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Oregon APWA
Spring 2003
Chapter Conference |
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Technical Program
Conference
Presentation Materials
Take a Closer Look (at
Preserving Eugene's Streets), by Eric Jones -- view
PowerPoint presentation
A New Way of Looking at
Safety, by Gene Appel -- view
PowerPoint presentation
Developing a Winning Team,
by Herbert Fain -- view
PowerPoint presentation
Sustainability in Public
Works, by J. Ned Dempsey
Technical Tours
The Spring 2003 Conference offered three
technical tours on Wednesday morning, April 2.
Bridges of Lane County -- Lane
was the first Oregon county to build covered bridges on a large scale and still
maintains more than any other county west of the Mississippi. The covered
bridges attract many visitors. Sixteen are listed on the National Register
of Historical Places, and 14 are open to traffic. This is a great opportunity to
see rural Lane County and learn about the history, preservation, and maintenance
of several local covered bridges.
East Bank Trail -- The Odyssey -- This is
a bike tour of the newest section of Eugene's riverbank bicycle and pedestrian
path, including a 16-foot-wide, 800-foot-long causeway with an additional
8-foot-wide viewing area of the Delta Ponds. The causeway allows path
users to enjoy a wide variety of fish and wildlife habitat that is unique to the
Delta Ponds area. The path design also includes concrete-block retaining walls and a
12-foot-wide concrete, lighted pathway. The tour begins at 9 a.m. and
runs until 11:30 a.m. A bicycle is required. Bring your own or sign
up on the registration form to rent a bicycle.
Regional Traffic Calming Projects -- The
tour begins at 9 a.m. and runs until 11:30 a.m. Enjoy a hosted van tour of
each agency's attempt to address the community's desire to make our roads more
inviting and safer for all modes of travel. The tour will include new and
retrofit facilities along collector streets as well as what developers are
building in their subdivisions.
Technical
Session Schedule
Keynote Speakers
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Jack Roberts will speak at the general session
immediately following the kickoff luncheon on Wednesday, April 2.
Roberts is the newly appointed director of the Eugene/Springfield
Metropolitan Partnership, which helps guide economic development in the
Lane
County
area. Roberts brings a wealth of
experience and insight to the economic development arena, having served for
eight years as Oregon Commissioner of Labor and Industries and also as a Lane
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Charlie Hales is the keynote speaker at the general session on Thursday
morning, April 3. Hales is a former
Portland City Commissioner who joined HDR as a transit planning principal in
2002. His achievements include
raising $58 million in bonds to improve 114 Portland
parks, and being instrumental in the creation of the Portland Streetcar, the
nation’s first modern streetcar, and the MAX light rail system. |
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Herbert
Fain chairs APWA's National Diversity Committee. He has more than 20
years' experience in public service with a strong background in team building,
goal setting and using human resources to accomplish organizational goals and
objectives. He has taught and lectured extensively on diversity, ethics
and employment law. He will deliver a keynote address at Thursday's
luncheon on "The Greatest Challenges Confronting Public Works" and also will lead a technical session on Thursday afternoon. |
Technical Abstracts
What's New with
PERS
By Maria Keltner
Executive Director, Local Government Personnel Institute
From newspaper
accounts it appears that our retirement system is broken and in disarray.
Those responsible for public agency budgets know that the cost of
PERS to employers has gone up substantially for next fiscal year, and
promises to go up even more in future years.
Many employees look to their managers to give them some answers. The legislature and governor are working hard on deciding what
changes should be made. Come
hear Ms Maria Keltner discuss what is currently in the works and what the
current wisdom is on what might and might not happen to this retirement
system that is so important to public employees and employers, and
ultimately to taxpayers.
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Maria Keltner has a background in employment law.
She has degrees in both law and business.
She is currently deeply involved with the executive branch of the
Oregon
state government and with
the legislature in developing ways to modify PERS so it will serve the best
interests of the state in the years to come.
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Fiber Optic Usage in
Traffic Management
By Jim Peters, DKS Associates
This presentation will cover a discussion of how fiber optics can be used
for in traffic management. This would include discussion on installations
for traffic signals, cameras, changeable message signs, and building
interconnects. Discussion would also include where the installations can be
made, installation techniques, best practices, lessons learned, and some
cost information.
Jim Peters has been an ITS Engineer for
nine years at DKS Associates. His primary experience is in planning and
designing ITS and traffic control systems along with the design of traffic
signals and implementing coordinated signal systems. He has managed projects
around the Portland area involving the design of fiber optic cable to
traffic signals and other ITS devices including projects and in the City of
Vancouver, including the Vancouver Area Smart Trek (VAST) ITS Master Plan
and the design of the Vancouver traffic signal communication network
involving over 8 miles of fiber optic cable and over 70 traffic signals.
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"Sustainability"
in Public Works
By J. Ned Dempsey, President,
Century West Engineering
Davis Golding, Chief Operating
Officer, ShoreBank Pacific
Other speakers to be
announced
What is
“sustainability” anyway? How
does it apply to public works projects? What can I do to incorporate
sustainability in my work? If these questions sound familiar, this
seminar is for you. Come and
hear from public works people how you can begin incorporating
sustainability into your work products. This seminar is intended to provide the participant with a working
vocabulary and basic skills in developing public works projects.
You will learn the words, search for the connections to
sustainability, and practice applying these ideas with others in your
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Davis
Golding is Chief Operating Officer for ShoreBank Pacific.
ShoreBank Pacific, based in Ilwaco, Washington, and its partners are working
to create economic relationships that maintain ecological integrity, advance
community and social interests, and foster business and job growth. ShoreBank
Pacific profitably assists businesses, and through them their communities,
to be sustainable in economic, social and environmental practices. The firm
lends money from its EcoDeposits®
program to businesses and non-profits that are committed to improving their
environmental footprint. While many of its loan customers are
environmentally related organizations, ShoreBank Pacific loans to all who
are serious about developing a sustainable economy and community. In order
to track progress, all loans are scored and reviewed annually by a Science
Group which has developed a scoring system to measure the loans against
scientific principles.
J.
Ned Dempsey, P.E., is president of Century West Engineering.
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Legislative Update
Jon Oshel, County Road Program Manager,
Association of Oregon Counties
Andrea Fogue, Senior Staff Associate, League of Oregon Cities
The
2003 legislature is in session. There
are many issues of substance and interest to the public works community
that they will consider, in transportation, the environment, land use,
water, use of the right of way, etc. Jon
and Andrea will give us a rundown on what has been proposed and of that
what is likely to become law.
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Who
is in Control of the Right of Way -- Local Government or Industry?
Pamela J. Beery, Partner, Beery & Elsner
Leonard J. Goodwin, Technical Services Manager, Springfield Public Works
A
constant tension exists between utilities, who use public rights of way to
extend the infrastructure need to conduct their business, and governments
who are responsible for maintaining and preserving the public's massive
investment in transportation infrastructure. Since the Telecommunications
Act of 1996 the rapid expansion of telecommunications has increased the
frequency of conflicts between these competing interests. Ms. Beery will
discuss the legal framework within which these conflicts are being
resolved, focusing particularly on current litigation affecting Oregon
communities, and Mr. Goodwin will discuss the tools available to the right
of way manager to protect the public assets.
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Pamela J. Beery is a
partner in the law firm of Beery & Elsner in Portland. The firm
represents exclusively local government clients. Ms. Beery's practice
focuses on telecommunications law among other things, and she represents
several of cities in Oregon on telecommunications matters. She is counsel to
a number of cities who are defendants in the current Qwest litigation. She
is also a member of the Local, State Government Advisory Committee of the
Federal Communications Commission.
Leonard J. Goodwin is Technical Services Manager in the Public Works
Department of the City of Springfield. Mr. Goodwin manages right of way
access and franchises for the City as well as supervising GIS activities. He
is a member of the League of Oregon Cities Telecommunications and Cable
Television Committee, a member of the Board of Directors of the Oregon Joint
Use Association and a member of the APWA Legislative Advocacy Task Force.
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Guidelines for
Owners in the Selection of the Proper Delivery System for Their Projects
By Steve Anderson, Consulting Engineer
Anderson Consulting Services
The session will
provide owners and the design professional who work directly for owners
with the details of the process of selecting a project delivery system for
their public works projects. The session details the steps of the
process, showing owners how they can choose a system that will give them
the best value for their dollars spent. Case studies will also be
presented to show different types of project delivery system that have
both worked and/or failed on different types of projects. At the end
of this session, participants will be able to better understand the
process of selecting the best project delivery system for each individual
project. The pros and cons of design/build, design/bid/build,
construction management, and other delivery systems will be presented,
many in case study form. How to develop the "project
definition" needed to get the desired results will be outlined.
When to rely on the "trusted advisor" and the need to do such
will be discussed. The shift in roles between the owner, the design
professional and the contractor with each of the delivery systems will be
presented.
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Steven C.
Anderson, P.E., P.L.S., is a civil engineer who has been practicing for 38
years after finishing graduate studies at Utah State University in
1965. More than 30 years of this experience has been as a consulting
engineer, practicing primarily in the municipal engineering field, along
with four years experience as an engineer and project superintendent for a
heavy highway contractor. He currently heads his own firm of Anderson
Consulting Services of La Grande, Oregon, and Ketchum, Idaho. Anderson
has been active in both the state and national level in the fields of
professional procurement and project delivery with the American Council of
Engineering Companies (ACEC). He is a fellow in that organization and
was recently called to serve as national vice-chairman of ACEC for
2003-05. His professional procurement background includes serving as
chairman of ACEC's Professional Procurement Committee and vice-chairman of
ACEC's Management Practices Committee. His project delivery background
includes serving as chairman of ACEC's Project Delivery Task Force during
the development of the "Value Based Project Delivery"
concept. He has been a speaker at national conferences of the American
Public Works Association, ACEC, and other public works and engineering
organizations throughout the United States, as well as the international
conference of FIDIC on the subjects of procurement and project
delivery. He serves on the advisory board for Utah State University's
Engineering Department and was named the Outstanding Alumnus of the Civil
Engineering Department in 2003. Anderson recently oversaw the
development of ACEC's "Design/Build Project Delivery
Manual." He is currently working with ACEC for the development of
two additional manuals on project delivery:
"Design/Build/Operate," and
"Design/Contract-Build." He is the author of ACEC's "A
Guide to Qualification Based Selection of Design Professionals: A Key to
Quality" manual and a contributor to APWA's development of the
"Red Book" on "Selection and Use of Engineers, Architects,
and Professional Consultants."
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Tools for
Pavement Preservation: Slurry
Seals, Microsurfacing and Asphalt Rubber Capeseals
By Jeff Reed
President, Valley Slurry Seal Co.
Over the past 20 years, slurry seal technology has migrated
from standard quick-setting emulsions to high polymer-modified
emulsions. With the advent of microsurfacing, these polymer-modified
mixes have been specially designed to create quick curing and trafficable
systems that have extended the use of thse resurfacing systems to solve
more pavement problems. Capeseals, the combination of a chip seal
and slurry/mocrosurfacing, have even been replacing hotmix overlays for
resurfacing roadways. Using asphalt rubber as the binder for a
capeseal, even reconstruction candidates may be salvaged. This
presentation will cover the materials, their usage, and things that
agencies or owners must watch for to get good project results.
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Jeff
Reed is president of Valley Slurry Seal Co., based in West Sacramento,
California, and International Surfacing Systems in Chandler, Arizona.
He has been involved in the asphalt pavement and maintenance industry for
more than 30 years. Reed is a graduate of Gonzaga University in
Washington with both a B.S. in Civil Engineering and a Masters in
Business Administration. He joined Valley Slurry Sal Company shortly
after its purchase and has been president since 1978. Since then, the
company has added four commercial emulsion plants in California and Oregon
and is a major slurry micrsurfacing machine, emulsion plant and asphalt
rubber and polymer equipment manufacturer and does contracting and
technology transfer in the 11 western states and 30 countries around the
world. Reed is part owner and director of Recigroup in Portugal and
Spain, which processes tires into crump rubber and produces asphalt rubber
for the paving hotmix market there. He has been president of the
International Slurry Surfacing Association, the Asphalt Emulsion
Manufacturers Association and the Rubber Pavement Association. He is
currently the vice chairman of the International Road Federation..
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History and Status
of Northwest Salmon
By Bill Bakke
Executive Director, Native Fish Society
“How
bad is it, really?” some may ask.
Join Bill Bakke from the Native Fish Society to learn the
historical and current status of our
Pacific Northwest
salmonid
species. He
will cover the past, present, and anticipated future of our runs of fish.
The Native Fish Society works
for the conservation of native fish fauna in the Northwestern
United States
and Canada
and does
scientific research, consulting on fish protection and recovery, and
develops policy and programs for native fish conservation.
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Bill
Bakke is a conservation biologist with experience in developing management
programs, policy, and public organizations for conservation of native fish
species. This includes expertise
in public education, organizational development, and journalism. He is
founder, senior scientist and executive director of the Native Fish Society
from 1995 to the present. His other professional experience includes: News
Data, NW Energy News, contributing editor to Fish Letter, 1995-present; and Oregon Trout, Inc., founder, senior scientist and executive director,
1983-1995. An
accomplished speaker and writer, Bakke’s conservation work has been
included in many books as well as on national and international media,
including NOVA and BBC radio and television.
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Avoiding
and Negotiating Claims
Bob Pappe, Contract Administration Engineer, Oregon Department of
Transportation
Larry Gescher, Project Manager, Holm II, Inc.
Disputes
on construction projects are not uncommon.
How we deal with disputes on the project can often be the
difference between a successful project or a disaster.
Some disputes get resolved on the project by the people who know
the most about the issues, some go all the way to court to be resolved by
people who understand very little about what happened.
Either way, every dispute gets resolved eventually.
The
presenters will discuss
typical causes of disputes, proactive ways to avoid disputes, and methods
of working through the issues so they are resolved at the project level as
quickly as possible.
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Bob
Pappe is a registered Professional Engineer and Land Surveyor in Oregon. He
has a BSCET degree from OIT. Pappe
has been employed by ODOT for 18 years, and has been ODOT’s Contract
Administration Engineer for the last 3 ½ years.
Prior to that he was ODOT’s Project Manager in Roseburg. In
addition, he has 12 years of construction experience in the private sector
prior to coming to ODOT.
Larry
Gescher is a project manager for Holm II, Inc., a medium-sized bridge
contractor. Gescher is currently
working as the project manager for the JV of Holm II/CH2M Hill Constructors.
This joint venture is currently under contract with the Oregon
Department of Transportation (ODOT) to construct two design-built bridge
projects. He has managed more than 70
bridge contracts for ODOT and other public works agencies over the past 11
years. During this 11-year period
Holm II, Inc. has only had two claims, including claims involving their
subcontractors, that have elevated to the Contract Administration Engineer
level, a success rate Gescher
attributes to settling issues at the lowest level as a direct result of open
communications and maintaining a flexible mind set.
He holds a BS in
Construction Engineering Management from Oregon
State University
and has
served as project manager on several projects that have received awards for
Excellence in Concrete and Recognition for Outstanding Partnering
Achievement.
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ADA
in the Public Right of Way
By Jerry Markesino
Chairman, Public Right-of-Way Access Advisory
Committee,
US
Access Board
The Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 is a civil rights statute that prohibits
discrimination against people who have disabilities. The
ADA has far-reaching impacts on the workplace,
state and local government services, and places of public accommodation. The US Access Board is an independent Federal agency responsible for
developing accessibility guidelines under the ADA
to ensure that new construction and alterations
covered by the ADA
are readily accessible to and usable by
individuals with disabilities. During
the early 1990s, the Access Board attempted to set accessibility
standards for the public right-of-way.
However, due to the complexity of the subject and the need for more
research, the Board unable to adopt firm standards for the public
right-of-way. In 1999, the
Board established the Public Rights-of-Way Access Advisory Committee (PROWAAC)
and charged this group with the responsibility of developing standards for
new construction and alterations.
Based upon the completed work by PROWAAC, the Access Board issued a Notice
of Availability of Draft Public Rights-of-Way Accessibility Guidelines on
June 17, 2002. The
Board is currently evaluating the public comments received and will issue
a formal notice of proposed rulemaking by mid- 2003.
This presentation will include the draft guidelines and the most
recent actions of the Access Board regarding accessibility in the public
right-of-way.
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Jerry
Markesino, from the City of Portland,
Office of Transportation, has
for the past three years as Chair of the US Access Board’s Technical
Advisory Committee charged with the development of accessibility standards
for the public street area.
He
and his committee of 34 professionals, known as PROWAAC
(Public Right-Of-Way Access Advisory Committee), worked feverishly
during year 2000 to research, develop, and recommend to the Board a
collection of new construction standards that will promote accessibility for
all members of our communities. The
PROWAAC Committee is currently producing a Technical Guidance Manual for
making ADA compliant improvements on street alteration projects. Markesino has been in
the public works business for 30 years and currently serves as a Supervising
Engineer in the Portland Office of Transportation.
He manages the Permit Engineering program where he and his staff of 5
engineers and other technical staff review and approve developer-initiated
street construction projects designed by consulting engineers. With over 100 new projects each year, the Permit program adds about
$12 million in new street infrastructure annually. He
has been an APWA member for the past 25 years.
He has been an Oregon Professional Engineer since 1981. He graduated from
Wayne
State
University
in
Michigan
with a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering.
He has also completed graduate work in both engineering and business
administration at Portland
State
University.
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The
Four Ss: Salem's SSO Solutions
Paul Eckley, Public Works Operations
Manager, City of Salem
Wayne Gresh, Project Manager, Black & Veatch
Reducing the frequency of sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) is a
challenge for many communities. Often extensive sewer and treatment
improvements are needed, with costs that can be high, if not
staggering. For the City of Salem, SSOs are associated with periods
of wet weather usually occurring during winter months. The City
spends about $4 million per year to repair and rehabilitate its sewer
system and has abated overflows to tributary streams. Now, on
average, SSOs are discharged to the Willamette River approximately seven
times per year. The goal, based on regulatory limits, is to have
SSOs eliminated up to flows associated with the five-year, 24-hour winter
storm. Reducing wet-weather SSOs and meeting future wastewater
treatment needs for the City are being addressed through a comprehensive
planning process incorporating collection system and treatment facility
planning, pilot testing, permitting, public acceptance, and
financing. The recommended plan involves permitting and constructing
a remote peak excess flow treatment facility (PEFTF) consisting of
preliminary treatment, high-rate clarification and ultraviolet light
disinfection, rather than conveyance of all peak flows to the Willow Lake
Wastewater Treatment Plant for subsequent treatment. This
presentation is an overview of Salem's SSO solutions, its success in
reducing SSOs to tributary streams, the planning work and extensive public
process that led to community acceptance of a remote wet-weather treatment
plant in a public park (River Road Park), and the benefits and costs for
the PEFTF as well as regulatory acceptance of the process.
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Wayne Gresh, P.E., is a project
manager for Black & Veatch Corporation working from the firm's Portland
office. He has more than 24 years experience in planning, design and
construction of wastewater and water facilities. Gresh manages a
variety of engineering and design-build projects and is a member of WEF,
APWA, and the Design Build Institute of America, participating on their
education committee. Since the fall of 2000 he has participated on a
team of professionals assisting the City of Salem in identifying and
developing solutions to the City's SSO problem.
Paul Eckley has been with the City of Salem since 1985
and Operations Manager from 2001 to present. He has a Bachelors Degree
and a Master in Civil Engineering.
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APWA Accreditation: Moving in the
Right Direction
By Ann Daniels
Director of Technical Services, National APWA
Accreditation is a
commitment to continuous improvement in the delivery of public works
operations and services. It
recognizes that an Agency’s policies, procedures, and practices have
been evaluated against nationally recognized management practices.
Sounds pretty impressive, or boring, or much too time-consuming,
doesn’t it? Let’s talk
about what it is, how it works and what you can expect to gain from
participation. The Self Assessment and Accreditation Programs have been
re-designed to be much more user-friendly by providing more hands-on
training for agencies and offering a network of agencies willing to share
their experiences and documentation as the number of agencies completing
the program has grown .
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Ann
Daniels has a BS Degree in Public Administration;
Elected Mayor for 10 years; City Administrator in five communities
for 15 years; Executive Director of Regional Planning Commission for five
years; Acting Public Works Director in three communities.
Began career with APWA three years ago as Program Manager in the
Professional Development Department. Provided
staff support for each of the ten interest are Technical Committees.
Appointed Director of Technical Services Department in September,
2002. Staffs Leadership and
Management Committee and coordinates and staff the Self Assessment and
Accreditation Program. Conducts
workshops on Leadership, NPDES Permits, and motivational topics, both public
and private agencies. Recognized
in “Who’s Who Among Women in Government”
and honored by the National Transportation Reporter magazine as
“Volunteer of the Year” for leadership to state-wide transportation
service for the elderly and handicapped.
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Developing
a Winning Team
Herbert Fain, Management
Consultant
The greatest
challenge facing public works operations is meeting increased demands with
reduced resources. The greatest resources we have are our human resources.
The speaker's focus is how a diverse workplace (i.e., age, gender and
race) can come together as an effective team and increase output and
improve services. Developing our workforce and keeping effective teams can
increase citizen satisfaction. To do this, we have to have the right work
relationships. Some agencies have problems in this area and this keeps
them from reaching their full potential. The speaker will show you how to
develop a winning team to meet the challenges of the present and future.
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Herbert Fain, J.D., chairs APWA's National
Diversity Committee. He has more than 20 year's experience in public service
with a strong background in team building, goal setting, and using human
resources to accomplish organizational goals and objectives. He has taught
and lectured extensively on diversity, ethics, and employment law.
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Why Did the Tree Cross the
Road?
By Mark R. Snyder, Urban Forester
Eugene Public Works, Parks and Open Space Division
This presentation will try to help you figure
out why the tree crossed the road (and landed on the other side).
We’ll talk about: new non-destructive methods of locating tree
roots (where are they?); design of rational tree preservation and planting
plans (why should I preserve trees, or plant any more?); and effective
tree protection during street construction projects (why spend any money
on protection if it doesn’t really work?).
We’ll discuss the model of coordinated engineering design using
urban forestry consultations the City of
Eugene
has worked out in our “Tree Team” process.
We’ll also talk about the fundamental issues at play in the tension
between the elegant engineering and construction of hardscape features and
that other part of the urban infrastructure, the street trees.
We’ll do a review of cost/benefit analyses of trees and
infrastructure conflicts, while answering questions like, “Why should I
spend money I don’t have to preserve trees that are just going to bust
up my new curb, gutter and sidewalk?”, “OK, now I want to preserve the
trees, but how do I do it in an effective way that’s least costly?”,
“How do I engineer planting spaces for new trees so they won’t cause
problems down the road?” and “Do root barriers, rubber sidewalks,
superconductors and structural soil mixes really work?”
How can we maxi-min a design to dovetail the effective life of the
facility with the sidewalk replacement cycle and the life expectancy of
the tree? Think about it and
bring your questions!
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Mark Snyder
has a B.S. in
Forest
Science from Pennsylvania
State University. He
has done masters level
research and course work in ornamental horticulture at University
of Maryland
at
College Park. He
also has a B.A. in American Studies,
University
of
Maryland
at
College Park
. He
was urban forester for 9 years at Arlington
County, Virginia, Department of Public Works and Department of Parks,
Recreation and Cultural Resources. He
spent 10 years doing landscape and arbroricultural work at University
of Maryland Department of Physical Plant.
He is an I.S.A. Certified
Arborist and a board member of Oregon
Urban Forest Council (Oregon
Community Trees).
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Qualified
Products Listing Program
Mike Dunning
New
Products Coordinator, Oregon Department of Transportation
The presentation will
include the history of the Qualified Products List (QPL), what is the QPL,
why do we have a QPL, types of reviews performed, types of approvals, state purchasing rules, practices, and guidelines,
access to the QPL, process for submitting a new product, project-related
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Mike Dunning's ODOT construction experience includes
10 years in a Project Office, and 13 years in the Construction
Section at the Materials Lab. He
is Chairman of ODOT’s Product Evaluation Committee and a
member of AASHTO’s National Product Evaluation Program.
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"Fish
Friendly" Erosion Control Program: An Example Hypothetical Progarm
Janet Gillaspie
Executive Director, Oregon Association of Clean Water Agencies
This project focuses on erosion control and prevention activities, and
the requirements of the 4(d) rule outlines by NOAA-Fisheries for
protection of salmon and steelhead. The goal of this project is to
reach consensus with National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA-Fisheries) on
an "example" municipal stormwater erosion prevention and
sediment control program that would be protective of endangered
fish. Only erosion prevention and control activities during
construction will be addressed. The "example" will be a
fictitious city in the Willamette Valley. The Willamette Valley
location is chosen because different program elements can be easily
blended in the Willamette Valley to blind the example and because of the
amount of existing, available biological information. The
"example" municipal erosion prevention and sediment control
program was forwarded to NOAA-Fisheries for review, and NOAA-Fisheries
comments on the proposal have been received. The program is a blend
of various program elements currently in place by Oregon municipalities ..
some Phase 1 communities and some target for inclusion in the Phase II
program, plus any other elements suggested by the contractor. The
information in this example "community" will help inform local
governments as to the types of program elements and approaches that might
be considered "protective" for endangered fish species.
The detailed program submittal and the response letter from NOAA-Fisheries
are posed on the ACQ web site at www.oracwa.org
"news".
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Janet Gillaspie is the executive
director of the Oregon Association of Clean Water Agencies. She has
more than 25 years experience in environmental and natural resource issues
in the Pacific Northwest. In addition to serving as the executive
direction of ACWA, she owns an environmental consulting firm in Portland
that specializes in strategic environmental management, environmental policy
development, and specialized environmental training and education. Her
background includes nine years as an environmental consultant to municipal
and state governments, higher education, and businesses in the Pacific
Northwest, and nine years with Oregon's Department of Environmental
Quality. While at DEQ, she served as the public information officer
for the agency, along with managing DEQ's field operations for the Northwest
Region for four years. She studied biology at the University of
Oregon.
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The
FBI's InfraGard Program
Michael E. Ruffner
Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation
The
presentation will focus on the FBI's InfraGard program, which is dedicated
to the protection of our nation's critical infrastructure. Special
Agent Ruffner will discuss the eight identified infrastructure sectors and
the current InfraGard Oregon chapter as well as InfraGard membership.
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Michael
E. Ruffner has 25 years with the FBI. His assignments have
included Washington D.C., Pittsburgh, Omaha, New York City, and
Portland. He is currently coordinator of the InfraGard program.
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A
New Way of Looking at Safety
Gene Appel, P.E.
Vice President of Engineering, CMTS Inc.
A new way of
looking at safety is based on skilled observation. The talk is modeled on
a DuPont safety course, Safety Training Observation Program (STOP). The
objective is based on statistical safety data that unsafe acts cause 96%
of major and sub-major injuries. The technique involves training people
responsibility to observe like an eagle. Mr. Appel will relate this
technique to the transportation/construction industry.
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Gene
Appel has more than 40 years
experience as a professional engineer in construction, design and
maintenance engineering. He also holds certification as a technical
instructor. Mr Appel's present work with CMTS involves safety training of
construction inspector apprentices. His background included 12 years of
safety training with DuPont, an explosives manufacturing company with
"two orders" lower injuries record in the world. This record can
be attributed to its "Skilled Observation Program."
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Pavement
Type Selection: Things to Consider
Luci Moore
Pavement Services Engineer, Oregon Department of Transportation
There
are many issues that need to be considered when determining the type of
pavement that should be constructed for a new section of road or when
rehabilitating an existing road. Cost,
initial and life-cycle cost analysis will be discussed.
The emphasis of the discussion will be on the rest of the issues
such as existing maintenance crew capabilities, effects on existing
traffic, traffic control requirements for construction and rehabilitation,
work area requirements, length of time required to open to traffic,
recycling capabilities, material availability etc.
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Luci
Moore is a Professional Engineer with a BS in Civil Engineering from
Texas A&M and an MS in Civil Engineering from Southern Methodist
University. She has been employed by ODOT for the last 15 years, 14 of
those years in the Pavement Services Unit. Her
other
work experience included working for a private geotechnical engineering firm
in Texas
and a brief stint with the Army Corp of Engineers in Portland
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Commitment,
Control, and Challenge: How to Take Charge of Your Health and Well-being
By Jacque Corey
Clinical Nurse Specialist, McKenzie-Willamette Hospital
Health isn't simply
the report we get from our physician or nurse practitioner after a
check-up. Health is how we
feel when we get up in the morning, our energy level, our attitude toward
life, our enjoyment of activities, and the satisfaction we get out of
work---today--- not next year
or at retirement. Making
health habit changes, even small ones, is one of the hardest things we
ever do. This seminar will explore tips for success in achieving a healthy
lifestyle.
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Jacque Corey
has devoted her 25 year nursing career to the promotion of wellness and
prevention of illness. She has a
B.A.
in Nursing from Carroll
College and an MPH from the University
of Washington. She is a certified
as an Occupational Health Nurse, a
Clinical Nurse Specialist and a Case
Manager.
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Telling
the Oregon Story ... Our Legacy, Our Future
Joe Dills
Senior Planner, OTAK
The
Oregon Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA) in coordination
with the state's Transportation and Growth Management Program has
developed a program to reconnect with local citizens and discuss the value
of good planning and the state's unique land-use planning program.
The product is a statewide outreach effort titled, "The Oregon Story
... Our Legacy, Our Future." This session will include a
presentation of "The Oregon Story," followed by a discussion of
the role of public works professionals in planning and improving the
quality of life in Oregon.
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Joe
Dills is a senior planner with OTAK. He specializes in land-use
planning, transportation and growth management, and land-use
permitting. His professional background includes a broad array of land
use, environmental, and community development experience. He served as
a planner with the Coos-Curry Council of Governments in North Bend and
Oregon District 4 Council of Governments in Corvallis, and as planning
director in the cities of Sweet Home and North Plains. A consultant
since 1986, Dills has had extensive experience in managing multi-discipline
projects that include citizen involvement and leading planning projects that
require consensus solutions. Dills was the consultant team manager for
the Pleasant Valley Concept Plan, which was awarded the 2002 professional
Achievement in Planning Award from the Oregon Chapter of the American
Planning Association.
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Take a Closer Look at
Transportation Funding Outreach
By Eric Jones, Public Affairs Manager
Eugene Public Works
Transportation funding is a complex issue, particularly when the general
public is a key audience. This presentation will go through a complex
public outreach plan using state-of-the-art techniques to inform and
persuade the public that preserving the transportation system should be a
high priority and that locally controlled, sustainable revenue measures
should be implemented. "Take a Closer Look" delves into public
relations research, marketing, politics and customer service -- with some
surprising outcomes. For additional information on the outreach
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Eric Jones is public affairs
manager for the Eugene Public Works Department. He oversees public and
community relations for the department and coordinates intergovernmental
relations with local and state agencies. He is active in APWA and
currently serves as the newsletter editor and webmaster for the Oregon
Chapter APWA. He is also an accredited member and past president of the
Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). Jones has worked for the
City of Eugene since 1990. Prior to that, he served as the editor of The
Springfield News. He is a 1981 graduate of the University of Oregon School
of Journalism.
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Reservoirs:
What Are Your Options
Brad Phelps, P.E.
Senior Project Manager, CH2M Hill
The
presentation will provide a comparison of alternative reservoir designs,
common features, and newly developing elements of reservoir design issues.
The presentation will also include case studies of projects
throughout the Northwest including some failures, unique installations,
and new technology's. The
purpose of the discussion will be to inform the audience about recent
advances in design elements that affect operations, and upcoming
regulatory issues that will undoubtedly become enforced into the future.
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Brad
Phelps is a project manager located in CH2M HILL's
Portland
office. He
has been with the firm for over 20 years after completing college at
Washington State University. Phelps
has worked on numerous projects throughout the Northwest and Pacific Rim
, having been stationed in Yakima,
Seattle, Spokane, and Portland
throughout his career. He is typically involved in the firm's municipal water supply
projects including planning, design and construction.
He has lead regional planning studies with coalitions of over 20
consolidated purveyors, performed financial planning analysis, and conducts
final designs and oversees construction and startup.
Most recently, he has been managing the City of Newberg's 4MG reservoir project, the City of
Hillsboro's 15MG and 6MG reservoir projects, the JWC's
27MG reservoir, Sammamish Plateau's twin 4MG reservoir, and the City of Kennewick's 4MG, and twin 1MG projects (many of these will
be presented in the discussion). Phelps
is also actively involved in the AWWA organization.
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