Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 05-08-2007 regular agenda — reading text

map below). To date we have successfully implemented over 20 programs, with several more still in consideration or development. Our Project Manager, John Ferris, is a nationally recognized expert in stormwater utilities having completed over 60 projects. At the 2006 APWA International Public Works Congress and Exposition in Kansas City, Missouri his presentation " Develop a Legal and Equitable Stormwater Utility" described the characteristics of a legally defensible stormwater utility based on the summary of the findings of over 40 cases. 41ft Earth Tech Experience John Ferris' Experience  Engineering/ Consulting Services, Stormwater Utility Study, RFP 07- 113 mn~land Hourly Rates Key Per~;(: Project Organization Chart Project Tearn John F~ rri$, PE, PH, is a stormwater utility specialist. and a registered professicmalengineer in the State of Florida. Mr. Ferris, who will serve as Earth Tech' s Project Manager and primary contact foclhlsproj~ct, is responsible for Earth Tech' s Stormwater Utility service line. He offers the City of Fort Walton Beach the experience gained from partic nQi e; 1rlY50stormwae utility studies. in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, . lndiani;1, Louisi;1na, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin. He assists in drafting stormwater utility enabling legislation and provides expert testimony for stormwater utility litigation. Mr. Ferris developed innovative techniques that enabled the use of the valuable parcel- specific data residing ina communities' property appraiser' s files to build the detailedparcel- by- parceFQatabase required for the stormwater utility, along with recommendations for staffinQ. organizational modifications to the client' s Stormwater and of complex Manag~ ment . Program. This hands- on experience with dozens data files is a major advantage in the successful property< appraiser' s of the of Fort Walton Beach stormwater utility. Following is a implementation City list of John' s clients.  Engineering/ Consulting Services, Stormwater Utility Study, RFP 07- 113 Port S1. Lucie, FL Appleton, WI WI Manatee Co., FL Sarasota, FL Brown Deer, WI New Berlin, WI Sarasota Co., FL West Palm Beach, FL Brown Deer, WI N. Fond du Lac, WI Volusia Co., FL Winter Park, FL Butler, WI Oshkosh, WI Cape Coral, FL Athens- Clarke Co., GA Cudahy, WI Platteville, WI Daytona6each, FL Augusta, GA Delafield, WI Racine, WI Dunedin, FL Hinesville, GA Eau Claire, WI S1. Francis, WI Jacksonville 6each, FL San Diego Co., CA Fond du Lac, WI sheboygan, WI Kissimmee, FL DeKalb, IL Grafton, WI Waunakee, WI Melbourne, FL Bloomington, IN Green Bay, WI West Allis, WI Miarni, FL Jefferson Parish, LA Greenfield, WI Weston, WI Oakland Park, FL Bedford, TX LaCrosse, WI Ocala, FL Gainesville, TX Lake Delton, WI Chuck Boehm, PE, is a senior project engineer and senior project manager. He has over 10 years of experience working with communities in developing and implementing stormwater utilities and management programs. Mr. Boehm has participated in or managed several stormwater utility studies and implementation projects. He was the project manager for the City of Augusta, Georgia Stormwater Feasibility Study. The Greenfield City engineer selected Mr. Boehm to champion their stormwater utility program because of his wide range of stormwater utility experience and excellent track record and direct knowledge of their local stormwater issues. Fitchburg, WI Marshfield, WI Sheboygan, WI Augusta, GA Grafton, WI New Berlin, WI South Milwaukee, WI BrownDeer, WI Greenfield, WI Oshkosh, WI Weston, WI Cudahy, WI Hales Corners, WI Racine, WI Petra Ahoert will provide GIS and database service$ in thedevelqpment of the stormwaterbillingsystem. Ms. Ahnert is a w<;ter e:; il1forrnationmanager plJrce:;;. with a diverse project background in stormwater utilitieS,$ tormwater management plans, and civil designs. Most recently, she has beel"l focu$ ing on all aspects of stormwaterutilities including data file management, .customerutility file creation, billing <system ..integration, informational newsletter creation, and final report preparation. She has worked with several municipalities of various sizes and needs. Additional experience includes GIS applications, CAD, manual drafting, engineering. computations, surveying, construction inspection, materials testing, and$ Pe9ializingin creating high impact presentation graphics. New Berlin, WI S1. Francis, WI Greenfield, WI N. Fond du Lac, WI Sussex, WI Hinesville, GA Hales Corners, WI Oshkosh, WI West Allis, WI Appleton, WI Kenosha, WI Racine, WI Weston, WI Butler,WI Manitowoc, WI Sheboygan, WI Cudahy, WI Marshfield, WI South Milwaukee, WI  Engineering/ Consulting Services, Stormwater Utility Study, RFP 07- 113 Gina Bennett will provide support services for the public information and outreach in the engineering program. Ms. Bennett has over 15 years of experience working and construction fields. Her public involvement experience includes work with Rockdale County on the Salem Road/ SR 162 Corridor Improvements Citizen' s Advisory Committee in Georgia. Ms. Bennett provided assistance during the Athens- Clarke County, Georgia Stormwater Utility Implementation by working with the creative consultants and preparing for and attending public meetings. She also has experience working with the public in town hall meeting forums during her tenure at MARTA. Ms. Bennett provides support to active projects in the areas of public awareness and outreach, media relations, and contract/project administration. She has extensive experience in the preparation of presentations and communication collateral to support public awareness and education. Ms. Bennett interfaces with the public to promote community relations, and she coordinates and conducts project- related meetings. Bill Duffy is an experienced site geologist and on- site project manager in Earth Tech' s Fort Walton Beach office. Mr. Duffy has managed many environmental remediation sites at Tyndall and Eglin Air Force Bases and, in particular, directed remedial construction activities at petroleum sites located on both installations. Stormwater management has been a key consideration in several of these projects involving surface drainage, routing and retention areas, and erosion protection and mitigation. Mr. Duffy also served as the on- site project manager for an emergency response request from the Department of Veteran Affairs for repair of a 48- inch concrete storm drain pipe and outfall/ discharge area conducting stormwater below the Barrancas National Cemetery. This work involved a limited review of the storm drain system at the Pensacola Naval Air Station, a utility within and off-site of the survey with work plan development to repair areas both Cemetery removing hurricane debris which had significantly damaged the area drainage network. In other assignments, Mr. Duffy prepared detailed damage to reports incurred by the Louisiana school system as part of FEMA' s response Hurricane Katrina. Duties included client interaction, development of site specific damage descriptions and work plans, report scheduling and development, training and management of personnel performing assessments, and remediation and construction activities. In supporting other DOD projects Mr. Duffy is well read in federal procurement processes, subcontract procurement, selection and oversight of subcontractors; personnel scheduling, cost tracking and projecting, and client and regulatory coordination. Alexander Macbeth, PG, is a project manager at Earth Tech' s Fort Walton Beach, Florida, location. Mr. Macbeth' s work has required routine involvement and interaction with personnel in the Eglin and Fort Walton Beach communities. He has continuously tracked local issues involving the community' s stormwater improvement proposals and plans for the City of Fort Walton Beach. Serving as a volunteer for the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance, Mr. Macbeth monitors water of quality monthly at seven stormwater outfalls in Cinco Bayou. A large component  Engineering/ Consulting Services, Stormwater Utility Study, RFP 07- 113 this work has been managing sedimentation and erosion control and protection projects on the installation. Mr. Macbeth' s primary role from 2000 to mid- 2005 was serving as chief project manager for the Total Environmental Restoration Contract TERC) 3 and Environmental Restoration Services Contract ( ERSC) at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. He has been working at Eglin and in the community since March 1995. Most of the work has been with the Eglin Installation Restoration Program ( IRP) and has consisted primarily of managing environmental investigations and cleanup at sites whose soils, sediments, surface water, and/ or groundwater have been impacted with a variety of contaminants, including petroleum compounds, pesticides, PCBs, metals, and depleted uranium. The sites have been located both on Eglin' s Main Base and across the Eglin reservation. Environmental sites and/ or conditions have included surface and subsurface disposal zones, oil- water separators, underground and above ground petroleum storage tanks, and small arms firing ranges. Barry Pritchett is an environmental engineer with Earth Tech serving as office also serves as manager for the Fort Walton Beach, Florida, location. Mr. Pritchett project manager for select environmental restoration projects at Eglin Air Force Base and coordinates engineering and environmental field support at Tyndall Air Force Base on an as needed basis. Over the past several years working with the Earth Tech staff in Northwest Florida, Mr. Pritchett has served as project coordinator for several construction related projects including the planned expansion of the Barrancas National Cemetery located at the Pensacola Naval Air Station, and radiological decontamination and demolition of a major alloy fabrication plant at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. Mr. Pritchett is a former officer in the U. S.Army having served with the Corps of Engineers for 20 and construction