29: Education Summit, September 1989
President George Bush and Governors, Four issues of the National Governors’ Association newsletter Governors’ Weekly Bulletin and clippings about the summit held in Charlottesville, VA

8/30: CAPRI, November 5-7, 1989
Letters, memo, invitation, fact sheet, notes on conference highlights, tentative agenda, and list of distinguished participants for the Conference on Asia-Pacific Petrochemical and Refinery Integration held in Houston

8/31: Competition and Cooperation: Texas & the Global Economy, Fall, 1989
Correspondence, memos, and schedule for the conference in Austin

8/32: Partnership for Growth Conference, October 22, 1990
Letters, memos, clipping, brochure, conference program, remarks by Governor Clements, list of market research studies on Mexican markets, calendar of trade promotion events, list of sources of trade information in Mexico, issue of Business American relating to the conference, issue of Overseas Business Reports relating to marketing in Mexico, and biographical notes on conference speakers, in Houston, TX

8/33: Rural Development Policy Workshop, November 13-15, 1989
Letter, memo, and program for the workshop in Austin

8/34: Governor's South Texas Small Business Growth Conference, 1988
Letter and tentative agenda for a proposed conference in 1988

8/35: Camino Real Economic Conference, October 29-31, 1989
Austin, Letters, memos, clippings, lists of individual and business participants, and conference overview and summary, list of panelists, and information on conference sponsors

8/36: Camino Real Economic Conference, October 29-31, 1989
Austin, Conference planning materials including newsletter of Texas Partners of the Americas, minutes of planning meeting, list of sponsors, conference flow chart, resume of one of the major speakers Sidney Weintraub, and letters of support and co-sponsorship

8/37: Camino Real Economic Conference, October 29-31, 1989
Austin, Remarks by Governor Clements and Dr. Elsie Echeverri-Carroll and Economic and Demographic Profile of the El Camino Real Corridor reports by Sidney Weintraub of the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs and Alejandro Ibarra of the Instituto de Technologia de Monterrey

8/38: Governor's Conference on Border Agriculture Issues, October 5-6, 1989
Del Rio, Letters, memos, program, clipping, notes on issues, schedule for Governor Clements, federal and Texas Animal Health Commission requirements for entry of livestock from Mexico, and copies of remarks by Governor Clements and Governor Mendoza of Coahuila

8/39: Texas-Mexico Border Higher Education Conference, April 1989
Draft letter announcing the conference, call for papers, and brochure

8/40: U.S. President George Bush/Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari Meeting, November 1990
Letters, memos, notes, White House press release about President Bush meeting with the U. S.-Mexican Binational Commission, and a joint report by the U. S. Representative and the secretary of Commerce and Industrial development of Mexico the Presidents Bush and Salinas

8/41: Third Regional Conference of U.S./Mexico Border States on Parks & Wildlife, October 25-28, 1989
Letters, memo, invitation, schedule, brochure, registration form, and call for abstracts of papers for 1991 meeting

8/42: Mexico, Carlos Salinas de Gortari Meetings, 1988-1990
Correspondence, memos, notes, and clippings about a meeting in 1988-1990

8/43: Solana Morales, Fernando, Secretario de Relaciones Exteriores, 1989
Governor Clements’ invitation to him to visit Texas, and Correspondence, memos, and clipping

8/44: Governor's Conference on Maquiladoras, June 1, 1988
Dallas, Letters (many of them inviting people to attend the conference), invitation, program, memo, newsletters, list of attendees, and clippings about the conference

8/45: Maquiladora Conference, November 6, 1989
Dallas, Memos, agenda, and list of individuals invited

8/46: Governor's Maquiladora Conference, September 29, 1988
Houston, Letters (many of them inviting people to attend the conference) lists of individuals invited, memos, invitation, conference agenda, press release, and Governor Clements’ remarks at the conference

8/47: Governor's Trip - France, October 1987
Correspondence, memos, fact sheets, clippings, schedules, director of the members of the foreign trade representatives group in Houston, press release, remarks at a press conference by Governor Clements about his trip to France, and a brief report on the highlights of the trip including the text of a historical marker Governor Clements placed on the site of the Texas Legation in Paris

8/48: Governor's Trip - Spain, November 1988
Letters and memo about the issues Governor Clements discussed during his visit to Spain and France, November 12-30, 1988

8/49: Memos Sent to Governor Clements, January-August 1987
*Note: Many of the following memos are primarily by Rich Thomas, Director of the Office of State Development, 1987-1991

8/50: Memos Sent to Governor Clements, September-December 1987

8/51: Memos Sent to Governor Clements, January-February 1988

8/52: Memos Sent to Governor Clements, March-May 1988

8/53: Memos Sent to Governor Clements, June-July 1988

8/54: Memos Sent to Governor Clements, August-September 1988

8/55: Memos Sent to Governor Clements, October-December 1988

8/56: Memos Sent to Governor Clements, January-July 1989

8/57: Memos Sent to Governor Clements, July-December 1989

8/58: Memos Sent to Governor Clements, January-July 1990

8/59: Memos Sent to Governor Clements, August-December 1990
[Note: These memos all appear to be duplicates of those included in the files that precede these eleven folders. These are simply in chronological order whereas the other copies are filed under the subjects of the preceding folders.]

Agreements Signed with Mexican Governors and Task Force Reports, and Miscellaneous Mexico Files and Economic Development Administration Grants

Agreements Signed with Mexican Governors and Task Force Reports
9/1: Agreements with Chihuahua, April 19, 1988
Two cooperative agreements signed April 19 to strongly support the construction and effective operation of the new Zaragoza international bridge and to enhance industrial and commercial relations and an undated memorandum of understanding in higher education. Includes both English and Spanish versions.

9/2: Agreements with Coahuila, April 27, 1988
Three cooperative agreements signed April 27 to enhance industrial, commercial, and tourism relations; on historical preservation; and on criminal justice. Includes both English and Spanish versions.

9/3: Agreements with Nuevo Leon, February 11, 1988
Agreement to enhance industrial and commercial relations and document of understanding in transportation and highway technologies signed February 11. Includes both English and Spanish versions

9/4: Agreements with Tamaulipas, June 18, 1987; March 22, 1988
Joint agreement of support for border economic development signed on June 18, 1987, and agreements enhancing industrial and commercial relations and economic ties and commercial relations signed on March 22, 1988. The last of the three also includes the two cities of Laredo. Includes both English and Spanish versions.

9/5: Business Development and Jobs Creation Task Force, January 1987
Recommendations of the task force

9/6: Governor's Task Force on the Savings and Loan Industry, January 25, 1988
Report of the task force

9/7: Governor's Task Force on Vocational Education, January 1988
Report and Recommendations of the task force. Also includes a copy of remarks by Governor Clements in announcing receipt of the report.

9/8: Governor's Task Force on Agricultural Development, December 1988
Texas Five-Point Plan for Agricultural Development, Report

9/9: Texas Criminal Justice Task Force, January 1989
Report: A Summary of Findings & Recommendations

9/10: Governor's Task Force on Productivity Improvement, January 1989
Findings and Recommendations

9/11: Governor's Task Force on Drug Abuse, August 1987
Statewide Drug Strategy Narcotics Control Program

9/12: Select Committee on Higher Education, February 1987
Report

9/13: Governor's Task Force on State Response to Military Force Reductions, 1990
Letters, memos, notes, clippings, resolutions, newsletters, fact sheets, press release, and brochures

9/14: Governor's Task Force on State Response to Military Force Reductions, January 1990
Letter from Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney and list of military installations identified as candidates for closure or realignment

9/15: Governor's Task Force on State Response to Military Force Reductions, August 1990
Letter from J. A. Bell, Head, Facilities Planning & Real Estate Department, Department of the Navy, Southern Division and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Proposed Closure of Naval Air Station Chase Field, Beeville, Texas

9/16: Governor's Task Force on State Response to Military Force Reductions, March 1990
Comments on Proposed Reduction of Fort Hood Personnel, Letters from various public officials and private citizens

9/17: Governor's Task Force on State Response to Military Force Reductions, March 1990
Letter from Major Mary L. Vroman, USAF, Regional Engineer, Department of the Air Force and report of Public Scoping Meeting for the Environmental Impact Studies (EIS) for Bergstrom Air Force Base, TX

9/18: Governor's Task Force on State Response to Military Force Reductions, March 1990
Agenda for a meeting in Killeen to discuss coordinated delivery of state services to areas impacted by Defense Department actions and report titled The Impact on Business Activity in the Killeen-Temple MSA of Removing the 2nd Armored Division from Fort Hood

9/19: Governor's Task Force on Agricultural Development, February-June 1988
Letters, memos, notes, lists of members, reports of meetings, Executive Order creating the task force, and press releases

9/20: Governor's Task Force on Agricultural Development, January 1988-January 1989
Letters, memos, notes, lists of members reports of meetings, press releases, notes on issues, and clippings

9/21: Governor's Task Force on Agricultural Development, May 1988
Resource book containing an agenda, copy of the Executive Order creating the task force, list of members by subcommittees, charges to subcommittees, press release announcing formation of the task force, 1982 Governor’s Task Force on Agriculture, and recommendations for actions of the 1987 Agribusiness Committee of the Texas Business Development and Jobs Creation Task Force

9/22: Governor's Task Force on Agricultural Development, October 1988
Draft of the report of the task force titled Texas Five-Point Plan for Agricultural Development

9/23: Governor's Task Force on Agricultural Development, December 1988
Final report of the task force titled Texas Five-Point Plan for Agricultural Development

9/24: Texas Capital Fund General, 1987
Letters, memos, notes, newsletters, guidelines, and reports relating to the Community Development Block Grant program

9/25: Texas Capital Fund General, 1987
Letters, memos, notes, guidelines, and reports relating to the Community Development Block Grant program

Miscellaneous Mexico Files and Economic Development Administration Grants
9/26: Mexico, International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC), 1988-1990
Letters, memos, and one annual report of the Commission

9/27: Mexico, Los Indios Bridge Ground Breaking Ceremony, November 30, 1990
Letters, memo, economic update, English and Spanish versions of Governor Clements’ remarks at the ceremony, and clippings

9/28: Mexico, Negroponte, John D., Ambassador to Mexico, 1989
Memos, list of previous positions, and clippings

9/29: Mexico, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, President of Mexico, 1989-1990
Administration, Letters, memos, and clippings

9/30: Mexico, 8th U.S.--Mexico Border Governor's Conference, March 29-30, 1990
Program book, Austin, Texas

9/31: EDA, 1989 Grant Information, April 1987-August 1990
Letter, memos, drug-free workplace statement, monthly personnel summaries (hours worked each workday by each employee in the Office of State Development), financial status report, and booklet titled Americans for a Drug-Free America

9/32: EDA, Grant Applications, September 1988
Applications with cover letters submitted September 15, 1988 and February 24, 1989 to the Economic Development Administration for planning

9/33: EDA, 302a Grant Application, September 1988
Originals of the cover letter and five attachments

9/34: EDA, 1988 302a Grants, January-September 1988
Memo and copies of an application for funds and copies of monthly personnel summaries

9/35: EDA, 1987 302a Grants, October 1987-July 1988
Letters, memos, grant applications of May 13 and August 20, 1987, and monthly personnel summaries

9/36: EDA, Brief Report
Titled Texas Economic Rebound ’87, ’88, ’89 containing information on the increased numbers of people employed, Texas agricultural sales, Texas retail sales, and new industry recruitment

Economic Development Background Material

4/1: International Trade, 1987-1990
Miscellaneous publications including an issue of The Economist containing an article on the economy of Italy, a news release regarding and a copy of the Competitiveness Index for 1990, scattered issues of the National Governor's Association newsletter Governor's Weekly Bulletin with articles on trade, 1987-1990, and Shearson Lehman Brothers newsletter international economic Developments in Review, August 4, 1987

4/2: Jobs and Opportunity Blueprint, 1989
Letters, memos, notes, press release, drafts of legislation, brief reports on bills in the Governor's legislative package, and Governor Clements' remarks to the Texas Chamber of Commerce

4/3: Jobs and Opportunity Blueprint, Clippings, 1989

4/4: Manufacturing Equipment, 1988
Sales & Use Tax, Letters, memos, notes, tables, and report titled Job Creation/Economic Development Legislation

4/5: National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, 1987
Correspondence, memos, notes, and clippings regarding bringing the center to Texas

4/6: National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, April 24, 1987
Proposal from the State of Texas to locate the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex

4/7: National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, July 23, 1987
Proposal from the State of Texas to locate the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex

4/8: National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, 1988
Information Packet for Cooperative Agreement Program, Manufacturing Technology Centers Program, National Bureau of Standards

4/9: Rural Development Councils, Federal--USDA, 1990
Letters, memos, press release, brief background report on state rural development councils, list of Texas federal officials at the Texas Federal Rural Development Council organizational meeting, and report titled Rural Economic Development for the '90s: A Presidential Initiative, the findings and recommendations of the Economic Policy Council Working Group on Rural Development

4/10: Santa Fe Railroad
List of names of individuals, organizations they represented, addresses and telephone numbers, possibly of those who attended a meeting about the railroad

4/11: Senior Tour Players, Inc./River Place, Austin, Texas, 1990
Letters about Senior Tour Players, Inc. acquiring and then reselling River Place, a 1400 acre master-planned community in Austin

4/12: Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage Device (SMEs), 1988
Letters, memos, notes, and a clipping about locating the facility in Texas

4/13: Texas Defense Forum, 1988
Correspondence, memos, notes, clippings, press releases, list of suggested members, suggestions of goals and objectives, copy of HB 1511 relating to the creations, powers, and duties of the Texas Space Commission, reports on defense spending and military personnel in Texas and federal government contracting by KPMG Peat Marwick, and record of prime federal contract awards in 1981 to Dallas, Harris, Nueces, Tarrant, and Travis counties, and a list of cities in which defense contracts are in force

4/14: Texas First, 1989
Letters, notes, brief reports, report on background questions and answers, and report containing a summary of the proposal of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company to maintain or reduce telephone costs and letters and newspaper articles of support from a representative sample of Texas individuals, companies, and governmental units

4/15: Tourism, 1987-1989
Letters, memos, notes, clipping, press releases, remarks of Governor Clements, brochure, recap of the governor's job creation/economic development legislative program, and draft agreements between the United States of America and the United Mexican States on the development and facilitation of tourism and on cooperation for the protection and improvement of the environment in the metropolitan area of Mexico City

4/16: Tourism, 1986-1988
May 1987 issue of Southwest Hotel Motel Review devoted entirely to increasing tourism in Texas, an issue of the National Governors' Association's Governors' Weekly Bulletin, a report to the governor and people of Florida on the importance of increasing tourism advertising, and a copy of a bill introduced in the Florida legislature creating the Florida Tourism Commission

4/17: Trans World Airlines (TWA), 1989
Memo and two versions of a letter from Governor Clements to the president of TWA regarding relocating its reservation center to San Antonio or Houston

4/18: Unemployment Tax Credits, 1990
Press release regarding Governor Clements pointing to unemployment tax credits as a significant indicator of a stronger Texas economy

4/19: Wal-Mart Program (New Braunfels), 1988
Letters, report on the economic impact on Texas of Wal-Mart Stores, and other information on the opening of a Wal-Mart regional distribution facility in New Braunfels

4/20: Welcome Letters, 1990
Letters, usually with some accompanying documentation, from Governor Clements to representatives of companies from outside Texas who have visited the state and are considering relocating a part of their business to Texas

4/21: Economic Indicators, Abilene Economy, 1988-1990
General statistics for these years

4/22: Economic Indicators, Austin Economy, 1987-1990
General statistics for the years 1988-1989, notes, clippings, fact sheet, and single or scattered issues of newsletters including the Austin Skyliner, Texas Business Review, Growth Watch, Perryman Report, and Austin Perspective

4/23: Economic Indicators, Beaumont Economy, 1987-1990
Letters, memos, notes about general economy and Governor Clements' visit to Beaumont and the visit of a delegation to Governor Clements from that city, and a single issue of Beaumont Commerce monthly

4/24: Economic Indicators, Border Economy, 1987-1990
Weekly issues of Border Business Indicators produced by Laredo State University, October 1987-January 1989, statistics of commercial airline boardings in the lower Rio Grande Valley, 1989-1990, and two clippings, 1990

4/25: Economic Indicators, Border Economy, 1990
Report titled Paso Del Norte Regional Economy, Socio-Economic Profile prepared by El Paso Foreign Trade Association, Leadership El Paso, and University of Texas at El Paso

4/26: Economic Indicators, Corpus Christi Economy, 1987-1990 (?)
Notes, general economic statistics, copy of an article on the bulk loading dock, fact sheet, and a brief report on the estimated impact of the U. S. Navy Battleship Surface Action Group on the border economy

4/27: Economic Indicators, Dallas Economy, 1989-1990
Memos, notes, clippings, copy of an article about the best cities for business from Fortune, and statistical information, primarily from The Dallas Partnership

4/28: Economic Indicators, Dallas Economy, 1988
Reports including 1990-91 Membership Directory and Buyers Guide of the Greater East Dallas Chamber of Commerce, Professional Services Journal for 1990 of the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce, and Dallas-Fort Worth: Selected Business Climate, Cost of Living, and Quality of Life Indicators by the Texas Department of Commerce

4/29: Economic Indicators, Dallas Economy, 1989-1990
Scattered issues of The Dallas Letter providing a summary of current business activity in Dallas, September 1990 issue of Texas Labor Market Review, and an economic development brochure produced by the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce

4/30: Economic Indicators, Harlingen Economy, 1988-1989
Press release about three companies moving to the city and statistical report of commercial airline boarding in the lower Rio Grande Valley

4/31: Economic Indicators, Houston Economy, 1988-1990
Letter, notes, brief reports, clippings, two issues of Landmarks of the Friendswood Development Company, single issues of Houston Update, Houston Profile, and NASA Update, and Port of Houston magazine and Houston Magazine, which is devoted to the economic outlook of the city

4/32: Economic Indicators, Houston Economy, 1987-1990
Scattered issues of the newsletters Houston Economic Newsletter, Houston Economic News, and At Work, all published by the Greater Houston Chamber of Commerce

4/33: Economic Indicators, Richardson Economy, 1989
Public Relations package prepared by the Richardson Chamber of Commerce including a high-tech industries map, a summary report on the city, a report titled High-Tech Richardson, and copies of articles about the city from the Dallas Morning News

4/34: Economic Indicators, San Antonio Economy, 1989-1990
Notes, clipping, newsletter of the Discovery Texas Association, and schedule for the San Antonio Economic Summit on Strategic Initiatives for Economic Development

4/35: Economic Indicators, Gross State Product, 1990 & 1991
Notes, copy of a chart from It's Texas, Here's Why published by the Texas Comptroller, and the September/October 1990 issue of Economic Research including The Pocket Chartroom: The 1991 Business Outlook: Stagflation

4/36: Economic Indicators, Office Space Surveys, 1990
Copy of an article or report from an unidentified source

4/37: Economic Indicators, Department of Commerce
Educational Visuals, Notes, collection of charts and graphs, clippings, and copy of March 1988 Texas Key Economic Indicators

4/38: Economic Briefs, November 1990
[Note: These files typically contain some or all of the following: clippings, newsletters, press releases, remarks or statements by Governor Clements, statistics, charts, graphs, issues of Economic Briefs prepared by the Texas Department of Commerce, and a brief report of Texas Economic Indicators]

4/39: Economic Briefs, October 1990

4/40: Economic Briefs, September 1990

4/41: Economic Briefs, August 1990

4/42: Economic Briefs, July 1990

4/43: Economic Briefs, June 1990

4/44: Economic Briefs, May 1990

4/45: Economic Briefs, April 1990

4/46: Economic Briefs, March 1990

4/47: Economic Briefs, February 1990

4/48: Economic Briefs, January 1990

4/49: Economic Briefs, December 1989

4/50: Economic Briefs, November 1989

4/51: Economic Briefs, October 1989

4/52: Economic Briefs, September 1989

4/53: Economic Briefs, August 1989

4/54: Economic Briefs, July 1989

4/55: Economic Briefs, June 1989

4/56: Economic Briefs, May 1989

4/57: Economic Briefs, April 1989

4/58: Economic Briefs, March 1989

4/59: Economic Briefs, February 1989

4/60: Economic Briefs, January 1989

4/61: Economic Briefs, December 1988

4/62: Economic Briefs, November 1988

4/63: Economic Briefs, October 1988

4/64: Economic Briefs, September 1988

4/65: Economic Briefs, August 1988

4/66: Economic Briefs, July 1988

4/67: Economic Briefs, June 1988

4/68: Economic Briefs, May 1988

Border Governors' Conference Files, Mexico Files, and National Governor's Association Meetings

*Border Governors' Conference Files
6/1: Austin, Texas, March-April 1990
Drafts of schedules, draft of a joint resolutions of the governors attending the conference, schedule for Governor Clements, remarks by Governor Clements at the state dinner and the concluding press conference, letters, memos, conference overview report, floor plan of appropriate floors of the conference hotel, registration packet including a program, lists/directories of governors’ representatives, timeline with lists of tasks to be completed and indications of individuals or groups responsible for completing them, invoices, and newsletters

6/2: Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico, 1989
Registration packet for the meeting. [Note: This was originally in the materials for the Austin meeting.]

6/3: Austin, Texas, 1990
Gifts, Letters, memos, notes, and lists of names regarding gifts for visiting governors and their wives and certificates for other guests

6/4: Austin, Texas - Schedules, 1990
Memos and variety of schedules related to the conference including one for Governor Clements and one which has various options for many activities for the general session for Governor Clements to determine

6/5: Austin, Texas - Invitations, February-May 1990
Letters of invitation or responding to invitations to attend the conference and letters of appreciation

6/6: Austin, Texas - Invitations, 1990
Lists of people invited or considered for invitation for the entire conference or for specific events associated with it

6/7: Austin, Texas - Invitations, 1990
A few completed registration forms some with cover letters and an alphabetical list of registrants giving each person’s name, sometimes an address, each person’s status whether delegate or spouse or some other class of attendee, indication of the events they will attend, and the amount they contributed if they did contribute

6/8: Austin, Texas - Round Tables, 1990
Letters and lists of people who may or may not have been associated with round tables

6/9: Austin, Texas - General Session/Press Conference, 1990
One photograph, photocopies of several other photographs, schedule for the general session, seating arrangement for speakers table at general session, conference program, remarks of Governor Clements at the closing press conference, and brief reports for Governor Clements on Maquiladoras and on Texas and Mexico and U. S. and Mexico cooperation to foster economic development

6/10: Austin, Texas - Press Releases, 1990
Press release of March 6, a letter to the press secretaries of U. S. governors attending the conference, a media advisory sent about the conference on March 23, a Spanish press release of March 29, a brief report on Maquiladora facts, and Governor Clements’ remarks at the news conference of March 30

6/11: Austin, Texas - Texts of Speeches, 1990
Speeches by governors and other officials at the conference. In most cases texts exist in both English and Spanish and in both presentation format and standard format for publication for the following individuals: Ambassador John D. Negroponte, U. S. Ambassador to Mexico; Ambassador to the U. S., Gustavo Petricioli, Mexico’s Ambassador to the U. S.; U. S. Secretary of Commerce, Robert A. Mosbacher; Dr. Jaime Serra Puche, Mexico's Secretary of Commerce; Governor William P. Clements of Texas; Governor Americo Villarreal Guerra of Tamaulipas; Governor Rodolfo Felix Valdes of Sonora; Governor Ernesto Ruffo Appel of Baha California; Governor Rose Mofford of Arizona; Governor Garrey Carruthers of New Mexico; Governor Eliseo Mendoza Berrueto of Coahuila; and Governor Fernando Saez Melendez of Chihuahua. Also includes notes on the proceedings of round table discussions and summary notes on the conference.

6/12: Austin, Texas - Speakers/Speeches, 1990
Letters to Secretary of Commerce Robert Mosbacher, Sr. about speaking at the conference and copy of his Business Week Symposium speech "Mexico-The New Opening," memo about Secretary Mosbacher with a copy of President George Bush’s inaugural address attached, and clippings

6/13: Austin, Texas - State Dinner, 1990
Floor plan for tables some of which are numbered, seating chart for head table, list of dignitaries to seat at two special tables, lists of governors’ aids, list of those sitting at tables hosted by Texas, list of invitees for reserve seating, list of Governor Clements’ senior staff for reserve seating, suggested remarks for John Roach, copies of Governor Clements’ remarks in both English and Spanish, and calculation of number of tables needed

6/14: Austin, Texas - Resolution, 1990
Drafts and final copies of a resolution in both English and Spanish on trade and investment, industrial development, tourism, agriculture, and health and environment adopted by the conference, an article from Business Week on Mexican business, letter from Mexico’s President Carlos Salinas de Gortari about the importance of the resolution, and copy of the Charles Francis Adams Lecture at Tufts University "The Management of Inter-Dependence" Miguel Aleman V., Special Ambassador Without Portfolio of the President of Mexico

6/15: Austin, Texas - Program, 1990
Registration packet including program in both English and Spanish, brochures, and name tag

6/16: Austin, Texas - Thank You Letters, 1990
Letters are mostly from Governor Clements to those who participated in or contributed to the conference and a few to him and a few notes. A couple of participants also received Honorary Texan certificates and several financial contributors receive True Texan certificates

6/17: Austin, Texas - Clippings, 1990
In both English and Spanish from before, during, and after the conference and a pre-conference press release containing an abbreviated schedule

Mexico Files
6/18: Texas-Mexico Authority, 1988-1989
Letters (some of which are invitations to a meeting), memos, legislative recommendations by the Texas/Mexico Authority, Texas Department of Commerce meeting with Border House Members of the House Committee on State, Federal, and International Relations, clipping, interim reports to the Authority from the Texas-Chihuahua and the Texas-Coahuila Regional Commissions, lists of participants in a meeting in San Antonio with a report on objectives and accomplishments, and lists of members of the Texas/Tamaulipas, Texas/Chihuahua, Texas/Coahuila, and Texas/Nuevo Leon Bi-State Regional Commissions

6/19: Bi-State Commissions
Letters, memos, notes, action plans, schedules, agendas, brief report titled Overview of Texas-Mexico Cooperation to Foster Economic Development, brief reports on meetings to review the status of projects, list of issues with background information for a meeting between Governor Clements and Governor Trevino of Nuevo Leon, and two publications about related to the Sonora/Arizona Commission

6/20: Abrazo 1990 - Del Rio, October 20, 1990
Note, flyer, invitation, schedule, and correspondence about Governor Clements attending the Abrazo ceremony and Fiesta de Amistad in Del Rio on October 20

6/21: Boquillas - Electricity, 1988-1990
Correspondence, memos, notes, maps, and brief reports about Rio Grande Electric Cooperative, Inc. of Brackettville, Texas providing power to the Boquillas del Carmen, Mexico across the river from the Big Bend National Park to develop a tourist area. Also includes a Spanish publication of the state of Coahuila that apparently deals with this subject

6/22: Boquillas - Electricity
Letters and documents of an investigation and hearing before the Public Utility Commission that include a motion to set a reasonable schedule for commission decision making on the application of the Rio Grande Electric Cooperative, Inc., part of a hearing that includes the argument on behalf of Rio Grande Electric Cooperative, the Examiner’s Report for the Public Utilities Commission, testimony of O. W. Schneider on behalf of Rio Grande Electric Cooperative, and the applicant’s closing statement, 1990. Also includes a copy of chapter 4 Affected Environment out of a book referred to only as DEIS Volume 1 at the bottom of most pages.

6/23: Border Trade Alliance, 1987-1990
Correspondence, highlights of a meeting held on May 13, 1990, a concept paper on what the alliance is, brief report on U.S./Mexico Customs Cargo Expediting Programs, and a report titled Southern Border Ports of Entry by the Institute of Advanced Manufacturing at the University of Texas at El Paso and the El Paso Foreign Trade Association

6/24: Maquiladora Supplier Project, 1987-1989
Letters, project description and objectives, proposal for a database for Texas suppliers, agendas for and reports on meetings, lists of people attending meetings, and memos providing updates on the project

6/25: Chihuahua, 1987-1989
Correspondence, memos, notes, draft cooperative agreement, partial list of university initiatives related to Mexico, list of participants from Chihuahua, lists of possible members of Texas/Chihuahua, Texas, Nuevo Leon, Texas/Tamaulipas, and Texas/Coahuila regional commissions to deal in the areas of industrial development, trade, agriculture, environment, education, and tourism, and transcription of a meeting between Governor Clements and Governor Fernando Baeza Melendez of Chihuahua

6/26: Chihuahua, Governors' Meeting, April 1988
Letters, memos, schedule for a meeting between Governor Clements of Texas and Governor Melendez of Chihuahua, draft cooperative agreement, draft memorandum of understanding, and what appears to be a directory of Maquiladora exporting businesses in Juarez, Chihuahua

6/27: Coahuila, 1987-1989
Correspondence, memos, notes, press release, recommendations of the Texas/Coahuila Regional Commission, proposed airline route changes between U. S. and Mexican cities, joint communication of the Border Governors’ Conference held in Saltillo on February 17, 1989, agenda for the Maquiladora conference in Houston in September 1988, list of possible participants on regional commissions of Texas and neighboring Mexican states, schedule for and list of Mexico officials attending the dedication of the new Del Rio/Acuna bridge, list of Coahuila officials attending a governors’ meeting in April 1988, issue notes for a meeting between Governor Clements and Governor Mendoza of Coahuila, notes on issues to be discussed at a meeting of the governors of Texas and Coahuila, and transcription of a meeting between Governor Clements and Governor Elisio Mendoza Berrueto of Coahuila

6/28: Coahuila, May 1986
Spanish report of a study of the geology, ecology and other matters in the Sierra Del Carmen region of Coahuila

6/29: Coahuila, Governors' Meeting, April 1988
Letters, schedule, agenda, notes, reports of topics, action needed, and status to be discussed with Mexican governors, issue statement on agriculture with background and recommendations, matters to follow up on after meetings with Mexican Governors, and schedule of tours for wives of Governor Mendoza and other officials who accompanied him

6/30: Coahuila, Historical Museum on Monclava, 1988
Governors signed an agreement about creating, Clipping

6/31: Nuevo Leon, Governors' Meeting, February 1988
Letters, memos, notes, press releases, clippings, schedules, agendas, list of Nuevo Leon officials attending the meeting, cooperation agreement between the Texas Department of Commerce and Proexport Nuevo Leon, lists of those attending a dinner and a luncheon, report on matters that need to be followed up after the meetings with Mexican governors, lists of topics with action needed and status for meetings with Mexican governors, schedule for the State Affairs, notes on issue statements with background information, recommendations, and resolutions, a document in both English and Spanish relating to drugs and auto theft, and photographs of Governors Clements of Texas and Governor Jorge Trevino Martinez of Nuevo Leon signing a document

6/32: Nuevo Leon, 1987-1990
Correspondence, memos, notes, clipping, transcription of a meeting between Governor Clements and Governor Jorge Trevino Martinez, issue statements with background information and recommendations for a meeting between the two governors, transcripts of newspaper articles and a memo with a note at the bottom by Governor Clements about a visit by former governor Mark White to Monterey, copy of the joint resolution adopted by the Border Governors’ Conference in Saltillo in 1989, report on the results of a meeting on international bridges, resolution of the City Council of Laredo that the next international bridge across the Rio Grande between Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon should be built in Laredo, lists of possible participants on Texas/Mexico Regional Commissions, program for a technical interchange meeting between Texas and Nuevo Leon, and proposed schedules for meetings between Governor Clements and governors of Mexican states

6/33: Nuevo Leon
Tourist information packet for the city of Monterrey and the state of Nuevo Leon

6/34: Tamaulipas, Governor's Visit, March 1988
Letters, memos, notes, clippings, agendas, schedules, English and Spanish versions of cooperative agreements to enhance industrial and commercial relations and enhance economic ties and commercial relations between Texas and Neuvo Leon, an update report on issues to be discussed by Governor Clements and Governor Americo Villarreal Guerra, remarks of Governor Villarreal at a press conference, issue statements with background information and recommendations on each, lists of those attending a dinner and luncheon, seating chart for the dinner, and copy of an agreement signed by the two governors in 1987 regarding border economic development

6/35: Tamaulipas, 1987-1990
Correspondence, memos, notes, brief reports, clipping, transcript of a meeting between Governor Clements and Governor Americo Villarreal Guerra all about various aspects of cooperation between the states of Texas and Tamaulipas, and promotional brochure about Tamaulipas

6/36: Tamaulipas
Letters memos, notes, auction notices, and catalogs or lists of school furniture for auction. This all relates to the state of Tamaulipas being able to purchase surplus school furniture, vehicles, and other items from Texas schools

6/37: Tamaulipas, Copy of HB 2181
70th Legislature, relating to higher education, including the responsibilities, roles, funding, and management of public agencies and institutions of higher education. This is an amendment to the Texas Education Code and the Texas Higher Education Code. It possibly relates to Tamaulipas because of that state’s desire to purchase surplus school equipment and its desire for cooperative agreements with Texas institutions of higher education.

6/38: Tamaulipas, 1987
Letter, memo, and copy of a cooperative agreement between the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, a part of the Texas A&M University System, and the Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas concerning raising shrimp

6/39: Other States, 1988-1990
Letters, memos, notes, and clipping relating to Mexican states other than those that border Texas

National Governor's Association Meetings
6/40: Washington, DC, February 1989
Program, form letter to all governors with registration form, memo, and two drafts of Governor Clements’ schedule

6/41: Washington, DC, February 1989
Governor’s briefing book containing information on special issues, descriptions of proposed changes to policy resolutions, and proposed changes in resolutions

6/42: Cincinnati, OH, August 1988
Pre-conference mailings from the NGA including a registration form and a report titled Making America Work: Productive People Productive Policies, Chairmen’s Summaries

6/43: Cincinnati, OH, August 1988
Communications from governors of other states, companies, private individuals, and members of Governor Clements’ staff including reports on a national survey on agency-based voter registration, the adverse effect of U. S. HR 1049 on state and local revenues from taxes on local telecommunications services and income, and a draft comprehensive national energy policy

6/44: Cincinnati, OH, August 1988
Report titled Making America Work: Productive People, Productive Policies, a follow-up report

National Governor's Association Meetings, and Relocations of Companies to Texas

National Governor's Association Meetings
7/1: Cincinnati, OH, August 1988
Report titled Restoring the Balance: State Leadership for America’s Future

7/2: Cincinnati, OH, August 1988
Governor’s briefing book containing information on special issues, descriptions of changes to policy resolutions, and resolutions showing proposed changes and separate reports from Governor Clements’ staff

7/3: Washington, DC, February 1988
Communications from the National Governors’ Association including a registration form and a schedule for the conference, a brief report on the impact of AIDS on correctional institutions, and letters from the governors of Minnesota and South Carolina

7/4: Washington, DC, February 1988
Packet from the NGA’s Office of State Services including a report from the Committee on Energy and Environment titled Federalism and the Exclusive Economic Zone: Restoring the Balance, State Leadership for America’s Future and a second report titled Managing the Performance of Gubernatorial Appointees, a report titled Executive Education 1988 by the Governor's Center at Duke University, and two flyers about publications and seminars offered by the NGA

7/5: Washington, DC, February 1988
Information from other states including a tourism promotional book about Maine, a packet of information about conferences and children and education issues in Arkansas with a cover letter from Governor Bill Clinton, and a packet about the Communities for a Drug-Free Colorado

7/6: Washington, DC, February 1988
Governor’s briefing book with information on special issues, descriptions of changes to policy resolutions, and resolutions showing proposed changes

7/7: Traverse City, MI, July 1987
Mailings from the NGA prior to the conference including a registration form and a program, letters from the governors of New Jersey and Oklahoma, memos and notes from Governor Clements’ staff, and a schedule for Governor Clements

7/8: Traverse City, MI, July 1987
Report of the NGA titled Jobs, Growth, and Competitiveness: Productive People, Productive Policies

7/9: Traverse City, MI, July 1987
Tourism literature about the city and the state

7/10: Traverse City, MI, July 1987
Governor’s briefing book with information on special issues, descriptions of changes to policy resolutions, and resolutions showing proposed changes

7/11: Washington, DC, February 1987
Mailings from the NGA prior to the conference including a registration form and a program, press release containing the text of the remarks by President Ronald Reagan, list of participants in a round table discussion, and notes on key issues for Governor Clements to discuss with several key officials in Washington

7/12: Washington, DC, February 1987
Governor’s briefing book with information on special issues, descriptions of changes to policy resolutions, and resolutions showing proposed changes

7/13: Chicago, IL, July 1989
Mailings from the NGA prior to the conference including a registration form, a galley proof of the program, final program, proposed policy changes, a questionnaire regarding a proposed educational summit with President George Bush, a report by the Texas Adjutant General’s Department on changes in State Headquarters Staffing for Selective Service System, and a schedule for Governor and Mrs. Clements

7/14: Chicago, IL, July 1989
Reports of task forces on International Education, Foreign Markets, and International Frontier

7/15: Chicago, IL, July 1989
Program for the Fourth International Technical Innovation & Entrepreneurship Symposium "Winning in the Global Marketplace" and a promotional packet about the United State of Ohio on Linking Technology, Education and Enterprise

7/16: Chicago, IL, July 1989
Governor’s briefing book with information on special issues, descriptions of changes to policy resolutions, and resolutions showing proposed changes

7/17: Washington, DC, February 1990
Mailings from the NGA prior to the conference including galley proofs of the program, the final program with a registration form, news release from the Department of Energy, notes on policy issues, proposed changes in policy, briefing notes for Governor Clements, and clippings

7/18: Mobile, AL, July 1990
Correspondence, clippings, press releases of the NGA relating to the conference actions and appointments as committee members and chairs, and galley proofs of final program

7/19: Mobile, AL, July 1990
Governor’s briefing book with information on policy positions, amendments, and resolutions showing proposed changes

7/20: Mobile, AL, July 1990
Cover letter, press release, and report titled The Statehouse Effect: State Policies to Cool the Greenhouse by Daniel A. Lashof and Eric L. Washburn published by the Natural Resources Defense Council

7/21: Mobile, AL, July 1990
Governor’s briefing book for the meeting of the Committee on Economic Development and Technological Innovation

7/22: Committee on Justice and Public Safety, 1989
Letter with names and addresses of two members appointed to the committee and memo with questionnaire on drug abuse

7/23: Committee on Legal Affairs, 1990
Info Letter dealing with two cases recently decided by the U. S. Supreme Court addressing the constitutional requirements for the refund of taxes that are later ruled unconstitutional involving a truck tax case and an alcoholic beverage tax preference case

7/24: Committee on Energy and Environment, 1987
Memos, letters, agendas, press release, clippings, and proposed policy changes

7/25: Committee on Energy and Environment, 1988
Letters, memos, agendas, request for appointment to committees forms, and proposed policy changes

7/26: Committee on Energy and Environment, 1989-1990
Letters, memos, agendas, press release, report titled From crisis to Commitment: Environmental Cleanup and Compliance at Federal Facilities, proposed policy changes, Oversight Report of the Congressional Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries titled Coastal Waters in Jeopardy: Reversing the Decline and Protecting America’s Coastal Resources, draft federal facility agreement, and background information on a conference on Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Protection

7/27: Committee on Economic Development and Technological Innovation
Letters, memos, agendas, list of members of the committee and of the staff advisory council, report on housing needs, and background information for a discussion by the staff advisory council on Federalism

7/28: Committee on Economic Development and Technological Innovation, January-June 1988
Letters, memos, agendas, request for appointment to standing committees form, list of members of the committee and the Staff Advisory Committee, printouts of the visuals used by Dr. Alan Lushness of the National Science Foundation in his presentation "The Life Cycle of an ISF/ERC," copy of a paper presented by Dr. Don Johnson of the National Bureau of Standards presentation "New Programs and Directions of the National Bureau of Standards," proposed changes in policy, report by Mark Penn and Douglas Schoen on hostile takeovers of American corporations, newsletters, brochures, conference committee report on the omnibus trade and competitiveness act of 1988 before congress, a request for appointment to standing committees form, copy of the testimony of Governor Edward D. Diprete before the Subcommittee on Taxation and Debt Management of the U. S. Senate Committee on Finance on extension of the mortgage revenue bond and targeted job tax credit programs, brief reports on housing issues and needs, and report on the research agenda of the NGA Center for Policy Research

7/29: Committee on Economic Development and Technological Innovation, June-December 1988
Letters, memos, agendas, press releases, drafts of an NGA Housing Policy Statement, notes of a report on Housing for Special Needs Population, lists of members of the committee and of the staff advisory committee, proposed changes in policy, newsletters, background paper on The States and National Housing Policy, and report titled State-Supported SBIR [Small Business Innovation Research] Programs and Related State Technology Programs

7/30: Committee on Economic Development and Technological Innovation, 1989
Letters, memos, agendas, lists of members and of the Staff Advisory Committee, congressional conference committee report on the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, copy of Public Law 101-73 to reform, recapitalize, and consolidate the Federal deposit insurance system, copies of articles on the insurance and financial industries, a section-by-section summary of the committee print of Senate Bill 566 the National Affordable Housing Act, copy of reform amendments to Title XI-Real Estate Appraisal, fact sheet on President George Gush’s Hope Initiative Homeownership and Opportunity for People Everywhere, a legislative action plan for the Senate Democratic Task Force on Housing, testimony of Timothy J. Masanz of the Committee before the U. S. House Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development Committee on Banking, Finance & Urban Affairs on H.R. 1180 on the Housing and Community Development Act of 1989, and statement of Raymond C. Scheppach before the U. S. House Committee on Ways and Means on Enterprise Zones

7/31: Committee on Economic Development and Technological Innovation, 1990
Memos, press release, newsletter, and reports titled Excellence at Work: Principles and Options for State Action and Excellence at Work: The Issues

7/32: Southern Governor's Association - Louisville, KY, 1987
Letters, memos, notes, and governor’s briefing book for the conference titled Main Street 21st Century: Leadership Challenges for the South Today

Relocations of Companies to Texas
7/33: Alcoa Announcement, January 2, 1990
Correspondence, memos, and fact sheets about Alcoa Composites relocating its divisional headquarters from Santa Ana, CA to San Antonio, TX and an application by the Aluminum Company of America for a subzone grant in the Calhoun/Victoria Foreign Trade Zone #155 for its plant located in Point Comfort, TX

7/34: American Airlines Announcement, June 7, 1989
Correspondence, memos, fact sheet, press release, clipping, maps, minute order of the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation regarding highway 170 between I-35W and State Highway 114 in Dallas, and cost estimates regarding American Airlines using Alliance Airport as its maintenance facility and its acquisition of TWA’s Chicago to London Service and Eastern Airline’s Central and South American route system

7/35: Applied Materials Inc., June 1990
Clippings about plans to build a new manufacturing and research center in Austin

International Bridges

1/1: General Information, 1982-1986

1/2: General Information, 1987

1/3: General Information, 1988

1/4: General Information, 1989

1/5: General Information, 1990

1/6: International Bridges, Legal and Financial Authority, General Information

1/7: International Bridges, Legal and Financial Authority, Toll Bridges

1/8: List of Border Contacts, 1988
Names and telephone numbers of individuals in federal agencies

1/9: Maps of Border Area

1/10: International Bridges, Clippings, 1987-1990

1/11: Tamaulipas Bridge Study, Reports, March 1988
Titled Background Information, International Border Crossings Texas and Mexico, Transportation Planning Division, Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation

1/12: Tamaulipas Bridge Study, Reports, February 1988
Titled Traffic Study, Proposed International Bridge Vicinity of Los Indios, Texas-Lucio Blanco, Tamaulipas, Transportation Planning Division, Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation

1/13: Tamaulipas Bridge Study, Reports, October 1, 1987
Titled A Report on International Bridge Traffic Congestion Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, An Engineering Analysis, Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation

1/14: Report, 1988
Titled Programa de Desaarrollo de Puertos Terrestres Fronterizos con Nuevos Puents Internacionales, Gobierno del Estado de Tamaulipas

1/15: Bridges, General, Reports, March 1988
Titled Background Information, International Border Crossings Texas and Mexico, Transportation Planning Division, Texas State Department of Highways and Transportation, revised April 1988 and January 1989

1/16: Bridges, General, Reports, May 1, 1989
Titled Southern Border Ports of Entry-1990 submitted to the Committee on Appropriations, U. S. Senate by The Border Trade Alliance and the Institute for Manufacturing and Materials Management (IM3), University of Texas at El Paso

1/17: Bridges, General, Reports, March 30, 1990
Titled Briefing Materials on U.S./Mexico Ports of Entry & Texas center for Business Enterprise Development Database by Donald A. Michie, presented to United States-Mexico Border Governors' Conference Austin, Texas

1/18: Bridges, General, Report, 1988
Titled Synopsis Colombia-Dolores Bridge

1/19: Bridges, General, 1988 & 1990
Letters with attachments

1/20: Cameron County--Brownsville Bridge
Correspondence, memos, notes, and clippings

1/21: Cameron County--Brownsville Bridge, August 1987
International Bridge Permit Application by the Brownsville Navigation District, with response from the U. S. Department of State

1/22: Colombia Bridge, 1987
Correspondence, memos, and notes

1/23: Colombia Bridge, 1988
Correspondence, memos, and notes

1/24: Colombia Bridge, 1989
Correspondence, memos, and notes

1/25: Colombia Bridge, 1989
Correspondence, memos, and notes

1/26: Colombia Bridge, 1990
Correspondence, memos, and notes

1/27: Colombia Bridge, March-July 1990
Memos, notes, press releases, speeches, clippings, and announcement of and approval for the bridge

1/28: Colombia Bridge, August 1990
Groundbreaking ceremony, Program, invitation, memo, and clippings

1/29: Colombia Bridge, 1988-1989
Programmatic agreement between the Department of State, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, and the Texas State Historic Preservation Officer regarding implementation of the bridge, letters, memos, notes, brief reports, recommended action plan by the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, resolutions, maps, description of land, tax receipt, press release, and aerial photographs

1/30: Colombia Bridge
Application for a Presidential Permit to Construct an International Bridge, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, and the State of Texas, submitted by city of Laredo, Texas

1/31: Colombia Bridge, May 1989
Application for a Presidential Permit for Proposed Colombia International Bridge to be located between Webb County, Texas, and Colombia, Nuevo Leon, Mexico by Commissioners' Court of Webb County, Texas

1/32: Colombia Bridge, Clippings, 1987-1988

1/33: Colombia Bridge, Clippings, 1988-1989

1/34: Del Rio Bridge, 1988
Memos, notes, agenda, itinerary for Governor Clements for dedication, brief reports, clippings, and environmental impact statement scoping meeting for master plan for expanding the inspection facilities because of the increased traffic on the new bridge

1/35: Del Rio Bridge, 1982 & 1989
Letters, notes, clippings, and report titled Del Rio-Ciudad Acuna Rail Interchange Project" Feasibility Phase, submitted to Del Rio Area Development Foundation, authorized by Southwest Border Regional Commission, prepared by J. T. Lamkin Jr. and H. A. Richards, Texas Transportation Institute

1/36: Donna--Rio Bravo (Tamaulipas), 1989
Cover letter for copy of a Presidential Permit for an International Bridge (not present) sent to Governor Clements

1/37: Fabens Border Station, 1990
Letter and position paper for a station at Fabens, Texas

1/38: Eagle Pass Bridge, 1989
Letter, maps, and reports titled Preliminary Project Data and Eagle Pass International Bridge Study by Groves and Associates, Inc. of San Antonio, Texas

1/39: Falcon Dam Bridge
Letter, note, and petition to open the International Crossing at Falcon Dam on a permanent twenty-four-hour basis

1/40: Laredo--Nuevo Laredo Bridges, 1987-1990
Correspondence, memos, notes, clippings, resolutions, environmental impact statement, map, and brief report on a meeting on international bridges and border crossings held in San Diego. [Note some documents refer to the Colombia Bridge.]

1/41: Laredo--Nuevo Laredo Bridges, October 1, 1987
Report titled Report on International Bridge Traffic Congestion, Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, an Engineering Analysis

1/42: Laredo--Nuevo Laredo Bridges, July 1988
Report titled Bridge III: Laredo Texas/Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. [Includes photographs of congested traffic on existing bridges]

1/43: Laredo Bridge--Outer Loop Highway, 1989-1990
Letter, memos, resolution, map, and clippings

1/44: Laredo Bridge--Outer Loop Highway, June 1989
Report titled Laredo-Corpus Christi-Laredo Route Feasibility Study by State Department of Highways and Public Transportation

1/45: Laredo Bridge--Outer Loop Highway, 1989
Letter, clippings, translation of one clipping in Spanish, and report titled U.S.-Mexico Industrial & Tourist Development District, A Conceptual Proposal by Ralph Durden Company, Corpus Christi

1/46: Laredo Bridge--Outer Loop Highway, June 1989
Letter and report titled Public Hearing Report, Feasibility and Justification Study for the Outer Loop Spur Highway, Webb County, City of Laredo, State Department of Highways and Public Transportation by DeShazo, Starek & Tang, Inc

1/47: Laredo--Nuevo Laredo Bridge, Clippings, 1987-1989
Many of the clippings are noted as relating to bridge III or the Colombia Bridge.

1/48: Los Ebanos Bridge, 1987 & 1989
Letters and clippings

1/49: Los Indios Bridge, 1987-1990
Letters and clippings

1/50: Colombia Bridge
Report containing brief notes, and photographs of maps and conceptual drawings

International Bridges, Governor's Economic Package, and General State Development Files

International Bridges
2/1: Los Indios Bridge, 1987-1990
Correspondence, memos, notes, resolutions, agendas, and brief reports

2/2: Bridge at Pharr, Texas, 1987-1990
Correspondence and brief reports

2/3: Bridge at Pharr, Texas, 1984
Economic Feasibility Study

2/4: Bridge at Pharr, Texas, 1989
Engineering Feasibility Study of a Third Reynosa International Bridge [English language version]

2/5: Bridge at Pharr, Texas, 1989
Engineering Feasibility Study of a Third Reynosa International Bridge [Spanish language version]

2/6: Roma Bridge, 1988
Correspondence about dismantling the suspension bridge connecting Miguel Aleman, Tamaulipas and Roma, Texas

2/7: Zaragosa/Ysleta Bridge, El Paso, Texas/Chihuahua, Mexico, 1988-1990
Correspondence, memos, notes, clippings, brief reports, drawings, and maps

Governor's Economic Package
2/8: Economic Development Proposals, 1989
Brief reports titled Economic Development Proposals and Texas Jobs and Opportunity Blueprint and press release

2/9: HB 112, Sales and Use Tax, 1988-1989
Two versions of the bill, memo about holding a public signing ceremony for the bill, and Governor Clements' remarks at the bill signing ceremony

2/10: HB 360, Workforce Development Incentive
Copy of the bill and memo

2/11: HB 362, Product Development, 1989
Two versions of the bill, memos, list of potential witnesses to testify on the bill, and Senate committee report on the bill

2/12: HB 369, Texas Exporters Loan Fund, 1989
Three versions of the bill, memos, clippings, preliminary bill analysis, list of letters of endorsement for the bill, and Senate committee report on the bill

2/13: HB 438, Rural Economic Development Commission, 1989
Four versions of the bill, preliminary analysis of the bill, and House and Senate Committee reports on the bill

2/14: HB 613, Rural Economic Development Fund, 1989
Two versions of the bill, preliminary bill analysis, Senate Committee Report on the bill, memo, note, and comparison of this bill with SB 201

2/15: HJR 14, (Companion to SJR 11), Freeport Tax, 1989
Copy of the resolution, letters of support from a businessman and the Texas Department of Commerce, and an explanatory memo from the Texas Research League

2/16: SB 160, Rural Economic Development Commission, 1989
Copy of bill, list of possible witnesses, preliminary analysis, regular bill analysis, and memo on fiscal implications of the bill

2/17: SB 165, Texas Exporters Loan Fund, 1989
Two versions of the bill, copy of a substitute bill, preliminary analysis, regular bill analysis, memo on the economic impact of the bill, and list of letters of endorsement

2/18: SB 193, Workforce Development, 1989
Six versions of the bill, one amendment to the bill, House Committee report, bill analysis, fiscal note from the Legislative Budget Board, and list of firms and individuals contacted about the bill

2/19: SB 201, Rural Economic Development Fund
Two versions of the bill, one of which is a Senate Committee substitute, preliminary bill analysis, regular bill analysis, Senate Committee report on the bill, comparison of SB 201 with HB 613, and list of witnesses

2/20: SJR 11, Goods in Transit Tax Exemption, (Companion to HJR 14), 1989
Four versions of the bill two of which are committee substitutes, bill analysis, Legislative Budget Board fiscal note, memo, letter of support from the Texas Department of Commerce, and clipping

2/21: Enrolled Bills, Jobs Package
HB 4 relating to foreign offices of the department of commerce, HB 112 relating to the application of sales and use taxes to certain purchases of machinery, equipment, and related property used for manufacturing and other commercial purposes, HB 362 relating to the commercialization of new and improved products and creating the product commercialization fund, HB 369 relating to creation and operation of the Texas exporters loan fund, Senate committee amendment to HB 369, Senate floor amendment to HB 369, HB 438 relating to the Rural Economic Development Commission and recommendations for development and economic growth of rural areas and expanding agribusiness, HB 613 relating to the creation of the Texas rural economic development fund and assistance to rural Texas businesses and making an appropriation, House Committee substitute for HB 1803 relating to an office in the department of commerce responsible for collecting and disseminating information relating to certain grants, HB 1860 relating to the issuance of bonds and for state financing of the development and production of Texas products and businesses, HB 2674 relating to the designation of the week of May 22through May 26 as "International Trade Awareness Week," HB 2803 relating to the creation of the Texas business enhancement fund and the economic development of the state, HB 3192 relating to the authority of a municipality to engage in economic development programs, HJR 51 proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the issuance of bonds and state financing of development and production of Texas products and businesses, Senate floor amendment to HJR 51 relating to bonds for agricultural business, SB 693 relating to the manner in which certain businesses may claim a sales and use tax exemption for exported items, SB 1030 relating to the establishment of a method to explore possibilities for compact agreements regarding trade and other matters with the bordering states of Mexico, and SJR 11 proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the exemption from ad valorem taxation certain personal property temporarily in the state for certain purposes

General State Development Files
2/22: Debt Management Training Program
Memos regarding the development of a program for farmers by the Texas Agricultural Extension Service using the Job Training Partnership [JTPA] Wagner-Peyser 7(b) funds

2/23: Edgewood vs. Kirby, 1990
Press releases, text of Associated Press story by Peggy Fikac, clippings, judgment of the 250th Judicial District Court in Travis County, and opinion of the Texas Supreme Court ruling unconstitutional the system of financing public education in Texas

2/24: Galveston Bay Oil Spill, 1990
Memo, press release, and clippings

2/25: Higher Education Legislation--Border Tuition, 1987
Copy of HB2181 relating to high education, including the responsibilities, roles, funding, and management of public agencies and institutions in higher education. Section 54-060 granted in-state tuition to students from states and nations bordering Texas who registered in a junior college in any Texas public junior college situated in a county immediately adjacent to the state or nation in which the nonresident student lived

2/26: Tax Reform: Memos, 1987-1989
Newsletters of the Texas Association of Taxpayers, Texas Research League, and National Governors' Association; brief report on tax increase facts, statement if tax increase issues of Florence Shapiro of Plano and an officer of the Texas Municipal League, and a report titled A Guide to the Comptroller' Revised Tax Plan

2/27: Tax Reform, Senate Briefing Package, 1987
Fifteen of sixteen documents that include brief reports and speeches on this issue

2/28: Tax Reform, Senate Briefing Package, 1987
Document sixteen, a draft of an unnumbered bill being the Comptroller's proposed tax reform legislation

2/29: Texas Innovation Information Network System [TIINS], 1988-1989 & 1988-1990
List of industry contributors, letters to members of the appropriations joint committee, and business plans

2/30: Texas Innovation Information Network System [TIINS], 1987-1988
Correspondence, memos, notes, articles of incorporation, proposals, brochure, articles, and copies of SB 776 and a part of HB 4 relating to TINNS

2/31: Texas Municipal League, 1986-1989
Letter, note, clipping, list of bills supported and opposed by, and magazine

2/32: Texas Research and Technology Foundation, 1987-1988
Correspondence, memos, notes, lists of team and committee members, and brief reports on technology transfer

2/33: Texas Research and Technology Foundation, Clippings, 1987-1988

2/34: Texas Research and Technology Foundation, 1986
Summary document on research concerning Transfer of Technology in the U. S. and Other Countries

2/35: Texas Research League, 1985-1990
Publications, Newsletter titled Analysis, Scattered issues

2/36: Texas Research League, 1987-1990
Publications, Scattered issues of its Bulletin on Texas State Finance, and a copy of Achieve! An Update on Student Retention Issues

2/37: Texas Research League, 1986-1989
Publications, Annual Reports

2/38: Texas Research League, 1985-1986
Publications, Report titled Appraisal Practices and Tax Burdens Texas Local Governments

2/39: Texas Research League, 1988-1989
Publications, Report titled Bench Marks, School District Budgets in Texas

2/40: Texas Research League, 1989-1990
Publications, Report titled Bench Marks, School District Budgets in Texas

2/41: Trucking Deregulation
Letters, draft of an act relating to the definition of commercial motor vehicle, proposal for a decision on the application of five companies to transport general commodities in volume or truckload quantities throughout Texas, a brief point-counterpoint report on trucking deregulation, newsletters of the National Governors' Association, and a staff report of the Transportation Division of the Railroad Commission of Texas to the House Business and Commerce Committee

2/42: Trucking Deregulation, 1987
Report titled Transportation and Economic Development: the Case for Reform of Trucking Regulation in Texas by Robert L. Weinstein and Harold T. Gross at the center for Enterprising at Southern Methodist University

2/43: Welfare Reform, Federal, 1987-1988
Letters, memos, notes, brochure, analysis reports, and miscellaneous other reports on the topic

2/44: Welfare Reform, Federal, 1987-1990
National Governors' Association Weekly Bulletins and Legisline, scattered issues on the topic

2/45: Workers' Compensation, January 1989
Letters, memos, lists of bills, analysis of bills, written comments to the Joint Select Committee on Workers' Compensation Insurance, charts for staff presentation to the Joint Select Committee, Remarks of Governor Clements at a workers' compensation rally in Dallas, and copy of HCR27 requesting the Joint Select Committee to file a complete report to the legislature

2/46: Workers' Compensation, 1987-1988
Information packet compiled by the Texas Association of Business including reports on the meetings of the Joint Select Committee, a report titled 1987 Analysis of Workers Compensation Laws, compilations of questions and answers about workers' compensation, list of members of the Joint Select Committee, and copies of the Texas Association of Business newsletter supplement Jobs for Texas Campaign Report

2/47: Workers' Compensation, 1987
Interim report of the House Select Interim Committee on Workers' Compensation Insurance to the 70th Texas Legislature

2/48: Workers' Compensation, October 1988
Summary Research Papers of the Joint Select Committee on Workers' Compensation Insurance

2/49: Workers' Compensation, 1989
Texas Rate Filing Executive Summary, by the National Council on Compensation Insurance

2/50: Workers' Compensation, 1986
Initial Experiences with Competitive Rating, a report by the U. S. General Accounting Office

2/51: Workers' Compensation, 1986
Report titled Issues Related to Legislative Evaluation and Oversight of State Workers' Compensation Programs by the State Government Issues and Organization Committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures

2/52: Workers' Compensation, 1986-1987
Report titled Equity in Employment Security Financing Act with cover letter from the Governor of Illinois seeking Governor Clements' support for the reform of the financing of federally-funded, state-administered employment security programs

2/53: Workers' Compensation, 1984-1990
Miscellaneous newsletters, primarily of the Texas Association of Business and the Texas Research League and copies of articles from Texas Insurance and Washington Monthly

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