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Workshop: Meeting the O&M Challenges of Sustaining Green Infrastructure
Olathe, Kansas – September 11, 2009

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

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