Monday, August 22, 2016 1:00 5:00p.m. NAFSMA Leadership Meeting West 2:00 5:00p.m. Registration/Hospitality Desk Pavilion Foyer Stop By and Check-In Early! Tuesday, August 23, 2016 7:30 a.m. Registration Continental Breakfast Pavilion Foyer 8:30 a.m. GENERAL SESSION NAFSMA Welcome Tim Richards, NAFSMA President, Deputy City Engineer, City of Charlotte Local Welcome Moderator: Reed Wagner, Multnomah County Drainage District Hon. Earl Blumenauer, U.S. Representative, Oregon s Third District Hon. Jules Bailey, Commissioner, Multnomah County, Oregon Col Jose Aguilar, Commander, Portland District, USACE Northwest Division Michael Jordan, Director, City of Portland, Bureau of Environmental Services 10:00 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. State & Regional Perspectives on Critical Water Resource Issues Moderator: Tim Richards, NAFSMA President, City of Charlotte. Deputy City Engineer Chad Berginnis, Executive Director, Association of State Floodplain Managers Kristin Meira, Executive Director, Pacific Northwest Waterways Association Steve Barton, Chief, Columbia Basin Water Management Division, US Army Corps of Engineers - Columbia River Treaty Noon Lunch on Your Own 1:30 pm GENERAL SESSION Local-Federal Partnership Successes Moderator: Sunny Simpkins, Multnomah County Drainage District Beaver Management in Stormwater Projects Nancy Hendrickson, Columbia Watersheds Manager, City of Portland, Bureau of Environmental Services Columbia River Operations & Flood Management Julie Ammann, PE, Chief, Reservoir Control Center, USACE, Northwestern Division 2:30 p.m. Break 3:00 p.m. Legal Session Current Legal Issues in Flood, Floodplain and Water Quality Management Moderator: Julie Lemmon, Attorney at Law Chris Amantea, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson Karin M. Jacoby, P.E., Senior Counsel, Husch Blackwell LLP Scott Shapiro, Partner, Downey Brand LLP 5:30 p.m. Welcome Reception Skyline I (All Attendees Welcome Attendee s Guests Welcome with Fee)
Wednesday, August 24, 2016 7:30 a.m. Flood Management Committee Meeting Broadway Rooms 9:00 a.m. GENERAL SESSION Federal Water Resources Outlook Moderator: Mark Pestrella, NAFSMA Treasurer, LA County Department of Public Works NAFSMA Recognition of Steve Stockton Keynote: Hon. Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) 9:30 a.m. The Next Four Years: Is the Nation Going to Take Urban Flooding Seriously? Roy Wright, Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance and Mitigation, FEMA 10:00 a.m. Break 10:15 a.m. Presentations and Dialogue with Federal Water Resources Officials Moderator: Steve Fitzgerald, NAFSMA Vice President James C. Dalton, Director of Civil Works, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Colonel Kirk Gibbs, Commander, LA District, USACE David Maurstad, Assistant Administrator for Federal Insurance, FEMA Deborah Nagle, Division Director, Water Permits Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency NOAA Official to be announced Noon Skyline I/II Floodplain Management Committee Meeting/Luncheon 1:30 p.m. FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT GENERAL SESSION Moderator: Janet Bly, NAFSMA Treasurer, Miami Conservancy, Dayton, OH Update on Technical Mapping Advisory Committee and Other Critical Mapping Issues Luis Rodriguez, Director, Engineering and Modeling Division, FEMA David Mallory, NAFSMA Floodplain Management Chair, Urban Drainage and Flood Control District, Denver, CO The Community Perspective on the NFIP Journey Priscilla Scruggs, Director, Communications and Management Division, FEMA
Cooperating Technical Partners: Looking to Tomorrow Laura Algeo, National CTP Program Coordinator, Engineering Services Branch, FEMA 3:30 p.m. Oregon Biological Opinion Update and Discussion Moderator: Chal Martin, NAFSMA Director, City of Bremerton, WA Mark Carey, Director, Mitigation Division, FEMA Region 10 Kaitlin Lovell, Senior Manager, Division of Science, Fish and Wildlife, City of Portland Jim Rue, Director, Department of Land Conservation and Development, State of Oregon 4:30 p.m. Adjourn for the Day 5:30 p.m. Special Evening Dinner Event Portland Museum of Art Short walk from the Hotel (All Registered Attendees Welcome Fee for Attendee Guests Paid in Advance Dress Business - Cocktail)
Thursday, August 25, 2016 7:30 a.m. Stormwater Management Committee Meeting Skyline I/II 9:00 a.m. FLOOD MANAGEMENT GENERAL SESSION Moderator: Steve Graham, NAFSMA Flood Management Committee Chair, San Antonio River Authority WRRDA 2014 Guidance/Implementation & Other Planning & Policy Initiatives Theodore Tab Brown, Chief of Planning and Policy, USACE HQ Levee Safety Issues, Including Section 408 Issues Tammy L. Conforti, PE,, Special Assistant for Levee Safety, USACE HQ Waters of the US & Nationwide Permits Update David B. Olson, Regulatory Program, USACE HQ Flood Risk Management Update Mark Roupas, Deputy Chief, Office of Homeland Security, USACE HQ 11:00 a.m. NAFSMA Business Meeting Led by NAFSMA President Tim Richards, Vice President Steve Fitzgerald and Executive Director, Susan Gilson Noon Grand Ballroom 1 2016 Awards Luncheon Excellence in Communications and Green Infrastructure in Stormwater Management Awards 2:00 p.m. Stormwater Management Session Moderator: Jennifer Smith, NAFSMA Stormwater Committee Chair, City of Charlotte, NC Remand Rule, Other EPA Stormwater Management Critical Issues Deborah Nagle, Director, Permits Division, U.S. EPA Puget Sound Cleanup Issues Peter Murchie, U.S. EPA Region 10 3:00 p.m. Break Moderator: Ken MacKenzie, NAFSMA Stormwater Management Committee Chair, Urban Drainage and Flood Control District Freshwater Trust Alex H. Johnson, Freshwater Solutions Director, The Freshwater Trust
Clean Water Services 2016 Tree for All Program (Water Quality Trading Program) Bruce Roll, Watershed Management Director, Clean Water Services, Hillsboro, OR Water Environment Research Foundation Projects Update Harry Zhang, Water Environment and Reuse Foundation 4:30 p.m. Formal Sessions Adjourn Friday, August 26, 2016 8:00 a.m. Tour of Portland s Stormwater Management Green Infrastructure Projects Optional No Extra Charge 12:30 p.m. NAFSMA Local Wine Tasting Tour Bus will leave from hotel at 12:30 p.m. and will visit two-three local wineries with wine tastings in Dundee, Oregon, returning about 7 p.m. There is an additional fee for this tour