Session summary

Pre-conference workshop
Tuesday, March 26, noon to 5 p.m.
"Everyone Works for the Public Relations Department" with PattiJean Hooper

Water Resources / Environmental

Technical / Transportation

Administrative/ Management

Operations / Maintenance

Session 1

Wedesday
March 27

2:00-3:00

"Healthy Stream Plan"

Kendra Smith
Cleanwater Services

Greg Miller, 1

"Alternative Approach to Construction Contracting of Portland’s West Side CSO Program"

Gary Irwin, Paul Gribbon
City of Portland

Bob Deuel, 2

"Balance in Life: How to Wear Many Hats and Keep Your Head On Straight"

Karen Susman,
National Speaker and Corporate Trainer

John Ostrowski, 3

"Public Work’s Role in Combating Terrorism"

Michael Mumaw,
City of Beaverton

Katie Bretsch, 4

Session 2

Wednesday
March 27

3:30-4:30

"Transition from Total Suspended Solids to Suspended Sediment Concentration"

Roger James,
CDS Technologies

Gregg Weston, 5

"Transportation Funding Options"

Steve Gorchester,
Washington Transportation Improvement Board

Steve Schulte, 6

"Networking Skills: How to Build Relationships for Fun and Profit"

Karen Susman,
National Speaker and Corporate Trainer

John Ostrowski, 7

"Environmentally Sensitive BMPs for Public Works"

Liane Welch,
City of Portland

Terry Kelsey, 8

Session 3

Thursday
March 28

9:00-10:00

"Update on National Marine Fisheries Service Endangered Species Act Issues"

Rosemary Furfy,
National Marine Fisheries Service

Ron Polvi, 9

"Monorail, Something Old, Something Borrowed, Something New"

Michael Mariano,
Elevated Transportation Co.

Al Grieve, 10

"Continuous Improvement Process in Public Works"

Pete Capell,
Clark County, WA
Dan Speicher,
CH2M HILL

"Utility Protection from Terrorism"

Jim Doane,
City of Portland

Katie Bretsch, 12

Session 4

Thursday
March 28

10:30-11:30

"Water Supply Well Monitoring for Optimum Production"

David Bloxom,
ECS Engineering
Jim Bailey, HWA

Bob Deuel, 13

Trenchless Technology: A Pipe Burst Worth the Risk"

Don Althauser, Doug Brown
King County

Jim Moore
TT Technologies, Inc.

"City of Portland’s Water Bureau Billing System – Lessons Learned"

Ron Bergman,
City of Portland

"September 11, 2001…The Corps Pitches In.."

Les Miller,
Paul Komoroske
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Katie Bretsch, 16

Session 5

Thursday
March 28

1:30-2:30

"Incorporating Permanent BMPs into New Public Works Infrastructure and Private Development"

Don Schroeder,
Camp Dresser & McKee Inc.

Steve Schulte, 17

"SnoCAN – A Transportation Project Coordination and Funding Tool"

Joel Birchman,
Perteet Engineering, Inc.
Chris Hansen,
TerraLogic GIS

Bobann Fogard,
Snohomish County Public Works

"Sustainability – Clark County’s Experience"

Peter DuBois
Clark County, WA

Pete Capell, 19

"Public Works Maintenance Management Systems"

Nicholas Nguyen,
Harry Lorick
Lorick Associates Consulting, Inc.

Session 6

Thursday
March 28

3:00 – 4:00

"Sustainable Public Works in Taiwan"

Ned Dempsey

Century West Engineering

Ted Kyle

"Managing the Public Right of Way…Balancing Conflicting Demands"

Ben Pruett

Southern California Gas Company

Ron Polvi

"What Everyone in Public Works Needs to Know"

Andrea Fisher

APWA, Washington Office

Bob Deuel

"Mitigating Disaster Damage to Public Facilities"

Jean Chaney

FEMA, Region 10

Katie Bretsch

Session 7

Friday
March 29

9:15 – 10:15

"Stormwater Management – NPDES Phase II Program Development"

Tony Barrett,
Washington State Department of Ecology

Congestion Management"

Michael Hoglund,
Metro
Randy Young,
Henderson, Young, and Company

"Project of the Year –Downtown Water Main and Sidewalk Reconstruction – City of Port Angeles

Glen Cutler,
City of Port Angeles

Gary Phillips, 27

NO SESSION

Session 8

Friday
March 29

10:30– 11:30

"Oregon and Washington State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying – National Record System Impacts"

Ed Graham,
Executive Director Oregon Board

George Twiss,
Executive Director Washington Board

Ron Polvi, 28

"Tailoring Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) to Provide Maximum Value"

Kevin Thelin,
Troy Bowers
Murray, Smith & Associates

"Oregon and Washington Legistlative Update"

Representatives of Oregon and Washington League of Cities and Association of Counties - Panel

Greg Miller, Craig Olson 30

NO SESSION