ASLA Fund Full Voting Members

ASLA Fund Full Voting Members October 20-21, 2016, Annual Meeting Hilton New Orleans Riverside Two Poydras Street, New Orleans, LA

Agenda

Directors K. Richard Zweifel, FASLA, Chair Michael Stanley, ASLA Vaughn Rinner, FASLA Jeffrey Townsend, ASLA Chad D. Danos, FASLA David Cutter, ASLA Hunter L. Beckham, FASLA Keith P. Wilson, ASLA Robin Gyorgyfalvy, FASLA Officers Nancy C. Somerville, Hon. ASLA, Michael D. O’Brien, CPA, Treasurer President Curt Millay, ASLA, Secretary Parliamentarian Kay Williams, FASLA Voting Members Aaron A. Allan, ASLA Jade Liska, ASLA Brian E. Bainnson, ASLA Rob Loftis, ASLA W. Phillips Barlow, ASLA Jeanne M. Lukenda, ASLA Robert D. Berg, ASLA Timothy W. Maloney, ASLA Travis G. Brooks, ASLA Eugenia M. Martin, FASLA Gary A. Brown, FASLA Timothy W. May, ASLA Perry Cardoza, ASLA Bradley McCauley, ASLA Matthew O. Carlile, ASLA Douglas C. McCord, ASLA Anne C. Cruess, ASLA Ann Milovsoroff, FASLA Scott V. Emmelkamp, ASLA Jon Milstead, ASLA William T. Eubanks III, FASLA Cleve Larry Mizell, ASLA Robert E. Ford, ASLA Emily O’Mahoney, ASLA Eric D. Gilbey, ASLA April Philips, FASLA David Gorden, ASLA Jeff Pugh, ASLA David A. Harris, ASLA John D. Roters, ASLA Jennifer Judge, ASLA John Royster, FASLA Ron Kagawa, ASLA Stephen W. Schrader, ASLA Roger J. Kennedy, ASLA Stephen A. Shurtz, ASLA Mark M. Kimerer, ASLA Adrian L. Smith, ASLA Daniel Kovach, ASLA Ellen C. Stewart, ASLA Lisa A. Kunst Vavro, ASLA John A. Swintosky, ASLA Joel N. Kurokawa, ASLA Marq Truscott, FASLA Brian LaHaie, ASLA Nicholas Tufaro, ASLA Lucille C. Lanier, FASLA Jon Wreschinsky, ASLA Curtis LaPierre, ASLA

Thursday, October 20, 2016

# Time Agenda Item Presenter(s) Action Tab 1. 4:40pm Call to Order Zweifel 2. Roll Call Williams

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3. Minutes Zweifel Motion L.1 4. Ratification of the Board of Directors Zweifel Motion L.2 5. ASLA Fund Report Zweifel L.3 6. Time and Place of Next Meeting – April 27-28, Zweifel 2016, Washington, DC 7. 4:55pm Adjourn Zweifel

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ASLA Fund Full Voting Members May 20-21, 2016, Annual Meeting Grant Hyatt, 1000 H Street, NW Washington, DC

Minutes

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call

Directors K. Richard Zweifel, FASLA, Chair Michael Stanley, ASLA Vaughn Rinner, FASLA Jeffrey Townsend, ASLA Chad D. Danos, FASLA David Cutter, ASLA Hunter L. Beckham, FASLA Keith P. Wilson, ASLA Robin Gyorgyfalvy, FASLA Officers Nancy C. Somerville, Hon. ASLA, President Curt Millay, ASLA, Secretary Michael D. O’Brien, Treasurer Parliamentarian Kay Williams, FASLA Voting Members Aaron A. Allan, ASLA Brian LaHaie, ASLA Brian E. Bainnson, ASLA Lucille C. Lanier, FASLA W. Phillips Barlow, ASLA Curtis LaPierre, ASLA Robert D. Berg, ASLA Jade Liska, ASLA Travis G. Brooks, ASLA Jeanne M. Lukenda, ASLA Gary A. Brown, FASLA Timothy W. Maloney, ASLA Perry Cardoza, ASLA Eugenia M. Martin, FASLA Matthew O. Carlile, ASLA Timothy W. May, ASLA Anne C. Cruess, ASLA Bradley McCauley, ASLA Scott V. Emmelkamp, ASLA Douglas C. McCord, ASLA William T. Eubanks III, FASLA Ann Milovsoroff, FASLA David Ferris , ASLA, proxy Jon Milstead, ASLA Robert E. Ford, ASLA Cleve Larry Mizell, ASLA Eric D. Gilbey, ASLA Jeff Pugh, ASLA David Gorden, ASLA John D. Roters, ASLA Christopher Green, ASLA John Royster, FASLA Marybeth Harasz, ASLA, proxy Stephen W. Schrader, ASLA David A. Harris, ASLA Stephen A. Shurtz, ASLA Jennifer Judge, ASLA Adrian L. Smith, ASLA Roger J. Kennedy, ASLA Ellen C. Stewart, ASLA Dena Kennett, ASLA, proxy John A. Swintosky, ASLA Mark M. Kimerer, ASLA Marq Truscott, FASLA Daniel Kovach, ASLA Nicholas Tufaro, ASLA Lisa A. Kunst Vavro, ASLA Jon Wreschinsky, ASLA

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Joel N. Kurokawa, ASLA

3. Minutes IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BROWN AND SECONDED BY MS. KUNST VAVRO TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE ASLA FUND BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS PRESENTED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

4. ASLA Fund Report Mr. Zweifel reviewed the purpose and operation of the ASLA Fund and the ongoing programs that fall under the Fund umbrella such as LATIS, honors and award programs, and the ASLA library and archives. He provided status reports on the Headquarters green infrastructure education and advocacy programs, the Center for Landscape Architecture, and the Chinatown Green Streets Demonstration Project.

6. Time and Place of Next Meeting The next meeting of the ASLA Fund Voting Members will be October 20 or 21, 2016, at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside, New Orleans, LA.

7. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 11:55am on May 20, 2016.

Prepared by Curt Millay, Secretary Date Approved:

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ASLA Fund Full Voting Members October 20-21, 2016, Annual Meeting Hilton New Orleans Riverside Two Poydras Street, New Orleans, LA

Agenda Item #4: Ratification of Board of Directors Annual Election Action

Purpose: To present the ASLA Fund 2017 Board of Directors for ratification by the Full Voting Members.

History and Background: At its annual meeting each year, the Board of Directors elects its successors to hold office for a term of one year upon ratification by the Full Voting Members:

2017 Directors: Chad Danos, FASLA, Chair Robin Gyorgyfalvy, FASLA Tom Mroz, ASLA Greg Miller, ASLA Wendy Miller, FASLA Vanessa Warren, ASLA David Cutter, ASLA Michael Stanley, ASLA Vaughn Rinner, FASLA

Governing Rules/Procedures: ASLA Fund Bylaws, Sections 202 and 302,

202. …Each year at the annual meeting of Members, the Board of Directors annual election of its successors shall be ratified by an affirmative vote of the majority of all Members.

302. The Directors shall serve for a period of one (1) year or until the next annual meeting of Members. At each annual meeting of the Board of Directors, the Directors shall elect their successors to hold office for a term of one (1) year upon ratification by the Members. Terms shall begin at the conclusion of the annual meeting of Members immediately following said election and ratification and shall end at the conclusion of the next annual meeting of Members.

Action Requested: Approval of the 2017 ASLA Fund Board of Directors.

Staff Contact: Curt Millay

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Two Poydras Street, New Orleans, LA

Agenda Item #5: ASLA Fund and ASLA Fund, LLC, Report Information

Purpose: To report on ASLA Fund and ASLA Fund, LLC, programs and plans.

History and Background: The mission statement of the ASLA Library and Education Advocacy Fund (ASLA Fund) is the following:

The ASLA Fund seeks to expand the body of knowledge of the landscape architecture profession, promote the value of landscape architecture, and increase public understanding of environmental and land use issues and principles. The Fund supports the library, archives, awards, research, and education programs of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

ASLA’s chapter trustees are the voting members of the ASLA Fund. ASLA’s elected officers are also elected each year to serve as the Board of Directors of the ASLA Fund. ASLA’s EVP serves as its president and the chair of the ASLA Fund Board of Directors is the immediate past president of ASLA.

Goals for ASLA Fund programs are incorporated in the Annual Operating Plan and progress toward meeting those goals is reported in the quarterly Program and Operations Reports. An outline of special projects and fundraising goals is included in the attached report. ASLA Fund Chair Zweifel will provide additional information at the meeting.

Governing Rules/Procedures: ASLA Fund Bylaws, Section 202: The annual and midyear meetings of the Members of the Corporation shall be held on days duly designated by the Board of Directors for the purpose of reviewing, revising if necessary, and approving the annual budget, program plan, and strategic priorities presented by the Board of Directors at such annual and midyear meetings, and for the transaction of such other corporate business as may come before the meetings…

Financial Impact: N/A

Action Requested: The voting members are requested to review the attached ASLA Fund activity report.

Staff Contact: Nancy Somerville

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ASLA Fund and ASLA Fund, LLC, Report

Mission Statement: The ASLA Library and Education Advocacy Fund (ASLA Fund) seeks to expand the body of knowledge of the landscape architecture profession, promote the value of landscape architecture, and increase public understanding of environmental and land use issues and principles.

Purpose and Operation: The ASLA Fund supports the library, archives, awards, research, and education programs of the American Society of Landscape Architects. ASLA’s chapter trustees are the voting members of the ASLA Fund. ASLA’s elected officers are also elected each year to serve as the Board of Directors of the ASLA Fund. ASLA’s EVP serves as its president and the chair of the ASLA Fund Board of Directors is the immediate past president of ASLA.

As recommended by counsel and authorized by the Voting Members of the ASLA Fund, an American Society of Landscape Architects Fund, LLC, has been created as the vehicle for ASLA’s/ASLA Fund’s participation in the Sustainable Sites Initiative™ (SITES®). The State of Maryland authorized the formation of the ASLA Fund, LLC, on March 11, 2013. (Note: Staff and legal counsel are reviewing the ongoing need for the ASLA Fund, LLC, in light of the April sale of ASLA’s SITES assets to Green Business Certification, Inc.)

Ongoing ASLA Fund Programs The ongoing programs that fall under the umbrella of the ASLA Fund are:

. Education Programs General . Professional Practice Library . Honors and Awards . Career Discovery

[Note: Please review information related to these programs under the 2015 Third Quarter Program and Operations Report.]

ASLA Fund Priorities and Special Projects

Creating a Center for Landscape Architecture Purpose/Description: The ASLA Board of Trustees approved a plan to renovate the Society’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C., to create a world-class Center for Landscape Architecture that will inspire and engage its staff, its membership, allied professionals, public officials, and the general public. The goals of the headquarter renovation project are to create a showplace for the profession that reflects ASLA leadership in the design industry, and enables ASLA to be a convener and a role model organization. The new Center will reflect the Society’s mission and values while supporting staff collaboration and productivity as well as maintaining and enhancing the building as a financial asset. Center programming will support ASLA strategic priorities.

Status: In December 2015, ASLA staff relocated to temporary headquarters and demolition on the 636 Eye Street property began in January. The estimated date of completion for the Center is late November 2016. Highlights for 2017 include: Inaugural exhibit highlighting ASLA, the Center’s sustainable features

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(including the green roof and cistern) and LEED and WELL certifications, and plans for the Chinatown Green Street Demonstration Project.

Funding: A fundraising campaign with a goal of $1.5 million was launched following the annual meeting in Denver in November 2014 and to date, through donations, ASLA has raised $1,099,820 of the goal with all chapters contributing. Project donations are made to the ASLA Fund, making them tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Pledges may be paid over a three-year period.

Headquarters Green Roof Advocacy and Promotion Purpose/Description: To monitor and document the performance of the green roof and disseminate results; to promote the project and use of green roofs through exhibits, publications, and web materials; to use the green roof to position ASLA and the profession as leaders in sustainability; and to use the green roof project as part of the K-12 career discovery program.

Status: Goals for 2016 and beyond include continued performance monitoring once the building’s redesign has taken place. The redesign includes a cistern to enable capture and reuse of the roof stormwater runoff for irrigation. In the three quarters of 2016, the green roof pages received 16,000 pageviews, down 15 percent from the same time frame last year. The Roof Is Growing website, however, was revamped as responsive in the second quarter. Over the three quarters of 2016, traffic is up 58 percent to 5,700 views from 3,600 views last year.

Funding: Development of the green roof education programs, including “The Roof is Growing!,” was supported by a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (2007) and a $10,000 contribution from landscape architecture firm Lewis Scully Gionet, Inc. (2008). Ongoing updates/enhancements are handled in-house; no additional funding requirements.

Chinatown Green Street Demonstration Project

Purpose/Description: The project, kicked-off in late 2012 as a result of ASLA’s success with its green roof demonstration and education, is two-fold. The first component is the design and construction of a green and complete street demonstration project on the 600 block of Eye Street NW in front of the ASLA Center for Landscape Architecture in Washington, D.C. The project will incorporate green stormwater management techniques that use plants and soil to slow, filter, and cleanse stormwater. It will also provide safe access to all users including pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, and transit riders of all ages and abilities. The result will be a revitalized street corridor and enhanced environment for community residents, workers, businesses, and visitors to Washington’s historic Chinatown neighborhood.

The second component of the project is the creation of Green, Complete, and Smart: A Sourcebook and Method for High Performance Streets, a publication that will document the planning and implementation of the Eye Street demonstration project as well as other green street projects. Once completed, the sourcebook will provide designers and communities with a step-by-step method and the tools needed to make decisions on implementing green and complete streets in their own neighborhoods.

To complete the project, ASLA will provide educational programming and presentations on the project and sourcebook at its Eye Street headquarters, on asla.org, and at professional conferences around the country.

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Status: Following meetings with stakeholders and potential donors in 2015, the project scope was refocused to align with the District’s current green infrastructure plans and to concentrate on the design and construction of the 600 block of Eye Street outside ASLA headquarters. Design Workshop completed a preliminary design concept for the 600 block of Eye Street, and has held meetings this past spring with major stakeholders in the area including the DC Downtown BID, neighborhood property owners, tenants, city agencies and other interested individuals. New partnerships have been formed to support future performance monitoring efforts for the continued development of the project as performance based, utilized as an ongoing educational case study. Partnerships have been formed with such groups as City Wildlife, Biophilic DC, Casey Trees and DDOEE Wildlife towards an effort to foster collaboration, and continued support for various project needs.

The project is receiving funding from the EPA’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund through the DC Department of Energy and the Environment (DDOEE); the funds are contingent upon non-federal matching funds. The funds are for construction but can also be used for design development enabling Design Workshop to complete stakeholder outreach and construction drawings in 2017.

A related initiative, in early planning stages, is a proposal for an interactive online education tool on green and complete streets. The concept was developed as a potential commitment to CGI (Clinton Global Initiative) America. Based on the research from the Chinatown Green Street project, the tool will simulate the design and benefits of green and complete streets.

Funding. Funding is being pursued for the sourcebook and for design and construction of the Eye Street corridor. ASLA provided seed money of $50,000 (in FY 2014 budget) toward the discovery phase and will continue to provide in-kind and some direct support through project completion. Grant funding has been secured from the Chesapeake Bay Trust ($49,000) and the National Endowment for the Arts ($40,000) and ASLA has a commitment of $1.295 million from DOEE as part of the FY16 Clean Water State Revolving Funds to design and construct the Eye Street project, contingent upon ASLA raising $1.060 million in matching, non-federal funds.

Public Awareness Sub-Site for ASLA Online: Designing Our Future – Sustainable Landscapes Purpose/Description: To create a multimedia, online site to educate the public about landscape architecture as not only an art and science, but as a major contributor to communities’ ways of life and well-being. The public will see how landscape design creates a sense of place how such design allows for common ground for all citizens to interact with each other and their surroundings; and through sustainable practices, how it mitigates or reverses negative environmental impacts that can result from the bad planning and execution of outdoor spaces.

Status: Ten case studies were added in 2015, bringing the total to 40. These range from a modest yard to parks, transportation corridors, campuses, facilities, and commercial developments, thus demonstrating the breadth of landscape architecture projects. All developed in-house, these projects introduce both historical and modern designs that feature high aesthetic standards while using sustainable practices. Supported in part by a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in Phase Two, the end goal of 10 animations and educational guides to accompany the 30 case studies was completed in 2012. To refresh the site, an additional 10 case studies were added in 2015 and the site was made responsive. With the new teachers’ hub on ASLA.org created in 2014, there was an additional promotional push of the

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case studies, animations, and learning resources to teachers nationwide. This year, the site, now six years after launch in 2010, continues to attract users. To date, the website has been viewed more than 1,247,000 times, including more than 134,000 times in the first three quarters of 2016, a 4 percent increase from the views in the first three quarters of 2015. The website’s 10 Google SketchUp animations have been watched more than 210,000 times on Vimeo and YouTube to date.

Funding: Design and development was handled in-house and scaled back to meet budget constraints. The project was partly supported by a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2010. Grants for expanding the site will continue to be pursued.

Prints and Drawings Collection Purpose/Description: To collect prints and drawings representing the practice of landscape architecture and documenting significant works of landscape architecture. Materials will be solicited from individual members and firms. When the collection has grown sufficiently, materials from the collection can be used for display in galleries or for special exhibitions.

Status: As part of the ASLA headquarters renovation plan, the ASLA Library and Archives will remain on the lower level of the building. Part of the redesigned space will include flat file storage. With building redesign construction anticipated over several months during 2016, solicitation of materials from recent professional award winners and medalists will be timed to coincide with accommodating the materials in the new conservation flat file storage. Efforts will continue to pursue exploring options for establishing a partnership with another organization that could digitize and potentially also display the collection.

Funding: Plans call for approaching the ASLA Fellows about an effort to provide some support for a possible collaboration with the National Building Museum to store, scan, and digitize collected materials and display selected items.

Sustainable Sites Initiative™ (SITES®) Purpose/Description: To transform land development and management practices through the nation’s first voluntary guidelines and rating system for sustainable landscapes, with or without buildings.

Status: The Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), the certification body for the LEED green building program from U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), will be announcing the launch of the SITES AP credential and initial exam opportunities being offered, one of which will take place at the ASLA annual meeting. A SITES AP exam webinar series is also being developed by ASLA staff and is planned to launch in the third week of September. GBCI continues to accept applications for project certification under the SITES v2 Rating System. ASLA continues to be actively involved in the program, providing ongoing education, marketing, and promotional support. ASLA staff meets monthly via conference call with USGBC/GBCI marketing staff to review the SITES marketing plan to reach ASLA members. ASLA staff has met with USGBC/GBCI staff to review the ASLA educational outreach plan to ASLA chapters. Five chapters had SITES education sessions presented in 2016 so far. Educational programming continued with the acceptance of national presentations at ASLA’s Annual Meeting as well as the creation of an updated presentation that the ASLA ExCom was trained to provide.

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Funding: No funding needs/implications. Per the agreement with GBCI, ASLA receives monies from GBCI in return for the sale of ASLA’s SITES IP and for ongoing promotional support.

Study of the Economic Impact of the Profession Purpose/Description: To research and document the economic value of the profession, including case studies that illustrate the positive impact of good landscape architecture and planning. Research/data on the economic value of landscape architecture will support advocacy and public relations efforts, as well support establishment/expansion of landscape architecture programs.

Status: On hold. This project was initially conceived as a major research study, in the same vein as the 1994 ASLA/ULI report “Value By Design,” with a cost estimate of $250,000+. The research study was originally postponed because of the higher priority and time sensitivity of the green roof and Sustainable Sites Initiative projects, and was further deferred due to current budget constraints of ASLA and potential partners like ULI. Efforts have focused, instead, on more modest efforts, including identifying and compiling existing economic research as part of a comprehensive public relations and communications sustainability toolkit series. Other projects that support this program goal are: the 457 stormwater case studies collected by ASLA to support EPA’s stormwater rulemaking and now published on asla.org; the Banking on Green report co-authored with American Rivers, EcoNorthwest, and the Water Environment Federation; and, most recently, the Health Benefits of Nature resource guide.