SW WA Public Agency Liaison

ACEC Oregon / Southwest Washington Public Agency Liaison Committee

MISSION STATEMENT
To commit to a meaningful partnership between our organizations in the common purpose of providing quality and responsive consulting engineering services to the communities of southwest Washington. 








OBJECTIVE
Meet twice a year (fall and spring) to network and share information with southwest Washington local agencies. 


GOALS 
  • Facilitate cooperative dialogue between southwest Washington public agencies and ACEC; 
  • Foster an attitude that explores opportunities and resolves issues.
  • Enhance professionalism and integrity throughout the design and construction industry; 
  • Promote quality and value through improved business practices; 
  • Invest in the future by promoting education, new technology, and research and development; and
  • Promote the use of project delivery methods that best serve the public interest.


MORE INFO
Contact the steering committee chair, Jeff Whitman, jwhitman@kittelson.com, or mwebber@acecOregon.org


NEXT MEETING / PRESENTATION 
Wednesday, May 1
12:30 to 1:30 p.m. 

LOCATION
Lacamas Lake Lodge, Camas, Washington

 

PRESENTERS
  • Curtis Loeb, P.E., Principal Engineer, Wolf Water Resources
  • Wade Osborne, P.E., Senior Associate Engineer, Cornforth Consultants


PRESENTATION
Steigerwald Wetland Restoration

PROGRAM ABSTRACT 
The Steigerwald Floodplain Reconnection Project was a collaborative effort across over a dozen federal, state, and local agencies to reconfigure the Columbia River levee system to reduce flood risk, reconnect 965 acres of floodplain, and increase recreation opportunities at Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge located in Washougal, Washington. The project removed 2.2 miles of federally-authorized (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) levee, excavation of four large floodplain channels, and creation of 115 acres of new wetland habitat. To reduce flood risks for residents and infrastructure, floodplain reconnection required the design and construction of two new setback levees, 500 feet of new floodwall along Gibbons Creek, and raising a section of Washington State Route 14. Wolf Water Resources and Cornforth Consultants have partnered since early design in 2014 to the end of construction in 2022, overcoming numerous significant technical challenges along the way. The presentation will discuss these technical challenges and also highlight the numerous project benefits for fish and wildlife, for adjacent property owners, for the Refuge land manager, and for the levee system operator. 

PUBLIC AGENGY UPDATE
TBD

CPDs
Program is good for accruing one (1.0) continuing professional development credit! 

Please register so we have an accurate lunch count. 

No charge to attend!
Click HERE to register. 

THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS!

PAST MEETINGS / PRESENTATIONS

November 1, 2023
City of Vancouver's Main Street Project
Ryan Lapossa, PE, Streets & Transportation Manager
City of Vancouver Public Works Department 

sponsored by DOWL

April 19, 2023
New Stormwater Science Updates and How it is Affecting Endangered Species Act Consultations 
Dee Dee Jones, Biology Program Manager, USFWS and NMFS Liaison
WSDOT SW Region | Environmental Services Office 

sponsored by PBS

October 13, 2022
WSDOT's Complete Streets Implementation
Kelly Smith, Southwest Region Multi-Modal Manager, WSDOT

PUBLIC AGENCY UPDATE 
Chad Hancock, Southwest Region Project Development Engineer, WSDOT

sponsored by NV5 and Parametrix

December 2, 2021 
Prioritizing Your Transportation Improvement Program
Chris Malone, PE, PMP, Public Works Finance & Asset Manager
City of Vancouver

PUBLIC AGENCY UPDATE 
Ryan Lopossa, PE, Public Works Streets & Transportation Manager
City of Vancouver 

April 15, 2021 
Co-hosted by ACEC and WTS

 
PANEL DISCUSSION
  1. Update on your agency's impact from COVID in the following areas:
    a)  2021/ 2022 capital improvement plans
    b)  Budgets
    c)  Changes to procuring professional services
    d)  Changes to agency office policies

  2. Update on your agency's plan for post pandemic re-officing.

  3. Update and planning associated with potential stimulus funding.
     

Click HERE for more info, including list of panelists and moderators. 

Click HERE for video of presentation. 


October 1, 2019
City of Vancouver - Water Resources Education Center
City of Vancouver: Water Station 1 Upgrades - Design and Construction
sponsored by David Evans and Associates, Inc. and Hart Crowser 

April 4, 2019
Clark County Public Works, Vancouver
What's new at WSDOT SW Region
sponsored by GRI and WSP

October 3, 2018
WSDOT Headquarters
WSDOT's Design-Build Process and the Chamber Way Bridge
sponsored by PBS Engineering and Environmental and David Evans and Associates, Inc. 

April 5, 2018
City of Vancouver - Water Resources Education Center
Green Stormwater Infrastructure Design 
sponsored by Hart Crowser

October 5, 2017
Clark County Public Works
Connecting Mass Transit and Trails - A Win-Win for Both
sponsored by GRI

May 3, 2017
WSDOT Headquarters
Bus on Shoulder Study & Pilot Project for SR-14 and I-205 
sponsored by Otak 

January 26, 2017
WSDOT Headquarters
Adapting Water Supplies Post-Condit Dam Removal 
sponsored by David Evans and Associates, Inc. 

October 19, 2016
WSDOT Headquarters
Collaborative Design of Context Sensitive Rockfall Mitigation - Challis Highway Project, Idaho
sponsored by Kittelson & Associates, Inc. 

July 28, 2016
WSDOT Headquarters
Landslide Mitigation using Anchored Shear Piles
sponsored by Murray, Smith & Associates, Inc. 


April 28, 2016
WSDOT Headquarters
Tilikum Crossing, Bridge of the People
sponsored by GRI


January 28, 2016
WSDOT Headquarters
Practical Design: Transforming Design Policy
sponsored by Hart Crowser

October 6, 2015
Clark Regional Wastewater District 
Performance Based Intersection and Interchange Evaluations 
sponsored by Cornforth Consultants, Inc. 
STEERING COMMITTEE
CHAIR
Jeff Whitman
Kittelson & Associates, Inc.
jwhitman@kittelson.com

IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
Gavin Oien
David Evans and
Associates, Inc.

PUBLIC AGENCY REP
Caroline Bricheux
WSDOT

BOARD REP 
Susie Wright
Kittelson & Associates, Inc. 

ADDITIONAL
STEERING COMMITTEE
MEMBERS

- Courtney Davis, DOWL
- Natalie Owen, WSP

- Dan Trisler, Haley & Aldrich
- Kyle Williams, Consor 
NEXT MEETING
Wed., May 1
12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

Click HERE to register. 

SW WA PUBLIC AGENCY INVOLVEMENT / PARTICIPATION
  • City of Battle Ground
  • City of Camas
  • City of Kelso
  • City of Longview
  • City of Ridgefield
  • City of Vancouver Public Works 
  • City of Washougal
  • Clark County Public Works
  • Port of Vancouver
  • Regional Transportation Council
  • WSDOT SW Region
  • Western Federal Lands Highway Division

If you are a public agency representative and would like to get involved with the steering committee, please contact the committee chair at jwhitman@kittelson.com or mwebber@acecOregon.org