| Box # | Folder ID | Folder Title | Folder Dates | Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 278 | 0002AA-001 | Emissions Program | 1978, 1980 | Copy of pages from the Journal of the House, May 1, 1978; contract between the state and Hamilton Test Systems, Inc. for establishing and operating motor vehicle inspection program facilities. |
| 278 | 0002AA-002 | Emissions Program | 1984 | Information on federal sanctions if Connecticut stops emissions inspections; state Senator Robertson concerned about reliability of emissions test; draft white paper and letter to Governor in response |
| 278 | 0002AA-003 | Emissions Program | January-February 1985 | Michigan alternative to inspection/maintenance program; contract with Hamilton Test Systems is up for renewal; Environmental Protection Commissioner Pac's statement in favor of the inspection program; |
| 278 | 0002AA-004 | Emissions Program | March, August-October 198 | Newspaper articles; state Council on Environmental Quality and Department of Health Services support continuation of emissions testing; review and comment on General Accounting Office report; transcri |
| 278 | 0002AA-005 | Emissions Program | 1986-1987 | Correspondence concerning effectiveness of Connecticut's emissions program; tune-up survey of vehicle inspection stations; evidence against exempting newer vehicles from emissions tests. |
| 278 | 0002AA-006 | Potable Water | 1984-1985 | List of contaminated wills with no responsible party identified; Governor thanks individuals for their efforts in providing a solution for water contamination in Connecticut; review of An Act Concerni |
| 278 | 0002AA-007 | Potable Water | 1985 | Proposed Bill 5834, An Act Concerning Water Pollution Abatement Orders; proposed bill 5031, 5033 and 5836 to authorize loans and grants to municipalities and individuals with contaminated wells; repor |
| 278 | 0002AA-008 | Potable Water--EDB | June-October 1984 | Analysis of proposal to fund statewide Pesticide Collection Program; studies of different pesticides; summary of Connecticut law related to the contamination of public and private water supplies by ha |
| 278 | 0002AA-009 | Potable Water--EDB | November 1984-May 1985, 1 | Newspaper articles; summary of Water Supply Program; EDB emergency regulation; Governor's response to complaint about contaminated water; letter accompanying publication Protecting Connecticut's Groun |
| 279 | 0002AA-010 | Potable Water | 1984-1985 | Somers EDB Contamination Info Package; Governor thanks Peter Buddington for his presentation to legislators; constituents write to Governor concerned about the safety of their water, Governor describe |
| 279 | 0002AA-011 | Potable Water--EDB | n.d. | Statement of EDB contamination problem; testimony of David McQuade before the Environment Committee in support of H.B. 7457; briefing paper about groundwater contamination; Department of Health Servic |
| 279 | 0002AA-012 | Governor's Commission on Equity and Excellence in Education | January-July 1984 | Letters, invitations, resumes, and memoranda concerning formation of the Commission. |
| 279 | 0002AA-013 | Governor's Commission on Equity and Excellence in Education | January-September 1984 | Reports on educational quality; appeal to Governor to support proposal to create technology center in New Haven; results of study by the Connecticut Education Association concerning education in the s |
| 279 | 0002AA-014 | Governor's Commission on Equity and Excellence in Education | October 1984-July 1985 | Governor thanks businesses for support; Governor thanks individuals for testifying before Commission; report of Commission meeting; letter of agreement between the Institute for Social Inquiry and the |
| 279 | 0002AA-015 | Governor's Commission on Equity and Excellence in Education | 1985 | Photographs of Teacher of the Year award presentation, and dignitaries at a news conference concerning the Commission. In the second photograph of the news conference are, left to right, Lynn Allen B |
| 279 | 0002AA-016 | Governor's Task Force on Student Financial Aid | September 1985-February 1 | Higher Education Capital Budget Request; Recommended Higher Education Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 1987; annual report of the Connecticut Student Loan Foundation; newsletter of the American Counci |
| 279 | 0002AA-017 | Governor's Task Force on Student Financial Aid | March-June 1986 | Press releases; Governor's proposal to create a Student Financial Aid Task Force; review of Governor's proposal; newsletter from Board of Governors for Higher Education; criticism of Board Chairman Lo |
| 279 | 0002AA-018 | Governor's Task Force on Student Financial Aid | July-December 1986 | Proposed budget for Task Force; staff report from Task Force; newspaper articles; draft of Governor's comments to UConn students and their parents on September 3; press release; meeting schedules and |
| 280 | 0002AA-019 | Governor's Task Force on Student Financial Aid | n.d. | Graph of total guaranteed student loans made through Connecticut Student Loan Foundation; components of study; goals of Task Force; strategic plan; Comparisons of Per Capita Appropriations for Student |
| 280 | 0002AA-020 | Governor's Task Force on Student Financial Aid | April-June 1986 | Notes, resumes, and letters recommending or requesting to serve on the Task Force. |
| 280 | 0002AA-021 | Education Enhancement Act | February-April 1986 | Analysis of Governor's Plan for Equity and Excellence in Education; financial analysis of Governor's proposals to raise teachers salaries; Department of Education goals; concerns about provisions of S |
| 280 | 0002AA-022 | Education Enhancement Act | May-October 1986 | Paid political advertisement from newspaper; principles to be followed in drafting legislation; legislative calendar; Governor's letter to legislative leaders informing them of his intention to call s |
| 280 | 0002AA-023 | Education Enhancement Act | 1986 | McQuade's notes; Problems with Republican Education Bill; financial information; background information and reports; drafts of bills and amendments. |
| 280 | 0002AA-024 | Agent Orange | June 1986 | Programmatic and financial audit of Vietnam Veterans Agent Orange Victims, Inc., with attachments; decision to end state funding. |
| 280 | 0002AA-025 | Westport Truck Weigh Station | August 1986-February 1987 | Letters and petitions opposed to locating truck weigh station in Westport; McQuade's notes; political summary of Westport; copy of report from Public Safety Commissioner Forst concerning highway safet |
| 280 | 0002AA-026 | Westport Truck Weigh Station | 1986 | Copies of letters residents sent to Westport First Selectwoman Hauhuth expressing opposition to weigh station. |
| 280 | 0002AA-027 | Westport Truck Weigh Station | 1986 | Newspaper clippings. |
| 280 | 0002AA-028 | Westport Truck Weigh Station | 1986 | Newspaper articles provided by clipping service. |
| 281 | 0002AA-029 | Iroquois Pipeline | October 1986-January 1987 | Information packet for first meeting of the Gas Pipeline Citizens Monitoring Group; draft agenda for first meeting with McQuade's notes; Governor's remarks; Secretary Milano's remarks; information con |
| 281 | 0002AA-030 | Iroquois Pipeline | February 1987 | Report from QED Research on The Economic Impact of the Iroquois Pipeline on Connecticut; state's comments on the scope of the draft environmental impact statement, part of the application of the Iroqu |
| 281 | 0002AA-031 | Iroquois Pipeline | March 1987-July 1988 | Partial agendas for Iroquois Pipeline meetings; Energy Division of the Office of Policy and Management reports on activities in relation to the pipeline; press release announcing proposed shorter pipe |
| 281 | 0002AA-032 | Iroquois Pipeline | 1986-1988 | Newspaper articles. |
| 281 | 0002AA-033 | Iroquois Pipeline--Marilynn Cruz-Aponte's Files | July-August 1986 | Information packet from Iroquois Gas Transmission System; notes on phone messages; copy of invitational letter to state agencies to discuss Iroquois proposal; list of meeting attendees; letters opposi |
| 281 | 0002AA-034 | Iroquois Pipeline--Marilynn Cruz-Aponte's Files | September-October 1986 | Iroquois' Notice of Intent to Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement; copies of requests for proposal and list of consultants; list of areas of concern about proposal; notes; analysis of Depar |
| 281 | 0002AA-035 | Iroquois Pipeline--Marilynn Cruz-Aponte's Files | 1986 | Newspaper clippings. |
| 281 | 0002AA-036 | Iroquois Pipeline--Citizens Monitoring Group | September-October 9, 1986 | Copy of Notice of Intent to Prepare Draft Environmental Impact Statement; Natural Gas Perspective and Potential Benefits of Iroquois Proposal; Senator Weicker's efforts to ensure Connecticut concerns |
| 281 | 0002AA-037 | Iroquois Pipeline--Citizens Monitoring Group | October 10-December 1986 | Press release; newspaper articles; statements by state agencies regarding the pipeline; membership list; FERC notices; Siting Council requests clarification of its jurisdiction from the Attorney Gener |
| 282 | 0002AA-038 | Stone Street | 1986-1988 | Petitions, letters appealing for Governor's assistance, information from a previous court case, summary of meeting with McQuade, legal advice to Department of Transportation concerning how to proceed, |
| 282 | 0002AA-039 | Stone Street--Newspaper Articles | 1986 | |
| 282 | 0002AA-040 | Commission to Study the Veterans' Home and Hospital | 1980-1986 | Letter to Governor Grasso concerning repairs to Commandant's residence; press release regarding appointment of new Commandant; legislation passed in 1983 concerning Veterans' Home and Hospital expendi |
| 282 | 0002AA-041 | Commission to Study the Veterans' Home and Hospital | August-September 1986 | Annual report of Veterans' Home and Hospital; FOIA request; amendments to state regulations for the Veterans' Home and Hospital Commission; audit report; McQuade's notes about issues to address; effor |
| 282 | 0002AA-042 | Commission to Study the Veterans' Home and Hospital | November-December 1986 | Attorney General's opinion on questions concerning the extent of the Veterans' Home and Hospital Commission's authority and liability; staffing needs to properly distribute medication; question about |
| 282 | 0002AA-043 | Commission to Study the Veterans' Home and Hospital | January-March 1987 | Proposal for a Commission to Review the Veterans Home and Hospital; suggested topics to study; audit report; final Report on the Review of the Veterans' Home and Hospital by the Connecticut Alcohol an |
| 282 | 0002AA-044 | Commission to Study the Veterans' Home and Hospital | April-July 1987 | Minutes of Subcommittees and of full Commission meetings; status report on progress to implement recommendations of the Task Force; recommendations concerning the newly created Department of Veterans' |
| 282 | 0002AA-045 | Commission to Study the Veterans' Home and Hospital | August 1987 | Notices of meetings; meeting minutes; analysis of the managerial and governance structure of the Veterans' Home and Hospital; notes and report on financial impact of implementing recommendations. |
| 282 | 0002AA-046 | Commission to Study the Veterans' Home and Hospital | September 1987 | Veterans newsletter; meeting agendas and minutes; Subcommittee on Levels of Care Recommendations and Interim Report; notices of meetings; job description for new position; proposed organizational char |
| 282 | 0002AA-047 | Commission to Study the Veterans' Home and Hospital | October 1987 | Meeting agendas and minutes; McQuade's notes; executive summary of findings; draft report; final report; recommendations of the Veterans Administration; minority report; analysis of fiscal impact of |
| 283 | 0002AA-048 | Commission to Study the Veterans' Home and Hospital | November-December 1987 | Records of patient frequently intoxicated; analysis of fiscal implications of the Commission report on Department of Income Maintenance; Interim Action Report of the Governor's Special Task Forces on |
| 283 | 0002AA-049 | Commission to Study the Veterans' Home and Hospital | 1986-1987 | Newspaper articles. |
| 283 | 0002AA-050 | Commission to Study the Veterans' Home and Hospital | 1988 | Drafts and final copy of McQuade's testimony on Substitute H.B. 5330, An Act Concerning the Organization of the Department of Veterans' Affairs and the Veterans' Home and Hospital; analysis of and cha |
| 283 | 0002AA-051 | Commission to Study the Veterans' Home and Hospital | 1988 | Copy of H.B. 5330 with notations; drafts; list of legislation affecting veterans; Department of Veterans' Affairs notice of intent to adopt regulations; Veterans' Home and Hospital Board of Trustees; |
| 283 | 0002AA-052 | Commission to Study the Veterans' Home and Hospital | 1988 | Press release about selection of Substance Abuse Treatment Director; Veterans Administration suggests day program; summary data about operation of Hospital and Home; report on hiring process for Subst |
| 283 | 0002AA-053 | Commission to Study Veterans' Home and Hospital | 1989-1990 | Progress report; Commandant suggests changes in legislation; audit report; informational booklet about Veterans' Home and Hospital; Vietnam Veterans of America present nominees to serve on Board of Di |
| 283 | 0002AA-054 | State Health and Welfare Grant | 1987 | Constituent letters to Governor opposing apparent cuts in funding for special education programs in independent schools. |
| 283 | 0002AA-055 | State Health and Welfare Grant | 1987 | Constituent letters, forwarded to Governor from the Southern Office, opposing apparent cuts in funding for special education programs in independent schools. |
| 283 | 0002AA-056 | Investigation of UConn Health Center | 1988 | Investigation report by Attorney General's Office and State Auditors; cover document. |
| 283 | 0002AA-057 | Investigation of UConn Health Center | 1986, 1988 | Review of allegations of misuse of Foundation funds; list of recommendations; summary of findings; strategies to discipline those involved and prevent misuse in future; UConn President Casteen's month |
| 284 | 0002AA-058 | Property Tax Relief | September 1988-April 1989 | Reports on impact of revaluation on Hartford property taxes; analysis of fiscal impact on state and municipal revenues; agenda for General Assembly's Property Tax Force meeting; McQuade's notes; draft |
| 284 | 0002AA-059 | Property Tax Relief | 1988 | Tax and housing statistics. |
| 284 | 0002AA-060 | Property Tax Relief | 1988 | Brochure Why State Aid for Property Tax Relief; analysis of provisions of An Act Concerning Municipal Revaluations and Residential Property Relief; information about taxation of computer software; sum |
| 284 | 0002AA-061 | William Reilly Meeting | March-April 1989 | Memoranda, briefing and planning documents for meeting with Environmental Protection Administrator William Reilly April 14, 1989. |
| 284 | 0002AA-062 | Oil Spill Initiative | 1989 | Reports on Connecticut's preparedness to respond to oil spill; Governor's speech announcing plans to increase state's capacity to respond to major spill; federal legislation in response to Exxon Valde |
| 284 | 0002AA-063 | Thomas Commission | May 1989-April 1990 | A Commission to study management of state government, headed by DeRoy C. Thomas, President and CEO of ITT Corp. McQuade's notes about commission needs; legislation calling for study of state agency e |
| 284 | 0002AA-064 | Thomas Commission | May 1988-October 1989 | Press release and memo to state agency heads announcing state efficiency study; McQuade notes from meetings; preliminary list of Commission members; Legislative Program Review and Investigations Commi |
| 284 | 0002AA-065 | Thomas Commission | November 1989 | ToucheRoss review of the Bureau of Purchases and general services functions of the Department of Administrative Services. |
| 284 | 0002AA-066 | Thomas Commission--Reports | November 1989 | Fiscal analysis of Iowa Management Study; draft Progress Report to Oversight Committee, Study of the Department of Motor Vehicles; Initial Status Briefing on Connecticut Child Support Enforcement Prog |
| 284 | 0002AA-067 | Thomas Commission | November 1989-January 199 | Directory of State Management and Productivity Improvement Programs; summary of agency studies in progress or planned; profile of agencies proposed for study; press release of Governor's announcement |
| 284 | 0002AA-068 | Thomas Commission | n.d. | Legal notice of request for proposals; scope of work in organization studies; consulting list; Commission members; bill establishing the Commission; forms. |
| 285 | 0002AA-069 | Education Summit | August-September 1989 | Invitation from President to attend Education Summit; report on State Formula Grant Aid; information for newspaper about Governor's education reform; Summit registration information; correspondence fr |
| 285 | 0002AA-070 | Education Summit | September 1989 | Governor's goal for the summit; information about the summit format and logistics; notice of meeting of National Governors' Association (NGA) Task Force on Waste Management during Summit; NGA activiti |
| 285 | 0002AA-071 | Education Summit | September-October 1989 | Meeting notebook; schedule of events and general information; draft reports of Working Sessions; Connecticut Viewpoint 1989, A Public Policy Research Project; joint statement following summit; NGA fol |
| 285 | 0002AA-072 | Education Summit | 1989 | McQuade notes; Department of Education information for an End of the Decade publication; description of O'Neill's education reform initiatives; Higher Education information; drafts of parts or chapter |
| 285 | 0002AA-073 | Miscellaneous Issues | 1984-1989 | Department of Income Maintenance responds to request to extend office hours; outline of issues concerning a research park at UConn; program from Rededication of the Chamber of the Connecticut Senate; |
| 285 | 0002AA-074 | Miscellaneous Issues | 1985 | Publication, Impact of the President's Proposed Budget Actions on the State of Connecticut Selected Programs. |