Conference Schedule

Wednesday, April 4

8 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Registration Desk Open

11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Golf Tournament, Meadows Golf Course

1 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Pre-Conference Workshop: Concrete Design, Tom Nelson and Jim Powell, P.E., American Concrete Association

1 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Technical Tour: Crooked River Gorge, Ken Stoneman, ODOT

4 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Oregon APWA Board Meeting

6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Welcome Reception Hosted by Exhibitors

Thursday, April 5

EMERGENCY MGMT/TRANSPORTATION

ENVIRONMENTAL

MANAGEMENT

7 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Registration Desk Open

7:30 a.m - 9:30 a.m.

Breakfast - Jim Crowell, Central Electric Cooperative

Session 1

9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Traffic Calming -- Effects on Maintenance

Steve Baker,
City of Beaverton

Improving Water Quanity and Quality through Acquisition of Instream Water Rights

Andrew W. Purky
Oregon Water Trust

SDCs: Basics, Tips, and Recent News

John Ghilarducci
Financial Consulting Solutions Group, Inc.

10:30 a.m. - 11 a.m.

Exhibitor-hosted break

Session 2

11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Why Should the Pacific Northwest Worry About Earthquakes?

Dr. Andrew Meigs
Oregon State University

Some Practical Aspects of Environmental Channel Stabilization in Urban Areas

Todd Moses
Watershed Applications, Ltd.

Making Public Works Projects More Affordable

Alan Bogner
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Noon - 1:30 p.m.

Luncheon - JoAn Mann-Pearson

Session 3

1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

ODOT Local Agency Programs -- Changing Times

Terry Wheeler
ODOT

Green Streets

Tom Kolster and Ted Leopold
Portland METRO

Making Points with Your Public

JoAn Mann-Pearson
Prep Profile Systems, Inc.

2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Exhibitor-hosted break

Session 4

2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Everybody Who Works an Emergency Works for the Public Relations Office

Patti Jean Hooper

COE "Tool Kit" to Assist with Water Resources

Patricia Obradovich
US Army Corps of Engineers, Portland

Measure 7, Takings Taken to the Extreme

Glenn Klein, J.D.
Harrang Long Gary Rudnick, P.C.

3:30 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Exhibitor-hosted break

Session 5

4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

Intergovernmental Cooperation in Disaster Situations

Fire-Police Panel Discussion

Distributed Generation Combined Heat and Power

Chris Galati, P.E.
NW Natural

Positive Media Relations

Eric Jones, APR
City of Eugene

5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

No-Host Social

6:30 p.m.

Banquet and Entertainment - Comedian Michael John

Friday, April 6

7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Breakfast, Chapter Business Meeting

8 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Registration Desk Open

8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Region 9 Delegates Meeting

Session 6

9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Modern Roundabouts -- Design Fundamentals

Bill Goodwin, P.E., and Patrick McGrady, T.E.
Reid Middleton, Inc

Safeguarding Municipal Water Rights in a Changing Regulatory Climate

Doug MacDougle, J.D.
Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.

Transitioning Your Organization to a Pay-for Performance Compensation System

Roberta Reynolds
Unified Sewerage Agency

10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

Exhibitor-hosted break

Session 7

10:45 a.m - 11:30 a.m.

Modern Roundabouts (Continued) -- Case Studies

Bill Goodwin, P.E., and Patrick McGrady, T.E., Reid Middleton, Inc.

Urban Stream Restoration

Stephanie Reid, P.E.
City of Portland

Legislative Issues

Andrea Fogue
League of Oregon Cities

noon - 1:30 p.m.

Awards Luncheon

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Conference Debrief Meeting