Our guest speaker for the March 20th meeting was Brent Meyer, Community Development Department, City of Woodland, and the City Engineer in charge of all engineering functions.

Brent summarized engineering organization, staffing, and recent and upcoming staffing changes. He described the need for and trend of increased contracting for engineering services and a reduction in the amount of engineering performed by City staff. He also provided a sense of the philosophy of the City toward development and growth and its relationship with the City of Davis. Despite differences in views toward commercial and residential development and growth, Woodland and Davis are closely linked by such things as housing supply, employment, and school capacity, and are cooperating on planning discussions for new water and wastewater infrastructure. Brent outlined current and upcoming capital improvement projects and contracting opportunities in the areas of sewer, water, transportation, storm water and flooding, and development. In the question and answer session, there was great interest in upcoming projects, particularly the proposed surface water project and regional water treatment plant.