Minutes of Maryland/DC Damage Prevention
Meeting
March 23, 2008
Miss Utility Call Center
Hanover, MD 21076
9:30AM - 11:30AM
I. Call To Order and Introduction:
Minutes of the Miss Utility Damage Prevention meeting held at the Miss Utility Center in Hanover, MD on
March 23, 2008. Wayne Gilmer (chairman) called the meeting to order at 9:35 am. A list of those in
attendance is attached.
Introductions were made.
The minutes of February 26, 2008 were approved.
II. Safety Item:
Wayne reviewed “Convenience has its price” Driving safety in and around convenience stores and construction sites.
III. Damage Prevention Presentations:
Wayne gave feedback on recent presentations for Potomac Construction, WSSC, and Charles county Highway
maintenance. Jack Sullivan submitted feedback for C.J. Miller, Davis Electric, and Gilbane.
Wayne stated the upcoming shows scheduled for this month were NPL, and Mainling Services, with Masters Plumbing trying
to work out scheduling.
IV. Trade Shows/Safety Events:
WWayne provided feedback on trade show events stating the spring season was winding down. There are two upcoming in the
summer that were already covered, and he encouraged everyone to look toward the fall shows schedule and begin
planning for coverage for those events.
V. Locator Achievement/Dig Smart Committee:
Mark Hamrick provided feedback stating the winners have been chosen and notified, invitations were going
out. The next meeting was scheduled for April 4th at the Sheraton venue in Columbia Md. Congratulations
was offered to this year's winners
VI. Marking Standards:
Wayne provided a brief history of the marking standards and stated the group was near completion of the marking
standards manual. The group was scheduled to meet after this meeting and had invited MGH (marketing group for
Miss Utility) to discuss the lay out and finalization of the manual.
VII. Title 12 Steering Committee:
Wayne provided feedback on the progress being made in the title 12 meetings. He stated there was some push back from the
excavators on the committee concerning penalties and the Public Service commission’s role. Jim Barron (title 12
committee chairman) had distributed an e mail for the suggested changes to be circulated and this would be
discussed at the upcoming Subscribers Meeting scheduled for April 10th. They have yet to discuss at length the
“nine elements” that is part of the Federal requirements, but were waiting on clarification from a number of
sources including the CGA conference which was being held this week. The successful changes to date are in regards
to the general guidelines, definitions, recovery of damages, and “designer” ticket requests. Tom Hastings (One Call
Concepts) added the civil penalties appear to be the major sticking point at this time, and Wayne explained they are
discussing a review board that may satisfy everyone.
VII. FTTP Projections:
Sam Jones (Verizon) provided the following two month FTTP trench footage projections:
| |
April |
May |
| Anne Arundel |
150,000 |
100,000 |
| Howard |
112,000 |
100,000 |
| Montgomery |
1,000 |
1,000 |
| Prince George’s |
20,000 |
0 |
MGH Update:
Nick from MGH stated they were making some updates to the current volunteer list that are distributed in the hope of
making them more user friendly to those wanting to volunteer. They will attempt to create an interactive data base
that will assist in people knowing what dates and times are available in real time. He stated the winners for the
Locate Achievement and Dig Smart awards were posted on the web. This upcoming Wednesday they would be at the Sheraton
for the “walk through” to insure the event would go smoothly. They were moving forward with this summers “Diamond Dig”
event scheduled at the Bowie Bay socks stadium on July 31st. The press releases were complete and they will continue to
work on advertising for the event. April 1st begins the radio spot campaign for the Miss Utility spring safety
awareness advertising. He concluded staying he would be staying for the marking standards meeting following this
meeting to work on the finalization process with the group.
Wayne stated he would need MGH help on the next round of trade shows to get Miss Utility added to the “do not move” list.
He stated they had had some problems with certain venues promising a certain spot on the floor, and then upon arrival
finding the location had been changed. He started there was a way for them to negotiate with the venues to insure our
location would remain the same every year. Kevin Woolbright (WSSC) stated this has been a real problem in the past with
certain people making comments about not being able to find the booth, upset that it had been moved. Kevin stated that
people will generally look for us in the same place each year.
XI. Open Discussion:
Jack Sullivan (BGE) asked that we once more discuss the language of “ticket life” and what the interpretation should
be. A discussion ensued concerning when a ticket began and how long the ticket should be good for. Mark Hamrick
(Verizon) stated he had poled the group not too long ago on the subject and the general consensus was that the
ticket life was 10 days, starting after the 48 hr time period for waiting for the ticket to be marked was over. This
led to more discussion and Jack stated the Miss Utility law states the time for the ticket life to begin was the
declared start to work date. Mark Hamrick stated that was fine, but could lead to problems with the contractor
attempting to extend his ticket life by declaring a future start to work date and that the subject had been discussed
previously. Wayne explained the discussion was handled by the title 12 committee and they had agreed the start date
of a ticket was to be 7:00am the following day of a request. If the ticket was requested prior to 7:00am it would
begin that day and if the request was made after 7:00am it would begin the following day at 7:00am. He further stated
they had amended the ticket life to 12 business days. It was agreed generally that currently the start date was the
declared work to begin date and the ticket was good for ten business days thereafter, with the contractor remaining
responsible for maintaining the marks throughout the life of the ticket, and calling for remarks as necessary.
There was a brief discussion concerning response times and dates, and Wayne encouraged all to submit there suggestions
to the members of the title 12 group for discussion.
There were no more questions or comments following and the meeting was adjourned at 11:30 am.
The next meeting is scheduled for April 22nd. At 9:30am.
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| ITIC % Report for Maryland and Washington D.C. |
|
| Month |
|
Call Center Tickets |
|
ITIC Tickets |
|
Percentage |
| Mar-07 |
|
68,632 |
|
46,108 |
|
67% |
| Apr-07 |
|
71,453 |
|
47,548 |
|
67% |
| May-07 |
|
79,243 |
|
53,201 |
|
67% |
| Jun-07 |
|
74,055 |
|
50,649 |
|
68% |
| Jul-07 |
|
75,034 |
|
52,724 |
|
70% |
| Aug-07 |
|
76,641 |
|
54,537 |
|
71% |
| Sep-07 |
|
68,418 |
|
47,376 |
|
69% |
| Oct-07 |
|
74,837 |
|
51,712 |
|
69% |
| Nov-07 |
|
60,718 |
|
42,868 |
|
71% |
| Dec-07 |
|
53,677 |
|
39,652 |
|
74% |
| Jan-08 |
|
58,159 |
|
41,586 |
|
72% |
| Feb-08 |
|
51,004 |
|
36,810 |
|
72% |
| Mar-08 |
|
57,239 |
|
39,568 |
|
69% |
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| Attendee List |
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| Name |
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Company |
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Phone |
|
Email |
| Mark Hamrick |
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| Wayne Gilmer |
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| Jeff Novotny |
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| Marc Haines |
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| Becky Stem |
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| Lise Utz |
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| Olivia Herrera |
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| Raul Torres |
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| Samuel Jones |
|
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| Cal Brooks |
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| Karen Watkins |
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| David Wilkins |
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| Jay Spence |
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| Bill Taylor |
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| Kevin Woolbright |
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| Joe Feronti |
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| Bob Norman |
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| Tim Kempa |
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| Jack Sullivan |
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| John Wiebeason |
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| Brian Sink |
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| Sherell Stone |
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| Don Jones |
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| Greg Johnson |
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| Tom Hastings |
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