PUBLIC WORKS STANDARDS, INC. GREENBOOK COMMITTEE February 21, 2008 Meeting Notice

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1 PUBLIC WORKS STANDARDS, INC. GREENBOOK COMMITTEE February 21, 2008 Meeting Notice The regular meeting of the Public Works Standards, Inc., Greenbook Committee will be held at 9:30 A.M., Thursday, February 21, 2008 in the Associated General Contractors Offices, 1906 West Garvey Avenue South, Suite No. 100, West Covina, California, Members are encouraged to send their alternate, or a proxy, if they cannot attend. Proxy forms can be located at: Teleconference Number: Code: # Rod Elderton, Secretary Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Engineering Services Section 700 Moreno Avenue La Verne, CA (909) (909) FAX (909) Cell welderton@mwdh2o.com Scheduled Subcommittee Meetings: New Materials & Methods February 19, :30 AM Underground AGC / Curtis Gilley New Materials & Methods February 19, :30 AM Surface AGC / Jerry Ellison Special Provisions Guide No Scheduled Meeting ECA / Erik Updyke Editorial Standards February 20, 2008 after Specifications ECA / Erik Updyke Standard Plans February 20, 2008 after Greenbook AGC / Omar Moheize Specifications February 20, :30 AM ECA / Nelson Nelson Scheduled Task Force Meetings: Concrete Ad Hoc February 14, :30 AM Catalina Pacific Concrete Howard Lux Asphalt Task Force February 6, :00 PM Orange Co. Public Works Buddy Coover Base Materials Task Force February 26, :00 PM Orange Co. Public Works Mike Costello Traffic & Street Lighting TF February 28, :30 AM ECA Offices Jerry Ellison Gray Iron Castings TF February 7, :30 AM AGC Todd Dragna Pipe Rehab Task Force February 6, :30 AM AGC Rich Julio

2 PUBLIC WORKS STANDARDS, INC. GREENBOOK COMMITTEE MINUTES January 17, 2008 Presiding: Erik Updyke, APWA Co-Chair 1. Called to Order: 9:40 AM 2. Self Introduction of those present (from the sign-in sheet): Tom Cazares Greg Clayton Buddy Coover Mike Costello Rod Elderton Jerry Ellison Lance Grindle Jacquie Jaques Bijan Khamanian Randall Macfarlane Bill Mahoney David Mitchell Joseph Parker Dan Peterson Sa id Poosti Alec Pringle Walt Shioji Hugh Smith Jim St. Martin Martha Tremblay Erik Updyke Don Vivant Paul VonBerg Andy Youngs City of LA AGCC County of Orange County of Orange Metropolitan Water District Consultant LA County DPW Cheialner HOBAS City of LA BNi Books City of Long Beach NCPI AGCC City of LA DWP County of Ventura Consultant County of Riverside APACA AGCC LA County Sanitation District LA County DPW Sully-Miller AGCC SCCA CA/NV Cement Association 3. Establish a Quorum: Self-introductions were made and a quorum was established with 16 voting members present, including utility and contractor member representation. One PROXY from Linda Newton to Don Vivant was present. 4. Approval of the Minutes of the last meeting: Minutes of the October 18, 2007 and November 15, 2007 were approved as distributed.

3 5. Correspondence: a. Proposed modification of Section was assigned Change No. 191NS. A copy of Change No. 191NS was forwarded to Jerry Ellison, Surface Subcommittee Chair. b. PROXY form from Linda Newton designating Don Vivant as his PROXY for the meeting of January 17, c. correspondence from Buddy Coover to Erik regarding the clarification of CIPP and CIPCP with Change No. 183NS. d. correspondence between Walt Shioji and Erik regarding Change No. 185NU. e. correspondence from the City of Riverside to Erik regarding Greenbook involvement. 6. Old Business: a. Supplement Changes: Change No. 176NS Pervious Concrete Initial discussion regarding the need for this material in the Greenbook precipitated a motion to reject the proposal, but the motion failed due to lack of a second. A motion was then made to accept the proposal with the following modifications: Instead of placing the application of Pervious Concrete in Section 302 ROADWAY SURFACING, place it in Section 303 CONCRETE AND MASONRY CONSTRUCTION as Section PERVIOUS CONCRETE. The first sentence of the second paragraph of should read The minimum cementitious material content shall be 630 lbs/yd 3 (10 Tonne/m 3 ), instead of The minimum cementitious material content shall be 630 lbs/ft 3 (10 Tonne/m 3 ). A second to the motion was rendered, discussion followed, and the motion carried with two dissenting votes. The proposed Change No. 176NS (with the above stated modifications) is accepted for inclusion into the 2009 Edition of the Greenbook. b. Videoconferencing/Teleconferencing: The purchasing of WEBEX by the AGC is almost complete and should be accomplished by the next meeting. Joe demonstrated the WEBEX Videoconferencing software and discussed the various pros and cons of its use. Questions arose regarding the bylaws and voting regulations as well as linking the videoconferencing with teleconferencing attendees. Joe will set up the videoconferencing just as soon as AGC completes the software licensing procedures. c. Website ( No new information added at this time. d. Other Old Business: A motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously to Re-nominate Omar Moheize as Member at large. 7. New Business:

4 a. Co-Chairman s Report: BNi has requested Erik Updyke s assistance with the editing of the 2009 Public Works Inspector s Manual because of his Engineering position with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, and not because of his affiliation with the Greenbook Committee. All are reminded of the need for increased awareness of the ethical and professional standard of conduct to be followed whenever an organized Greenbook event occurs. It appears evident that certain meetings held recently may have lacked appropriate adherence to the code by some individuals and this momentary lack of professionalism is certainly an anomaly and is not expected to be repeated. b. Secretary s Report: Rod reported that because of the increased use of firewalls by some companies and agencies, the future notification of meetings will include the minutes of the previous meeting only, and all attachments will either be viewed or downloaded from the website. Almost one-third of the s for November s meeting were returned because of too much data. c. Communication Report: No report d. Editorial Report: No Report e. New Materials and Methods Underground Subcommittee Report: Jerry reported the following: Change No. 52NU is almost complete. Change 161NU is still being rewritten by Jerry & P.C. Lin. Change No. 177NU-P is progressing; both the specification and the Standard Plan revisions are almost complete. A new Task Force has been created for investigation of Change No. 185NU and Rich Julio will Chair. The first meeting of the Task Force will be on February 6, 2008 at 9:30AM in the AGC conference room. f. New Materials and Methods Surface Subcommittee Report: Jerry reported the following: 1) Asphalt Task Force: Change No. 125NS The proposal is still being discussed. Changes 180NS & 181NS were returned from the Editorial Standards Subcommittee and submitted for acceptance. The Changes were placed on a 30-day hold for review. Comments on Change No. 191NS are being discussed. Porous asphalt concrete is still under discussion and the Task Force is developing a DRAFT following San Diego s specifications.

5 2) Concrete Ad Hoc: Change No. 184NS the combined efforts of Fiber Reinforcement, Color and Class N Pozzolan remains with the Editorial Standards Subcommittee for review. Change No. 190NS - Modification of Section 202 was approved by the Subcommittee and forwarded to the Editorial Standards Subcommittee for review. Aggregate Sub-Task Force is finalizing the review of coarse aggregate and will be voting on the proposed modifications and then concentrating on fine aggregate at the next meeting. Self-consolidating and zero-slump concretes are being reviewed. 3) Traffic & Street Lighting Task Force: The Task Force has not met since October is will meet again on January 31, ) Base Material Task Force: Still working on Lean Concrete Base. Change No. 164NS was submitted to the Surface Subcommittee with a recommendation to accept and is now on a 30-day hold for review. 5) Gray Iron Castings Task Force: The Task Force is moving forward and continues its consideration of ductile iron as a possible material in this section. The next meeting of the Task Force will be on February 7, 2008 at 9:30AM in the AGC conference room and the Chair is requesting increased attendance. 6) Change No. 165NS: The proposed change is almost complete. The Test / Calibration issues have been resolved. 7) A new Task Force has been established to review and discuss Geotextiles / Geosynthetics under the Chairmanship of Rich Sack. Rich will be establishing an appropriate meeting location, date, and time and will notify prospective members. g. Specifications Subcommittee Report: Jerry reported the following: 1) The review of Change Nos. 174NS & 175NS are almost complete. 2) Still reviewing Part 1 and comparing to other Agency wording of similar subject matter. h. Standard Plans Subcommittee Report: No Report

6 i. Metric Revision Task Force Report: Dave reported that he has now completed about 70% of the metric review. j. Special Provisions Guide Subcommittee Report: No Report k. Editorial Standards Subcommittee Report: Erik reported the following: a) The Subcommittee is still developing a dual units guideline for metric conversion/use. b) The review of various Changes is still underway. c) Revisions to Part I are forthcoming. l. Other New Business: Walt related his issues regarding Change No. 185NU. Erik responded to Walt s concerns. Lance will attend the next Task Force meeting. 8. General Discussion: None 9. Adjourn: The meeting was adjourned at 11:20 a.m. The next meeting is scheduled for February 21, 2008 at 9:30 A.M. Rod Elderton, Secretary Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Engineering Services Section 700 Moreno Avenue La Verne, CA (909) (909) FAX (909) Cell welderton@mwdh2o.com

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