2015 Annual Conference - IAFSM

2015 Annual Conference
March 12 & 13, 2015
Bloomington-Normal Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
Normal, Illinois
Upcoming Conferences & CFM Examination
2016 IAFSM Annual Conference
The 2016 IAFSM Annual Conference will be held March 9th and 10th, 2016, in Tinley Park.
2017 IAFSM Annual Confernce
March 8th and 9th, 2017, at the Crowne Plaza Springfield.
2015 ASFPM National Conference
The 2015 ASFPM conference will be held in Atlanta, GA. See the back cover for the ASFPM conference ad. Further information on the 2015 conference is available at asfpmconference.org.
2016 ASFPM National Conference
IAFSM has accepted an invitation to co-sponsor the
2016 Association of State Floodplain Managers
(ASFPM) National Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan June 19-24, 2016 in partnership with the Michigan Stormwater-Floodplain Association. The ASFPM
conference is a wonderful way to share experiences
and ideas with other floodplain management professionals from across the country.
IAFSM’s co-sponsorship of the 2016 Conference will:
• Provide a national floodplain and stormwater conference close to Illinois;
• Allow Illinois floodplain and stormwater managers
the opportunity to attend a national conference at
a reduced conference sponsor registration;
• Allow IAFSM a voice in the development of the
2016 ASFPM National Conference
IAFSM will keep our membership updated about the 2016 ASFPM conference. IAFSM involvement in the 2016
conference will not impact our 2016 IAFSM annual conference.
CFM Examination
V3 will host the Certified Floodplain Manager exam on Wednesday, June 24, from 2:00 -5:00 pm at the
Woodridge office, 7325 Janes Ave, Woodridge IL 60517. For further information, please contact ASFPM at:
[email protected]
Our Thanks To:
Town of Normal Mayor Chris Koos and Wayne Aldrich
(Town of Normal Public Works Director and former
Uptown Development Director) for their tour of the
Town of Normal’s Uptown Circle
Town of Normal Town Engineer Gene Brown and Chris
Gutkowski of Clark Dietz, Inc. for their tour of the West
Branch of Sugar Creek through Fairview Park Stream
Restoration
Randy Stein, Executive Director, Bloomington Normal
Water Reclamation District for the tour of the BNWRD
CSO Lagoon
Bryan Cross (Prairie Engineers), Don Roseboom
(USGS), David Lamb (City of Bloomington), and Trent
Thomas (IDNR) for their tour of the Green Infrastructure Development on Kickapoo Creek
Crawford, Murphy & Tilly for providing the room signs
Liana Winsauer of Otter Necessities/IDNR for the
conference book layout
Kerry Behr of Village of Downers Grove for her work
on garnering conference sponsorships
Matt Moffitt of Baxter & Woodman for help with field
tour coordination
Karl Jensen of Gewalt Hamilton Associates, Inc. for
help as on-site A/V contact
Doug Aklin & Yokia Washington (State Farm) for
presentation of Disaster Recovery Vehicle
Molly O’Toole for conference photography
Table of Contents
Board Meeting Agenda
Board Agenda
1
Professional Development
2
Speakers & IAFSM Officers
3
Menus4
Tourism & Movie
4
Sponsors15-19
Plenary & Luncheon Speakers
Awards
20-23
24 & 25
Field Tours
26-29
State Farm Disaster Response Vehicle
30
CRS Meetings
31
Session Descriptions
Thursday, Session 1
31-34
Thursday, Session 2
35-38
Thursday, Session 3
39-42
Friday, Session 4
43-46
Friday, Session 5
47-51
Speaker Biographies
52-61
IAFSM Board of Directors Meeting
General Agenda for March 13, 2015
7:30 am to 9:00 am, Redbird G
1.0 Call To Order
2.0 Approval Of Previous Meeting Minutes
2.1 Minutes Of The November 19, 2014,
and January 14, 2015 Meetings
3.0 Officers’ Reports
3.1Chair
3.2 Vice-Chair
3.3 Treasurer
4.0 Committee Reports
4.1 Crs Committee - Mary Lou Kalsted, Chair
4.2 Certification Committee - Matt Wahl, Chair
4.3 Legislation Committee - Kay Whitlock, Chair
4.4 Newsletter - Jennifer Maercklein, Chair
4.5 Education Outreach – Diane Bouckaert, Chair
4.6 Floodplain Management Committee –
Mike Sutfin, Chair
4.7 Stormwater Management –
Shauna Urlacher, Chair
4.8 Mitigation – Brian Eber, Chair
4.9 Wetlands Committee - Tom Kehoe, Chair
4.10Nominations And Elections –
Mark Hoskins, Chair
4.11 Awards – Sarah Hunn, Chair
4.12 Inter-Organizational – Amanda Flegel, Chair
4.13 Youth Outreach – Brian Chaille, Chair
4.14 Annual Conference Committee –
Lillian Prince, Chair
5.0 Old Business
Attendees70-79
5.1 2015 IAFSM/ASFPM Foundation Symposium
5.2 IAFSM Website Rehab
(In Partnership With Ottawa)
5.4 2016 ASFPM National Conference Co-Sponsorship
with Michigan Chapter (Grand Rapids, Mi)
Past IAFSM Awards
6.0 New Business
Exhibitors62-69
Exhibit Door Prize Card
80 & 83
81
Maps82
Schedule Grid
7.0 Ratification Motion
8.0 Adjourn
84 & 85
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Attention Registered Engineers
Professional Development Hours (PDHs) Awards
to IAFSM Conference Attendees
Certificates of training will be provided at this year’s IAFSM
conference to document the PDHs earned by an attendee.
No other documentation will be issued!
It will be the responsibility of each attendee to obtain the
certificate when leaving the conference. Certificates will be
available at the conference registration desk.
If you are attending for one day only, please pick up your
certificate at the sign-in desk before leaving at the at the end
of the first day. If you are attending the full two day conference, please pick up your certificate before leaving at the end
of the second day.
Please be sure to register for field tours, so that your certificate will reflect the correct PDHs.
– Diane Bouckaert, Education Outreach Chair
Conference Evaluations
Conference evaluations and voting for the best presentation will be managed
online this year. Please visit the IAFSM website at www.illinoisfloods.org for a
link to the online survey. Surveys can be completed for a limited time after the
conference. The IAFSM board looks forward to receiving your comments. Your
feedback strongly influences planning decisions for the next year’s conference
and workshop offerings. PDH certificates will still be provided in person at the
registration desk on the final day of the conference.
Thank you for attending the conference!
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Speakers & IAFSM Officers
IAFSM Officers
Chair
Loren Wobig, P.E., CFM
Vice Chair
Lillian Prince, P.E., CFM
Secretary
Erik Gil, P.E., CFM
Treasurer
Glenn Heistand, P.E., CFM
Past Chair
Michael Cothard, P.E., CFM
Executive Secretary
Sarah Harbaugh
Committee Chairs:
Conference
Lillian Prince, P.E., CFM
Nominations & Elections
Mark Hoskins, P.E., CFM
Awards
Sarah Hunn, P.E., CFM
Certification
Matt Wahl, CFM
Community Rating System
Mary Lou Kalsted, P.E., CFM
Education Outreach
Diane Bouckaert, P.E., CFM
Floodplain Management
Mike Sutfin, CFM
Legislative
Kay Whitlock, P.E., D.WRE
Newsletter
Jennifer Maercklein, P.E., CFM
Stormwater Management
Shauna Urlacher, P.E., CFM
Wetlands
Tom Kehoe, CPESC
Mitigation
Brian Eber, CFM
Inter-Organizational
Amanda Flegel, P.E., CFM
Youth Outreach
Brian Chaille, P.E., CFM
Moderators
Brian S. Chaille
Tony Comerio
Brian Eber
Amanda Flegel
Mark Hoskins
Arlan Juhl
Tom Kehoe
Mary Lou Kalsted
Grace Nelson
Stu Richter
Michael Sutfin
Shauna Urlacher
Loren Wobig
Field Tours
Kickapoo Creek:
Don Roseboom
Trent Thomas
David Lamb
Bryan Cross
Uptown Normal Traffic Circle:
Mayor Chris Koos
Wayne Aldrich
CSO Lagoon:
Randall Stein
West Branch Sugar Creek
Stream Restoration:
Gene Brown
Christopher S. Gutkowski
Speakers
Plenary Sessions:
Brian D. Anderson
Meg Kelly
Tom Price
Mike Sutfin
Senator Sue Rezin
Luncheon:
Andrew Braun
Paul Osman
Don Yarbrough
Regular Sessions:
Dallas W. Alley
Steve Amann
Jedd Anderson
Michael A. Baker
Thera A. Baldauf
Kurt Baumann
Rebeca Bell
Bruce A. Bender
Michael Blue
Michael Burke
Thomas Burke
Annette Burris
Brian S. Chaille
James Neil Couch
Bryan Cross
Anna Culcasi
James J. Duncker
Brian Eber
Dan Feltes
Amanda Flegel
Amy Giesing
Erik Gil
Glenn Heistand
Kristine Hocking
Brian Hoffman
Adam Holder
Josiah L. Holst
Mark Hoskins
Pat Hubbartt
Sarah Hunn
Audrey L. Ishii
Ajay Jain
Joe Johnson
Jim Karch
Thomas Kehoe
Chris Koos
David Lamb
John Mayer
Marty Melchior
Bill Milner
Ted Montrey
Grace Nelson
Erin Pande
Lou Ann Patellaro
Jim Peterson
Don Rosebloom
Frank Shockey
Hal Sprague
Mathew Stafford
Ralph C. Stark, Jr.
Marilyn Sucoe
Mike Sutfin
Alan H. Tamm
Jeff Tatarek
Trent Thomas
Mark Van Auken
Brad Winters
Loren Wobig
Jay Womack
Brian Wozniak
Program Book
Liana M. Winasuer
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Menus, A Movie, and Tourism
Thursday
Friday
Continental Breakfast
Continental Breakfast
Breakfast Breads & Pastries
Sliced Fresh Fruit
Yogurt & Granola Parfaits
Chilled Orange, Apple and Cranberry Juices,
Bottled Water, Coffee & Hot Tea
Breakfast Breads & Pastries
Sliced Fresh Fruit
Assorted Sweet & Savory Scones
Chilled Orange, Apple and Cranberry Juices,
Bottled Water, Coffee & Hot Tea
Morning Break
Morning Break
Sliced Fresh Fruit
Biscotti
Italian sweets
Bottled Water, Coffee & Hot Tea, and Flavored Syrups
Sliced Fresh Fruit
Goldfish Crackers
Chex Mix
Virgin Mary Bar, Bottled Water, Coffee & Hot Tea
8:00 - 9:00 am
10:10 - 10:30 am
7:30 - 9:00 am
10:10 - 10:30 am
Lunch
Noon - 1:00 pm
Poached Pear Salad with balsamic reduction, baby
greens, bleu cheese, and toasted walnuts
Market Green Salad with grape tomatoes, cucumbers,
shredded carrots and parmesan cheese
with choice of two dressings
Braised Short Ribs with red wine demi-glace
reduction, Mashed Potatoes and chef’s selection of
seasonal vegetables
Vegetaran Option: Vegetable Shepherd’s Pie
(Savory vegetable stew with white beans and fresh
herbs topped with whipped potatoes)
Bread
Strawberry Cheesecake
Water, Iced Tea, and Coffee
Afternoon Break
3:00 - 3:20 pm
Sliced Fresh Fruit
Salsa Bar with Corn & Flour Chips and 3 Salsas
Bottled Water & Pepsi Products
Social Hour
4:50 - 6:30 pm
Assorted Hot & Cold Hors D’Oeuvres
Potato Bar
2 Drink Tickets for beer, wine, or soda
Cash bar
Bloomington-Normal
Attractions
Bloomington-Normal tourism information is available
on-line at: www.visitbn.com
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Lunch
Noon - 1:00 pm
Parmesan-Crusted Chicken, topped with basil,
capers, sundried tomatoes, roasted potato wedges
and chef’s selection of seasonal vegetables.
Vegetarian Option: Vegetable Edamame Stir-Fry
julienned summer vegetables and edamame over
basmati rice
Bread
Tiramisu
Water, Iced Tea, and Coffee
“The Quiet Man”
at the Normal Theatre
The award-winning 1952 John Ford film, “The Quiet
Man” will be shown at the historic Normal Theater at
7:00 pm on Thursday March 12. “The Quiet Man” is a
classic romantic comedy-drama, starring John Wayne,
Maureen O’Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond and
Victor McLaglen. John Wayne plays Irish-born American Sean Thornton, who returns to Ireland to reclaim
the family homestead in the little town of
Inisfree, where he falls in love wih Mary Kate
Danaher, played by Maureen O’Hara.
The Normal Theater is adjacent to the hotel.
Admission is $7.
Gold Sponsors
8678 Ridgefield Road
Crystal Lake, IL 60012
815-444-3228
www.baxterwoodman.com
Baxter & Woodman’s Water Resources Department offers comprehensive services related to stormwater
management and wetlands. Through our capabilities and expertise, we offer sustainable solutions to local drainage problems as well as comprehensive stormwater master plans. We are an employee-owned Engineering
News-Record Top 500 Design Firm which provides planning, design, construction and technology services for
water, wastewater, stormwater, water resources and transportation facilities for municipalities, counties and
state agencies. Environmental, geographic information systems (GIS), water and wastewater operations, and
advanced technology needs complement the firm’s civil engineering expertise. Clients are served from seven
regional offices in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.
CBBEL is unique among consulting engineering and surveying firms in that we are a full-service company that
comprehensively meets the needs of both private and public sector clients. Guided by founder and President
Christopher B. Burke, our “family business” corporate philosophy allows for a level of personal service that
provides peace of mind. Our Illinois based staff of 187 and expansive list of specializations—civil, municipal,
transportation, water resource, mechanical, structural, construction, traffic, environmental engineering and
environmental resource services—provide professionalism and expertise that promote success.
CBBEL provides professional review services for municipalities, counties, and state agencies. Our experience
includes the review of drainage, roadway, subdivision, sanitary sewer, and mechanical engineering submittals
prepared by third-party consultants for both private and public sector clients.
Our office prepares an impressive number of high-quality stormwater management studies and permit
applications, having obtained more than 1,000 US Army Corps of Engineers Section 404 permits with accompanying IEPA water quality certifications, more than 500 Illinois Department of Natural Resources-Office of Water
Resources floodway construction permits, and 450 Federal Emergency Management Agency Letters of Map
Amendment and Letters of Map Revision.
Whether you require consulting for an individual project or the full service resources, you can rely on CBBEL to
take the time to thoroughly understand your needs and partner with you to create innovative, cost-effective
solutions. Diversification and flexibility are the keys to our successful, long-term relationships with a wide variety
of clients, including municipalities, counties, townships, sanitary districts and drainage districts throughout the
Chicagoland area. We have unique knowledge and experience with various funding programs available to our
County and Municipal clients from the grant writing stage to the design procedures required, as well as recordkeeping and funding reporting, giving our clients an added service not easily found in the engineering industry.
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Gold Sponsors
Engineering Resource Associates, Inc. (ERA) is a consulting firm providing civil engineering, structural engineering, environmental science, and surveying services to clients throughout Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. Our
diverse clientele includes municipalities, park districts, forest preserve districts, sanitary districts, county agencies, and state agencies. We have more than two decades of experience identifying and working with a wide
variety of local, state and federal funding sources. Our staff of professionals include licensed engineers,
structural engineers, surveyors, environmental scientists, certified floodplain managers and CAD/GIS specialists.​
Engineering Resource Associates, Inc.
Consulting Engineers, Scientists & Surveyors
P: (630) 393-3060
F: (630) 393-2152
www.eraconsultants.com
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Gold Sponsors
Gewalt Hamilton is a multi-disciplinary civil engineering and surveying firm. Founded in 1981, the firm provides
an array of professional services to a multitude of client types. The majority of our professional practice is in the
public sector, partnering with municipalities, county and state agencies, transportation agencies, stormwater
commissions, and townships. We currently serve as full-time municipal engineer for a dozen Chicago-area
municipalities and serve over 40 more on an as-need basis.
For nearly every project, the competing concerns of site drainage, offsite impacts, and preservation of water
quality must all be addressed in compliance with overlapping and sometimes conflicting federal, state and local
regulations. We work closely with clients to help them navigate the often complicated range of requirements
relating to regulated areas.
On every project, we analyze the potential for application of best management practices and sustainable design.
Whenever possible, we facilitate incorporation of sustainable design elements through grant funding. Whether
considering rain gardens, restoring natural areas, or installing permeable pavement, we focus on achieving
effective, sustainable benefits without sacrificing site functionality. Our strategies utilize proven stormwater
management approaches with innovative naturalized systems to reduce both the volume and rate of stormwater runoff and enhance downstream water quality.
At Gewalt Hamilton, all of our service lines focus on designing solutions with enduring results. We consistently
produce designs that balance project function and economics with natural resource preservation, increasing
project appeal to both the public and regulators. Our relationship with sustainable design is fostered not only
through ordinance provisions and best management practices, but also through our commitment to making
positive impacts on the world around us.
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Gold Sponsors
HR Green, Inc., (HR Green) is a multi-discipline professional services and construction firm offering planning,
technical consulting, engineering, environmental services, and construction to clients in diverse markets. One of
America’s longest operating design and construction firms, HR Green enjoys a longstanding reputation for environmental stewardship, public service and technical excellence. The firm is consistently ranked among ENR’s Top
500 Design Firms in the United States. Founded in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1913, the firm now employs nearly 400
people in Missouri, California, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Colorado and Texas.
Our six business lines provide comprehensive services as follows:
• Transportation – Highways & Bridges – streets, traffic engineering and bridge design services.
• Construction Services – construction management and inspection.
• Water – Potable Water - resource, treatment and distribution. Wastewater - collection, pumping and
treatment; residuals handling and disposal. Water Resources – surface water management, stormwater
best management practices, and flood protection and control.
• Governmental Management Services – Program management for local and state government – city
engineering, government operations and maintenance, and process improvement and revenue enhancement services. Public-private partnerships (P3) – private sector funding collaboration, owner’s representative
services, and equity partnership services. Community redevelopment – brownfields and downtown
revitalization to include visioning and land use planning to create a sustainable future.
• Energy – Methane – landfill gas-to-energy (LFGE). Wind power – single-turbine installations. Solar – fixed
array and tracking photovoltaic systems.
• Senior Living – Planning, design, construction, ownership, and operations of senior assisted living facilities.
Learn more at http://www.windsor-manor.com/.
• Land Development – Residential - unified land planning, engineering, surveying, construction, and landscape
architecture consultants. Commercial and Industrial Development - underground infrastructure improvements/extensions, offsite roadway enhancements, floodplain/wetland constraints, stormwater management
requirements and zoning implications. Institutional - efficiently evaluate property through various concepts
and review potential future expansions and utility availability during the earliest stages of the due diligence
process.
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Silver Sponsors
Ranked as the #1 engineering design firm by Engineering News-Record magazine, AECOM is a premier, fully
integrated professional and technical services firm. We partner with our clients to solve river and stream challenges one community at a time. We provide other comprehensive water resources services that protect and
improve streams and coastlines from flooding and habitat and water quality degradation. In addition, our professionals preserve and restore streams, wetlands and other valuable ecosystems. AECOM provides a blend of
global reach, local knowledge, innovation and technical excellence in delivering customized and creative solutions that meet the needs of clients’ projects.
ARCADIS is the leading global natural and built asset design and consultancy firm working in partnership with
our clients to deliver exceptional and sustainable outcomes through the application of design, consultancy,
engineering, project and management services. ARCADIS differentiates through its talented and passionate
people and its unique combination of capabilities covering the whole asset life cycle, its deep market sector
insights and its ability to integrate health & safety and sustainability into the design and delivery of solutions
across the globe. Please visit: www.arcadis-us.com.
Bleck Engineering Co., Inc. was established in 1945. BLECK offers full service Civil Engineering including surveying, water resources and municipal engineering services. We have extensive experience working with local units
of government and obtaining permits and approvals in an accelerated manner. We are known for our personalized service, commitment to the highest quality, and its owners’ honesty and integrity. The company design
philosophy is to exceed the goals of our client, while conforming to the guidelines of the reviewing regulatory
agencies. Our designs integrate long-term low maintenance in an aesthetically pleasing way within the established budgets and schedules.
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Silver Sponsors
Founded in 1898, Burns & McDonnell is a 100% employee-owned, full-service engineering, architecture, construction, environmental, and consulting firm. With the multidisciplinary experience of approximately 5,000
professionals in more than 30 offices nationwide, Burns & McDonnell plans, designs, permits, constructs, and
manages projects worldwide with one mission in mind – “Make our clients successful”.
CDM Smith provides lasting and integrated solutions in water, environment, transportation, energy and facilities
to public and private clients worldwide. A full-service consulting engineering, construction and operations firm,
we deliver exceptional client service, quality results and enduring value across the entire project lifecycle. Our unwavering focus remains on creating innovative and lasting solutions that improve environmental value, quality of
life and economic prosperity. With more than $1 billion in annual revenues and through a network of more than
125 offices worldwide, we maintain the size, stability and resources to undertake a diverse range of projects.
Originally founded in 1927, Ciorba Group, Inc. provides quality engineering solutions for the community by way
of comprehensive engineering services including water resources, transportation, structural, and construction
observation for municipalities and counties throughout the six-county Chicago Metro area. We work with a large
number of local agency clients, as well as State and regional organizations such as the Illinois Department of
Transportation, the Illinois Tollway, and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District. Ciorba maintains high professional standards for our diverse and multicultural staff, and we sustain a proactive attitude for all projects, no
matter the size.
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Silver Sponsors
Community Land
Services, LLC
FEMA / HUD
Property Buyout Programs
& Implementation
Jack Petersen / 847-529-3762
Jack E. Petersen owns Community Land Services,
LLC which provides land acquisition negotiation and
relocation assistance services to State, County and
Municipal government agencies. I have worked in the
right of way field for 20 years, including 10 years as a
land acquisition consultant.
Over the past five years, I have focused primarily on
implementation of voluntary property buyout programs such as FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program and the HUD-CDBG Disaster Recovery Program.
This work requires highly specialized knowledge and
experience with meeting FEMA or HUD grant obligations and with the Uniform Relocation Assistance and
Real Property Acquisition Policies Act (URA).
Founded in 1946, CMT is a Midwest-based and nationally-ranked professional company providing planning,
engineering and construction services to both the public and private sector. CMT provides leadership in civil
infrastructure by leveraging shared knowledge, staff longevity and unique insights. For more than 68 years, the
company and its 270 employees maintain its trademark level of service and commitment to clients that translates into long-term relationships and enhanced value to our clients’ projects.
Daniel Creaney Company has provided consulting engineering and professional land survey services to municipal, industrial, commercial and residential clientele since 1976. Services range from feasibility and drainage
studies, final construction documents, permitting, construction observation and construction layout. Whether
you are a land developer, municipality, commercial property owner or single or multi-family residence owner,
we can provide you with experienced civil engineering services.
We believe in providing our clients with personal, inclusive and timely service in an effort to foster long-standing
business relationships. We are driven to provide professional service through creative design while meeting the
goals of our clients.
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Silver Sponsors
Victor Althoff
112 Crescent Drive
Michigan City, Indiana 46360
219-561-1323
[email protected]
www.floodbreak.comFloodBreak
Automatic Flood Gates 100% Passive—No Manpower or Electricity Needed
FloodBreak has been installing 100% Passive/Automatic Flood gates since 2002. Our flood gates require no
manpower or electricity for deployment. FloodBreak gates have no limitation in length or height. Our gates
have been used on roadways, vehicle entrances and for pedestrian traffic. We provide gates for below grade
and above grade vent protection and can installed into existing levee’s for additional height protection while
not eliminating visibility or access. Clients include the federal government, states, cities, private industries, levee
districts, etc. Each gate is custom built to the client’s needs, requirements, and have been installed in harsh
weather environments.
Hanson is a national, award-winning, employee-owned consulting firm providing engineering, planning and allied services. Established in 1954, the firm employs professional engineers, planners, land acquisition specialists,
surveyors and scientists offering services throughout the U.S. and abroad. Hanson’s water resources engineers
and scientists have completed substantial, complex hydraulics projects and developed cost-effective solutions
to benefit our clients. Our experience includes all aspects of water resources, environmental and civil engineering for federal, state and local government clients. Hanson has a proven capability to complete specialized tasks
which include the planning, design and permitting of dams, levees, flood control structures and pump stations.
Aaron Ackley
(843) 637-3409
[email protected]
Hesco Bastion, Inc.
2821 Azalea Drive
Charleston, SC 29405
HESCO® Environmental Barriers are renowned for their protective
capabilities; designed to achieve maximum logistical efficiency and rapid
protection in emergency flood situations. Used throughout the US to
protect against annual flooding, spring thaws and emergency relief
during hurricane season.
New for 2015 - JACKBOX™, a non-metallic, no mess, recyclable unit
which utilizes our 25 years of in-field experience and Concertainer™
technology to provide a lightweight, easy to use, flood defense solution
in an urbanized setting.
From vast perimeter flood walls around critical infrastructure, to storm
barriers for emergency access roads; HESCO Environmental Barriers have
the flood solution you need.
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Silver Sponsors
Hey and Associates, Inc. is a professional engineering, ecological consulting, and landscape architecture firm
founded in 1976 to deliver comprehensive solutions to complex water-resource and natural-resource challenges.
Today the firm offers a wide range of professional services including water resources engineering, civil engineering, landscape architecture, watershed planning, sustainable planning and design, construction management, ecological restoration and management, and wetland services. Our multi-disciplinary staff of engineers,
scientists, and landscape architects allows us to bring a fresh creative view to identify opportunities in water
resources, ecological, and sustainability issues. In creating solutions, we consider our clients’ regulatory, design,
construction, and long-term management requirements.
Knight is a full-service engineering and architectural firm providing professional services from our offices in
Springfield, Bolingbrook and Chicago, Illinois, and LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Knight’s clients range from the federal to
municipal level with a strong focus on the delivery of high-quality public infrastructure improvement projects as
well as a portfolio of work successfully completed for private clients. Knight is committed to building strong partnerships with our clients by working collaboratively to deliver creative engineering solutions that improve quality
of life, provide a safe environment, optimize efficiencies and promote accessibility to the world around us.
Mark Hoskins, P.E., CFM
Tech Manager III
Michael Baker International
311 W. Monroe, Suite 1350
Chicago, IL 60606
[O] 312-575-3946
Cell 312-515-5277
[email protected]
www.mbakerintl.com
Michael Baker International (MBI) serves the planning, architecture, engineering and construction management
markets with hundreds of differentiated services and capabilities. Services span the complete lifecycle of infrastructure and managed asset projects, including asset management and asset renewal. Serving clients from
public and private sectors in international, national, state and local markets, Baker has created value for clients by delivering innovative and sustainable solutions for infrastructure and the environment. With over 6,000
employees in 90 different offices, we bring many talented engineers, planners and technicians to the table. We
make a difference.
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Silver Sponsors
We’re active members of the communities we serve. That’s why at
Stantec, we always design with
community in mind.
The Stantec community unites more than 15,000 employees working in over 250 locations including downtown
Chicago, Lombard, and Springfield. Our work - professional consulting in water resources, planning, engineering, architecture, interior design, environmental sciences, and project management – begins at the intersection
of community, creativity, and client relationships.
Stantec is an industry leader in supporting FEMA’s Risk Mapping, Assessment, and Planning program at the national, regional and local level, delivering reliable digital flood hazard data and maps in GIS format.
V3 Companies supplies high-level expertise to help
clients realize their municipal consulting, water and
natural resources, and environmental project
objectives. The firm’s experienced professional staff
provides cross-discipline capabilities in stormwater,
wetlands, surveying, civil engineering and construction management that facilitate the execution of your
project… whether that requires creative application
of new technology or practical approach of proven
methods. Knowledge in action: That’s the key to your
stormwater remediation and wetland restoration projects getting from concept through construction. And
that’s often the difference between your project moving forward or getting twisted in the maze of wetland
and floodplain regulations.
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Bronze Sponsors
Permeable Pavement & Retaining
Wall Solutions
Bob Laskey
Commercial Hardscapes Sales
Representative
847-894-2182 mobile
[email protected]
Belgard’s team of site solution specialists is committed to helping design professionals create sustainable sites
for commercial and municipal development. The Belgard Commercial team also works to help resolve regulatory
and budgetary issues that may arise during design. Designed properly, Belgard permeable pavers provide stormwater infiltration, detention, pollutant removal, groundwater recharge, a pavement surface that can handle even
the heaviest of traffic loads, a 50-year lifecycle, and a system that can be easily cleaned and restored to near
initial infiltration rates.
Clark Dietz, Inc. is a recognized leader in civil, environmental, transportation, mechanical, electrical,
and structural engineering serving municipal clients
throughout Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. Our core
services include specialization in developing compliant
and sustainable solutions for water, wastewater, and
stormwater management. We are proud to sponsor
the 2015 IASFM Annual Conference.
With a mission to understand, innovate, partner and
deliver, exp provides professional, technical and strategic services related to the world’s built and natural
environments. At exp, we are experts in transportation systems, infrastructure, and site development,
and we take projects from concept through to completion. Our Water Resources Staff is experienced in
the preparation of complex hydrologic and hydraulic
models, watershed studies, floodplain analyses,
stormwater management, drainage assessments and
improvements, design of best management practices
and sustainable site design. Our capabilities include
a strong understanding of federal, state and local
stormwater, floodplain and environmental regulations
and permit requirements.
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Bronze Sponsors
Infrastructure Engineering, Inc. (IEI) is one of the largest minority-owned civil engineering firms in the country
with offices in Chicago, IL; Peoria, IL; Springfield, IL; Indianapolis, IN; Omaha, NE and New York, NY. Since 1986,
IEI has served both public and private organizations throughout the Midwest and now the Northeast with multidiscipline projects encompassing both design and inspection services for stormwater and wastewater systems.
In addition, IEI has been involved in design and inspection of large scale transportation infrastructure projects
including multi-lane freeway/expressway reconstruction, bridge design, intersection improvements, resurfacing,
drainage and utilities improvements, traffic signals, mass transit studies, as well as resident engineering and
program management services.
James J. Benes & Associates, Inc. was founded as a Professional Civil Engineering Corporation in 1970, is located in Lisle, Illinois and is primarily focused on providing engineering services to municipalities, counties and the
Illinois Department of Transportation. We serve the role of Village Engineer for several communities; performing
development reviews, designing a wide variety of capital improvement projects and coordinating activities with
municipal staff and residents. We also provide Phase 1 engineering services (preliminary studies) and Phase 2
engineering services (final design) to County DOTs and IDOT.
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Bronze Sponsors
Millennia Professional Services was founded in 2004
on the principle that exceptional quality engineering
work is the result of experience, efficiency, intense
dedication, and a diverse set of ideas.
Our mission is to enable our public and private sector
clients to succeed at their goals by providing exceptional quality, unparalleled economic value, consistent
timely delivery; and by developing synergistic client
relationships built on trust.
Millennia is a certified DBE firm.
MWH Americas
175 W. Jackson Blvd
Chicago, IL 60604
312-831-3098
MWH Global is dedicated to Building a Better World. As specialists in water and natural resources, MWH
employees use innovative ideas and technology to help solve complex infrastructure and environmental challenges. This work is built on a nearly 200-year history during which MWH has delivered services from initial
planning and design through construction, start-up and operations. Today, MWH employs more than 7,000
experts including engineers, consultants and construction professionals in 35 countries on six continents. Each
of these experts is committed to serving global communities through sustainable development and project delivery. MWH is a private, employee-owned company headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado. For more information,
visit mwhglobal.com or connect via Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn​.
Founded in 1987, Primera Engineers, Ltd. is a full-service engineering design and consulting firm committed to
providing exceptional expertise with an emphasis on best-in-class client service. Primera offers a wide range
of professional services in the disciplines of mechanical, electrical, plumbing (M/E/P), civil engineering, transportation, power delivery, commissioning, life safety, lighting, energy, sustainability, and architecture as well
as program and construction management. With more than 170 professionals from diverse and highly-skilled
backgrounds, Primera is committed to dynamic design, innovative technology, and dedicated service.
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Bronze Sponsors
William R. Rickert, P.E., BCEE, CFM
RHMG Engineers, Inc.
975 Campus Drive
Mundelein, IL 60060
847-362-5959
[email protected]
RHMG Engineers, Inc., established in 1970, provides complete civil engineering services, ranging from stormwater to site engineering and water/wastewater projects; hydraulic and hydrologic stormwater modeling,
BFE determinations, and municipal Enforcement Officer services. Construction management services include
streambank restoration, wetland enhancement, pipeline detention, porous pavement, bioswale, and other BMP
projects. RHMG works to find funding sources for its clients, including local, state and national grants. RHMG
provides engineering services through its offices in Mundelein and Elgin, Illinois. RHMG is part of the HMG Group,
and with its cross-ownership affiliated offices in Carlyle, IL and St. Louis, MO have a staff of 70, including
registered professional and structural engineers, and land surveyors. Their professional abilities and experience
establish the foundation on which the company and its reputation have been built. RHMG’s philosophy of having
principals of the firm involved in the detailed engineering aspects of projects is one of the key features that
differentiate RHMG from other firms.
Offices:
Champaign, Frankfort, Itasca, Kankakee, Ottawa,
South Holland and Volo Illinois
Merrillville Indiana.
www.reltd.com / (708) 331-6700
Robinson Engineering, Ltd. is a professional civil engineering firm, since 1937, designing and consulting on
projects that make life better for people; cleaner water, safer roads, better use of the land. Over 90 communities
trust Robinson to provide the full spectrum of engineering services, including master planning, design and
implementation of every type of public infrastructure improvement:
• Transportation
• Water and Sewer Systems
• Floodplain and Storm Water Management
• Land Surveying
• GIS / Mapping
• Construction Layout and Inspection Services
Trotter and Associates, Inc. Engineers & Surveyors
40W201 Wasco Road, Suite D
St. Charles, Illinois 60175-8535
630.587.0470 www.trotter-inc.com
Trotter and Associates, Inc. (TAI) is a full service engineering firm that specializes in water and wastewater
engineering. We have developed an extraordinary
team of professionals that are experienced, proficient,
and dedicated to a common cause – the satisfaction
of our clients. The team realizes the importance of
developing strong client/consultant relationships and
strives to earn each client’s confidence, respect, and
trust through exceptional service.
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Bronze Sponsors
Steve Pasinski, P.E.
Planning and Design Department Head
55 West 22nd Street, Suite 300, Lombard, IL 60148
630-430-6392
[email protected]
www.thomas-engineering.com
Thomas Engineering Group, LLC (TEG), founded in 2008, is a professional engineering firm focused on planning,
design, and construction engineering services for public sector clients. Our approach is to develop strategies that
best fulfill our clients’ needs for each project while providing our trademark level of outstanding client service,
responsiveness, and commitment. Our professional and practical approach to planning, design, and construction
engineering ensures success.
While our planning, design, and field experience is substantial, we always partner with clients and gather the
necessary project context to make the best decisions and implement courses of action that achieve project
and long term goals. What may have worked well in one situation may not be as applicable in another. We
treat each project as an opportunity to learn and innovate through partnering with clients and stakeholders. By
understanding the fiscal, environmental, and site constraints as well as stakeholder concerns, regional plans,
and capital programming, TEG project teams take an ownership approach and logically identify the most costeffective solutions.
Scott F. Randall, P.E., CFM
Senior Engineer
WILLS BURKE KELSEY ASSOCIATES
8 East Galena Boulevard, Suite 402
Aurora, Illinois 60506
P: 630.701.2245 C: 847.878.6739
Mediating the Built and Natural Environments
Wills Burke Kelsey Associates, Ltd. (WBK), is dedicated
to providing high quality professional engineering services to clients throughout Northern Illinois. Celebrating sixteen years of service in the Fox Valley area, the
staff members of WBK are recognized experts in the
areas of municipal engineering, stormwater management, wetland and environmental resources, plan
review, transportation and structural engineering,
urban planning, site design and permitting. Our clients
include public agencies and private sector companies and individuals in need of engineering services,
landscape design and sustainable infrastructure that
integrate their objectives with the built and natural
environments.
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Thursday Plenary Session
Thursday, 8:00 - 9:30 am, Redbird C & D
Host: Loren Wobig, P.E., CFM, IAFSM Chair, IDNR/OWR
Chicago Public Schools Space to Grow: A Multi-Agency Program to Provide Outdoor Learning
and Play Places that also Improve Stormwater Management
The Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Department of
Water Management, MWRDGC, Openlands Project,
and Healthy Schools Campaign have partnered to
bring much needed improvements to Chicago’s
elementary school sites. The goal of the project was
to combine both the resources and goals of the sponsoring organizations to provide needed landscape
and play space to asphalt covered school yards while
also greatly reducing stormwater runoff volumes and
rates. The projects address neighborhood flooding
issues, help to reduce combined sewer overflows, and
reduce the load to MWRD’s water reclamation facilities. In 2014, Conservation Design Forum and Hey &
Associates were selected to design and engineer the
improvements for two of the four school sites. The
project design and construction that was completed
in 2014, integrates green infrastructure throughout
the improvements to address runoff from the project
areas as well as the entire school sites. Improvements
include a pervious asphalt basketball court, pervious
rubber and artificial turf play surfaces, permeable
paving parking, bioretention landscapes, and raised
planters to grow edibles.
Prior to beginning the design process, the Chicago
Department of Water Management (DWM) conducted
an analysis to identify areas of the City in need of
runoff reduction. This analysis was overlaid on the
Chicago Public School’s (CPS) needs for playground
upgrades. To address DWM’s need to reduce runoff,
the projects were designed to meet the standards
of MWRD’s new stormwater ordinance for greenfield development. The integrated systems, native
landscapes, and raised planters for edibles provide a
broad range of learning experiences for young
elementary school minds. Six additional school sites
are being designed for 2015 construction.
Tom Price, P.E.
Meg Kelly
Meg Kelly serves as the Space to Grow Project Manager for Healthy Schools Campaign, a Chicago-based
but nationally minded nonprofit organization that
operates on the common sense notion that healthy
students are better learners. Meg has a background
in urban planning and sensitive resource protection,
with significant experience managing partnerships
and programs implementing innovative stormwater
management. Space to Grow: Greening Chicago’s
Schoolyards is the ultimate program, with an exciting public-private partnership and funding model that
transforms schoolyards into community centers and
spaces for active, outdoor learning and improves the
health and wellness of the entire school community.
Meg is very, very excited to put her project management skills to work on this important initiative.
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Tom Price is Principal Water Resources Engineer at
Conservation Design Forum. Conservation Design
Forum is a multi-disciplinary planning and design firm
composed of engineers, landscape architects and
ecologists focused on sustainable green infrastructure
solutions that integrate stormwater and landscape
systems.
The focus of Tom’s career has been on sustainable
stormwater management approaches that address
both the hydrologic and water quality impacts of
development. Projects are designed to integrate
stormwater management systems throughout the site
and into every surface rather than using more typical
end-of-the-pipe solutions that collect and then detain
stormwater. Stormwater strategies include: bioretention systems such as green roofs, rain gardens, and
bioswales; porous paving; rainwater collection and
reuse; and naturalized conveyance and detention.
Tom was project Principal for CDF’s multi-disciplinary
team of engineers and landscape architects. Tom took
the lead role in developing strategies for integrating
stormwater green infrastructure into every element of
the design.
Thursday Plenary Session
Thursday, 8:00 - 9:30 am, Redbird C & D
Host: Loren Wobig, P.E., CFM, IAFSM Chair, IDNR/OWR
The Prairie Research Institute
The Prairie Research Institute (PRI) houses the five
state scientific surveys — Illinois Natural History
Survey, the Illinois State Geological Survey, the Illinois
State Archaeological Survey, the Illinois State Water
Survey, and the Illinois Sustainable Technology
Center — as a group under the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign. The Institute mission is to provide
objective, integrated scientific research and service, in
cooperation with other academic and research units
of the University of Illinois and elsewhere, that allow
citizens and decision-makers to make choices that
ensure sustainable economic development, enduring
environmental quality, and cultural resource preservation for the people, businesses, and governments of
Illinois. PRI continues to meet statutory responsibilities to provide scientific advice to State of Illinois and
municipalities and businesses through a wide variety
of applied research projects throughout Illinois. Consistent with this mission Survey scientists are involved
in a wide range of floodplain and stormwater investigations, some of which will be highlighted in this
presentation.
Brian D. Anderson
Dr. Brian D. Anderson is the Interim Executive Director
of the Prairie Research Institute at the University of
Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He received his Ph.D. from
University of Louisville in 1985. He came to Illinois to
become the third Director of the Illinois Nature
Preserves Commission (INPC). Under his 10-year
leadership the INPC staff grew and protected over 100
new Illinois Nature Preserves. After an intergovernmental exchange to the National Biological Service in
Washington D.C., where he helped lay the groundwork for the establishment of the Biological Resources
Division within the U.S. Geological Survey, Brian
returned to accept the position of Conservation 2000
Coordinator with the Illinois Department of Natural
Resources (IDNR). Brian eventually also worked as
IDNR’s Director of the Office of Scientific Research and
Analysis, where he served as liaison between IDNR
and the Illinois Scientific Surveys and State Museum;
and as Director of the Office of Resource Conservation.
Brian left Illinois state government after nearly 20
years of service to become Chair of the Department of
Biological and Physical Sciences at Lincoln Land Community College (LLCC) in 2004 and in 2006 became
the Assistant to the President for Planning and Institutional Improvement at LLCC. In May of 2008 Brian
became the 8th Chief of the Illinois Natural History
Survey (INHS), and immediately became immersed in
migration of the INHS from State of Illinois oversight
into the Prairie Research Institute at the University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Brian currently is helping coordinate development of a Natural and Cultural
Resources Master Plan for the Forest Preserves of
Cook County, and has recently completed an IPA with
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part-time Interim
Science Coordinator for the Upper Midwest and Great
Lakes Landscape Conservation Cooperative (UMGL
LCC). He now serves as a Senior Science Advisor to
both the UMGL and the Eastern Tallgrass Prairie and
Big Rivers LCC.
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Thursday Luncheon
Thursday Luncheon, Noon - 1:30 pm, Redbird C & D
Andrew Braun
Paul Osman, CFM
Increased Cost of Compliance:
Resident’s Success Stories
Poul Osman and Andrew Braun discuss Increased Cost
of Compliance (ICC) coverage issues and successes,
with presentations from typical homeowners.
Don Yarbrough
Don Yarbrough is a disabled Vietnam Era Veteran
who served from 1974-1977. He has been a resident of Peoria, Illinois his entire life. Don moved into
his current residence along the Illinois River in 1992
where he adopted and raised 6 children with his wife,
Tammy. Since 1992, Don’s property has been impacted by 5 floods, including the record flood of 2013,
which caused a substantial damage declaration from
Peoria County and started the process of elevating the
home. Complete with 2 elevators, Don has overcome
the challenges of elevating a home presented by his
disability, including acting as general contractor.
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Friday Plenary Session
Friday, 9:00 - 10:10 am, Redbird C & D
Host: Michael Cothard, P.E., CFM, IAFSM Past
Chair, Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd.
Regional Flood Coalition, North-Central Illinois
While the floodwaters of the record 2013 inundation receded, the emergency management agencies
and legislators met in Ottawa to survey the situation.
Although the water levels were 1.5’ higher than any
recorded, Ottawa experienced very little flood damage. The rest of Senator Rezin’s 38th district suffered
devastating flood losses. A short time later, Sen. Rezin
approached Ottawa city officials wanting to know
what kept Ottawa from severe flood loss. After several
meetings the Senator asked if Ottawa would share
this information with other communities.
On February 12, 2014 Senator Rezin organized the
first meeting of this collaborative alliance. Since that
time the alliance has met quarterly. Eighteen communities across 5 counties have actively participated.
The mission is to encourage communities to adopt
and enforce higher regulatory standards, participate
in the CRS, have one staff member become certified
as a floodplain manager and to join and interact with
organizations like Illinois Association of Floodplain and
Stormwater Management.
Senator Rezin will outline what has been done to
date, what she hopes to do moving forward and the
opportunities for this type of collaborative effort at the
community level.
Mike Sutfin, CFM
Michael Sutfin has been the Building & Zoning Official
for the City of Ottawa for the past eight years. Mike
shares floodplain management responsibilities with
Dave Noble, the City Engineer. Together they have
taken the City of Ottawa from one of the worst repetitive loss communities to one of the highest rated CRS
communities in the state. Currently, Mike chairs the
Floodplain Management Committee for the IAFSM.
This past year, on behalf of the IAFSM, Mike has
worked with Senator Sue Rezin, 38th district, to form
a regional flood alliance.
Senator Sue Rezin
Senator Sue Rezin was elected to the Illinois House
of Representatives in November of 2010, and was
then appointed to the Illinois State Senate. She was
sworn in as State Senator on December 14, 2010,
and elected to serve a four-year term in November of
2012, where she proudly represents the 38th Legislative District. In 2015, she was appointed Assistant
Leader in the Senate GOP Caucus.
Senator Rezin serves as the Minority Spokesperson on
the Senate Energy Committee and is a member of the
Senate Education, Transportation, Local Government,
Public Pensions and State Investments, and Financial
Institutions Committees. Additional committee and
task force appointments include the Education Funding Advisory Committee, the Young Adult Heroin Use
Task Force, the Social Security Retirement Pay Task
Force, the Veterans Advisory Committee, the Joint
Task force on Turkish and Illinois Relations, the Illinois
Electric Vehicle Advisory Council and the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules. Senator Rezin previously
served on the Unemployment Insurance Task Force.
Community service has always been extremely important to Senator Rezin. She served on the Community
Foundation of Greater Grundy County, a local school
board, We Care of Grundy County, and the Morris Hospital Foundation.
Senator Rezin is a graduate of Harvard University’s
Kennedy School of Government’s Senior Executives in
State and Local Government Program. As a graduate
of Augustana College, Senator Rezin earned a degree
in International Business and Political Science with a
minor in Hispanic Studies. For the past sixteen years,
she has been the co-owner and manager of her family’s real estate company. Senator Rezin and her husband, Keith, reside in Morris and have four children.
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IAFSM Awards
Friday Luncheon, Redbird C & D
Sarah Hunn, IAFSM Awards Chair, DuPage County Stormwater Management
Floodplain Manager of the Year
Legislation
Recognizes outstanding individual efforts and
contributions at the local level in the area of floodplain
management.
Honors Illinois law makers or local officials for their
efforts in floodplain issues. The award can also be
given to an individual who makes extraordinary
efforts to encourage the passage of legislation or to a
community that has adopted unique local regulations
that promote floodplain management or flood
damage reduction.
Outstanding Service
Awarded to an IAFSM officer, a Federal, State, or
Local Official, or a consultant who has gone above
and beyond normal expectations and duties to
promote or encourage IAFSM goals.
Lifetime Achievement
Awarded to an individual or group who have
improved Stormwater management or reduced urban
flood risks through creative engineering, regulatory
measures, or other approaches.
This award is the IAFSM’s highest honor. It is reserved
for outstanding longtime floodplain managers. These
individual’s long-term contributions have made a
noticeable impact on floodplain and stormwater management efforts in the State of Illinois. This award is
not always given on a yearly basis.
Mitigation
Youth Award
Given to an individual or community that has encouraged flood hazard reduction through a buyout
program, retrofitting, preparation of a mitigation plan,
or other similar mitigation efforts.
This award, new in 2015, is given to a student or
student group (K-12) for outstanding efforts in leadership or education of floodplain or Stormwater
Management issues.
Stormwater Management
Journalism or Public Outreach Award
Given to a media outlet that has produced floodplain
or stormwater management special features during
the year. The award can include individuals or agencies who have contributed to outreach and public
awareness of floodplain or stormwater management
issues.
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New! IAFSM Project Awards
Shauna Urlacher, P.E., CFM, C.P.E.S.C, IAFSM Stormwater Management Committee Chair,
Smith LaSalle
The IAFSM Project Awards Competition was created to recognize excellence in stormwater management across
the State of Illinois. This competition offers an avenue to improve knowledge-sharing among IAFSM members
by highlighting innovative solutions to stormwater management challenges. It also provides a new way to get
involved in IAFSM.
Displays illustrating nominated projects were invited for the conference. These displays all have the 2015 IAFSM
Project Competition logo in the lower right corner. They will also be highlighted in a publication that will be published following the conference. Five projects have been chosen by our panel of judges to receive awards, to be
presented during Friday’s luncheon.
Stormwater Master Planning
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Flood Reduction
The Flood Reduction Award recognizes an outstanding flood reduction project in Illinois. Eligible entries
include projects at the local, state, or regional level.
Projects were evaluated based on:
• Number of properties/areas impacted and severity
• Level of protection (cost-benefit analysis)
• Other benefits of the project (water quality,
wetland, riparian corridor)
• Social, economic, and sustainable development
considerations
• Complexity
• Fulfillment of client/owner needs, engagement of
stakeholders
Sustainability
The Sustainability Award recognizes an outstanding
project that effectively demonstrates sustainability in
at least one subject area (stormwater reuse, water
conservation, groundwater recharge, water reclamation, true source control or green infrastructure).
Projects were evaluated based on:
• Project exemplifies the three indicators of sustainability (environmental responsibility, social equity
and economic success)
• Stormwater infrastructure is effectively integrated
into the site
• Future value to the engineering and natural
resources professions
• Public perception and/or public outreach efforts
• Maintenance considerations
• Fulfillment of client/owner needs and/or regulatory requirements
The Stormwater Master Planning Award recognizes
exceptional stormwater master planning at the
watershed or community level. These plans should
demonstrate forward thinking, ability to meet longterm stormwater management goals, and provide an
executable plan. Projects were evaluated based on:
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Methodology for identifying system deficiencies.
Future value to the engineering profession
Public perception and/or public outreach efforts
Methodology for prioritizing and funding capital
improvements
• Protection, enhancement, and/or restoration of
wetlands, floodplains, and riparian areas
• Engagement of stakeholders and fulfillment of
current and future needs
Public Education and Outreach
This award acknowledges exemplary efforts to
educate the public and/or increase awareness of
stormwater issues. Projects were evaluated based on:
• Ability to engage the public, generate awareness,
or change behaviors
• Appropriate timing of the effort
• Approach used to reach the target audience
• Use of data collected based on public input
• The goal of the public education/outreach effort
was clearly identified
Innovation
The Innovation Award is given on the occasion that a
project demonstrates exceptionally innovative design
elements and does not fit into any of the other categories. Projects were evaluated based on:
• Uniqueness and/or innovative application of new
or existing techniques
• Future value to the engineering and natural
resources professions
• Public perception and/or public outreach efforts
• Social, economic, and sustainable development
considerations
• Complexity
• Fulfillment of client/owner needs
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Field Tour: Green Infrastructure
Development on Kickapoo Creek
Thursday, 1:30 - 4:50 pm, Meet in Beaufort
Field Tours includeadditional PDHs. Please sign
up at the conference registration desk to ensure
space on the tour and correct PDH credits.
Itinerary
1:30 - 2:15 pm:
2:15 - 2:30 pm:
2:30 - 4:15 pm:
4:15 - 4:30 pm:
4:30 - 4:50 pm:
Pre-site Overview of the Grove Restoration Site
Travel from Bloomington-Normal Marriott to Kickapoo Creek
1401 Kickapoo Creek Rd, Bloomington, IL, 61705*
Site Tour
Depart from the Grove
Post-workshop question and answers
*Note for those who may drive separately, this is an address near the entrance to the subdivision to provide a
general location. The bus will stop at a pump house on the east side of the bridge over Kickapoo Creek on
Ireland Grove Road.
This field tour will visit the ‘Grove’ development where
approximately two miles of channelized stream was
restored using natural design principles. The City of
Bloomington, in conjunction with local developers, established a planned growth area for the city to manage urban sprawl. The new growth area is anchored
by a 400+acre development containing residential
properties and a new elementary school. Two miles
of Kickapoo Creek was meandered and approximately
90 acres of adjacent riparian habitat was restored to
a mixture of prairie and wetland habitat. The restoration took place as an integrated element within
a new urban growth cell and serves as stormwater
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runoff control, nutrient reduction, high quality aquatic
and terrestrial habitat, while also providing aesthetic
benefits for the surrounding urban development. The
project is part of a long term monitoring study by the
U.S. Geological Survey through the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency to document sediment transport,
nutrient uptake, and flood retention within an engineered urban/natural restoration project.
Don Roseboom, USGS
Trent Thomas, IDNR Fisheries
David Lamb, City of Bloomington Parks & Recreation
Bryan Cross , Prairie Engineers
Field Tour: Uptown Normal Traffic Circle Best
Management Practices
Thursday, 3:20 - 4:50 pm, Meet in Beaufort
Join Normal Mayor Chris Koos and Public Works
Director and former Uptown Development Director
Wayne Aldrich on a tour of Uptown Normal to learn
about several innovative stormwater management
features designed into the redevelopment of the community’s Central Business District. Take a look at the
first green roof installation in central Illinois, located
on the third floor of the Uptown Station transportation
facility. Walk by the street trees planted throughout
Uptown in “SilvaCells,” a modular suspended pavement system that uses soil volumes to support large
tree growth and provide powerful on-site stormwater
management through absorption, evapotranspiration, and interception. End the tour at Uptown Circle,
where a traffic roundabout doubles as a stormwater
management tool. Winner of the USEPA’s National
Award for Smart Growth Achievement and the FHWA
Transportation Planning Excellence Award, the Uptown Circle features stormwater storage in a storm
sewer repurposed into a cistern, an above-ground
water feature that cleanses stormwater with aquatic
plants, and a beautiful design that serves as one of
the community’s best places to see and be seen.
Field Tours includeadditional PDHs. Please sign
up at the conference registration desk to ensure
space on the tour and correct PDH credits.
Town of Normal Mayor Chris Koos
Wayne Aldrich, Town of Normal Public Works
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Field Tour: Bloomington-Normal Water Reclamation
District Combined Sewer Overflow Lagoon
Friday, 1:30 - 4:30 pm, Meet in Beaufort.
Also includes Fairview Park Tour
Note: there will be a 0.2-mile walk from the bus
to the facility (and 0.2-mile back to the bus).
The Bloomington-Normal Water Reclamation District
(BNWRD) and the City of Bloomington (COB) jointly
funded construction costs for the District owned,
operated, and maintained CSO Lagoon structure in
2007. A significant portion of the collection system serving the West Wastewater Treatment Plant
(WWTP) is combined sewers which convey residential,
commercial and rain water to the treatment plant.
During periods of intense or sustained precipitation
when both the hydraulic capacity at the WWTP (45
MGD full tertiary up to 87 MGD with primary treatment) is reached and CSO collection system levels are
at maximum, combined sewer overflows (CSO’s) along
the collection system relieve system levels. A significant reduction in frequency of CSO events has been
realized since 2007-2008 as water is now captured at
the Lagoon which previously was discharged straight
to Sugar Creek at CSO locations. The BNWRD conducts biological fish surveys of Sugar Creek from May
to October in accordance with NPDES permit requirements. Fourteen locations upstream, adjoining and
downstream of the CSO outfalls and WWTP are surveyed. Environmental gains in Sugar Creek have been
noted since the construction of the CSO Lagoon as
supported by the population explosion of smallmouth
bass and darter species, both pollution
intolerant species.
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Field Tours includeadditional PDHs. Please sign
up at the conference registration desk to ensure
space on the tour and correct PDH credits.
How the system works: Storm surge is conveyed from
three major junctions (Hungarian Club, Graham St,
West Slough) to the CSO Lagoon via three 96’’ interceptors. Low Lagoon levels allow for gravity flow
from these junctions. As storm events progress and
Lagoon level increases the hydraulic gradient from
upstream junction structures to the lagoon decreases
at which time up to 105 million gallons (MG) can be
pumped with 215 horsepower propeller pumps to
the Lagoon. Preliminary treatment for pumped CSO
flows is provided by mechanical bar screens. Auxiliary
power is provided by a 1mw Onan/Cummins generator. Up to 85 million gallons (MG) of captured CSO
water can be stored in the Lagoon. Operations Staff
at the BNWRD utilize Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems to monitor and control the
drain back of captured CSO water from the Lagoon
as hydraulic capacity is available at the WWTP. Two
modes of transfer from the CSO Lagoon to the WWTP
are used depending on Lagoon level; gravity (up to
49.5 MGD) or pumped (3 MGD).
Randall Stein, BNWRD
Field Tour: Fairview Park Stream Restoration,
on the West Branch of Sugar Creek
Friday, 1:30 - 4:30 pm, Meet in Beaufort. Also
includes Combined Sewer Overflow Lagoon Tour
Field Tours includeadditional PDHs. Please sign
up at the conference registration desk to ensure
space on the tour and correct PDH credits.
The Town of Normal Sugar Creek Stream Bank Stabilization Project consisted of the modification of approximately 5000 lineal feet of the West Branch of Sugar
Creek through and north of Fairview Park to just south
of Raab Road. Severe erosion along the channel, especially within the park, created dangerous conditions
for park patrons and degraded the natural habitat
along the channel. The stream bank was graded to
a more naturalized cross section with gradual 4:1
and 5:1 side slopes and planted with native grasses
and aquatic vegetation to establish a riparian zone
for wildlife along the stream bank. A grade stabilization step structure was installed at the confluence of
the golf course tributary to dissipate the energy from
the higher elevation of the tributary thalweg. The
project also included the replacement of twin 48-inch
metal pipe culverts on the Fairview Park road crossing
with a single span three-sided arch precast concrete
culvert.
Gene Brown, Town of Normal
Christopher S. Gutkowski, P.E., CFM, Clark Dietz, Inc.
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State Farm Disaster Response Vehicle
Thursday, 10:30 am - 4:50 pm; Friday, 10:30 am - 3:00 pm
The vehicle will be parked on the east side of the hotel in the bus parking lane, near the main lobby
entrance
Mobile Catastrophe Command Center
The State Farm Mobile Catastrophe Command
Centers (M3Cs) are fully equipped, custom built trucks
designed for efficient claim handling in a catastrophe situation. These vehicles are 40 feet long, and
8-1/2 feet wide, with room for up to 12 workstations
inside and an additional 8 outside under the attached
awning. These M3Cs are stand-alone office operations
equipped with on-board power generators, or they
can use building power. They have a roof-mounted
dish for satellite connectivity for voice/data communications, and are ready to work with printers, fax
machines, and copiers. These vehicles are also speedy
in response, as they can be set up and ready to work
in approximately one hour after arrival on the
catastrophe scene.
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State Farm representatives will be available to discuss
their fleet of various disaster response vehicles, their
use in handling claims, and background information.
Doug Acklin
Yokia Washington
Session 1A: NFIP 101 & CRS 101
Thursday, 10:30 am – Noon, Redbird E
Moderator: Mary Lou Kalsted, P.E., CFM, IAFSM CRS Committe Chair, Retired Stormwater
Administrator of Village of Lisle
Basics of the National Flood Insurance
Program
The Basics of CRS:
The Community Rating System Program
This presentation will provide a basic training opportunity for local officials responsible for administering
their floodplain management ordinance. The presentation will focus on the NFIP and concepts of floodplain management, maps, studies and map changes,
ordinance administration, mitigation, and the relationship between floodplain management and flood
insurance. Local officials responsible for administering
local floodplain management ordinances, including
but not limited to floodplain management administrators, building inspectors, code enforcement/zoning
officers, planners, city/county managers, attorneys,
engineers, and public works officials. Federal/State/
regional floodplain managers also are encouraged to
attend. The presentation is designed for those officials with less than 3 years of floodplain management
experience.
The Community Rating System (CRS) is a Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) program,
administered by the Insurance Services Office (ISO),
Inc. that recognizes communities for their floodplain
management activities that go above and beyond
the minimum NFIP standards. The CRS assigns credit
points for each floodplain management activity a
community performs and then correlates those points
to classes and flood insurance premium discounts for
homeowners in that community.
Brian Eber, CFM
This session will discuss the updated 2013 Coordinator’s Manual along with explaining what the CRS
Program is, how it works, how to apply to the CRS,
what activities a community can earn credit for doing.
There will be discussion of the best way to organize
CRS at your community so you can enjoy the full benefit of the Program. This session will also look at state
laws and common practices that communities can
take advantage of to maximize credits and community discounts.
Lou Ann Patellaro
CRS Meetings
CRS Meetings begin Thursday at 10:30 am in the North Street Exectutive Boardroom
CRS Meetings:
The Community Rating System (CRS) Committee is
working to increase Illinois participation. ISO (Insurance Service Office) staff will be available in the North
Street Executive Boardroom to meet individually with
those interested in the CRS or who have questions on
Activities in the new CRS Coordinators Manual, starting on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. and continuing through
the remainder of the conference.
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Session 1B: Unsteady Modeling Round Table
Thursday, 10:30 am – Noon, Redbird B
Moderator: Arlan Juhl, P.E., Retired IDNR/OWR
Approximately twelve months ago, a subcommittee
was formed under the IAFSM Floodplain Management
Committee to study common concerns and challenges
associated with unsteady hydraulic modeling, specifically focusing on the HEC-RAS platform. The goal of
the subcommittee was to help Illinois engineers
develop robust and stable unsteady models that
would be well-suited for regulatory use, and to facilitate resolution of technical and administrative
challenges to the use of unsteady models in Illinois.
The subcommittee began by compiling information
from around the country about modelling requirements and best practices used by local and state
regulators. A QA/QC checklist was developed that
could guide users in utilizing consistent parameters, testing model sensitivity, and producing well
documented models. In addition, the subcommittee investigated regulatory, technical, and practical
impediments to the use of unsteady hydraulic models for regulatory use, including issues pertaining
to establishing FEMA floodways. The subcommittee
will present their findings, including the draft QA/QC
checklist and draft guidance paper, during an interactive roundtable session.
Subcommittee members include:
Robert Dalton
Bryan Martindale
Tony Comerio
Wade Moore
Bill Milner
Liana Winsauer
Glenn Heistand
Joel Schmidt
Matthew O’Connor.
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Session 1C: Regulations
Thursday, 10:30 am – Noon, Redbird A
Moderator: Shauna Urlacher, P.E., CFM, C.P.E.S.C, IAFSM Stormwater Management
Committee Chair, Smith LaSalle
Cook County Watershed Management
Ordinance: An Overview of Permit
Compliance Resources
The Urban Flooding Awareness Acts, Illinois
and FEMA Study Flooding Outside the
Floodplain
On May 1, 2014 , the Watershed Management
Ordinance (WMO) became effective, capping a multiyear ordinance improvement effort undertaken by the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater
Chicago (MWRDGC). The WMO regulates development throughout suburban Cook County and requires
an updated standard of stormwater management,
including green infrastructure. The new ordinance
regulates sanitary sewer construction, stormwater
detention, volume control (green infrastructure),
erosion control, and development located within
floodplains, wetland, and riparian areas.
In 2013, research by the Center for Neighborhood
Technology indicated that flooding in urban communities may occur outside the floodplain even more than
inside it, resulting in severe property damage that is
not addressed by current federal and state flood control programs. This led to the proposal and passage of
the Urban Flood Awareness Act in 2014.
Following the October 2013 ordinance adoption by
the MWRDGC Board of Commissioners, engineering
staff, with consultant support, began work to develop
the numerous permit compliance resources necessary
to implement and administer the WMO.
MWRDGC staff will present on the WMO and provide
a practical guide to permit compliance information
and recently developed resources, including: when a
WMO permit applies, how to apply and obtain permit
approval, and the best practices to achieve ultimate
WMO construction compliance. A further discussion
of ongoing, and future WMO initiatives will also be
provided.
The Urban Flood Awareness Act tasked the Illinois
Department of Natural Resources, in cooperation
with a number of partners, with determining the
extent, contributing factors, and ways to decrease the
amount of urban flooding in the State of Illinois. IDNR
is required to report its findings to the General
Assembly and Governor by June 30, 2015.
This presentation will first address the underlying
research that led to the study. It will also provide an
update on the federal legislation introduced in September 2014 that directs FEMA to coordinate a similar
study across the entire country on urban flooding.
Hal Sprague
Brad Winters, P.E., CFM
Mr. Feltes contributed significantly to the recent
development and implementation of the WMO. Ms.
Skawski manages the development of further WMO
compliance tools, including the process of becoming a WMO authorized municipality and the new I/I
Program.
Daniel Feltes, P.E., CFM
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Session 1D: Water Table Demonstration
Thursday, 10:30 am – Noon, Beaufort
Moderator: Brian S. Chaille, P.E. CFM, IAFSM Youth Outreach Committee Chair, Illinois State
Water Survey
Water Table Demonstration
Mark Hoskins and Brian Chaille will demonstrate how
to set-up and present the Ward’s Hydrologic model.
IAFSM has two models available for use upon request to its members. The model simulates several
hydrologic principles of how rainfall becomes runoff
and how runoff affects stream flow. The model was
designed by Mark Walton (NOAA) for the Michigan
Floodplain Association in 2009. It is a very useful outreach tool, especially to teach earth sciences to K-12
grade and to include in community stormwater outreach activities. Helpful PowerPoint presentations will
also be shared with participants and can be adapted
as needed.
The model fosters independent inquiry which is the
goal of science education. Always ask and help students ask questions while using the model such as:
Does it rain every day? What happens when it rains
very hard near your house? Has anyone ever had their
basement flood? Why does it flood? Students learn
how to use models to answer questions and that
the actions they take now and as adults, can be very
helpful to all the animals that live in and around our
rivers. They also learn that proper corrective actions
must be based on a good understanding of how their
watershed’s rain, transforms into runoff.
The model is four feet long and is built with a one foot
long watershed area and a three foot long serpentine plastic river. The river banks are varied with low
areas and high areas able to simulate floodplains and
higher areas. Monopoly sized houses are provided to
see how water can impact manmade structures. The
watershed area includes removable trays that can be
stacked to simulate levels of watershed development.
Clay can be molded to simulate a levee for a portion
of the river.
Some of the hydrologic principles that can be presented using the model are:
• Rainfall Rate and Volume: Create rainfall watershed rainfall events by pouring water into a plastic
sieve-like tray,
• Watershed Response: Vary the runoff by adding
sponges under the tray to simulate infiltration,
• Impervious Surface Impact: Overlay the sponges
with “pavement” or a plastic shopping center,
• Stormwater Management: Stack underneath the
shopping center a pond to attenuate the “pavement” runoff,
• Quantitative Observation: Define hydrographs by
recording changing river water levels through the
clear plastic etched staff gage,
• Mitigation Impact Analysis and Evaluation: Add a
levee (molded clay) to measure increased stream
height and see the levee leak or overtop,
• Self-Guided Model Investigation: Investigate the
effect of the river slope, speed of the water or
backwater for slight slopes.
Videos of recent K-9 grade training sessions will be
provided that show the positive student engagement
from the use of this model.
Brian Chaille, P.E., CFM
Mark Hoskins, P.E., CFM
Borrowing the Water Table
The IAFSM has two Watershed Tabletop Models available for all members to check out (free of charge) and
bring to Public Works open houses, Scout, 4-H, or
other meetings, school classrooms, etc. This offers a
great opportunity to educate people about a variety of
topics, including teh purpose of retention ponds near
shopping areas, impact of unplanned development
and human activity in the floodplain, and floodplain
managment careers.
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The water table models always draw a crowd at
summer fairs and is popular with both kids and
adults. IAFSM keeps one in Springfield, and another in
northeast Illinois. For more information on borrowing
one of the water tables, contact Sarah Harbaugh at:
[email protected]
Session 2A: Mitigation in Action
Thursday, 1:30 – 3:00 pm, Redbird E
Moderator: Amanda Flegel, P.E., CFM, IAFSM Inter-Organizational Committeee Chair,
Illinois State Water Survey
Taking “Action” through Risk MAP Action
Discovery Projects
During the past year the Illinois State Water Survey
(ISWS) has been implementing FEMA Risk MAP Action
Discovery projects in the Lower Fox, Upper Sangamon, Upper Fox, and Saline River watersheds.
These projects are a follow-up and continuation of
prior FEMA Discovery projects, for which the goal was
to work closely with the communities to gain a better understanding of local flood risk, record known
flooding issues, and encourage proactive floodplain
management. Action Discovery takes the process one
step further by identifying specific mitigation actions
that can reduce or eliminate the identified flood risks
within the watershed. The ultimate goal is to build
community resilience by increasing a community’s
ability to reduce flood risk through mitigation efforts
resulting in less loss of life and property, so the community can recover quickly in the event of a major
flood.
The presentation will provide an overview of how
Action Discovery has been used as a tool to prioritize high-impact local mitigation projects, to identify
regional themes in flood mitigation needs, and to
cultivate partnerships among local, regional, and national stakeholders in flood mitigation. Several priority
projects identified through Action Discovery will be
highlighted in the presentation.
State of Illinois Flood Risk Symposium Report
The Illinois Association for Floodplain and Stormwater
Management will be co-hosting a state Flood Risk
Symposium with the Association of State Floodplain
Managers (ASFPM) Foundation. The symposium is a
one day event with between 60-100 invited experts in
flood policy and floodplain management. The goal is
to facilitate discussion concerning state specific flood
risks and flood issues with relation to Illinois policies
and the path to future flood risk reduction in Illinois.
The ASFPM Foundation has worked with other states
and held successful symposiums and Illinois will build
on theses success and incorporate the findings in the
Urban Flood Awareness Act report. The symposium
will add value to the report, bringing together key
stakeholders and experts in conversation facilitated by
national leaders, and the Urban Flood Awareness Act
will provide a direct path to action as it is presented
to the legislative community in the report that is required to be submitted to the General Assembly. This
presentation will focus on the key outcomes from the
Flood Risk Symposium and report on the action plan
completed at the conclusion of the symposium.
Amanda Flegel, P.E., CFM
Loren Wobig, P.E., CFM
Pat Hubbard, CFM
Glenn Heistand, P.E., CFM
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Session 2B: Flood Resiliency
Thursday, 1:30 – 3:00 pm, Redbird B
Moderator: Tony Comerio, P.E., CFM, Chief Water Resources Engineer, Hanson Professional
Services, Inc.
U.S. Geological Survey Rain and Streamgages
that Contact You During Flooding and other
Web Tools for Planning Flood Hazard
Response
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is the Nation’s
largest earth science agency. Part of its mission is to
collect, analyze, and disseminate water resources
data that minimize the loss of life and property from
natural disasters. The USGS has developed web-based
tools to achieve this mission, with several recently
updated with new user-friendly and information-rich
enhancements. Examples include:
Tools to help understand the short- and long-term
changes in streamflow at a gage. Stage-discharge
relations at gages are available as charts and text.
Provisional precipitation data collected throughout
Illinois are transmitted to the USGS from various agencies are posted as color-coded amounts on a Google
Map platform available at http://il.water.usgs.gov/
gmaps/precip/index.php with NEXRAD imagery from
the NWS for comparison with gage totals. Flood-risk
awareness is increased at four streamgages in Illinois,
and others nationally, with streamgage-linked mapping tools that show the areas and depths inundated
at various streamgage height readings.
WaterAlert, http://water.usgs.gov/wateralert/ enables
users to set personal notification preferences for sensor readings at any of the more than 200 streamflow
gages and/or 120 rain-gages that USGS displays in
Illinois in real-time.
StreamStats, http://streamstats.usgs.gov enables
anyone with a browser to delineate watersheds at
any scale covered by the underlying Digital Elevation
Model and compute physical properties of watersheds
including streamflow statistics and flood frequency
estimates. Additional features enable tracing the path
that a raindrop takes as it drains from the high to the
low point in a watershed, and viewing topographic
cross sections. Many State and local agencies have
cooperated with the USGS to bring these data dissemination online tools to the public.
This is an update to presentation from 2013. It presents new online tools and data retrieval features that
the USGS has developed and should be very relevant
to both new and experienced stormwater professionals.
Audrey L. Ishii, P.E.
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Wildcat Creek: Performing a Floodplain Study
During the Flood of Record in Kokomo, IN
In order to accurately define current floodplain limits,
the City of Kokomo, Indiana, needed hydraulic evaluation of Wildcat Creek along an 8.5-mile reach through
the City’s urban center. The current regulatory floodplain is based on modeling that is more than 30 years
old and no longer accurately reflects current development or existing bridge crossings. The City had been
actively managing the floodplain and implementing
a buy-out program to remove severe repetitive loss
properties. They expected the buy-out program to
be completed within 5 years and were interested in
exploring possible re-use options that would preserve
floodplain functions and enhance the community’s
regional appeal.
In April 2013, near the conclusion of the HEC-RAS
modeling effort based on surveys and LiDAR, an
extended wet spring was followed by a large storm
event that produced a 100-year flood, and became
the flood of record for the Wildcat Creek stream
gauge at Kokomo. Hanson was on-site during the
flood and was able to document the flooding severity and witness hydraulic conditions along the study
reach. After the flood receded, the City provided
survey data of the high water and an extensive calibration effort refined the model to match the flood.
Regional detention and improved conveyance flood
mitigation measures were analyzed and compared.
Lessons learned and interesting facts from this study
include:
• Use of USGS stream gauge data and Water Alert
program
• Runoff comparisons between the 2013 flood of
record (10,600 cfs) 4” rainfall and the 2003 previous flood of record (9,500 cfs) 9” rainfall event
• Use of rainfall gauge networks and calibration of
HEC-HMS to develop a quick representation of an
actual flood hydrograph for preliminary planning
• Open discussion: what can be done by the private/public sector as the list of USGS Threatened
and Endangered Stream Stations grows and we
lose valuable stream data?
Brian Wozniak, P.E., CFM
Session 2B: Flood Resiliency, Continued
Thursday, 1:30 – 3:00 pm, Redbird B
Moderator: Tony Comerio, P.E., CFM, Chief Water Resources Engineer, Hanson Professional
Services, Inc.
Water Solutions Project:
Planning for Resilient Communities
The Water Solutions Project is a series of four pilot
studies in three communities and a template for
future studies. Each pilot study focused on retrofit
solutions for flooding in an already developed area,
each with a different type of land use: single family,
multi-family, commercial, and downtown retail.
All four pilot study areas have a history of flooding
and this project evaluated each area to understand
the site specific causes of that flooding. The evaluation process utilized in this project provides an example that can be repeated in other areas within these
three communities and throughout the watershed
and beyond.
Each pilot study included a public survey and two
open houses. The survey and the first open house
gave residents and property owners the opportunity
to provide details of their experience with flooding.
The second open house included a presentation of
preliminary recommendations for neighborhood scale
and individual property-scale solutions and provided
the property owners an opportunity to give feedback
on the recommendations.
As a result of this project, residents and property
owners in the four study areas learned about a suite
of flooding solutions that they can implement immediately on their own property, or with the cooperation
of their neighbors. A secondary result is that the work
products developed during this project are available
for public education on a wider scale. Municipalities
or other agencies can use these work products to
repeat the pilot studies in other flood prone areas,
or simply distribute the public education pieces to an
individual property owner searching for solutions.
Steve Amann, P.E., CFM
Michael Blue
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Session 2C: Best Management Practices
Thursday, 1:30 – 3:00 pm, Redbird A
Moderator: Shauna Urlacher, P.E., CFM, C.P.E.S.C, IAFSM Stormwater Management
Committee Chair, Smith LaSalle
Monitoring Urban Stormwater Engineering
Best Management Practices
Detention Basin Retrofits and Stream
Restoration in St. Peters, Mo
The Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT)
“Sustainable Streetscapes Program” utilizes a variety
of urban stormwater engineering best management
practices (BMP’s) to reduce stormwater runoff volume, reduce stormwater pollutant loads and improve
the functionality of the public right of way within the
city. Similar green infrastructure methods are being
implemented to address stormwater runoff issues in
urban areas around the world. Since 2009, CDOT
has partnered with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRDGC) and the
US Geological Survey-Illinois Water Science Center to
monitor hydrologic conditions in the Blue IslandCermak Streetscapes Corridor. A monitoring program
was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the
urban stormwater BMP’s. Raingages, soil moisture
probes, shallow groundwater monitoring wells, sewer
flow meters and water quality samplers were installed
to document pre – and post – construction hydrologic
conditions. The data quantifies the effectiveness of the
BMP’s, identifies the need for BMP maintenance and
highlights the challenges of monitoring urban
hydrology.
In 2012, the City of St. Peters, MO began a comprehensive city-wide stormwater management program
(SMP) aimed at preserving natural habitat, flood
mitigation, stream bank stabilization and detention
basin rehabilitation/retrofit, all with the goal of reducing property losses and pollution, and increasing
water quality. The presentation will cover several
project examples of detention basin retrofits and
stream restoration/bank stabilization. Specific goals
of the detention basin retrofits are to add features
within existing footprints that will enhance water
quality while maintaining its performance to provide
flood protection at least to the level provided by the
original design. Examples of retrofit solutions will be
provided such as forebay and outlet works design,
enhanced iron sand filtration, infiltration trenches, and
the conversion of a traditional dry detention basin to
an extended detention wetland. Specific goals of the
stream restoration/bank stabilization projects are to
create geomorphically stable channels under a range
of flow conditions, improve water quality, improve
aesthetics, create no impacts to flood conveyance,
reduce future maintenance costs, and improve wildlife
habitat. Examples of natural solutions will be provided
such as the use of riffles, rock and log step pool systems for stable channels, and large woody debris and
vegetated bioengineered banks for bank stabilization.
James J. Duncker
Josiah L. Holst, P.E., CFM
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Session 3A: Outreach
Thursday, 3:20 – 4:50 pm, Redbird E
Moderator: Mark Hoskins, P.E., CFM, IAFSM Nominations & Elections Committee Chair,
Michael Baker International
From Stones to Drones: Planning and
Promoting your Stormwater Program
Most residents have no idea of the complex nature of
stormwater infrastructure. This presentation will provide strategies for municipalities to improve outreach
about their stormwater programs. The presentation
outlines existing financial resources available from
Federal, county and local programs. Michael Baker
International (MBI) has implemented several creative
outreach events that engage residents and families.
Example outreach techniques include: Social media,
public school presentations, and existing government
agency programs.
Effective stormwater outreach strategies should be
based on a 5-10 year stormwater plan that includes
capital improvements, maintenance and regulatory
guidelines. Outreach programs should begin about
12 months ahead of program implementation. MBI
has several effective, progressive, and sustainable
program examples which address challenges similar
to those in Illinois. Various funding strategies will also
be discussed including Federal program grants, and
some of the emerging details of the Illinois Governor’s
Urban Floodplain Awareness program.
The presentation will also touch on an exciting EPA
program called Watershed Resources Registry (WRR);
as well as a discussion of several very progressive
stormwater programs scattered across the USA.
Outreach is essential to the success of any stormwater program, especially in an era of nearly instant
electronic communication. Planning and Public Works
department managers can use these stormwater outreach strategies to build internal political confidence
for their programs and educate their residents.
Mark Hoskins, P.E., CFM
Case Studies: How Peer Cities, Agencies and
Coalitions Have Used Good Communications
in Reaching Stormwater Management Goals
Strong communications are necessary to inspire the
public to adopt good stormwater behaviors and to
persuade them to support sometimes controversial
stormwater management decisions. From removing
dams and installing infrastructure to changing regulations and implementing a stormwater management
fee, good communications can make or break relationships with public audiences. Good communications are also important when working with internal
partners, coalitions and decision-makers. Unfortunately, many stormwater management professionals don’t
have the training, expertise or time to strategically
incorporate good communications from the beginning
of a project.
Bluestem Communications, a nonprofit environmental
communications organization based in Chicago, will
lead participants through several case studies showcasing how other groups—municipalities, agencies
and coalitions—have incorporated strategic communications into various facets of their stormwater management programs.
This presentation will build off of previous IAFSM
presentations by defining good communications and
explaining how we use general planning principles to
incorporate communications components directly into
existing stormwater management efforts. But, instead
of providing tools that people can replicate, this presentation is designed to really show how this process
has worked in real life. Case studies will highlight
gathering public feedback, engaging audiences on an
issue, writing messages and public-friendly materials,
managing coalitions and partnerships and designing
education and outreach plans for watershed plans
and to meet MS4 permits.
Rebeca Bell
IDNR/ISWS Pilot Floodplain Risk Assessment
Effort in the Rockford Area
In order to strategically prioritize property acquisition for buy-outs and identify other appropriate flood
mitigation options in the City of Rockford, the Illinois
Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is partnering
with the Illinois State Water Survey (ISWS), the City of
Rockford, and the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) to assess flood risk by producing a
detailed structure-by-structure flood risk assessment.
This assessment will incorporate survey data for each
structure in the SFHA and will result in reports and
mapping of average annualized loss, flood depths,
first floor elevations, low entry elevations, and chance
of flooding over a 30 year period. These data will assist the City in preparing benefit cost analyses to prepare a strategic plan for future buyouts and mitigation
actions. The IDNR is interested in using this Rockford
project as a model for performing similar flood risk
assessments across the State of Illinois.
Glenn Heistand, P.E., CFM
Loren Wobig, P.E., CFM
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Session 3B: Collaborative Project Funding
Thursday, 3:20 – 4:50 pm, Redbird C
Moderator: Grace Nelson, E.I.T., IDNR/OWR
Regional Stormwater Storage for the Village
of Round Lake – A Case Study
Two separate projects in Round Lake were at an impasse, but a cooperative effort with the Lake County
SMC and funding through the Lake County Council of
Mayors brought these projects together and made
them affordable.
Round Lake had long sought stormwater storage
solutions for its Central Business District. Recurring
flooding problems and the desire for economic development resulted in a 2007 study identifying potential
solutions, none of which could be justified financially.
Independently, the Hart Road Reconstruction project was in the early stages of an IDOT Phase I study.
Increasing traffic including heavy trucks and periodic
inundation had taken their toll. The study eventually
stalled due to lack of a feasible drainage outfall.
An alternative in the stormwater study – the use of
Cedar Valley Park Pond for regional stormwater storage – was revisited. Potential disadvantages included:
• Potential wetland impacts would require mitigation, significantly increasing cost.
• Potential habitat loss. The presence of state or
federally listed birds would result in HQAR designation, further increasing mitigation costs.
• Lack of adequate outfall conveyance. Percolation
and an undersized stormwater lift station provided the only discharge.
The Village applied for, and received, a Watershed
Management Board grant from SMC to evaluate these
considerations. Merging the projects resulted in a
creative solution solving two problems.
Kurt Baumann, P.E., CFM
Using Risk-Based Stormwater Asset Management to Maximize Effectiveness of Your
Stormwater Capital Improvement Program
While water and wastewater systems typically have
dedicated funding sources to address system
issues, identifying and choosing the most costeffective approach to stormwater management can
be a struggle. Communities can utilize a risk-based
asset management (RBAM) approach to help prioritize
capital investments throughout a stormwater system.
This presentation details the process of obtaining
stormwater asset data, example results of the data
analysis process, and use of this data to develop a
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cost-effective stormwater asset management
program. Case studies for risk-based stormwater
asset management projects completed both nationally and internationally will be reviewed. These projects
demonstrate that a risk-based approach can help
communities inventory their assets, determine the
current physical state and performance capabilities of
each asset, establish its probability of failure and its
consequence of failure, and lead to a cost-effective
prioritization of future capital investments.
Mark Van Auken, P.E., CMS4S, ENV SP
Collaborative Solution to Briar Ridge Storm
Sewer Improvements
The Briar Ridge golf course and subdivision in Dyer
and Schererville, Indiana were constructed beginning
in the early 1980s and completed in the mid-1990s.
As part of the development, detention storage was
constructed near the northeastern edge of the development. The outflow from the detention pond was
combined with stormwater conveyed from Schererville through an 84-inch storm sewer. The 84-inch
storm sewer and 72-inch CMP were combined into a
141-inch by 92-inch elliptical CMP that conveyed the
runoff to the north, under Main Street, into Hart Ditch.
About a year ago a Briar Ridge resident noticed a
sink hole had formed behind her townhome. The
sink hole was a couple feet in diameter. Upon notifying the Town Public Works Department, the sink
hole was filled with gravel. In June/July, the resident
complained again about the sink hole and a Town
employee walked through portions of the 141-inch by
92-inch elliptical CMP to check the condition. It was
noted that there was significant deterioration and a
replacement of the storm sewer would be needed.
Within two weeks there was a heavy intense storm
event and the elliptical CMP gave way and the couple
foot sink hole turned into a 40 foot by 20 foot sink
hole. It attracted the attention of local media. Within a
couple of days, all the major news channels in Chicago were out at the sink hole showing the conditions
and the concern for the townhome and Main Street.
This presentation will focus on the development of
the problem, immediate stabilization and reconstruction of the system. It is a good example of a municipal
collaborative effort that includes Schererville, Dyer,
Munster and the Little Calumet River Basin Development Commission to solve an immediate problem.
Thomas Burke, PhD, P.E., CFM
Session 3C: 2D Modeling
Thursday, 3:20 – 4:50 pm, Redbird A
Moderator: Shauna Urlacher, P.E., CFM, C.P.E.S.C, IAFSM Stormwater Management
Committee Chair, Smith LaSalle
Use of 2D Modeling to Analyze Flooding in an
Urban Setting
Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. (CBBEL) was
hired by the Village of Wheeling to perform a Stormwater Master Plan to address flooding issues in their
Village. Two detailed study areas which experience
frequent residential and street flooding were analyzed
with XPSWMM modeling. The main cause of flooding
in these areas is inadequate storm sewer drainage
and lack of overland flow paths.
To effectively analyze these overland flooding problems CBBEL utilized XPSWMM 2D hydraulic surface
modeling. The hydrology and subsurface hydraulics
are analyzed using the standard 1D methods while
the catch basins act as the connection between the
1D and 2D surface interface. The surface is modeled
using a digital elevation model (DEM) created from a
detailed LIDAR dataset. When storm sewers exceed
capacity, the excess stormwater enters the 2D model
surface and flood water moves naturally as determined by the DEM.
This method provides a more accurate analysis of
flood depths and limits along overland flow routes
and depressional storage areas as well as providing
the client vivid graphics for presentation of flooding.
Modeling improvement projects allows the modeler to
easily assess benefits of certain projects based on the
proposed flood maps generated with the 2D model.
Michael Burke, P.E., CFM
Erik Gil, P.E., CFM
Grid Size and Time Step Selection for 2D
Stormwater Modeling
As computing speeds increase and modeling software
becomes more sophisticated, two-dimensional stormwater modeling is becoming more common for analysis of urban stormwater management problems. This
type of modeling provides clear advantages over typical one-dimensional modeling in that it is much more
simple to simulate multiple overland flow routes. This
is particularly true in typical urban neighborhoods
with relatively flat slopes where multiple interconnected overland flow paths make one-dimensional
modeling particularly cumbersome. Two-dimensional
modeling has the added benefit of being able to produce results that are visually intuitive and more easily
explained to stakeholders.
While these advantages of two-dimensional modeling
are clear, the modeler must exercise good engineering practice in developing two-dimensional models in
order to produce accurate results. Two parameters of
particular importance in two-dimensional modeling
are grid size and computational time step. While general guidelines regarding selection of appropriate grid
size and time steps are available in the two-dimensional modeling literature, the ultimate determination
of appropriate parameters is left to the modeler. The
purpose of this presentation is to evaluate the sensitivity of two-dimensional model results to grid size
and time step selection for an idealized residential
area.
Michael A. Baker, P.E., CFM
Case Study – Bluff City Combined Sewer
Separation, Elgin, Kane County, Illinois
As part of its Long Term Control Plan (LTCP) implementation, the City of Elgin requested developing a
comprehensive combined sewer basin separation
strategy to meet its Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO)
objective for the Bluff City Basin. The objective of this
project is to provide the City with a hydraulic study
and overall basin separation strategy, identify cost
efficiencies, prepare a phasing plan and provide
design plans and specifications for the separation
of the combined sewer systems for area identified
in the study. The presentation will discuss the techniques used in developing an existing and proposed
basin hydraulic model, strategies used in identifying
cost efficiencies and developing a phasing plan to
provide the highest return on investment. The alternatives were modeled in XP-SWMM computer model to
determine the sizing of the sewers required. It was
determined that with the help of green alley technology that larger storms could be accommodated with
a near total separation of storm and sanitary flows.
Implementation of the separation strategy also
required coordination with the Fox River Water
Reclamation District to determine location of limiting
points system approaching the treatment plant and
the proper point to tie-in the new separated sanitary
sewer. Multiple meetings were held with the City staff
to talk through the various challenges and options
observed within the watershed.
Ralph C. Stark, Jr., P.E., CFM
Ajay Jain, P.E., CFM
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Session 3D: Wetlands
Thursday, 3:20 – 4:50 pm, Redbird B
Moderator: Tom Kehoe, C.P.E.S.C, IAFSM Wetlands Committee Chair, Christopher B. Burke
Engineering, Ltd.
Intro to Wetlands & A History of Wetlands
Regulations
In-Stream Construction & Bank Protection:
Lessons learned
This presentation will examine the history of wetlands
and waters regulations as they have evolved over the
past 800 years. The presentation will cover the progression and expansion of regulatory jurisdiction and
include key court decisions that have helped shape
the current laws and regulations of wetlands.
Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. (CBBEL) has designed and managed construction of miles of stream
stabilization and restoration projects. Over the years
CBBEL has learned a number of valuable lessons from
both a design and construction standpoint. This presentation is intended to relate those lessons to further
the expertise of practitioners.
Tom Kehoe, C.P.E.S.C
Jedd Anderson
Tom Kehoe, C.P.E.S.C
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Session 4A: Insurance
Friday, 10:30 am – Noon, Redbird G
Moderator: Stu Richter, CFM, Planning and Zoning Administrator, Whiteside County, IL
“This letter from my bank says I need FLOOD
insurance! My insurance agent says it’ll cost
me a fortune! What can I do about this?” What
can you do about it?
By now, most floodplain managers are familiar with
the shocked and outraged call from a citizen who has
recently been informed by a mortgage lender that
the collateral securing the note--usually a building or
part of a building--must be insured against the peril of
flood. Before that call comes, however, a little-known,
not always consistent, almost entirely unregulated,
and sometimes erroneous process of “flood determination” occurs. Then, based on the outcome of the
process, the borrower seeks a quote from an insurance agent, who uses another little-known, slightly
better regulated, but also sometimes erroneous
process, to quote the client an annual premium. Several things could have gone wrong before the local
floodplain manager answers the phone, or the
process could have worked smoothly throughout.
Diagnosing the problem, or problems, is therefore the
first step to getting your caller on the road toward
finding the best possible solution. This presentation
surveys the most common sources of inaccuracy in
the flood determination industry and their interplay
with lenders’ insurance requirements and the common types of missteps by insurance agents. Following
this sketch of the usual scenarios, the presentation
illustrates the procedures available through FEMA or
from other sources to seek resolution for your citizens.
Frank Shockey, PhD, CFM
Flood Insurance: Recent Legislation and
Upcoming Changes
Flood Insurance has experienced many changes over
the last few years. Through passage of various legislations these changes have been implemented over
time and are continuing. As a floodplain manager it
is important to understand the flood insurance side
of the program. The work a floodplain manager does
inevitably affects those property owners in the floodplain. Flood Insurance directly relates to a structure’s
risk. Understanding flood insurance aids in comprehensive floodplain management.
Annette Burris, CFM, MPH, CLA
The Risk Conversation:
Engaging the Insurance Agent
Whether they live in a high – or moderate – to lowrisk area, many property owners are in denial that
flooding can happen to them. As a floodplain manager, you understand the need to make people aware
of their risk. Research shows that communication
is improved when multiple voices convey the same
message, which is why this session is designed to
help you utilize the support you need. For example,
insurance agents can be powerful—but often underutilized—allies in disseminating flood information.
They are risk professionals, with a vested interest in
ensuring that the citizens of your community will not
face financial ruin if their properties flood.
In this presentation, FloodSmart will offer insight
about how to collaborate with agents who can
provide residents with information about flood risk
and thereby reduce the calls to City Hall. FloodSmart
will also explore how working with insurance agents
and using FloodSmart tools and resources can help
you earn additional Community Rating System (CRS)
credits and help your community reach the next CRS
rating.
Bruce A. Bender
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Session 4B: Dams & Levees
Friday, 10:30 am – Noon, Redbird F
Moderator: Loren Wobig, P.E., CFM, IAFSM Chair, IDNR/OWR
OMG! You Have a LSAC – Now What?
The USACE Levee Safety program has undertaken risk
assessments of levees throughout the state that have
produced Levee Safety Action Classification (LSAC). An
overview of the USACE Levee Risk Screening will be
presented: what it means to levee owners and the
protected public. Potential avenues forward to reduce
risks will be presented.
Alan H. Tamm, P.G., CFM,
A Flowing River Again: A Look at the Removal
of Dams No. 1 and 2 on the Des Plaines River
Low head dams throughout the state fragment rivers, degrade the ecosystems, and cause public safety
concerns for recreationists and others in the vicinity of
the dams. Their intended purpose is either unknown
or no longer utilized. The 2012 Governor’s dam removal initiative was created as a way to remove various low head dams across the state and improve the
river ecosystems. Dam’s No.1 and No. 2 on the Des
Plaines River, aging and deteriorating structures located in Wheeling and Mt. Prospect respectively, were
included on the list of dams to be removed. Both
dams were removed by IDNR/OWR during 2014. This
presentation looks at the removal of both dams and
the successes and problems that were encountered.
Bill Milner, P.E., CFM
Amy Giesing, P.E.
William G. Stratton Lock and Dam
Improvements
The William G. Stratton Lock & Dam provides for navigation and water control on the Fox River in McHenry
County, Illinois. The lock serves as the passageway
between the Fox Chain-O-Lakes in northern Illinois,
and the Fox River. Over 24,000 boats pass through
the aging locks annually, along with millions of gallons of water. The facility started as a wooden dam
constructed in 1907 to improve navigation for recreation in the Chain-O-Lakes. Improvements were made
over the years with the present dam and gate control
structure constructed in 1939, and the present boat
lock constructed in 1958-1960. The facility includes:
a fixed crest weir; a hinged, pneumatically controlled
crest gate; a spillway structure consisting of five
vertical roller gates that regulate reservoir elevations
through the discharge channel; and a recreational
watercraft lock. Support facilities include a lockhouse
and maintenance building. In 2012 Hanson conducted
an engineering study for the evaluation of improvements to the Lock and Spillway Gates at William G.
Stratton Lock and Dam in McHenry, IL. Improvements
were needed to address aging infrastructure and the
need to increase lock capacity. Based on the results
of that study, construction plans and technical specifications were prepared to increase lock capacity by
extending the existing lock downstream approximately 75 feet, replace the existing gate structure,
automate controls, and upgrade berms. The presentation will discuss the improvements and address the
hydraulic, geotechnical and structural challenges. The
project is a collaborative effort between the Illinois
Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) Office of
Water Resources, and a team of consultants led by
Hanson Professional Services Inc.
Ted Montrey, P.E., S.E.
Jeffrey J. Tatarek, P.E., S.E.
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Session 4C: Green Initiatives
Friday, 10:30 am – Noon, Redbird B
Moderator: Shauna Urlacher, P.E., CFM, C.P.E.S.C, IAFSM Stormwater Management
Committee Chair, Smith LaSalle
Oak Meadows Golf Course Master Plan
and Renovation
ERA and the Golf Course Architect, Greg Martin, were
selected by the Forest Preserve District of DuPage
County to prepare a Master Plan, preliminary and
final engineering, and construction documents for the
renovation of Oak Meadows Golf Course in Addison,
IL. The project objective was to create a natural preserve within the course, enhancing water quality and
ecology along a 1.5 mile section of Salt Creek, and
to protect golf features from frequent flood damage.
ERA coordinated with jurisdictional agencies to secure
multiple funding sources, and federal, state, and local
permits.
The renovation includes the creation of 24 acres of
wetlands, 106 acres of native buffers and uplands,
as well as significant in-stream improvements within
the Salt Creek channel, including removal of A-jacks,
low-head dam, and sheet-pile removal, flow regime
change features, bank stabilization, and backwater
habitat creation. Twenty-one water quality features
will pre-treat golf course runoff before it enters the
native wetlands and buffers. The design will create
an additional 35 acre-feet of floodplain storage on
site, which will lower the 10-year floodplain elevation by as much as 0.5 ft. The design also includes a
temporary by-pass channel for Salt Creek, to improve
constructability of in-stream improvements.
John Mayer, P.E., CFM
Erin Pande, PWS, CFM
Marty Melchior
Developing a Greenways Plan: What Every
Community Needs to Know
When communities want to address existing and future development along waterways in order to protect
the “backbone” of future stormwater infrastructure,
they typically turn to a Greenways Plan.
The presentation will cover the following topics:
• Definition for greenways as riparian corridors,
floodway/floodplain, maintenance corridors, pedestrian/bicycle linkages, stormwater detention,
wetlands, and stormwater quality enhancements
• Illustrate typical urban greenway problems
• Suggest recommendations on dealing with urban
greenways such as implementing a floodplain remapping effort, develop a structure encroachment
database using FEMA floodplain GIS shapefiles to
identify encroachments, implement streambank
restoration projects, explore the feasibility of a
dual open/closed conveyance system, implement
wet/dry detention basin retrofits to address frequent storm hydrology
• Identify issues & problems in future development
areas such as adequate corridor width, pedestrian
access, flood control and water quality needs.
• Greenway corridor geometry considerations
• Stream Rating System used by the City of Bloomington – what it is and how we implemented it.
This presentation will help locals lay out the framework of a Greenways Plan and explore the existing
and future problems associated with development
along riparian corridors.
Jim Karch, P.E. CFM
Kicking Asphalt to the Curb: Woodridge
School District’s Green Campus Initiative
After years of frustration trying to maintain school
sites paved with asphalt and planted with turf grass,
Buildings and Grounds Director John Erickson had
enough. Failing asphalt and heaving concrete had
plagued him for years, but what else could be done?
After researching different pavement options and
discussing the issue with many design professionals,
he decided, with some reservation, that green
infrastructure might help solve his problems.
Thus was born the Woodridge School District 68
Green Campus Initiative: A multiyear plan that will
remove most of the asphalt in the district and replace
it with permeable pavements, bring native vegetation to the campuses, and establish outdoor environmental education spaces. By the end of 2014, Woodridge School District will have installed 128,500 sf
of permeable pavers, 10,400 sf of rain gardens, 815
lf of infiltration trenches, and outdoor classrooms at
three school sites. The District has also been awarded
over $500,000 in grant money to leverage their own
funds. The presentation will focus on Best Management Practices that have been installed, the benefits
on water quality, the impact the projects have had in
the community and on education, the effect on operations and maintenance costs, and the different funding vehicles used to make the projects a reality.
Jay Womack, ASLA, LEED AP
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Session 4D: Technology & Innovations
Friday, 10:30 am – Noon, Redbird E
Moderator: Michael Sutfin, CFM, City of Ottawa
The D-Word: Drones for Floodplain Management, Engineering, & Surveying Applications
A day does not go by without hearing the word
“drone”. It is uncommon to associate anything good
with the use of this word. This discussion will focus
on the more appropriate definition called Unmanned
Aircraft Systems (UAS) and the positive benefits they
can have when applied to Floodplain or Stormwater
Management. A summary of applications will be discussed, but a focus will be presented on emergency
response and mapping associated with floodplain
and infrastructure management. This will include an
introduction to UAS, benefits, limitations and the legal
implications of using them.
Jim Peterson, P.E.
Brian Hoffman
In-Situ Smoldering Combustion for the
Treatment Of Manufactured Gas Plant
Impacted Soils Within a Floodplain
Gavin Grant, Ph.D., P.Eng., Savron Solutions, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada – co-author, not presenting
Self-sustaining Treatment for Active Remediation
(STAR) is an innovative remediation technology based
on the principles of smoldering combustion where the
contaminants are the source of fuel. The process is
self-sustaining following a short duration, low energy
input ‘ignition event’; such that the energy of the
reacting contaminants is used to pre-heat and initiate combustion of contaminants in the adjacent area,
propagating a combustion front through the contaminated zone, provided a sufficient flux of oxygen
is supplied. This presentation presents background
information on the technology and a case study demonstrating the in situ implementation of the
technology.
In situ STAR has been pilot tested at sites in both
North America and Europe. This presentation provides
the design and implementation results of the in situ
STAR pilot study conducted at a former manufactured
gas plant (MGP) site adjacent to the Illinois River. The
site exhibited a substantial coal tar-contaminated
horizon between the bedrock and overburden interface at a depth of 15.5 to 18.5-feet below ground
surface within a floodplain environment along the
Illinois River. The pilot study was designed to test STAR
at a field-scale and under saturated conditions (i.e.,
below the water table) to collect the data needed to
support a full scale remedial design. The full-scale
design would be conducted within the floodplain and
floodway of the adjacent Illinois River. This innovative
technology allows for minimal disturbance of surface
soils and a small, mobile footprint for working in
potentially high flood hazard zones of floodways and
floodplain environments.
James Neil Couch, P.G.
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Session 5A: Grants
Friday, 1:30 – 3:00 pm, Redbird G
Moderator: Brian Eber, CFM, IAFSM Mitigation Committee Chair, IDNR/OWR
The Challenges of an IDNR/OWR Mitigation
Grant
Effective Use of FEMA Hazard Mitigation
Grants: Pearl City Case Study
The administration of the Office of Water Resources
mitigation buyout program has proven to be very
challenging but rewarding. This presentation will consist of a description of the current projects in which
OWR is participating, including the obstacles OWR
has been faced with and how these issues have been
overcome. Although the mitigation process seems like
it would be an easy step-by-step process, it has been
proven to be everything but easy. The identified issues
that were found in the communities differ in size, participation, and scope. A discussion of funding will also
be included in addition to what’s in store for OWR’s
Flood Hazard Mitigation Program in the coming years
From 2002 to 2013, Pearl City, a small northwest
Illinois village, experienced three severe floods that
caused significant damage to a number of residential
and commercial properties. Prior to that, the Village
had opted out of National Flood Insurance Program,
and with that decision had lost eligibility for flood
mitigation grant funding.
Brian Eber, CFM
Grace Nelson, E.I.T.
Coordinating Mitigation Buyouts
DuPage County Stormwater Management and the
Village of Lisle submitted separate applications to
IEMA for flood prone property buyouts under the
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) for 75/25
match share for properties in an area of Lisle that
were affected by the April 2013 flood event. Under
this program, the County and/or Village would only be
responsible to 25% of the total cost to purchase these
properties.
DuPage County and the Village of Lisle worked together to ensure this area which was listed as the
most impacted/most distressed as a result of the April
2013, so that issues are addressed in a manner that
will improve every resident in the area’s quality of life.
In addition to the flood mitigation funding opportunity
from IEMA, DuPage County also received funding from
HUD to assist with recovery from the April 2013 event.
As part of the HUD Action Plan, DuPage County included a large portion of the 25% match for the IEMA
grant which would cover the local cost share required
by IEMA’s HMGP assistance.
Downers Grove and Westmont also submitted to IEMA
for 75/25 match share in response to the April 2013
event. In an effort to assist the local municipalities
that applied for this funding, DuPage County included
the 25% local match for the property buy outs from
these municipalities as part of the HUD Action Plan.
First, the Village embarked on the path to become
reinstated in the NFIP. This involved a significant public
investment to mitigate the impact of recent development in the floodplain by working with a private
land owner to obtain easements for compensatory
storage. Then, Pearl City applied for – and received –
FEMA and IDNR mitigation funds to acquire and
demolish 23 flood-prone properties (19 residential
and four commercial).
Along the way, Pearl City was met with a number of
challenges unique to small communities.
• The number of homes that were poised for
buyout constituted nearly 5% of the Village’s
housing stock. Available housing options were
non-existent in the community, and losing those
families would have dealt a terrible blow to the
community and the taxing bodies – particularly
the school district that relies heavily on property
tax revenues.
• The businesses that were part of the buyout plan
made up at least a third of the Village’s sales tax
revenues. If those businesses left town post-buyout, it would deal yet another blow to the Village.
• The community as a whole was sharply divided
on the buyout project, because it would significantly impact the physical character of the community as a number of properties in the heart of
Pearl City would be cleared and left as permanent
open space.
This session will include a discussion of how the Village of Pearl City faced and is meeting each of these
challenges as it moves forward with a $2.2 million
mitigation project.
Adam Holder, P.E.
Sarah Hunn, P.E., CFM
Marilyn Sucoe, P.E., CFM
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Session 5B: Local Resiliency
Friday, 1:30 – 3:00 pm, Redbird B
Moderator: Michael Sutfin, CFM, City of Ottawa
Rapid Assistance Flood Team (RAFT)
Every year flooding occurs somewhere in Illinois. The
amount of work required of local floodplain management officials following a flood can be overwhelming.
Illinois has some of the best floodplain managers in
the entire nation. By joining together and organizing
as a team, these experts can assist flood damaged
communities in time of need. This presentation will
focus on the membership and make up of this new
volunteer group. Anyone who is an active member of
IAFSM, is a Certified Floodplain Manager, has experience with substantial damage estimating and is willing to help others in time of need should attend this
important organizational presentation.
Mike Sutfin, CFM
LaSalle County’s Modern Day Industrial
Revolution and it’s Evolution of Floodplain
Management
Much of northern Illinois has experienced an increase
in the number and intensity of flooding events in
recent years. LaSalle County is no exception. Four of
the top ten highest ever recorded crests of the Illinois River have occurred within the last ten years
in the County. But despite recent flooding trends,
LaSalle County is experiencing a substantial rise in
commercial and industrial pressures in the floodplain
and flood fringe, resulting in unique challenges for
floodplain regulation and management in the County.
The presentation will explore the unique geography
fueling these trends in LaSalle County and provide an
overview of steps taken in the County to try to balance such pressures.
Mathew Stafford
Surviving the CAV
This presentation will cover all aspects of preparing
for the CAV, what to expect when the NFIP coordinator comes to your office, what to take away from the
visit, how to deal with the aftermath of the visit, and
what you can do to make the next CAV better than
the last.
Dallas W. Alley, CFM
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Session 5C: Planning Tools
Friday, 1:30 – 3:00 pm, Redbird F
Moderator: Shauna Urlacher, P.E., CFM, C.P.E.S.C, IAFSM Stormwater Management
Committee Chair, Smith LaSalle
A New Perspective on Stormwater Master
Planning
A Sustainable Approach to Flood Control
Planning and Design
As public perception regarding the performance of
stormwater management systems evolves, stormwater managers and engineers must consider new
approaches to the formulation of comprehensive
master plans.
With aging infrastructure, increased resource
demands and environmental challenges paired with
the struggle to find a sustainable funding mechanism
for stormwater project implementation, a fresh approach to flood control planning and design which
includes early stakeholder engagement and buy-in
is paramount. In 2012, the Institute for Sustainable
Infrastructure (ISI) released the project rating system,
EnvISIon 2.0, a tool that assesses a project’s performance “doing things right” and pathway contribution
“doing the right thing” based on the “Triple Bottom
Line” approach which evaluates a project’s economic,
environmental, and social impact.
Historically, planning efforts have started with collecting data on existing stormwater management
facilities and the delineation of drainage catchments
based on the layout of the drainage network. However, in urban settings catchment boundaries based
on drainage networks may not align with surface
topography. These discrepancies are particularly
evident when runoff from extreme events is considered. In such cases, flows that exceed the capacity of
the existing drainage system will move along natural
overland flow paths and collect in low areas, potentially contributing to flooding of adjacent structures.
As communities seek solutions to flooding during
extreme events, it is increasingly important that
overland flow routes be considered during the
development of stormwater management strategies.
Recent advances in data collection, digital mapping,
and stormwater modeling software provide tools that
can support this change in approach. This presentation will outline an alternative approach to stormwater master planning that builds upon initial analyses
of overland flow patterns and then uses mapping
and modeling tools to facilitate the identification and
design of flooding mitigation measures that provide
appropriate relief for both frequent and extreme
storm events.
This presentation will discuss the evaluation of two
large diameter stormwater tunnel projects; the Albany
Park Diversion Tunnel and the Village of Winnetka
Stormwater Tunnel and Area Drainage Improvements
Project. The discussion will include an explanation
of the process, identified lynch-pins and constraints,
“ah-ha” moments which includes improved project
performance and contribution, lessons learned, and
successes.
Thera A. Baldauf, P.E., CFM
Session 5C abstracts continue on page 50.
Joe Johnson, PMP, P.E.A
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Section 5C: Planning Tools, Continued
Friday, 1:30 – 3:00 pm, Redbird F
Moderator: Shauna Urlacher, P.E., CFM, C.P.E.S.C, IAFSM Stormwater Management
Committee Chair, Smith LaSalle
iWATR™: A Planning Tool to Improve Water
Quality in Watersheds
The iWATR™ website and mobile application is a
science-based tool for MS4 Managers, decisionmakers, planners (public or private sectors), and for
the general public who wish to develop concepts for
watershed solutions and want to see practical ideas
turn into reality through mapping, concept development and education. Ideas for watershed solutions
take a few simple steps using a user-friendly online
application.
The iWATR™ website framework uses a Google Map
interface. The tool offers several functions that allow
the user to successively access:
• A watershed table that includes drainage areas
for each point location, based on a 90 meter by
90 meter digital elevation model from the United
States Geological Survey (USGS).
• A pollutant table that relates the identified
Hydrologic Unit Code for Subwatershed (HUC12)
watershed to the pollutants, if any, that are referenced by the EPA in geo-referenced rivers, lakes
and waterbodies.
• A BMP design table that provides sizing characteristics for nine types of BMPs (bioretention, media
filter, vegetated swales, underground infiltration,
infiltration basin, extended detention basin, wet
pond, and permeable pavement and harvest &
reuse). Feasibility and sizing factors for each BMP
type vary based upon soil characteristics, local
rainfall data, and expected impairments for the
land use (residential, commercial/industrial,
roadway/parking lot, and institutional) selected
by the user
The tool also computes the approximate costs of the
selected BMP based on California Stormwater Quality
Association (CASQA) – established BMP costs functions
adjusted for the entire U.S. territory based on the ENR
Construction Cost Index (May 2014).
During the presentation, an iWATR™ demonstration
will be conducted on a local watershed, explaining
the process, discussing how the information is produced and showcasing iWATR™’s capabilities.
Kristine Hocking, P.E., CFM
Anna Culcasi, P.E., CFM
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Session 5D: Wetlands
Friday, 1:30 – 3:00 pm, Redbird E
Moderator: Tom Kehoe, C.P.E.S.C, IAFSM Wetlands Committee Chair, Christopher B. Burke
Engineering, Ltd.
A Project Prioritization Scheme for Watershed
Assessments
Large scale watershed assessments can sometimes
yield hundreds of potential stormwater management
and stream reclamation or stabilization projects.
Each project has unique costs and benefits, and an
assessment can thus present a bewildering array of
possibilities. This talk presents a three step prioritization scheme describing desktop and field assessment,
metric development and a simple, easy to use
prioritization program. Projects can be ranked by cost,
environmental or other benefit, or by any combination
of several metrics. This tool is both a prioritization tool
and a way of completing simple cost versus benefit
analysis. When coupled with a geomorphic based
watershed assessment approach, this tool can help
watershed managers prioritize projects for funding,
and provide defensible support to funding allocation
choices made by watershed organizations. Successful
examples from Minnesota and Wisconsin watersheds
will be presented.
Pine Dunes Wetland Mitigation Area
A 315-acre property consisting of agricultural fields,
oak woodlands, farmed wetlands and wetlands
located in northern Lake County, Illinois is the site of
a large-scale wetland and waters mitigation project
for the Elgin-O’Hare Western Access project (currently under construction). The project site, located
in a headwater drainage area for the Upper Des
Plaines River Watershed, has a mitigation potential of
about 32 acres of wetland enhancement, 58 acres of
wetland restoration, 100 acres of woodland enhancement and 3,300 feet of stream restoration. In addition
to the natural resources creation/restoration work on
the property, CBBEL also designed a 24 car parking
lot, restroom, well, water fountain and nearly 3 miles
of bike path, along with a 300’ long bridge and 3
boardwalks. The property has become a new addition
to the Forest Preserve District of Lake County able to
be enjoyed by the public.
Jedd Anderson
Marty Melchior
Engineering Considerations For Large Wood
In River Restoration Projects
The use of large wood, often termed large woody
debris, is becoming a common practice in stream
and river restoration throughout the country. This
talk will examine the use of large wood in urban
stream reclamation projects on Midwestern alluvial
rivers in both urban and non-urban environments.
Concepts covered will include hydrologic and engineering considerations such as inundation frequency,
buoyancy and drag force considerations, installation
timing and procedures, moment force calculations,
species composition and decay rates, design countermeasures, anchoring techniques and attendant bank
stabilization techniques commonly employed. Project
types demonstrated will include engineered log jams,
individual wood, mobile wood, floodplain roughness,
toe protection and trapping elements. Determination
of risk and appropriate engineering and ecological
protection due diligence procedures will be discussed.
Marty Melchior
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Speakers
Wayne Aldrich, P.E.
Steve Amann, P.E., CFM
Mr. Aldrich has been with the Town of Normal for 16
years. He was originally employed by the Town as City
Engineer. From 2002 to 2013 he served as Uptown
Development Director where he was in charge of an
extensive renewal of the central business district in
Normal. In November 2013 he was appointed as the
Public Works Director for Normal.
Steve has been working for Baxter & Woodman in
varying capacities for over 18 years. He helps
numerous public agencies manage their growth with
development agreements, infrastructure planning,
plan review, and construction services. He also works
on stormwater management projects, including smalland large-scale drainage studies, Stormwater Best
Management Practices, and NPDES Phase II compliance efforts. Steve received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
in 1985. He is a professional engineer licensed in the
State of Illinois, and a Certified Floodplain Manager.
Mr. Aldrich was previously employed by the Illinois
Department of Transportation, District 3 in Ottawa for
14 years. He has experience in all phases of project
development and implementation. Mr. Aldrich has
a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the
University of Illinois and is a Registered Professional
Engineer in Illinois.
Dallas W Alley, CFM
Dallas W Alley, CFM, the Floodplain Manager for St.
Clair County, IL, joined the St Clair County Building
and Zoning Department in 2013. Since that time he
has committed himself to improving the Floodplain
management of the unincorporated area of St Clair
County. One of the major goals he has been tasked
with is acceptance into the CRS program and in the
long term obtaining a CRS rating of 5. Being a lifelong
environmental advocate has contributed greatly to his
desire to preserve the natural functions of the floodplain and wetlands of St. Clair County. His hobbies include organic gardening and farming, morel hunting,
woodworking, and wildlife habitat restoration.
Jedd Anderson
Jedd Anderson, Vice President and Head of Environmental Resources Department, has been with Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. for 25 years and has
worked on more than 6,000 Environmental Resource
projects. Jedd assists in review of design, permitting
and monitoring projects and their impact on wetland
and natural areas. In addition, Jedd performs mitigation design and development and technical tasks
associated with civil and water resources engineering and geological analyses. He is also responsible
for coordination with clients on implementation of
and compliance with NPDES Regulations. Jedd is a
veteran in the design and installation of sediment and
erosion control; completes hydro-geomorphologic
studies to assist in stream restoration and remeandering; well versed in soil bioengineering techniques for
streambank stabilization and environmental, wetland,
sediment, and erosion control. He has expertise in the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Endangered Species Act, and biological assessments for
threatened and endangered species.
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Michael A. Baker, P.E., CFM
Mr. Baker is a water resources engineer at Gewalt
Hamilton Associates with more than ten years of
floodplain and stormwater management consulting
experience, focusing primarily on hydrologic and hydraulic modeling. He earned a B.S. in civil engineering
from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
and a M.S. in civil engineering from the University of
Wisconsin at Milwaukee with emphasis on computational fluid dynamics and two dimensional hydraulic
modeling. He is a licensed professional engineer in
Illinois and a certified floodplain manager.
Thera A. Baldauf, P.E., CFM
Ms. Baldauf is a Lead Civil Engineer and Project Manager with MWH and has over 13 years of experience
focused on water resources related projects such as
urban stormwater drainage networks, watershed
master planning and flood control planning and
design. Ms. Baldauf received her Bachelor of Science
Degree in Civil Engineering from Marquette University
in 2001 and her Masters of Business Administration
from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management in
June 2013. She is a registered Professional Engineer
and Project Management Professional, Certified Floodplain Manager, and a LEED Accredited Professional.
She is currently serving as President-Elect of the
Illinois Section of the American Society of Civil
Engineers and served as Past Chair of the Illinois
Section Sustainability Committee.
Speakers
Kurt Baumann, P.E., CFM
Mr. Baumann is a member of the Water Resources
Department at Baxter & Woodman. He assists with
technical studies in hydrology and hydraulics for
floodplain mapping, transportation and other stormwater projects. Primarily serving municipal clients, he
assists them with reviews of proposed development
for conformance with regional and local stormwater
management ordinances, as well as state and federal
floodplain regulations. Mr. Baumann was the water
resources project manager of the Cedar Valley Park
Pond study and assisted with the design of conveyance improvements for the Hart Road Reconstruction
project. Mr. Baumann received his Bachelor of
Science in Civil Engineering from Marquette University
in 1985. He is a Certified Floodplain Manager and has
more than 20 years’ experience in the field of water
resources.
Rebeca Bell
Rebeca Bell is communications director at Bluestem
Communications, a nonprofit environmental communications organization in Chicago. She is a principle
creator of Bluestem’s communications processes,
and has designed and built stormwater communications strategies in Ohio, Illinois and Wisconsin. She
develops education and outreach campaigns and creates communication materials, including brochures,
websites and workshop materials. With a background
in grassroots organizing, rhetoric and writing, Rebeca
manages communication efforts so they are both inspirational and persuasive. She holds a degree in political science from Denison University and a Master’s
degree in writing and rhetoric from DePaul University.
Rebeca presented at IAFSM in 2013 and 2014.
Bruce A. Bender
With 30+ years of experience, Bruce Bender has
been with Bender Consulting Services, Inc. since
2002 providing community engagement, outreach
and training/facilitation services and acting as a flood
insurance specialist. His experience includes providing
outreach and community engagement services and
flood insurance expertise to FEMA’s national marketing campaign (FloodSmart) and national mapping
effort (Risk MAP). Bruce has worked with counties,
communities and other government bodies to develop and implement community engagement and
outreach plans. In addition, Bruce has participated in
flood insurance-related studies with research facilities,
provided training and facilitation services, and has
been an expert witness in court cases related to flood
and excess flood insurance. Prior to consulting, Bruce
worked in the insurance industry for close to 15 years,
including managing one of the largest WYO flood
insurance programs. Bruce has been active in several
flood-related committees and associations and is the
current Co-Chair of the ASFPM Insurance Committee.
He has a B.S. in Geology from The College of William
and Mary……and a flood insurance policy!
Michael Blue
Michael Blue is a Principal Consultant at Teska
Associates in Evanston IL. His work includes preparing comprehensive strategic plans, drafting zoning
regulations; conducting staff training; and evaluating development approval processes. He previously
worked as Community Development Director for
Highland Park, IL (11 years) and Deputy CD Director
for Mount Prospect, IL (5 years). Michael has been
actively involved in the local and national leadership
of the American Planning Association and is currently
the Planning Officials Development Officer for the IL APA. In 2008 Michael was selected to the College of
Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners.
He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana
Champaign with a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Planning
in 1984 and a Masters in Urban Planning in 1987.
Andrew Braun, CFM
Andrew Braun, CFM, is a Planner and Floodplain Manager for Peoria County, where he has worked since
2007. Andrew specializes in grant administration,
housing rehabilitation, and floodplain management.
Following flood events in 2008, 2009, and 2013 in
Peoria County, Andrew has worked with property
owners to mitigate flood prone structures through
acquisition and elevation, with an emphasis on ICC
projects. He was the recipient of the IAFSM Floodplain
Manager of the Year at the 2010 conference.
Michael Burke, P.E., CFM
Michael Burke, P.E., CFM, is a Water Resources Engineer at Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. in
Rosemont, Illinois. Michael graduated from Southern
Illinois University, Carbondale with a BSCE in 2009
and a MSCE in 2011. As a Water Resources Engineer
with over 3 years of experience, he is responsible for
hydrologic analyses, steady and unsteady hydraulic
analyses, and design of conveyance systems. Michael
has performed many flood studies using SWMM modeling software and designed improvement projects to
help alleviate flooding problems. He has experience
with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to assist
with the development and representation of 1D and
2D stormwater models.
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Speakers
Thomas Burke. PhD, P.E., CFM
James Neil Couch, P.G.
Thomas Burke is a Vice President and Head of the
Water Resources Department at Christopher B. Burke
Engineering, Ltd. in Rosemont, Illinois. Thomas
performs and supervises the design, permitting, and
reviews of the stormwater management aspects of
projects for various communities and agencies. As a
registered professional engineer in several states, he
is responsible for hydrologic and hydraulic analyses,
watershed studies, FEMA map revisions, stormwater
management planning and permitting, floodplain
and floodway modifications, and shoreline/streambank stabilization and restoration. He teaches several
courses including HEC-HMS nationally for ASCE. He is
past president of Illinois Section of ASCE, past regional
governor for ASCE and a Certified Floodplain Manager.
Mr. Couch is a Hydrogeologist specializing in the procurement, planning and management of geo-environmental site investigations with Geosyntec Consultants
of Oak Brook, Illinois. He has experience in remedial
actions and in interpreting analysis of hydrogeological systems and environmental data. He has designed
and implemented many full scale remediation systems
such as soil vapor extraction, dual phase extraction,
groundwater treatment, in-situ bioaugmentaion and
in-situ self-sustaining treatment for active remediation
(STAR). Mr. Couch has been closely involved in developing the STAR technology for the treatment of coal
tar impacted soils related to former Manufactured Gas
Plant operations.
Annette Burris, CFM, MPH, CLA
Annette is the iService Region V Manager of the National Flood Insurance. Working directly with FEMA
Region V, Annette helps manage the insurance side
of the program. She has held previous positions at
the Illinois Department of Natural Resources in the
NFIP State Coordinators Office. She started off at IDNR
with the Illinois Map Modernization program handling
floodplain management regulatory review.
Annette holds a Masters of Public Health in Environmental Health, Disaster Management from Tulane University’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.
While at Tulane, she served abroad in South America
evaluating the impacts of flooding in underdeveloped
countries. She holds a Master’s Degree in Legal Studies from the University of Illinois and obtained her
Bachelors of Science from Western Illinois University.
Brian S. Chaille, P.E. CFM,
Brian Chaille is the Senior Technical Reviewer for the
Illinois State Water Survey Federal Emergency Management Agency Letter of Map Revision Delegation
Program. Mr. Chaille is also the Youth Outreach Chair
for the Illinois Association for Floodplain and Stormwater Management. Mr. Chaille has more than 28
years of professional experience in water resources
analysis, planning, design, permitting and construction in both public and private sectors. His experience
includes stormwater and floodplain management,
flood control, residential and commercial site development, bridge and highway engineering, drainage
litigation, environmental planning, stream restoration
and maintenance. Mr. Chaille is a graduate of RoseHulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, IN as
well as the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
in Hydro-Systems Engineering.
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Bryan Cross
Bryan Cross graduated from Eastern Illinois with a
specialty in environmental biology and has worked
extensively within the Midwest on ecological restoration projects since the 1990’s. A wearer of many hats,
he serves as an environmental lead in the development of National Environmental Policy Act technical
documents, field biologist conducting research and
detailed field investigations for threatened and endangered species, and environmental scientist providing
on-site construction observation services on mitigation and restoration projects. While wearing many
hats can be stressful, standing in a restoration site on
a summer day watching an elusive endangered species such as the American bittern feeding alongside
the shoreline can make it all worthwhile.
Anna Culcasi, P.E., CFM
Anna Culcasi is a Civil Engineer with Michael Baker
International and has over eleven years of experience
in the civil engineering and water resources field. She
is currently the project manager and lead engineer on
a low head dam removal projects for Illinois DNR. She
provides engineering support for floodmapping projects for various Cooperating Technical Partners (State
DNRs and DEQs) and FEMA, covering Hydraulic and
Hydrologic Analysis and Floodplain delineation. She
has provided engineering technical support focusing
on the provisional accreditation of levees. Ms. Culcasi’s water resources engineering experience includes
the preparation of permit applications and hydraulic
reports and detention and bioretention facilities. She
also has experience providing drainage design support to Phase I and II roadway and site development
projects. She graduated from Michigan State University in 2003 with a Bachelors of Science degree in Civil
Engineering.
Speakers
James J. Duncker
Mr. Duncker is a graduate of the University of Colorado and Northen Illinois University and has worked for
the USGS Illinois Water Science Center since 1983 in
a wide range of urban stormwater projects including
rainfall-runoff modeling in DuPage and Lake Counties
and specializes in hydroacoustic flow measurement.
Brian Eber, CFM
Mr. Eber is a graduate from Ball State University in
1994 with a B.S. in Environmental Engineering and
Natural Resources. He currently works as the North
East Illinois Floodplain Program Coordinator. Mr. Eber
possesses more than 15 years of Floodplain Administration throughout his career has coordinated efforts
with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, FEMA, IDNR/
OWR, IEPA, the NRCS, the USGS, and various Illinois
counties and municipalities.
Dan Feltes, P.E., CFM
Den Feltes is a Principal Civil Engineer with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRDGC). Dan manages the MWRDGC’s Local
Sewer Systems Section Permit Review Unit, within the
MWRDGC’s Engineering Department. He has 15 years
of experience as a civil engineer. Mr. Feltes received a
Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from
Iowa State University. He is a registered Professional
Engineer in the State of Illinois, and is a Certified
Floodplain Manager.
Amanda Flegel, P.E., CFM
Ms. Amanda Flegel is a Hydraulic and Hydrologic Engineer at the Illinois State Water Survey (ISWS) and has
been working at the ISWS since 2005. She earned her
Bachelors of Science Degree in Civil Engineering with
an emphasis in Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in
2000. Ms. Flegel is a Professional Engineer in Illinois
and a Certified Floodplain Manager. She has worked
on several floodplain analysis studies, completing
hydrologic and hydraulic analysis and has provided
engineering support for producing floodplain mapping
for Flood Insurance Rate Maps. She was the Education and Outreach Committee Chair for the Illinois
Association for Floodplain and Stormwater Management (IAFSM) for the past seven years and is now the
Inter-Organizational Chair for IAFSM.
Amy Giesing, P.E.
Amy Giesing has over 8 years of Water Resources
Engineering experience with the Illinois Department
of Natural Resources/Office of Water Resources. She
is the Operations Section chief responsible for the
operations at state owned dams and facilities and the
stream maintenance crew. Prior to working for OWR,
Amy was the county engineer for Montgomery County, and worked for the Illinois Department of Transportation. Amy is a professional engineer and graduate of
the University of Illinois Champaign- Urbana.
Erik Gil, P.E., CFM
Erik Gil, P.E., CFM, C.P.E.S.C, is a Project Manager at
Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. in Rosemont,
Illinois. Erik performs and supervises the design, permitting, and reviews of the stormwater management
aspects of capital improvement projects for various
communities and agencies. As a registered Professional Engineer with over 25 years of experience,
he is also responsible for hydrologic and hydraulic
analyses, watershed studies, FEMA map revisions,
stormwater management planning and permitting,
floodplain and floodway modifications, and shoreline/streambank stabilization and restoration. He has
taught courses in the use of the FEQ unsteady flow
model, is currently Secretary of IAFSM, a past director
of Illinois Section of ASCE, and a Certified Floodplain
Manager.
Christopher S. Gutkowski, P.E., CFM
Mr. Gutkowski has a wide range of experience in environmental engineering planning and design, specializing in storm water, over the last nine years. His experience includes storm water master plan development
and hydrologic/hydraulic modeling utilizing HEC-HMS,
HEC-RAS, XP-SWMM and EPA-SWMM. He has worked
on projects that include traditional and low impact
design, site plan review, floodplain/floodway analysis,
FEMA floodplain map revisions, and capital improvement plans for communities throughout Illinois and
Indiana.
Glenn Heistand, P.E., CFM
Glenn has been the Senior Hydraulic Engineer for the
Coordinated Hazard and Mapping Program (CHAMP)
group at the Illinois State Water Survey (ISWS) since
2009. This team produces engineering and mapping
information that is used in the creation of FEMA Flood
Insurance Rate Maps. Glenn is currently involved with
Action Discovery projects. Mr. Heistand’s engineering
career includes over 14 years as a private consulting
engineer, specializing in water resources engineering.
He has been involved with hundreds of floodplain and
drainage design projects and their associated modeling, reports and permitting activities. Glenn served
two years as IAFSM Secretary and is completing his
second term as IAFSM Treasurer.
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Speakers
Kristine Hocking, P.E., CFM
Ms. Hocking is a Civil Engineer and has over eleven
years of experience in the civil engineering and water
resources field. She is currently the project manager
and lead engineer on floodmapping and stormwater
projects locally and nationally covering hydraulic and
hydrologic analysis and floodplain delineation with
Michael Baker International. Ms. Hocking’s water
resources engineering experience includes the preparation of hydraulic reports, permit applications, and
design of detention and bioretention facilities. She
also has experience in site design, roadway design,
airport runway drainage design, and construction
inspection. She graduated from Northwestern University in 2003 with a Bachelors of Science degree in Civil
Engineering.
Adam Holder, P.E.
Adam Holder is a Professional Engineer and Principal
at Fehr Graham. Mr. Holder has an extensive municipal engineering background and manages the municipal side of the business and the Monroe, Wisconsin
branch. Mr. Holder is responsible for business development and project management, specializing in
helping clients procure funding to make vital community projects a reality. His experience includes pump
stations, elevated and at-grade water storage tanks,
water main replacement and extensions, sanitary
sewer collection designs, road designs, and wastewater treatment facilities. client coordination, scheduling, cost control, and QA/QC. Holder has a Bachelor of
Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University
of Wisconsin-Platteville and is licensed in Illinois and
Wisconsin. Holder is involved with the Illinois Society
of Professional Engineers, American Society of Civil
Engineers, and National Society of Professional Engineers. He has taught Intro to Engineering at Highland
Community College for many years and serves as the
Northwest Illinois Development Alliance (NIDA) Targeted Marketing and Recruitment Committee Chair.
He also serves on the Freeport Park Foundation and
Freeport Stix Boards.
Josiah L. Holst, P.E., CFM
Josiah Holst serves as a Project Engineer in the Water
Business Line at HR Green. Throughout his career and
since joining HR Green in 2010, Josiah has been heavily involved in the planning, design, and management
of numerous stormwater management projects (including his role as lead civil designer of the projects in
the presentation). Other relevant experience includes
storm sewer design, pond design, alternative BMP
design, pump station modeling and design, stream
restoration, and water resource planning studies. He
graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biological
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Engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia
in 2005. Josiah is licensed as a Professional Engineer
in the state of Missouri and a Certified Floodplain
Manager.
Mark Hoskins, P.E., CFM
Mark Hoskins is a Technical Manager III working for
Michael Baker International located in Chicago. He
has over 30 years of professional experience in the
design of complex storm drainage systems, highway
drainage site development with stormwater outreach
experience for classes K-9 in Virginia . His airport
experience includes development of an XP-SWM
model for St. Louis International airport existing and
proposed conditions. He has also been responsible
for the preparation of Phase I and Phase II drainage studies and hydraulic reports for IDOT and FDOT.
While employed by the Illinois DNR for ten years, Mr.
Hoskins reviewed, drafted and merged numerous
FEMA watershed studies used to generate Preliminary
FIRM mapping and FIS Studies. Recently teaching to
public schools using the WARDS model has been fun.
Mr. Hoskins graduated from Principia College with a
degree in Biology and from The University of Connecticut with a BSCE.
Pat Hubbartt, CFM
Pat is currently the Risk MAP Outreach Coordinator
for the Coordinated Hazard and Mapping Program
(CHAMP) group at the Illinois State Water Survey
(ISWS) and serves as the Discovery/Action Discovery lead. Previously Pat worked as a scoping officer
for FEMA’s Map Mod Program at the Office of Water
Resources /IDNR and taught earth science at both the
secondary and university levels. Pat has a B.S. in Earth
Science from Western Illinois University and a M.S. in
Environmental Studies from the University of Illinois
Springfield.
Sarah Hunn, P.E., CFM
Sarah Hunn is the Chief Engineer for DuPage County
Stormwater Management. Sarah started her career
at the Illinois Department of Transportation and has
worked for DuPage County Stormwater Management
for the past nine years and currently manages the
Flood Control & Stormwater Operations Groups. She
holds a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Michigan
Technological University.
Audrey L. Ishii, P.E.
Audrey Ishii is a Supervisory Hydrologist with the U.S.
Geological Survey. She is the Chief of the SurfaceWater Investigations Section of the Illinois Water
Science Center, which conducts studies of streamflow;
precipitation; flood inundation; the sediment transport
impacts of bridges, dams, and wetland restorations;
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and watershed modeling for management of flooding
and water quality; and disseminates the products of
these studies in online web tools and publications.
Ajay Jain, P.E., CFM
Mr. Jain serves as a Practice Leader for the Water
Resource practice for HR Green and is responsible to
develop and implement a successful business plan
to serve our client’s water resource needs. He also
manages multiple projects and is responsible to provide technical and project management training and
oversight to deliver successful projects to clients. Mr.
Jain is a registered professional engineer, a certified
floodplain manager and a qualified review specialist.
In his 20 years of experience, Mr. Jain has managed
wide variety of water resource and drainage projects
involving floodplain studies and mapping including
preparing Letter of Map Revisions (LOMR), flood control design of earthen and structural levee systems;
location drainage studies (LDS) and hydraulic reports
(HR), comprehensive watershed master plans and low
impact sustainable design including green infrastructure and best management practices. Mr. Jain has
extensive experience in many civil engineering computer programs for hydrologic and hydraulic modeling
and GIS mapping.
Joe Johnson, PMP, P.E.
Mr. Johnson is a Principal Civil Engineer with MWH
and has over 29 years of experience in the planning,
analysis, and design of urban stormwater projects in
northeastern Illinois. In recent years he has served as
the Project Manager or Project Technical Lead for major stormwater planning and design projects including
the Willow Road Stormwater Tunnel and Area Drainage Improvements Project in Winnetka, the Village
of Glenview’s Flood Risk Reduction Plan, Stormwater
Master Planning efforts for the City of Rockford, and
the City of Chicago’s Combined Trunk Sewer Modeling
and Master Planning Project. Mr. Johnson received his
Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from
the University of Notre Dame in 1983 and his Masters
of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Davis in 1985. He is a registered
Professional Engineer in Illinois and a certified Project
Management Professional.
Jim Karch, P.E. CFM
Jim Karch, P.E. CFM has been the Public Works Director for the City of Bloomington for 6 years and been
with the City for 14 years. He has a background in
municipal consulting before working for the City. Jim
has a Physics degree from Illinois State University and
a Civil Engineering degree from the University of Illinois. He has taught classes through the Illinois Municipal League and written articles on engineering related
issues for their magazine. He also enjoys teaching
leadership classes to local businesses and colleges.
For the last six years, the City of Bloomington has
undergone asset management and rating initiatives
for their storm sewers, detention basins, streams,
sanitary sewers and pavements. Recently, the City has
completed masters plans for their storm and sanitary
sewers.
Thomas Kehoe, C.P.E.S.C
Senior Environmental Resource Specialist and Manager of NPDES Compliance, has been with Christopher
B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. for the past 11 years and
involved in the environmental industry for over 21
years. Responsibilities include the coordination and
completion of wetland delineations/habitat assessments and regulatory coordination for permitting of
wetland impacts for site development. As Manager of
NPDES Compliance, Mr. Kehoe provides a variety of
NPDES-related services including preparation of Notice
of Intent (NOI) and Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) development and implementation.
He coordinates site investigations for NPDES Phase
II compliance and assists clients and contractors by
conducting training seminars on the requirements
and procedures of the NPDES program. Completes
conceptual design of mitigation wetlands. Assists in
municipal review of proposed wetland and water resources projects and performs functional assessments
of aquatic and terrestrial resources.
Chris Koos, Mayor, Town of Normal
Chris Koos was elected to his first term on the Normal Town Council in April of 2001 and sworn in as
Mayor of the Town of Normal in 2003. In his 11th
year, Mayor Koos has the longest running term of any
mayor in Normal’s history. Mr. Koos is a BloomingtonNormal native and attended Illinois State University.
He has been the owner and operator of retail specialty stores in Normal since 1979. His civic activities
include serving as Chairman of the Town of Normal
Historic Preservation Commission, he is a member of
the Uptown Normal Business Association, and has
been a member of other civic and business organizatios. As the Chief Elected Official for the Town of Normal, Mayor Koos has adopted policy priorities for the
community to encourage develpment, and work with
other governmental partners in the area, including the
City of Bloomington, Unit Five School District, McLean
County, Illinois State University, and the State of Illinois
to enhance the overall quality of life that is provided
to all residents of the community.
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Speakers
David Lamb
Ted Montrey, P.E., S.E.
David Lamb is the Assistant Superintendent of Parks
at the City of Bloomington’s Parks, Recreation and
Cultural Arts Department, and in charge of maintenance for 38 parks, 6 lakes, 300 acres native prairie,
30 miles of trail and overall beautification efforts on
City property. He is the Landscape project manager
for The Grove and Tipton Parks, manages all city street
and park trees, and serves as City Forester. Dave has
his Bachelors of Science Degree in Forestry, with Specialization in Urban Forestry and Horticulture. Awards
include a 2005 National Wetlands Award (Washington D.C.) with an Honorable Mention for Tipton Park,
Grant Award Winner 2011 and 2012 for Metropolitan
Mayors Caucus Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Reforestation
Grant.
Ted has been the Chief of Design in the Office of Water
Resources at the Illinois Department of Natural Resources headquartered in Springfield since 2004. Ted
worked in the IDOT Bridge Office from 1997 through
2004 and was an engineering consultant from 1990
through 1997. He earned his BS in Civil Engineering in 1990 from the SIU in Edwardsville. Ted is a
licensed professional engineer and licensed structural
engineer in the state of Illinois. Ted also currently
serves on the Illinois Urban Manual Technical Review
Committee as well as the IDOT Low Water Crossing
Technical Review Panel.
John Mayer, P.E., CFM
John Mayer served as Project Manager for the duration of this project. He is a current member of the IAFSM and is a Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM). John
has a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering
from the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee and is a
certified professional engineer in Illinois, Indiana, and
Wisconsin. He has worked in the engineering industry for over 27 years and has been with his current
firm, Engineering Resource Associates, for 16 years,
where he has served as a Project Manager and Senior
Project Engineer for the design and construction of
recreational trails, streetscape, roadway, traffic signal,
infrastructure and stormwater improvement projects
for local municipalities, counties, and state agencies
throughout Illinois.
Marty Melchior
Marty Melchior is the Regional Director for Inter-Fluve,
and has over 19 years of experience designing and
implementing over 200 river restoration projects in
twenty states. His project experience includes river
relocation, floodplain restoration, fish habitat improvement, dam removal, fish passage culvert design, bioengineering bank stabilization and engineered large
wood. Marty teaches river restoration management
and design at the university, state DNR and federal
agency level.
Bill Milner, P.E., CFM
Bill Milner has 20 years of Water Resources Engineering experience with the Illinois Department of Natural
Resources/Office of Water Resources. He is a project
engineer in engineering studies and has worked on a
wide range of projects including flood control studies,
watershed modeling, dam design, dam removal, and
water control operations. Bill is a professional engineer, certified floodplain manager and graduate of
Colorado State University.
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Grace Nelson, E.I.T.
Grace Nelson is a graduate from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign in 2013 with a B.S. in Civil
& Environmental Engineering and a minor in Business
Administration. Ms. Nelson has been working just
over a year at the IDNR and has been in charge of the
downstate Illinois mitigation projects.
Paul Osman, CFM
Paul Osman is the Statewide Floodplain Programs
Manager for the Illinois Office of Water Resources.
He coordinates federal, state and local floodplain
development regulations as well as the National Flood
Insurance Program for nearly 1,000 Illinois communities. His duties also included assisting with the coordination of floodplain mapping, flood disaster response,
and flood mitigation activities in Illinois. Prior to joining IDNR/OWR, Paul was a Resource Conservationist
with the Soil Conservation Service and served three
years as a Resource Conservationist in Northwestern
Kenya. Paul is a graduate of Augustana College and
has done graduate studies in Resource Management
at Illinois State University. Paul has served on the
Board of Directors for both the National and State
Associations of Floodplain Managers, has served as
National Flood Insurance Chairman, has testified in
Congress on floodplain issues, and has served on
many national task forces regarding floodplain management issues.
Erin Pande, PWS, CFM
Erin is a professional wetland scientist and certified
floodplain manager. She has served as Engineering
Resource Associates’ Ecological Services Director for
the past 11 years. Prior to her work at ERA she was
a wetland specialist at DuPage County. In her eleven
years with ERA, she has performed wetland delineations and quality assessments and designed and
implemented streambank, shoreline stabilization and
natural area mitigation / restoration projects and water quality best management practices. She has also
Speakers
executed 100’s of wetland, riparian and Best Management Practice permit reviews for numerous communities throughout DuPage, Kane, Lake and McHenry
County.
Lou Ann Patellaro, CFM
Lou Ann Patellaro currently works as the new ISO/
CRS Specialist (replacing Scott Cofoid) for the National
Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Community Rating
System (CRS), responsible for all of the Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota communities. She is a graduate
from Florida Atlantic University with a Bachelors of
Arts in Urban and Regional Planning. Ms. Patellaro is
a Certified Floodplain Manager, and possesses over
30 years of municipal government experience in Land
Use Planning, Building, Zoning and Floodplain Management with the communities of Dania Beach and
Weston Florida.
Jim Peterson, P.E.
Jim Peterson has over 25 years’ experience in engineering, construction, mining, materials, surveying,
mapping, GIS, and geospatial field. Jim is a Professional Engineer and Land Surveyor in Illinois, Missouri
and Arizona. He is currently completing his Ph.D.
dissertation from Missouri University of Science and
Technology focused on UAS/UAV’s and is considered
one of the pioneers within the industry.
Don Rosebloom
Don Roseboom is a Stream Restoration Specialist
for the United States Geological Survey in the Illinois
District. He is a member of an Illinois USGS team
to develop watershed criteria from stream restoration projects in various geographic regions of Illinois
since 2002. Don also has a joint appointment with
Colorado State University where he works with Dr.
Chester Watson on stream assessments leading to
restoration designs and project implementation since
2002. He also retired from the Water Quality Section
of the Illinois Water Survey after 30 years of service in
Nonpoint Pollution Control Program including stream
restoration.
Frank Shockey, PhD, CFM
Frank Shockey is a Natural Hazards Program Specialist with the Federal Emergency Management Agency
at its Region V office in Chicago, Illinois. He works on
compliance issues associated with the National Flood
Insurance Program’s floodplain management standards, and is the Program’s regional contact for Illinois communities. Frank spent significant portions of
2013 and 2014 helping to familiarize NFIP stakeholders and the general public with the changes brought
by the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of
2012, and the Homeowners’ Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014. Frank came to Chicago in 2010
from the Town of Fort Myers Beach, Florida, where he
was Community Development Director. He received a
bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago, and
a Master of Arts in geography and Ph.D. in geography
from the University of Minnesota.
Hal Sprague
Hal Sprague has been at the Center for Neighborhood
Technology, in Chicago, since May 2008, and is Manager of Water Policy at CNT. He promotes sustainable
water resource management practices in urban communities, such as water loss accounting and stormwater green infrastructure, by proposing legislative,
regulatory, and policy changes at all levels of government. Hal earned a master’s degree in Water Resources Management from the University of Michigan
and his law degree from the University of Colorado.
Prior to joining CNT, Hal practiced environmental law
for 23 years, including positions at U.S. EPA, a major
law firm, and a multinational corporation.
Mathew Stafford, CFM
Mathew currently works as the Supervisor of Field
Operations for the LaSalle County Environmental
Services and Land Use Department, which oversees
building, zoning, development, floodplain and environmental regulations for the unincorporated areas of
LaSalle County. Prior to that, Mathew worked for the
LaSalle County Soil and Water Conservation District as
their Resource Conservationist and also as a Watershed Coordinator for the Embarrass River Management Association in Southeastern Illinois. Mathew has
a degree in physical geography from Eastern Illinois
University and is a Certified Floodplain Manager.
Ralph C. Stark, Jr., P.E., CFM
Mr. Stark serves as a Technical Advisor on a wide
range of projects specializing in hydrologic and
hydraulic analysis and design. He has over 24 years of
experience with projects involving storm sewer/
detention pond design, floodplain analysis and
delineation, dam break analysis, Letter of Map
Amendment/Revision and stormwater pollution
prevention plan preparation. He has assisted in the
preparation of the McHenry County Stormwater Plan,
is a member of the McHenry County Stormwater
Technical Advisory Committee. Mr. Stark is experienced in the use of steady and unsteady hydrology
and hydraulics. He has met the requirements of a
certified enforcement officer under the Lake County
Watershed Development Ordinance. He has reviewed
plans for compliance with stormwater/floodplain
regulations on behalf many communities in Lake and
McHenry Counties since 1991.
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Randall Stein
Mr. Stein has worked for the Bloomington-Normal
Water Reclamation District for nearly 24 years, as
Director of Maintenance, Assistant Executive Director,
and currently as Executive Director. He also served on
the Executive Committee for the Illinois Association
of Wastewater Agencies 2010-2014. Mr. Stein has
been heavily involved with planning, equipment and
process selection, installation, startup, troubleshooting and operation of multiple, large BNWRD projects.
These projects include West Plant upgrades consisting
of headworks revisions, tertiary filter renovation and
replacement, CSO system startup and revision and the
implementation of UV Disinfection facilities. He also
assisted in the complete planning, process and equipment selection, startup, troubleshooting and operation of a new advanced 3 stage treatment wastewater facility and oversaw the planning and construction
of a 12 acre constructed wetlands receiving effluent
from BNWRD’s Southeast WWTP. Mr. Stein is responsible for the employees that operate and maintain
two WWTP’s and seven other peripheral facilities connected by 26 miles of interceptor sewers.
Marilyn Sucoe, P.E., CFM
Marilyn Sucoe is the Staff Engineer/Stormwater
Administrator for the Village of Lisle. She started her
career at Maricopa County Flood District in Arizona
and has worked for just over a year in Lisle. She has
experience working for communities in Illinois, Arizona and Washington. Marilyn received her B.S. in
Agricultural Engineering from the University of Illinois
in Urbana Champaign.
Mike Sutfin, CFM
Michael Sutfin has been the Building & Zoning Official
for the City of Ottawa for the past eight years. Mike
shares floodplain management responsibilities with
Dave Noble, the City Engineer. Together they have
taken the City of Ottawa from one of the worst repetitive loss communities to one of the highest rated CRS
communities in the state. Currently, Mike chairs the
Floodplain Management Committee for the IAFSM.
This past year, on behalf of the IAFSM, Mike has
worked with Senator Sue Rezin, 38th district, to form
a regional flood alliance.
Jeffrey J. Tatarek, P.E., S.E.
Mr. Tatarek is a Project Manager with Hanson Professional Services Inc. with 28 years of experience in
the project management and structural engineering
of water resource, commercial building, transportation, and other infrastructure projects. He is active in
national, state, and local engineering organizations.
He has earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering. Jeff is a
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Licensed Professional Engineer in Illinois, Indiana, and
Nevada; and a Licensed Structural Engineer in Illinois
and Nevada. Jeff is the Design Manager for the William G. Stratton Lock and Dam Improvements.
Alan H. Tamm, P.G., CFM,
Alan Tamm is the Levee Safety Program Manager for
the Rock Island District, US Army Corps of Engineers.
He is a professional geologist since 1994 and Certified
Floodplain Manager since 2005. He has spent considerable time in private industry, state Government and
is now with the USACE. In state government he acted
as shepherd coordinating all state agencies in the
preparation of the Pennsylvania State Hazard Mitigation Plan, approximately 60 county and hundreds of
local hazard mitigation plans thru FEMA approval.
Trent Thomas
Trent Thomas has served on the ILMA Board of Directors and on the Illinois Chapter of the American
Fisheries Society - AFS. He was the AFS president
in 2011-2012 and is currently serving as an executive committee member for AFS. Trent received his
B.A. from Monmouth College in 1992 in Biology and
Environmental Studies; his M.S. from the University of
Illinois in 2000 in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences. He works in the Division of Fisheries for
the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, serving
under the Fisheries Analysis Section from 1996-1997
and has been the Rivers & Streams Biologist in EastCentral Illinois since 2000.
Mark Van Auken, P.E., CMS4S, ENV SP
Mr. Van Auken serves as Storm Water/MS4 Discipline
Leader and Stormwater/Water Management Market
Area Contact for the firm’s North Market Area (Great
Lakes Region), where he helps develop and lead
storm water business. He has 25 years’ experience
in the analysis, design, and construction phases of a
variety of storm water, wastewater, water, and solid
waste related projects. His storm water expertise
includes flow monitoring, sampling, modeling, permitting, design, analysis, and management. He holds a
BS in Civil Engineering from Michigan State University
Brad Winters, P.E., CFM
Brad Winters is P.E., CFM, and Project Engineer for
the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Office
of Water Resources in Springfield. Brad received his
Civil Engineering degree from the University of Missouri at Rolla in 2001 and has worked for the Office of
Water Resources ever since. He is currently the project
manager for the Urban Flood Awareness Act at IDNR.
Brad is back to “normal” after a severe ankle break
mid-2013 and is finally getting back to house projects
and volunteer firefighting.
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Loren Wobig, P.E., CFM
Loren Wobig is dad to two teenage daughters Kendall
and Kaylee, and husband to Tracey. He received his
civil engineering degree from Iowa State University in
1984 and has worked for the Office of Water Resources in various roles ever since. Loren is an Illinois
registered professional civil engineer, Certified Floodplain Manager, and the Acting Director of the Office
of Water Resources Regulatory Programs where he
oversees floodplain regulation, flood hazard mitigation, NFIP coordination, dam safety and Lake Michigan regulation and water allocation programs. He has
held leadership positions in the Springfield Theater
Center and the American Society of Civil Engineers.
He currently serves as chair of the Illinois Association
for Floodplain and Stormwater Management. Loren
enjoys bicycling, traveling, woodworking, hiking, and
writing and acting in Church and Community Theater.
Jay Womack, ASLA, LEED AP
Jay Womack, ASLA, LEED AP is the Director of Landscape and Ecological Design at WRD Environmental.
Jay’s professional background reflects his lifelong
affinity for the Midwest’s natural areas, which has
influenced his design philosophy to partner art, science, and ecology. In particular, Jay incorporates
sustainable rainwater management into every site
design decision he makes. Jay helped identify the
District’s needs and helped create the multi-year plan
examined in the presentation, and has overseen its
implementation.
Brian Wozniak, P.E., CFM
Mr. Wozniak is a Senior Water Resources Engineer
and Project Manager at Hanson Professional Services,
Inc in Springfield, IL. He was the lead water resources
engineer and project manager for the Wildcat Creek
study. He developed the hydrologic and hydraulic
models and performed field inspections during the
2013 flood event. Mr. Wozniak has a B.S. in Civil
Engineering from The Ohio State University (1991) and
a Master of Business Administration from the University of Illinois Springfield (1997). His expertise involves
hydrologic and hydraulic analyses, watershed master
planning, floodplain studies, permitting and flood
mitigation design.
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Exhibitors
David L. Weber, PE
Regional Engineer, IL & WI
1014 Conrad Lane
Shorewood, IL 60404
Advanced Drainage Systems (ADS) is the leading manufacturer of high performance thermoplastic corrugated
pipe, providing a comprehensive suite of water management products and superior drainage solutions for use
in the construction and infrastructure marketplace. Its innovative products are used across a broad range of end
markets and applications, including non-residential, residential, agriculture and infrastructure applications. The
Company has established a leading position in many of these end markets by leveraging its national sales and
distribution platform, its overall product breadth and scale and its manufacturing excellence. Founded in 1966,
the Company operates a global network of 58 manufacturing plants and 28 distribution centers.
8678 Ridgefield Road
Crystal Lake, IL 60012
815-444-3228
www.baxterwoodman.com
Baxter & Woodman’s Water Resources Department offers comprehensive services related to stormwater
management and wetlands. Through our capabilities and expertise, we offer sustainable solutions to local
drainage problems as well as comprehensive stormwater master plans. We are an employee-owned
Engineering News-Record Top 500 Design Firm which provides planning, design, construction and technology
services for water, wastewater, stormwater, water resources and transportation facilities for municipalities,
counties and state agencies. Environmental, geographic information systems (GIS), water and wastewater
operations, and advanced technology needs complement the firm’s civil engineering expertise. Clients are
served from seven regional offices in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.
Permeable Pavement & Retaining
Wall Solutions
Bob Laskey
Commercial Hardscapes Sales
Representative
847-894-2182 mobile
[email protected]
Belgard’s team of site solution specialists is committed to helping design professionals create sustainable sites
for commercial and municipal development. The Belgard Commercial team also works to help resolve regulatory
and budgetary issues that may arise during design. Designed properly, Belgard permeable pavers provide stormwater infiltration, detention, pollutant removal, groundwater recharge, a pavement surface that can handle even
the heaviest of traffic loads, a 50 year lifecycle, and a system that can be easily cleaned and restored to near
initial infiltration rates.
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Bluestem Communications
14 N. Peoria St, Suite 4F
Chicago, IL
312-754-0402
bluestemcommunications.org
Bluestem Communications is a nonprofit environmental communications organization that advances
environmental causes by providing other nonprofit organizations, municipalities and coalitions with the tools
and capacity to communicate and engage successfully.
Coordinated Hazard Assessment
and Mapping Program
www.illinoisfloodmaps.org
Sally McConkey, P.E., CFM, D.WRE
[email protected]
The Coordinated Hazard Assessment and Mapping Program (CHAMP) staff work with federal, state, regional and
county agencies, as well as communities and individuals to study, assess, and communicate flood risk. As a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Cooperating Technical Partner (CTP), CHAMP staff work with FEMA
and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Office of Water Resources, to update regulatory Flood Insurance Rate Maps and Studies as well as prepare non-regulatory products. Our technical experts include teams of
Civil Engineers, GIS Specialists, and Outreach Staff that form a portfolio of experience which includes:
• Studying Flood Hazards
• Producing Regulatory & Non-Regulatory
• Processing LOMR/CLOMR Applications
Digital Products
• Applying Knowledge of Flood Issues to Research
• Identifying Unmapped Special Flood Hazard Areas
• Community Outreach
1200 Harger Rd., Suite 707
Oak Brook, IL 60523
Phone: 630-573-1113
www.ContechES.com
CONTECH Engineered Solutions is the nation’s leading provider of site solutions products and services for the Civil
Engineering industry.
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Victor Althoff
112 Crescent Drive
Michigan City, Indiana 46360
219-561-1323
[email protected]
www.floodbreak.comFloodBreak
Automatic Flood Gates 100% Passive—No Manpower or Electricity Needed
FloodBreak has been installing 100% Passive/Automatic Flood gates since 2002. Our flood gates require no
manpower or electricity for deployment. FloodBreak gates have no limitation in length or height. Our gates have
been used on Roadways, Vehicle entrances and for Pedestrian traffic. We provide gates for below grade and
above grade vent protection and can installed into existing levee’s for additional height protection while not
eliminating visibility or access. Clients include the Federal Government, States, Cities, private industries, Levee
districts, etc. Each gate is custom built to the client’s needs, requirements, and have been installed in harsh
weather environments.
As the marketing arm for FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program, FloodSmart’s goal is to educate communities nationwide about the risk of flooding and the importance of flood insurance. FloodSmart plans and executes
national direct response and awareness campaigns that include television, radio and print advertising, direct
mail and public relations. FloodSmart also provides tools, training and outreach to insurance agents, stakeholders and FEMA regional offices in an effort to provide information on the local and state levels.
Fusible Piping Solutions
220 S Westgate Dr
Carol Stream, lL 60188
David Mosier
815-760-054S
david.mosier@ hdsuPPlY.com
www.hdsfusible.com
HD Supply Waterworks is your one-stop shop for all your fusible piping system needs, from design through
instal- lation. our rapidly growinghighly knowledgeable team specializes in every appiication and industry and
strives to add value io every interactron. We can help you with everything from pipe, fittings and specialty fabrication to installation, training, and support. Our service ienters and industry leading local branch network is
available to support your project needs.
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Aaron Ackley
(843) 637-3409
[email protected]
Hesco Bastion, Inc.
2821 Azalea Drive
Charleston, SC 29405
HESCO® Environmental Barriers are renowned for their protective
capabilities; designed to achieve maximum logistical efficiency and rapid
protection in emergency flood situations. Used throughout the US to
protect against annual flooding, spring thaws and emergency relief
during hurricane season. From vast perimeter flood walls around critical infrastructure, to storm barriers for emergency access roads; HESCO
Environmental Barriers have the flood solution you need.
New for 2015 - JACKBOX™, a non-metallic, no mess, recyclable unit
which utilizes our 25 years of in-field experience and Concertainer™
technology to provide a lightweight, easy to use, flood defense solution
in an urbanized setting.
Horner & Shifrin, Inc.
Stephen Randolph, P.E.
Senior Project Manager
200 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 3100
Chicago, IL 60606
(Office) 312-332-4334
(Mobile) 312-208-8343
[email protected]
Founded in 1933, Horner & Shifrin has grown to be a multidisciplinary engineering firm with unusual versatility.
We offer engineering services in all phases of a project, including design, feasibility, planning, development, GIS
mapping services and construction administration. The firm has the in-house capability to execute projects of
major scope and we are structured to ensure that our principals and senior personnel are directly involved with
all projects, whether they are large or small. Many of our projects have demonstrated innovative techniques and
designs, for which we have received numerous professional awards and repeat assignments from appreciative
clients. Horner & Shifrin is a 100-percent employee-owned corporation and, as employee-owners, we share a
commitment to apply our expertise to the highest standards, exercising our knowledge and skills for the benefit
of our community, client and fellow employees.
Snap-Tite Culvert Lining Systems,
a division of ISCO Industries, Inc.
www.isco-pipe.com
1-800-345-ISCO.
Snap-Tite, The No Dig Solution:
The best and safest way to rehab your levee drainage pipe and dam spillway projects. The Snap-Tite system
allows rehabilitation of failing drainage pipes without the need to remove existing pipe by excavation. Snap-Tite
is made from durable, solid-wall, high-density polyethylene pipe (HDPE) with male/female ends, designed to allow it to be snapped together for water tight joints and often provides the restored culvert greater flow capacity.
Snap-Tite has been used extensively by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, local levee sponsors, and other levuu
and dam stakeholders across the country.
Since 1962, ISCO Industries, Inc., a global customized piping solutions provider headquartered in Louisville, Ky.,
stocks and sells a wide variety of HDPE pipe, piping materials, and offers custom HDPE fabrication to provide
piping solutions for multiple applications such as: industrial, municipal, power, oil and gas, mining, environmental, geothermal, golf, culvert-lining and landfill. The company also rents, services and sells McElroy fusion equipment. ISCO has more than 30 facilities in North America, Australia and Chile – inventorying large stockpiles of
HDPE pipe and piping products, usually within a one day delivery of most projects.
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11225 Giordano Ct.
Huntley, IL 60142
Office-847-669-7570
Fax- 847-669-7571
SmartDitch® is a leak-free channel lining system engineered to control and direct the flow of water or critical
fluids. Made from proven UV resistant HDPE,SmartDitch’s unique corrugated design helps regulate the flow of
water from flat to steep grades so that drainage and flow patterns designed are maintained. SmartDitch can be
used for water flow and management, drainage control, erosion control, storm water control, landfill drainage,
and industrial spill control. Available in 12” and 24”Deep Trap, 24”Semi-Circular, and Modular (Mega Ditch) Sizes.
Mark Walker | Director, Business
Development
Office: (574) 232-9911
Mobile: (574) 536-6113
[email protected]
www.Kuert.com
Kuert Concrete, Indiana’s oldest central-mix concrete manufacturer (established 1927) is proud to announce Xeripave® Super Pervious Pavers! Kuert is excited to bring this product to the 2015 Illinois Association for Floodplain
& Stormwater Management Annual Conference for display and review.
The Xeripave Pervious Paver is an ecological product that fits in with today’s green initiative. It provides the
aesthetic and functional value to any hardscape project, while simultaneously working in an environmentally
friendly way to prevent stormwater runoff. With a filtration rate of more than one gallon per second per square
foot, these pervious pavers allow stormwater to flow freely through recharging the aquifer. Only 12 to 15 percent of surface coverage is required for optimum filtration. The Xeripave Paver can be used as a stand-alone
paver system or in conjunction with other solid surfaces providing a cost effective option to any project.
Mark Hoskins, P.E., CFM
Tech Manager III
Michael Baker International
311 W. Monroe, Suite 1350
Chicago, IL 60606
[O] 312-575-3946
Cell 312-515-5277
[email protected]
www.mbakerintl.com
Michael Baker International (MBI) serves the planning, architecture, engineering and construction management
markets with hundreds of differentiated services and capabilities. Services span the complete lifecycle of
infrastructure and managed asset projects, including asset management and asset renewal. Serving clients from
public and private sectors in international, national, state and local markets, Baker has created value for
clients by delivering innovative and sustainable solutions for infrastructure and the environment. With over 6,000
employees in 90 different office, we bring many talented engineers, planners and technicians to the table. We
make a difference.
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Michelle Dunlop
Marketing Director
Oldcastle Stormwater Solutions
360 Sutton Place
Santa Rosa, CA 95407
P 707-540-9752
F 707-524-8186
stormcapture.com | kristar.com
Oldcastle Stormwater Solutions is a new approach to collaborating with engineers, owners, contractors and
governmental agencies to meet their stormwater management needs. We’re a team of experienced stormwater
specialists developing new products and individual solutions to meet the ever changing stormwater regulations
that protect our environment. With over 50 locations across the U.S., we design and manufacture everything inhouse, from drainage infrastructure products and custom structures to complete stormwater treatment systems.
One source, endless possibilities.
William R. Rickert, P.E., BCEE, CFM
RHMG Engineers, Inc.
975 Campus Drive
Mundelein, IL 60060
847-362-5959
[email protected]
RHMG Engineers, Inc., established in 1970, provides complete civil engineering services, ranging from stormwater to site engineering and water/wastewater projects; hydraulic and hydrologic stormwater modeling,
BFE determinations, and municipal Enforcement Officer services. Construction management services include
streambank restoration, wetland enhancement, pipeline detention, porous pavement, bioswale, and other BMP
projects. RHMG works to find funding sources for its clients, including local, state and national grants. RHMG
provides engineering services through its offices in Mundelein and Elgin, Illinois. RHMG is part of the HMG Group,
and with its cross-ownership affiliated offices in Carlyle, IL and St. Louis, MO have a staff of 70, including registered professional and structural engineers, and land surveyors. Their professional abilities and experience
establish the foundation on which the company and its reputation have been built. RHMG’s philosophy of having
principals of the firm involved in the detailed engineering aspects of projects is one of the key features that differentiate RHMG from other firms.
Check out Seiler our Mapping
Blog at:
http://seilermapsupport.
wordpress.com/
Since 1945, Seiler Instrument has provided the right tools and technology for those wishing to populate their GIS
field data and get their work accomplished efficiently, productively and within budget. We are the largest Authorized MGIS Trimble Dealer in the United States.
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We’re active members of the communities we serve. That’s why at Stantec, we always design with community
in mind. The Stantec community unites more than 15,000 employees working in over 250 locations including
downtown Chicago, Lombard, and Springfield. Our work - professional consulting in water resources, planning,
engineering, architecture, interior design, environmental sciences, and project management – begins at the
intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships.
Stantec is an industry leader in supporting FEMA’s Risk Mapping, Assessment, and Planning program at the national, regional and local level, delivering reliable digital flood hazard data and maps in GIS format.
Surdex Corporation is a full service
photogrammetric mapping firm
that supplies accurate and precise
geospatial information to a diverse
client base. We provide our clients
with high quality mapping services
to include aerial image acquisition,
LiDAR acquisition and processing,
digital orthophotography, planimetric and topographic mapping
and data hosting.
Steve Pasinski, P.E.
Planning and Design Department Head
55 West 22nd Street, Suite 300, Lombard, IL 60148
630-430-6392
[email protected]
www.thomas-engineering.com
Thomas Engineering Group, LLC (TEG), founded in 2008, is a professional engineering firm focused on planning,
design, and construction engineering services for public sector clients. Our approach is to develop strategies that
best fulfill our clients’ needs for each project while providing our trademark level of outstanding client service,
responsiveness, and commitment. Our professional and practical approach to planning, design, and construction
engineering ensures success.
While our planning, design, and field experience is substantial, we always partner with clients and gather the
necessary project context to make the best decisions and implement courses of action that achieve project and
long term goals. What may have worked well in one situation may not be as applicable in another. We treat
each project as an opportunity to learn and innovate through partnering with clients and stakeholders.
By understanding the fiscal, environmental, and site constraints as well as stakeholder concerns, regional plans,
and capital programming, TEG project teams take an ownership approach and logically identify the most costeffective solutions.
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Trotter and Associates, Inc. Engineers & Surveyors
40W201 Wasco Road, Suite D
St. Charles, Illinois 60175-8535
630.587.0470 www.trotter-inc.com
Trotter and Associates, Inc. (TAI) is a full service engineering firm that specializes in water and wastewater
engineering. We have developed an extraordinary
team of professionals that are experienced, proficient,
and dedicated to a common cause – the satisfaction
of our clients. The team realizes the importance of
developing strong client/consultant relationships and
strives to earn each client’s confidence, respect, and
trust through exceptional service.
Unilock introduced permeable paving to North America in 1991 and has
continued to lead the charge with innovative products. Our extensive
involvement in permeable paving and our long-standing international alliances have allowed us to gain and share valuable knowledge, experience
and best practices with our clients.
Mike Anderson, ASLA, MBA, PMP
Commercial Product Rep.
Unilock Chicago, Inc.
Office: 630-892-9191
Mobile: 630-276-8043
301 E. Sullivan Road
Aurora, IL 60505
UNILOCK.COM
1-800-UNILOCK
Brad Swanson
Commercial Product Rep.
[email protected]
630-742-4168
Stop by our booth to see our full line of permeable products and the
latest addition, Eco-Line™. Permeable, machine installed, heavy duty with
customizable surface texture and color options.
USGS Illinois Water Science Center
405 N Goodwin
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 328-USGS (8747)
The USGS Illinois Water Science Center’s mission is to collect, analyze and disseminate the impartial hydrologic
data and information needed to wisely manage water resources for the people of Illinois.
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Past IAFSM Awards
Year Floodplain
Manager
of the Year
1988 Mike Klitzke
(Wheeling)
Outstanding
Service
Stormwater
Management
Mitigation
Journalism
or Public
Education
Legislation
Lifetime
Achievement
(no award)
(no award)
Peoria County
Daily Herald
J. Thompson
L. Daniels
P. Phillips
(no award)
1989
1990
NIPC
H. Poertner
(no award)
River Grove
Daily Herald
(no award)
(no award)
Don Hey
Neil Fulton
Butterfield
Creek Steering
Committee
Thebes
J Crawford
(Chicago
Tribune)
(no award)
(no award)
1991
Plainfield & J
Gibbons,
Will County
David Schein
(no award)
CRS Task Force D. Silverman
(Chicago
Tribune)
Cook County
Municipal
Conference
(no award)
1992
8 CRS
communities
Rich Roths
(no award)
Des Plaines
(no award)
(no award)
(no award)
1993
4 CRS
communities
Mike Klitzke
Chicago
Botanical
Gardens
South Holland
(no award)
(no award)
(no award)
1994
5 CRS
communities
Karen Kabbes
(no award)
FEMA Region Southtown
V, IDNR/OWR, Economist
& IEMA
(no award)
(no award)
1995
Karen
Hensley
(Hancock
County)
French
Wetmore
NIPC
(no award)
Highland Park ASFPM, Doug (no award)
Lakefront Task Plansencia,
Force
Rebecca Quinn
1996
Rita Krashaar
(Calhoun
County)
Brad Brink
DuPage
County & SMC
NIPC
Chicago
Tribune
(no award)
(no award)
1997
SSBOA, BOCA,
& Village of
Shorewood
Susan Vancil
(no award)
Des Plaines,
S. Holland &
Mt. Prospect
(no award)
Gov. Edgar
(no award)
1998
Adams County Mary Lu
Highway Dept. Wetmore
The
Conservation
Foundation
Jan Horton,
IEMA
The Press
Addison
Edition
Will County
French
Land Use Dept. Wetmore
1999
Vince Parisi
Paul Osman
Sally
McConkey
Cleighton
Smith
Metro East
Stormwater
Committee
DuPage
County & City
of Ottawa
Dennis Dreher
(no award)
Phil Peters
2000
South
Suburban
Mayors and
Managers
(no award)
(no award)
IMAG & Gene
Anderson
(Marion)
Susan Vancil
(no award)
Gilbert White
2001
College Park
Vince Parisi
City of Moline
(no award)
PORTA High
School
(Petersburg)
Kane County
James Lee Witt
2002
Diane
Gallagher
(E. Dubuque)
Ron Davis
South
Suburban
Mayors and
Managers
E. Stuart
Richter
(Whiteside
County)
(no award)
(no award)
Mike Klitzke
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IAFSM 2015 Annual Conference
Exhibit Door Prize Card
____ Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc (15)
____ Jim Jolly Sales/Smart Ditch (6)
____ Baxter & Woodman, Inc. (23)
____ Kuert Supply Center (17)
____ Belgard (4)
____ Michael Baker International (12)
____ Bluestem Communications (3)
____ Oldcastle Stormwater Solutions (14)
____ CHAMP - Illinois State Water Survey (24)
____ RHMG, Inc. (5)
____ Contech Engineered Solutions (19)
____ Seiler Istrument Company (20)
____ Floodbreak (1)
____ Stantec (21)
____ Floodsmart (16)
____ Surdex (10)
____ HD Supply (22)
____ Thomas Engineering Group, LLC (9)
____ HESCO Bastion, Inc. (13)
____ Trotter and Associates, Inc. (2)
____ Horner & Shifrin, Inc. (11)
____ Unilock (25)
____ ISCO Industries/Snap-Tite (18)
____ USGS (7)
Your Name (Please print):
Instructions
Once you have every blank initialed by all the private exhibitors, turn this sheet in to the
Registration Table before you leave on Thursday for the door prize drawing at Friday’s
Plenary Session.
You cannot win a door prize if you do not have your name on this card.
You must be present at Friday’s Plenary Session to win.
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Past IAFSM Awards
Year Floodplain
Manager
of the Year
2003 Ray Nees
Outstanding
Service
Stormwater
Management
Mitigation
Journalism
or Public
Education
Legislation
Lifetime
Achievement
Don Glondys
Kane Co.
Lake Co.
South
Suburban
Mayors &
Mgrs.
(no award)
Mike Buckley
Matt Miller
Linda Neely
2004
Bud Peters
(Watseka)
Paul Osman
(no award)
Kane County
Sarah Shipley
(St. Louis Post)
(no award)
Jan Horton
2005
Fred Block
(S. Holland)
Scott Cofoid
(Utica)
Kay Whitlock
Palatine
Park Forest
(no award)
Special
Mapping
award to John
McLaugmlin
David Schein
2006
Jennifer
Hughes
(Lincolnshire)
Rich Slevin
CSC Corp.
Mike Fruth
(Metro-East
Stormwater)
Scott Goldstein
(Metropolitan
Water Council)
Linda
Wheeland
(Sangamon
County)
Chicago
Wilderness
Senator Haine
Christopher
Burke
2007
Mike Prough
(Jersey
County)
Sally
McConkey
ISWS
Gary Jereb
IDNR/OWR
City of Grafton
(no award)
(no award)
Larry Larson
2008
Jeff Denny &
Twyla Waring
(Alexander
Co.)
Mark Hoskins
Brian Eber
(Rockford)
City of Elgin
(no award)
(no award)
Lou Sidell
2009
Greg Thorpe
(Rock Island
Co)
Jersey County
Zoning Dept.
E. Stuart
Richter
Tri-County
Regional
Planning
Commission
City of Lisle
(no award)
(no award)
Don
Vonnahme
2010
Andrew Braun
(Peoria
County)
Jennifer
Maercklein
(Newsletter
Editor)
Village of
Frankfort
Russel “Rusty”
Rickert
(FEMA)
Terry Hillig
(St. Louis Post
Dispatch)
Rep. Elaine
Nekritz
(no award)
2011
Mike Stufin
(City of
Ottawa)
Paul Osman
Village of
Montgomery
City of Machesney Park
Ottawa
(no award)
Rich Roths
2012
Chad Murray
City of
Metropolis
Hank DeHaan
Matt Hunn
(USACE)
Dundee
Township
Southern IL
Univ., Natural
Hazards
Research
Group
Village of
South Holland
(no award)
(no award)
2013
Lake County
SMC
Sarah
Harbaugh
DuPage
County
Stormwater
Management
City of
Champaign
River Action
(Quad Cities)
(no award)
Pat Glithero
2014
Mary Lou
Kalsted (Village of Lisle),
Bob Mack
(Cook County
DOT)
Matt Wahl
(Peoria
County)
Darren Olsen
Molly O’Toole
Center for
Neighborhood
Technology
(no award)
(no award)
DuPage
County
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Thursday Schedule
8:009:00
Redbird F & G
9:0010:10
Redbird C & D
Registration, Exhibits & Continental Breakfast
Plenary Session
Chicago Public Schools Space to Grow: A Multi-Agency Program
The Prairie Research Institute
10:10- Redbird F & G
10:30 Break & Exhibits
10:30- Redbird E
Noon 1A: NFIP 101 & CRS
101
Basics of the National
Flood Insurance
Program
Basics of CRS: the
Community Rating
System Program
Redbird B
1B: Unsteady
Modeling
Roundtable
Discussion
Redbird A
1C: Regulations
Cook County
Watershed Mgmt.
Ordinance: Overview
of Permit Compliance
Resources
The Urban Flood
Awareness Act
Beaufort
1D: Water Table
Demonstration
Noon- Redbird C & D
Lunch
1:30
ICC Resident’s Success Stories
1:303:00
Redbird E
2A: Mitigation
in Action
Taking “Action”
Through Risk MAP
Action Discovery
Projects
State of Illinois Flood
Risk Symposium
Report
3:003:20
Redbird F & G
3:204:50
Redbird E
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Redbird A
Response
Performing a Flood
Study During a
Record Flood
Planning for Resilient
Communities
Monitoring Urban
Stormwater
Engineering BMPs
Detention Basin
Retrofits and Stream
Restoration
Beaufort
Field Tour
Green Infrastructure
Development on
Kickapoo Creek
Note: 1:30 - 4:50 pm
Break & Exhibits
3A: Outreach
Planning & Promoting Stormwater
Programs
Using Good Communications in Reaching
Stormwater Management Goals
IDNR/ISWS Pilot
Floodplain Risk Assessment Effort in the
Rockford Area
4:506:30
Redbird B
2B: Flood Resiliency 2C: Best
Managmenet
Web Tools for PlanPractices (BMPs)
ning Flood Hazard
Redbird D, F, & G
Redbird C
3B: Collaborative
Project Funding
Regional Stormwater
Storage for Round
Lake Village
Using Risk-Based
Stormwater Asset
Management
Collaborative Solution to Briar Ridge
Storm Sewer
Improvement
Social Hour & Exhibits
Redbird A
Redbird B
Using 2D Modeling
to Analyze Urban
Flooding
Grid Size and Time
Step Selection for 2D
Stormwater Modeling
Elgin’s Bluff City
Combined Sewer
Oververflow
Separation
Introduction to
Uptown Normal
Wetlands & A Brief
Traffic Circle Best
History of Wetlands
Managment Practices
Regulations
In-Stream Construction and Bank Protection: Lessons Learned
3C: 2D Modeling
3D: Wetlands
Beaufort
Field Tour
Friday Schedule
7:309:00
Redbird G
9:0010:10
Redbird C & D
IAFSM Board of Directors Meeting
Plenary Session
Regional Flood Coalition, North-Central Illinois
10:10- Break
10:30
10:30- Redbird G
Noon 4A: Insurance
This Letter From my
Bank Says I Need
Flood Insurance and
my Insurance Agent
Says It’s Expensive!
Recent Legislation &
Upcoming Changes
The Risk Conversation: Engaging the
Insurance Agent
Redbird F
Redbird B
Redbird E
Classification (LSAC):
Now What?
A Flowing River
Again: Removing Des
Plaines River Dams
1&2
William G. Stratton
Lock & Dam Improvements
Golf Course Master
Plan & RenovationDeveloping a Greenways Plan
Kicking Asphalt to
the Curbs: Woodridge
School District’s
Green Campus
Initiative
Drones for Floodplain
Management, Engineering, & Surveying
In-Situ Combustion
to Treat Floodplain
Soils
4B: Dams & Levees 4C: Green
Initiatives
Levee Safety Action
4D: Technology &
Innovation
Noon- Redbird C & D
Lunch & Awards
1:30
1:303:00
Redbird G
5A: Grants
5B: Local Resiliency 5C: Planning Tools
Redbird B
Redbird F
Redbird E
The Challenge of an
IDNR/OWR
Mitigation Grant
Coordinating
Mitigation Buyouts
Effective Use of
FEMA Hazard
Mitigation Grants:
Pearl City Case Study
The Rapid Assistance
Flood Team (RAFT)
LaSalle County’s
Modern Industrial
Revolution & Evolution of Floodplain
Managment
Surviving the
Community
Assistance Visit (CAV)
A New Perspective on
Stormwater Master
Planning
A Sustainable
Approach to Flood
Control Planning &
Design
A Planning Tool to
Improve Water
Quality in Watersheds
A Project Prioritization Scheme for
Watershed Assessments
Engineering
Considerations for
Large Wood in River
Restoration Projects
Pine Dunes Wetlands
Mitigation Area
5D: Wetlands
Beaufort
Field Tour of 2
Sites
Fairview Park Stream
Restoration on the
West Branch of Sugar
Creek
BNWRD CSO Lagoon
Note: 1:30 - 4:30 pm
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