LID/GI Design Competitions Workgroup Quarterly Conference Call – March 13, 2014 Agenda: Provide a forum for communities to update the workgroup on progress made on competitions and seek input from the group as requested Identify interest in formalizing group and continuing efforts to meet Attendees: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Bill Robison – City of Tulsa ([email protected]) Mohsin Siddique – DC Water ([email protected]) Beth Dutton – Pittsburgh ([email protected]) Christine Donhardt – Memphis ([email protected]) Jessica Knickerboker – Tacoma ([email protected]) Debbie Steinberg – ASLA ([email protected]) Mark Cason – ASLA ([email protected]) Dorcy Clark – Dallas ([email protected]) Dana Brown – New Orleans ([email protected]) Karen Bishop – San Antonio ([email protected]) Bob Adair – Houston ([email protected]) Jim Parvey – Tacoma ([email protected]) Theresa Conner – WERF ([email protected]) Beth Miller – Philadelphia ([email protected]) Seth Brown – WEF ([email protected]) Meeting Notes Competition Updates: General: A number of competitions are ongoing or about to start (Memphis, Chattanooga, Tulsa, New Orleans) New Orleans and Tacoma are looking to get started on a competition in near future (~3-6 months) Discussions focused on need for more innovation, how to generate more submissions, and consultant concerns/complaints about the cost of work done for multiple competitions (especially national firms) 1|Page Average costs for work done by firms engaged in Houston competition was about $20,000 (Adair) while in Philadelphia the average was about $35,000. Questions arose on the timing of competitions – what’s a realistic timetable? Memphis - LID workshop in early March (over 100 participants) First round due in July 18 Finals to be announced in August Finals September 5 Need to be consistent with Nashville LID/GI requirements No color renderings in first round Only one design categories – only has $15K for award money Grant funding provided the money (TN SW Ass’n) - $21K total - $6K for workshop, rest for award 10-12ac site – senior living center, new development, Developer is United Housing Incorporated (non-profit) www.sustainableshelby.com/lid - competition website Decided not to require H&H modeling (but estimate of drainage is required) 1 inch of capture/retention, with water quality Need sample partnership agreement DC Water - Disappointed in the turn-out – only 12 submissions were made Selected 3 winners to move to construction phase Smaller firms said it was too expensive to do the work for the event Bob Adair – The costs were about $20K per firm in Houston competition – this is not much different than many marketing budgets, plus they learn something from the exercise Mohsin – We need more innovation in the designs Tulsa - 2 submissions per categories (6 total submission) 3 categories / site – mixed use new development, residential redevelopment, green street $15K per site – raised through corporate donors (developers and SW manufacturers) April 3 – LID Symposium and finals event Requirements – quantity/quality treatment requirement Another competition anticipated in Oklahoma City in the next year Green Country Sustainability Forum (Jason Vogel) – www.lidcompetition.okstate.edu A&E firms are very busy now due to booming land development market – makes it harder to find firms that have extra time for a competition 2|Page San Antonio - There had been some competition fatigue in the Texas area as heard by some consultants (especially larger firms) Philadelphia - 39 registered 28 submissions 3 categories Total value of work provided by all submissions $1M (10,000 hours of service) - $35K per submissions of work done Tacoma - Just getting started Hope to have finals event at “Wellspring event” – this would be towards end of October, 2014 – is this an unrealistic? Beth Miller – need 3-4 months for promotion – total of 18 months New Orleans - Planning to do the finals event at WEFTEC in October Registration should go out soon Plans due in September Three sites/categories – public sites in Jefferson Parrish, and private/public No money in hand right now – applying to Sewerage Board for money Greater N.O., JeffCo, and Greater N.O. foundation might be a source for money Pittsburgh - Community meeting/design charette on April 10 2-day event – Friday/Saturday, presentation on Saturday evening Should we delay the competition and use the charette to “prime the pump”? Beth Miller – we had two design charettes to get things going – good thing to do Dallas - Haven’t changed codes yet for LID, but working on it 2012 bond program tied to green streets – part of the RFQ included thresholds for firms to illustrate background in LID – probably wouldn’t have done this without the competition Chattanooga - Input provided by Christine Donhardt First round submittals due June 6 3|Page - Finals award program July 5 Four sites – 2 green streets, mixed use new development, urban/commercial retrofit Grant funding provided award monies Competition website is: www.chattanooga.gov/designchallenge Closing Questions/Comments: ASLA - Input provided by Debbie Steinberg Appreciate being part of the workgroup and interested in staying involved in the future WERF - Input provided by Theresa Connor WERF is focusing on research to address uncertainties in performance efficacy and maintenance needs for green infrastructure WEF - - Input provided by Seth Brown Seth was invited by Nancy Stoner (Acting Assistant Administrator for Office of Water, EPA) to join in a conference call with Stormwater Funders group, which is a gathering of national foundation leaders with an interest in making changes in the stormwater sector – interest in funding competitions, Seth will continue to pursue this U.S. Forest Service Grant – lost this, but WEF is still interested in a national competition Continue with this workgroup? If so, what should we do? a. Feedback: Quarterly calls would be the best for now Action Items and Additional Info: - WEF will set up another call in the second quarter to continue workgroup communication Please send any info on a sample partnership agreement to Christine Donhardt More info is located at www.wef.org/lidcompetition - free PDF of “How to Design a LID Design Competition” as well as access to free webcast series on how to set up, run and capitalize on a competition – led by Bob Adair 4|Page
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