On behalf of the Texas City – La Marque Community
Advisory Council (CAC) I would like to thank our
community who in partnership with businesses, educators,
and industry helped make 2018 another successful
year.
Just consider that 26 years ago, in 1992 the Community
Advisory Panel (CAP) began as an entity driven
by local industry, focusing on health, safety and
environmental issues. Then, 14 years ago in 2004,
the CAP was restructured as the CAC using an “industry-
sponsored, community-driven forum” model
rather than the previous “industry-led membershipbased
forum.”
The CAC’s Mission is based in the belief that to gether,
we can and should live in harmony while
working to continuously improve our quality of life.
Our objectives are twofold, to:
1. Advise and afford industry and citizens the
opportunity to exchange viewpoints, express concerns,
and strive to develop an ongoing sense of mutual
respect and trust; and,
2. Address issues of mutual interest such as
health, safety, the environment, education and economic
development.
We thank our 2018 speakers, often traveling from
afar, to present
these interesting
programs:
• J a n u a r y:
“Marathon’s 2017
Citizenship Report”
by Jamal Kheiry,
Marathon Petroleum
Corporation
(MPC) and “Marathon
Petroleum
Co. South Texas
Asset Repositioning
(STAR) Project
Overview” by Tom
Hearn, GBR Major
Projects and STAR
Project Manager.
• M a r c h :
“Water, Water Everywhere!
— Can
Houston Feasibly
Mitigate it’s Flood water
Threats? The
Coastal Spine and Harvey” by Dan Seal, Bay Area
Houston Economic Partnership (BAHEP) Executive
Director for Special Initiatives.
• May: “Annual Air Quality Update” by Tracie
Phillips, Ph.D. Toxicology Division, TCEQ and Brian
Cochran, Section Manager, Ambient Air Monitoring,
AECOM.
• July: “Special Presentation” by Harvey Cappel,
Volunteer TCISD STEM/Robotics Instructor, and
“Emergency Management Preparedness Updates”
by Tom Muñoz, Emergency Manager, City of Texas
City.
• September: “College of the Mainland (COM):
We Build Tomorrows,” by Dr. Warren Nichols, COM
President.
• November: “TCEQ Wastewater Permits &
Discharge Quality,” by David Galindo, Director, Wa ter
Quality Div., Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality (TCEQ).
We also owe a debt of gratitude to:
• Our generous meal hosts: INEOS Styrolution
America, LLC, Oiltanking Texas City, LP, Dunn
Heat Exchangers, BP Texas City Chemicals, East man
Chemical Texas City, Inc. and Dow Texas City
Operations; and,
• Valero Refining, College of the Mainland
(COM), the City of TC and the Nessler Center staff
for providing the meeting documents, equipment and
meeting rooms; plus, Cathy Gillentine for assiduously
summarizing our programs in the local newspaper.
CAC meetings are open to the community with
dinner generously provided by our local industries;
as such, we request attendance notification. During
2018 we have had outstanding participation with
around 70-80 attendees at each of our meetings.
In 2019 meetings will be held at Nessler’s Captain’s
Room from 5:00 to 7:00 PM on: January 30, March
21, May 16, July 18, September 19 and November 21.
Notices will be posted in local newspapers and sent
by Email.
This is your Community Advisory Council (CAC).
Help us make 2019 another successful year!
Merry Christmas and a healthy, peaceful and prosperous
New Year 2019!
José Boix
TCLM CAC Coordinator
1821-20th Avenue North, Texas City, TX 77590
Phone: 409.945.0492
Email: jaboix@aol.com
