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2014 Western Snow & Ice Conference &National Snow Roadeo

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2014 Snow & Ice ConferencePresident’s Message2014 APWA CongressRegion IX DinnerPast President’s SpotlightPublic Works InstituteEmerging Leaders AcademyAPWA Member BenefitsYoung Professionals News2015 Spring Street ConferenceEveryday Lean InnovationsNews & Announcements

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“There’s No Business Like Snow Business” was the theme of this year’s APWA West-ern Snow and Ice Conference and National Snow Roadeo, held on September 24-26. The new location, Embassy Suites in Love-land, Colorado proved to be an excellent venue, providing a beautiful conference center with more space than ever for edu-cational sessions, vendor exhibits, and ma-jor sponsor showcases. Attendance was at an all-time high with over 900 attendees and more than 95 exhibitors.

Snow fighters from across the country came to learn and exchange the newest ideas and technology along with innovations and so-lutions to meet snow fighting challenges. Educational sessions included topics about materials, environmental sustainability in winter operations, winter weather chal-lenges, challenges of plowing sidewalks & trails, the latest in technology innovations, mountain snow removal, risk management,

snow fighting in Alaska, and winter opera-tions from other parts of the world.

More than 90 participants (another all-time record) participated in the “Winter Main-tenance Supervisor Certificate Workshop”, geared for supervisors with winter mainte-nance responsibilities, operators that aspire to be supervisors, and operators interested in a greater understanding of the intricacies of winter maintenance.

During the opening ceremony, Loveland Mayor Cecil Gutierrez welcomed attendees. The Estes Park High School Choir sang the Star Spangled Banner, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars presented the flag. The key-note speaker was Sam Adams, a sportscast-er and humorist. The title of his presenta-tion was “Exercise Your Right to Laugh”. The crowd exercised that right quite a lot during his entertaining presentation.

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Wow! I cannot believe that my year as President of the Colorado Chapter of APWA has already passed. It seems it was just last week we gathered at the Denver Marriott South for the first Chap-ter board meeting of the year and the annual Chapter Awards Banquet. In the interim, I have had the opportunity to travel the beautiful State of Colorado this year for many chapter events and meetings.

I have been able to attend almost every event the chapter has had this year – at least when demands of my “real” job did not get in the way. First, a week after the Awards Banquet, was the Con-struction Inspection Conference in Greenwood Village. For those of you who have not attended, this is a great special event each February. Thank you to Wanda DeVargas for organizing this con-ference. In April, I spent several days in Grand Junction, first play-ing in the West Slope Spring Street Conference golf tournament then attending the Spring Street Conference that is put together by the West Slope Branch and CARMA. Between the Spring Con-ference and attending APWA Congress in Toronto in mid-August, there was phenomenal planning going on for both the APWA Western Snow and Ice Conference and our first annual Chapter Conference. Being a part of both of those organizing committees, I can attest to the great dedication, talents, skills and camaraderie from those distinguished groups of professionals. Both events were beyond my expectations and set a great benchmark for those conferences and the Chapter to meet in the future. Dur-ing all of this planning, I even got to play in the West Slope golf tournament in Gunnison in September, winning the event with fellow board members Greg Hall and Jim Hougnon and a vendor representative who is also a chapter event sponsor.

The success of any chapter leader is dependent on those support-ing you. I want to thank Pam Weimer for her extraordinary ef-forts as our chapter administrator. I will boldly say we in Colorado are blessed with one of the best in all of APWA and we should all thank her often for her efforts. I also received great support from the Chapter Officers this year: Steve Glammeyer, John McCarty, Jodi Lessman, John Kirk and Dan Hartman. All are high quality professionals, but more important, just great people. The sup-port of the City of Fort Collins in allowing Larry Schneider, Robyn Phillips and Becky Sullivan to organize and manage the Western Snow and Ice Conference was great. Over the past quarter cen-tury, I have worked on many events, but never did I feel more part of a team than with the Snow and Ice Conference Committee for four days in Loveland in September. Last, but not least, the ef-fort put forth by our new President-Elect, Michelle Stevens, and a Past President, Abel Moreno, in chairing the first Annual Chapter Conference produced a great product to build on in future years.

In many ways, this has been a difficult year for me personally. My college mentor and good friend passed away in January, and then my father lost his battle with cancer in April. The opportunity to serve as your Chapter President has been a great balance for me this year, and an experience that I will always treasure. Thanks to all of you – the 743 members of the Colorado Chapter of the American Public Works Association – for your trust in me and for helping make this a great year for our chapter. I look forward to continuing my activities with the chapter as a Past President for many years to come.

Pete Adler, APWA Colorado Chapter President

2014 Western Snow & Ice Conference & National Snow Roadeo

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This year’s National Roadeo was an ex-citing event! There were participants from across the nation who came to test their knowledge and skills. The driving course offered five events in-cluding: Single Axle Snow Plow, Tandem Axle Snow Plow, Loader, Grader, and, new this year, a Skid Steer event. Prizes were awarded to the proud winners at the Awards Luncheon.

Attendees enjoyed two evenings of fun as part of the conference. The Wel-come Reception, hosted by 4Rivers Equipment, was a Casino Night theme with fun gaming opportunities and a great band, Deja Blues. The “Blades Up Social” gave attendees an opportunity to relax, network, and enjoy great music by the Narrow Gauge band.

Mark your calendars for next year’s 35th anniversary conference on Sep-tember 30-October 2, 2015, which will once again be at the Embassy Suites in Loveland, Colorado!

We are looking for speakers for our next conference. If you would be interested in presenting at the 2015 APWA West-ern Snow and Ice Conference, please submit your name and topic to Pamela Weimer, APWA Colorado Chapter Ad-ministrator, at bdweimer@msn.com or call 303-979-2190. You can also contact Pamela if you are interested in being an exhibitor or sponsor.

Robyn PhillipsCity of Fort Collins

Snow & Ice Committee

Photos Courtesy of Mike Kaufman & Kyle Beck

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Grader Winners:First Place: Vic Schroeder, Summit County Road & BridgeSecond Place: Clint Walker, Missoula CountyThird Place: Larry Chapman, Lewis & Clark County

Loader Winners:First Place: Brian Rowe, Town of WindsorSecond Place: Chip Buttrick, Town of BreckenridgeThird Place: Eric Schneider, City of Loveland

Single Axle Winners: First Place: Joe Miles & Tyler Simpson, City of Westminster Second Place: Troy Dussart & Greg Phillips, City of Greenwood VillageThird Place: Heath Dietz & TJ Schreiter, City of Westminster

Tandem Axle Winners:First Place: Todd Anderson & Toby Meissner, City of WestminsterSecond Place: Joseph Baker & Robert Cubbage, State of DelawareThird Place: Bill Creis & Ryan Jones, Missoula County

Skid Steer Winners: First Place: Brian Berg, Town of Estes ParkSecond Place: Flynn SkinnerThird Place: Toby Meissner, City of Westminster 3

2014 Snow & Ice Conference

2014 National Snow Roadeo

Toronto was the host for this year’s International Public Works Congress & Exposition. Attendees from around the world visited North America’s fourth largest city and en-joyed the beautiful city on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. The theme for 2014 was “Breaking Boundaries” and provided real world innova-tions and solutions to modern public works challenges.

Keynote speakers included Jen-nifer Keesmat, Chief Planner for the City of Toronto, Ian Hill, Pub-lic Sector Advocate and Leader-ship Development Innovator, Chris Hadfield, Former Com-mander of the International Space Station and Alex Steffen, Planetary Futurist and author.

Sessions throughout the three and a half days covered a wide array of topics including As-set Management, Electronic Management Tools, MAP-21 for Small Cities and Rural Communities, Creating Sustainable Places, Comparison of Stormwater Practices, Abandoned Utilities, and Corridor Redevelopment to Improve Mobility.

Colorado had several speakers present at Congress including Dan Hartman, Kenneth Atkins, Paul Hindman, Shea Thomas, Dave Bennetts, Laura Kroeger, Sam Assefa, Alexander May,

Wayne Reed and Dave Zelenok. There were also several work-shops and tours offered including the Toronto Cycling Infra-structure Tour and the Toronto Traffic Operations and Emer-gency Operations Centre.

The Exposition featured more than 400 companies with exhib-its of cutting edge public works machinery and products as well as the Exhibitor Solutions The-ater and There’s an App for That! The New Product Showcase was very popular at Congress, where participating exhibitors show-cased their new products re-leased within the last year.

On Monday, the Colorado Chapter was pleased to receive the “Exceptional Performance Award for Chapter Journalism”

for the Chapter Newsletter. The award recognizes chapters for their newsletters, magazines and/or other publication based on quality, content, creativity and design.

Attendees and exhibitors enjoyed a terrific show hosted by the Ontario Public Works Association. Phoenix, Arizona is busy planning the 2015 Congress to be held August 30-September 2. Hope to see you there!

2014 International Public Works Congress & Exposition

Photos courtesy of Brian Love and Bryan Weimer, Arapahoe County

Laura Kroeger and Paul Hindman, UDFCD, make their presentation at Congress

Dan Hartman, City of Golden, presents on the

City’s Public Works Citizens Academy

The Get Acquainted Party featured foods from “around the world” at the

Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex.

REGION IX DINNER

As part of the American Public Works Association Congress and Exposition each year, the individual chapters have a dinner or gathering on the Tuesday night of Congress. With the Congress being in Toronto in 2014 and unsure of attendance, we took a different approach. At the suggestion of our APWA Region IX Director, Jill Marilley, the Colorado Chapter co-hosted a Region IX dinner. The dinner was organized with Stephanie Reid of the Oregon Chap-ter, who was also a recipient of a Top Ten Leader recognition at Congress. The event was on August 19 at the Spendido Bar and Grill, and there were over 80 attendees with representatives of all Region IX Chapters except Alaska and Utah. We started at 6:30pm and went until 10:00pm.

As always, we thank our event sponsors, who not only followed us to Canada but made great contributions to the event. The sponsors were Maintenance Design Group, CH2M Hill, Cutler Repaving, David Evans and Associates, and Webtech Wireless. Thank you again for your support.

Jill plans on having another Region IX event at Congress in Phoenix on Sep-tember 1, 2015, so we look forward to your attendance at that event.

Pete Adler, Colorado Chapter PresidentCity of Arvada

SPLENDIDO BAR & GRILL

TUESDAY, AUGUST 19TH

TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA

Region IX consists of the Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Rocky Mountain, Utah, Colorado, British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan Chapters

Photos courtesy of Pete Adler, City of Arvada

APWA Past President SpotlightTerry Perkins

1996 Colorado Chapter President

2011 William E. Korbitz Award Recipient

Terry Perkins has held various jobs throughout his life, but they have always involved serving the public, including his first jobs as a young man. He was born in Klamath Falls, Oregon and started working when he was eleven years old delivering newspapers and caddying at the local country club as well as working on the greens keeper maintenance crew. He also worked at a service station pumping gas and it was there that he learned how to repair vehicles. After high school, Terry went to col-lege for a year and then joined the U.S. Air Force. After his discharge in December of 1969, he went into the insurance business until December of 1972. Terry and his family moved to Breckenridge in January 1973 where he owned his own business until 1983. After selling his business he took some time off to decide the direction of the next chapter in his life and in October of that year he started working for the Town of Breckenridge as the Fleet Maintenance Supervisor. In May 1985 he was appointed to the Director of Public Works. Perkins notes “My best job was with the Town of Breckenridge and being a part of the growth of the Town, participating in creating the direction and making the decisions that would take the Town to where it is today. Most importantly, I en-joyed the people I got to work with for 28 years learning from many and mentoring others.” The highlight of his career that he is most proud of is the change that was developed in the working culture. “We became a public service serving businesses, working positively with the public and implementing Council and management changes.”

It was when he became the Public Works Director in Breckenridge that he became involved with APWA and the Colorado Chapter. “I wanted to move up in the organization and be in management. I was able to do this at the same time educating myself about public works’ ever chang-ing issues and getting involved with the APWA Colorado Chapter was a part of that.” Perkins first involvement with the Colorado Chapter

started with the West Slope Branch. The Branch had been somewhat inactive and few of the members from Aspen, Snowmass, Vail and Grand Junction got together and revitalized the Branch. They started the Spring Street Conference in 1986 in Breckenridge before moving it to Grand Junction the following year where it is still held annually. The Branch started the West Slope Snow & Ice Conference in 1989 in Gunnison, where Marlene Crosby and her staff at Gunnison County con-tinue to hold the conference. The Town of Breckenridge also hosted the Western Snow & Ice Conference in 1998. Terry was active in the Chapter’s bid for the 1999 National Congress to be held in Denver. After securing the bid, the Chapter began work on ways to finance the oppor-tunity by working with committees and organization members to draw on for volunteers.

When Terry was elected Colorado Chapter President in 1996, the Chap-ter was trying to find ways to educate and provide certifications for staff members in public works. Today’s challenges facing those in the public works field continue to be funding and staffing and how to repair the aging infrastructures within our locales. “Like most departments in the public sector, we are asked to do more with fewer people.” He is excited about the young people who are working in public works today. “We need to educate the public as to what Public Works is all about and why it is such a great field to work in.”

After retiring in January of 2012, Terry has been enjoying time with his wife of 47 years, Teresa. They enjoy spending time with their two chil-dren and two grandchildren that live in Grand Junction and visiting their son that lives in Saint Thomas Virgin Islands. While there, they enjoy lying on the beach and snorkeling and scuba diving. Terry also enjoys golfing and riding his motorcycle. He still stops in at Breckenridge Public Works where they still offer him a free cup of coffee now and then!

“Most importantly, I enjoyed the people I got to work with for twenty-eight years learning from many and mentoring others.”

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DEVELOPINGTomorrow’s Public Works

LEADERSTODAY

Laura Kroeger, UDFCDPWI Chairman

Congratulations to the first Rocky Mountain Public Works Institute (PWI) graduating class! This outstand-ing group of individuals spent 90 classroom hours de-veloping and enhancing their skills in ten core compe-tencies; Supervisory Skills, Basic Management Skills, Communication Skills, Leadership Skills, Community Service - Customer Orientation, Legal Understanding, Fundamentals of Government, Finance, Resource Man-agement, and Public Works Operations.

The chapter is very excited to be able to offer this type of training and networking opportunity to our members as well as all public work professionals.

This first class embraced the challenge of personal growth and development by actively participating in class-room discussions, activities and even teaching sessions. The highlight was the mock city council session where each small group presented their ideas and approach to handle a given real world scenario. Members of the PWI steering committee enjoyed not only seeing how well each group executed their presentations, but also had fun role playing city councilmembers.

The Rocky Mountain PWI is excited to be launching the 2014-2015 PWI in Montrose this fall. The 2015-2016 session will be held in Denver and applications will be available in the spring.

Rocky Mountain PWI MissionTo elevate public works professionalism by

providing a regional low-cost educationprogram to develop and strengthen

supervisory, management and leadership skills, through interactive classes taught by

experienced public work officials.

Rocky Mountain Public Works Institute - 2013-2014 Class

Bret Banwart, City & County of Denver Brian Knight, Jefferson County James Barwick, City & County of Denver Jason Morrison, Town of Nederland Brent Bertron, Town of Frederick Steve Ortega, City of Commerce CityKeith Bilisoly, Town of Frisco Adrian Orzescu, Town of Parker Thomas Blackman, City & County of Denver Herman Palomino, City of Commerce City Cheryl Callahan, City of Colorado Springs Matthew Peacock, Town of Crested Butte Amy Capwell, City of Golden Andy Richter, City of Colorado Springs Greg Chavez, City of Commerce City Terry Rogers, City of LakewoodBarbara Cinkosky, City of Westminster A.J. Sandoval, City of Lakewood Mike Comstock, Arapahoe County Leonard Sandoval, Town of Vail Kimberly Dall, City of Brighton Scott Schmidt, Town of ParkerRob Gibson, City of Golden Dixie Shear, Jefferson County Doug Groves, City of Fort Collins Mark Simon, City of BoulderSusie Hervert, Town of Vail Molly Trujillo, SEMSWAJoe Hurtado, Town of Firestone Scott Wiggs, Arapahoe CountyChris Johnsen, Town of Frisco Keith Wittlieff, Town of ParkerSelena Klosowski, City & County of Denver

Rocky Mountain

PUBLIC WORKS INSTITUTE

Initial ThoughtsI was not sure what to expect of the program when I first learned that I had been accepted as a member of the 7th Emerging Leaders Academy. In truth, the only information I had found was what little I could glean from the application process, a brief description on APWA’s website, a testimonial from a past participant, and an FAQ. Briefly, the Emerging Leaders Academy (ELA) is a yearlong course centered on the develop-ment of leadership skills. Participants are drawn from Public Works related agencies, both public and private, from across the nation. So, not knowing what to expect from the course I was a bit apprehensive as the three day opening retreat neared.

Kansas City RetreatThe selected members of ELA VII gathered in Kansas City for a three day kickoff retreat. In her opening remarks Sue Hann, leader of ELA, both welcomed us and warned us that the three day retreat would, at times, be made purposefully uncomfortable for us. The idea being that we tend to begin to grow once we leave our comfort zones. In my humble opinion the retreat did not disappoint and delivered personal growth and discomfort in equal shares. We were presented with a multitude of ideas and concepts centered on the topic of leadership but as far ranging as our own personality traits, the ethics of leadership, team building, the current state and apparent future of Public Works, and ef-fective public relations strategies. In all honesty, I cannot recall a more simultaneously exhausting and rewarding time than the time spent at the ELA retreat.

Monthly ConferenceThe bulk of the activity in the ELA program involved monthly assign-ments based upon leadership topics and an associated conference call.

We discussed a broad range of topics and the assignments were al-ways done in groups of four or five members. The insight gained from hearing the thoughts and perspective from the other members was as invaluable as the information presented in the assignments.

Class ProjectAn additional task at the retreat was to formulate the basis of the Class Project. We were informed that one of the leading issues facing Public Works, as identified at the 2013 APWA Congress in Chicago, was the issue of Succession Planning. It should be no secret that the looming retirement of the baby boom generation and the associated loss of in-stitutional knowledge, commonly referred to as the “Knowledge Gap”, is a significant challenge facing all Public Works and all industries alike. So ELA VII set forth to better understand what succession planning strategies and policies were currently being utilized by Public Works agencies and further, to outline what policies we believed to be most efficacious for Public Works agencies. We divided into groups in order to more effectively dissect the issues of succession planning. The “base-line” group was tasked with gathering what information was currently available and what APWA was currently doing to assist agencies with succession planning. The “survey” group set forth to better understand the awareness of succession planning issues amongst APWA members and their existing policies. The “formulation” group was tasked with generating the framework of succession planning policies that could be tailored to fit an organization’s needs. Finally, the “education” group outlined methods to distribute the information from the formulation team to APWA and member agencies. All of the information from the various groups was presented at the 2014 APWA Congress and written into a report which is available on the APWA website.

Closing ThoughtsI was asked recently by a coworker how I felt about the ELA program. My answer was simple. I stated that it was tremendously beneficial and would encourage anyone who is even remotely interested to look into applying to the program.

Emerging Leaders Academy VII

Joe Puhr, City of GoldenEmerging Leaders Academy VII

Members of the Emerging Leaders Academy VII were recognized at the

Awards Ceremony of the 2014Congress in Toronto

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The Colorado Chapter congratulates Julia Bailey, UDFCD and Joe Puhr, City of Golden, on their completion of the

Emerging Leaders Academy VII!

Whether you are early in your career, are willing to share words of wisdom, or want to help shape the group, the Colo-rado Chapter Young Professionals (YP) Group has a place for you! We are eagerly heading into our second year and are in the process of planning exciting activities to help your career.

Tentative 2015 events include:• February: Winter Networking Event• April: Career Advancement Series #2• May: 2nd Annual Rockies Game (During National Public Works Week)• September: Fall Networking Event• TBA: Group tour and presentations

Contact Melissa Jucha at Melissa.kudla@dot.gov or Emily Flagg at Emily.Flagg@jacobs.com if you would like to get in-volved. Please share with others in your office that may be interested in becoming part of this professional organization. Public Works is best shared with others, so come be a part of the group!

Keep your eyes open for the upcoming Winter Networking Event!

APWA is proud to be able to offer nearly 1,000 hours of public works-related training content in our Members’ Library. As an APWA member, you have the freedom to access on-demand resources like Click, Listen & Learn webinars, past Congress education sessions, publications and more FREE OF CHARGE! We wanted to remind you that we’re continually adding to the Members’ Library. Most re-cently, we’ve uploaded all of the available 2013 Congress education sessions and all of our popular 2014 Click, Listen & Learn webinars. Visit the Members’ Library today!

Not an APWA member?You’re missing out on one of the best education offerings in the public works community! In addition to other APWA benefits, the APWA Members’ Library puts endless hours of on-demand public works education at your fingertips at no additional cost to members. For a limited time, first-time members can join for only $87. Non-members, request a complimentary 2-Week Members’ Library Test Drive today and see what you’re missing!

Take a look at some of our most popular Members’ Library programs:•MicroPAVER FieldInspector™ Overview •You Picked All the “Low-Hanging Fruit,” Now What?•How to Get Buy-In for Asset Management Programs •How Did Selecting a Project Delivery Method Get So Complicated?•How Data Can Keep Your Roads Safe •Envision™: The Sustainability Rating System for All Infrastructure•Creating a Succession Plan Advantage •Chicago’s Complete Streets Policy – Safe for All Users•Winter Maintenance for Multi-Modal Transportation Options •Using Performance Measures to Boost Productivity•20 Minutes in May... The Joplin, Missouri, Tornado... May 22, 2011 •Public vs. Private Fleets – What’s Best For Your Agency?•Low-Impact Development Maintenance – Where’s the Runoff Going From YOUR Streets? •Alternatives to Paving•Reality-Based Leadership: Ditch the Drama and Turn Excuses into Results •Heavy Rain is Forecasted – Is Your Levee Certified? •Tools to Motivate Your Millennials – From the Millennials’ Perspective •Project Delivery for the 21st Century•An Introduction to MicroPAVER •Are You Ready For The Next Step In Waste Reduction?•Gaining Efficiencies Though AMI Water Metering and Effective Data Management •Do you know DIRT (Damage Information Reporting Tool)?•Modifying Operations and Facilities to Accommodate AFVs in Public Works Fleets

APWA Members: Are you taking advantage of one of APWA’s best benefits?

CAUTION: Young Professionals Ahead

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Everyday Lean Innovations

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“Everyone, Every Day, Improving Every Process and Every Product, To Benefit Every Customer”. -CDOT’s Lean Vision

In 2014, the Colorado State Transportation Innovation Council (STIC) received $100,000 to promote the rapid implementation of innovative pro-cesses and technologies to transportation stakeholders. Last summer, there was a call for submissions sent to State and local transportation agencies throughout Colorado. Proposals were encouraged to address a wide range of activities pertaining to sharing innovation including: providing training or other deployment efforts; conducting internal assessments and improvements; developing guidance, standards or specifications; implementing system process changes; organizing peer exchanges; and offsetting technology implementation costs.

Three projects were selected to be funded in 2014. • CDOT Re-Vegetation Project ($50,000) Development and implementation of a Revegetation Training Program designed to help accelerate the re-vegetation and reclamation processes and streamline stormwater permitting. • City of Centennial ITS Plan ($30,000) Development of an Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Plan to improve efficiency of traffic signal systems for the 11 jurisdictions in the area. • Everyday Lean Ideas Project ($20,000) Education and outreach to local transportation agencies on the innovations currently available under CDOT’s Everyday Lean Innovations & Ideas program.

EVERYDAY LEAN INNOVATIONS We would like your help in disseminating the great ideas and techniques currently available in the Everyday Lean Innovations & Ideas program. We are looking for agencies interested in engaging employees in making the agency better. The program’s website, which can be accessed at http://www.coloradodot.info, lists over 65 process improvement techniques that can be easily implemented by many agencies.

Encouraging Innovation, a research report available on the site, identifies 34 devices designed to improve the safety, efficiency, and quality of trans-portation work. It includes a series of documents detailing 23 of the 34 devices including: Device Costs and Benefits, User Manual, Mechanical Draw-ing Package, and Preliminary Patentability Assessment. Another resource, the “Manager’s Quick Start Guide for Engaging Employees Through “Every-day Ideas”, provides guidance on how to go about engaging your employees to implement new ideas, including several activities you can start today!

NEED SUPPORT TO IMPLEMENT NEW INNOVATIONS? As part of the STIC Everyday Lean Ideas Project, funding is available to help local agencies implement these improvements within their organizations. If your agency has chosen one of the technologies or process improvements but may need help with implementation, contact Renée Railsback, LTAP Director, cltap@colorado.edu, 303-735-3530; or Gary Vansuch, CDOT Director of Process Improvement, Gary.VanSuch@state.co.us, 303-757-9017 for more details.

A second round of STIC funding will be available in 2015 – so prepare your ideas now!

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Attendees $95 Exhibitors $300A d d i t i o n a l r e g i s t r a t i o n i n f o r m a t i o n a n d f i n a l a g e n d a w i l l b e a v a i l a b l e i n F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 5 .

April 22 - 24, 2015

Renee Railsback, CLTAP, Colorado Chapter Director

NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS APWAUPCOMING EVENTS

February 2015 Construction Inspection Conference February 5 & 6 (Thursday 8am-5:30pm, Friday 8am-1:30pm) The Wildlife Experience, Parker, Colorado Information and registration available at the end of December April 2015 Spring Street Conference & Golf Tournament April 21 Golf Tournament April 22-24 Conference Clarion Inn, Grand Junction

CONGRATULATIONSEmerging Leaders Academy VIIIThis year, there were 26 emerging leaders from all over the nation that applied for this prestigious program. Applications were reviewed by the APWA Leadership & Management Committee and 16 applicants were selected. The committee looks forward to their hard work over the next year and hope to see each of them grow as a leader in their community. The Colorado Chapter is proud to announce that Ryan Crum, City & County of Denver, is one of the applicants chosen. Congratulations Ryan!

MEMBERSHIPNew MembersColorado APWA would like to welcome the following new members who have joined in the last quarter:

Dawn Anderson, City of EvansJames Bond, Maintenance Design GroupKelly Brown, Douglas CountyJohn Combs, Gilpin CountyRyan Crum, City & County of DenverGeorge Delaney, City & County of DenverRyan Duve, Lidstone & AssociatesAlysha Geiger, City of Commerce CityBen Jenkins, McGlamery Engineering GroupDaymon Johnson, Town of BennettGreg Lanning, City of Grand JunctionDonald Leidy, Maintenance Design GroupDanny Maldonado, City of Aspen

Nancy Maschke, CH2M HillJG McCall, American GeoServices, LLCWilly McFarlin, City of AspenJason Morrison, Town of NederlandJay Parker, City of AspenWayne Reed, City of CentennialErik Sagel, City of Fort MorganDavid Schwantes, Fort Lewis CollegeJay Snyder, City of Commerce CityKevin Stoehr, Aggregate Industries-WCR Inc.Kurt Todeschi, Aggregate Industries-WCR Inc.Deborah Turner, City of ThorntonPaul Weller, City of EnglewoodSheena Zimmerman, Maintenance Design Group

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ANNOUNCEMENTSAPWA Colorado Chapter CommitteesWould you like to be more involved with APWA and the Colorado Chapter? Please let us know if you are interested in serving on or chairing a committee or if you have an idea for an event. Contact Pamela Weimer, Chapter Administrator at bdweimer@msn.com.

The PractitionerDo you have information on an emerging topic of interest, project, or news that would be of interest to our members? All members are welcome to contribute to future newsletters. The Practitioner is published quarterly. The submissions deadline for the next newsletter is January 16, 2015.

Partnering OpportunitiesAre you a member of a similar professional organization to APWA? The Colorado Chapter is interested in partnering or co-sponsoring educational or training opportunities. Please contact a Chapter Board member or Pamela Weimer, Chap-ter Administrator, on how we can work together to assist our members.

SAVE DATEthe

CONGRESS & EXPOSITIONAPWA INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS

AUGUST 30 – SEPTEMBER 2, 2015 PHOENIX CONVENTION CENTER

American Public Works AssociationColorado ChapterPamela Weimer, Chapter Administrator6540 South Tabor StreetLittleton, Colorado 80127

Did you know that much of the information contained in this newsletter is also available on the Web? Go to the

APWA Colorado Chapter website at http://colorado.apwa.net/

2014 Colorado Chapter APWA Executive Committeeand Chapter Board of Directors

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President: Pete AdlerCity of Arvada8101 Ralston Road, Arvada, CO 80002Phone: 720.898.7782Email: padler@arvada.org

President-Elect: John McCartySoutheast Metro Stormwater Authority76 Inverness Drive East, Suite A, Englewood, CO 80112Phone: 303.858.8844Email: jmccarty@semswa.org

Treasurer: Jodi LessmanCity of Loveland410 E. 5th Street, Loveland, CO 80537Phone: 970.962.2555Email: jodi.lessman@cityofloveland.org

Secretary: John KirkRegional Transportation District1600 Blake Street, Denver, CO 80202Phone: 303.299.2850Email: john.kirk@rtd-denver.com

Past President: Steve GlammeyerCity of Delta360 Main Street, Delta, CO 81416Phone: 970.874.7566Email: steve@cityofdelta.net

Chapter Delegate: Dan HartmanCity of Golden1445 10th Street, Golden, CO 80401Phone: 303.384.8150Email: dhartman@cityofgolden.net

West Slope Chair: Greg HallTown of Vail1309 Elkhorn Drive, Vail, CO 81657Phone: 970.479.2160Email: ghall@vailgov.com

AT LARGE DIRECTORS

Jim Hougnon404 Holly Drive, Montrose, CO 81401Phone: 970.318.0277Email: jimhougnon@gmail.com

Bob ManwaringCity of Arvada8101 Ralston Road, Arvada, CO 80002Phone: 720.898.7601Email: bmanwaring@arvada.org

James PhelpsTown of BreckenridgeP.O. Box 168, Breckenridge, CO 80424Phone: 970.453.3181Email: jamesp@townofbreckenridge.com

Renee RailsbackColorado LTAP3100 Marine St., Room A-213, UCB 561,Boulder, CO 80309Phone: 303.735.3530Email: cltap@colorado.edu

Terry RogersCity of Lakewood480 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood, CO 80226Phone: 303.987.7900Email: terrog@lakewood.org

Michelle StevensFelsburg, Holt & Ullevig6300 S. Syracuse Way #600, Centennial, CO 80111Phone: 303.721.1440Email: michelle.stevens@fhueng.com

Lesley ThomasCity & County of Denver201 W. Colfax Ave., Dept. 608, Denver, CO 80202Phone: 720.865.8719Email: lesley.thomas@denvergov.org

WEST SLOPE BRANCH

Chair-Elect: John BakerTown of Snowmass VillageP.O. Box 5010, Snowmass Village, CO 81615Phone: 970.923.5110Email: jbaker@tosv.com

Secretary: Jim HathewayCity of Delta360 Main Street, Delta, CO 81416Phone: 970.874.7566Email: jim@cityofdelta.net

Treasurer: Sean McCormickGunnison County811 Rio Grande Avenue, Gunnison, CO 81230Phone: 970.641.0044Email: smccormick@gunnisoncounty.org

Past Chair: Jim Hougnon

West Slope Director At-Large: Brandon WallaceTown of Basalt200 Fiou Lane, Basalt, CO 81621Phone: 970.927.4723Email: brandonw@basalt.net

CHAPTER ADMINISTRATOR

Pamela WeimerAPWA Colorado Chapter6540 S. Tabor Street, Littleton, CO 80127Phone: 303.979.2190Email: bdweimer@msn.com