19th Road Salt Symposium: Fall 2019

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19th Annual Road Salt Symposium

October 24, 2019

Jimmy’s Event Center
3565 Labore Road, Vadnais Heights, MN 55110

The Road Salt Symposium is getting an upgrade!
New time of year, new location, same great low-sodium flavor. 

We asked for feedback, listened, and made some changes moving forward that attendees wanted. After multiple participant surveys, October emerged as the best time of year for this event. We will continue to bring you the most current research; provide local, regional, and national perspectives on winter maintenance; and feature Environmental Leadership Awards for those doing exceptional work to reduce salt use and advance the field of winter maintenance. Moving it to October will allow us to do this before the snow flies (hopefully!).

The 19th annual Road Salt Symposium will take place October 24 at Jimmy’s Event Center – a new venue that will provide a larger, more comfortable space for attendees. We are very excited to announce these changes and hope they will make the symposium an even better experience. We look forward to seeing you in October!

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October topics (to date)

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Katrina Kessler, Assistant Commissioner, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Sue Mulvihill, Deputy Commissioner and Chief Engineer, Minnesota Department of Transportation

Heavy metal: icebreakers and underbodies
Jed Falgren, MNDOT
MnDOT’s mechanical removal equipment including their use of the ice breaker and underbody to remove ice and compaction.

Technology and sustainability
Joe Huneke, MNDOT
Recent updates to MnDOT RWIS site and the technologies at play with AVL, MDSS, and weather forecasting.

Tools to reduce chlorides from ordinances to training
Brooke Asleson, MPCA
Update about the tools the MPCA and other organizations have developed to reduce chloride pollution. Model contracts, model policies, 4-state certification training programs, and the all new statewide chloride management plan.

Premier medical clinic now has premier grounds crew
Nick Queensland, Mayo Clinic
Recent major steps Mayo Clinic has taken to reduce their salt use while maintaining a high level of safety.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1568150308591{padding-right: 50px !important;}”]Winter operations across the pond: lessons learned from the United Kingdom
Matt Morreim, City of St. Paul
Recap of the big takeaways in winter maintenance from the “UK conference”.

Recent, in progress, and future research on salt pathways, pavements, water softening, and all things chloride
Dr. John Gulliver
Recent publications as well as current and future research at the University of Minnesota centered around chloride.

Bringing brine to the front lines
Phil Gaebler, City of Madison, WI
Efforts made by the City of Madison to increase and improve the use of brine application in winter maintenance.

DLA and clear roads
James Hughes, WisDOT
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Thanks to our sponsors!

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Model Snow and Ice Policy

A Model Snow and Ice Management Policy Advisory Committee was convened in the summer of 2016 in response to an extraordinary interest in risk management expressed by attendees of the February 2016 Road Salt Symposium.

The framework offers a tool for cities and counties to prepare clear and complete snow and ice management policies and to help them limit the potential liability risk from these activities. Snow and ice management requires balancing public interests including public safety, equipment and material cost, environmental impact, and other concerns. The law governing public operations largely protects cities and counties from liability, in recognition of the fact that these local units must exercise judgment based on expertise, experience, and the circumstances of the occasion. The law says, however, that to merit this protection, a city or county must be able to show that competing public concerns are in play, that these concerns have been weighed, and that judgment was used in making both policy and operational decisions. The Model Policy is a tool for cities and counties to establish this foundation for their snow and ice management policies and practices.

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Draft contract

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Thanks to the following organizations that supported development of this policy:

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