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April 12, 2007 |
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Audio/Web Broadcast |
| Cost: |
Members: $150.00
Non Members: $200.00 |
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| Description: |
Let’s Get It Right the First Time: Strategies for Effective Stormwater BMP Design and Maintenance
Poorly designed stormwater management practices can result in a variety of problems. Many communities have been quick to implement EPA’s recommended best management practices (BMPs) without fully understanding how they integrate with other important design considerations. Join this discussion of how designers are approaching BMP integration through a holistic Conservation Development design process. Learn how this design process addresses the implications of BMP’s to a community’s ecology, economy, and culture.
At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
1) Describe what constitutes a meaningful Conservation Development/BMP design,
2) Strategize on how steer developers toward effective conservation development,
3) Facilitate support for conservation development among your community and colleagues through your municipal code.
This program has been approved for .2 CEUs or 2 PDHs. The form to request these credits is included in the handouts for this program. |
| Speaker: |
 Craig Tuttle, ASLA
Senior Landscape Architect/Planner (RLA)
Applied Ecological Services, Inc. (AES)
At AES, Craig Tuttle serves as project manager for landscape architecture and land-planning projects with an emphasis on conservation development, and plays an important role integrating these with the allied disciplines of ecology, architecture & civil engineering. His familiarity with the design process is critical in projects with goals that require new, alternative strategies and cutting-edge technologies.
He serves as lead designer for many conservation development projects using the Ecological Systems Approach, which elevates site ecology in establishing the development framework, while honoring the cultural and economic feasibility of the project.
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 M. Beth Wentzel, MS, EIT
Staff Engineer
Applied Ecological Services, Inc. (AES)
Beth Wentzel is an environmental engineer with AES, responsible for hydrologic modeling and hydraulic analyses, as well as preparation of design plans and specifications for stormwater management systems, stream restoration projects, and mine reclamation efforts.
Her varied background includes expertise working in public forums, training and communication with government agency officials and participation in diverse stakeholder processes. She has extensive experience working with the Clean Water Act, including water pollution permitting (NPDES), dredge and fill permitting (Section 404), and water quality standards and restoration (TMDL) programs.
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 John L. Larson, PhD
Principal Ecologist
Applied Ecological Services, Inc. (AES)
John Larson has over 15 years of professional experience in ecological restoration, management, planning and design. His work not only addresses the flood control aspects of stormwater management, but also water quality enhancement and groundwater recharge benefits not normally possible with conventional designs. Dr. Larson’s experience includes floristic analysis, land cover type mapping, threatened and endangered species investigations and ecological design. He applies this experience to restoration design, natural resource inventories, wetland determinations, wetland mitigation, wetland permitting and design of detention/retention/infiltration systems for stormwater management and treatment.
Dr. Larson joined AES as a senior ecologist in 1991. His focus on project design and construction oversight has ensured establishment of functional ecosystem values in hundreds of wetland and prairie restoration projects. Dr. Larson has worked extensively as a project leader in native wetland establishment, and has conducted hundreds of wetland delineations.
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 MODERATOR: Steve Hansen, P.E.
Director of Public Works
City of Liberty, Missouri
Steve has been with the City of Liberty for 18 years and serves as the Director of Public Works with responsibility for overseeing the engineering, street and utilities, and, water/wastewater divisions.
Prior to coming to Liberty, Steve was with the City of Olathe, Kansas for 12 years, nine of those as the City Engineer.
During his career, he has served on numerous committees in both the Kansas City Metro APWA Chapter and the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC).
Last year he was named as one of APWA’s “Top Ten Public Works Leaders of the Year.”
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