Floodplain Management and Hazard Mitigation Task Force
Task Force Chair:
Bill Bywater – Iowa City; President, Economy Advertising/TruArt Color Graphics.
Contact: 319-337-9623
Task Force Members
(Name and, if available, Title, Organization and Hometown)
Pat Boddy, Iowa Environmental Council, Des Moines
Lynn Brant, Retired from University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls
Jeb Brewer, City Engineer, City of Des Moines, Des Moines
Stephen DeVries, Executive Director of County Engineer's Web Center, Iowa County Engineers Association, West Des Moines
Marianne Doonan, Senior Planner, Bi-State Regional Commission, Eldridge
Senator Gene Fraise, Fort Madison
Shu Lin Graham, Owner/Inerpreter/Principal, QC Solutions/Translationa Unlimited/QC Chinese School, Bettendorf
Senator Jim Hahn, Muscatine
Dale Hedgecoth, Carpenter, College Community Schools, Cedar Rapids
Wayne Klostermann, Owner/Landscape Designer, River Valley Nursery and Landscaping, Inc., Dubuque
Bob McCulley, Owner, TriOak Foods, Oakville
Representative Dawn Pettengill, Vinton
Amanda Reid, Office Manager, Great River Christian School, Oakville
Larry Roehl, Engineer, Louisa County, Wapello
Thomas Saxen, Retired Bank Regulator/Banker/Risk Management/Financial Services, Cedar Rapids
Roger Schletzbaum, County Engineer, Marion County, Pleasantville
Erek Sittig, Attorney, Nidey Peterson Erdahl & Tindal, PLC, North Liberty
Representative Art Staed, Cedar Rapids
Vicki Stoller, Administrator, Two Rivers Levee and Drainage Association, Burlington
Gary Taylor, Faculty - Community and Regional Planning, Iowa State University, Ames
Deborah Turnball, School Counselor, Nashua - Plainfield Schools, Waverly
Dan Wall, Engineer, HR Green, Cedar Rapids
Larry Weber, Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Resource Group Members
(Name and, if available, Title, Organization and Hometown)
Donald Arendt, City of Decorah, Decorah
David Bear, David Bear, Inc., Des Moines
Russell Behrens, City Manager, City of Grinnell, Grinnell
Jake Hansen, Community/Economic Development Manager, Omaha/Council Bluffs Metro Area Planning Agency, Omaha, NE
Kimm Harris, Board Member, Trees Forever, Cedar Rapids
James Heavens, United Suppliers, Inc., Eldora
Dennis Hinkle, Greater Burlington Partnership, Burlington
Louis Licht, Ecolotree Inc., North Liberty
Tom Masey, Executive Director, Upper Explorerland Reg. Planning Commission, Oelwein
Todd McNall, Architect, OPN Architects, Cedar Rapids
Ronald Moore, Planning and Zoning, Johnson County, Iowa City
Joe Myhre, City Planner, North Iowa Area Council of Governments, Mason City
Brett Papendick, Wenzel and Harms, PC, Cedar Rapids
Andrea Pracht, Civil Engineer, Baxter & Woodman, Crystal Lake, IL
Shannon Ramsay, CEO, Trees Forever, Cedar Rapids
Dennis Reidel, Midwest Roofing Company, Mason City
Timothy Schemmel, State Public Defenders office, Muscatine
Brian Schoon, Iowa Northland Regional COG, Waterloo
Jeff Sherman, Environmental Health, Zoning, E911, Floyd County, Charles City
James Sines, Attorney, Ackley, Kopecky and Kingery, Cedar Rapids
Danny Varner, Hazardous Waste Specialist, AFSCME, Ottumwa
Staff Support
Barb Lynch, Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Meetings
October 22, 2008
9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Urbandale Public Library
3520 86th St., Urbandale
August 6, 2008
9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
West Des Moines Learning and Resource Center
3550 George Mills Civic Parkway, West Des Moines