Communities are increasingly embracing green stormwater infrastructure as a cost-effective way to address diverse municipal interests, including strengthening the economy. This session will explore both traditional and alternative financial policies and tools that communities are using to invest in this type of infrastructure. Learn how to use everything from revenue bond debt and operating fund financing to stormwater regulations and capital planning alignment to achieve your green stormwater infrastructure goals.
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Lawrence Levine
Senior Attorney
Nat Resources Defense Cncl.
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Bio: Larry Levine is a senior attorney in NRDC's Water Program, working on a variety of issues pertaining to water quality in the Northeast region and at the national policy level. His work focuses especially on promoting the use of “green infrastructure” as a sustainable solution to polluted urban runoff and raw sewage overflows. Larry was previously a litigation fellow at NRDC and a clinical fellow in environmental law at the Georgetown University Law Center. Larry blogs on green infrastructure and other water resources protection issues at http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/llevine/.
Education: J.D., Yale Law School (2000) B.A., Tulane University (1997)
Key Publications: NRDC (forthcoming, Feb. 2013), "Creating Clean Water Cash Flows Developing Private Markets for Green Stormwater Infrastructure in Philadelphia." NRDC (2012), "Financing Stormwater Retrofits in Philadelphia and Beyond." NRDC (2011), "Rooftops to Rivers II: Green Strategies for Controlling Stormwater and Combined Sewer Overflows."
Paula Conolly, AICP
Water Resources Planner
Trans-Pacific Engineering Corp.
Mami P. Hara, AICP
First Deputy Commissioner and Chief of Staff
Philadelphia Water Dept.
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Bio: As First Deputy Commissioner of the Philadelphia Water Department, Mami Hara’s responsibilities include coordination of Department policy, strategic planning and management. The Philadelphia Water Department is one of the US’s largest water, wastewater and stormwater utilities, serving 2.3M people and managing an annual budget of approximately 1B. The Department’s current initiatives include implementation of one of the most ambitious municipal green infrastructure programs in the US, Green City Clean Waters; a broad based energy program; and significant increases in other investments that support sustainable water management, urban development and community health. Formerly a principal with Wallace Roberts & Todd, Mami focused upon large scale civic projects, green infrastructure and sustainability plans and led the firm’s Waterfronts and Watersheds practice. While in private practice, she contributed to the Water Department’s Green City Clean Waters program and led projects such as the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative, A Civic Vision for the Central Delaware, GreenPlan Philadelphia and the Upper Mississippi Master Plan.
Education: University of Pennsylvania, B.A. Design of the Environment Harvard University, M.A. Landscape Architecture
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