 He did likewise with a variety of public services, transferring numerous local utilities and public housing communities from the provincial aegis to cooperatives based in each town.He established a number of new offices, however, including the Ministry of Production, Commerce and Industry and Commerce; the "Plan Lote" and "Proyecto Sol" poverty relief programs; and EMPA, an adult education and job training service.He commemorated the bicentennial of early provincial leader Estanislao López in 1986 be establishing the "Cuerpo de Dragones de la Independencia", an honor guard of the Provincial Police.