The Summer 2013 edition of APWA Central FL Branch Newsletter is here!

1. Welcome to summer. Who turned on
the heater? Let’s all remember
when working outdoors, that we keep cool, drink
plenty of water (thanks to our utilities for provid-
ing), and wear light loose clothing.
We all had a little early training with the arrival of
Tropical Storm Andrea. Hopefully nothing serious
came from this event but I know we identified
needs that required refinement and procure-
ment. Tasks like inspection and reporting were
important to verify the stormwater system was
unobstructed and operating. Other items includ-
ed office supplies such as flashlights and batteries,
cameras, and portable radios. If you haven’t al-
ready reviewed your inventory of necessary sup-
plies, you should complete this soon so that it is
not discovered when you may have the need.
For those who attended the Chapter’s Annual
Meeting and Trade Show in Jacksonville, I hope
you enjoyed the technical sessions, accommoda-
tions, and networking. I was fortunate to take the
Port of Jacksonville tour and did not realize the
size of this facility. The amount of cargo, lots of
cars, and the cranes to hoist the containers was
impressive. Overall the operation and mainte-
nance of this facility was like a city on its own.
The Branch partnered recently with ASCE/EWRI
for a luncheon on the topic of Challenges in
Stormwater Management in Central Florida. The
event was well attended by many members from
APWA. These joint meetings are an excellent
opportunity to receive technical information as
well as networking. We look forward to partici-
pating in many more as I believe APWA mem-
bers have a lot to provide to the professionals
that are not familiar with the products, methods,
and specifications that we in the Public Works
field deal with daily. I have personally received
inquiries as to which pavement preservation
methods my organization has used, because pri-
vate roadways maintained by Homeowner Asso-
ciations are in need for preservation and the
HOA’s are contacting engineering firms to assist
in the contracting and managing the work.
I want to thank everyone for participating in this
great association and encourage your opinions
and comments on how to improve the
branch. Don’t forget our upcoming events such
as the summer branch meeting Thursday, July 11
at StoneyBrook West Golf Club in Winter Gar-
den, July 18th
ASC E Icebreaker at Orlando Sci-
ence Center, and August 10th
Landscaping Day at
Give Kid the World. All great locations and
events.
Have a safe and prosperous summer.
Chairman’s Message
Special points of
interest:
• Upcoming Events
Page 2
• July 11 CFB Sum-
mer Mtg Page 3
• Project Spotlight:
City of Casselber-
ry Page 8
• National Public
Works Week
Page 10
Inside this issue:
2013-2014 CFB
Officers
2
ASCE Ice Breaker 4
Member of the
Year: Dave Derrick
6
Lake Toho Cleanup 7
Central FL Branch
Awards @ FL
Chapter Meeting
13
Give Kids the
World
14
Joint EWRI/ASCE
Meeting
17
Joint FES Legislative
Meeting
18
CFB Executive
Committee
19
Summer Edition July 2013
The Central Florida Branch includes the counties of
Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Volusia.
CONTACT
Christiane Nelson
(Universal Engineering)
Newsletter Editor
CMNelson
@universalengineering.com
Mike McCabe, PE,
Central Florida
Branch Chairman
Public Works Division
Mgr. City of Palm Bay

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SAVE THE DATE 2013!!
Chair
Mike McCabe, PE
Public Works Division Mgr.
City of Palm Bay
District Representative
Amy Blaida, MPA
Project Coordinator
RS&H Orlando
Treasurer
Althea Parrish
Retired
City of Sanford
Secretary
Angela Lawrence
Operations Coordinator
Atkins
Chair-Elect
Matt LaChance
Project Manager
VHB Orlando
Vice Chair
Amanda Millirons
Assistant Public Works Director
City of Palm Bay
July 18 ASCE IceBreaker *APWA CFB will have a table—come represent with us!
Page 4-5 Orlando Science Center, 777 E. Princeton St., Orlando, FL 32803
2013 /2014 Central Florida Branch Officers
October 26 CFB Branch College Football Social— UCF vs. UConn TIME TBD
@ UCF—details will be released at a later date
August 10 Give Kids the World Quarterly Landscape Day *CFB’s adopted charity
Page 14 Give Kids the World, 210 S. Bass Road, Kissimmee, FL 34746
July 11 CFB Golf Outing & Business Meeting *Speaker: Bill Burns, City of Orlando Public Works
Page 3 Stoneybrook West Golf Club, 15501 Towne Commons Blvd., Winter Park, FL

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WHEN: Thursday, July 11, 2013
12:30—Golf Registration / 1:00pm—Golf Tee Time
6-7pm—Registration / Networking/Dinner
7pm—Dinner / Program
WHERE: Stoneybrook West Golf Club
15501 Towne Commons Blvd.
Winter Garden, FL 34787
SPEAKER: Bill Burns, P.E., Project Manager
City of Orlando, Department of Public Works
TOPIC: APWA Advocacy at the International Federation of Municipal
Engineers (IFME) 17th World Congress on Municipal Engineering
RSVP to Althea Parrish
VIA EMAIL: Parrisha@sanfordϐl.gov
QUESTIONS: Contact Amy Blaida, amy.blaida@rsandh.com or (813) 468-4576
COST GOLF: APWA Members $35/ Non-Members $40
DINNER and PROGRAM : APWA Members $25/ Non-Members $30
*In addition to our usual door prizes, Stoneybrook Offering these great door prizes:
• 16 Complimentary foursome rounds of golf; and
• One 30-minute golf lesson
*We accept Checks and Cash ONLY
*Please make checks payable to “Central FL Branch APWA”
*Please note that you will be billed for no-shows and for cancellations
made after July 8
APWA Central Florida Branch
Summer Business Meeting
MENU
Pork Loin
Chicken Marsala
House Salad
Roasted Potatoes
Mixed Veges
Beverages
Coffee
Directions: From Orlando: 408 West to FL Turnpike; or From Titusville: 528 West to FL Turnpike;
Then 429 South to Exit Stoneybrook West Parkway

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SAVETHE DATE!SAVETHE DATE!
APWA 2013 Congress will be held in Chicago, IL, August 25-28, 2013
The Best Show in Public Works
August 25–28, 2013—McCormick Place, Chicago, IL
For more than 100 years, the APWA InternaƟonal Public Works Congress & ExposiƟon has drawn thousands of public works profes-
sionals from all over the world. If you're like many, you have limited resources for professional development, so you've chosen AP-
WA's Congress as your preferred venue for:
• Outstanding educaƟon sessions that address current public works issues—as well as ongoing challenges. Choose from more
than 125 technical and professional development sessions that will be presented by your colleagues—who will impart their vital
knowledge and experience to you. APWA's educaƟon sessions are based on the very latest learning models—classroom, interacƟve
and "live" learning labs.
• The chance to see an extensive gathering of exhibitors and The Expo Experience that will showcase the latest products, services
and technologies specific to public works. APWA's exhibit floor encompasses nearly 90,000 square feet! Special "non-compete"
hours allow you to visit the floor—uninterrupted.
Congress Overview
APWA's Congress features more than 125 technical and professional development sessions presented by your colleagues and indus-
try vendors. There's no beƩer way to learn than from those who are "in the know." You can earn CEUs and PDHs that will add value
to the informaƟon you learn onsite. The Expo Experience—keeping in line with the impressive size of our host site—will be the BEST
ever!
APWA Central Florida Branch Member of the Year
Dave Derrick, City of Kissimmee Public Works Director &
APWA Central FL Branch Member of the Year 2012/2013!!
David Derrick was born and raised in Buffalo, New York. After graduating from
high school and attending Purdue University, he moved back to western New
York and began working in highway construction. He worked on the Buffalo
light rail project and moved on to the start of his public service career as Assis-
tant Director in Tonawanda, New York, and then Director of Public Works for
the next seven years.
In 1995 he moved to Orlando, Florida, and began his career in Kissimmee. He
has been the Public Works and Engineering Director since 2006. Dave is very innovative and has brought
many new ideas to the City of Kissimmee. These ideas include demo vehicle purchasing, adding numer-
ous roundabouts and the implementation of a complete machine/welding/fabrication shop which services
many municipalities. He is a strong believer in a team concept and is close to all of his team members.
Dave is an avid hockey player and fan and also loves to play golf. However, his biggest passion is giving
back to his community. He helps and supports many charities such as the SPCA, United Way, Help Now,
American Cancer Society, MDS and Junior Achievement. He is also a major supporter of Give Kids the
World, Kissimmee’s incredible “village” for children with life-threatening illnesses. Give Kids the World is
the adopted charity of APWA Central Florida.
Dave is chairman of our Central FL Branch Rodeo Committee and will oversee our first ever event this
fall.

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While the City of Casselberry has been main-
taining its roads and sidewalks for decades,
only in the last five years has it really begun to
take a more rigorous Citywide approach to
comprehensively assess, maintain, repair, and
improve its transportation infrastructure. The
City has approximately 63 miles of City-owned
roads that it must fully maintain. In addition,
through an agreement with FDOT, the City
conducts significant right of way maintenance
for two major State roads that run through its
limits: US 17-92 and SR 436. In 2008, the City
selected the PASER program (Pavement Sur-
face Evaluation and Rating System) to evaluate
and rate its public streets. By 2009, staff com-
pleted an in-house assessment using this sys-
tem, which revealed nearly 75% of the City’s
streets were in need of fixes ranging from
moderate capital preventative maintenance to
major rehabilitation and structural improve-
ments. The City tentatively identified which
streets would likely need full reconstruction,
milling and resurfacing, or a more moderate
treatment such as slurry sealing or microsur-
facing.
However, recognizing that roads do not exist
in a vacuum, and that multi-modal and neigh-
borhood revitalization considerations are also
critically important, in 2010 the City envel-
oped these pavement needs into a Neighbor-
hood Improvement Program. This program
assembled a series of potential projects includ-
ing pavement rehabilitation, bicycle/pedestrian
improvements, sidewalk repairs, street land-
scaping, various aesthetic treatments, and traf-
fic calming. The City was divided into twelve
project “areas” with the idea that improve-
ments would be completed on a neighborhood
-level basis rather than piecemealed across the
City. By 2011, over $15 million worth of capi-
tal improvement and rehabilitation projects
had been identified, and multiple funding options
were explored to potentially fund all or a por-
tion of the improvements over a 10-15 year pe-
riod.
Over ten potential funding sources including
sales tax, gas tax, millage increases, special as-
sessments, the City’s dedicated Tree Fund, and
private funding were considered to fund the
Neighborhood Improvement Program. The City
opted to partially fund the program using exist-
ing funding sources as well as taking out a $5.3M
construction loan, the latter of which was in-
tended to address current Citywide pavement
rehabilitation needs. The resulting pavement
program takes a balanced approach of address-
ing both some of the worst roads and also fund-
ing capital preventative maintenance that will
greatly extend the life of some of the City’s bet-
ter roads. This approach limits the City’s expo-
sure to future potential major road reconstruc-
tion costs that would very likely result in an un-
sustainable funding scenario. By 2012, the City
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Project Spotlight by Kelly H. Brock
City of Casselberry Neighborhood Improvement Program:
Citywide Pavement Rehabilitation Projects

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had fully engaged in Citywide sidewalk repairs by
staffing a new three-person dedicated crew solely
focused on repairing and replacing damaged sec-
tions of existing sidewalk. The City had also fully
launched its Green Up Casselberry Program, pro-
jected to eventually plant nearly 2,000 street
trees throughout City neighborhoods to promote
improved canopy, aesthetics, rainfall interception,
and more “complete” streets.
In order to most effectively use the pavement
rehabilitation funds, the City contracted with
VHB to verify and refine the City’s analysis and to
produce contract plans for City wide pavement
rehabilitation projects. Working closely with City
staff, VHB evaluated each pavement section and
made recommendations for rehabilitation taking
into consideration long term performance, initial
investment, constructability, along with inconven-
ience to residents and users. To insure that the
work was done right, material specifications were
developed using FDOT standards as a platform,
but custom tailored to the municipal environ-
(Continued from page 8) ment. Placing the focus on the roads that fair to
moderate condition, this preservation mainte-
nance program will mostly consist of surface
treatments, overlays, and mill and overlays.
The City intends to release paving contracts over
the next two years, covering from 3 to 5 of its 12
project “areas” at a time, with the first to be re-
leased this summer. Recognizing the importance
of environmental sustainability and life-cycle costs,
environmentally friendlier materials such as mi-
crosurface and
Warm Mix Asphalt
(WMA) were con-
sidered. The City of
Casselberry will be
one of the first in
Florida to release a
specification to pro-
mote the use of
Warm Mix Asphalt
on its roads.
Altogether, it is
projected over 45
miles of City roads
will be rehabilitated
as a result of the
currently funded
components of the
Neighborhood Im-
provement Pro-
gram. As this phase
of the Program is
completed, the City tentatively intends to begin
using MicroPAVER for its pavement management
as it redoubles efforts to preserve its good roads
to the maximum extent feasible.
Kelly H. Brock, Ph.D., P.E., CFM, LEED AP
Assistant Public Works Director/City Engineer
City of Casselberry

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Highlighting the work of more than 100 public works employees within Bre-
vard County’s largest municipality, Palm Bay Public Works recognizes
National Public Works Week by hosting Public Works Day on June 1st
. The event showcased
public works projects, equipment, educational materials, music, free food, door prizes, and a children’s
activity area.

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City of Kissimmee Celebrates NPWW 2013
The City of Kissimmee started out National Public Works Week (NPWW) with display
booths set up in the lobby of City Hall with educational information and promotional items
available to our residents for the week.
The City has a public information team and they created a video with many of our team
members highlighted in action to emphasize this year’s theme of “Because of Public
Works”. It was shown at the City Commission meeting on May 21, 2013 and was followed
with a NPWW Proclamation presented by the Mayor. Each City Official and Commissioner
then received a PW Paws bobble head, which they loved!
On May 22, 2013, to enhance our community outreach, we invited residents and a local el-
ementary school to visit City Hall to learn about NPWW. The students rotated through dif-
ferent interactive presentations which included traffic bucket truck rides, operating the recy-
cling truck, and videotaping inside a storm sewer pipe. We also had a flood simulation mod-
el we used to explain the design and purpose of stormwater ponds, a water pollution model
explained why only rain is allowed down the drain, and a water quality testing station which
explained how and why we monitor our stormwater.
The day ended with an awards ceremony to recognize the efforts of the Thacker Elemen-
tary “Green Team” which is a group of students that use their free time at school doing
things to help the environment. In this case they were using their free time to learn what the
City is doing and to recycle items that would not otherwise be recycled. The lead Teacher
was also recognized for her efforts.
The week long events ended with an appreciation lunch for all of the Public Works team
members for their hard work and dedication in serving the City of Kissimmee and our com-
munity.

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Central Florida Branch, its members and an agency receive Awards at
the 2013 APWA FL Chapter Annual Meeting & Trade Show!
Left: Bill Burns, Project Man-
ager, City of Orlando Capital
Improvements, Public Works
Department, accepts two
awards: (1) City of Orlando
Fire Station One for Project
of the Year in the Structures
category and (2) City of Or-
lando Energy Efficiency Im-
provement Project for Man-
agement Innovation Project
of the Year.
Above: The City of Palm Bay receives the Florida
Chapter Diversity Exemplary Practices Award! Pic-
tured from left to right are Amanda Millirons, Elia
Twigg, FL Chapter President Chris Evers and Mike
McCabe.
Above: Branch Officers Matt LaChance, Amy Blaida
and Mike McCabe, accept the Membership Award on
behalf of the Central FL Branch!
Right: District Rep-
resentative Amy
Blaida receives the
President’s Award
and the Communi-
ty Involvement
Award from Presi-
dent Chris Evers.
Below: Central FL Branch WINS the Presidential
Award for Branch Excellence!!

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May 11, 2013
Give Kids the
World Quar-
terly Land-
scape Day—
photos from
your Central
Florida Branch
Volunteer Day!

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A P W A C F B G i v e
K i d s t h e W o r l d
Vo l u n t e e r
Q u a r t e r l y
L a n d s c a p i n g D a y
Join your friends from APWA (Central FL
Branch) as we spend half a day helping out
with landscaping at the Give Kids the World
Village (GKTW) in Kissimmee. APWA CFB
adopted GKTW as our official charity in 2012.
Date: Saturday, 8/10/13
Time: 8:00am
Location: Give Kids The World
Village
210 South Bass Road
Kissimmee, FL 34746
Meet at the House Of Hearts @ 8am
RSVP by 8/08/13 (and questions) to Chris
Thompson cthompson@tavares.org
Give Kids The World Village (GKTW) is a 70-acre, non-profit resort in Central Florida that creates
magical memories for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. GKTW provides accom-
modations at its whimsical resort, donated attractions tickets (Disney, Universal, etc.), meals and more
for a week-long, cost-free fantasy vacation. With the help of many generous individuals, corporations
and partnering wish-granting organizations, Give Kids The World has welcomed more than 85,000 fami-
lies from all 50 United States and over 60 countries.
Please bring your own gloves, hand
tools, rakes, etc. for planting, trim-
ming, weeding, mulching, etc.

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Joint APWA Central FL Branch / ASCE/EWRI Stormwater Panel Presentation
APWA Central Fl Branch was well represented at the Joint APWA/EWRI Stormwater Panel
Presentation Thursday, June 20, 2013.
Panelists included Jim Hunt, City Engi-
neer, City of Orlando; Brian Fields, City
Engineer, City of Winter Springs; Paul
Yeargain, VHB Water Resources Leader;
and Edward Yaun, Manager/Consultant,
Edward Yaun & Assoc. (formerly with
SFWMD).

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FES Joint Legislative Meeting (APWA,ASHE, SWE & WTS)
May 15, 2013

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APWA 2013-2014 Central FL Branch
Officers & Executive Committee
Chairman: Mike McCabe
mccabm@palmbayflorida.org
District
Representative:
Amy Blaida
amy.blaida@rsandh.com
Chair-Elect: Matt LaChance
Mlachance@VHB.com
Vice Chair: Amanda Millirons
milla@palmbayflorida.org
Secretary: Angela Lawrence
Angela.Lawrence@atkinsglobal.com
Treasurer: Althea Parrish
parrisha@sanfordfl.gov
Volunteer Chair: Chris Thompson
cthompson@tavares.org
Membership Chair: Greg Kern
Gregory.Kern@stvinc.com
Awards and
Newsletter Chair:
Christiane Nelson
cmnelson@universalengineering.com
Scholarship Chair: Paul Moore
paul.moore@sanfordfl.gov
Rodeo Chair: Dave Derrick
Dderrick@kissimmee.org
EC Member: Scott Martin
smartin@volusia.org
EC Member: Rick Howard
richard.howard@cityoforlando.net
EC Member: Herb Raybourn
hraybourn@rcid.org
EC Member: Mark Juliano
mjuliano@hollyhillfl.org