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Robert G. Stubbe, P.E.
Jean Stothert,Mayor ' a' Public Works Director
Honorable President
and Members of the City Council,
Attached for your consideration is a proposed Resolution appointing Kim Cowman as the
Mechanical Engineer representative on the Property Maintenance Appeals Board for a three-year
term. Ms. Cowman's term will commence on September 15, 2016, and expire on September 14,
2019. A copy of Ms. Cowman's Résumé is attached.
Your favorable consideration of this request will be appreciated.
Respectfully submitted,
Jean Stothert, Mayor
City of Omaha
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BOARD/COMMISSION CANDIDATE RESPONSE FORM AND OATH
I wish to be considered for appointment to the following board(s)and or commission(s) and submit the
following information:
Name/s of Board or Commission: (List one or more)
Property Maintenance Board of Appeals
Laste Name:Cowman First name: Kimberly Middle Initial: R
Home address: 8720 Dupont Street City: Omaha
ZIP: 68124 State: NE
Home Phone: 402-502-2506 Work Phone: 402-390-8111 Fax: 402-391-8564
Email: krcowman@leoadaly.com City Council District: District 6
Sex: Female
Race/Ethnicity/Disability(optional): White
Business Name: Leo A Daly Company Job Title: Mechanical Project Engineer
Business Address: 8600 Indian Hills Drive
City: Omaha Zip: NE State: 68114
Where would you like us to direct your correspondence? (check box)
Home❑or Q Business
My appointment to the above named Board or Commission and term of service to the City would not
conflict with my professional or personal interests.
Name—Print or Type Kimberly R. Cowman Date: 08/26/2016
Please return this completed form along with a copy of your resume to:
Carrie Murphy
Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications
carrie.murphy@ci.omaha.ne.us
1819 Farnam Street, Suite 300 Omaha,
' Nebraska 68183
Fax:402-444-6059
If you would like to be considered for an appointment to a board or commission,
complete this form,the oath(page 2)and submit along with your resume or bio.
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Omaha Home Rule Charter section 8.08 requires that the City's Mayor,all Council members, and"all officers and
employees of the city"take a certain oath, as described on the attached oath form. To ensure the legal effectiveness of
our board members' actions,we are asking all board members to review, sign the oath below in the presence of a
notary. If you do not have a notary readily available,the City Clerk's office, LC level,City Council offices in the Civic
Center,will notarize the form for you. A copy or facsimile should be sent to Carrie Murphy to place on file with the City
Clerk's office. If the form is given directly to the City Clerk's office, send a copy to Carrie Murphy as well.
OATH
1, Kimberly R.Cowman ,do solemnly swear (affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States and
the Constitution of the State of Nebraska, against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and
allegiance to the same;that I take this obligation freely and without mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I
will faithfully and impartially perform the duties of the office of member of the Property Maintenance Appeals Board
according to law and to the best of my ability.And I do further swear(affirm)that I will not knowingly commit any act of
treason against the government of the United States or of this state during such time as I am in this position.So help me
God.
Signature
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RESUME
KIMBERLY R. COWMAN PE, LEED AP, HFDP
Senior Associate
_ She is an active member of The Christ the King Elementary/
�,. :' American Society of Heating Middle School, Mechanical
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning System Upgrade
„' , , ,. Engineers (ASHRAE) and served as Omaha, NE
president for the local Nebraska Ms. Cowman served as mechanical
Chapter from 2011-2012. She also engineer on this project that involved
d - serves on the National ASHRAE HFDP the renovation of a K-8 school
4 „ Exam Sub-Committee. As a LEED mechanical system in Omaha,
r' Accredited Professional, Ms. Cowman Nebraska. The existing building was
0 , completes the LEED documentation for conditioned by unit ventilators at
�o. .� �:. mechanical credits for projects. each classroom, cooling was provided
, through DX coils and condensing units
''1 ° at each unit ventilator, and heating was
Her project experience includes: provided by steam boilers. The existing
MECHANICAL ENGINEER system was replaced with a ground
14 Years Experience Fusion Medical Staffing source heat pump system. Water-to-air
Omaha, NE heat pumps tied to a geothermal water
Education Ms. Cowman was responsible for the loop provided the cooling and heating
2004/M/Architectural/Mechanical mechanical system for this 27,000-SF to each classroom. The gymnasium
Engineering facility which includes administration was served by a dedicated air handler.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
departments, as well as conference Water-to-water heat pumps provided
2003/BS/Architectural Engineering rooms, kitchenettes, gym, yoga studio, chilled and hot water to the gymnasium
University of Nebraska-Lincoln game room, and mama room. The new air handler heating/cooling coils. A
tenant fit-out location helps streamline closed loop geothermal well field was
Registration Fusion's workflow under one roof, installed under the school soccer field
2007/Professional Mechanical Engineer while fully creating the desired and served as the heat sink and heat
2003/LEED Accredited Professional
2011/Healthcare Facility Design collaborative space. source for the heat pump water loop.
Professional (HFDP) The well field was designed by the
Background
Methodist Health System, local utility company.
Ms. Cowman is a licensed Professional Nebraska Methodist Hospital,
Mechanical Engineer in nine states, a Chiller Replacement Phase II The Nebraska Medical Center,
LEED Accredited Professional, and an Omaha, NE Hixson-Lied Center
ASHRAE certified Healthcare Facility LEO A DAY provided mechanical, Omaha, NE
electrical, and structural engineering Ms. Cowman collaborated on the
Design Professional (HFDP). She is a mechanical design for multi le
graduate of the LEO A DALY Leadership services through construction g p
administration to design a replacement renovations and building fit outs for the
Institute Class 3 and a member of the Hixson-Lied Center, includingan MRI
LEO A DALY-Omaha office Board of 1,400-ton chiller and 2,800-ton
cooling tower system for Nebraska and CT scanner fit-out, PET scanner
Directors. relocation, and bio-safetycabinet
Methodist Hospital. The chiller/cooling
tower project includes the purchase addition. These projects required
Ms. Cowman serves on the Durham and installation of a new chiller, coordination between the existing
School Architectural Engineering cooling towers, controls, and electrical building mechanical systems and
Industry Advisory Committee and upgrades that allow emergency new mechanical systems required for
regularly volunteers to support electrical power to operate the new each project. This $44 million facility
the school as a participant in the chiller and cooling towers. Cooling to connects the Clarkson and University
architectural engineering mentoring all areas of the facility is required for Hospital campuses. This facility houses
program, project evaluator for the uninterrupted operation. Ms. Cowman the most clinically intense hospital
interdisciplinary team design project, was the mechanical engineer and functions, including emergency,
and guest lecturer in multiple courses. project manager on the project. radiology, surgery, interventional
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KIMBERLY R. COWMAN continued
radiology, and a 34-bed neonatal US Department of Veterans to improve the operation of the existing
intensive care. The four-story, 160,000- Affairs, Task Order, VAMC chilled water system. The upgrades
SF facility provides connectivity Omaha Boiler Replacement included the replacement of existing,
between campuses on three floors. Omaha, NE undersized interconnecting chilled
LEO A DALY provided the design for the water piping between mechanical
Boys Town National Research demolition and replacement of one of rooms, replacement of constant volume
Hospital-West, Medical Office the existing steam boilers at the boiler chilled water pumps with variable
Building plant. The existing steam load for the speed pumps, replacement of existing
Omaha, NE facility was evaluated based on daily direct buried condenser water piping,
This $12.6 million, 27,000-SF medical steam data provided by the medical and the replacement of existing cooling
office building and a 40,000-SF staff to determine the appropriate size tower fill material that had become
specialty hospital was designed for replacement boiler due to the changes de-rated due to excessive scaling and
children with disabilities. Located in demand over time. mineral deposits. Ms. Cowman served
at the world-renowned Village of as primary mechanical engineer and
Boys Town, the Boys Town National
project manager.
Based on the analysis of the facility
Research Hospital-West includes steam data, and conversations with
a short-stay surgical hospital. The the VA Omaha engineering and
facility houses the National Treatment boiler staff, a 500-BHP firetube steam ;,
Center for Abused and Neglected boiler was designed to replace ones `>
Children with Disabilities and is of the existing boilers. The capacity .. -; � �
designed to accommodate the physical, of the new replacement boiler more
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educational, and emotional needs closely matches the current demand ,yr
of these individuals. Ms. Cowman for steam by the facility, and improves
designed the mechanical system for the operational efficiency. A portion of the �'
project, which is a VAV reheat system existing boiler plant window framing t ,� �° =- -� -', '
served by dedicated air-cooled chillers system will be removed and replaced
and hot water boilers. as part of the project design, allowing � "" �
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concept, digital, smart hospital. The Affairs, Task Order, VAMC
hospital includes a diagnostic area Omaha Chiller Addition ,
with MRI, CT, nuclear medicine,
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special procedures, radiographic LEO A DALY completed the design for � "
and radiographic/fluoroscopy rooms, Providingadditional chiller capacity to '� F a
women's center for mammography satisfy the VA requirements foPchi I r � '
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TIME LINE: (Due bate) City Council Agenda September 13. 2016
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REQUEST FOR: Appoint Kim Cowman to the Property Maintenance Appeals Board
DETAILS: (Please Do NOT State "See Attached". Details Should Appear On This Page and May Continue On To A Second Page.
The Mayor asks the Council to confirm the appointment of Kim Cowman as a representative on the Property
Maintenance Appeals Board. She will serve as the Mechanical Engineer representative. Kim Cowman's term
will begin September 15, 2016 and end September 14, 2019.
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c ZSA CITY OF OMAHA
LEGISLATIVE CHAMBER
Omaha,Nebraska
RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OMAHA:
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 48-131 of the Omaha Municipal Cade, a Property
Maintenance Appeals Board was created and established; and, d
WHEREAS, Sections 48-132 and 48-133 of the Omaha Municipal Code rovide for the
appointment by the Mayor of the members of the Property Maintenance Appeals Board and their
initial terms; and,
WHEREAS, Mayor Stothert has appointed Kim Cowman to serve as the Mechanical
Engineer representative on the Property Maintenance Appeals Board, for a three-year term to
commence on September 15, 2016, and expire on September 14, 2019.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF OMAHA:
THAT, the appointment by Mayor Stothert of Kim Cowman to serve as the Mechanical
Engineer representative of the Property Maintenance Appeals Board, for a three-year term to
commence on September 15, 2016, and expire on September 14, 2019, be and hereby is
confirmed.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Resolution by
Res. that the appointment by Mayor Stothert
of Kim Cowman to serve as the Mechanical
Engineer representative of the Property
Maintenance Appeals Board, for a three-year
term to commence on September 15, 2016,
and expire on September 14, 2019, be and
hereby is confirmed. •
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