5.      ASFPM – No Adverse Impact Resolution

Discussion on this issue was deferred to a later date.

6.      Committee Reports

Floodplain: Mark Matulik was not present at the meeting but he submitted for discussion a draft paper on the goals and objectives of the Floodplain Committee for the next year. The paper features two main goals: First, to identify the priority services to be provided by the Floodplain Committee, primarily through an outreach survey. Second, to coordinate Floodplain Committee activities with the ASFPM Flood Mitigation Committee activities to assure consistency with national goals and objectives. The goals were briefly reviewed but no resolution or action was taken.

Stormwater: Kevin McBride reported that a speaker had been arranged for the next Stormwater Committee meeting: Robert McConnell will speak on sediment standards for streams in Colorado. Kevin also suggested a possible name change of the Stormwater Committee to Stormwater Quality Committee. This suggestion led to some discussion but no motions or resolutions were offered at this meeting. Stuart Gardner has since changed the committee’s name to Stormwater Quality Committee on the CASFM web site.

Kevin discussed the 319 grants administered by the State Non-Point Source Council. Kevin represents CASFM on the Non-Point Source Council. There is some possibility that under the next federal funding cycle, Phase II programs will be eligible for 319 funding.

Scholarship: Jeremy Franz distributed copies of the proposed application package. Several useful suggestions on the application and the selection process arose from the meeting. At an earlier meeting the scholarship amount had been set at $1,000 per school year. At this meeting it was decided by approved resolution to increase the amount to $2,000. The initial half-year offering, therefore, will be $1,000, to be disbursed to the successful applicant in February 2003.

Outreach: Chris Carlson handed out an Annual Plan document featuring the mission statement of the Outreach Committee and its goals for 2003. Some of the key goals relate to the Colorado Municipal League (CML). For instance, renewing CASFM’s membership in CML and having a significant presence at the CML conference in June.

Some ideas were offered for possible workshops CASFM could offer at the CML conference. Two prominent suggestions were drainage law and stormwater permit requirements.

Stuart Gardner suggested that the Outreach Committee and the Membership chair collaborate on ideas for expanding CASFM membership into currently under-represented communities and organizations. Some possible initiatives discussed included expanded distribution of newsletters to communities and organizations; send articles to CML for their publications on municipal projects; send articles related to bigger picture issues and needs, such as effects of urbanization, floods during drought, etc.

 

7.      Workshops and Seminars

Chris Carlson listed all of the National Highway Institute (NHI) courses taught by Ayres Associates’ Fort Collins staff that could be of interest to CASFM members. These include HEC-RAS, Urban Drainage, Culvert Design, Introduction to Highway Hydraulics, Bridge Scour and Stream Stability, as well as others. Any of these courses could be modified slightly to make effective CASFM workshops. Kevin Gingery noted that training of this type is very much needed. He stated that he will definitely try to arrange a workshop this summer at Colorado State University. Another need related to training is to provide ways in which CFMs can earn their required continuing education credit. It was noted that over 60 persons attended the DFIRM workshop in October, giving evidence to the demand for training.