Mark
your Calendars!! The fifth annual 2007 Awards Banquet will
be held on June 8, 2007 from 7:30 to 11:00 AM at the Wilsonville
Holiday Inn. Take the North Wilsonville Exit off of I5 and the Hotel is
located on the West side of the freeway.
Awards will be presented in both the single-family, &
development site categories.
Help promote the program this year and lets make a
difference!
Feedback! - Please contact Fred Wright w/ Di-Namic
Resources LLC at (503) 645-5592 or
diresource@earthlink.net with questions or concerns regarding the
program.
Representatives from local jurisdictions In the area
around Portland, Oregon have developed a regional awards program to
recognize businesses and individuals for outstanding erosion prevention
and sediment control achievements in Clackamas, Multnomah, Washington,
Marion, and Clark counties.
Nomination
Requirements
Each nominated site must meet
the following:
·Nominations
will be accepted from the participating agencies for construction work
projects performed inside their service areas.
·Project
phase must be completed in the 12 months prior to April 30th.
·Nominated
project or site cannot have any enforcement actions beyond required
routine inspections.
·Nominated
site is voluntarily maintained on a regular basis.
·Must
achieve a level of erosion prevention and sediment control that meets or
exceeds the local agency’s minimum requirements and protects the
environment.
Goals
Erosion prevention and sediment control on construction
sites has become a major component in our local governments’water quality improvement
plans.Consequently, an
enormous amount of public and private resources are being devoted to this
issue.
The goals of the program are to encourage erosion
prevention practices during construction, provide uniformity and
consistency across jurisdictional boundaries and to develop strong
partnerships within the building community.
Award
Selection
A regionally coordinated set of specific
criteria and evaluation methods will be used to standardize the review for
each category. Each participating jurisdiction will individually
select its best local builders, developers and contractors for exceptional
practices or programs according to the standardized
criteria.
Awards
Categories
The Fourth Annual Erosion Prevention Awards Program is
accepting nominations in three categories: (1) single family and (2)Capital Improvement Projects (3) Development sites.
Development sites include multi-family, subdivision,
commercial, industrial, and linear type projects.
Recognition
Awards are presented during a Regional Erosion
Prevention Awards Breakfast Ceremony in June.
Regional Recognition includes:
·An award suitably inscribed
with the recipients name.
·Media Recognition
·The opportunity
to network with the Industry's leading vendors.