THANK YOU TO OUR 2020 PARTNERS & SPONSORS!
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Symposium Partners
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Supporting Sponsors
Resources Legacy Fund Lim Aqua-nautic EW Consulting
San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District
Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site
National Park Service
FormLA Landscaping, Inc.
Keynote Speakers
October 15 | Symposium Panel 2
Green Infrastructure - Collaborating & Coordinating with Communities
October 29 | Symposium Panel 3
Green Infrastructure - Integration & Innovation
Green infrastructure has the ability to soak up rain and heat (with vegetation) but how do we know if it's soaking up success?
Beginning with the Water Augmentation Study and later Elmer Avenue, Council for Watershed Health (CWH) has built a reputation for leveraging green infrastructure (GI) to slow, spread and sink (or soak up) stormwater where it falls, producing as many benefits as possible, and creating a sustainable landscape ethic in Southern California. CWH has since gathered lessons learned, best practices, and strategies to help inform future project design, implementation, and monitoring strategies.
Today, significant investments in GI, Nature-Based Solutions and Low Impact Development Best Management Practices (LID BMPs) are being made throughout California and in LA County with its Safe, Clean Water Program (Measure W) and Clean Neighborhood Parks and Beaches Program (Measure A). CWH and its partners recognize the need for common strategies and coordinated efforts to measure the success of GI projects from science-based, ecological, equity-driven and watershed perspectives.
We invite you to join us along with agencies, municipalities, academia, and GI practitioners, as we host our Rain or Shine: Soaking up Success Symposium and provide a forum to:
>> Examine GI from multiple perspectives
>> Learn how GI benefits are being quantified
>> Share lessons learned to inform future design, implementation, and monitoring
DAY 1
When implementing green infrastructure, we aim to reduce flooding, improve water quality, increase water supply, and enhance biodiversity, climate resiliency, public health and well-being. This panel will focus on these benefits and discuss how to plan, implement, and monitor projects and share findings.
Green Infrastructure - Indices, Metrics, & Monitoring
September 23, 9am-12pm
DAY 2
Green Infrastructure - Coordination & Collaboration with Communities
October 15, 9am-12pm
Community collaboration and participatory decision-making are essential for successful green infrastructure project planning and equitable placemaking. Panelists will focus on strategies for including community members in green infrastructure project planning to implement and sustain public health and community benefits.
DAY 3
Green Infrastructure - Integration & Innovation
October 29, 3pm-5:30pm
State, regional, and private investments are
setting the scene for green infrastructure
solutions in Los Angeles. This panel brings
together water agencies in our region to discuss challenges and opportunities for integrated and innovative projects that leverage resources to ensure the equitable distribution of ecological, social, and economic benefits.
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Full Symposium Agenda
Day 1| September 23, 2020 | 9am-12pm
>> Welcome
Eileen Alduenda, Executive Director, Council for Watershed Health
>> Panel 1 Discussion - Green Infrastructure - Indices, Metrics, and Monitoring
Yareli Sanchez, Senior Scientist, Doctoral Candidate, Council for Watershed Health
Darla Elswick, PhD, Associate at Council for Watershed Health
Sarah Dirininger, PhD, Senior Researcher, Pacific Institute
Sophie Parker, PhD, Lead Scientist, The Nature Conservancy
Mas Dojiri, PhD, Assistant General Manager, L.A. Sanitation & Environment
Isaac Brown, D. Env., Senior Scientist, Stillwater Sciences
>> Audience Q&A
>> Break
>> Poster Presentations
LA City Biodiversity Index, Michelle Barton, City of Los Angeles
Merced Avenue Greenway, James Powell, Alta Planning + Design
Built for Sustainability, Jennifer Swart, Water Replenishment District
>> Closing
Day 2 | October 15, 2020 | 9am-12pm
>> Welcome
>> Panel 2 Discussion - Green Infrastructure - Coordination & Collaboration with
Communities
Pauline Louie, Advisor, Urban Waters Federal Partnership
Rachel Malarich, City Forest Officer, Board of Public Works, City of Los Angeles
Robin Mark, Los Angeles Program Manager, The Trust for Public Land
Bryan Matsumoto, Program Organizer, Nature for All
Dr. Michele Romolini, Managing Director, Center for Urban Resilience, Loyola Marymount University
Carlos Moran, Watershed Coordinator, Council for Watershed Health
>> Audience Q&A
>> Keynote Address
Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
>> Break
>> Poster Presentations
Room A
1. Using Nature-Based Solutions to Enhance and More Equitably Distribute Nature in Urban Environments, The Nature Conservancy
2. Trees in Stormwater BMPs, GHD
3. Mobilizing Small-scale Green Infrastructure, Local Government Commission
4. The EWMP Reimagined: Collaboration & Partnerships Leveraging Multi-Benefit Regional Projects for Watershed Compliance, Craftwater Engineering
Room B
1. Incorporating SITES to Benefit the Local Community and Watershed, Michael Baker International
2. “Why Don’t We use Stormwater?”, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
3. City of Los Angeles Transforms an Industrial Site to a Riverside Park, City of Los Angeles, Department of Public Works
4. Merced Avenue Greenway, TetraTech
Room C
1. Multi-Benefit Stormwater Projects in Los Angeles: Policy Options to Address Systemic Challenges, RAND Corporation
2. Reconnecting Lost Open Spaces through Urban Biodiversity, Stillwater Sciences
3. OurWaterLA: Engaging Communities to Reinvest in Our Water Future, OurWaterLA
4. Turning Nation’s Road Infrastructure to a Network of Stormwater Treatment Systems, UCLA
Room D
1. Bolivar Park Stormwater and Urban Runoff Capture Project, TetraTech
2. Water Resources and Disadvantaged Community Involvement Project, Center for Geospatial Science & Technology - CSUN
3. The Upper Los Angeles River and Tributaries (ULART) Revitalization Plan, Studio-MLA
4. Looking Back to Advance Forward, Rancho Los Cerritos
Day 3 | October 29, 2020 | 3pm-5:30pm
>> Welcome & Introduction
>> Keynote Address
Secretary Wade Crowfoot, California Natural Resources Agency
>> Panel 3 Discussion and Q&A - Green Infrastructure - Integration & Innovation
Martin Adams, General Manager, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Robert Ferrante, Chief Engineer & General Manager, Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts
Jeffrey Kightlinger, General Manager, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Mark Pestrella, Director, Los Angeles County Department of Public Works
Enrique Zaldivar, Director & General Manager, Los Angeles Sanitation & Environment
>> Closing