vol. 11 issue 1 · title: vol. 11 issue 1.pub author: greg mackinnon created date: 9/13/2007...

INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS The Official Newsletter of the ITE Colorado/Wyoming Section

35th ANNIVERSARY Conveyances

Upcoming Events Luncheon

September 28, 2007

Embassy Suites, Denver Tech Center

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Other Events VISSIM Training

▪ Fundamentals of Geometric

Design Workshop ▪

PTOE, TOPS, TSOS, and PTP exams

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Inside this issue:

Committee Reports 2

Treasurer’s Report 6

Kurmudgeon’s Korner 8

History Column 11

Luncheon Dates 12

Events Calendar 13

Job Opportunities 14

Special Notices 10

September 2007 Volume 11 Number 1

Members of the Outstanding ITE Section

As you may know, t h e Co l o r a do /Wyoming Section was recognized by District 6 and by International ITE with the Section Activities Award for 2007. This is a tes-

tament of the leadership of past presi-dent Bill Hange, other past presidents, as well as the members of the Executive Committee. This award is also a state-ment of how involved we are as a Sec-tion in ITE. There are many energetic individuals who have come together to lead this Section over the years and par-ticipate in the activities that we have to offer. Note that this award recognizes the efforts of the entire Section. Con-gratulations! Julia Townsend, District 6 International Director, will be at the Sep-tember 28th luncheon meeting to present these awards to the entire Section. Plan on attending the September 28th meet-ing to receive your award.

Our first luncheon of the season will be held on September 28th at the DTC Em-bassy Suites. The speaker will be Tony Gross from CDOT. He will be discussing the I-25 Valley Highway EIS. Improve-ments to I-25 are something that inter-est me while I sit in traffic as I’m sure that they are for all of you. Plan to at-tend and learn about this project that should help to shape the Metro Area.

The Colorado/Wyoming Section will be celebrating the 35th Anniversary of the Section this year. A special luncheon is planned on December 14th to honor the Section and to recognize all the past

presidents who will also be invited to attend and be recognized for their ser-vice to the Section. I will let you know more as the plans are formulated.

I would like to welcome some new members to the Executive Committee and some former members with new duties. They are:

• Scott Thomas – Technical Committee Chair

• Melissa Rosas – Membership Committee Chair

• Karl Packer - Continuing Education Committee Chair

• Will Johnson - Vendor Show Coordinator

• Chris Sheffer – Activities Report Coordinator

Please take time to thank these new members of the Executive Committee, as well as long time volunteers, for their willingness to serve. There is always room for more participation on the Ex-ecutive Committee. Please let me know if you are interested and I will help you find a match for your energy and tal-ents.

Our Continuing Education Committee has a full slate of opportunities planned for September and October. Refer to the article on page 3 for details.

I look forward to seeing you on Sep-tember 28th.

Joe Henderson President Colorado-Wyoming Section ITE

September 2007 CONVEYANCES

next year to reminisce the many tourna-ments that we held there in the 70’s and 80’s, and celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the Colorado/Wyoming Section. Contact a golf committee member to let us know if you would be interested in playing a round at Estes Park with fellow ITE members.

Thanks to all who participated in making the 2007 golf tournament a great success!

Golf Committee • Joe Hart • John Seyer • Craig Faessler • Eric Boivin • Jon Blake • John Muscatel • Scot Lewis • Jeff Ream • Nate Larson

A round of golf with fellow transportation professionals and a little paleontology, what could be a better mix for a beautiful Friday morning in Golden! There were 128 players at this year’s Colorado/Wyoming Section golf tournament. With only one tournament this year and the generosity of the sponsors, we had many great prizes and raised over $1000 for the scholarship

fund. Special thanks to Southwest Traffic Engineering for organizing and sponsoring a scholarship fundraising hole, and Gene Wilson and Tim Harris and others for their extra individual scholarship contributions.

A Peoria handicap system was used this year to determine the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 85 percentile teams, and prizes were also awarded for low and high gross team scores and for individual prize holes.

Next year we’ll be back at Vista Ridge in Erie late in September. There’s also been some talk of a golf outing to Estes Park

Golf Committee by Joe Hart, Spring Golf Chair

All Traffic Data Parametrix AM Signal Parsons Brinckerhoff Cutting Edge Traffic Data PBS&J David Evans and Associates, Inc. SEH Gade Sales Southwest Traffic Engineering HDR Engineering Sturgeon Electric IBI Group URS LSC Transportation Consultants Westrian MH Lighting WL Contractors

Thanks to our tournament sponsors!

1st Place Net Score David Sprague, Dave Millar, Bernie Guevara, Jim Nall 2nd Place Net Score Jim Kramer, Ed Shalkey, Steve Arnet, Janice Havorka 3rd Place Net Score Jeremy Klop, Chris Sheffer, Mark Najarian, Randal Lapsley 85th Percentile Net Score Rich Follmer, Mark Jackson, Kathleen Bracke, Eric Bracke Low Gross Score Jim Kramer, Ed Shalkey, Steve Arnet, Janice Havorka High Gross Score Trung Vo, Melissa Rosas, John Guenther, Carrie Burns #18 Longest Put Mike Flick #4 Closest to Pin in 2 Willie DeGuzman #3 Closest to Pin Cam McNair #11 Closest to Pin Tim Fairbank #9 Longest Drive Kevin Custy #5 & #16 Closest to Pin (Ladies) & #15 Longest Drive (Ladies)

Janice Havorka

Winners Scoreboard

Low Gross Score: Steve Arent, Ed Shalkey, Jim Kramer, Janice Havorka (not pictured)

High Gross Score: John Guenther, Melissa Rosas, Trung Vo, Carrie Burns


PTV America

VISSIM training

may be available

for about half the

price.

The Northwestern University Center for Public Safety announced the Fundamen-tals of Geometric Design Workshop continuing education training course will occur in Denver during the week of Sep-tember 24-28, 2007. The five-day Funda-mentals of Geometric Design Work-shop "will strengthen the expertise of highway design and traffic engineers in the principles and concepts of geometric de-sign of highways and intersections. The Workshop includes design of horizontal and vertical alignments, superelevation, cross-sections, and intersections and chan-nelization, with emphasis placed on effi-cient and effective design techniques." This course will be presented in coopera-tion with the City and County of Denver, for $950 and includes 3.4 CEU’s (34 PDH’s). Registration is online at http://nucps.northwestern.edu.

The CO/WY Section Continuing Education Committee has negotiated with PTV Amer-ica to provide VISSIM training classes, at a discount, to be held at the downtown Den-ver Marriott on October 2nd, 3rd and 4th:

• Beginning VISSIM Class [Class full]

• Advanced VISSIM I (Signalized Control) Class is offered October 4, 2007 and will have a one day course cost of $300 (special Section price). [Five spots available]

Classes include computer, software (during course), lunch and refreshments.

For more detailed information on the Be-ginning and Advanced I course content and Agenda: http://www.ptvamerica.com/trainingcoursedescriptions.html

For more information on the location: http://www.ptvamerica.com/trainingDenver.html

The VISSIM courses are rarely held locally, and are offered through this Section spon-sorship at about a 30% discount. Seats will be reserved on a first-come first-serve basis.

For registration information contact the Section Continuing Education Chair: Karl Packer at [email protected] or 303.333.1105.

Additionally, the PTOE, TOPS, TSOS and PTP exams will be held at the Community College of Aurora on October 20, 2007. Details on registration for these examina-tions can be obtained at http://www.tpcb.org/.

Continuing Education Committee by Karl Packer, Chair


If you want to

publish a

technical article

in Conveyances, contact Scott

Thomas

On the Move

Over the summer months, several of our members have been on the move.

Let’s welcome the following new members to our group:

• Kim Blair, City and County of Den-ver

• Winton Brazil, City and County of Denver

• Marco Cabanillas, City and County of Denver

The following have made some recent em-ployment changes:

• Eric Bracke has started ELB Engi-neering

• Emily Gloeckner is with Fehr and Peers

• Chris Sheffer is with Fehr and Peers

And congratulations to those recent stu-dent graduates who have joined the fol-lowing firms:

• Manogna Kaluva has joined Bech-tolt Engineering

Membership Committee by Melissa Rosas, Chair

• Reynaldo Ornelas has joined the City and County of Denver

• Seth Sorensen has joined Wyoming Department of Transportation

• Christopher Vokurka has joined Drexel Barrel & Co.

If you recently joined ITE, changed jobs, or have been recognized for a particular achievement (such as receiving award or passing your P.E.), let me know so we can mention it in an upcoming Conveyances newsletter. Please email your news to me at [email protected].

If you do have a change in employment and are a National Member, it is important to change your information with the na-tional database by going to www.ite.org. However, if you are a Section Affiliate, make sure to give your change in employ-ment with the local Membership Chair at [email protected].

Member Profile

Can you believe that our Colorado/Wyoming ITE members add up to over 500? In an effort to get to know our mem-bers better, one of our future regular Con-veyances articles will be a personal profile in which we feature one of our ITE mem-bers. If you are interested in interviewing someone or being interviewed, please con-tact Melissa Rosas at 303-390-5901 or at [email protected]. Thank you.

I am taking over the responsibilities of the Chair of the Technical Committee. As Colorado/Wyoming Section meetings start again this fall, the Technical Committee will be launching new research efforts while advancing previous studies. We will con-tinue last year’s study of the developing Highland Garden Village site at the old Elitch’s Amusement Park, which is being converted to a mixed-use development. John La Sala led the effort to collect “before” data prior to the residential devel-opment and we are seeking volunteers for the “after” data collection.

Technical Committee by Scott Thomas, Chair

We will also be initiating a roundabout study. Alex Ariniello is leading the round-about research effort – more details will follow. In the meantime, email Alex at [email protected] or call him at 303.333.1105 to get involved.

Also new this year, the Technical Commit-tee will launch a monthly article highlight-ing innovative technical solutions to trans-portation problems. We will look to our members for editorial contributions and ideas for future articles. So if you want to share a project that will interest our Sec-tion members, please contact Scott at [email protected] or call him at 720.298.2540.

If you are

interested in

getting to know

Section members

better, contact

Melissa Rosas


Happy Hour!

Wynkoop

Brewery at 4:30

PM on

November 7th

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS ITE Colorado/Wyoming Section Life-

time Achievement Award

The Awards Committee will be reviewing candidates for the Lifetime Achievement Award over the next few months. We would appreciate your nominations to con-sider for this year’s award. The ITE Colo-rado/Wyoming Section Lifetime Achieve-ment Award recognizes a member of our section who, for an extended period of time, has contributed in an outstanding manner to the advancement of the transportation engineering profession, the Institute of Transportation Engineers, and the Colorado/Wyoming Section. Established in 1989, past recipients of this award are Jack Bruce, Al Pepper, Dan Cronin, Gene Wilson, Dave Hattan, Jim Hauck, Dan Centa, John Be-melen, Bob Kochevar, and Dick Bauman, Mark Shaeffer, Ron Hensen, and Pat Noyes.

Minimum requirements are:

• Member grade or higher in ITE and a member in good standing of the Colorado/Wyoming Section.

• Active in the field of transportation engineering for ten years or more.

• Has made significant continuous contributions to the transportation engineering profession for at least five years.

If you know of any member that should be considered for this year’s award, please contact Dave Hattan at 303/721-1440 ( d a v e . h a t t a n @ f h u e n g . c o m ) o r Mark Schaefer at 303/299-7811 ([email protected]) for a nomi-nations form. Nominations are due no later than October 5, 2007.

Awards Committee by Dave Hattan, Chair

There are two Section activities that I want to mention. First, the Annual Ski Train has been set for January 26, 2008. Mark it in your calendar!

Second, the Executive Committee is host-ing a happy hour at Wynkoop Brewery on November 7, 2007. It will be at 4:30 PM immediately following the Executive Com-mittee meeting.

If you have an idea for a group activity we should consider, please feel free to e-mail me [email protected] or give me a call at (303) 216-2439.

Activities Committee by Eric Boivin, Chair


The current account balances for our Sec-tion and the cash flow summary since our last Section meeting in May are listed be-low.

The proposed fiscal-year 2007-2008 budget is on the following page. Please review the proposed budget carefully as it will be the subject of a vote of the mem-bership at our annual business meeting on Friday, September 28, 2007.

If you have any questions or comments concerning the proposed budget, please contact any of the Section officers.

Treasurer’s Report by Craig Faessler, Vice President

Balance BalanceJun. 6 Aug. 31 Difference

Checking $14,086.26 $4,529.93 -$9,556.33Savings $4,387.43 $4,394.73 $7.30

Scholarship Fund $6,607.92 $7,773.08 $1,165.16Certificate of Deposit $10,000.00 $10,000.00 $0.00

Total Cash Deposits $35,081.61 $26,697.74 -$8,383.87

Account Balances as of August 31, 2007(End of Fiscal Year Statement)

Category AmountDues $24.00 Local paymentEmployment Ads $100.00 Two newsletter adsInterest $20.56 June & JulyAwards $200.00 District 6 Activities AwardContinuing Education $1,269.76 Signal clearance & warrants webinars.Golf $13,595.00 Sponsorships & player fees

Total Income $15,209.32

Category AmountBank Charge $6.00 Jun, Jul & AugAdministrative $909.90 Travel to Pitt. for Activities AwardD6 2009 Annual Mtg $1,053.88 Promotional itemsExecutive Committee $230.16 Officers & EC lunch meetingsActivities $75.85 Happy hourContinuing Education $864.30 Signal clearance & warrants webinarsGolf $18,753.10 Tournament and Fossil Trace feesScholarship $500.00 District 6 Endowment FundStudent Chapter $1,200.00 Travel to D6 mtg. in Portland

Total Expenses $23,593.19

Overall Total -$8,383.87

Cash Flow Summary June 6, 2007 through August 31, 2007

Note

Note


Proposed Budget Fiscal Year 2007 – 2008 (September 1, 2007 - August 31, 2008)

Committee 2005 - 2006 History 2006 - 2007 History 2007 - 2008 Budget Income Expenses Income Expenses Income Expenses

Executive Committee Administrative $607.59 $1,278.12 $850.00 Bank Charges $45.50 $29.00 $24.00 Business Card Ads $3,150.00 $2,925.00 $3,150.00 D6 2009 Annual Mtg $1,053.88 Dues - ITE Payment $4,129.40 $4,155.40 $4,000.00 Dues - Misc $12.00 $135.00 $1,000.00 EC Meetings $594.88 $673.33 $700.00 Employment Ads $250.00 $400.00 $250.00 Interest $51.29 $80.45 $120.00 Lunch Meetings $12,888.72 $12,686.40 $8415.14 $11,505.63 $9,200.00 $9,625.00 Newsletter Contest $125.00 $75.00 $175.00 Spring Symposium $ 11,256.73 $9,597.10 $1,600.00 $61.17 $1,600.00 $100.00 Vendor Show $9,621.61 $8,184.99 $11,707.41 $9,888.39 $10,000.00 $10,000.00

Activities Charity $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 Happy Hour $426.70 $309.85 $500.00 Ski Train $2,610.00 $2,898.00 $3,119.25 $3,182.00 $3,250.00 $3,330.00

Awards $253.89 $200.00 $144.92 $275.00 Continuing Education $ 2,762.17 $1,870.79 $4,610.20 $4,521.10 $4,500.00 $4,500.00 Golf

Fall Tournament $8,235.00 $8,787.01 $9,475.05 $9,321.53 $16,000.00 $14,000.00 Spring Tournament $ 16,065.00 $13,919.95 $20,155.00 $19,003.10

Scholarship $2,000.00 $2,000.00 $2,000.00 Student Chapter $1,300.00 $682.00 $1,200.00 $500.00 $1,500.00 Technical Committee $474.35 $514.37 $1,000.00 Contingency $2,500.00

Total $71,031.92 $64,772.15 $67,659.90 $65,761.39 $53,570.00 $52,079.00


Where did the summer go? Mostly, it would seem, I was helping my wife to deal with my daughter’s daughters while she recovers from chemotherapy. My daughter’s treatments are finished and she seems to be in remis-sion. As part of this effort I have been trav-

eling I-25 to and from Santa Fe a lot. To avoid 400 miles boredom on these trips I have been observing Interstate traffic speed patterns. Additionally, I seem to be driving the Denver Metro arterials a lot more in off-peak times as a form of time-shift commuting. My mental model of the relationship between off-peak driver speeds and speed limits suggests that with a 75 mph speed limit on rural I-25, drivers seldom exceed 80 mph. By contrast, on the urban sections of I-25 in Denver (55 mph limit), the 85th percentile appears to often exceed 70 mph and on the express-way portion of US-85/Santa Fe (45 mph limit) the 85th percentile appears to be over 60 mph. The significant exception to these observations is South University Boulevard in Cherry Hills where the 85th percentile appears to seldom reach 45 mph in the 40 mph zone at any time of the day. What could the explanation for this difference be? Strict enforcement?

In the news

Here are some thoughts on my summer reading:

• The August 9th Rocky Mountain News editorial page had a letter commenting on red light cameras as being a “red herring” in terms of a safety effort. It proposes that the cameras are really just a hidden way of raising public agency revenues and that extending the yellow would solve the whole problem. While it probably makes good press, I would hope that the actual facts would emerge in some format. • Jay Ambrose’s recent column on Fed-eral transportation funding raises some interesting points. He notes that a signifi-cant proportion of these funds have been

spent on transit systems that still carry less than 5% of daily trips. He notes that even with $3 gasoline most people continue to drive in single-occupant vehicles (apparently cutting back on their discre-tionary spending at Wal-Mart). • A recent study of the need for regulat-ing older drivers (that’s me---and a lot more of us who are failing to die at an early age!) by the RAND Institute seems to have been a reaction to the elderly driver who drove into a crowd in a farmers’ mar-ket in Santa Monica killing 10 pedestrians. It concludes that older drivers while slightly less likely to be involved in a fatal crash are considerably more likely to be one of the fatalities. This report is typical of many that are based on being able to “mine” computer data. Since only crashes involv-ing fatalities are coded into a Federal data-base, the study scope, while wishing to develop conclusions about all crashes in-volving older drivers, was down-sized to match the data such that the conclusions are also quite limited. The collapse of the I-35 Bridge in Minne-sota surely did get the issue of structural integrity of bridges into the press. While dramatic, the actual loss of life and even serious injury count is lost in the daily auto death statistics. In a similar vein, the tun-nel roof collapse in Boston’s “Big Dig” that resulted in just a single fatality is the sub-ject of a just released FHWA report on the overall safety of the tunnels and bridges. They found inferior concrete in the tunnel walls (a contractor fraud prosecution) and a design/installation failure of the adhesive anchors that held up the exceptionally heavy ceiling system in all but one of the

(Continued on page 9)

Kurmudgeon’s Korner #36 By Ron Hensen, [email protected]

“ … the study scope, while wishing to develop conclusions about all crashes involving older drivers, was down-sized to match the data such that the conclusions are also quite limited.”


tunnels. They also found some warped steel anchor plates that fasten the suspen-sion cables on the Zakim Bridge. Perhaps the concept of “safety factor” should be revisited. Truncated Dome Tactile Strips

I have a question that arises out of my travels to various cities. Can anyone direct me to the specific specification on the re-quirement for directional placement of the truncated dome tactile strips on pedestrian ramps at intersections. It is my under-standing that the blind use them to detect not only the entrance to the street, but also the direction(s) of the crosswalk. My limited survey of recent installations seems to show that in many cases as long as the strips are on a pedestrian ramp that direc-tion is of no concern.

Lunch Contest

I found some of my old files including this photo. For the usual free lunch, the first correct answer to any of these: Who is the person scratching his head? Why is he scratching his head? Where did this hap-pen?

(Continued from page 8)

Ron Hensen is

offering a free

lunch to the first

to answer the

lunch contest


Pittsburg International ITE

It was with great honor that I traveled to the Westin Hotel in Pittsburg Pennsylvania on August 5th to receive the ITE Interna-tional Section Activities Award on behalf of the Colorado-Wyoming Section. Our Sec-tion was awarded a plaque and recognized at ITE’s Annual Awards Banquet for the overall program of services offered to its membership. The Award was established in 1992 to encourage and promote active involvement promoting the objectives of ITE.

There were 2,000 transportation profes-sionals from around the world expected for the Annual Meeting. Thank you to ITE, our Section Officers, Executive Committee, Uni-versity of Wyoming Student Chapter, and the complete membership for your out-standing work and participation.

Portland District 6

The District 6 Meeting was a highlight of ITE activities I attended this year. In July, I traveled with my wife, René, and my son, Adam, to the Hilton Hotel in Downtown Portland to attend the annual ITE District 6 Meeting.

There were many and varied activities in-cluding: a selection of impressive technical papers; a student section members compe-tition, professional and non-professional tours; and, of course, social activities. I enjoyed the evening visit to the Portland Zoo and a tour of Portland State’s Trans-portation Labs. We even got a positive score this year in the “Traffic Bowl”.

There were some approximately 500 peo-ple in attendance. Our Section was very well represented by section officers, mem-bers, and the University of Wyoming Stu-dent Chapter Advisor, Ronda Young and four UW Student Chapter Members.

On behalf of the Section, I received the District’s Section Activities Award at the banquet. We were also nominated by Dis-trict 6 for the International Activities Award. Thanks again to our District Offi-cers for the recognition and for the nomi-nation.

Receiving the award certificate in front of cheering Section members in the midst of the applauding banquet crowd was the highlight of the week. I was reminded that our “Section Spirit” is one of the key rea-sons our Section was rewarded in this way.

Colorado/Wyoming Wins Section Activities Awards Bill Hange, Past President

District 6 President, Dalene Whitlock, presents Bill Hange the District 6 Activities Award

ITE President, Earl Newman, presents Bill Hange the District 6 Activities Award


“Up until his

death at age 94,

Al [Pepper] was

an active

member of the

Section’s Awards

Committee …”

CO/WY ITE Section History by Mark Schaefer

Sadly, our Section Executive Committee was notified of the passing of Al Pepper on July 20th of this year. The following brief bio highlights his contributions he made to our industry and our Section.

Al Pepper entered the traffic engineering profession in 1934 following his graduation as a physics major from the University of Denver. He continued his traffic engineer-ing training after graduation, earning traffic engineering and design certificates from the University of Colorado, Georgia School of Technology, New York University, and Northwestern University.

In 1942, was appointed State Traffic Engi-neer for the Colorado State Highway De-partment. A pioneer in the transportation engineering profession, Al helped develop the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control De-vices and, for four years, he chaired the National Advisory Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. He served as Treasurer of the Highway Users Confer-ence.

He spent almost four decades with the Colorado Department of Highways, retiring from the Department in 1973. From 1974 to 1981, Al was affiliated with CH2M Hill and, since 1975, Al had been engaged as an expert witness on traffic and transporta-tion litigation. In 1982, Al traveled to Saudi Arabia, having written the Kingdom’s traffic control devices manual, and assisted in the writing of the design manual. Dur-ing his long career, he lectured on traffic engineering topics at police training acad-emies, driver improvement schools, confer-ence, workshops and seminars.

The Colorado Department of Transporta-tion and the University of Colorado recog-nized Al in 1988 with the Roderick Down-ing Award. The prestigious Downing Award recognizes outstanding achievement in transportation engineering, education, planning, research, design, management and/or leadership.

A founding member of the Colorado/Wyoming Section, Al was an active and visible member of the Institute of Trans-portation Engineers. He was President of the Western Section (now District 6) in 1957 and was the Assistant General Chair-

man of the 1962 National Meeting.

In 1989, the Colorado/Wyoming Section initiated the Section’s Lifetime Achievement Award to recognize Colorado/Wyoming Section members who, for an extended period of time, have contributed in an out-standing manner to the advancement of the transportation profession, the Institute of Transportation Engineers and the Colo-rado/Wyoming Section. Al, and the late Jack Bruce, were the first two members to receive the Section’s highest honor.

Up until his death at age 94, Al was an active member of the Section’s Awards Committee, and was involved in the review of nominees for the Section’s Lifetime Achievement Award and Transportation Professional of the Year Award.

Al was a good friend and inspiration to his peers and associates and will be remem-bered for his significant, lifelong commit-ment and contributions to the transporta-tion engineering profession.


ITE Colorado/Wyoming Section 2007-2008 Meetings and Deadlines

SEPTEMBER LUNCHEON

Executive Committee

Meeting

Newsletter Articles Due

Luncheon Reserva-tions Due

Luncheon Date Location Business Items

08/24/07 08/31/07 09/24/07 09/28/07 Denver Metro Install New Officers Annual Business Meeting

10/05/07 10/12/07 10/29/07 11/02/07 Ft. Collins 11/07/07 11/16/07 12/10/07 12/14/07 Denver Metro Lifetime Award 01/04/08 01/04/08 01/21/08 01/25/08 Belmar Center Vendor Show 02/01/08 02/08/08 02/25/08 02/29/08 Colorado Springs 03/07/08 03/14/08 03/31/08 04/04/08 Denver Metro Annual Joint Symposium w/WTS

04/11/08 04/18/08 05/05/08 05/09/08 Denver Metro Transportation Professional of the Year Award District /International Speeches

06/06/08 06/06/08

When: Friday, September 28, 2007 Where: Embassy Suites Denver Tech. Center

10250 E. Costilla Ave. 303-792-0433 The hotel is located one block south-west of the Arapahoe Rd/Havana St

Time: 11:30 a.m. - Registration 12:00 p.m. - Lunch

Menu: The luncheon choices are:

Pork Piccata Scaloppini Pork Scaloppini with Lemon Caper Cream Sauce served with

Tomato Linguini Stuffed Chicken Breast

Roasted Chicken Breast stuffed with Cornbread Dressing, topped with Lemon Butter Sauce and served with Wild Rice

and Seasoned Vegetables Pasta Primavera

Fresh Vegetables simmered in Cream Sauce, tossed with Linguini and topped with Fresh Parmesan Cheese

Each lunch includes tossed salad, rolls, butter, and New York Cheesecake with Berry Sauce

Program: Phased Record of Decision for the I-25 Valley Highway EIS

What: Colorado-Wyoming Section ITE Luncheon Meeting

Speakers: Tony Gross, P.E., CDOT Region 6 Resident

Cost: $25.00 for Members and $30.00 for non-members


Events Calendar

Please send events to be posted in this calendar to Greg MacKinnon, Newsletter Editor, [email protected].

December 14, 2007 CO/WY ITE Section Luncheon Denver Metro

December 21, 2007 CO/WY ITE Section Executive Committee Meeting

December 2007

January 25, 2008 CO/WY ITE Vendor Show Belmar Center

January 26, 2008 Ski Train Trip Winter Park, Colorado

January 2008

August 17-20, 2008 ITE 2008 Annual Meeting District 6 Annual Meeting Anaheim, CA

August 2008

February 1, 2008 CO/WY ITE Section Executive Committee Meeting

February 29, 2008 CO/WY ITE Section Luncheon Colorado Springs

February 2008

November 2, 2007 CO/WY ITE Section Luncheon Fort Collins

November 7, 2007 CO/WY ITE Section Executive Committee Meeting

November 2007

June 2008

June 6, 2008 CCO/WY ITE Section Executive Committee Meeting

October 3, 4, 5, 2007 Basic and Advanced VISSIM Training Downtown Denver Marriott

October 5, 2007 CO/WY ITE Section Executive Committee Meeting

October 20, 2007 PTOE, TOPS, TSOS, and PTP exams Community College of Aurora

October 24-25, 2007 CDOT Transportation Conference

October 2007

September 24-28, 2007 Fundamentals of Geometric Road Design City and County of Denver

September 28, 2007 CO/WY ITE Section Luncheon

September 2007

April 4, 2008 Sixth Annual Spring Transportation Symposium Denver Metro

April 11, 2008 CO/WY ITE Section Executive Committee Meeting

April 2008

May 9, 2008 CO/WY ITE Section Luncheon Denver Metro

May 2008

March 7, 2008 CO/WY ITE Section Executive Committee Meeting

March 30 - April 2, 2008 ITE Technical Conference

March 2008


CIP ENGINEERING MANAGER (REPOST) Public Works Department

The Town of Castle Rock is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Engineering Manager to oversee the Transportation Capital Improvement (CIP) program for the Public Works Department. Castle Rock is a scenic and high quality commu-nity located approximately 20 minutes south of the Denver metropolitan area. We are a progressive and rapidly growing community with an existing population of 42,000 residents. We strive to provide outstanding customer service in an open, flexible, and communication-oriented culture. We are seeking a highly energetic and creative professional who is truly committed to quality communication and teambuilding. We seek professionals who strive to deliver quality service while maintaining a fun and enjoyable work environment. Responsibilities include managing the Transportation CIP program including CIP Project Managers, Construction Man-ager, the Public Works team of inspectors and the Plan Review Engineer. Ensures successful completion of capital pro-jects, develops resource management plans, supports and manages long and short range planning and coordinates with various stakeholders. In addition, will oversee project budgets and Division budget including recommendations regarding fees. Is also responsible for interdepartmental communication and coordination and oversight of public education and in-volvement related to capital construction and annual maintenance projects. Establishes performance standards, coordi-nates activities and allocates personnel. Makes decisions related to staffing, performance evaluations, salary increases, and training. Performs duties in a manner consistent with the stated values of the organization. Qualified applicants will have a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or related field; supplemented by six years experi-ence that includes project management of capital projects from engineering through construction and progressively re-sponsible experience supervising a team of technical professionals. Registered as a Professional Engineer in the State of Colorado (or ability to become registered within 6 months of employment). A valid Colorado driver’s license is required to conduct on-site project evaluations and to attend out-of-office meetings. We value teamwork cooperation and quality communication. We strive to provide exceptional public service to our cus-tomers and encourage creativity and innovation. Salary range: $68,016 to $95,222 per year DOQ/E. To apply, submit cover letter and resume to the Town of Castle Rock Human Resources, #PWEM2007-03, 100 North Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Or e-mail the same to [email protected]. Visit www.CRgov.com for more information on the Town of Castle Rock. Position closes September 28, 2007.

Visit our website at www.CRgov.com

The Town of Castle Rock is an equal opportunity employer.

100 N. Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, CO 80104 Phone: 303-660-1368 Fax: 303-660-1024

Human Resources


For this issue’s contest, we have a cryptograph. A $25.00 gift card to the establishment of the winner’s choice will be awarded to the first person who can translate the message below.

Please e-mail Greg MacKinnon at [email protected] with the translated message. The winner will be required to attend the next luncheon meeting to receive the prize.

Newsletter Contest

Senior Transportation Engineer Navjoy Consulting Services, Inc., is seeking a senior transportation engineer for its Denver Office. Our firm is based in Colorado and specializes in traffic engineering and Intelligent Transportation Systems. Our clients include the Colo-rado Department of Transportation, Regional Transportation District, Denver Regional Council of Governments and all major cities in the Denver metro area. We offer a very competitive salary and benefits. The employment opportunity provides excellent potential for professional growth in a supportive team environment. Our ideal candidate will have a minimum 7-years transportation engineering experience with a P.E license. Master’s degree in transportation engineering is preferred. In addition, our successful candidate will have excellent communi-cation skills & the ability to work closely in team environment. For more information on this exciting opportunity, please contact Navin Nageli at 303-886-9648 or email [email protected].

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Activities Report Coordinator Chris Sheffer Fehr and Peers 303-296-4300 [email protected]

Vendor Show Coordinator Will Johnson Short Elliott and Hendrickson, Inc. 720-540-6851 [email protected]


Section Scribe Curtis D. Rowe Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc. 303-228-2300 [email protected]

Secretary/Treasurer Ben Waldman LSC Transportation Consultants, Inc. 303-333-1105 [email protected]

Spring Golf Committee Joe Hart David Evans & Associates, Inc. 720-946-0969 [email protected]

Fall Golf Committee John Seyer HDR Engineering, Inc. 303-764-1580 [email protected]

Past President Bill Hange City of Loveland 970-962-2528 [email protected]

President Joe Henderson Short Elliott and Hendrickson, Inc. 303-441-5401 [email protected]

Vice President Craig Faessler City of Littleton 303-795-3863 [email protected]

Activities Committee Eric Boivin All Traffic Data Services 303-216-2439 [email protected]

Website Committee Edward Stafford City of Arvada 720-898-7745 [email protected]

Awards Committee Dave Hattan Felsburg, Holt & Ullevig 303-721-1440 [email protected]

Legislative Committee Lyle DeVries Felsburg, Holt & Ullevig 303-721-1440 [email protected]

Newsletter Editor Greg MacKinnon DRCOG 303-480-5633 [email protected]

Continuing Education Committee Karl Packer LSC Transportation Consultants, Inc. (303) 333-1105 [email protected]

Student Coordinator Scot Lewis Weld County 970-304-6496 [email protected]

2007—2008 Executive Committee

Technical Committee Scott Thomas Apex Design, PC 303-339-0440 [email protected]

Membership Committee Melissa Rosas PB Americas, Inc. 303-390-5901 [email protected]

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