Meeting Attendees

Officers:

Robert Krehbiel, Secretary and Acting Chair, Matrix Design Group (also Conference Chair)

Kevin Houck, CWCB, Proxy for David Mallory

Stuart Gardner, CDOT, Proxy for Dave Bennetts

Treasurer – Shea Thomas, UDFCD (also Scholarship Committee Chair)

Deb Ohlinger, Olsson Associates - Metro Regional Rep.

Members:

Georgia Simpson, retired City of Arvada

John Pflaum, WH Pacific (Awards Chair)

Catherine Berg, Pitkin County

April Barker, City of Aspen

Tyler Christoff, City of Aspen

Betsy Suerth, Garfield County

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’s Report

The General Meeting minutes for the May 13, 2010 were distributed and reviewed. The minutes were approved by a motion and vote.  A quorum of officers and regional representatives was present by proxy for the Chair and Vice Chair as noted above. 

2)       Treasurer’s Report

Account balances and expenditures were reviewed.  Savings account holds $21,023.59 and the checking account holds $29,963.00. The 2010 budget shows expenses of $153,175 and revenue of $125,500, with actual expenses of $24,170.79 and revenue of $21,189.72 so far this year.  The Treasurer’s report was approved by a motion and vote.

David Mallory is working with attorney Ed Krisor to change CASFM’s IRS status to 501C3.  The goal is to change the status by September to save taxes on this year’s annual conference and other activities.                                                                                                   

3)       Regional Representatives’ Reports

a)    Denver Metro – A social was held June 29 from 4:30 - 7:00 with approximately 24 attendees. Jim Nikkel, Assistant District Manager of Parker Water & Sanitation District, lead a field tour of the Reuter-Hess Reservoir large expansion project, accompanied by Doug Boss, Construction Manager. After the field portion, the group went to Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery in South Denver. Deb is not sure if the Metro Region should hold a meeting in August. Tom Browning could be invited to present on the Chatfield Reservoir.

b)    Northeast – Basil Hamdan had no report.  

c)    Southeast – Liz Staten noted that she had nothing new to report for the SE region.

d)    Northwest – Rick Dorris reported via email that the NW region held a social on May 25th.  They heard a presentation from Peggy Bailey and Alaina Smith, both of Tetra Tech, on the design of the Colorado River Dike south of Downtown.  Bret Guillory, of the City of GJ, discussed maintenance of the dike and occasional problems like neighbors boring through it for irrigation systems and running pipes through culverts propping flap gates open.  Members of the Tamarisk Coalition discussed efforts to remove tamarisk along the Colorado River.  Afterwards the group gathered at the Rockslide Brew Pub for refreshments and food.

e)    Southwest – Victoria Schmitt had no report.

4)       Committee Reports

a)    Floodplain/CFM – Kevin Houck report on the committee meeting held May 25 to discuss non-levee embankments and new CWCB rules. Kevin also reported the same four members will teach the CFM training course at the annual conference.  

b)    Stormwater Quality – Shea Thomas reported on the field trip held June 24, 2010. They toured the High Plains Environmental Center in Loveland, two green roofs at Denver Botanic Gardens, the CDOT construction BMP training facility, and the Highland Bridge Lofts rain garden. Approximately 55 members attended the field trip.

c)    Outreach – The Colorado Municipal League (CML) was held June 22-25 in Breckenridge. CASFM was a bronze level sponsorship at a cost of $700. Ken Cecil, Holly Piza and David Mallory attended the conference to get the word out to communities about CASFM. The conference went well.

d)    Scholarship – There are now 7 members on the Scholarship committee. The committee members will each target different colleges and universities to get the word out about the scholarships. Their goal is to receive applications from more of the schools around the State.

e)    Membership – Kevin Gingery reported via email that there are currently 663 members in 2010.   The new credit card process is working well for payment of membership dues.

f)     Training – CASFM continued the “Bar Stool” training series on Professional Liability. Ed Thomas, Esq., Michael Baker, presented the 2-hour training session.  His presentation included commentary on the new Colorado Floodplain Regulations and especially as they relate to critical facilities.  The discussion suggested the need to consider our responsibilities and duties as floodplain managers and engineering professionals.  The event was held at Dixons Downtown Grill on July 8 from 4:30 – 7:45. Approximately 35 attended the session. This event was approved for 2 Continuing Education Credits through ASFPM.

It was noted that training opportunities could be held at the Colorado Mountain College (CMC) campus in Rifle for West Slope members to receive for CFM credits.

g)    Website – Stuart reported that he moved some of the committees shown along the left column of the home web page to “Committee” page. He needs scholarship winner information for website. Stuart will provide a live link to the hotel registration. He noted that conference participants may modify their registration through Cvent.

h)    Community Rating System – Kevin Houck reported on behalf of the committee that the next set of workshops will be in November for Hazard Mitigation Plans and will include opportunities on the West Slope. Few communities are getting CRS credit, and they are not familiar how to get credit.

i)      Project Awards – John Pflaum reported that 6 applications were received. The project awards committee will meet late July to select 4 of the applicants for presentation at the annual conference.

5)       Elections – Kevin Houck will be running the CASFM officer elections this year. The call for nominations will go out next week. Members will have two weeks to vote. Members can nominate their self or another member. Regional Representatives must be nominated within their specific region. Term limited officers include the following positions: Treasurer, Secretary, Metro Representative, and Southwest Representative. Kevin will contact all nominated members prior to being placed on the ballot.

6)       CWCB Rules - The new rules were presented in 6 workshops around the State. The CWCB is contemplating an additional workshop in Alamosa. The CWCB is taking feedback now. The rule making hearing will be held in November in Denver. There will be a 3 year window for local governments to adopt the new rules.

7)       2010 Conference

The draft 2010 Call for Registration was distributed for review. Decisions will be needed on the cost for the conference and field trips prior to distribution. There are 39 technical presentations and 3 workshops in the program this year. Workshops will be Tuesday afternoon on Flood Emergency Management, a workshop Wednesday afternoon by Holly Piza on the new UDFCD Volume 3 manual, and a workshop Friday morning by Ed Thomas, Esq. on Floodplain Management Negotiations. The traditional plenary session will be replaced by technical sessions and a concurrent workshop.  Committee meetings can be held Tuesday afternoon.  Field trips may include mountain biking, horseback riding in Maroon Bells, fly fishing the Roaring Fork River, a tour of Independence Pass and transbasin diversions by Mark Fuller, Seven Castles debris flow by Rick Lofaro of the Roaring Fork Conservancy, and golf at the Aspen Municipal Golf Course. Assistance is needed for field trip coordination. A tour of the conference facilities was conducted to orient the conference committee. Thursday banquet evening entertainment will be Casino Night in honor of the 21^st conference “Coming of Age.” The casino is a chance to play for fun and prizes and learn from real dealers. The set-up will include 8 Black Jack, 3 Texas Hold’em, 2 Craps and 1 Roulette. The cost for 16 dealers will be approximately $4,800.

CASFM is considering hosting the 2011 conference in Snowmass again. The conference would be held later than usual on September 27-30 due to hotel space availability and to avoid conflict with the National APWA conference to be held in Denver earlier in the month September 18-21.

8)       Other Business

a)    Next meeting will be held September 23 in Snowmass at the annual conference.