Landscape Architecture Programs Education and specialized training are required to become a Landscape Architect. New York State has three accredited programs offering professional degrees in Landscape Architecture. The programs are:
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Lobby Day provides an important opportunity for NYSCLA to focus While reading about NYSCLA’s position on current legislation, on how proposed and existing state laws and regulations will we’d also like to introduce a few Landscape Architects and impact our environment and the profession. share illustrations of their projects. The projects shown inside have won professional awards for signifi cant quality, innovation and Landscape Architects and their projects affect the lives of every professional impact. New Yorker. Often people are unaware they are working, studying or recreating in an environment created by a Landscape Architect.
New York State Council of Landscape Architects What Landscape Architects Do 50 State Street, 5th fl oor. Albany, New York 12207 Tel. 518.465.5176 www.nyscla.org Landscape Architects provide Public Health, Safety and Welfare services. These services The New York State Council of Landscape enhance the quality of life in New York State. They Architects (NYSCLA) was established in 1961 include work such as: to monitor issues across the state affecting W Architecture & Landscape Architecture, LLC: Honor Award – General Landscape Architecture the quality of the environment and the practice of Landscape Design - Plaza 33 - New York, NY • Park & Recreation Planning & Design Architecture. • Alternative Transportation Planning & Design for Bicyclists, Pedestrians & Mass Transit • Educational Campus Design NYSCLA is... • ADA Accessible Site Design Niagara Falls State Park, Niagara Falls, New York. Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. Photo cour- ... the New York State Council of Landscape Architects. It was • Athletic & Sports Facilities tesy of Niagara Falls State Park.com. established to represent all licensed Landscape Architects in • Appropriate Planting Plans New York State at the request of the New York State Board for • Wildlife Habitat Restoration Landscape Architecture. • Water Quality Protection • Natural Systems Protection ... a group of volunteers who are licensed landscape architects • Sustainable Development from around the state, appointed by New York, and New York • Historic & Cultural Site Preservation & Restoration Upstate, Chapters of the American Society of Landscape • NYS Building Code as it applies to the practice of Landscape Architecture Architects. • Visual Impact Analysis • Grading & Drainage • Playground Design ... staffed by an Executive Director who reviews pending bills in • Bioremediation including Green Roofs, Permeable the State Legislature and acts as the liaison with the professional Pavements & Rain Gardens associations of Architects, Engineers and land surveyors in New • Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans & Inspection York State.
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Lobby Day 2016 brochure design by Lyndsey Greene, ASLA McCord Landscape Architecture, PLLC Watkins Glen State Park, Watkins Glen, New York. Photo Courtesy of Central New York Hiking. 2129 Five Mile Line Road, Pen eld, New York 14526 585-218-0300 [email protected] The intent of this bill is to ensure that public authorities and public benefi t corporations receive the services of the most qualifi ed design professional through the establishment of a mechanism for the procurement of professional design services.
STATUE OF REPOSE – A.2545 (Pretlow)
We SUPPORT this legislation which would maintain protection of the rights for injured victims while restoring fairness and balance COMPLETE STREET DESIGN PRINCIPLES – to a tort system that has grown costly. In an action brought by an A.451 (Ryan)- same as S.764 (Kennedy) owner/client against a design professional, a three-year statute of limitations applies and the cause of action accrues at the time We SUPPORT this legislation extending the existing Complete of injury. Third party suits, however, create a situation of perpetual Streets Law to include resurfacing, maintenance, and liability, whereby the injured party has never contracted with pavement recycling projects. This important amendment the design professional. As a result, design professionals are would address defi ciencies in nearly 80 percent of the answerable for an indefi nite period after project completion, long after the facility has been subjected to wear, tear and potentially DOT’s Preservation First policy funding for projects currently James Corner Field Operations & friends of the Underline: Honor Award – Analysis, Planning, excluding pedestrian and bicycling infrastructure. By insuffi cient maintenance. Design liability reform legislation would Research and Communications - The Underline Master Plan - Miami, FL upgrading our current Complete Streets law, we would strengthen the existing statute by enacting a ten-year statute provide a safer environment for pedestrians and bicyclists of limitations, plus a one-year limit for any suit brought against a including safer routes to schools for our children. licensed design professional.
GREEN ROOF STANDARDS – EMERGENCY RESPONDER ACT – A.6214 (Englebright) - same asS.4238 (Savino) A.101 (Dinowitz)- same as S.1814 (Klein) We SUPPORT this legislation that would incorporate aspects of the We SUPPORT this legislation that would amend the Good Samaritan Act and the Emergency Responder Act. This Environmental Conservation Law establishing standards for new bill seeks to protect licensed design professionals, fi rms, and a program to evaluate and set standards for green roof James Corner Field Operations & friends of the Underline: Honor Award – Analysis, Planning, general contractors, when responding or aiding disaster response construction and certifi cation. The standards would include Research and Communications - The Underline Master Plan - Miami, FL and recovery efforts. The protections would apply to volunteers provisions for plant selection, environmentally acceptable and to individuals under contract. chemical fertilizers and testing of runoff water for evidence of such fertilizers. The legislation would also include an DUE PROCESS FOR DESIGN PROFESSIONALS – A.6747 amendment to the tax law to provide an incentive for a (Cusick)- same asS.3315 (Lanza) green roof installation credit. Green roofs provide much more than just an aesthetic benefi t. Green roofs can We SUPPORT this legislation to restore due process for Design increase the energy effi ciency of a building, reduce storm Professionals in potential cases of misconduct. Chapter 542 water runoff and increase oxygen output while absorbing of the Laws of 2007 granted the Commissioner of the New carbon dioxide. C&S Companies: Merit Award - Built Design - Bergholtz Creek Stream Enhancement - Sanborn, York City Department of Buildings (DOB) sole discretion to NY revoke or suspend a landscape architect’s, an architect’s or URBAN OPEN SPACE PROGRAM – engineer’s fi ling privileges based on allegations of making a false A.559 (Lentol)- same as S.745 (Kennedy) statement. This law is in direct confl ict with the State Education Department’s (SED) explicit authority to investigate, prosecute, We SUPPORT this legislation that would establish the Open and levy punishment for misconduct involving licensed design Space Program in the offi ce of Parks, Recreation, and professionals. This bill would repeal the law passed in 2007 Historic Preservation along with a $10 million appropriation and restore the state’s authority over proceedings in cases of for the Open Space Program fund. The program will provide professional misconduct. for the acquisition, creation, improvement, conservation and protection of open space areas in cities for the C&S Companies: Merit Award - Built Design - Bergholtz Creek Stream Enhancement - Sanborn, purpose of enhancing the urban environment and thereby NY promoting the health, safety and welfare of the people of New York State. The Open Space Program will allow for the enhancement of real estate values and beautifi cation of urban areas throughout New York State.
PRIORITY PROCESSING FOR GREEN DESIGN – LAND SURVEYING SCOPE OF PRACTICE – A.6716 (Glick), S.493 A.278 (Thiele)- same as S.505 (LaValle) (LaValle) We OPPOSE this legislation that would increase the scope of W Architecture & Landscape Architecture, LLC: Honor Award – General Landscape Architecture We SUPPORT this legislation that would require state and land surveyor’s services to including planning and design. This Design - Plaza 33 - New York, NY local agencies to establish a priority processing procedure act amends the education law in relation to the practice of for the review of construction permits which meet certain land surveying increasing land surveyors services responsibilities energy and environmental design standards; defi nes terms; to include land planning and design service where no formal requires the implementation of such priority processing training is required in these areas for a land surveyor to receive procedures on or before January 1, 2016. their professional degree. Landscape architects, architects and engineers do have the formal training in land planning and QBS FOR PUBLIC AUTHORITIES – design services. We believe this bill would result in misleading A.5759 (Benedetto)- same as S.4475 (DeFrancisco) the public’s expectations associated with the delivery of quality design services and most importantly compromise the health, safety, and welfare of the public. We SUPPORT legislation to expand Qualifi cations Based Selection (QBS) procedures to public authorities and public W Architecture & Landscape Architecture, LLC: Honor Award – General Landscape Architecture Design benefi t corporations in awarding professional design services. - Plaza 33 - New York, NY