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RANCHO LAS PALMAS, RANCHO MIRAGE OCTOBER 21 - 24, 2012
This program is printed on recycled paper. APA CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS AND SPECIAL EVENTS
Sunday, October 21 • 11:45 am - 1:00 pm Monday, October 22 • 8:45 - 9:45 am Salon F, G, H Las Palmas Ballroom Student Awards Lunch (students only) Opening Keynote Speaker Students please join us as we present and honor the Richard J. Jackson, M.D., M.P.H., 2012-13 California Planning Foundation (CPF) Professor and Chair, scholarship winners. Each year CPF invites planning Environmental Health Sciences, students to compete for a number of scholarships. University of California, Los Angeles, Scholarships are offered to students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate planning programs in School of Public Health California. Since its inception, CPF has awarded more CM | 1.5 than $300,000 in scholarships and awards in support of Richard J. Jackson is Professor planning students. and Chair of Environmental Health Sciences at the Fielding School of Public Health at the University of Sunday, October 21 • 1:00 - 5:00 pm California, Los Angeles. A pediatrician, he has served in Rancho Las Palmas Country Club many leadership positions in both APA California Golf Tournament environmental health and Rancho Las Palmas Golf Resort infectious disease with the Register at www.APACalifornia.com California Health Department, including the highest, State Health Officer. For nine years he was Director of the Players will have an opportunity to WIN a FREE CAR for a CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health in Hole in One. Atlanta and received the Presidential Distinguished • Green Fee is $79 per golfer, includes cart (a portion of Service award. In October 2011 he was elected to the the proceeds will go to the CA Planning Foundation - Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of CPF) Sciences. • Golf Club rental is $65 In California he has helped establish the California Birth • Registration Start: 1:00 pm Defects Monitoring Program and state and national laws • Shotgun Start: 1:30 pm to reduce risks from pesticides, especially to farm • Format: 4 Person Scramble workers and to children. While at CDC he established the • Dress code is enforced, no metal spikes national asthma epidemiology and control program, oversaw the childhood lead poisoning prevention • No lunch will be provided program, and instituted the federal effort to “biomonitor” Sponsors: chemical levels in the US population. In the late 1990s he Jessup Auto Plaza - Hole-in-One, Cadillac ATS was the CDC leader in establishing the US National Heffernan Insurance - Golf Cart Pharmaceutical Stockpile to prepare for terrorism and other disasters—which was activated on September 11, 2001. He has received the Breast Cancer Fund’s Hero Sunday, October 21 • 6:30 - 10:00 pm Award, as well as Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Public Health Law Association, and the New Partners for Sunrise Terrace Smart Growth. Opening Reception Sponsored by: Join your colleagues for an unforgettably beautiful Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians evening of music, food and Fall desert ambience! Our City of Rancho Mirage opening reception takes place on the Sunrise Terrace MIG adjacent to the Tranquility Pool overlooking the postcard MSA perfect 5th fairway, centrally located on the resort SCE property. Sample on www.reverbnation.com our musical guest Scottish singer-songwriter Rebecca Connelly and trio. Reconnect with fellow planners and sample delectable local fare while taking in the relaxing sights and sounds of a Coachella Valley evening. Find yourself Monday, October 22 • 11:45 am - 1:00 pm at the Opening Reception! Las Palmas Ballroom Sponsored by: APA California Awards Luncheon Burrtec The awards luncheon will recognize this year’s best PMC planning policies, projects, and professionals in a large Raimi & Associates and diverse Chapter. Highlights in the planning field will RBF Consulting be discussed and presented visually. In addition, many Wildlands professional planners and laypersons, including volunteers and elected officials will be honored for demonstrations of dedication, service, and planning Sunday, October 21 and Monday October 22 achievement. All Day Display Sponsored by: Las Palmas Ballroom Foyer AECOM Student Poster Display The Arroyo Group Come see the latest work of California’s planning Bonterra students. Stop by the Las Palmas Back Ballroom Foyer MindMixer as students from throughout California showcase their Pro Forma Advisors recent projects, including: The Planning Center | DC&E RRM Design Group • A transportation study using GIS to help transit SWCA authorities evaluate practices and strategies, URS • The design and update of city documents to reflect community and city input, and • A study of land development and erosion and their effects on ecosystems. Students will be on-hand in and out on Sunday to discuss their projects and answer questions. Posters will be on display all day Sunday and Monday. 2 APA California 2012 Conference • Rancho Mirage HIGHLIGHTS AND SPECIAL EVENTS
Monday, October 22 • 2:45 - 3:15 pm Tuesday, October 23 • 9:00 pm Ballroom Portico Foyer R Bar CPF Silent Auction Opens APA California Party Featuring the Winning bids will be posted during the Live Auction at APA All Star Band 7:00 pm. This year the APA All-Star band will be rockin out in the R- Numerous items will be available for bid at the 2012 CPF Bar at the hotel on Tuesday evening Oct 23 from 9pm to Silent Auction beginning at the afternoon break. The whenever the authorities close it down! The players are all Silent Auction will end at 7:00 pm, so bid often and conference planner attendees with day jobs, so come check back to see if anyone has outbid you! The Live over, take advantage of the drink specials and support our Auction and Raffle Drawing begins at 7:00 pm. Raffle home-grown live music band. Not to be confused with the tickets can be purchased beginning on Sunday and AEP band The Evolutionaries, the APA band formed through Monday at the Live Auction event. Look for CPF spontaneously several years ago in the hallway at the San Representatives throughout the conference venue to Jose conference. Interestingly enough these regulators purchase raffle tickets for a chance to win great prizes! were shut down that evening by the fire department! An Early Bird Raffle Prize of $100 will be drawn during the All attendees will receive a special commemorative logo Live Auction for those who purchase tickets on Sunday. guitar pick, choice of blue or white, with the APA logo on one side and the conference logo on the other.These are one-time-only rare limited edition collector picks! So, join Monday, October 22 • 5:15 - 8:30 pm us for this not to be missed event! Ballroom Portico Foyer and Salon D California Planning Foundation (CPF) Wednesday, October 24 • 10:45 - 11:45 am Reception and Silent/Live Auction Starlight Terrace CPF Reception - Silent Auction closes at 7:00 pm, Live CM | 1.0 Auction begins at 7:00 pm. Closing Panel Session: When Planners Rule Come join the party! Every year planners show their Current and advanced planning services, including those dedication and support to the California Planning previously conducted by Redevelopment Agencies, must Foundation which funds student scholarships in the now be provided with slimmer budgets and reduced planning sector. Don't miss this annual event. Lots of staffing. The panel is particularly well suited to help food, drink and fun all going to a great cause! Please address the associated management challenges. Panelists participate in the CPF Auction event and show your will share their creative and innovative ideas on support. streamlining the planning process, increasing operational Sponsored by: efficiencies and enhancing economic development Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians opportunities. City of Rancho Mirage Moderator - John D. Criste, AICP, Terra Nova Planning & MIG, MSA, Southern California Edison Research, Inc. Speakers - Randy K. Bynder, AICP, City Manager, City of Rancho Mirage; Thomas Kirk, MS, Coachella Valley Tuesday, October 23 • 5:45 - 7:00 pm • Exhibit Area Association of Governments; Andy Hall, AICP, City of Wine and Cheese Reception Cathedral City; Frank J. Spevacek, City of La Quinta Celebrate with over 30 planning consultant exhibitors and find out how they can assist you in the future. Great food, drinks and networking!
Tuesday, October 23 • 12:30 - 2:00 pm Las Palmas Ballroom Keynote Luncheon Kristin Eberhard, Legal Director, Western Energy and Climate Projects, NRDC Energy Program CM | 1.5 Ms. Eberhard will speak to some of the major issues Southern California Association of Governments and that face planners today, especially those in California Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority on and the west, including urban development, improving mobility and access in the Southern investments in transportation, new breakthroughs in California region. personal mobility, and how planning around the access She has taught “Climate Change Law and Policy” at needs of inhabitants is essential for our increasingly Stanford Law School and “Energy law” at UCLA Law urbanized world. She will also speak to the importance School. In the past Ms. Eberhard has litigated at a of communities and how essential urban infrastructure, private law firm, worked as an energy consultant for such as diverse and accessible transportation systems, PG&E, and conducted independent research on can directly strengthen the local social and economic renewable energy and sustainable building practices in fabric while enhancing sustainability. rural areas of Latin America. She graduated cum Ms. Eberhard leads NRDC’s efforts to reduce laude from the Duke University School of Law, while greenhouse gas emissions in California and throughout concurrently earning a Masters of Environmental the West. She works with staff and Board members at Management from Duke’s Nicholas School of the the California Air Resources Board, the California Environment. She also holds a B.A. in Science, Public Utilities Commission, and the California Energy Technology and Society, with interdisciplinary honors in Commission to implement AB 32: the California Global Environmental Science and Technology Policy, from Warming Solutions Act. She is an expert on climate Stanford University. change policy and cap-and-trade program design. Sponsored by: Recently she has been focusing on electricity and Burke, Williams & Sorensen, Chambers Group transportation in Southern California. She is helping the ESA, Impact Sciences Los Angeles Department of Water and Power transition LSA Associates, Inc., VenTek International towards a cleaner energy portfolio, and working with Webb & Associates
3 APA California 2012 Conference • Rancho Mirage MOBILE WORKSHOPS
Tuesday, October 23 • 2:00 - 5:45 pm Mobile Workshop Transportation For scheduled Mobile Workshops, please meet 15 MW#8 Palm Springs International Airport minutes prior to departure at the Ballroom Portico (see Fee: $50.00 back cover of this program for map). CM | 2.0 As the only commercial airport serving Riverside County, Palm Springs International Airport is a transportation Monday, October 22 • 8:30 am - 12:00 noon utility and key economic engine, serving over 1.5 million MW#1 Desert Water Agency Facilities travelers each year from over 500 cities worldwide. The presentation will be conducted by the Airport Executive Fee: $35.00 Director who will discuss air traffic operations, airport CM | 2.0 master planning, regulatory requirements, land use compatibility and noise abatement, maintenance and How is the Source of Life” provided to a region that has security, and emergency preparedness. Attendees will 350 days of sun each year? How are local water learn about the airport’s impact on the City’s overall supplies related to the state’s massive water system? functionality - from vehicular traffic and economic Find out with this tour of the Desert Water Agency’s development to utility consumption, landscaping and water delivery system. We will visit a Colorado Aqueduct building architecture. turn-out, an aquifer spreading basin, and the infrastructure that makes up the system. See how hydro-electric, solar and wind power are integral to water service; take a look at the future of recycled water; and Tuesday, October 23 • 2:00 - 5:45 pm learn how water agencies prepare for earthquakes and MW#9 Historic Properties other emergencies. Sponsored by: Fee: $35.00 Desert Water Agency CM | 2.0 Historic preservation in the Coachella Valley is uniquely defined by architects who practiced in the desert during the mid-twentieth century and left behind a collection of first-rate modern commercial and residential buildings. Tuesday, October 23 • 8:00 am - 5:00 pm This tour will visit several of the notable mid-century MW#6 Sunnylands Center at the modern banks, hotels, retail centers, office buildings, and Annenberg Estate homes located in Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage and Fee: $35.00 Palm Desert. Local preservation experts will discuss the mid-century modern movement and the political and CM | 2.0 economic challenges of preserving significant “young” Founded by Ambassador Walter and Leonore buildings. Annenberg, Sunnylands is a 200-acre estate and historic Sponsored by: residence repurposed as a West Coast “Camp David” KTGY Group, Inc. where national and international leaders convene to “promote world peace and facilitate international agreement.” Our tour will include the 17,000 square foot Sunnylands Center & Gardens. Here you will see Wednesday, October 24 • 8:30 am - 12:00 noon sculpture from the Sunnylands Collection and walk MW#10 Palm Springs Aerial Tramway through the arid-landscape gardens of more than 53,000 Fee: $35.00 individual plants and 50 species to the historic CM | 2.0 Annenberg Estate. Sunnylands Center & Gardens has a With a history that dates to 1935, the Palm Springs Aerial LEED Gold rating and interactive kiosks in the Center tell Tramway is an engineering marvel that provides access that story. to the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Sponsored by: Monument and the Mt. San Jacinto State Park. The Melendrez rotating tram cars ascend and descend via a cable that is two and one-half miles long and weighs twenty-two tons. Our visit will include a ride to the summit station (8,500 ft elev.) and a tour of the installation and machinery. The environmental challenges of constructing and maintaining Tuesday, October 23 • 8:30 am - 12:00 noon the tram, as well as the touristic aspects of its operation will be explored. MW#7 Wind Machines Tram admissions sponsored by: Fee: $50.00 GHD, Inc. CM | 2.0 Palm Springs Aerial Tramway As an alternative energy source, wind-generated power has matured significantly from its early days in the 1980’s, and the wind corridor north of Palm Springs has been part of the industry since the beginning. On this tour, participants will walk among the wind turbines themselves, including the latest 1.65 megawatt machines. Local wind energy companies will be on hand to discuss the future of the industry, including experimental designs, the latest environmental issues and plans to develop solar energy production among the wind machines. Sponsored by: Wintec Energy, Ltd.
4 APA California 2012 Conference • Rancho Mirage CONFERENCE-AT-A-GLANCE
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21
All Day Display Student Poster Display Las Palmas Ballroom Foyer 8:30 - 10:00 am Student Registration Exhibit Area 9:00 am - 5:00 pm APA State Board of Directors Meeting Salon 1, 2
10:00 - 11:30 am Stories from the ¡Tijuana! CPF Walking Tour CM | 1.5 Salon 7, 8 11:45 am - 1:00 pm Student Awards Lunch (students only) Salon F, G, H
12:00 noon - 6:00 pm Conference Attendee Registration Exhibit Area 12:00 noon - 6:00 pm Exhibitor Set-up Exhibit Area 1:00 - 5:00 pm APA California Golf Tournament Rancho Las Palmas Country Club 1:15 - 2:45 pm Show Me the Money: Salary Negotiations for Planners (CPF Session) Salon 7, 8 3:00 - 4:30 pm Charting a Career in Sustainability: Steps Students Can Take Before Graduating Salon 7, 8 3:00 - 5:00 pm PEN Annual Committee Meeting Desert Suite 2
4:30 - 6:00 pm Census Trends for Planning & Policy: CM | 1.5 | ETHICS Diversity Summit 2012 Salon F, G, H 6:30 - 10:00 pm Opening Reception Sunrise Terrace
MONDAY, OCTOBER 22
All Day Display Student Poster Display Las Palmas Ballroom Foyer 7:30 - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast Exhibit Area 7:30 - 8:30 am CA Planning Roundtable Committee Meeting Desert Suite 3 7:30 am - 6:30 pm Conference Registration Exhibit Area 7:30 am - 8:30 pm Exhibits Open Exhibit Area
8:30 am - 12:00 noon MW#1 - Desert Water Agency Facilities CM | 2.0 Meet 15 minutes prior in Ballroom Portico
8:45 - 9:45 am Opening Keynote Speaker - Richard J. Jackson, M.D., M.P.H. CM | 1.0 Professor and Chair, Environmental Health Studies, Las Palmas Ballroom University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Planning Commissioners Lounge Desert Suite 3
Session Block #1 The Rise of the “Greenprint:” They Don’t All Have To Be “Blue” CM | 1.5 10:00 - 11:30 am Salon C
Planning for Wildfire Hazard Reduction in the Wildland Urban Interface CM | 1.5 Salon 1
Elevating Design Through Public Involvement and Politics: Is it Possible? CM | 1.5 Salon 2, 3
Parking for Affordable Housing: Getting the Requirements Right CM | 1.5 Desert Suites 1, 2
Resource Issues for Indian Reservations and CM | 1.5 | LAW and MCLE | 1.5 Surrounding Communities Salon 4
Can You Hear Me Now?: Turning Your Mobile Device into a GIS Editor CM | 1.5 Salon 8
The Planner’s Role in Preparing for Disasters CM | 1.5 Salon A
The General Plan and General Plan EIR: Friends or Foes? CM | 1.5 Salon 6, 7
Legacy, Fringe, and Island Communities; CM | 1.5 | LAW and MCLE | 1.5 Models for Infrastructure Improvements Salon 5
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 22
11:45 am - 1:00 pm Awards Luncheon Las Palmas Ballroom
Session Block #2 APA California 2012 Legislative Update CM | 1.5 | LAW and MCLE | 1.5 1:15 - 2:45 pm Salon 4
Ethics, Values, and Legal Issues for Planning Commissioners CM | 1.5 | LAW Salon 1
Smart Growth Comes to the San Joaquin Valley CM | 1.5 Salon 8
Mall Magic: Transforming Shopping Malls in Smart Growth Centers CM | 1.5 Salon 6, 7
Complete Streets: From Policy to Pavement CM | 1.5 Salon G
Reinventing Redevelopment: CM | 1.5 | LAW and MCLE | 1.5 To Be or Not To Be Salon 5
Achieving Real Behavioral Change Through Sustainability Policy CM | 1.5 Salon 2, 3
How to Be a Better Supervisor and Work Well with Others CM | 1.5 | ETHICS Salon H
2:45 - 3:15 pm Afternoon Break - CPF Silent Auction Opens Ballroom Portico Foyer
Session Block #3 General Plans: CM | 1.5 3:15 - 4:45 pm The Next Generation Salon 2, 3
For Planning Commissioners: CM | 1.5 | ETHICS Planning as an Economic Development Tool, Project and Environmental Review Salon 1
Historic Preservation 101: CM | 1.5 | LAW and MCLE | 1.5 Preparing, Planning and Preserving for 2012 and Beyond Salon 4
Measuring Community Performance: CM | 1.5 Community Indicator and Benchmarking Initiatives Salon 8
CEQA Mitigation Measures for Renewable Energy Projects: CM | 1.5 From Paper to Implementation Salon 5
The 3 R’s of Sustainable General Plans: CM | 1.5 Relevant, Reality-Based, and Ready for Implementation Salon 6, 7
What’s Next: Funding, Implementing, and Monitoring CM | 1.5 Your Climate Action Plan Salon F
Airport Land Use Compatibility Planning: CM | 1.5 New State Guidance and Case Study of GIS Tool Salon B
Planning for Healthy Communities in Los Angeles County CM | 1.5 Salon A
5:15 - 8:30 pm California Planning Foundation (CPF) Reception and Live Auction Ballroom Portico Foyer CPF Reception - Silent Auction closes at 7:00 pm Salon D Live Auction Begins at 7:00 pm
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23
7:30 - 9:00 am Continental Breakfast Exhibit Area
7:30 am - 6:30 pm Conference Registration Exhibit Area
7:30 am - 8:30 pm Exhibits Open Exhibit Area
8:30 - 9:30 am Professional Development Officers Committee Meeting Desert Suite 3
8:30 am - 12:00 noon MW#6 - Sunnylands Center at the Annenberg Estate CM | 2.0 Meet 15 minutes prior in Ballroom Portico
8:30 am - 12:00 noon MW#7 - Wind Machines CM | 2.0 Meet 15 minutes prior in Ballroom Portico
Session Block #4 California Rail Transportation - Back to the Future, PEN Presentation CM | 1.5 9:30 - 11:00 am Salon B
When New Meets Old: Additions to Historic Buildings CM | 1.5 Salon 2, 3
Long Live Rock! What Planners Need to Know About CM | 1.5 | LAW and MCLE | 1.5 Mining and Reclamation Law and Practice Salon 1
There’s An App for That! CM | 1.5 Salon 6, 7
Downtown Indio Revitalization Efforts CM | 1.5 Salon 8
Drivers of Change in Urban Mobility: CM | 1.5 Technology, Management and Planning Salon C
A Regional Trail for Neighborhood Vehicles, Bikes and Pedestrians CM | 1.5 Salon A
“Occupy” this Session: The Protestor and Planning CM | 1.5 Salon G, H
Green Streets, Meet Complete Street CM | 1.5 Salon F
Annual CEQA Update: CM | 1.5 | LAW and MCLE | 1.5 The Cycle of Change Continues Salon 5
10:00 am - 4:00 pm Planning Commissioners Lounge Desert Suite 3
Session Block #5 When Business Friendly Happens to Planners: CM | 1.5 | ETHICS 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Meeting Job Expectations and The Code of Ethics Salon 4
The Mills Act: One Act, Many Implementations CM | 1.5 | LAW and MCLE | 1.5 Salon 2, 3
Mending the Tear in a Desert Downtown CM | 1.5 Salon 1
Planning for Revitalization in a Post-Redevelopment World CM | 1.5 Salon 6, 7
Visual Literacy for Planners CM | 1.5 Salon 8
Sneak Preview: CM | 1.5 Streamlining Housing Element Preparation and HCD Review Salon 5
Connecting the Dots...How to Get from Here to There. Wayfinding - CM | 1.5 A Cost Effective Infrastructure Program That Helps Brand, Link and Salon C Revitalize Town and Cities
Helping Communities Define Their Place with GIS CM | 1.5 | ETHICS Salon A
12:30 - 2:00 pm Keynote Luncheon - Kristin Eberhard CM | 1.5 Legal Director, Western Energy and Climate Projects, Las Palmas Ballroom NRDC Energy Program
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23
2:00 - 5:45 pm MW#8 - Palm Springs International Airport CM | 2.0 Meet 15 minutes prior in Ballroom Portico
2:00 - 5:45 pm MW#9 - Historic Properties CM | 2.0 Meet 15 minutes prior in Ballroom Portico
Session Block #6 Smart Preservation Success Stories CM | 1.5 2:15 - 3:45 pm Salon 1
How Do You Manage a Project with CEQA & NEPA CM | 1.5 When You Don’t Control All the Pieces Salon 4
The Disappearing Redevelopment Agency: CM | 1.5 The New Frontier for City Planning Departments Salon 2, 3
Re-visioning Southern California: CM | 1.5 Visionary Solutions and Strategies for Improving the Built Environment Salon 6, 7
Healthy People, Healthy Places: CM | 1.5 Transform Your Economy by Planning for Health Salon C
Are You Ready for The Next Big Wave: CM | 1.5 Tsunami Preparedness Planning Salon B
Unleash Your Inner Geek: CM | 1.5 Getting a Handle on Technology for Planning Salon A
Using Community Benefits to Stimulate Investment in CM | 1.5 | LAW Sustainable Communities Salon 5
Mission First: Smart Growth and Sustainability Principles for CM | 1.5 Navy and Marine Corps Installations Salon 8
Behind the Dais: CM | 1.5 Taking the Mystery Out of Commission and Board Meetings Salon F
3:45 - 4:15 pm Afternoon Break Exhibit Area
Session Block #7 Leading the Future: CM | 1.5 4:15 - 5:45 pm What Will it Take to be Planning Leaders in the Future? Salon 1
Implementing CAPS: CM | 1.5 Where Sustainable Ambitions and Fiscal/Political Realities Meet Salon 2, 3
Property Rights, Takings, and Exactions: CM | 1.5 | LAW and MCLE | 1.5 A Legal and Practical Update for Planners Salon 4
Cracking the Code: CM | 1.5 Making a Form-Based/Traditional Hybrid Code Work for Your City Desert Suites 1, 2, 3
Forging Healthy Community Planning Through Collaboration, CM | 1.5 Advocacy and Policy-Making Salon 6, 7
Life Without Redevelopment?: Assuring Smart Growth, Affordable Housing, and CM | 1.5 Reversing Blight in Disadvantaged Communities in the Post-Redevelopment Era Salon 5
Reforming Parking Management at and around BART Stations and TOD CM | 1.5 Salon 8
Competing for Jobs: CM | 1.5 Improve Your Resume, Interviewing and Get Your Foot in the Door Salon A
Monetary Metropolis: CM | 1.5 Lessons from Burning Man for Today’s Planners Salon F, G
5:45 - 7:00 pm Wine and Cheese Reception Exhibit Area
9:00 pm APA California Party Featuring the APA All Star Band R Bar
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24
7:00 - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast Exhibit Area
7:30 - 10 :00 am Exhibits Open Exhibit Area
7:30 - 11 :00 am Conference Registration Exhibit Area
Session Block #8 Confronting California’s Most Critical Challenges CM | 1.5 7:30 - 9:00 am Salon 6, 7
21st Century Gold Rush: CM | 1.5 Solar Energy Development in the Golden State Salon 2, 3
Science & Tech in Sustainable Design and Planning: CM | 1.5 Useful Tools for Practitioners Salon 1
Downtown Revitalization for Almost Free CM | 1.5 Salon 4
Off-Site Public Improvements as a Map Condition: CM | 1.5 | LAW and MCLE | 1.5 Negotiating Thorny Issues Arising Under Off-Site Acquisition Desert Suites 1, 2 Agreements with Developers and Litigating the Developer-Funded Eminent Domain Case
Institutionalizing Living Street Design CM | 1.5 Salon 8
Break Out the Crystal Ball: CM | 1.5 Community GHG Emissions Forecasts and Targets Salon A
Ethics Jeopardy: CM | 1.5 | ETHICS Testing What We Know About Ethics Salon 5
Sounds of Sustainable/Urban Development CM | 1.5 Salon C
8:30 - 12:00 noon MW#10 -Palm Springs Aerial Tramway CM | 2.0 Meet 15 minutes prior in Ballroom Portico
Session Block #9 Passing the AICP Exam: Salon 2, 3 9:15 - 10:45 am Planning Jeopardy!
Preservation Toolkit for Small Cities CM | 1.5 Salon 1
Diverse Communities, Diverse Strategies: CM | 1.5 Lessons in Multicultural Outreach Desert Suites 1, 2
Tips for Successfully Navigating the Federal CM | 1.5 | LAW and MCLE | 1.5 Permitting Process Salon 4
Wresting with RHNA and Getting Quality Results with Form-Based Codes CM | 1.5 Salon A
Growth Modeling for Sustainable Communities: CM | 1.5 Building-Blocks of Climate Evaluation Salon 6, 7
Creating Safe Places CM | 1.5 Salon B
Help OPR Help You! CM | 1.5 | LAW and MCLE | 1.5 Updating the General Plan Guidelines for the 21st Century Salon 5
Reworking the Business District CM | 1.5 Salon C
10:45 - 11:45 am Closing Panel Session - When Planners Rule CM | 1.0 Starlight Terrace
11:30 am - 1:30 pm Exhibitor Tear-Down Exhibit Area
1:00 - 5:00 pm APA-Inland Empire Stakeholder Committee Meeting Desert Suite 3
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California,Mitchell Angeles; Los Officer, Development Economic & Planning Chief APA, North Raleigh, of City & Association Planning American Irvine James The Commissioner, Malloy, Connie Carolina; California Program the with Foundation Democracy Money: No one likes to talk about it but everyone thinks everyone but it about talk to likes one No Money: but skills, negotiation salary needs planner Every it. about and trial learn only through it do people to most how know to needs planner every what discuss will We error. and public private, the with negotiations salary about questions specific your answer will We sectors. non-profit in salary reasonable a negotiate to tools the you give and in. you’re one the or job future a Moderator in Sustainability: a Career Charting Before Can Take Students Steps Graduating Show Me the Money: Money: the Me Show (CPR) Planners for Negotiations Salary 1:15 – 2:45 pm • Salon 7, 8 7, Salon • pm 2:45 – 1:15 10 APA California 2012 Conference Sponsors: - Phil Trom, AICP, Senior Transportation Senior AICP, Trom, Phil - Heffernan Insurance - Golf Cart Golf - Insurance Heffernan - Laurie Gartrell, Regional Planner, MCP, Planner, Regional Gartrell, Laurie - 1.5 1.5 | (a portion of the proceeds will go to the CA the to go will proceeds the of portion (a CPF) - Foundation Planning Jessup Auto Plaza - Hole-in-One, Cadillac ATS Cadillac Hole-in-One, - Plaza Auto Jessup Players will have an opportunity to WIN a FREE a WIN to opportunity an have will Players One. in Hole a for CAR 1:00 - 5:00 pm pm 5:00 - 1:00 Country Palmas Las Rancho Club Tournament Golf California APA Resort Golf Las Palmas Rancho at www.APACalifornia.com Register • cart includes golfer, per $79 is Fee Green •$65 is rental Club Golf •pm 1:00 Start: Registration •pm 1:30 Start: Shotgun •Scramble Person 4 Format: •spikes metal no enforced, is code Dress •provided be will lunch No 11:45 am - 1:00 pm • Salon F, G, H G, F, Salon • pm 1:00 - am 11:45 Student Awards Lunch (students only) (students Lunch Awards Student the honor and present we as us join please Students (CPF) California Foundation 2012-13 Planning planning invites CPF year Each winners. scholarship scholarships. of number a for compete to students in enrolled students to offered are Scholarships in programs planning graduate and undergraduate more awarded has CPF California.inception, its Since support in awards and scholarships in $300,000 than students. planning of Exhibitor Set-up Exhibitor Conference Attendee Registration Attendee Conference Area Exhibit • pm 6:00 - noon 12:00 Stories from ¡Tijuana! CPF Walking Tour Walking CPF ¡Tijuana! from Stories CM Student Registration Student 8 7, Salon • am 11:30 - 10:00 planning overview an with begin will session The with built were partnerships how and Mexico in structure then will speakers The Diego. San in counterparts in on going projects planning urban of variety the discuss way the all projects Tijuanamunicipal small include which San improved the as (such ones federal large to up crossing). border Ysidro Moderator SANDAG Planner, Speakers Price Sol USC Student, Graduate Ruiz, Pedro SANDAG; Safety Public of School 8:30 - 10:00 am • Exhibit Area Exhibit • am 10:00 - 8:30 12:00 noon - 6:00 pm • Exhibit Area Exhibit • pm 6:00 - noon 12:00 Sunday, October 21, 2012
6:30 - 10:00 pm Sunrise Terrace Opening Reception SUNDAY Join your colleagues for an unforgettably beautiful evening of music, food and Fall desert ambience! Our opening reception takes place on the Sunrise Terrace adjacent to the Tranquility Pool overlooking the postcard perfect 5th fairway centrally located on the resort property. Sample on www.reverbnation.com our musical guest Scottish singer-songwriter Rebecca Connelly and trio. Reconnect with fellow planners and sample delectable local fare while taking in the relaxing sights and sounds of a Coachella Valley evening. Find yourself, at the Opening Reception! Sponsored by: Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Burrtec City of Rancho Mirage PMC Raimi & Associates RBF Consulting Southern California Edison Wildlands
Sunday, October 21 and Monday October 22 All Day Display Las Palmas Ballroom Foyer Student Poster Display Come see the latest work of California’s planning students. Stop by the Las Palmas Back Ballroom Foyer as students from throughout California showcase their recent projects, including: • A transportation study using GIS to help transit authorities evaluate practices and strategies, • The design and update of city documents to reflect community and city input, and • A study of land development and erosion and their effects on ecosystems. Students will be on-hand in and out on Sunday to discuss their projects and answer questions. Posters will be on display all day Sunday and Monday.
11 APA California 2012 Conference • Rancho Mirage MONDAY Monday, October 22, 2012 22, October Monday, MIG MSA Sponsored by: Sponsored City of Rancho Mirage Rancho of City Southern California Edison California Southern - T. Keith Gurnee, Keith Design RRM Principal, T. - SESSION BLOCK #1 BLOCK SESSION - Sibella Kraus, Executive Director, SAGE; Director, Executive Kraus, Sibella - • Rancho Mirage 1.0 Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Cahuilla of Band Caliente Agua | 1.5 | CM CM 8:45 - 9:45 am • Las Palmas Ballroom Palmas Las • am 9:45 - 8:45 Speaker Keynote Opening M.P.H., M.D., Jackson, J. Richard and Chair, Professor Sciences, Health Environmental Angeles, Los California, of University Health Public of School is Jackson J. Richard of Chair and Professor Health Environmental Fielding the at Sciences at Health Public of School California, of University the pediatrician, A Angeles. Los many in served has he both in positions leadership and health environmental the with disease infectious highest, the including CaliforniaDepartment, Health Director was he years nine For Officer. Health State Environmental for Center National CDC’s the of Presidential the received and Atlanta in Health he 2011 October In award. Service Distinguished the of Medicine of Institute the to elected was Sciences. of Academy National California the CaliforniaIn establish helped has he and state and Program Monitoring Defects Birth pesticides, from risks reduce to laws national at While children. to and workers farm to especially asthma national the established he CDC the oversaw program, control and epidemiology and program, prevention poisoning lead childhood chemical “biomonitor” to effort federal the instituted was he 1990s late the In population. US the in levels National US the establishing in leader CDC the terrorism for prepare to Stockpile Pharmaceutical on activated was disasters—which other and Breast the received has He 2001. 11, September Lifetime as well as Award, Hero Fund’s Cancer Law Health Public the from Awards Achievement Smart for Partners New the and Association, Growth. 10:00 - 11:30 am • Salon C Salon • am 11:30 - 10:00 “Greenprint:” the of Rise The “Blue” Be To Have All Don't They CM In recent years, state and local governments, local and a and state years, recent In Government of invested Councils have County of number “sustainable and “blueprints” creating in heavily growth regional guide to (SCS) strategies” communities is what addressing without but areas, urban existing into beyond and to adjacent lie that areas the with happen to intriguing created have blueprints these While cities. our done have they cities, existing our of future the for visions beyond lands the of become to is what resolve to little lands those and lands fringes—agricultural urban our enclaves. rural and towns small with associated Moderator Group Speakers Sacramento Director, Executive Chief McKeever, Mike Governments of Council Area 12 Randy Bynder, AICP Bynder, Randy City Manager, City of Rancho Mirage Rancho of City Manager, City APA California 2012 Conference Kevin J. 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Mitchell - Mark Krause, California Registered Civil California Krause, Mark - Registered Fehr & Peers and Lamar Enterprises Lamar and Peers & Fehr 2.0 | APA President APA How is the “Source of Life” provided to a region that region a to provided Life” of “Source the is How water local are How year? each sun of days 350 has system? water massive state’s the to related supplies Agency’s Water Desert the of tour this with out Find Colorado a visit will We system. delivery water and basin, turn-out, Aqueduct spreading aquifer an See system. the up makes that infrastructure the integral are power wind and solar hydro-electric, how recycled of future the at look a take service; water to for prepare learn and water; agencies water how emergencies. other and earthquakes Moderator Speakers Agency Water Desert Engineer, CM CM 8:30 am - 12:00 noon 12:00 - am 8:30 Portico Ballroom in prior minutes 15 Meet Facilities Agency Water Desert MW#1 $35.00 Fee: Mitchell J. Silver, AICP Silver, J. Mitchell Les Johnson, City of La Quinta La of City Johnson, ...... Les Conference Chairs Conference Opening Welcome Opening Exhibit Open Exhibit 7:30 am - 8:30 pm • Exhibit Area Exhibit • pm 8:30 - am 7:30 Conference Registration Conference Continental Breakfast Continental 7:30 - 8:30 am • Exhibit Area Exhibit • am 8:30 - 7:30 8:45 - 9:45 am • Las Palmas Ballroom Palmas Las • am 9:45 - 8:45 APA California President APA President APA for Manager City Mirage Rancho of City 7:30 am - 6:30 pm • Exhibit Area Exhibit • pm 6:30 - am 7:30 Monday, October 22, 2012 SESSION BLOCK #1 10:00 - 11:30 am • Salon 4 Resource Issues for Indian Reservations and Surrounding Communities
10:00 - 11:30 am • Salon 1 CM | 1.5 | LAW and MCLE | 1.5 MONDAY Planning for Wildfire Hazard Reduction in Indian reservations are exempt from most state and local land use and environmental regulation, but subject to the Wildland Urban Interface federal environmental regulation. Conversely, state and CM | 1.5 county planning is not normally subject to tribal planning The fire chiefs, resource managers and environmental or regulations. Avoiding cross-jurisdictional conflict over planners on the panel will present best practices and such issues as water and air quality requires coordination case studies to illustrate the art of planning, using and and cooperation between reservation authorities and integrating the best fire and resource science available to public agencies. This program will discuss how these achieve a reduction in the threat of wildfire hazards in the kinds of issues are being addressed in the context of WUI. Session topics include: key federal, state, and local particular Indian reservations in California, and how laws and provisions; completing a fire threat assessment planners for reservations and public agencies can better and developing a plan; plan evaluation and clearance cooperate. under CEQA and NEPA; and the challenge of evaluating Moderator - Cary Lowe, AICP, Ph.D., Attorney, Law and protecting environmental resources,. Participants will Office of Cary Lowe gain an understanding of the necessity of coordinated Speakers - Michael Connolly Miskwish, Technical regional planning and strategies to achieve the goal of Consultant, Kumeyaay Water Consortium; Lenore Lamb, wildfire hazard reduction and resource protection and Natural Resources Officer, Bureau of Indian Affairs, management. Southern California; Patricia Butler, CEO, BRG Moderator - Judith Malamut, AICP, LSA Associates Inc. Consulting, Inc.; Jane Clough-Riquelme, Ph.D., Tribal Speakers - Andrea Ouse, AICP, Managing Principal, Liaison, San Diego Association of Governments LSA Associates, Inc.
10:00 - 11:30 am • Salon 8 10:00 - 11:30 am • Salon 2, 3 Can You Hear Me Now?: Elevating Design Through Public Turning Your Mobile Device into a GIS Involvement and Politics: Editor Is it Possible? CM | 1.5 CM | 1.5 Mobile devices such as smart phones and tables are now In an increasingly acrimonious political environment, it is commonplace in most of our lives. This session will important to be able to walk the fine line between dealing highlight ways that the GPS technology in these devices with NIMBYs and the overall community at large, while is being used by planners to update GIS databases in an protecting private property rights. Through carefully easy, cost effective manner. During this interactive selected case studies, this session will demonstrate how session, participants will learn about mobile GIS to maneuver through the complex maze of politics and applications (or apps) and will have the opportunity to community engagement to create a successful win-win explore this technology first hand. No longer do planners scenario that elevates design. The session will illustrate need expensive single-use GPS devices to collect data strategies and identify lessons learned through the use of on housing condition, streetscape amenities, bikeways selective “real-world” case studies. This Panel was one of and trails, parks, and so much more on a project-specific ULI’s most well received programs at the 2011 National or citywide scale. Within a few taps of their mobile Fall Conference in Los Angeles. devices, users of mobile GIS apps (such as ESRI’s Moderator - Ken Ryan, Principal, KTGY Group, Inc ArcGIS app) can record all sorts of data using the built-in Speakers - Diane Gaynor, Executive Vice GPS technology. Data collected during field visits is President/Partner, Roni Hicks & Associates; Sheri Vander instantly updated onto the local GIS server, meaning that Dussen, Planning Director, City of Anaheim; Ling-Ling the data will be ready to use once you get back to the Chang, Mayor, City of Diamond Bar office! Mobile devices will be provided; however, participants are welcome to bring their own. Moderator - Jonathan Schuppert, AICP, RBF Consulting Speakers - David Jacobus, GISP, RBF Consulting 10:00 - 11:30 am • Desert Suites 1, 2 Parking for Affordable Housing: Getting the Requirements Right CM | 1.5 10:00 - 11:30 am • Salon A Off-street parking requirements have a profound impact The Planner’s Role in Preparing for on the success of income-restricted affordable housing. Disasters Attendees will gain new information on parking demand in affordable housing, understand the consequences of CM | 1.5 over and undersupplying parking, and learn of strategies Emergency managers constantly assess risk and work to for reforming local zoning ordinances. The panel will reduce it. A planner’s access to the general public and reveal strategies to unlock the potential for affordable knowledge of the long-term plan for the community is a housing development through improved off-street parking great asset for building disaster resiliency in a community. requirements, highlighting an innovation case study in the In a Family Feud format, this panel of emergency City of San Diego. managers and planners will discuss the importance of Moderator - Richard Willson, FAICP. Ph.D., Cal Poly coordination. Pomona Moderator - Corinne Bartshire, AICP, CFM, Dewberry Speakers - Bill Hurrell, PE, CDM Smith; Samir Hajjiri, Consultants PE, City of San Diego; Charles Loveman, Executive Speakers - Richard Abrams, Emergency Manager , Director, Heritage Housing Partners; Charles Loveman, Santa Barbara County Office of Emergency Executive Director, Heritage Housing Partners Management; George Levinthal, Design & Construction Services, UC Santa Barbara; Nathan Eady, Project Manager and Land Use Planner , SCS Engineers; James Caesar, Emergency Manager, UC Santa Barbara 13 APA California 2012 Conference • Rancho Mirage MONDAY For Planning For , to continue the continue to , 1.5 1.5 | Monday, October 22, 2012 22, October Monday, MCLE MCLE - David Snow, AICP, American Planning American AICP, Snow, David - | Center Planning The MCRP, Noble, Ben - - Nelson Miller, Hogle-Ireland, Inc. Hogle-Ireland, Miller, Nelson - SESSION BLOCK #2 BLOCK SESSION - Sande George, Stefan George Associates; George Stefan George, Sande - Riverbank; of City Mayor, VirginiaMadueño, - - Jim Mulvihill, City of San Bernardino; Laura Bernardino; San of City Mulvihill, Jim - • Rancho Mirage LAW LAW and LAW and | | 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 | | | Smart Growth Comes to the the to Comes Growth Smart Valley San Joaquin CM This session will provide members with an update of update an with members provide will session This APA that regulations and legislation planning-related information detailed including California2012, in lobbied adopted regulations and law into signed legislation on California. in planning and planners impact directly that Moderator Association Speakers Inc. Environmental, Ascent Principal, AICP, Alling, Curtis 1 Salon • pm 2:45 - 1:15 for Issues and Legal Values, Ethics, Commissioners Planning CM of amount remarkable a been has there years recent In the in development sustainable for planning innovative and leaders, community Planners, Valley. Joaquin San panel this At joining been have officials elected learn and will opportunities participants the about hear will and shift paradigm this by presented challenges inter-jurisdictional for structures new innovative about learn also will Participants partnerships and collaboration community-based of work the integrate to ways about elected how and process planning the into organizations smart for champions effective more become can officials communities. their within growth Moderator DC&E Speakers Governments; of Council Fresno AICP, Steck, Barbara Government Local Manager, Project Podolsky, Laura Commission 1:15 - 2:45 pm • Salon 4 Salon • pm 2:45 - 1:15 Update 2012 Legislative California APA CM significant the with associated issues discuss will We Commissioners as serve who make people commitment that accompany that responsibilities personal the and Brown The regarding information including commitment, This processes. fair and Act, Reform Political The Act, session following the with linked is session Commissioners: Planning as an Economic Development Economic an as Planning Commissioners: Review Environmental and Project Tool, Commissioners. Planning of roles the of discussion Moderator Speakers of City Lukes, Leisa Inc.; Hogle-Ireland, Stetson, Wynder & Aleshire Lee, K. Pam City; Cathedral 8 Salon • pm 2:45 - 1:15 14 1.5 | URS SWCA APA California 2012 Conference AECOM Bonterra MindMixer Sponsored by: Sponsored MCLE MCLE The Arroyo Group Arroyo The RRM Design Group Design RRM Pro Forma Advisors Forma Pro The Planning Center | DC&E | Center Planning The - Paul McDougall, Housing Policy Manager, Policy Housing McDougall, Paul - - Al Herson, FAICP, Sohagi Law Group Law Sohagi FAICP, Herson, Al - SESSION BLOCK #1 BLOCK SESSION - Scott Morgan, Director , Governor’s Office Governor’s , Director Morgan, Scott - - Jim Harnish, Jim Harnish;- Mintier JD, Jeff LAW and and LAW | 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 | | 11:45 am - 1:00 pm • Las Palmas Ballroom Ballroom Palmas Las • pm 1:00 - am 11:45 APA California Awards Luncheon Awards California APA best year’s this recognize will luncheon awards The a in professionals and projects, policies, planning planning the in Highlights Chapter. diverse and large In visually. presented and discussed be will field laypersons, and planners professional many addition, be will officials elected and volunteers including service, dedication, of demonstrations for honored achievement. planning and Legacy, fringe and island communities, particularly those particularly communities, island and fringe Legacy, infrastructure essential have not do often areas, rural in tools distinct demanding challenges unique face also and provide will workshop The needs. community address to communities, legacy of discussion in-depth an and strategies needs, infrastructure demographics, include also will and conditions improve to resources incorporate to ways legislation, recent of discussion examples provide and elements housing into areas these the throughout implemented being strategies model and State. Moderator Community and Housing of Department State Development Speakers Attorney, Augusta, Brian Research; and Planning of Norman Foundation; CaliforniaAssistance Legal Rural Madera; of County Director, Planning AICP, Allinder, PolicyLink Director, Associate Flegal, Chione Legacy, Fringe, and Island Communities: and Island Fringe, Legacy, Improvements Infrastructure for Models CM CM CM 5 Salon • am 11:30 - 10:00 10:00 - 11:30 am • Salon 6, 7 6, Salon • am 11:30 - 10:00 EIR: Plan and General Plan General The Foes? or Friends engage and inform to is session this of objective The legally- preparing in challenges special the on planners General and Plans General on EIRs useful and defensible and planning veteran of composed panel A updates. Plan preparing in experience extensive with experts, legal these address will EIRs, Plan General and Plans General which to extent the evaluate first will Panelists challenges. the wagging tail the become have EIRs Plan General for requirements minimum review then will Panelists dog. will panelists Lastly, EIRs. Plan General adequate legally and Plan General integrate to ways best the discuss documents. the preparing when requirements CEQA Moderator Speakers AECOM AICP, Goldman, Monday, October 22, 2012 1:15 - 2:45 pm • Salon 5 SESSION BLOCK #2 Reinventing Redevelopment: To Be or Not To Be 1:15 - 2:45 pm • Salon 6, 7 CM | 1.5 | LAW and MCLE | 1.5
MONDAY Mall Magic: In the wake of the California Supreme Court's decision Transforming Shopping Malls into Smart upholding the elimination of redevelopment agencies in Growth Centers California, there are furious efforts underway to forestall the elimination of redevelopment and allow for its CM | 1.5 reconstitution in a different form while contributing The United States has a significant oversupply of retail funding to the state and its schools and counties. space, providing over 20 square feet per person, a 25% increase since the 80s and six times as much as Moderator - T. Keith Gurnee, Principal, RRM Design Sweden, which has the most in Europe. At the same Group time, cities in California need to grow smarter, using Speakers - William Fulton, Principal, The Planning limited space to achieve infill development that supports Center | DC&E; William Anderson, Urban Economist, walking, biking, and transit use. This session will provide AECOM three case studies of places working to retrofit shopping areas: Chino’s Central Avenue, Citrus Heights’ Antelope Crossing, and San Mateo’s Hillsdale Shopping Center. The first two are located at key intersections serving as the entrance to the community, while the third is 1:15 - 2:45 pm • Salon 2, 3 immediately adjacent to a busy commuter rail station. Achieving Real Behavioral Change Moderator - Dahlia Chazan AICP, LEED AP Arup Through Sustainability Policy Speakers - Nicholas Liguori, AICP, City of Chino; Darcy CM | 1.5 Forsell, AICP, City of San Mateo; Sadie Mitchell, LEED Millions of dollars have been spent in California to AP, The Planning Center | DC&E increase people’s inclinations to conserve energy, drive less, walk more, and eat better as part of policy programs to achieve essential sustainability and public health objectives. Unfortunately, research has shown that many of these programs have resulted in very little 1:15 - 2:45 pm • Salon G prolonged behavioral changes. Furthermore, the growing body of research about what works and doesn’t work to Complete Streets: spur pro-environment and health behavioral change From Policy to Pavement typically is not considered by planning professionals in CM | 1.5 the preparation of policy and implementation programs. This unique session will provide an inside look at the This session will equip planners with basic behavioral report recently completed by San Diego’s Complete change principles and recent research findings, with Streets Task Force (CSTF), and will leave the audience special emphasis on policy implications. Community- with tools, strategies and best management principles to based social marketing, one of the few proven models for implement Complete Streets on a local level. The CSTF, achieving pro-environmental behavioral change, will also initiated by San Diego APA and WalkSanDiego, combines be presented. the core disciplines of planning, transportation planning, Moderator - Joan Isaacson, AICP, IAP2, Senior Director, traffic engineering and environmental planning. This Katz & Associates session’s diverse panel will present the findings and Speakers - Jennifer Tabanico, MA, President, Action recommendations of the report to help cities overcome Research; Marc Adams, Ph.D., Exercise and Wellness the most challenging barriers to complete streets Program, School of Nutrition and Health Promotion, San implementation. Each panelist will discuss aspects Diego State University relative to their field of expertise. Moderator - Asha Bleier, AICP, LEED AP BD+C, Dudek Speakers - Brooke Peterson, AICP, The Planning Center I DC&E; Andy Hamilton, Walk San Diego/ San Diego Air Pollution Control District; Seth Torma, AICP, 1:15 - 2:45 pm • Salon H PTP, KOA Corporation; Greg Konar, AICP, Konar How to Be a Better Supervisor and Associates/ SDAPA; Christopher B. Neils, Sheppard Work Well with Others Mullin Richter & Hampton CM | 1.5 | ETHICS Working with other people is an integral part of being a planner - as a supervisor, at the planning counter, in a Council meeting, or at the water cooler. We will play a game of Generational & Situational Jeopardy to identify differences in generational concerns, motivating factors, work habits, and communication styles. The panel will bring to life the “How Tos” of successful interactions and communication with personnel, peers, managers, consultants and clients, as well as the mentoring of staff. Moderator - Judith Malamut, AICP, LSA Associates Inc Speakers - Rob McCann, President, LSA Associates, Inc.
15 APA California 2012 Conference • Rancho Mirage MONDAY to continue to Ethics, Values, Ethics, 1.5 1.5 | Monday, October 22, 2012 22, October Monday, MCLE MCLE - Ruth Todd, AICP, AIA, LEED AP, Page & Page AP, LEED AIA, AICP, Todd, Ruth - - Michael Ruane, AICP, Chair, ULI Orange ULI Chair, AICP, Ruane, Michael - - Nelson Miller, Hogle-Ireland, Inc. Hogle-Ireland, Miller, Nelson - - Rebecca Fogel, Page & Turnbull; Chris Turnbull; & Page Fogel, Rebecca - - Kari Parsons, Parsons Consulting; Lisa Consulting; Parsons Parsons, Kari - - - Leisa Inc.; Hogle-Ireland, Stetson, Laura • Rancho Mirage LAW and and LAW ETHICS | | 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 | | | Municipalities, developers and historic building owners building historic and developers Municipalities, to comes it when challenges and difficulties many face often is preservation of price high The properties. historic This building. a down tearing for cited reason the in experts recognized most the features which session, and for, plan identify, to how on focuses preservation, a in Resources Historic and Cultural preserve planners, educate will session The world. contemporary and for plan to how on developers and owner property contexts. historic within development good facilitate Moderator Turnbull Speakers Associate/ Glynn, Meg Group; Polaris Principal, Foley, Turnbull & Page Planner, Preservation 8 Salon • pm 4:45 - 3:15 Measuring Community Performance- Community Measuring and Benchmarking Indicator Community Initiatives CM Historic Preservation 101: 101: Preservation Historic for and Preserving Planning Preparing, 2012 and Beyond CM have Projects Benchmarking and Indicator Community and measure to tool planning important an as emerged panel interactive This progress. community track statewide and national showcase will presentation to utilized be can they how and projects, these of models goals. sustainability and use land life, of quality track learn Community also a will launch to Attendees how community. own their in Project Indicator Moderator Council District Empire County/Inland Speakers Consulting Burke Burke, CM CM is consideration new Withredevelopment, of demise the economic an as planning” “good to given being be may Commissioners Planning and tool development impacts economic consider to encouraged or requested discuss also will We communities. their to projects of This review. environmental and project regarding tips session previous the with linked is session 3:15 - 4:45 pm • Salon 1 Salon • pm 4:45 - 3:15 Commissioners: Planning For Development an Economic as Planning Review and Environmental Project Tool, Commissioners Planning for Issues Legal and Commissioners. Planning of roles the of discussion the Moderator Speakers & Aleshire Lee, K. Pam City; Cathedral of City Lukes, Wynder 4 Salon • pm 4:45 - 3:15
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General Plans: General 3:15 - 4:45 pm • Salon 2, 3 2, Salon • pm 4:45 - 3:15 Monday, October 22, 2012 SESSION BLOCK #3 3:15 - 4:45 pm • Salon B Airport Land Use Compatibility Planning - 3:15 - 4:45 pm • Salon 5 New State Guidance and Case Study of
MONDAY CEQA Mitigation Measures for Renewable GIS-Tool Energy Projects: CM | 1.5 From Paper to Implementation For 45 years, California statutes have required the CM | 1.5 preparation of airport land use compatibility plans as a This session will provide planners from local governments means of promoting compatibility between airports in the and the private sector with insight into the CEQA state and proposed land use development near them. mitigation measure process: from identifying and defining During this time, finding effective means of implementing appropriate mitigation measures and determining their the plans—ensuring that they are used in both long- feasibility for inclusion in CEQA documents to how they range and day-to-day planning decisions of local are implemented during the construction process for agencies—has been an on-going challenge. This session renewable energy projects. is aimed at highlighting new statewide guidance on airport land use compatibility planning in California and Moderator - Christy Herron, AICP, Ecology and showcasing an innovative method of using GIS to Environment, Inc. implement airport land use compatibility criteria (case Speakers - Karen Ladd, Ecology and Environment, Inc.; study and group activity). Jennifer Siu, Ecology and Environment, Inc.; Trevor Thor, Moderator - Maranda Thompson, Senior Planner, Mead CVSR Site Project Manager, SunPower Corp & Hunt, Inc. Speakers - Brian Grattidge, Senior Planner, ESA Airports; Lorena Mejia, Associate Planner, City of Ontario; Jerry Blum, Planning Director, City of Ontario; Greg Nichols, Senior GIS Analyst & Developer, Technology Associates International Corporation 3:15 - 4:45 pm • Salon 6, 7 The 3 R’s of Sustainable General Plans: Relevant, Reality-Based, and Ready for Implementation CM | 1.5 General Plans can and should be a tool for creating a 3:15 - 4:45 pm bold, long-term vision for sustainability. But too often the Planning for Healthy Communities in General Plan update process becomes mired in short- Los Angeles County term and parochial concerns. Using lessons learned from several award-winning General Plan updates, including CM | 1.5 Santa Monica and West Hollywood, this session will The Healthy Design Ordinance seeks to promote physical highlight the 3 R’s of creating visionary, sustainable activity and help reduce obesity rates by focusing on the General Plans: 1) Relevant to community members’ following 12 design features in the built environment: values and needs; 2) Reality-based growth and block design, buildings, landscaping, lighting, mix of land development scenarios that respond to existing uses, multi-purpose pathways and trails, parking, parks community character without assuming the future will be and civic spaces, signs, street design, transit stops and exactly like the past; and 3) Ready for implementation by walls, and fences and porches. Focusing on these 12 public and private sector stakeholders. design features, research was completed to identify the best practices in healthy design and active Moderator - Jeremy Nelson, Principal, Nelson\Nygaard transportation. Based upon the research findings, Los Consulting Associates Angeles County is in the process of adopting code Speakers - Matt Raimi, AICP, LEED AP ND, Raimi + amendments to incorporate the principles of healthy Associates; Francie Stefan, City of Santa Monica; Bianca design. Siegl, City of West Hollywood Moderator - Brett Hondorp, AICP, Alta Planning + Design Speakers - Susan Tae, AICP, Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning; Daniel Rosenfeld , 3:15 - 4:45 pm • Salon F Policy Analyst, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health What's Next?: Funding, Implementing, and Monitoring Your Climate Action Plan CM | 1.5 While many local governments are in the process of developing climate action plans to meet AB 32 and CEQA requirements, the hard part is what comes next… actually implementing your CAP. One component of a qualified GHG reduction strategy is to monitor the plan’s progress toward achieving reduction targets. This session focuses on mechanisms to ensure CAPs are successfully funded, implemented, and monitored. Moderator - Leeanne Singleton, LEED AP, PMC Speakers - Michael Boswell, AICP, Ph.D., Cal Poly San Luis Obispo; Abby Young, Bay Area Air Quality Management District; James Caruso, County of San Luis Obispo; Tammy Seale, PMC
17 APA California 2012 Conference • Rancho Mirage MONDAY Monday, October 22, 2012 22, October Monday, • Rancho Mirage 18 MIG MSA APA California 2012 Conference City of Rancho Mirage Rancho of City Southern California Edison California Southern CPF Silent/Live Auction Sponsored by: Sponsored Auction Silent/Live CPF Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Cahuilla of Band Caliente Agua CPF Reception - Silent Auction closes at 7:00 pm, 7:00 at closes Auction Silent - Reception CPF pm. 7:00 at begins Auction Live their show planners year Every party! the join Come California the to support and Planning dedication the in scholarships student funds which Foundation of Lots event. annual this miss Don't sector. planning Please cause! great a to going all fun and drink food, your show and event Auction CPF the in participate support. Ballroom Portico Foyer and Salon D Salon and Foyer Portico Ballroom California Planning Foundation (CPF) Foundation Planning California Auction Silent/Live and Reception 5:15 - 8:30 pm 8:30 - 5:15 TUESDAY Tuesday, October 23, 2012 23, October Tuesday, - Teresa Grimes, Principal Architectural Principal Grimes, Teresa - - Bob Lagomarsino, AICP, URS Corporation URS AICP, Lagomarsino, Bob - SESSION BLOCK #4 BLOCK SESSION - Lambert Giessinger, Historic Preservation Historic Giessinger, Lambert - - Philip Law, Acting Manager, Transit and Rail and Transit Manager, Acting Law, Philip - • Rancho Mirage 1.5 1.5 | | When New Meets Old: Additions to Additions Old: Meets New When Buildings Historic CM Associates Preservation Galvin Historian, Speakers Historic of Office Angeles, Los of City Architect, Architectural Associate, Smith, Christopher Resources; Milofsky M2A Partner, Milofsky, Barry Group; Resources Architects Cox Michali 9:30 - 11:00 am • Salon B Salon • am 11:00 - 9:30 - Transportation Rail California Future the Back to Presentation PEN CM for required sometimes are buildings historic to Additions Interior’s the of Secretary The preservation. their new that requires Rehabilitation for Standards but old, the from differentiated be construction generalized This property. historic the with compatible will session This interpretation. to open is language the of aspects relevant the of overview brief a provide developed have that trends major Standards, Secretary’s and Standards, the of interpretation the in overtime old. the and new the between marriages sad and happy as Europe in precedents historic include will studies Case Southern in California. projects proposed as well Moderator Historically, passenger and freight rail transportation rail freight and passenger Historically, overall California’s of catalyst strategic major a as served an play to continues transportation rail Today, growth. fact, in State; the of development the in role important transit mass a experienced Californiarecently has serious faces expansion rail continued Yet, renaissance. as well as challenges environmental and fiscal Can transportation. of modes other from competition California of history golden the reinvigorate help Planning a - vision rail new vibrant, viable, more a project and rail can again once rail which in vision pragmatic yet robust, California of component growth? leading a be the with future“, the to back “go planners Absolutely…if in transportation rail established that enthusiasm same California. Moderator Speakers The Principal, Tescher, Woodie SCAG; Department, BAE Principal, MCP, Golem, Ron DCE; | Center Planning Economics Urban 3 2, Salon • am 11:00 - 9:30 19 APA California 2012 Conference Melendrez Fehr & Peers & Fehr Sponsored by: Sponsored Sponsored by: Sponsored Sponsored by: Sponsored Lamar Enterprises Lamar Wintec Energy, Ltd. Energy, Wintec - Frederick (“Fritz”) Noble, Jr., Vice Jr., Noble, (“Fritz”) Frederick - - Janice Lyle, Director, Sunnylands Director, Lyle, Janice - - Anne Rowe, Director, Collections & Collections Director, Rowe, Anne - 2.0 2.0 | | CM CM MW#7 Wind Machines Wind MW#7 $50.00 Fee: wind-generated alternative an As source, energy days early its from significantly matured has power Palm of north corridor wind the and 1980’s, the in the since industry the of part been has Springs walk will participants tour, this On beginning. the including themselves, turbines wind the among energy wind Local machines. megawatt 1.65 latest of future the discuss to hand on be will companies the designs, experimental including industry, the develop to plans and issues environmental latest machines. wind the among production energy solar Moderator Wintec Development, & Estate Real President Ltd. Energy, CM CM noon 12:00 - am 8:30 Portico Ballroom in prior minutes 15 Meet 8:30 am - 12:00 noon 12:00 - am 8:30 Portico Ballroom in prior minutes 15 Meet at the Center Sunnylands MW#6 Estate Annenberg $35.00 Fee: Leonore and Walter Ambassador by Founded and estate 200-acre a is Sunnylands Annenberg, Coast West a as repurposed residence historic international and national where David” “Camp and peace world "promote to convene leaders will tour The international facilitate agreement." Center Sunnylands foot square 17,000 the include sculpture see will you Here Gardens. adjacent and through walk and Collection Sunnylands the from 53,000 than more of gardens arid-landscape the historic the to species 50 and plants individual Gardens & Center Sunnylands Estate. Annenberg the in kiosks interactive and rating Gold LEED a has story. that tell Center Moderator at Retreat Annenberg The Ph.D., Gardens, & Center Sunnylands Speakers Sunnylands; at Retreat Annenberg The Exhibitions, The Operations, Director, Truchan, Patrick Sunnylands at Retreat Annenberg 7:30 am - 6:30 pm • Exhibit Area Exhibit • pm 6:30 - am 7:30 7:30 am - 8:30 pm • Exhibit Area Exhibit • pm 8:30 - am 7:30 Open Exhibit Conference Registration Conference Continental Breakfast Continental 7:30 - 9:00 am • Exhibit Area Exhibit • am 9:00 - 7:30 Tuesday, October 23, 2012 SESSION BLOCK #4 9:30 - 11:00 am • Salon C Drivers of Change in Urban Mobility: Technology, Management and Planning 9:30 - 11:00 am • Salon 1 CM | 1.5 Long Live Rock! TUESDAY Futurists see transportation transformed by technology, What Planners need to know about Mining which, in turn they see transforming where and how we live. and Reclamation Law and Practice Traditionalists envision more subtle changes that might increase system reliability or slightly reduce emissions, at CM | 1.5 | MCLE | 1.5 LAW and best. Politicians and ordinary citizens need help As local governments continue to work creatively through understanding how to position our cities, neighborhoods or unprecedented budget challenges, staff are often even homes for the future. This session presents experts in stretched to the limit. With this uncertainty, it’s important the fields of emerging vehicle technology, transportation to keep planners informed about legislation not frequently systems management and integrated land use and referenced but critically important. This session will focus transportation planning to discuss and debate the future of on essential legislation associated with resource urban mobility. extraction, as local government planners act as lead agency staff to enforce the State’s mining laws. The Moderator - Anthony Bruzzone, AICP CTP, Arup North session includes an overview of mining and the America Ltd environmental importance of maintaining local sources of Speakers - Karen Frick, Ph.D., University of California aggregate, a Surface Mining and Reclamation Act Berkeley; Hans Larsen, City of San José, Transportation (SMARA) primer, and new legislation that planners need Department; Will Baumgardner, PE, Arup North America to know to retain local lead agency control. Ltd.; Judy van Soldt, AIA, LEED™ AP, SmartMuni.org Moderator - Andrea Ouse, AICP, Managing Principal, LSA Associates, Inc. Speakers - Ignacio "Nash" Gonzalez, AICP, Director, Santa Clara County Planning and Development 9:30 - 11:00 am • Salon A Department; James Pompy, Assistant Director, State Department of Conservation, Office of Mine Reclamation; A Regional Trail for Neighborhood Electric Marco Martinez, AICP, JD, Managing Partner, Best Best Vehicles, Bikes and Pedestrians & Krieger CM | 1.5 The Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG) is leading an effort to develop the Whitewater River Parkway, a multi-use (neighborhood electric vehicle/bicycle/ pedestrian) urban trail along the Whitewater River that will 9:30 - 11:00 am • Salon 6, 7 connect all nine cities of the Coachella Valley. The There's An App For That! Whitewater River Parkway, also known as Parkway, also CM | 1.5 known as Parkway 1e11, could be the largest project of Come and learn how to bring technology into practical kits kind in the nation. applications of everyday life in our community. Provide Moderator - Jim Sullivan, AICP, Coachella Valley better access to information in City Hall. Be responsive to Association of Governments resident without adding to staff burden. Help community Speakers - Tom Kirk, Executive Director, Coachella Valley provide feedback and give input. Allow business owners Association of Governments; Michael Jones, MCP, Alta to benefit from collaborating with the City. This session Planning + Design; John Husing, Ph.D., Economics & will share real life examples, provide you some step-by- Politics, Inc. step guides to implementation and even answer the tough question in these times "how will I be able to afford this". Moderator - David Crabtree, AICP, Deputy Director of Community, Development and City Planner, City of Brea 9:30 - 11:00 am • Salon G, H Speakers - Nick Bowden, Co-Founder/CEO, “Occupy” this Session: MindMixer; Sheri Vander Dussen, AICP, Planning Director, The Protestor and Planning City of Anaheim; Jennifer Lilley, AICP, Founder/CEO, Lilley Planning Group; Eric Nicoll, Community Development CM | 1.5 Director, City of Brea The “protestor” was CNN’s person of the year for 2011. From the “Occupy” movement speaking out against Wall Street to some Tea Party members calling planning "smart growth communism”, the public definitely is speaking out more and more. Couple these American movements with 9:30 - 11:00 am • Salon 8 the volatile protests in Egypt and other places throughout the globe and it is clear that the pendulum is shifting Downtown Indio Revitalization Efforts dramatically toward vocal frustration and a call to action. CM | 1.5 What does this mean to urban planning? What does it This presentation will provide a case study on Indio's mean to the field of community involvement? Join us for a (Riverside County, CA) multi-million dollar downtown lively discussion of how these movements and protests revitalization efforts. The participants will be given an affects the way we involve the community in planning for opportunity to hear about the challenges and public health, density, mixed use, transit, and affordable opportunities of the City's efforts over a five year period. housing. Participants in this session will: •Explore the The presentation will discuss the vision, land use history, along with cultural and psychological aspects of the challenges, stakeholders involved, meeting with protests and movements throughout the world downtown merchants, infrastructure improvements, •Understand specific ways in which the protest movements funding, project management, collaborating with multiple may impact the field of planning and public involvement agencies, and the changing political and economic •Equip themselves with tools and techniques to ensure climate. meaningful public involvement even amidst local turmoil Moderator - Daniel Arvizo, Senior Planer (M.A), City of Moderator - Susan Harden, AICP, LEED AP, CNU-A, RBF Indio Consulting Speakers - Mariano Aguirre, Development Manager, Speakers - Al Zelinka, FAICP, City of Riverside; David City of Indio; Brad Donais, Public Works Manager, RBF Meyer, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
20 APA California 2012 Conference • Rancho Mirage TUESDAY 1.5 | Tuesday, October 23, 2012 23, October Tuesday, MCLE MCLE - Andrea Galvin, President, Principal, President, Galvin, Andrea - - Chris Beynon, AICP, Principal, MIG, Inc. MIG, Principal, AICP, Beynon, Chris - Waronzof Associate, Senior Gross, Brian - - Don Dooley, Planning Services Manager, Services Planning Dooley, Don - - Rick Barrett, Project Director, MIG, Inc.; MIG, Director, Project Barrett, Rick - of City Director, Planning AICP, Wolfe, Scott - • Rancho Mirage LAW and and LAW | 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 | | | The Mills Act is a powerful tool for preservation as it offers it as preservation for tool powerful a is Act Mills The resources. historic of owners the to incentives economic implementation Act Mills program, statewide a is it While governments. local been of has It hands the in is as city to city from differently quite utilized and interpreted comprehensive a provide will session This result. a to changes recent the program, Act Mills the of overview have cities different how at look a by followed law, the it. implemented Moderator Associates Preservation Galvin Historian, Architectural Inc. Speakers West of City AICP, Stadnicki, Emily Whittier; of City Gates, Jennifer Development; & Planning Hollywood Foundation California Preservation AICP, 1 Salon • pm 12:30 - am 11:00 11:00 am - 12:30 pm • Salon 2, 3 2, Salon • pm 12:30 - am 11:00 Planning for Revitalization in a Revitalization for Planning World Post-Redevelopment CM Mending the Tear in a Desert Downtown in a Desert Tear the Mending CM Speakers Economic & Community of Director Raymond, John Springs Palm of City Development, 7 6, Salon • pm 12:30 - am 11:00 an on embarked Village Westlake of city the 2009, In commercial oldest its of future the envision to effort With Park. Business Village Westlake the center, between investment private for competition significant the funds, public limited and communities neighboring community build to strategies identifies Plan Specific focus and uses, land feasible financially target identity, the drive will that businesses attract to investment public brief feature will session The revitalization. area’s post- of applications specific on presentations a build to planners allow to strategies redevelopment practice” “best a feature will and techniques of toolkit of outside projects revitalization different from perspective California. Moderator Associates Speakers The Associate, Senior AICP, Ward, Jean Village; Westlake Stanley President, FAICP, Hoffman, Stan Group; Arroyo National The Director, Yoon, Jina Associates; Hoffman R. 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City, the how for roadmap a create to visions conflicting their overcame revitalization. downtown real Moderator The Mills Act: Act: Mills The Implementations Many Act, One 21 1.5 1.5 | APA California 2012 Conference MCLE MCLE - Ron Bass, AICP, JD, ICF International ICF JD, AICP, Bass, Ron - - Carol Barrett, FAICP, Planning Manager, Planning FAICP, Barrett, Carol - - Bill Wiseman, Vice President, RBF Wiseman, Bill - Vice President, SESSION BLOCK #5 BLOCK SESSION SESSION BLOCK #4 BLOCK SESSION - Margaret Sohagi, JD, The Sohagi Law Sohagi The JD, Sohagi, Margaret - - Juan Borrelli, AICP, Environmental Services Environmental AICP, Borrelli, Juan - - Sarah Hardgrave, Environmental Programs Environmental Hardgrave, Sarah - LAW and LAW and ETHICS ETHICS | | 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 | | | CEQA continues to be one of the most important but important most the of one be to continues CEQA California facing laws environmental ever-changing latest the down nail person a does sooner No planners. CEQA in forth set Legislature, the by adopted changes comes along then courts the by established or Guidelines are who those To changes. of round new whole a a like seems it CEQA, implementing for responsible attend who planners for Fortunately cycle. never-ending Update CEQA Annual the conference, CCAPA the most the of one as place its taken has session learning for forums latest the about informative developments. Moderator Speakers International ICF AICP, Rivasplata, (Terry) Antero Group; CM CM business wants official elected every economy, down a In to mean that does What service. customer friendly can How ordinances? and plans adopted with planners everything expedited for expectations the meet planners the including obligations, legal the to attentive being while how identify help will session This Ethics? of Code AICP business of implantation the lead help can planners practices. friendly Moderator Gabriel San of City Speakers Planning AICP, Tatum, Linda Jose; San of City Specialist, CMSM, FAICP, Zelinka, Al Inglewood; of City Manager, Riverside; of, City Director, Development Community Director, Development Community AICP, Hom, Hanson Sunnyvale of City 11:00 am - 12:30 pm • Salon 4 Salon • pm 12:30 - am 11:00 To Happens Friendly Business When & Expectations Job Meeting Planners: Ethics Of Code The CM CM Annual CEQA Update: Update: CEQA Annual Continues Change of Cycle The CM CM 5 Salon • am 11:00 - 9:30 9:30 - 11:00 am • Salon F Salon • am 11:00 - 9:30 Streets Complete Meet Streets, Green and Green of merging the discuss will session This and strategies discussing by Streets Complete best stormwater sustainable regarding techniques regulations. new of context the in practices management improve solutions “engineered” these how show will We aesthetically more create thereby and forests urban our highlight will We roadways. public safer and pleasing integrated an how of forefront the at are that cities infrastructure, significant yield can strategy benefits. economic and environmental, Moderator Consulting Speakers Vice Senior Taylor, Scott Grove; Pacific of City Manager, Consulting RBF President, Tuesday, October 23, 2012 SESSION BLOCK #5 11:00 am - 12:30 pm • Salon B C Connecting the Dots… How to Get From Here to There. 11:00 am - 12:30 pm • Salon 8 Wayfinding – A Cost Effective Visual Literacy for Planners Infrastructure Program that Helps Brand, TUESDAY CM | 1.5 Link and Revitalize Towns and Cities Today’s Planners are required to have a more CM | 1.5 sophisticated understanding of visual communication and Developing a wayfinding program is as much about to know when and how to use graphic tools to explain marketing, consensus building and identity as it is about planning ideas. Whether using design programs like planning, design and maintenance. Specific criteria has InDesign to create plans or directing a consultant to to be met for each of the multitude of destinations design a brochure, planners must understand what involved utilizing a variety of skilled expertise. This makes for good design, as well as effective seminar will provide the basics on how to establish a communication. This lecture-style session will introduce wayfinding program. Presenters will provide “how to get planners to the principles of design literacy, and discuss started” strategies on developing a database through the how to use graphics tools to communicate complicated use of GIS, Google earth technologies, and describe planning ideas in simple, clear ways. Ms. Sheridan and more fully project methodologies and implementation Ms. Hawkes will provide an overview of graphic design processes. Case studies of Downtown Phoenix and San theory discussing how layout, typography, color, and Diego will be addressing design, community other visual cues can be used to organize information, engagement, management and maintenance. strengthen messages, enhance aesthetics, and make Moderator - Martin S. Flores, PLA, ASLA, APA, Rick planning documents more engaging. The speakers will Engineering Company - Urban Design & Planning focus the lecture on planning reports, presentation boards, and rules of thumb for Powerpoint. Special Speakers - Sachin Kalbag, Senior Planner - Urban attention will be given to ways to tailor the presentation Designer (AIA), Center City Development Corporation; style and method to different audiences. The lecture will John Bosio, Principal (SAGD), MERJE Environmental discuss the interplay between written text and images, Graphic Design exploring when and why to use maps, diagrams, tables, and charts to replace text for more effective communication. Moderator - Georgia Sheridan, AICP, Torti Gallas and 11:00 am - 12:30 pm • Salon A Partners, Inc. Helping Communities Define Their Speakers - Amber Hawkes, AICP, Melendrez Place with GIS
CM | 1.5 | ETHICS In 2006, First 5 LA identified 14 communities in LA County to implement a place-based model for affecting 11:00 am - 12:30 pm • Salon 5 change. This became the Best Start program in which Sneak Preview: communities would take the lead in creating community Streamlining Housing Element development plans. To support communities in their Preparation and HCD Review decision making in 2011, Healthy City used a community-engaged mapping methodology to produce CM | 1.5 visual representations of community knowledge. The Constrained local and State budgets, changes to mapping process brought community members together housing law, and the depressed housing market have to address common concerns, generated a shared created a challenging environment to prepare and plan understanding of the issues and encouraged for the housing needs of California residents, meet the engagement in active decision-making. requirements of housing element law, and advance more Moderator - Tahirah Farris, AICP, MPL, Levitt Pavilions efficient and affordable development patterns. To Speakers - Janice Burns, MA, Advancement generate discussion, the panel will provide an overview of Project/Healthy City legislative changes, highlight HCD streamlining efforts for housing element preparation and review, and suggest approaches to provide meaningful plans with fewer resources. The session will include a facilitated audience discussion and forum on topics related to the preparation of the next housing element update. Moderator - Melinda Coy, Housing Policy Specialist, California State Department of Housing and Community Development Speakers - Paul McDougall, Housing Policy Manager, California State Department of Housing and Community Development; Cesar Covarrubias, Executive Director, Kennedy Commission; Karen Warner, Principal, Karen Warner Associates
22 APA California 2012 Conference • Rancho Mirage TUESDAY Tuesday, October 23, 2012 23, October Tuesday, Sponsored by: Sponsored KTGY Group, Inc. Group, KTGY - Cathy Issacson, Community Issacson, Cathy - - Thomas Nolan, Executive Director / Director Executive Nolan, Thomas - - Jim Harlan, Architect, AIA, James R. James AIA, Architect, Harlan, Jim - - Rick Pruetz, FAICP, Planning & Planning FAICP, Pruetz, Rick - SESSION BLOCK #6 BLOCK SESSION - Bill Keene, Agricultural Preservation and Preservation Agricultural Keene, Bill - • Rancho Mirage 2.0 2.0 | | 1.5 1.5 | Meet 15 minutes prior in Ballroom Portico Ballroom in prior minutes 15 Meet Meet 15 minutes prior in Ballroom Portico Ballroom in prior minutes 15 Meet Fee: $35.00 Fee: Fee: $50.00 Fee: 2:00 - 5:45 pm 5:45 - 2:00 MW#9 Historic Properties Historic MW#9 CM Mirage Rancho of City Coordinator, Development Speakers Architect Harlan, MW#8 Palm Springs International Springs Palm MW#8 Airport CM is Valley Coachella the in preservation Historic the in practiced who architects by defined uniquely left and century mid-twentieth the during desert modern first-rate of commercial collection a behind of several visit will tour This buildings. residential and modern retail mid-century hotels, notable the banks, Palm in located homes and buildings, office centers, Local Desert. Palm and Mirage Rancho Springs, mid-century the discuss will experts preservation economic and modernpolitical the and movement “young” significant preserving of challenges buildings. Moderator As the only commercial airport serving Riverside serving airport commercial only the As International Springs a Palm is Airport County, engine, economic key and utility transportation over from year each travelers million 1.5 over serving be will presentation The worldwide. cities 500 will who Director Executive Airport the by conducted planning, master airport operations, traffic air discuss and compatibility use land requirements, regulatory and security, and maintenance abatement, noise learn will Attendees about preparedness. emergency - functionality overall City’s the on impact airport’s the to development economic and traffic vehicular from building and landscaping consumption, utility architecture. Moderator International Springs Palm AAE, Airport pm 5:45 - 2:00 2:15 - 3:45 pm • Salon 1 Salon • pm 3:45 - 2:15 Stories Success Preservation Smart CM Smart preservation multi-tasks, saving farmland, saving multi-tasks, preservation Smart that greenbelts creating and resources natural protecting excel that Jurisdictions communities. compact promote Space Open Value: Lasting in celebrated are this at session This Successes. Preservation and Planning of author the by overview nationwide a with begin would 2012, in Press Planners by published Value, Lasting California the of two of communities profiles by followed already has which County, Sonoma book: the in featured which County, Marin and acres, 138,000 over preserved area. land total its of half one roughly preserved has Moderator Implementation Strategies Implementation Speakers California; Alex County, Sonoma District, Space Open Center University State Sonoma Director, Interim Hinds, Communities Sustainable for 23 ESA APA California 2012 Conference Sponsored by: Sponsored Impact Sciences Impact Chambers Group Chambers Webb & Associates & Webb VenTek International VenTek LSA Associates, Inc. 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Latin of areas rural in while Law, of School University Duke the from laude earning Environmental of Masters a concurrently the of School Nicholas Duke’s from Management Science, in B.A. a holds also She Environment. honors interdisciplinary with Society, and Technology from Policy, Technology and Science Environmental in University. Stanford CM CM Keynote Luncheon Keynote Eberhard, Kristin and Energy Western Director, Legal Projects, Climate Program Energy NRDC 12:30 - 2:00 pm • Las Palmas Ballroom Palmas Las • pm 2:00 - 12:30 Tuesday, October 23, 2012 SESSION BLOCK #6 2:15 - 3:45 pm • Salon C Healthy People, Healthy Places: Transform Your Economy by Planning for Health 2:15 - 3:45 pm • Salon 4 CM | 1.5 How Do You Manage a Project with CEQA & TUESDAY California’s cities are facing not only unprecedented NEPA When You Don’t Control All the obesity rates but extremely challenging fiscal times. Pieces? "Healthy People, Healthy Places: Transform Your Economy by Planning for Health" will explore opportunities to CM | 1.5 produce healthy outcomes for residents while promoting In today’s financially-strapped world, local agencies are economic development as well. Successful examples from pursuing a variety of project funding sources, including several California cities will be highlighted and presenters federal monies. This is just one of the ways NEPA finds its from two California cities will provide insight into how their way into local agencies’ CEQA process. How can you cities discovered the nexus between health and economic prevent NEPA from mucking up your best-laid CEQA plans? development and used it to their advantage. Participants What are the tricks for harmonizing diverging CEQA and will leave with an understanding of how economic NEPA requirements? In this interactive session, development and community development strategies can CEQA/NEPA practitioners and attorneys will offer practical foster economic vitality and promote resident health. and useful tips for navigating this complex landscape. Armed with these lessons, you can successfully complete Moderator - Danielle DeRuiter-Williams, MA, California your CEQA/NEPA process! Center for Public Health Advocacy Moderator - Collette Morse, AICP, Vice President, RBF Speakers - Keith Woodcock, AICP, Woodcock Planning Consulting and Environmental Services; Sedalia Sanders, MBA, City of El Centro Speakers - Nicole Gordon, Partner, The Sohagi Law Group; Michael Haberkorn, J.D., Attorney, Gatzke Dillon & Ballance LLP; David Snow, AICP, Shareholder, Richards|Watson|Gershon; Susan Tebo, Principal, Impact 2:15 - 3:45 pm • Salon B Sciences, Inc. Are You Ready For The Next Big Wave: Tsunami Preparedness Planning 2:15 - 3:45 pm • Salon 2, 3 CM | 1.5 The Disappearing Redevelopment Agency: Is your community Tsunami Ready? Did you know that The New Frontier for City Planning indirect impacts associated with tsunamis can affect Departments communities miles away from the area damaged? In this session participants will gain perspective on the current CM | 1.5 science and mapping of tsunami hazards along the The recent act of dissolving the Redevelopment agencies in coastal region of California and understand the process by California will have a profound affect on how city planning which communities plan and prepare for tsunami hazards. and the redevelopment of cities moves forward. However Moderator - Aaron Pfannenstiel, AICP, LEED AP Project many forward thinking city planning departments have Manager, RBF Consulting embraced this change, in learning how to be more strategic, nimble, and utilizing other avenues of funding, to Speakers - Kevin Miller, Emergency Management Lead continue redevelopment of critical areas of their cities. This for California Tsunami Program, California Emergency new transformation and hybridization can provide cities a Management Agency; Rick Wilson, Science Coordinator new opportunity for how planning departments function as for California Tsunami Program, California Geological their own redevelopment agencies. This session will Survey address specific ways that city planners, officials, and administrators in California are or will need to adapt to the change, discuss the issues of organization, work with 2:15 - 3:45 pm • Salon A implementation and funding, and how to be more flexible and adaptive to more time sensitive development issues Unleash Your Inner Geek: that local city governments are placing directly in the hands Getting a Handle on Technology for of city planning departments. Planning Moderator - Prakash Pinto AIA, Perkins+Will CM | 1.5 Speakers - Steve Valenzuela, Chief Financial Officer, Are you a technology immigrant? Have you wanted to join Community Redevelopment Agency, Los Angeles; Michael professionals that seem to be having success using Cohen; Paul Silvern, Principal, HR&A; Richard Mitchell, technology to improve planning practices but don't see Planning Director, City of Richmond, California the point or don't know how to get started? Do you think that Twitter is for overpaid celebrities and Facebook is for 2:15 - 3:45 pm • Salon 6, 7 college kids trying to find dates? If you answered “yes,” you are in good company. We all use some form of Re-visioning Southern California: technology on a daily basis with varying degrees of Visionary Solutions and Strategies for success. Many planners are glad that reports are no Improving the Built Environment longer written on typewriters, but are befuddled by new tools such as social media and apps, or by how quickly CM | 1.5 technology changes. This “hands on” and “how to” The session will present strategies for how to catapult session will prepare you for thoughtful integration of California's built environment into a competitive position for technology and social media into your work by discussing future job generation, housing affordability for the future the latest trends, the pros and cons of diving into the workforce, improved air quality and reduced CO2 technology pool, and how to avoid common pitfalls. We emissions, congestion management, environmental will provide breakout groups where you can join our sustainability, food production, improved public health, and version of the Geek Squad or Genius Bar, to offer specific a public real that inspires a culturally diverse population to help and answers to your technology and social media find a place of common ground. The session will highlight questions. how planners and urban designers are uniquely positioned to be the visionaries needed to think beyond the Moderator - Chris Dominguez, Planning Aide, City of conventional solutions of the past and strategies for crafting Laguna Hills the solutions of the future. Speakers - Omar Masry, AICP, Assistant Planner, City of Moderator - Jason Ficht, AICP, The Planning Center | Irvine; George Osner, AICP, Principal, George Osner Urban DC&E Planning; Jennifer Lilley, AICP, Founder/CEO, Lilley Planning Group Speakers - Richard Flierl, ASLA, Cooper Carry; Sheri Vander Dussen, AICP, City of Anaheim 24 APA California 2012 Conference • Rancho Mirage Tuesday, October 23, 2012 TUESDAY SESSION BLOCK #6 3:45 - 4:15 pm • Exhibit Area Afternoon Break 2:15 - 3:45 pm . Salon 5 Sponsored by: The Altum Group Using Community Benefits to Stimulate Ascent Environmental, Inc. Investment in Sustainable Communities Burns & McDonnell City of Palm Springs - CM | 1.5 | LAW A performance-based approach for providing public Office of Sustainability benefits creates opportunities for innovative and ECORP Consulting, Inc. sustainable planning in today's economy. This approach, Galvin Preservation Associates which has succeeded in Santa Monica as well as other Omni-Means, Ltd. California jurisdictions, tailors the community benefits for Terra Nova Planning & Research, Inc. development proposals to reflect and implement each UltraSystems Environmental locality's community values and expectations. The VisionScape Imagery challenge is to tie public benefits to sufficient development incentives to trigger economic investment. Discover why a strategy, tailored to local market SESSION BLOCK #7 conditions, that "recaptures" development potential with a corresponding increase in public benefits, is a sustainable approach for creating livable cities with 4:15 - 5:45 pm • Salon 1 limited resources. Leading in the Future- Moderator - Francie Stefan, Strategic & Transportation What Will it Take to be Planning Leaders Planning Manager, City of Santa Monica in the Future? (CPR) Speakers - Eileen Fogarty, President, The Fogarty Group; Vivian Kahn, FAICP, Associate Principal, Dyett + Bhatia; CM | 1.5 Kathe Head, Managing Principal, Keyser Marston For the past 12 years, the California Planning Roundtable has produced a well-attended leadership session at the annual APACA conference. These interactive sessions help develop and refine planners’ leadership skills. This 2:15 - 3:45 pm • Salon 8 year's session will address the leadership skills planners Mission First: Smart Growth and will need in the future. Our panel will be composed of Sustainability Principles for Navy and planners at different points in their careers, including planners who have had several leadership positions and Marine Corps Installations planners moving up the leadership ladder. The Panel CM | 1.5 facilitator will work from the audience, engaging the Ensuring mission readiness of military tenants is the audience in a thoughtful and provocative discussion with single-most important factor guiding facility planning on a the panelists. We will explore several topics, including: Navy or Marine Corps installation. Integrating sustainable • Why is leadership a critical skill for planners? How planning principles into the Master Planning process does leadership need to change to embrace the requires an understanding of operational missions and future? What new skills will be required? unique requirements of each tenant. The BFR process • What are the leadership skills that planners will need allows planners to quantify facility needs, enabling to move up in the profession and take on leadership realistic solutions for meeting sustainability mandates. roles? The AE process enables planners to measure and verify • Once they assume leadership roles, what leadership facility capacity deficiencies, which can ultimately be skills will planners need to succeed in helping used to analyze an installation’s level of success in communities build a better California in the future? meeting sustainability benchmarks. Workshop topics include transportation, land use, and energy issues for Moderator - Elaine Costello, FAICP, Private Consultant analysis of sustainability goals. Speakers - Janet Ruggiero, FAICP, Private Consultant; Moderator - Kasia Trojanowska, LEED, AP, ASLA, Al Zelinka, FAICP, CMSM, City of Riverside; Anne Project Manager, URS Corporation McIntosh, AICP, City of Hollywood; David Newell, City of Palm Springs Speakers - Louis Radosevich, AICP, Project Manager, URS Corporation
4:15 - 5:45 pm • Salon 2,3 Implementing CAPs – 2:15 - 3:45 pm • Salon F Where Sustainable Ambitions and Behind the Dias: Fiscal/Political Realities Meet Taking the Mystery Out of Commission CM | 1.5 and Board Meetings Congratulations! You’ve adopted a CAP (climate action plan)! Getting your Board or Council to approve your CAP CM | 1.5 is a first, big step toward achieving meaningful Public hearings don’t always go as planned and some greenhouse gas reductions. Now the realities of even take a turn that catches all by surprise. It is these implementation start to keep you up at night. Based on unexpected twists that cause a hearing to be hijacked real-world CAP experience, this panel, representing a from the planned path leaving stakeholders to scratch city, county, air district, and consultant, will share their their heads. varied perspectives in a moderated discussion style. So how can planners uncover some of the unknowns in They will address implementation challenges advance to better prepare for hearings that focus on the encountered and potential solutions to avoid or respond pertinent information and not irrelevant testimony? What to them, which will be instructive both for those preparing are some of the challenges commission and board CAPs and others heading down the road of members face in considering a proposal? Join us for a implementation. lively presentation and discussion on some of the factors Moderator - Curtis Alling, AICP, Principal, Ascent that go into the decision-making process. Environmental, Inc. Moderator - Marc Yeber, City of West Hollywood Speakers - Erik deKok, Senior Planner, City of Speakers - Anne McIntosh, AICP, City of Monrovia; Sacramento; Dave Vintze, Air Quality Planning Manager, Danny Castro, City of Sierra Madre; Stephanie Bay Area Air Quality Management District; Honey Walters, Landregan, FSLA, LEED AP, City of Glendale Principal, Ascent Environmental, Inc.; David Morrison, Community Development Director, County of Yolo 25 APA California 2012 Conference • Rancho Mirage Tuesday, October 23, 2012 SESSION BLOCK #7 4:15 - 5:45 pm • Salon 5 Life Without Redevelopment?: Assuring Smart Growth, Affordable 4:15 - 5:45 pm • Salon 4 Housing, and Reversing Blight in Disadvantaged Communities in the
TUESDAY Property Rights, Takings, and Exactions: A Legal and Practical Update for Planners Post-Redevelopment Era
CM | 1.5 | LAW and MCLE | 1.5 CM | 1.5 Every year sees changes to the law that governs property Redevelopment, urban planning, affordable housing, and rights, "takings," and conditions to development brown field remediation experts will define the immediate approvals (impact fees, dedication requirements, and challenges for cities in a post-Redevelopment era. They other "exactions"). This panel will identify the legal "state will identify the financing challenges for building affordable of the art" for these topics, discuss new pronouncements housing, the public costs of blight and, together with the from the federal and California courts, and offer practical session attendees, brainstorm new methods for reversing advice for planning professionals. It will place special disinvestment in the most poverty stricken areas of the focus on the relationship of legally protected private State without the conventional tools of California Urban property rights to community interests and the evolution Renewal, i.e. tax increment financing, public private of how that relationship is viewed in an era of heightened partnerships, and Polanco Act powers. They will reinforce environmental, economic, and social demands. our professional obligation to move forward an equity Attendees will also learn about APA’s ongoing agenda with new tools and commitment. involvement in these issues at the state and national Moderator - Nancy Lytle, AICP, Southeastern Economic levels. Development Corporation Moderator - Thomas Jacobson, AICP, JD, MCP, Speakers - Susan Riggs Tinsky, JD, San Diego Sonoma State University Affordable Housing Federation; Julie Welch Marshall, Speakers - Vivian Kahn, FAICP, Dyett and Bhatia; Brian REA II, Senior Project Manager, Rincon Consultants; BIll Wenter, AICP, City of Walnut Creek Ekern, Community Development Director, City of Redwood City; Martin S. Flores, PLA, ASLA, APA, Rick Engineering
4:15 - 5:45 pm • Desert Suite 1, 2, 3 Cracking the Code: 4:15 - 5:45 pm • Salon 8 Making a Form-Based/Traditional Hybrid Code Work for Your City Reforming Parking Management at and Around BART Stations and TOD CM | 1.5 Faced with the daunting task of updating a 1960s zoning CM | 1.5 code, the City of Livermore sought to modernize and This session will focus on recent and planned TOD overhaul the regulations of a dated conventional code. projects and reformed parking management around The goals of the project included creating a graphically- BART’s South Hayward and Union City stations. These oriented, user friendly code with form-based zones two cities have worked closely with BART and regulating select areas. The session will look at the stakeholders to get parking right. At Union City BART, the Livermore project and other recent experience, City has implemented a station parking district with pay- specifically providing insights on the extensive public by-space pay stations and market-based parking fees. At outreach process, the logistics of developing a hybrid South Hayward BART, the City and BART have jointly code including selecting appropriate areas to implement formed a Parking and Access Authority to control and form-based zones, creating tools for integrating smart manage parking around the BART station. growth principles, and lessons learned for cities initiating Representatives from both cities, BART, and the a code update in the future. consultant will discuss lessons learned on the panel. Moderator - Lisa Wise, AICP, Lisa Wise Consulting, Inc. Moderator - Jeffrey Ordway, Manager of Real Estate & Property Development, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Speakers - Joseph Anthony “Tony” Perez, Principal, Transit District (BART) Tony Perez Associates; Christine Rodrigues, AICP, City of Livermore Speakers - David Rizk, AICP, City of Hayward; Joan Malloy, ASLA, City of Union City; Mark Evanoff, Redevelopment Agency Manager, City of Union City; Jessica Schure, Principal, Nelson\Nygaard Consulting 4:15 - 5:45 pm • Salon 6, 7 Associates Forging Healthy Community Planning Through Collaboration, Advocacy and Policy- Making 4:15 - 5:45 pm • Salon A CM | 1.5 Competing for Jobs - Improve Your This session will provide an insight into the intrinsic Resume, Interviewing and Getting Your elements and necessary synergy required to adopt a Foot in the Door single document dedicated to addressing public health During this interactive workshop you will learn how to through land use planning. The essential elements create opportunities rather than waiting for job flyers to include forging collaboration among cross-functional post, how to be in the right place at the right time when departments, building coalitions, identifying and working jobs become available and how to have your job with champions and gaining decision-making resources in tip-top shape when you are ready to submit momentum. for the next position. Our panel includes young Moderator - Paul Zykofski, AICP, Associate AIA, professionals who have found creative ways to find Director, Land Use and Transportation Programs, Local employment in this tough economy. Also a professional Government Commission career trainer will guide you through practical skills for Speakers - Michael Osur, MBA, Deputy Director, improving your interview techniques as well as tips on Riverside County, Department of Public Health; Matt how to make your resume stand out in the pile. Raimi, AICP, LEED AP, Founder, Raimi+Associates; Moderator - Jennifer Lilley, AICP, Founder/CEO, Lilley Margarita Luna, MPH, The California Endowment; Planning Group Elizabeth Toledo, MAPED, Managing the Building Healthy Speakers - Josias Gonzalez, Permit Planner, County of Communities Initiative, Eastern Coachella Valley; Luis Ventura; Jennifer Choi, Assistant Planner, County of Lopez, MPA, Development Services Director, City of Ventura Coachella
26 APA California 2012 Conference • Rancho Mirage TUESDAY Tuesday, October 23, 2012 23, October Tuesday, • Rancho Mirage 27 APA California 2012 Conference Sponsored by: Sponsored City of Rancho Mirage Rancho of City Southern California Edison California Southern - David Early, AICP, LEED AP, The Planning The AP, LEED AICP, Early, David - SESSION BLOCK #7 BLOCK SESSION - Harley DuBois, Burning DuBois, Harley Will - Man; Roger, Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Cahuilla of Band Caliente Agua Green De Borthowsky & Quintanilla, LLP Quintanilla, & Borthowsky De Green 1.5 1.5 | 9:00 pm • R Bar R • pm 9:00 This year the APA All-Star band will be rockin out in out rockin be will band All-Star APA the year This 23 Oct evening Tuesday on hotel the at R-Bar the down! it close authorities the whenever to 9pm from attendees planner conference all are players The the of advantage take over, come so jobs, day with live home-grown our support and specials drink band AEP the with confused be to Not band. music formed band APA the Evolutionaries, The at hallway the in ago years several spontaneously enough Interestingly conference. 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California’s in applied Moderator DC&E | Center Speakers AICP BurningSteere, John Man; WEDNESDAY Wednesday, October 24, 2012 24, October Wednesday, - Blake Roberts, Ph.D., Roberts Planning Roberts Ph.D., Roberts, Blake - - Hemalata Dandekar, Ph.D., City and City Ph.D., Dandekar, Hemalata - - Laura Cole-Rowe, CMSM, Laura Cole Rowe Cole Laura CMSM, Cole-Rowe, Laura - - Michael Boswell, Ph.D., CRP, Cal Poly San Poly Cal CRP, Ph.D., Boswell, Michael - • Rancho Mirage 1.5 1.5 | | 7:30 - 9:00 am • Salon 1 Salon • am 9:00 - 7:30 Downtown Revitalization for Almost Free Almost for Revitalization Downtown CM Despite the growing popularity of downtowns among downtowns of popularity growing the Despite governments, the and local businesses, developers, more revitalization downtown finding are planners public, slowdown, economic the to due difficult more and redevelopment of termination the and cuts, budget in working planners for challenge The funding. limited with benefits meaningful provide to is downtowns perspectives provide will session This resources. financial design, planning, economical of examples and on a to applied be can that tools financial and regulatory, downtowns. of variety Moderator Speakers RBF CNU-A, AP, LEED AICP, Harden, Susan Consulting; Consulting CM CM Science & Tech in Sustainable Design and Design Sustainable in & Tech Science Practitioners for Tools Useful Planning: planners/designers help technology and science Can the to respond and resources and energy utilize efficiently ensure to communities of profile economic and social will practitioner/academics Four sustainability? long-term of Applications effort. this in assist to tools useful review have which technologies new and information scientific throughout communities in facilitative be to proven 1. include: covered Topics Californiahighlighted. be will action climate on research based community Applied Boswell in identified tools and techniques using planning Planning, Action Climate Local book, recent Greve’s and practice best of examples Illustrative Press:2012. Island California be will from Planning Action Climate in making decision participatory of Examples 2. included. new California emphasized have which around efforts modeling, 3-D based computer as such technologies social modeling, consumption energy neighborhood draw will Cases applications. sourcing crowd and, media, Work, Design Community Making book, Toker’s from graduate applied recent and 2012 Press Planners and City of Department the at completed research of Use 3. Obispo. Luis San Poly Cal Planning, Regional of use and collection data field facilitate to iPad the needs various quantify to projections demographic techniques illustrate will Nuworsoo plans. in identified California for plans general of development the in used communities. Moderator Obispo Luis San Poly Cal Planning, Regional Speakers Luis San Poly Cal CRP, Ph.D., Toker, Umut Obispo; Luis San Poly Cal CorneliusCRP, Obispo; Ph.D., Nuworsoo, San Poly Cal CRP, Ph.D., Greve, Adrienne Obispo; Luis Obispo Luis 4 Salon • am 9:00 - 7:30 28 APA California 2012 Conference Fehr & Peers & Fehr Sponsored by: Sponsored Lamar Enterprises Lamar - Tim Snellings, Director, Dept of Dept Tim - Director, Snellings, - Janet Ruggiero, FAICP, Private Consultant Private FAICP, Ruggiero, Janet - SESSION BLOCK #8 BLOCK SESSION - Jennifer Barrett, Deputy Director for Director Deputy Barrett, Jennifer - - Miguel Vasquez, AICP, Riverside County Riverside AICP, Vasquez, Miguel - 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 | | 7:30 - 10:00 am • Exhibit Area Exhibit • am 10:00 - 7:30 CM CM 21st Century Gold Rush: Rush: Gold Century 21st Golden in the Development Energy Solar State Association California Directors The Planning County a develop to stakeholders of group robust a convened Model and Guide Streamlining Facility Energy Solar Energy Solar regulate and incentivize both to Ordinance learnand session, tools this In new these about Facilities. experts use land and energy of section cross a from hear - Guide the in addressed opportunities and issues the on into Ordinance Model the integrating for suggestions and attendance in those and Panelists codes. zoning existing the on discussion lively and structured a in participate will Facilities. Energy Solar of role future Moderator County Butte Services, Development Speakers State Sonoma Hinds, Alex County; Sonoma Planning, Susan Communities; Sustainable for Center University's Keyes, Stanfield, Sky Group; Environmental Aspen Lee, Wideman & Fox Confronting California's Most Critical Most California's Confronting (CPR) Challenges CM 3 2, Salon • am 9:00 - 7:30 7:30 - 9:00 am • Salon 6, 7 6, Salon • am 9:00 - 7:30 most the identifying session interactive an for CPR Join role California the facing exploring and challenges critical a involve will session The them. addressing in planning of the from representatives by presentation panel brief their identifying sectors academic and private, public, California. facing challenges biggest the on perspectives a lead will Ruggiero, Janet including members CPR using to barriers and opportunities the on discussion and Ideas challenges. these address to planning good by considered be will session the from recommendations 2013. for projects and activities our plan we as CPR Moderator Speakers Health Public of Department Conference Registration Conference 7:30 - 11:00 am • Exhibit Area Exhibit • am 11:00 - 7:30 Exhibits Open Exhibits Continental Breakfast Continental 7:00 - 8:30 am • Exhibit Area Exhibit • am 8:30 - 7:00 Wednesday, October 24, 2012 SESSION BLOCK #8 7:30 - 9:00 am • Salon 5 Ethics Jeopardy: Testing What We Know About Ethics 7:30 - 9:00 am • Desert Suites 1, 2 CM | 1.5 | Off-Site Public Improvements as a Map ETHICS This session will be a great refresher or in some cases an Condition: Negotiating Thorny Issues opportunity to become acquainted with the Code of WEDNESDAY Arising Under Off-Site Acquisition Ethics.During this game show type session, we will start Agreements With Developers And with Planners’ Jeopardy and then break into discussion Litigating The Developer-Funded Eminent groups where the audience will have an opportunity to Domain Case test their knowledge of Ethics, and then learn and challenge themselves, the panel and each other through CM | 1.5 | LAW and MCLE | 1.5 friendly debate of Ethical situations. Section 66462.5 of the Government Code provides that Moderator - Brooke Peterson, AICP, Senior a City and a subdivider may, by agreement, provide for Associate/President-Elect, The Planning Center | DC&E, the acquisition of off-site interests from third parties by APA California the City at the subdivider’s expense, where such interests are required to satisfy map conditions. This presentation Speakers - Kevin Keller, Chapter President, AICP, APA will explore all aspects of this right from both the city and California; Darcy Kremin, AICP, Environmental Planning developer perspective. Topics will include key Group Manager, URS Corporation; Kim Prillhart, AICP, considerations before conditioning a map approval to Planning Director, County of Ventura construct off-site improvements, negotiating an offsite acquisition agreement with the developer, and the relationship between the city and the developer during subsequent eminent domain litigation. 7:30 - 9:00 am • Salon C Moderator - Alan Sozio, Esq., Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP Sounds of Sustainable/Urban Development Speakers - Thomas Jex, Esq., Burke, Williams & CM | 1.5 Sorensen, LLP Sustainable development, green building, smart-growth and urban renewal are allowing numerous benefits in our communities and our environment; however, as population densities increase and new building techniques and materials are introduced, the effects 7:30 - 9:00 am • Salon 8 noise will remain a key issue in our communities. This Institutionalizing Living Street Design panel discussion will explore the developing trends, innovative methodologies and their effects on acoustics, CM | 1.5 noise and vibration. This session will show how to institutionalize living streets Moderator - Michael Carr, INCE, Extant Acoustical as a regular part of street design. Panelists will discuss Consulting LLC how to institutionalize street design practice through general plans and adaptation of design manuals. \The Speakers - Honey Walter, Principal, Ascent panelists will also talk about how the Model Design Environmental, Inc.; Jennifer Le, Senior Planner, City of Manual for Living Streets can be used as the DNA to Orange produce living streets. We will highlight how the cities of Lancaster and Baldwin Park customized the Model Design Manual for Living Streets, and how the manual is serving as a tool for daily design practice. 8:30 am - 12:00 noon Moderator - Ryan Snyder, MA, Ryan Snyder Associates Meet 15 minutes prior in Ballroom Portico Speakers - Kaizer Rangwala, AICP, MA, Rangwala Associates; Brian Ludicke, City of Lancaster Planning MW#10 Palm Springs Aerial Tramway Department; Salvador Lopez, City of Baldwin Park Fee: $35.00 Planning Department CM | 2.0 With a history that dates to 1935, the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway is an engineering marvel that provides access to the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto 7:30 - 9:00 am • Salon A Mountains National Monument and the Mt. San Jacinto State Park. The rotating tram cars ascend Break Out the Crystal Ball: and descend via a cable that is two and one-half Community GHG Emissions Forecasts and miles long and weighs twenty-two tons. Our visit will Targets include a ride to the summit station (8,500 ft elev.) and a tour of the installation and machinery. The CM | 1.5 environmental challenges of constructing and AEP’s Climate Change Committee will provide guidance maintaining the tram, as well as the touristic aspects to jurisdictions when preparing a GHG Reduction Plan. of its operation will be explored. AEP’s team of experts will discuss GHG reduction targets and common methods in projecting the future GHG Moderator - Rob Parkins, President of the Mt. San emissions inventory for the individual GHG sectors. They Jacinto Winter Park Authority and General Manager will also highlight best practices and potential obstacles of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, Mt. San Jacinto when forecasting growth trends Winter Park Authority Moderator - Nicole Vermilion, Manager, Air Quality & Speakers - Greg Vogelsang, Vice President of Greenhouse Gas Services, The Planning Center | DC&E Maintenance, Palm Springs Aerial Tramway Speakers - Michael Hendrix, Project Director – Air Sponsored by: Quality & Climate Change, ATKINS; Tammy Seale, GHD, Inc. Managing Director, Sustainability & Climate Change Palm Springs Aerial Tramway Services, PMC; Rich Walter, Principal, ICF International; Dave Mitchell, Air Quality Services Manager, Michael Brandman Associates; Daniel Rubins, PE, Senior, Transportation Engineer, Fehr & Peers
29 APA California 2012 Conference • Rancho Mirage WEDNESDAY 1.5 1.5 9 | Wednesday, October 24, 2012 24, October Wednesday, MCLE MCLE - Rachel Struglia, AICP, Ph.D., Dudek Ph.D., AICP, Struglia, Rachel - - Lisa Wise, AICP, Lisa Wise Lisa Inc. Consulting, Wise, Lisa - AICP, Science Environmental AICP, Costa, Peter - - Paul Amberg, Dudek; Shelah Riggs, Dudek; Riggs, Shelah Dudek; Amberg, Paul - - Stefan Pellegrini, AICP, RA, LEED AP, LEED RA, AICP, Pellegrini, Stefan - Environmental AP, LEED PE, Caton, Jeff - • Rancho Mirage LAW and and LAW | 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 | | | In today’s climate of planning for new sources of sources new for planning of climate today’s In aging on focus a with and energy renewable permitting the of navigation successful infrastructure, This important. increasingly is manner timely a in process delay can that mistakes common some cover will session information integrating for tips process, permitting the or CEQA your into permits state and federal for needed working of challenges the of some and document, NEPA and policies different with agencies multiple a with participation by informed be will session The practices. tips their bring each will who representatives agency from trade. the of Moderator Speakers Office, Springs Palm Chief, Division Cleary-Rose, Karin Senior Brandt, Wildlife and Fish US Jeff Service; Region Deserts Inland Scientist, Environmental A Salon • am 10:45 - 9:15 9:15 - 10:45 am • Salon 4 Salon • am 10:45 - 9:15 CM CM 9:15 - 10:45 am • Salon 6, 7 6, Salon • am 10:45 - 9:15 Sustainable for Modeling Growth Climate of Building-Blocks Communities: Evaluation urban of integration the is forecasting of essence The elements, use land complex principles, planning patterns behavioral human and trends, socioeconomic “accurate” an into all) of component difficult most (the planning years For application. model meaningful and transportation and environmentalists, professionals, models forecasting demand travel used have engineers to importantly, and environment living the examine to and behavior travel in changes subtle how gauge better will panel interactive This environment. the affect use land applications forecasting innovative how planners inform action climate viable create to developed been have and strategies, communities sustainable plans, and regional- a on solutions use transportation/land local-level. Moderator Wresting with RHNA and Getting Quality and Getting RHNA with Wresting Codes Form-Based with Results CM Speakers Inc. Design, Opticos Associates Speakers PTP, Ph.D., AICP, Kott, Joseph Associates; Science Governments; of Ory, Association David City/County Tien- Commission; Transportation Metropolitan Ph.D., TienPeers & Fehr GA, LEED Chan, CM CM California are across communities more and More RHNA meeting of task daunting the with struggling Element Housing State other and projections promote not does that way a in requirements economic with inconsistent is that development the with character and scale of out or objectives meet to need will jurisdictions Local context. community approving and densities minimum on requirements State Form-based “by-right”. development multi-family more these meet to solution regulatory a offers code results predictable incentives, developer with challenges and communities, durable more environment, built the in spaces. public engaging Moderator Tips for Successfully Navigating the Navigating Successfully for Tips Process Permitting State and Federal 30 APA California 2012 Conference - Sophie Martin, AICP, Dyett & Bhatia Urban Bhatia & Dyett AICP, Martin, Sophie - - Diane Kane, AICP, Ph.D., Trustee, Ph.D., AICP, Kane, Diane - - Glenn Lajoie, AICP, Vice President, AICP, Lajoie, Glenn - SESSION BLOCK #9 BLOCK SESSION - Hannah Lindelof, AICP, LEED-AP, Dyett & Dyett LEED-AP, AICP, Lindelof, Hannah - - Wendy Tinsley Becker, AICP, Urbana AICP, Tinsley Becker, Wendy - - Juan Borrelli, AICP, Environmental Services Environmental AICP, Borrelli, Juan - 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 | | Diverse Communities, Diverse Strategies: Diverse Communities, Diverse Outreach in Multicultural Lessons CM multicultural from lessons presents session This and Area Bay other and Oakland in efforts engagement and challenges discuss will Speakers cities. Valley Central with planning, participatory with associated opportunities trust, gaining methods, outreach including topics with partnering garnering feedback, meaningful an developing and institutions, and leaders community process. flexible iterative, Moderator Planners Regional and Speakers Craig Craig, Tracy Planners; Regional and Urban Bhatia TransForm Ramos, Joel Communications; 9:15 - 10:45 am • Desert Suites 1, 2 2 1, Suites Desert • am 10:45 - 9:15 CM CM set to how cover will cities, small for tailored session, This addresses that program preservation historic a up program planning your with integrates interests, citizens’ Certified for California meets and requirements State include issues Governments. planning Local range Long for elements preservation historic of preparation the of development the plans, community or plans general preservation of formulation the ordinances, preservation evaluate and identify to how and bodies, review Short surveys. through properties historical significant historic local developing include issues planning range designation objective constructing criteria, designation and review design professional administering processes, construction. during oversight project effective conducing Moderator Foundation CaliforniaPreservation Speakers Galvin President, Galvin, Andrea Planning; & Preservation Field AICP, Gates, Jennifer Inc.; Associates, Preservation Foundation California Preservation Director, Services Preservation Toolkit for Small Cities Small for Toolkit Preservation 9:15 - 10:45 am • Salon 1 Salon • am 10:45 - 9:15 Planning and Environmental, RBF Consulting RBF Environmental, and Planning Speakers Planning AICP, Griffiths, Jill José; San of City Specialist, AICP, Brosseau, Kimberly Beach; Long of City Officer, Recreation & Parks County Clara Santa III, Planner Park Vice President, AICP, Morse, Collette Department; Principal, AICP, Osner, George Consulting; RBF Planning, Planning Osner George Learn and participate in good fun and competition as competition and fun Learn good in participate and awesome win and talents Jeopardy their display planners Exam AICP the take to preparing while prizes followed questions, exam past real answer (participants test- and topics, study itself, exam the about Q&A by triumph?! will who down, is gauntlet The tips)! taking Moderator 9:15 - 10:45 am • Salon 2, 3 2, Salon • am 10:45 - 9:15 Exam: AICP the Passing Jeopardy! 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SESSION BLOCK #9 10:45 - 11:45 am • Starlight Terrace Closing Panel Session: 9:15 - 10:45 am • Salon B When Planners Rule Creating Safe Places CM | 1.0
WEDNESDAY CM | 1.5 Current and advanced planning services, including The goal of this presentation is to help designers and those previously conducted by Redevelopment planners better understand the relationship between how Agencies, must now be provided with slimmer we design, create and maintain our physical environment budgets and reduced staffing. The panel is and the likelihood that crime will take place there. particularly well suited to help address the Participants will better understand how to analyze and associated management challenges. Panelists will recognize human space that may promote criminal share their creative and innovative ideas on activity, and how to apply design concepts to reduce or streamlining the planning process, increasing remove that criminal activity. operational efficiencies and enhancing economic development opportunities. Moderator - Mike Wells, Crime Prevention Specialist, City of Danville Moderator - John D. Criste, AICP, Terra Nova Planning & Research, Inc. Speakers - Randy K. Bynder, AICP, City Manager, City of Rancho Mirage; Thomas Kirk, MS, Coachella Valley Association of Governments; Andy Hall, AICP, 9:15 - 10:45 am • Salon 5 City of Cathedral City; Frank J. Spevacek, City of La Help OPR Help You! Updating the General Quinta Plan Guidelines for the 21st Century Sponsored by: Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians CM | 1.5 | LAW and MCLE | 1.5 City of Rancho Mirage OPR needs your help to update the General Plan MSA Guidelines (GPG’s) to help local governments meet the Southern California Edison planning challenges of the 21st Century. This workshop will provide a basic overview of OPR’s goals in updating the GPG’s and ask for feedback on what is useful in the existing guidelines, what should be included, and what are the latest issues and obstacles facing local 11:30 am - 1:30 pm • Exhibit Area governments in updating and developing new general Exhibitor Tear-Down plans. The speakers will also discuss some of the new and creative efforts around the state related to developing new general plans. Moderator - Scott Morgan, State Clearinghouse Director, Governor's Office of Planning and Rese Speakers - Michael McCormick, AICP, Senior Planner, Governor's Office of Planning and Research; Brian Judd, AICP, Vice President, The Planning Center | DC&E
9:15 - 10:45 am • Salon C Reworking the Business District CM | 1.5 The iconic business park is about to undergo a transformation. With demand for well-located office space, there has been growing pressure to redevelop close-in office parks. However, there are numerous challenges ranging from transportation and sustainability, to tenant expectations. This session will feature a multi- disciplinary case study illustrating emerging trends. Moderator - Kevin Gardiner, AICP, Metropolitan Planning Group Speakers - Randy Tsuda, AICP, City of Mountain View; Jessica Schure, Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates; Bry Sarté, PE, Sherwood Design Engineers
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