2002 Annual Conference Program


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This program below is preliminary. Click here for the Final Conference Program (MS Word Document).

Tuesday, September 10, 2002


1:00 - 5:00 pm

Certified Floodplain Manager Training Session

Wednesday, September 11, 2002


7:00 - 10:00 am Certified Floodplain Manager Exam  Information

8:00 - 9:45 am

Registration in Foyer

9:45 - 10:00 am

Introduction and Welcome

Location:           Storm Peak

Stuart Gardner, CASFM Chair

10:00 - 11:15 am

Keynote Address

Location:           Storm Peak

        “Stormwater Paradigms”
          Andrew J. Reese, AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee

11:30 - 1:00 pm

Lunch

Introduction of 2002/2003 Officers

Location:           Outdoors on the Pool Deck (Sevens Restaurant as backup)

1:00 - 2:30 pm

Plenary Session

Location: Storm Peak
Moderator: Mark Glidden, HDR
“Setting up a Stormwater Utility”
                  Ron McLaughlin, McLaughlin Water Engineers, Ltd.
                  Terry Rogers, City of Lakewood
                  Bob Smith, City of Ft. Collins
                  Rex Burns, Larimer County

2:30 - 3:00 pm

Break in Foyer

3:00 - 5:00 pm

Project Presentations:  2002 CASFM Award Finalists

Location:           Storm Peak

Moderator:         John Pflaum, McLaughlin Water Engineers

 

5:00 - 6:30 pm

Happy Hour in Foyer

Dinner on your own

Thursday, September 12, 2002


7:30 - 8:30 am

General Membership  Breakfast Meeting  (agenda)

Location:           Mt. Werner       

All members welcome

8:30 – 12:00 pm

Concurrent Technical Sessions

 

Concurrent Session 1 - Water Quality
Location: Storm Peak
Moderator:  TBD


“Retrofitting an Existing Regional Detention Pond for Water Quality Performance”
  Chris Seeley, Highlands Ranch Metropolitan District
  Jim Wulliman, Muller Engineering
  Kyle Hamilton, CH2M Hill

“Maintaining Sediment Ponds and Water Quality Basins-How Big is Your Wallet?”
  Paul Hindman, UDFCD
  Jeff Fisher, UDFCD
  Jim Wulliman, Muller Engineering Company

“Vegetative Filter Strips For Stormwater Pollution Control”
  Jason M. Brothers, HWS Consulting Group, Inc.

“Wet Weather Evaluation of Innovative Stormwater BMPs”
  Monika D. Stopinski, CH2M Hill

“Case Study Development of the CDOT Stormwater Illicit Discharge Program”
  Monika D. Stopinski, CH2M Hill

“Aurora Reservoir Stormwater Quality Management Plan”
  Kurt Bauer, McLaughlin Water Engineers, Ltd.
 


Concurrent Session 2 - Hydrology and Risk Management
Location: Twilight
Moderator:  TBD


“Cherry Creek Site-Specific PMP Study Special Sessions on Meteorology, Hydrology, and Results” – Part 1

  Doug Trieste, Flow Technologies

“Cherry Creek Site-Specific PMP Study Special Sessions on Meteorology, Hydrology, and Results” – Part 2
  John Henz, HDR Engineering, Inc.

“Cherry Creek Site-Specific PMP Study Special Sessions on Meteorology, Hydrology, and Results” – Part 3
  Ed Tomlinson, Applied Weather Associates

“Flood Policy, Environmental Changes & the Impacts of Uncertainty”
  Mary Downton, National Center for Atmospheric Research

“Risk Management for Flood Control and Drainage Projects”
  Stephen Rogers, URS Corp

“Rainfall and Runoff Dynamics In The Goodwin Creek Watershed”
  Jeremy J. Franz, Sear Brown
 

Concurrent Session 3 - River Management
Location: Sunshine Peak
Moderator:  TBD


“Mapping the Lower Dry Creek Basin using HEC-GeoRAS and GIS”
  Mike Phillips, URS Corporation
  Richard Chamberlain, URS Corporation

“You Call That a Storm? Water Management-Indonesia Style”
  Michael Jacobs, Golder Associates, Inc.

“Stabilizing a Steep Channel Softly-Willowing in The Mud”
  F.Dykstra, Highlands Ranch Metropolitan District
  J. Wulliman, Highlands Ranch Metropolitan District

“Kettle Creek Basin Hydrology and Erosion Study”
  William Alspach, URS Corporation

“River Restoration In Gravel Mined Sites In Summit County”
  Peggy Bailey, Tetra Tech Inc.

"Stormwater Management Services as the Pizza Business"
 
Rex Burns, Larimer County
 

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Lunch - Box Lunch for Workshop Participants

Location:           Mt. Werner

1:00 - 4:00 pm

Concurrent - Workshops/Field Trip

           

Workshop #1 – Effective Erosion and Sediment Controls
Location: Storm Peak
Presenter: Jerald Fifield

Workshop #2 – No Adverse Impact
Location: Twilight
Presenter: Rick McLaughlin, McLaughlin Water Engineers

Field Bike Trip: - Wetlands Mitigation Project – The Hwy 131 Restoration Project
Guides: Van Pilaud, CDOT - Jim Lance, CDOT
 

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Break in Foyer

5:00 - 7:00 pm

Cocktail Hour and Vendor Exhibit in Foyer

7:00 - 9:30 pm

CASFM Association Dinner

Location:           Sunshine Peak

Comments:       Stuart Gardner

 

2002 CASFM Project Awards Presentation

Grand Prize Drawings

Friday, September 13, 2002


7:30 - 8:30 am

Continental Breakfast in Foyer

8:30 - 9:00 am

Closing Remarks

Location:           Storm Peak                              

CASFM Chair

Stormwater/Flood Committee Chair

Conference Evaluation

9:00 - 11:30 am

Concurrent Technical Sessions

 

Floodplain Policy, Mapping and Permitting
Location: Storm Peak
Moderator:  TBD


“Floodplain Map Prioritization Initiative”
  Tom Browning and Brian Hyde, Colorado Water Conservation Board
  Rick Mosier, Moser & Associates

“Update of Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000”
  Mark Matulik, Colorado Water Conservation Board

“Status of FEMA’s Cooperating Technical Partners”
  David Mallory, UDFCD

“Common and Unusual Mistakes with LOMR/CLOMR Preparation”
  Frank Lan, URS Corporation
  Steve Gardner, Arapahoe County Dept. of Development
 


Highways and Drainage
Location: Twilight
Moderator:  TBD


“Design of Highway Cross Culverts for Debris Flows”
  Dr. Albert Molinas, President, Hydrau-Tech, Inc.
  Roger D. Koester, Vice President, Parsons Transportation Group, Inc.

“The DeBeque Canyon Landslide Mitigation Project”
  Stuart Gardner, Colorado Department of Transportation

“Transportation Water Resources, What Are The Driving Forces”
  Peter Kozinski, Colorado Department of Transportation

“Habitat Restoration Along Plum Creek Using Check Dams”
  Bill Scheuerman, Colorado Department of Transportation
  Rich Ommert, Moser & Associates
  Rick Moser, Moser & Associates


Vendor Presentations
Location: Sunshine Peak
Moderator:  TBD
 

12:00 - 4:00 pm

Golf Tournament at Sheraton Steamboat Gold Club

Contact:            Mike Bartusek