It is amazing to come to the

realization that the year 2012 is

just weeks away from becoming

2013. As I take a moment to

reflect on this past year for the

Ohio Chapter, it is has been a

year filled with so many success-

ful events and opportunities

Strand Associates, Inc. recently

worked with the Brown County

Engineer’s Office to realign

County Road 21 (White Oak

Valley Road) over Unity Creek

and White Oak Creek in Scott

Township. This was an LPA pro-

ject processed using the ODOT

Project Development Process.

The project involved roadway

realignment, the design of two

new structures, driveway modifi-

cations, post-construction BMP,

and significant right-of-way acqui-

sition. The existing three-span,

146-foot steel truss bridge over

White Oak Creek was replaced

with a 228-foot, three-span pre-

stressed concrete box beam

bridge that was designed at a 35-

degree skew. The existing single

span steel beam bridge over Unity

Creek was replaced with a 56-

foot, single span prestressed con-

crete box beam bridge with a

super elevated section .

Presidents Message tunities, we met folks from other

states that traveled quite a dis-

tance to participate in the pro-

grams offered.

Our National APWA President,

Ms. Treadway, who opened the

event and spent most of the day

participating in various presenta-

tions offered numerous positive

comments and feedback. She was extremely impressed in the

vendor show diversity and par-

ticipation. Comments I heard

ranged from; we have some

catching up to do in our opera-

tions from what we learned dur-

ing the two day event to com-

ments from an attendee from

Michigan that the Ohio Chapter

has set the bar very high in host-

ing such a quality event. It will

be exciting to see our Central

branch build on this experience

for the 2013 Expo.

Continued on page 6.

provided for our membership.

The Central and Southwest

Branch have offered diverse

training, networking and socializ-

ing events that so many mem-

bers as well as non-members

have attended. The Branch

Chapters are alive and well!

The APWA Expo that took place

in Dayton in September was a rich blend of presentations on

numerous topics that offered

attendees the opportunity to

update their knowledge base; a

tremendous vendor show offer-

ing folks a look at new technolo-

gies and equipment to help them

accomplish agency goals with

reducing resources; as well as

the two day long classes offered

in vegetation management and

the National APWA’s Snow and

Ice Certification course. While

we expected members in Ohio

to take advantage of the oppor-

C O R R I D O R S N E W S L E T T E R

F A L L 2 0 1 2

Inside this issue:

Presidents 1

Message

Branch

Chapter 2

News

Board

Member 3

Profile

Photo 4

Album

Congress

Events 5

Chapter 6

Administrator

Diane Watkins

President Ohio APWA

Projects In The News

CR 21 Roadway Realignment and Bridge Replacement in Brown County

New Bridge Continued on page two.

News from our Branch Chapters:

The existing alignment of CR 21 crossed

White Oak Creek at a 90-degree angle

resulting in two successive right angle

turns with safety concerns due to the

near stop condition at each end of the

existing structure. The solution was to

realign the roadway across White Oak

Creek allowing for a more continuous,

higher speed crossing. The design had to

accommodate an existing waterfall in Unity

Creek just downstream of the roadway

crossing with minimal impact. This unique

natural feature was a significant factor in

determining the roadway alignment, struc-

ture type, and grading limits in this loca-

tion.

Your Central Ohio Branch contin-

ues to run strong this fall wrapping

up our programming for 2012 and

planning ahead for 2013. Our re-

maining program for 2012 is a joint

luncheon with the State Board on

December 7th with the Branch

Chapters and State Board Officer

Installation immediately following.

P A G E 2

Planning continues for the 2013 Pub-

lic Works Expo which is scheduled

for September 16-18, 2013 in Co-

lumbus, Ohio. If you are interested

in helping to plan this event, I en-

courage you to contact any of the

Central Ohio Board of Directors.

We are a fun and knowledgeable

group of public works professionals,

so come join us.

As of the writing of this message,

elections are underway for the

Central Ohio Branch. We look

forward to working with the new

slate of officers, while at the same

time recognizing the hard work of

exiting Board members Randy Bow-

man (City of Columbus) and Greg

Bachman (City of Pickerington).

The project is currently under construction. This

project began construction in late 2011 and is on

schedule to be completed late 2012.

The APWA Southwest Branch

hosted the APWA Ohio 2012 Expo

in Dayton, Ohio at the Dayton

Convention Center October 9-10,

2012. We are happy to report the

six months of hard work by the

Southwest Branch paid off with a

successful expo. Attending our

opening session and setting the

stage for the expo was done by

APWA National President Elizabeth

Treadway. Approximately 299 AP-

WA members and Public Works

professionals attended the expo. A

great exhibition floor was show-

cased through the outstanding

sponsorships of the 79 vendors

who were on the floor. There was

a variety of equipment, tools and

professional services showcased to stir up our ideas and hunger for

new tools to serve our communi-

ties. There were 3 work sessions

offered to inform and educate on

operational creativity being used to

perform our various work activities.

The newly established APWA Na-

tional Snow and Ice Supervisor Cer-

tificate Program was offered and 80

attendees successfully completed the

program. We want to “Thank”

Diana Clonch for her outstanding

effort leading the charge to make

this happen. Opportunities for veg-

etation chemical license recertifica-

tion credits were offered and used

by 44 attendees. One of the major

advantages of attending the expo

was the opportunity to network

with Public Work colleagues and

share information on new ideas,

experiences and techniques being

used in the Public Works arena.

I want to send a special shout out

to the following Southwest Branch Board and Committee members

who performed in exemplary fashion

to deliver a great 2012 Expo.

Angie Weber, Butler County

Scott Bressler, Butler County

Eric Pottenger, Butler County

Shelby Ingle, LJB, Inc.

Michael Dreisbach, City of Oxfor

Eric Keebler, City of Oxford

Jennifer Hale, City of Oxford

Mike Huxsoll, City of Springdale

Mike Mantel, Miami Twp.

Tim Nelson, Montgomery County

Alison Haskins, City of Hamilton

Scott Lucas, ODOT

Diana Clonch, APWA Ohio Chapter

Jim Brinegar, City of Dayton

Thuy Warner, City of Dayton

I also want to send a BIG THANK

YOU to all the volunteers.

And lastly to all the vendors who

sponsored the 2012 Expo we gra-

ciously appreciate their participa-

tion in bringing the Ohio Expo back

to life.

Southwest Branch - Fred Stovall, President SW Branch

Central Branch - Louis McFarland, President Central Branch

Projects In The News - continued from page one

Existing steel truss bridge over White Oak Creek

Ohio APWA Board Member Profile:

P A G E 3

David Pratt is the Commissioner of Streets, Bridges and Harbor for the City of Toledo.

SB&H is responsible for the repair and maintenance of 3300 centerline miles of City

streets, 300 miles of alleys, 186 miles of tar and stone streets and 191 bridges.

SB&H is also responsible for Street Sweeping, Utility cut repairs, demolition of dilapi-

dated structures, annual collection of over 300,000 cubic yards of leaves annually and

Snow & Ice removal . These tasks are completed with a staff of 172 employees and a

budget of $42million.

David has worked for the City of Toledo for 22 years, hiring in as a Utility worker,

moved up through the ranks while attending the University of Toledo, graduating in

1996 with a Bachelor of Engineering Technology/Construction Engineering Technology

Degree.

David is originally from Syracuse, NY and moved to Toledo in 1968.

Outside of work, David enjoys traveling with his wife Sandy. They enjoy going on cruis-

es, road trips, visiting family outside of Ohio, and going to concerts. David also keeps

busy with home remodeling projects and hopes to add a deck to the backyard next

spring.

Additional Sponsors for the NW Ohio S.N.O.W.

Force America Magic Salt

Bonnell Industries Gledhill Road Machinery

Kalida Truck Liquid Calcium Sales

Dave Pratt

Thank You to our Sponsors!

Ohio APWA would like to thank all the attendees, vendors and sponsors for

their support in attending the 2012 N.W. Ohio Snow N Ohio Workshop

Opportunities to advertise in this publication are available. The Corridors newsletter is now

published quarterly. Show your support for Ohio APWA. All ads are business card size. Only

$100 for all year. Reach over 600 members of Ohio APWA.

Contact the Publisher for details.

PAGE 4 APWA International Public Works Congress & Exposition

Ohio Delegation - 2012 Anaheim

Ohio Chapter / Branch Chapter Upcoming Events

Southwest Branch Chapter

Nov. 8 S.W. Board of Directors meeting

Dec. 11 S.W. Board of Directors meeting

Central Branch Chapter

Dec.7th COAPWA Board of Directors meeting

Jan. 4th COAPWA Board of Directors meeting

APWA National Events

Visit our website for all events and information at,

http://ohio.apwa.net

PAGE 5

April 7 - 10, 2013 North American Snow Conference Charlotte, North Carolina

August 26 - 29, 2013 International Public Works Congress & Exposition, Chicago

Ohio Chapter

December 7th, Annual meeting, installations of 2013 Officers, Columbus

January 17th, Ohio APWA Board of Directors meeting Columbus, Ohio

March 21st, Ohio APWA Board of Directors meeting, Columbus, Ohio

Thank You to our Sponsors!

Ohio APWA - Chapter Administrator - Dennis Boyle

As you can tell by now the newsletter has grown in size. Thank you to everyone for putting forth the extra effort to

make this a successful publication. We will keep moving this forward and hope to continue making it a great newsletter.

North American Snow Conference update: The Ohio Chapter is submitting proposals to host the NASC for either

2014 or 2015 in Cincinnati. Letters of intent and questionnaires are being filled out and will be resubmitted back to

National early this month. We should hear back sometime in early February.

The Officers will be having there annual planning meeting in December. If there are any items you would like the group

to discuss, please forward them to me no later than November 15th.

The Annual Meeting of Ohio APWA will be held on Friday December 7th at Salvi’s Bistro in Dublin, Ohio. Officers for

the 2013 calendar year will be sworn in at this event.

Corridors Newsletter

Published for the Ohio Chapter of the American Public Works Association.

Contact publisher/editor: Dennis Boyle, Chapter Administrator, djb91259@yahoo.com, 419-250-0519

3745 Wild Pheasant Lane Sylvania, Ohio 43560

Contributing Editors:

Fred Stovall President, SW Branch Ohio APWA David Pratt, Director at Large

Louis McFarland President, Central Branch Ohio APWA

Diane Watkins President, Ohio Chapter of APWA

PAGE 6

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Presidents Message Continued:

The Snow and Ice Show in Perrysburg was a huge suc-

cess as well. The event had been discussed for several

years and a committee put in a tremendous amount of

work that offered our members in northwest Ohio a

new opportunity to experience the benefits we have

enjoyed in the central and southwest part of the state

for some time. The feedback from those attendees has

been as zealous. The State is hoping to use the enthusi-

asm from this event to create a Northwest APWA Chap-

ter. We know that travel and training budgets have been

reduced or eliminated and we want people in this part of

the state to reap the same rewards from a local Chapter.

If you are interested in assisting in launching this new

branch, please contact someone on the State Board.