GENERAL MEETING MINUTES

September 11, 2008, Breakfast Meeting at Annual CASFM Conference
Mount Crested Butte, Colorado

Meeting Attendees
 

An Attendance Roster was not circulated. It is estimated that over 100 Association members were present.

The following is a summary of the interactions, comments and items discussed. While this summary is not intended to represent a complete or comprehensive account of the meeting, it is intended to reflect the salient points raised and issues for further consideration. Should the attendees believe that anything might be misrepresented or misleading, please bring this to the attention of Robert Krehbiel, CASFM Secretary.

1)      Secretary Report
 

The minutes for the July 18, 2008 meeting were approved by a motion and vote.  A quorum of officers and regional representatives was present. 
 

2)      Confirmation of 2008-2009 Officers and Regional Representatives

Chair – Kevin Houck, Colorado Water Conservation Board

Vice Chair – David Mallory, Urban Drainage and Flood Control District

Secretary – Robert Krehbiel, Matrix Design Group

Treasurer – Shea Thomas, Urban Drainage and Flood Control District

Northeast Regional Representative – Brian Varrella, City of Fort Collins - Utilities

Northwest Regional Representative – John Kornfeld, Rhino Engineering

Southeast Regional Representative – Danny Elsner, Matrix Design Group

Southwest Regional Representative – Victoria Schmitt, LaPlata County

Metro Regional Representative – Deb Ohlinger, Olsson Associates

3)      Treasurer Report
 

Account balances and expenditures were reviewed.   The Treasurer Report was approved by a motion and a vote. 
 

4)      Regional Representatives’ Reports
 

a)   Denver Metro – The most recent social was held in Boulder.  Due to inclement weather, the band that was scheduled to perform on the patio was unable to do so.  Nancy Love helped to plan the social. 

b)   Northeast – A tour of canals and ponds was conducted by the City of Fort Collins and was attended by 27 people. 

c)   Southeast – A social was held at CB & Potts.

d)   Northwest – The region has not been very active.  People are interested but the region is geographically large.  A stormwater training class was held in Grand Junction. 

e)   Southwest – No activities have been held.  The region is very spread out.
 

5)      Committee Reports
 

a)   Floodplain/CFM – Forty-six people took the CFM exam.  If the majority of people pass, Colorado will have over 300 CFMs. 

b)   Stormwater Quality – Approximately 50 people attended the annual field trip.  Volume 3 of the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District’s Urban Storm Drainage Criteria Manual is being revised.  There is a large steering committee for this effort. 

c)   Scholarship – Jeff Cheng was awarded the 2008 Ben Urbonas CASFM Scholarship.    

d)   Outreach – Ken MacKenzie received good ideas from Pam Pogue regarding outreach.  There is plenty of room for new committee members. 

e)   Membership/Training – CASFM has 707 members as of July.  The Colorado Water Conservation Board held floodplain training sessions.  An ecological streambank restoration class was held.  Two other planned classes had to be cancelled due to lack of interest.  Training has been coordinated with Urban Watersheds Research Institute, of which one member typically attends the training committee meetings.  A membership survey was sent but only 37 responses were received.  The training program is in a re-grouping mode.

f)    Website – No report.    

g)   Community Rating System – The goal of the committee is to have more involvement of communities so they can get credits.  A workshop will be held later this fall.

h)   Conference – See Item 8.    

Anyone interested in serving on a committee is welcome to go to the website, www.casfm.org, look up the committee chair, and contact that person.
 

6)      Newsletter Update
 

An electronic newsletter was sent.  One is also anticipated to be sent in November.  David is accepting content for the November newsletter.  The electronic newsletter cost less to issue and was full of color photos.    
 

7)      ASFPM Foundation
 

Topic was tabled due to time constraints. 
 

8)      2009 CASFM Conference Update 
 

The conference was originally scheduled for September 9-11, 2009 at Mount Crested Butte.  These dates are within the week of Labor Day.  [After the conference, the dates were re-scheduled to September 16-18.]   Attendees were urged to fill out the conference evaluation forms.

9)     Other Business
 

a)  The next meeting will be November 13, 2008 at Applegate Group. 

b)   The National Hydrologic Warning Council annual conference will be in Vail next May.  Chad Kudym is involved, if anyone is interested in learning more.  The website can also be checked – www.hydrologicwarning.org. 

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