| 8:00 – 8:30 |
Registration & Coffee |
| 8:30 – 8:45 |
Welcome from Sponsors |
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Karen Flournoy, Deputy Director, Water, Wetlands & Pesticides Division, EPA |
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Ginny Moore, Watershed Program Manager, Mid-America Regional Council |
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Program Introductions – John Delashmit, Moderator, EPA |
| 8:45 – 9:30 |
Operation & Maintenance: Framing the Issues |
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Steve Wise, Chicago Center for Neighborhood Technology (PDF) (74pp, 4.8MB About PDF) |
| 9:30 – 10:30 |
Maintenance of Wet Weather Best Management Practices: Plants and Soils |
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Lee Skabelund, Kansas State University, Manhattan (PDF) (30pp, 3.2MB About PDF) |
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Tim McDonnell, Kansas State Forester (PDF) (60pp, 5.3MB About PDF) |
| 10:30 –10:45 |
Break |
| 10:45 –11:45 |
Green Infrastructure Experiences: Successes and Challenges of Creating and Maintaining |
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Bob Spencer, Seattle Public Utilities (PDF) (44pp, 2.7MB About PDF) |
| 11:45– 12:05 |
Lunch served |
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Optional Green Infrastructure Tour of Sunset Office Building – Julie Coon |
| 12:05 –12:45 |
Life After Installation |
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John Bower, Unified Government of Wyandotte County (PDF) (18pp, 1.2MB About PDF) |
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Sandy Queen, City of Overland Park (PDF) (23pp, 1.5MB About PDF) |
| 12:45– 1:00 |
Break |
| 1: 00 – 1:30 |
Survey of Stormwater BMP Maintenance Practice |
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Andy Erickson, University of Minnesota (PDF) (16pp, 477K About PDF) |
| 1:30 – 1: 50 |
Meeting the Financial Challenges of O&M with WERF Life Cycle Cost Tool |
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Scott Struck, Tetra Tech (PDF) (5pp, 516K About PDF) |
| 1:50 – 2:50 |
Maintaining Hardscapes: Porous Pavements & Engineered Solutions |
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John Kevern, University of Missouri at Kansas City (PDF) (35pp, 2.1MB About PDF) |
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Scott Struck, Tetra Tech (PDF) (36pp, 6.6MB About PDF) |
| 2:50 – 3:00 |
Break |
| 3:00 – 4:00 |
KC Metro Initiatives and O&M Solutions |
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Mike Beezhold, City of Lenexa (PDF) (30pp, 3.8MB About PDF) |
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Mark Govea, City of Kansas City, Missouri (PDF) (53pp, 1.8MB About PDF) |
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Scott Cahail, City of Kansas City, Missouri (PDF) (30pp, 1.5MB About PDF) |
| 4:00 – 4:45 |
Putting it All Together – Challenges & Opportunities – Finding Solutions |
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Discussion led by David Dodds, URS, with audience and speakers |
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