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TCAPWA Sessions WOMEN IN PUBLIC WORKS NDOT’S ROLE IN UTILITY
Session will give attendees an RELOCATIONS
TITANS STADIUM/EAST BANK overview on tips regarding how to (Lori Lange, P.E., 2:30 p.m.)
DEVELOPMENT reduce or eliminate barriers, so that NDOT ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY
The Metro Government recently they can fulfill career aspirations
released the East Bank Planning as it relates to gender bias. Session AND THE 12TH AVENUE SOUTH
COMPLETE AND GREEN STREET
Study which details the framework will be beneficial to all Public Works
for hundreds of acres surrounding staff regardless of gender. (Kimberly Project Owner: Nashville Department
of Transportation and Multimodal
the future Titans Stadium. The Plan Strong, Constituent Services
envisions 6 million square feet of new Coordinator - Office of Chattanooga Infrastructure (NDOT.) Consultant:
LDA Engineering (Taylor Hagood),
development, organized in four new Mayor Tim Kelly, 30 years’ experience
vibrant walkable mixed-use districts, in Public Works, 10 a.m.) CDM Smith (Ashley Smith) Location:
Nashville, Tennessee.
including the new home for the
LDA utilized an alternative delivery
Tennessee Performing Arts Center, a NDOT VISION ZERO PROGRAM program to accomplish a complete
GOALS & IMPLEMENTATION
new mixed-use “Mobility Hub” transit
center, 12 acres of new parks, and Nashville has seen a 100% increase and green street project through its
in vehicle fatal crashes and 160%
partnership with Nashville Department
a new domed football stadium that
will be the anchor of a new ‘stadium increase in pedestrian fatal crashes of Transportation and Multimodal
Infrastructure (NDOT) as the Sidewalk
from 2016 to 2022. To combat this,
village’ and the Central Waterfront
District. (NDOT Special Projects Nashville has created an ambitious and Bikeway Program Management
Consultant. The 12th Avenue South
Vision Zero plan and has invested
Manager & P.E. Ben York, 9 a.m.)
$120,000,000 into sidewalk repair Complete and Green Street project
YOU CAN’T LEAD FROM BEHIND and construction, new bikeways, is a 1.6-mile corridor consisting of
A DESK...GET OUT AND DO Vision Zero implementation, and a new water line, protected bike
SOMETHING, EVEN IF IT’S WRONG! neighborhood traffic calming since lanes, 16 transit stop upgrades,
Relections of over three decades of 2021. This presentation outlines the green stormwater infrastructure via
Public Works leadership, the good, efforts Nashville has committed to 50 urban bioretention islands, ADA
the bad, and the ugly! (Bryan Fortner, address and improve multi-modal compliant sidewalks, pedestrian
Sevierville Public Works Director, mobility, complete streets, and Vision safety improvements, and connectivity
9 a.m.) Zero. (NDOT Vision Zero Manager & of a residential area to two major
P.E. Jon Boghozian, 1:30 p.m.) commercial and entertainment
ACTIVE SHOOTER SAFETY districts.
RESOURCES/ METRO NASHVILLE CYBERSECURITY, STS The project required substantial
POLICE DEPARTMENT CYBERSECURITY REVIEW, AND THE coordination with the NDOT Paving
Sgt. Justin Coker with the Metro IMPACT CYBER ATTACKS HAVE ON Program, WeGo Public Transit, Metro
Nashville Police Department has PUBLIC WORKS Water Services (MWS), and buy-in
been assigned to his department’s Strategic Technology Solutions (STS), from other stakeholders. Our team was
training academy where he serves part of the Tennessee Department of committed to delivering this project
as a law enforcement instructor Finance and Administration, is helping for the Nashville community and used
with over 50 training certifications Public Works departments across five on-call contracts to successfully
and 19 instructor credentials. His the state complete the Nationwide execute the project within one year.
teaching responsibilities include Cybersecurity Review (NCSR). Join The 12th Avenue South Complete
firearms, defensive tactics, medical this session to learn about how and Green Street project provides
training, and small unit tactics with a STS will partner with you to help safe multimodal transportation and
primary focus on being the program your city understand and improve connectivity for users of all ages and
manager for his agency’s active its cybersecurity. We will review abilities. This project includes every
shooter response training. Sgt. Coker Amendment 2346, which is a new bill aspect of what it means to engineer
has an intense focus on training and that requires certain utilities to prepare stronger, happier communities
studying how to prevent, survive, and and implement a cyber security plan to from providing clean water to safe
manage mass casualty events. He provide for the protection of the utility’s multimodal transportation.
enjoys teaching others and is eager to facilities. We also will discuss the new
share his knowledge and experience world of cyberthreats against utilities Continued on page 8
in making all organizations safer. (Sgt. and Public Works departments. (Alex
Justin Coker MNPD, 10 a.m.) Lewek, STS, 1:30 p.m.)

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