UTILITIES AND PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY

COMMITTEE

Congress Meeting Summary

September 8, 2007

Participants:Shawn O’Keefe, Outgoing Chair

Monty Zimmerman, Incoming Chair

Patty Hilderbrand, At Large Director

Mark Andraka, member

Roger Buell, outgoing member

Ron Martinez, incoming member

Don Reid, member

Jay Spurgin, member

Staff:Carol Estes, Liaison

1.Call to Order- Shawn O’Keefe called the meeting to order at 1:00p.m. central daylight time.

2.Welcome and Self-introductions – Members introduced themselves to incoming member Ron Martinez. Roger Buell was thanked for his many years of service on the UPROW committee

3.Expectations of Committee members – Shawn O’Keefe reviewed the expectations of committee members memorandum available in the packets.

All members were asked to please be available for the prearranged conference calls and notify staff ahead of time when they will not be available.

4.Meeting Summary of August 1, 2007 – Approved

5.At-Large Director – Patty Hilderbrand updated the committee on Board activities. Highlights included:

  • Membership stands at over 29,000
  • The new Board of Directors roster is posted on the website.
  • The Board will review the proposal for the blueprint for certification at the September 12 meeting
  • Appointments have been made for the 2007-2008 year
  • Chapters utilizing the APWA chapter website template now have the ability to process credit cards
  • The 10th anniversary of the accreditation program will be celebrated during congress
  • The L & M committee will announce the new EmergingLeadersAcademy program
  • The Certified Public Infrastructure Inspector Program will launch at Congress and online on September 8
  • The call for presentations for Congress 2008 will end September 30

6.Annual Report – Shawn O’Keefe reviewed the annual report as submitted to the Board of Directors.

7.Subcommittee Reports

Right of Way Management – Roger Buell reported that the group would be meeting on Wednesday, September 12, from 8:00 am to 10:00 am at Congress. Roger asked to remain on the subcommittee. Jay Spurgin will be the new liaison to the UPROW committee.

Construction Practices – Shawn O’Keefe reported that the subcommittee would meet Sunday, September 8, 3:00 to 5:00 pm at Congress jointly with the GIROW subcommittee. Shawn will remain the liaison to the subcommittee.

OCSI –It was reported that OCSI would be making a presentation at Congress on Tuesday, September 11, from 3:45 to 5:00 pm. Larry Engler will continue as the OCSI liaison to the URPOW committee

GIROW –Mark Andraka reported that the committee is scheduling conference calls for the coming year

The committee membership changed and Monty Zimmerman took over as chair

8.Adoption of the 2007/2008 Business Plan – The committee made some changes to the draft Business Plan for 2007/2008 and adopted the revised plan

9.Update of Congress 2008 Topics – Guaranteed Session Topics that are expected include:

OCSI – Bill Balin will submit a guaranteed session by September 30

R/W Management - State Cable Franchise Update: State of the Art or State of War?

GIROW – GPS

Construction Practices – Nashville’s Pavement Management Research

CGA submittal (open competition) – 811 Final implementation

10.Discussion of the need for a combined meeting – There was a general discussion of the need for a combined meeting. The consensus was that it is good to have a time when all the technical committees could meet to discuss potential collaborative efforts and that it would be more beneficial than making presentations to the HOD. The committee would like to find out what projects the HOD works on and see a current business plan.

11. Set date and hour for future conference calls – The committee decided to keep the conference calls on the first Wednesday of the month at 2 pm Central which is the current schedule.

12.Uprow related sessions – Monty Zimmerman reviewed the scheduled for UPROW related education sessions and subcommittee meetings.

The next conference call is Wednesday, October 3, at 3:00 pm Eastern, 2:00 pm Central, 1:00 pm Mountain, 12:00 pm Pacific Daylight time

The meeting adjourned at 5:00 pm Central Daylight time

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