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future land use map – indianola, ia<\/p><\/div>\n
dave sturm (6:10)<\/strong><\/p>\n
well, jeff, the greatest part i like about it is that we have you on staff. i can just call you up and not think about it after that. i don’t have to worry about it getting done and getting done right. so that’s the best part about having you as an extension to our staff here in atlantic. we have your guys’ abilities and your staff at our disposal to use. so it’s a great fit to have you guys centralized in ankeny and be able to help all the business units as you do.<\/p>\n
jeff walters (6:38)<\/strong><\/p>\n
i certainly appreciate the accolades there. we serve a lot of clients, but the internal client can certainly be one of the biggest ones. we want to make sure to support your business units and other business units within the firm to make sure our clients are doing the right thing.<\/p>\n
dave strum (6:56)<\/strong><\/p>\n
our clients also like jeff, that we’re able to provide these services in-house, where we can become that full service to the municipality and not have to rely on outside consultants for that work.<\/p>\n
jeff walters (7:08)<\/strong><\/p>\n
yeah. i agree. we try to do everything we possibly can house, and when we do have that need for outside services, we’ve got a wealth of resources and our sub that we’ve worked for 20-plus years that we really consider an extension of our team to make sure that your clients are getting their projects done.<\/p>\n
trends in environmental regulations for municipal projects<\/h2>\n
jeff walters (7:30)<\/strong><\/p>\n
what are some foreseeable changes that you anticipate within your client portfolio and the municipal industry as a whole?<\/p>\n
dave sturm (7:39)<\/strong><\/p>\n
the changes i see going forward are probably just going to become stricter. i don’t think they’re going to loosen these changes in environmental regulations. i think we’re going to have to work with our clients to help them anticipate having further environmental regulations on their projects going forward. it’s something that we need to move with the requirements and help the city make those adjustments.<\/p>\n
jeff walters (8:03)<\/strong><\/p>\n
dave, you have a good point there, and that’s a trend that we hear from a lot of clients and a lot of consultants within our team: “man, these rules just aren’t going away. what’s going on here?” and the reality is our resources start to dwindle. we start losing our forest areas, our wetlands, our natural areas. we have governmental entities that are really making it tougher, and it’s our job to make sure that we understand the rules and regulations and we can explain that to you. help you support your clients through means of memos to you and in-person conversations with the clients. we try to do webinars and attend conferences to make sure that we’re reaching out to our clients and we’re understanding well ahead of time when the clients face these issues.<\/p>\n
dave strum (9:01)<\/strong><\/p>\n
i’m in the same boat as these cities, some of these requirements. i just can’t believe it. i’ve stressed that to you before, jeff. you know, that one in bedford. i’m just like, wow, i just can’t believe it. we can’t even rebuild this road without going through this stuff. federal requirements will do it to us.<\/p>\n
jeff walters (9:20)<\/strong><\/p>\n
the last thing that we want to do is get our clients in trouble with the feds or the state because they wanted to miss a step. they thought it would be easy to circumvent the law when sometimes these permits are really easy to get. it’s just to fill out some paperwork and submitting to these agencies, and we get our permission within a couple of weeks. sometimes weeks seem like years to the clients, but at the end of the day, when we have the proper documentation, our clients really are better for it.<\/p>\n
dave sturm (9:53)<\/strong><\/p>\n
a lot of times, they base those decisions on cost as well. when it comes right down to it, costs shouldn’t be a factor in that they need to follow the letter of the law.<\/p>\n
jeff walters (10:01)<\/strong><\/p>\n
yeah. i appreciate it when clients are concerned with the bottom dollar. especially for municipal clients, those dollars are generally tax dollars. they want to make sure every dollar spent is well spent so their city can afford projects and not just spend money to spend money.<\/p>\n
well, dave, i appreciate your time here. i thank you for the insights that we have on the municipal clients, and i hope to be able to support you in the future.<\/p>\n
dave sturm (10:36)<\/strong><\/p>\n
sounds good. i appreciate it.<\/p>\n
jeff walters (10:38)<\/strong><\/p>\n
thanks, dave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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dave sturm, p.e., pls<\/h3>atlantic business unit leader<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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municipal engineering, street design, trail 2022世界杯32强预选赛 and design, site 2022世界杯32强预选赛 , land development, airport improvements, project management<\/p>

jeff walters, pws<\/h3>environmental sciences work group leader<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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wetland & stream delineation & mitigation, 404 permitting, natural resources surveys, lake & stream restoration<\/p>