As the year is coming to close, so is my time as serving as President of the Kansas Chapter. It’s been a wonderful experience to serve in this role and I truly appreciate the opportunity. At every meeting, conference or roundtable I learned something new in the vast spectrum of the Public Works profession. Recent things that come to mind are how cities are using compressed natural gas in fleet operations, alternatives of roadway subgrade treatment, and policies to control the proliferation of telecommunication companies in the right-of-way. Innovations in building and maintaining infrastructures are always evolving and I appreciate the knowledge I’ve gained through APWA to keep up with these changes.

Transitioning to 2017 I would like to welcome the new members to the Executive Committee:

Mike Stringer, KDOT Local Projects (LTAP/KDOT Liaison)

Richard Buller, City of Hutchinson (Membership Chair)

Jason Peek, City of Topeka (Legislature and League Representative Chair)

Special thanks to all the members that serve on committees and to the departing executive committee members for their leadership and years of service:

Chuck Bartlett (6 years)

Ron Seitz (5 years)

Justin Erickson (4 years)

In closing, the greatest strength of the chapter are the members. This is a remarkable group affecting real change and progress, even faced with increasingly strained resources. Take pride in that. I am confident the good work will continue. I encourage all of our members to look around their workplaces and identify someone who you think would benefit from being a member of our chapter. Share your experiences and knowledge you have gained from APWA, and promote our organization.

I wish all of you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Dave Cronin dcronin@lawrenceks.org

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APWA AWARDS SUBMITTAL

SAVE THE DATE February 3, 2017

The 2016 National APWA Awards are now available on-line to review the criteria and submittal requirements http://www.apwa.net/Awards . For the Kansas APWA Chapter, the deadline to submit your project is February 3, 2017. You will submit them to me directly via email to baletkowski@transystems.com I must have them by midnight February 3, 2017. I can accept most formats such as .doc; .pdf; pdf is the preferred format. If your submittal is over 10MB please contact me via phone at 316-303-3011 so we can make different arrangements. I would also ask that you submit between 8 – 12 photos of your project. Below are the different categories for submitting. Project of the year award The APWA Public Works Project of the Year Award was established to promote excellence in the management and administration of public works projects by recognizing the alliance between the managing agency, the consultant/architect/engineer, and the contractor who, working together, complete public works projects. Awards are given in four divisions: 1. Projects less than $5 million 2. Projects of $5 million, but less than $25 million 3. Projects of $25 million to $75 million 4. Projects more than $75 million and five categories: 1. Structures—to include public structure preservation/rehabilitation, municipal buildings, parks, etc. 2. Transportation—to include roads, bridges, mass transit, etc. 3. Environment—to include treatment and recycling facilities, landfill reclamation projects, sewer projects, etc. 4. Historical Restoration/Preservation—to include historical restoration, preservation and adaptive reuse of existing buildings, structures, and facilities, etc. 5. Disaster or Emergency Construction/Repair—to include the techniques and timing for safety, community relations, environmental protection, adverse conditions and additional considerations. Project of the year award for small cities/rural communities The APWA Public Works Project of the Year Award for agencies from cities or counties with a population of 75,000 or less was established to promote excellence in demonstrating creativity, ingenuity, and efficiency in the delivery of Public Works projects that have a profound impact on the community. The award does not have a fixed dollar amount and can include, but is not limited to, the following categories: structures, environmental, historic preservation, emergency response, or transportation projects that have created a positive impact on the life of the community. The Award is given for impact in the community as compared to a dollar amount.

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The categories which could be included are: 1. Structures—to include public structure preservation/rehabilitation, municipal buildings, parks, etc. 2. Transportation—to include roads, bridges, transit, traffic calming, etc. 3. Environment—to include treatment and recycling facilities, landfill projects, sewer projects, sustainable practices. 4. Historical Restoration/Preservation—to include historical restoration, preservation and adaptive reuse of existing buildings, structures, and facilities, etc. 5. Disaster or Emergency Construction/Repair—to include the techniques and timing for safety, community relations, environmental protection, adverse conditions and additional considerations. Please note, if you submit an award under the small cities/rural communities, you cannot submit the same project for Project of the Year Award. Top Ten Public Works Leaders of the Year Award The Top Ten Public Works Leaders of the Year program seeks to inspire excellence and dedication in public service by recognizing the outstanding career service achievements of individual public works professionals and officials, from both the public and private sectors. The primary focus of the award is on career service to the public works profession rather than on any one single event or project. There are six Professional Award Categories and their criteria can be found at the link below:

1. Citation for Exemplary Service to Public Works 2. Diversity Exemplary Practices Award 3. Excellence in Snow and Ice Control Award 4. Exceptional Performance Award 5. Sustainability Practice Award 6. Technical Innovation Award Management Innovation Award

There are sixteen Member Award Categories and their criteria can be found at the link below:

1. Charles Walter Nichols Award for Environmental Excellence 2. Community Involvement Award 3. Distinguished Service to Public Works Award 4. Donald C. Stone Award for Excellence in Education 5. Harry S. Swearingen Award for Outstanding Chapter Achievement and Excellence in Chapter

Service 6. International Service Award 7. Professional Manager of the Year Award - Administrative Management 8. Professional Manager of the Year Award - Engineering and Technology 9. Professional Manager of the Year Award - Facilities and Grounds 10. Professional Manager of the Year Award - Public Fleet 11. Professional Manager of the Year Award - Public Right-of-Way 12. Professional Manager of the Year Award - Emergency Management 13. Professional Manager of the Year Award - Solid Waste 14. Professional Manager of the Year Award - Transportation 15. Professional Manager of the Year Award - Water Resources 16. Young Leader Award

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There are two Public Work Historical Society Awards (PWHS)

1. Abel Wolman Award 2. Michael Robinson Award

Kansas Chapter George Williams Award The George Williams Award was created in recognition of outstanding excellence and dedication in public service through the outstanding achievements and accomplishments of an individual public works official. Excellence in Field Supervision Excellence in Program Operations

UPCOMING NATIONAL EVENTSDATES EVENTS LOCATIONSFebruary 16-17, 2017 2017 Chapter Leadership Training and Council ChaptersMeeting KansasCity,MO

April 23-26, 2017 2017 North American Snow Conference Des Moines, IA

August 27-30, 2017 2017 PWX Orlando, FL

August26-29,2018 2018PWX KansasCity,MO

Share your stories and news with the APWA community.

Email your story or photos with

acaptiontoKarla Waters,

kwaters@schwab-eaton.com

to be featured in the next newsletter.

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2016 APWA of Kansas Fall Conference

Chuck Williams,Region VI Director of APWA

David Cronin, PE, City of Lawrence,KS Chapter President

Shawn Mellies, PE, City of Wichita,KS Chapter Vice President

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Howard Lubliner, PhD, PE,Shafer, Kline & Warren

Michael Koss, Assistant City Attorney,City of Overland Park

Dr. Jason Peek, PE, PhD, Public Works Director,City of Topeka

Joe Brand, PE, MBA,HNTB

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2017 Future City Competition - Great Plains Regional Update

The APWA Kansas Chapter will again be sponsoring the Future City Great Plains Regional competition held which will be held at Kansas State University on January 21, 2017, in the newly finished engineering building. The theme for this year's competition is "Power of Public Space", challenging students to imagine a distributed network of multiuse public spaces in their cities.

Future City Competition is a national, project-based learning experience where students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade imagine, design, and build cities of the future. Students work as a team with an educator and engineering mentor to plan cities using SimCity software; research and write solutions to an engineering problem; build tabletop scale models with recycled materials; and present their ideas before judges at the Great Plains Regional Competition. Regional winners represent their region at the National Finals in Washington, D.C.

The Great Plains Region has held a regional competition for twelve years and consists of schools from Kansas, Colorado and Missouri with over 400 students participating last year. The competition is a great educational outreach opportunity for chapter members to get involved.

On average the competition takes 75-100 STEM background volunteers to put on the day of events and judges are needed to review both the models and preliminary rounds of presentations. No prior experience or expertise is required to be a judge and the time commitment is limited to just the morning of Saturday January 21st. If individuals or company groups would like to volunteer as a judge please send an email to futurecityks@gmail.com.

Learn more about the Future City Competition at: http://futurecity.org/greatplains. There you will find detailed information about the competition, photos of past winners, information on how to get involved, informational videos, etc. It is a wonderful website that illustrates the competition activities from beginning to end.

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KANSAS LTAP NEWS

2017 LTAP (Winter/Spring) classes will be posted online in early January. Look for a notice by email about that.

Roads Scholar City Graduates 2016The following people earned Roads Scholar certificates in 2016. Congratulations!

Graduate APWA Board RepresentativePatrick Weyer ……………………………………………… Mr. David P. Cronin, PECity of Lawrence City of Lawrencepweyer@lawrenceks.org dcronin@lawrenceks.org

Completed: Level I, Fall 2016

Johnathan Simons ................................................................ Mr. Shawn Mellies, PECity of Haysville City of Wichitajsimons@haysville-ks.com smellies@wichita.gov

Completed: Level I, Spring 2016

Jeremiah Barnes …………………………………………… Mr. Nathan A. BergmanCity of Atchison Bartlett & West Inc., Manhattan, KSjeremiahb@cityofatchison.com nathan.bergman@bartwest.com

Completed: Level II, Fall 2016

Anthony Craft........................................................................ Mr. Brett LetkowskiCity of Augusta TranSystems Corporation, Wichita, KSacraft@augustagov.org baletkowski@transystems.com

Completed: Level I, Spring 2016

The Kansas Chapter Executive Board will be scheduling a recognition for each of the graduates. The certificates were printed on 11/29/16 and mailed on 11/30/16.

Happy Holidays from Kansas LTAP!

Lisa Harris, DirectorKristin Kelly, Education Program Coordinator

Mehrdad Givechi, Traffic Safety EngineerAlice Kuo, Lending Library Coordinator

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If YOU are looking for an opportunityto get involved with our chapter, have we

got an opportunity for you. We have anumber of committees serving in a variety

of different areas.

• Audit• Awards• Scholarship• Scholarship Auction• Chapter Spring Conference• Snow Roadeo• Mid America Conference• Road Scholar/LTAP• Scholarship Golf

Let David Cronin,dcronin@lawrenceks.org

know if you are interested in getting plugged in.

LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD PEOPLE...SAVE THE DATE

MAY 24-26, 2017

Since 1983, this triennial gathering, sponsored by the APWA’s five chapters in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, is the region’s best event to come together with hundreds of your peers in the public works community.

Come to experience:•A multi-track program to share ideas on challenges faced

by our industry!

•One of the region’s largest exhibition shows, demonstrating and displaying products and services dedicated to public works operations, facilities and infrastructure design and maintenance!

•Recreation and networking opportunities, including the largest joint National Public Works Week celebration in the Midwest!

This event is sponsored by your APWA Heart of America Chapters: IOWA, KANSAS, KANSAS CITY METRO,

MISSOURI & NEBRASKA