2009 Symposium

We are extremely grateful to those who make the Symposium possible. Our Symposium Planning Committee is a driving force behind the success of this annual event.

The 2009 Committee included:

Tracy Boaz, Missouri Department of Conservation
Laura Cohen, The Confluence Partnership
Scott Harding, SCI Engineering, Inc.
Stephen Ibendahl, HNTB
Steve Nagle, East-West Gateway Council of Governments
Anne Lewis, Lewisites, American Society Landscape Architects
Bruce Litszinger, Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District
Cassie Phillips, St. Louis Earth Day
Gene Rovak, Horner & Shifrin, Inc.
Martin Toma, Jefferson Count Government
Charlene Waggoner, Greenway Network
David Wilson, East-West Gateway Council of Governments

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Detailed Program

Thursday, November 12: Conference Agenda

Missouri Botanical Garden, Ridgway Center, 4344 Shaw Blvd. St. Louis, MO

Green infrastructure solutions play an important role in place making for our communities, particularly in new and revitalized public spaces.  The conference gives communities the opportunity to learn first-hand about recent experiences in local projects, the reality of the bottom line, the benefits they provide and the challenges they present to local governments, developers, consultants and the local communities where they are built.

8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 Welcome

  • Tracy Boaz, Board President, St. Louis Earth Day

8:40 Introduction

  • Frank Kartmann, President, Missouri American Water

9:00 Introductory Keynote

  • Dr. Peter H. Raven, President, Missouri Botanical Garden

9:40 Keynote – Creating Sustainable Places

  • Warren T. Byrd, Jr., Principal, Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects

10:30 Break

10:50 How Green Infrastructure Can Thrive in the Current Environment:

Crafting Regulations that Encourage Innovation

  • William K. Berthold, P.E., President, Frontenac Engineering
  • John Grimm, P.E., Principal Engineer, Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District
  • Don Roe,Acting Director Planning and Urban Design Agency, City of St. Louis – presentation
  • Ryan Savage, Project Engineer, Holland Construction

Moderator: David Wilson, Environment & Community Planning, East-West Gateway Council of Governments

12:00 Lunch – Beaumont Room

1:30 Eco-Recovery:  Place Making with Green Infrastructure

  • Richard Shaw, FASLA, Principal and Partner, Design Workshop, Inc., Aspen, CO
  • Mark Felton, Project Manager, URS Corporation, St. Louis, MO
  • Kim Hibbs, President, Hibbs Homes

Moderator: Martin Toma, Director of County Services and Code Enforcement

2:40 Break

3:00 Tackling the Challenges of Stream Dynamics

  • Jeff Smith, P.E., Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District

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