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Hello Central Florida Branch Members! This year has gone by so fast, and my term as the Chair is coming to an end in just a few short days! We had an acve fall kicking it off in September with our Branch Meeng and social at the Main Event in Orlando. We had so much fun bowling and playing video games, that we decided to make that an annual event. Then in October, we had a lunch-n-learn in Viera where Mike Wahlstedt of TranSystems presented on the 2 nd ever Diverging Diamond in the state located in Brevard County. We also had a small group volunteer at Give Kids the World on October 13. In November, we went to the UCF vs. Cincinna football game, not to menon the pre-game tailgang going on! December was our Holiday Meeng at Taverna Opa restaurant where we indulged in all the food and it was AMAZING!! A definite place to go back to! I would be remiss not to menon their belly dancer and our one and only Chair-elect, David Wilkison, dancing on the table! We have video to prove it… View Video. (Sorry, David… not really!) Then in January 2019 Chad Rishar and John Gilreath of DRMP presented on a Post-Hurricane Irma flood abatement project and Cate Thompson from ADS presented on flexible and rigid stormwater conveyance systems and gave us all a comprehensive tour of their plant in Winter Garden. On February 27, Raquel Floyd presented on controlling project risk through scheduling best pracces. Lastly, the Public Works Expo hosted by the Florida Chapter is going on as I write this arcle - April 15-19 in Daytona Beach, FL. The event started with the Central Florida Branch Scholarship Fundraiser Golf Tournament at the Spruce Creek Country Club located at 1900 County Club Drive, Port Orange, FL 32128. Then a variety of Technical Sessions designed to sharpen your skills, maximize producon and keep you on the cung edge of emerging technologies and products, as well as aend the Trade Show where you can acquire new tools, ps and techniques from the leading suppliers and manufacturers in the Public Works industry! Details and pictures of our last year are included in this newsleer. It has been a pleasure serving as the Chair for the Central Florida Branch this past year, and I am excited to serve as the Past Chair along side the upcoming officers. Note that our Vice Chair posion is currently vacant and we will be searching for an enthusiasc person to fill that role. Please contact me if you are interested! Please welcome in our 2019-2020 Officers: District Mike McCabe, P.E., Representave Melbourne Tillman Water Control District Chair David Wilkison, P.E., DRMP Chair-Elect Jusn Hetu, City of Kissimmee Vice Chair Vacant Secretary Angela Lawrence, Atkins N.A. Treasurer Althea Parrish, City of Sanford Past-Chair Elia Twigg, P.E., Consor Engineers Sincerely, Elia Twigg, P.E. Central Florida Branch Chair Young Professionals Membership Special Offer Expires April 30th See Page 13 for details Inside this issue: 2018/2019 Officers 2 GKTW Landscaping Volunteer Day 3 APWA Scholarship Cruise 2020 4 Upcoming Events 6 Past Lunch-n-Learns 7 Branch Summer Meeting at Main Event 8 National Public Works Week #NPWW 10 Current Membership Totals and New Members 11 Officers and Committee Chairs 12 All About APWA 13 April 2019 CONTACT Angela Lawrence Newsletter Editor [email protected] 407.806.4203 Chairman’s Message The Central Florida Branch includes Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Volusia Counties Winter/Spring Edition
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Hello Central Florida Branch Members! This year has gone by so fast, and my term as the Chair is coming to an end in just a few short days! We had an active fall kicking it off in September with our Branch Meeting and social
at the Main Event in Orlando. We had so much fun bowling and playing video games, that we decided to make that an annual event. Then in October, we had a lunch-n-learn in Viera where Mike Wahlstedt of TranSystems presented on the 2nd ever Diverging Diamond in the state located in Brevard County. We also had a small group volunteer at Give Kids the World on October 13. In November, we went to the UCF vs. Cincinnati football game, not to mention the pre-game tailgating going on! December was our Holiday Meeting at Taverna Opa restaurant where we indulged in all the food and it was AMAZING!! A definite place to go back to! I would be remiss not to mention their belly dancer and our one and only Chair-elect, David Wilkison, dancing on the table! We have video to prove it… View Video. (Sorry, David…not really!) Then in January 2019 Chad Rishar and John Gilreath of DRMP presented on a Post-Hurricane Irma flood abatement project and Cate Thompson from ADS presented on flexible and rigid stormwater conveyance systems and gave us all a comprehensive tour of their plant in Winter Garden. On February 27, Raquel Floyd presented on controlling project risk through scheduling best practices.
Lastly, the Public Works Expo hosted by the Florida Chapter is going on as I write this article - April 15-19 in Daytona Beach, FL. The event started with the Central Florida Branch Scholarship Fundraiser Golf Tournament at the Spruce Creek Country Club located at 1900 County Club Drive, Port Orange, FL 32128. Then a variety of Technical Sessions designed to sharpen your skills, maximize production and keep you on the cutting edge of emerging technologies and products, as well as attend the Trade Show where you can acquire new tools, tips and techniques from the leading suppliers and manufacturers in the Public Works industry! Details and pictures of our last year are included in this newsletter. It has been a pleasure serving as the Chair for the Central Florida Branch this past year, and I am excited to serve as the Past Chair along side the upcoming officers. Note that our Vice Chair position is currently vacant and we will be searching for an enthusiastic person to fill that role. Please contact me if you are interested! Please welcome in our 2019-2020 Officers:
District Mike McCabe, P.E., Representative Melbourne Tillman Water Control District
Chair David Wilkison, P.E., DRMP
Chair-Elect Justin Hetu, City of Kissimmee
Vice Chair Vacant
Secretary Angela Lawrence, Atkins N.A.
Treasurer Althea Parrish, City of Sanford
Past-Chair Elia Twigg, P.E., Consor Engineers Sincerely, Elia Twigg, P.E. Central Florida Branch Chair
Young
Professionals Membership
Special Offer
Expires April 30th See Page 13 for
details
Inside this issue:
2018/2019 Officers 2
GKTW Landscaping
Volunteer Day 3
APWA Scholarship
Cruise 2020 4
Upcoming Events 6
Past Lunch-n-Learns 7
Branch Summer
Meeting at Main
Event
8
National Public
Works Week
#NPWW
10
Current
Membership Totals
and New Members
11
Officers and
Committee Chairs 12
All About APWA 13
April 2019
CONTACT Angela Lawrence
Newsletter Editor [email protected]
407.806.4203
Chairman’s Message
The Central Florida Branch includes Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole and
Volusia Counties
Winter/Spring Edition
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2018 - 2019
Central Florida Branch Officers
Secretary
Angela Lawrence Operations Coordinator Atkins North America
Treasurer
Althea Parrish Utility Coordinator
City of Sanford
Elia Twigg Sr. Project Engineer
Consor Engineers, Inc.
Chair
Justin Hetu Public Education Coordinator
City of Kissimmee Public Works
Vice Chair
Mike McCabe Deputy District Engineer Melbourne-Tillman Water
Control District
District Representative
David Wilkison Division Manager
DRMP, Inc.
Chair-Elect
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APWA Central Florida Branch
proudly supports GKTW!
2019 Dates To Be Announced
If interested in attending our next Volunteer Day, please contact our
Volunteer Chair, Justin Hetu at [email protected]
Central Florida Branch supports Give Kids the World Quarterly Landscape Work Day! The CFB organizes a quarterly Landscape Work Day in which we work for half of the day (8:00am-
12:00pm) planting flowers in two of the landscaping beds in the Village. These landscaping beds surround
the Castle of Miracles, which includes the Star Tower, one of the most reverent places in the entire village.
The Give Kids the World Village was founded in 1986 to provide a week of paradise for families of children
afflicted with terminal or life-
threatening diseases when
they get their wish of visiting
Walt Disney World and other
Central Orlando attractions.
The team has a great time
planting flowers and making
the village even more
beautiful for the visitors. We
look forward to the next
work day which will be
announced soon. We hope
that more of our Branch
members can attend to
support this great
organization here in Central
Florida!
For Information on how to
become a volunteer, please
contact Justin Hetu, City of
Kissimmee via email at:
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Central Florida Branch
Upcoming Events
CFB Membership Meeting Date: May 23, 2019
Time: 5:00pm-8:30pm
Location: (Waterford Lakes, Orlando)
Give Kids the World Volunteer
Landscape Day Date: June 2019
Time: 7:30am-12:00pm *Lunch Provided
Location: Kissimmee, FL
CFB Membership Meeting Date: September 2019
Time: 5:00pm-8:30pm)
Location Main Event, Orlando, FL
UCF Football Tailgating Social &
Membership Meeting Date: November 2019
Time: TBA
Location: UCF Football Arena, Orlando
CFB Holiday Membership Meeting Date: December 6, 2018
Time: 6:00pm—til…
Location: (Sanford, FL) TBD
Lunch-n-Learn Date: June 5, 2019
Time: 11:30am-1:00pm
Location: Sebastian/Vero Beach
Subject: TBA
Lunch-n-Learn Date: June 2019
Time: 11:30am-1:00pm
Location: City of Windermere, FL
Subject: Pedestrian Safety
Lunch-n-Learn Date: July 2019
Time: 11:30am-1:00pm
Location: Sanford, FL
Subject: TBA
Lunch-n-Learn Date: October 2019
Time: 11:30am-1:00pm
Location: Pizza Gallery & Grill, Viera, FL
Subject: Viera Development
Networking and Social Events Educational Opportunities
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Educational & Technical
Lunch-n-Learns
Diverging Diamond—Viera, FL
On October 10, 2018 at the Pizza Gallery & Grill in Viera (Brevard County), we were treated to a great presentation on
the planning and design of the Diverging Diamond Interchange
(DDI) currently under construction at Viera Blvd. and I-95 in
Brevard County. Mike Wahlstedt, Leader of the Traffic
Engineering and Planning Group at TranSystems, presented on
the Viera Diverging Diamond Interchange (DDI). Mike spoke
about the planning and design of the Viera DDI and other DDI’s
and creative interchanges TranSystems has designed throughout the U.S. The DDI at I-95 and Viera Road will be the second in
Florida to open to traffic and several others are in various stages
of planning and design in Florida. This event was well attended
by individuals from several municipalities in Brevard County as
well as the consulting community. A special thanks to Steve
Wigle of WSP for arranging for Mike to speak to us, and to our
two sponsors – TranSystems and The Viera Company. The
sponsorships allowed us to offer our attendees a free lunch and professional development hours.
Bradford County Flood Abatement after Hurricane
Irma Utilizing NRCS Funding
On January 17, 2019 at the City of Edgewater, Chad Rishar and
John Gilreath of DRMP provided a very interesting presentation
on how DRMP assisted Bradford County to accomplish an
important Post-Hurricane Irma flood abatement project with
grants from NRCS and the Suwannee River Water Management
District. DRMP teamed with the County Sheriff’s Department
to develop innovative workflows to plan, design, permit, and administer the construction of the improvements to County’s
waterways. Advanced GIS techniques coupled with on-the-
ground knowledge provided the selected contractor a plan to
access and remove great quantities of fallen vegetation that was
clogging the waterways after Hurricane Irma. The event was
well attended by Public Works officials and the consulting
community. A special thanks to our sponsor, DRMP, and our
host, The City of Edgewater. Thanks to our sponsor, we were able to offer our membership a free lunch and professional
development hours.
Flexible and Rigid Stormwater Conveyance Systems
On January 30, 2019, Cate Thompson from ADS began the meeting with a presentation on how HDPE & Polypropylene
meet FDOT’s 100-year
design service life, and
how thermoplastic pipe is
made and the
performance-based
standards that FDOT uses
to accept newly installed pipe. The presentation
was extremely informative
and was followed by a
tour of their Winter
Garden plant where we
learned about their quality control process and how they make
several kinds of pipe. A special thanks goes to Cate and her
ADS team for sponsoring the lunch and learn and for giving the attendees the opportunity to earn 2 professional development
hours. Also, thanks to the City of Edgewater for providing the
meeting location.
Control Project Risk Through Scheduling
On February 27, 2019 at Volusia County, Raquel Floyd, PSP, E.I.
from Rock Solid Solutions presented on how to minimize risk
for both the owner and contractor. She shared best practices
from over $7B in projects and over 400 project schedules,
varying from public works projects to heavy industrial to
specialty to high end private. Raquel shared many real-life
stories and addressed the outline of a successful project,
including owner contract requirements, work flow processes and “telling the story” through proactive project management.
Thanks to Rock Solid Solutions for providing the lunch and for
giving the attendees the opportunity to earn a professional
development hour. And, thank you to Volusia County for
providing a great meeting space.
2018-2019 Past Lunch-n-Learns
CFB Summer Branch Meeting
CFB Rocks the Main Event!
Our summer business meeting and social event was at the Main
Event Entertainment in Orlando on September 27, 2018. The
event included dinner, bowling and a $10.00 funcard for arcade
games. The bowling competition was steep, the top scorer had a
152! Then we continued the competitive nature with a few arcade
games, air hockey, basketball, etc. Overall, it was a lot of fun,
and we plan to do it again.
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National Public Works Week May 19-25, 2019
This year’s theme is “It Starts Here” Infrastructure, Mobility, Security, and Healthy Communities all start
with Public Works! Please be sure to celebrate NPWW this year. For information and resources go to:
https://npww.apwa.net/
Order your NPWW Poster Today!! Click Here
Announce your Proclamations and share
your events on social media using #NPWW.
You can post to the CFB Facebook
Feel free to submit photographs and details
of your NPWW events. All submissions will
be included in our next newsletter. Send
information to:
Angela Lawrence
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Central Florida Branch
Membership
BranchTotal
Members
Big Bend 61
Central 278
Emerald Coast 49
Gold Coast 128
Northeast 77
Santa Fe 118
South Florida 243
Southwest 136
Sun Coast 118
Treasure Coast 42
West Coast 313
Name Title Company
Kevin R. Jobes (blank) Terracon
Mike Watson Construction Engineering Manager CITY OF ORANGE CITY
Mr. Brett F. Burgess Student University of Central Florida
Mr. Daniel James Stenseth Student University of Central Florida
Mr. Frank Watanabe Eng Division Mgr City of Palm Bay
Mr. GARY AYIK PUBLIC WORKS SUPT. CITY OF ORANGE CITY
Mr. Ken Todd Development Manager Cardno Inc
Mr. Kirt A. Guidry Territory Manager Crown Technology LLC
Mr. Michael Crawford Municipal Sales Manager Kenworth of Central Florida
Mr. Michael Desvernine Project Manager Engineered Spray Solutions
Mr. Michael McCormick B & M Supervisor City of New Smyrna Beach
Mr. Michael Will iam Buda Student University of Central Florida
Mr. Raul Palenzuela City Engineer CITY OF ORANGE CITY
Mr. Storm Kazmierczak Assistant County Engineer Volusia County
Mr. Tracy Hodge Operations Foreman City of Palm Bay
Mr. Vaughan Nilson Public Works Director Town of Montverde
Ms. Abigail Diaz Asst City Engineer City of Cocoa
Ms. Natalie Shaber Environmental Eng City of Palm Bay
Ms. Robin E. Bain Utilities Manager City of Ormond Beach
Stephanie McClain Special Projects Coordinator Volusia County
Tadd Kasbeer County Engineer Volusia County
Travis Terpstra Civil Engineer III Volusia County
Florida Membership
Totals by Branch
Welcome to our Newest Members!
How does your membership help others?
Your support helps APWA efforts to champion policies which create livable communities and economic growth
on behalf of all levels of government. Eight percent (8%) of APWA's total operating budget is allocated toward
advocacy-related programs, including staff salaries. APWA’s public policy objectives are guided by these
principles:
• Support for adequate investment in public infrastructure.
• Respect for local authority.
• Reasonable regulations and protection from unfunded mandates.
• Support for streamlining government oversight.
• Support for sustainability and environmental stewardship.
The Central Florida Branch would like to THANK all of our current members and
WELCOME all of our NEW members who joined APWA during this quarter. We
would like to encourage input on how we can make our Branch better and we can
better provide you with better educational meetings and events. Please contact any-
one listed on the back page of this Newsletter. And we always have room for more
folks on our Branch Executive Committee.
The Branch is only as good as WE as a TEAM make it!
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Officers
Committee Chairs
Chairman Elia Twigg
[email protected] Treasurer
Althea Parrish [email protected]
Chair-Elect David Wilkison
[email protected] Secretary Angela Lawrence
Vice Chair Justin Hetu
[email protected] District V
Representative Mike McCabe
Awards Althea Parrish [email protected]
Young Professionals
Robert Lawler [email protected]
Volunteer Justin Hetu
[email protected] Education & Technical
Mike McCabe [email protected]
Past Chairman
Scott Martin [email protected]
Newsletter Angela Lawrence [email protected]
Membership Elia Twigg
[email protected] Rodeo Vacant
Scholarship Paul Moore
APWA 2018-2019 Central Florida Branch Officers & Committee Chairs
Winter/Spring
The Central Florida Branch would like to THANK all of our current members and
WELCOME all of our NEW members who joined APWA during this quarter. We
would like to encourage input on how we can make our Branch better and we can
better provide you with better educational meetings and events. Please contact any-
one listed on the back page of this Newsletter. And we always have room for more
folks on our Branch Executive Committee.
The Branch is only as good as WE as a TEAM make it!
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