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Basin Environmental Improvement Project Commission Coeur d’Alene River Basin Communities Infrastructure and Revitalizati

Basin Environmental Improvement Project Commission Coeur d’Alene River Basin Communities Infrastructure and Revitalization Plan Workshop April 20 th , 2007. Identifying Projects. Section Overview “Infrastructure” What makes a “Project” for the IRP? Process of identifying projects.

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Basin Environmental Improvement Project Commission Coeur d’Alene River Basin Communities Infrastructure and Revitalizati

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  1. Basin Environmental Improvement Project CommissionCoeur d’Alene River Basin CommunitiesInfrastructure and Revitalization PlanWorkshopApril 20th, 2007

  2. Identifying Projects • Section Overview • “Infrastructure” • What makes a “Project” for the IRP? • Process of identifying projects

  3. Infrastructure "the substructure or underlying foundation, especially the basic installations and facilities on which the continuance and growth of a community or state depends". – Webster’s New World Dictionary

  4. Silver Valley Infrastructure Systems • Drinking Water Supply and Treatment • Wastewater Collection, Treatment, Disposal • Streets • Stormwater Drainage • Flooding

  5. Silver Valley Infrastructure • What we know • Infrastructure projects cost money • Infrastructure in the Silver Valley is old • Varying amounts of knowledge about systems • Competing interests & priorities • Opportunities for alliances

  6. Upper Basin Communities Infrastructure Value Osburn, Silverton, Wallace, Mullan

  7. Upper Basin Communities • Asset Value/Replacement Cost

  8. Infrastructure Projects

  9. Traditional Infrastructure

  10. Green Infrastructure • Streams, wetlands, etc.

  11. Soft Costs & Projects THIS IS THE GAP BETWEEN THE IRP & CONSTRUCTION • Facilities Plans • Condition Assessments • Monitoring • Surveying • O&M Equipment, Training, Staff

  12. Steps for Identifying IRP Projects • Starts with an inventory of what you have • Baseline Maps • Capture your knowledge of the systems • Incorporate typical & industry data • Determine what you do not know • Identify what you want

  13. Identifying Projects • The easy ones

  14. Identifying Projects • Ones in question

  15. Identifying Projects • Ones you found and proved

  16. Identifying Projects • Ones you deal with all the time

  17. Identifying Projects • More difficult ones

  18. Identifying Projects Take Away Points: • We need your help to identify the projects & understand needs • Think beyond “traditional” and “quick-fix”

  19. Developing Projects • How to do it • Communicate • Identify Projects • Prioritize • Build support • Invest in critical projects

  20. Prioritizing Projects

  21. Prioritizing Projects Considerations Unique to the IRP • The IRP crosses political and geographic boundaries • The IRP includes multiple types of infrastructure • Priorities change

  22. Prioritizing Projects Steps • Define Common Goals • Develop criteria to evaluate projects against the goals • Rate, weight, rank projects

  23. Prioritizing Projects • Examples of Goals “Protect existing investment” “Provide expected level of service to customers” “Comply regulations and avoid fines” “Safeguard the environment” “Protect remedy”

  24. Prioritizing Projects BREAK OUT SESSION Goals

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