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The West of the future will be warmer and more populous, and wise landscaping. We also will focus on rural resilience and how as a result, will face significant challenges with respect to our to adapt sustainability innovations and new technologies to water supplies, our ability to withstand unpredictable weather small towns and rural communities. Finally, we will consider how patterns and extreme storm events, and our capacity to preserve climate change is likely to affect our natural resources—from our our economy and our quality of life while adapting to the coming recreational playgrounds to our economic engines—and discuss changes. The climate is changing, but we can do something ways in which our land use strategies can or should adapt in about it. anticipation of changes across our Western landscapes.
Land use planning, water planning, and disaster mitigation are About the Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute just a few of the tools available to help prepare for an uncertain The Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute seeks to elevate the law, future. We can work now to prepare our communities and policy and practice of sustainable development in the West to landscapes for the impacts we are sure to experience. We can use promote nature-friendly, prosperous and equitable communities. design to create places that are more sustainable and adaptable. Through innovative research, education and professional We can use integrated water and land use planning to help development programs, and its renowned annual conference, stretch dwindling water supplies. We can use our natural systems the Institute trains and connects students and professionals to create more resilient communities that are cooler and more across disciplines, sectors and regions to build the sustainable connected. And we can work to ensure that the communities of development field while creating new possibilities for the future our future are more equitable, affordable, and inclusive. of the West’s landscapes and livelihoods. For RMLUI’s 29th Western Places/Western Spaces conference, we will be looking at the ways in which we can use design, planning About the Sturm College of Law tools, and creative approaches to better plan for a future that The University of Denver Sturm College of Law is a top 100 law will be different from the known past. The Babbitt Center for school with nationally ranked programs in environmental and Land and Water Policy is partnering with us to develop a track natural resources law, legal writing, clinical training, international focused on integrating land use and water planning. In addition, law, trial advocacy and tax law. At the heart of the law school’s we will consider how our built environments, using mixed use mission is the integration of skills and professional identity design, transportation infrastructure, and even building codes, with a balanced curriculum. Our goal is to graduate practice- can help reduce our impact on climate change and create a more ready, client-focused students who understand and embrace the comfortable and sustainable living environment. We will explore responsibilities of legal practice, both as a representative of the how our natural systems and outdoor spaces can be designed client and as a professional committed to improvement of the for greater resilience, cooler micro-climates, and more water- law and the community.
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER STURM COLLEGE OF LAW \ MARCH 4TH - 6TH 1 RMLUI 2020 dry crowded SESSION TRACKS HOT
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Communities will need a full set of tools to deal Developed in partnership with the Babbitt Center for with effects of a changing climate, such as warmer Land & Water Policy, this track takes a close look at how temperatures, water scarcity, and extreme weather communities can integrate their land use and water plans events. These sessions look at issues such as wildfire to create more resilient plans for the future. Topics include and agriculture, and examine some of the regulatory and water law, water planning strategies and innovative planning strategies available to communities. applications, water-smart tools, and more.
HOUSING & EQUITY HOT TOPICS Despite a boom in housing development across the West, These sessions present pressing issues facing communities affordable housing remains a pressing concern. In this track, panels examine issues of affordability and social across the West. Topics include new energy regulations, equity as it relates to the housing crisis. water planning, financing development, and rural communities.
LEGAL UPDATES PLANNING TOOLS This track addresses recent legal changes in land use development and regulation. These sessions will These sessions will present the tools and innovations that discuss how these changes may impact future growth planners are using today to shape their communities. From and development and the preservation of our land and model codes to community engagement, these sessions natural resources. provide planning professionals with opportunities to learn from other practitioners.
MOBILITY & TRANSPORTATION WESTERN SPACES These sessions look at the implications for our communities as driving tends shift toward more shared This track looks at the influences of land management in the West. Whether we are looking at ways to mitigate mobility options. Topics include changes to parking and the impacts of climate change, manage storm water run- transit infrastructure, transit-oriented development, off, or create public recreational spaces, it is important active mobility, and the implications of autonomous and to consider the ways we manage our local and regional shared vehicles. landscapes.
The 2020 RMLUI Western Places | Western Spaces conference and All sessions provide general AICP and CLE Development Finance workshop have credits. In addition, look for the following credits pending for AICP and CLE codes for other credit types. continuing education credits. LE: Legal Ethics Credits L: AICP Legal Credits PE: AICP Ethics Credits
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER STURM COLLEGE OF LAW \ MARCH 4TH - 6TH 2 2020 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4TH
RMLUI Development Finance Workshop This workshop will examine how developers decide what to build, where to build it, and how to pay for it. Attendees will gain an understanding of basic financing methods, how to structure a deal, and examine real-world case studies to see how all these factors come together. Topics will include site selection, securing financing, the role of planners and local government, and how to pay for infrastructure. This training is designed for planners, lawyers, and others who are interested in understanding how finance terms drive development options.
7:30 AM – Registration & Breakfast LAW FORUM 9:00 AM
9:00 AM – From Idea to Deal LAW 165 10:30 AM How does a project go from being a gleam in a developer’s eye to a real place? This panel will examine the first phase of that process, turning the idea into a transaction, which includes identifying land, estimating costs and revenues, and securing financing and structuring the capital stack. Moderator: Carolynne White, Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Speakers: Chad Murphy, Managing Director, Hines Jason Newcomer, Vice President, McWhinney Martin Roth, Senior Vice President, CBRE
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM BREAK
10:45 AM – Real Estate Finance Basics LAW 165 12:00 PM Almost every real estate deal involves a loan, whether for the purchase of property or for the construction of a project. These loans are governed by a standard set of legal limitations, and banks typically apply their own criteria when evaluating whether or not to extend a loan to a prospective borrower. This session will provide an introductory overview of the law of security interests in real estate—including loans—and will review the types of considerations that go into a lender’s decision to provide a loan for a given property or project. Moderator: Brian Connolly, Shareholder, Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC Panelists: Kyle Blackmer, Shareholder, Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC David Curfman, Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Ben Kuruvila, Senior Vice President, U.S. Bank Creig Veldhuizen, Senior Vice President, Piper Sandler
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER STURM COLLEGE OF LAW \ MARCH 4TH - 6TH 3 2020 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4TH
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM LUNCH
1:00 PM – Role of Government in Real Estate Finance LAW 165 2:30 PM Governmental entities, particularly local ones, play a role in making projects feasible or infeasible, whether directly or indirectly. This panel will examine some of the ways in which government action can make projects more or less likely to develop, or encourage particular types of investment in their communities. Moderator: Cory Rutz, Attorney, Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC Panelists: Steve Greer, Director of Community Development, City of Centennial Jeff Handlin, President & Founder, Oread Captial Development Carolynne White, Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM BREAK
2:45 PM – Paying for Infrastructure LAW 165 4:15 PM Public financing mechanisms are critical to the success of many real estate development projects, from brownfield redevelopments to major economic development projects. Recent news articles in Colorado, however, have identified problems with the use of special districts to assist in public financing. This session will explore some of the most common forms of public finance tools, including tax increment financing and metropolitan districts, and will address some of the concerns that have been raised in local media. Moderator: Brian Connolly, Shareholder, Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC Speakers: Megan Becher, Shareholder, McGeady Becher Cameron Bertron, Executive Vice President, EnviroFinance Group Brooke Hutchens, Vice President
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM WRAP UP
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER STURM COLLEGE OF LAW \ MARCH 4TH - 6TH 4 2020: WESTERN PLACES / WESTERN SPACES dry crowded: SCHEDULE THURSDAY, MARCH 5TH
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION — LAW FORUM sponosored by
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM WELCOME & KEYNOTE — Davis Auditorium
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM NETWORKING CAFE — LAW FORUM sponosored by
LEGAL ETHICS PLANNING ETHICS Hot Topics in Water Creating & Preserving & Land Planning for Affordable Housing in A Climate of Change Can Gentrification Climate Adaptation the West: Challenges for Lawyers Be Ethical in Planning? & Solutions
LE PE L 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM LAW 280 LAW 165 LAW 155 STURM 251
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm / PLENARY LUNCH* — ANDERSON ACADEMIC COMMONS You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet: Transforming the Built Environment Through Its Nonresidential Spaces *Must have RSVP’d to attend. Live streaming in the Law Forum. GENERAL LUNCH — LAW Forum
1:00 pm - 4:30 pm / OFF CAMPUS TOUR* Westminster Station: In Pursuit of a Community of Opportunity *Must have RSVP’d to attend. Meet in the Lobby at 1:00 pm. The group will depart promptly at 1:15 pm.
Water Law & How Green Is Group Homes Progress by Small Towns, Big Policy 101 My Infrastructure: for Those in the Numbers: Change: Civic What You Need to Recovery: Recent Determining the Engagement and Know about the Law Developments & Impact of Water and Rural Resilience Understanding What Land Use Integration Stakeholders Want
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2:45 pm - 3:00 pm NETWORKING CAFE — LAW Forum sponosored by
From Principles to Exactions in The Public Subsity to Financing Resilient Green Under Practice: Putting Climate Change Era: Private Equity: City Gowth Pressure: Current Equity at the What Nollan And Measuring the Social Practices in Land Forefront in Land Use Dolan Portend for Costs of Housing Conservation & Water Planning Impact Mitigation Speculation
3:00 PM - 4:30 L L L L LAW 165 LAW 125 LAW 280 STURM 253 STURM 254
4:30 pm - 7:00 pm NETWORKING RECEPTION — LAW Forum
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER STURM COLLEGE OF LAW \ MARCH 4TH - 6TH 5 2020: WESTERN PLACES / WESTERN SPACES dry crowded: SCHEDULE FRIDAY, MARCH 6TH
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION — LAW Forum
The Role of Water Colorado's New The Hottest Planning for Looking Forward: in Liveable Cities Oil & Gas Paradigm Topic in Housing: Climate Change: The Future of Who Wins in Practical Regulatory Transportation Gentrification Strategies for Local Infrastructure Governments
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The Policy/Market Legal Updates in Vulnerable and Grown Your Own Resilience Planning Nexus: How Do We the Rocky Mountain Valuable: Resilience Food: Oasis for Uncertain Make Water-Smart West & Preservation in Solutions Futures Growth Standard Mobile Home Parks Practice?
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12:00 pm - 1:00 pm / PLENARY LUNCH* — LAW 165 Carver Colloquium: The Rights of Nature L *Must have RSVP’d to attend. Live streaming in the Law Forum. GENERAL LUNCH — LAW Forum
1:00 pm - 4:30 pm / OFF CAMPUS TOUR* Learning from What Denver Did Right: Multimodal Transportation, Microclimates, & River Access *Must have RSVP’d to attend. Meet in the Lobby at 1:00 pm. The group will depart promptly at 1:15 pm.
Building Watershed What's Up with Overcrowded and Putting Stewardship Modes in Motion: Resilience through Planning on the Increased Visible on the Map: Using Connected, Innovative Front Range Homelessness: What Mapping Tools to Automated, Shared Partnerships Can Communities Do? Build Partnerships & Electric Vehicles
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2:45 PM - 3:00 PM BREAK — LAW Forum sponosored by
What Does Our Fast & Furious Nature-Based Hot, Dry and Future Hold? Utility Solutions for Our Flammable: Community Leadership Report Regions’ Most Survival in The Age of Out Wicked Problems Climate Change
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UNIVERSITY OF DENVER STURM COLLEGE OF LAW \ MARCH 4TH - 6TH 6 2020 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE THURSDAY, MARCH 5TH
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM sponosored by Registration & Breakfast : LAW Forum
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Welcome Address : Davis Auditorium Speakers: Bruce Smith, Dean, University of Denver Sturm College of Law Susan Daggett, Executive Director, Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute Tom Ragonetti, Esq., Shareholder, Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC
2020 KEYNOTE: F. Kaid Benfield Shaping Community in the Era of Climate Change: Seven Thoughts for a More Sustainable Future : Davis Auditorium Climate change is the definitive environmental challenge of the 21st century, and our current land use patterns are making it worse, not better. In this fast-moving presentation of the latest data alongside vivid photographs and aspirational images, Kaid Benfield will set the stage for a better way forward, emphasizing why we cannot forget about suburbs, how human-scale density can be our friend, why Americans don’t walk much, how there’s a wonder drug for cities and towns and why, ultimately, sustainability must come from the heart. Speaker: F. Kaid Benfield, Senior Counsel, PlaceMakers, LLC
Kaid Benfield is one of the country’s most steadfast voices for making cities, towns, and neighborhoods work better for both people and the environment. Based in Washington, DC, he serves as senior counsel at PlaceMakers LLC, a city and town planning consultancy working across the United States and Canada.
Before joining PlaceMakers in 2015, Kaid worked for over thirty years as a senior attorney and program director at the Natural Resources Defense Council, where he founded and led the organization’s sustainable communities program and, before that, managed the litigation of some of the organization’s most important legal cases.
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM sponosored by BREAK : LAW Forum
HOT, DRY & CROWDED HOUSING & EQUITY LEGAL UPDATES MOBILITY & TRANSPORTATION 7 LAND USE & WATER HOT TOPICS PLANNING TOOLS WESTERN SPACES 2020 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE THURSDAY, MARCH 5TH
10:15 AM – 11:45 AM
LAW 280 A Climate of Change: Confidentiality, Conflicts & Public Citizenship CREDITS: L
The practice of land use and environmental law presents many ethical conundrums in the era of climate change. This session will explore ethical issues for lawyers, engaging a roundtable discussion among legal ethics experts and practitioners working on legal matters related to climate change. These experts will explore a number of common ethical problems, such as those arising in the context of increasing protests in support LEGAL of, and against, clients, as well as how to deal with potential conflicts between agency experts and their ETHICS political bosses in a regulatory context. They will also field and discuss questions from the audience Speakers: Kevin Lynch, Associate Professor of Law, University of Denver Sturm College of Law James Martin, Partner, Beatty & Wozniak Eli Wald, Charles W. Delaney Professor of Law, University of Denver Sturm College of Law
LAW 165 Can Gentrification Be Ethical in Planning? CREDITS: PE
The word “gentrification” in the planning community can be viewed as a positive, negative, or often misused description. This session will explore the intersection of the planners’ code of ethics and gentrification, offering educated solutions from experts with differing viewpoints in a roundtable format with audience participation. The session will deal with questions of equity in planning, and how ethics and gentrification interact within the scope PLANNING of planning. The panelists each bring different insight into the topic of ethics and gentrification and allow for the ETHICS conversation to be well-rounded while not silencing any views on the topic. Moderator: Stewart Kane, Third Year Law Student, University of Nebraska College of Law Speakers: Yvette Freeman, Senior Strategist, Progressive Urban Management Associates Erica Heller, Senior Planning Manager, Brendle Group Jeremy Németh, Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Colorado Denver Tareq Wafaie, Principal, Clarion Associates
LAW 155 Hot Topics in Water & Land Planning for Climate Adaptation CREDITS: L
This session will highlight climate issues, particularly regarding an increasingly hot, dry and crowded western United States. Speakers will focus on current controversies related to climate mitigation and adaptation actions that can be taken within water planning and the intersection of land and water. Moderator: Meghan Dollar, Legislative & Policy Advocate, Colorado Municipal League Speakers: Brad Udall, Senior Water & Climate Research Scientist, Colorado Water Center, Colorado State University Kathy Jacobs, Director, Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions, University of Arizona Sarah Fox, Assistant Professor of Law, Northern Illinois University
HOT, DRY & CROWDED HOUSING & EQUITY LEGAL UPDATES MOBILITY & TRANSPORTATION 8 LAND USE & WATER HOT TOPICS PLANNING TOOLS WESTERN SPACES 2020 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE THURSDAY, MARCH 5TH
10:15 AM – 11:45 AM
STURM 251 Creating and Preserving Affordable Housing in the West: Challenges and Solutions
Development and preservation of affordable housing has universal challenges: the costs of land, labor, materials and capital are the most basic. The need to keep rents affordable for lower-income families requires efficiencies in construction and operation, as well as limiting debt to the extent possible by using scarce grant funds. Affordable development is even more difficult in rural areas, where incomes are lower and the costs of labor and materials are often higher. Add in the scarcity of financial resources and increased competition for them, and the barriers to the creation and preservation of housing in rural areas become even higher. This session will examine those challenges and present information on how they are being met in the West. Moderator: Rodger Hara, Principal, Community Builders Realty Services Speakers: Suzanne Anarde, Chief Executive Officer, Rural Community Assitance Corportation Mark Berry, Attorney, Law Office of Mark Berry Robin Wolff, Senior Program Director, Enterprise Community Partners
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
ANDERSON ACADEMIC PLENARY LUNCH: You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet: COMMONS Transforming the Built Environment Through Its Nonresidential Spaces
Planners, public officials, and others do not focus enough on the nonresidential development opportunities that will reshape metropolitan areas. By 2050 (the blink of the proverbial eye), half of all such spaces will be repurposed in some fashion. Add driverless cars and e-scooters and the like to the mix, and we'll see that more than half of our parking lots will be surplussed. But the really interesting phenomenon is that total nonresidential space needs per capita will increase even if parking demand decreases. In this talk, Dr. Nelson will try and make sense of these trends and will show what the market is demanding for nonresidential spaces. Speaker: Arthur C. Nelson, Professor of Planning and Real Estate Development, University of Arizona
General LUNCH : LAW Forum Must have RSVP’d to attend. Live Streaming in the Take advantage of some free time to network with other attendees and visit the exhibitors. Law Forum.
HOT, DRY & CROWDED HOUSING & EQUITY LEGAL UPDATES MOBILITY & TRANSPORTATION 9 LAND USE & WATER HOT TOPICS PLANNING TOOLS WESTERN SPACES 2020 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE THURSDAY, MARCH 5TH
TOUR: 1:15 PM – 4:30 PM driscoll ballroom Westminster Station: In Pursuit of a Community of Opportunity OFFSITE Must have RSVP’d to attend. Visit a compact, mixed-use, walkable urban neighborhood at Westminster Station and see how they have integrated a large urban drainage and flood control project with a 38-acre Meet in the LAW regional park, trail network, and innovative NaturePlay area for a diverse and underserved Forum at 1:00pm. part of the community. In addition, speakers will discuss the role this transit hub plays The group will in Westminster’s Transportation and Mobility Plan and a balanced housing strategy that depart promptly at 1:15pm. includes the local public housing authority as its largest landowner and socially conscious development partner. Moderator: Jenni Grafton, Housing and Transit Oriented Development Manager, City of Westminster Speakers: Nicole Ankeney, Senior Landscape Architect, City of Westminster Kristin Decker, Deputy City Attorney, City of Westminster Kristina Evanoff, Transportation and Mobility Planner, City of Westminster Seth Plas, Senior Projects Engineer, City of Westminster
1:15 PM – 2:45 PM
LAW 165 Water Law & Policy 101 CREDITS: L
This session will provide an introduction to water law for non-lawyers (or at least non-water lawyers), Colorado River law and policy, and the evolution of state rules for sustainable water management. Topics for this presentation include but are not limited to: adjudication, loss of rights, water markets, scenarios involving state ownership (e.g. instream flow, leasing), interstate compacts, tribal reserved rights, public rights, and practical implications (e.g. how often and what to do when a water user doesn’t follow the paper right or records are inaccurate.) Moderator: Jim Holway, Director, Babbitt Center for Land & Water Policy, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Speakers: James Eklund, Water Practice Lead, Squire Patton Boggs Anne Castle, Senior Fellow, Getches-Wilkinson Center, University of Colorado Emily Tibbott, Senior Program Advisor, California Strategic Growth Council
HOT, DRY & CROWDED HOUSING & EQUITY LEGAL UPDATES MOBILITY & TRANSPORTATION 10 LAND USE & WATER HOT TOPICS PLANNING TOOLS WESTERN SPACES 2020 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE THURSDAY, MARCH 5TH
1:15 PM – 2:45 PM
LAW 270 How Green Is My Infrastructure: CREDITS: L What You Need to Know about the Law
This panel of planners and lawyers will go beyond the basics of green infrastructur and its use in community planning to discuss key aspects of the law surrounding local green infrastructure programs, including the authority local governments have to adopt green infrastructure requirements and case law regarding implementing regulations. The panel will begin with a discussion of state and federal enabling authority for local green infrastructure legislation and then cover recent case law concerning the power local governments have to implement such provisions and potential legal limits. This part of the session will summarize sources of enabling authority and relevant court decisions in plain language. In the second part of the session the panel will explore specific local ordinances and other regulatory actions that can and have been used to implement green infrastructure strategies. This part of the panel will focus on ordinances and other implementing legislation already adopted at the local level. Moderator: Jonathan Rosenbloom, Professor of Law, Vermont School of Law Speakers: Chris Duerksen, Senior Advisor, Clarion Associates Craig Richardson, Director, Clarion Associates
LAW 280 Group Homes for Those in Recovery: CREDITS: L Recent Developments and Understanding What Stakeholders Want
Two planner-lawyers who have written a book on group homes will provide an update on the law and then engage a sober house developer/operator and the leader of a neighborhood group opposing it, in an effort to understand what both sides need and want, and to discern how such controversies might be avoided and resolved. Moderator: Dwight Merriam, Attorney at Law Speakers: Brian Connolly, Attorney at Law, Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC Steve Elkins, Senior City Planner, City and County of Denver Community Planning and Development Department Steven Polin, Attorney, The Law Office of Steven G. Polin
HOT, DRY & CROWDED HOUSING & EQUITY LEGAL UPDATES MOBILITY & TRANSPORTATION 11 LAND USE & WATER HOT TOPICS PLANNING TOOLS WESTERN SPACES 2020 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE THURSDAY, MARCH 5TH
1:15 PM – 2:45 PM
LAW 190 Progress by the Numbers: Determining the Impact of Water and CREDITS: L Land Use Integration
How do we know if a community has achieved the successful integration of water and land use? This session will share the results of a year-long, stakeholder-driven project that engaged water utilities and land use planners from across Colorado to identify metrics that local governments and State officials can use to measure the effectiveness of water and land use integration. We will discuss how these metrics will provide interpretable data and trends to guide elected officials and catalyze action within communities, while also being consistent across communities in order to gain a picture of progress across Colorado. Moderator: Waverly Klaw, Associate Director for Resilient Communities and Watersheds, Sonoran Institute Speakers: Stu Feinglas, Retired Water Resources Specialist, City of Westminster Liesel Hans, Water Conservation Manager, Fort Collins Utilities Sarah Martin, Planner, Brendle Group Christy Wiseman, Land Use & Water Planner, Colorado Department of Local Affairs
LAW 290 Small Towns, Big Change: Civic Engagement and Rural Resilience
Shifting growth, market, and climate patterns are reshaping the Rural West, and communities need engaged citizens to anticipate and adapt to change. For over twenty years, community review programs in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming have helped build rural capacity and encouraged residents and leaders to think and talk about challenges productively to inform durable local solutions. Our multi-year, USDA-funded Western Community Assessment Network (WeCAN | communityreview.org) brings together collective rural community development knowledge from over 150 communities. We plan to share our findings and explore the trends and indicators that will matter to planners and policy makers. Moderator: Erik Kingston, Housing Resources Coordinator, Idaho Housing and Finance Association Speakers: Lorie Higgins, Associate Professor and Extension Specialist, University of Idaho Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Juliet Daniels, Extension Educator, University of Wyoming Community Development Gloria O'Rourke, Coordinator, Montana Economic Developers Association
HOT, DRY & CROWDED HOUSING & EQUITY LEGAL UPDATES MOBILITY & TRANSPORTATION 12 LAND USE & WATER HOT TOPICS PLANNING TOOLS WESTERN SPACES 2020 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE THURSDAY, MARCH 5TH
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM sponosored by BREAK : LAW Forum
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
LAW 165 From Principle to Practice: Putting Equity at the Forefront CREDITS: L in Climate Change Adaptation, Land Use & Water Planning
Scarcity of water in the West is well-known. However, less well-known are inequities that exist here and across the Country regarding access to safe, affordable drinking water; adequate infrastructure to serve all community members; land uses compatible with disaster risks, such as floods or drought; and housing sited in areas free from environmental degradation, including water pollution. Water Equity policies require local governments, communities, developers, and water providers to consider and address inequities when preparing/reviewing plans, or proposing/considering areas for development. This panel will present Water Equity issues to raise awareness of inequities through a presentation of case studies, potential remedies, and audience discussion. Moderator: Susan Wood, Planning Project Manager, Regional Transportation District Speakers: Jorge Figueroa, Director and Principle, El Laboratorio John Berggren, Water Policy Analyst, Western Resource Advocates
LAW 125 Exactions in The Climate Change Era: CREDITS: L What Nollan And Dolan Portend for Impact Mitigation
This session will reframe the legal topic of exactions in the context of climate change. For thirty years, whether and when the government may require dedications of property or money in connection with a land use approval has been a hotly debated legal topic. As the world warms, local governments may request new and different forms of impact mitigation of developers. But will the law allow it? This session will discuss the current status of the law of exactions and what we can expect as climate change mitigation becomes increasingly important. Moderator: Brian Connolly, Shareholder, Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti, PC Speakers: Sarah Rockwell, Attorney, Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell LLP J. Thomas Macdonald, Attorney, Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti, PC Jessie Lawrence, Attorney, Law Office of Jessica Eaton Lawrence / Lawrence Meeting Resources
HOT, DRY & CROWDED HOUSING & EQUITY LEGAL UPDATES MOBILITY & TRANSPORTATION 13 LAND USE & WATER HOT TOPICS PLANNING TOOLS WESTERN SPACES 2020 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE THURSDAY, MARCH 5TH
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
LAW 290 Public Subsidy to Private Equity: Measuring the Social Costs of Housing Speculation
Growth patterns in the West are driven by population, climate, economic and recreational trends, and the resulting speculation reduces neighborhoods and communities to a game of Monopoly.This session explores the social and economic impacts of real estate speculation and inflation. As housing commodification, conversions and inflation displace larger cohorts of cost-burdened residents in destination communities, what are the resulting measurable costs felt by families, neighborhoods, communities and institutions? Using college student populations and other demographic cohorts, we’ll explore these costs along with policy, market-based and legal remedies available to communities. Moderator: Erik Kingston, Housing Resources Coordinator, Idaho Housing and Finance Association Speakers: Stephen Miller, Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Professor of Law, University of Idaho College of Law Jessie Dexter, Student Basic Needs Collective Impact & Initiatives Coordinator, Boise State University Jennifer Newcomer, Director, Shift Research Labs
STURM 253 Financing Resilient City Growth CREDITS: L
Facing threats from ferocious wildfires, persistent droughts, or repeated coastal and riverine inundations, cities and towns are recognizing that they can’t afford to build and rebuild neighborhoods with a business-as-usual mindset. This session will explore how communities can plan and pay for the housing, community development, infrastructure, law, or planning projects necessary to address proven or anticipated natural hazards. The bad news is that very few state and local governments have made progress toward this end. The good news is that our existing toolbox of planning, land use and zoning tools (including impact fees, mitigation fees and other developer fee requirements) might provide the basic instruments that local and state governments need to begin developing infrastructure to address rising sea levels, rising temperatures, dwindling water supplies, and flooding riverine and coastal environments. Moderator: John Marshall, Associate Professor of Law, Georgia State University College of Law Speakers: Julian Juergensmeyer, Ben F. Johnson Professor of Law, Georgia State University College of Law Arthur C. Nelson, Professor of Planning and Real Estate Development, University of Arizona
HOT, DRY & CROWDED HOUSING & EQUITY LEGAL UPDATES MOBILITY & TRANSPORTATION 14 LAND USE & WATER HOT TOPICS PLANNING TOOLS WESTERN SPACES 2020 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE THURSDAY, MARCH 5TH
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
STURM 254 Green Under Pressure: Current Practices in Land Conservation CREDITS: L
With a population density averaging over fifty-two people per square mile in Colorado (and rising), more communities are looking for ways to preserve open areas and maintain rural character. During this session, speakers will share their expertise, experiences, and case studies in land preservation. Delve into topics such as alternatives to 35-acre subdivisions, land conservation programs, restructuring failed subdivisions to preserve open lands, dealing with recreation/tourist impacts on open lands, and intergovernmental cooperation. Moderator: Melinda Beck, Attorney, Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti, PC Speakers: Lesli Ellis, Community Development Director, Larimer County Cathie Pagano, Director of Community and Economic Development, Gunnison County Chad Phillips, EdgeUp Planning Consultants
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
NETWORKING RECEPTION : LAW Forum
Meet your fellow attendees to discuss the day’s events, share stories, and enjoy some light refreshments.
HOT, DRY & CROWDED HOUSING & EQUITY LEGAL UPDATES MOBILITY & TRANSPORTATION 15 LAND USE & WATER HOT TOPICS PLANNING TOOLS WESTERN SPACES 2020 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE FRIDAY, MARCH 6TH
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REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST : LAW Forum
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
LAW 165 The Role of Water in Livable Cities CREDITS: L
This session will examine the intersection of water and land use through a look at urban landscapes and the functions they serve. It will ask, “What needs do our landscapes meet for us?” Today’s urban landscapes serve many purposes for our cities, including meeting functional, aesthetic, environmental, and psychological needs for the community. This session will examine how these needs might be met effectively in a changing future where water is scarcer, urban density is increasing, values and perspectives are evolving, and temperatures are rising. Moderator: Greg Fisher, Manager of Demand Planning, Denver Water Speakers: Mary Ann Dickinson, President & CEO, Alliance for Water Efficiency Austin Troy, Professor & Chair, University of Colorado Denver Department of Urban and Regional Planning Kathryn Weismiller, Senior Planner, Denver Water
LAW 125 Colorado's New Oil and Gas Paradigm CREDITS: L
This session will explore the recent changes to the way Colorado regulates oil and gas, including re-balancing of authority between the state and local governments and the impact of changes to the composition and regulations of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. Oil and gas attorneys will discuss the limits of this new authority, how local governments are using their new powers, and some of the legal challenges that could arise. Moderator: Wayne Forman, Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Speakers: Mark Mathews, Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck James Martin, Partner, Beatty & Wozniak Matthew Sura, Western Environmental law Partners, Partner
HOT, DRY & CROWDED HOUSING & EQUITY LEGAL UPDATES MOBILITY & TRANSPORTATION 16 LAND USE & WATER HOT TOPICS PLANNING TOOLS WESTERN SPACES 2020 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE FRIDAY, MARCH 6TH
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
LAW 190 The Hottest Topic in Housing: Who Wins in Gentrification
This panel will explore the costs and benefits of gentrification--a polarizing debate in the housing discipline. Panelists will discuss who is most affected by the market forces we call gentrification, who gains, and who loses-- and why gentrification does not need to be a zero sum game. Moderator: Heidi Aggeler, Managing Director, Root Policy Research Speakers: Charles Brennan, Research & Policy Analyst, Colorado Center on Law & Policy Mollie Fitzpatrick, Senior Consultant, Root Policy Research Analiese Hock, Principal Planner, City and County of Denver
LAW 180 Planning for Climate Change: CREDITS: L Practical Regulatory Strategies for Local Governments
This session will focus on practical local strategies to address climate change while avoiding political mayhem and halting economic progress. Impracticable “fixes”, or those poorly suited to the West, can lead to pushback and resistance to address this very serious issue. As an example, in 2017, Denver voters passed an initiative requiring all new or renovated buildings to have green roofs. While the initiative was aimed at mitigating climate impacts, it was widely panned for being too expensive and impractical. Since many communities will be hard- pressed to avoid zoning changes aimed at mitigating climate change impacts, let’s get this right. Moderator: Brian Connolly, Attorney, Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti, PC Speakers: Don Elliott, Director, Clarion Associates Molly Mowery, Executive Director, Community Wildfire Planning Center Tiffany Zezula, Pace University Law School
HOT, DRY & CROWDED HOUSING & EQUITY LEGAL UPDATES MOBILITY & TRANSPORTATION 17 LAND USE & WATER HOT TOPICS PLANNING TOOLS WESTERN SPACES 2020 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE FRIDAY, MARCH 6TH
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
LAW 155 Looking Forward: The Future of Transportation Infrastructure CREDITS: L
In the face of population growth, congestion, and the climate crisis, evaluating the current state of transportation infrastructure and its ability to work in a hot, dry, and crowded future is critical. This panel will provide attendees an overview of the current state of transportation and look forward to opportunities and challenges as the public right-of-way adapts to meet the needs of our communities as we work toward a safer, better-connected, and sustainable future. Moderator: Ann Bowers, Principal, Fehr & Peers Speakers: Jessica Fields, Director, Toole Design Robert Spotts, Air Quality and Mobility Analytics Manager, DRCOG Eileen Yazzie, Planning Manager, City and County of Denver
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM sponosored by
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10:15 AM – 11:45 AM
LAW 165 The Policy/Market Nexus: CREDITS: L How Do We Make Water-Smart Growth Standard Practice?
Sterling Ranch—a master planned community in Douglas County—pushed the boundaries of water planning in the land use process through lower water dedication requirements, a community rainwater harvesting system, and a separate but parallel change to a land use law. Attendees will hear perspectives from the developer, the county planning director, and the project’s water engineer on how these innovative strategies came to fruition, as well as how the water efficiency and rainwater harvesting features are working today in the occupied development. In addition, attendees will gain an understanding of broader trends related to water and land use planning that are being implemented in new development projects. Moderator: John Berggren, Western Resource Advocates, Water Resources Analyst Speakers: Harold Smethills, Sterling Ranch Development Company, Chairman Terence Quinn, Director of Community Development, Douglas County Beorn Courtney, Water Resources Engineer, Element Consulting Waverly Klaw, Associate Director, Sonoran Institute
HOT, DRY & CROWDED HOUSING & EQUITY LEGAL UPDATES MOBILITY & TRANSPORTATION 18 LAND USE & WATER HOT TOPICS PLANNING TOOLS WESTERN SPACES 2020 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE FRIDAY, MARCH 6TH
10:15 AM – 11:45 AM
LAW 125 Legal Updates in the Rocky Mountain West CREDITS: L
Hear from the region's top experts, discussing trending cases of significance from all levels of the federal and state court system involving the latest in land use and zoning law as well as an opportunity to discuss areas ripe for further court or legislative action. Learn how recent case law may impact planning ordinances, procedures, and general plans. Moderator: Jason Morris, Partner/Attorney, Withey Morris, PLC Speakers: David Foster, Partner, Foster Graham Milstein & Calisher, LLP Jessie Lawrence, Attorney and Mediator, Law Office of Jessica Eaton Lawrence / Lawrence Meeting Resources Jeff Parker, Partner, Hoffmann, Parker, Wilson & Carberry, P.C.
LAW 155 Vulnerable and Valuable: CREDITS: L Resilience & Preservation in Mobile Home Parks
Through the lens of equity in climate resilience investment, staff from the cities of Aurora and Boulder will discuss equity, resilience and preservation as they relate to mobile home parks. Particular emphasis will be placed on Zero Energy Modular (ZEM) housing; what it is, the findings of the 2019 ZEM market study, and the promise of ZEM as a replacement housing option in mobile home parks and as an affordable housing solution as communities face increasing weather extremes. Additionally, contrasting case studies in two different mobile home parks – Ponderosa Mobile Home Park in Boulder and Denver Meadows in Aurora – will be presented. Moderator: Carolyn Elam, Energy Manager, Department of Climate Initiatives, City of Boulder Speakers: Kristin Hyser, Deputy Director of Housing, City of Boulder Crystal Launder, Housing Planner, City of Boulder Dan Money, Assistant City Attorney, City of Aurora Jay Sugnet, Senior Housing Planner, City of Boulder
HOT, DRY & CROWDED HOUSING & EQUITY LEGAL UPDATES MOBILITY & TRANSPORTATION 19 LAND USE & WATER HOT TOPICS PLANNING TOOLS WESTERN SPACES 2020 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE FRIDAY, MARCH 6TH
10:15 AM – 11:45 AM
LAW 255 Grow Your Own Food: Oasis Solutions
Food deserts are a very real phenomenon, but the solution can be built into the design of new developments or even redevelopments. This session will showcase several different approaches to including access to locally grown, healthy, and organic food in the development of new or existing neighborhoods. It’s time to turn food deserts in food oases—a great antidote to a Hot, Dry and Crowded future! Moderator: Flo Raitano, Director of Partnership Development and Innovation, DRCOG Speakers: Jules Kelty, Executive Director, Focus Points Family Resource Center Laura Lavid, Community Engagement & Marketing Director, Fresh Food Connect Matthew Redmond, Director, Agriburbia
LAW 280 Resilience Planning for Uncertain Futures
Resilient communities in the West will be able to adapt and thrive no matter what disruptions they face. Disruptions facing the West include long-term stresses such as drought, ecosystem degradation, and lack of affordable housing, as well as short-term shocks such as fire, loss of major industries, and extreme temperatures. Building adaptive capacity to these vulnerabilities requires communities to look to the future in planning processes, develop creative solutions, and build partnerships across sectors to tackle systems-level problems. This session will discuss the Colorado Resiliency Office’s approach to planning for these challenges and highlight case studies of communities who are incorporating resilience into planning and programs. Moderator: Kate Guibert, Local Resilience Program Manager, Colorado Resiliency Office Speakers: Imogen Ainsworth, Sustainability Coordinator, City of Durango Enessa Janes, Community Resilience Coordinator, City of Arvada
HOT, DRY & CROWDED HOUSING & EQUITY LEGAL UPDATES MOBILITY & TRANSPORTATION 20 LAND USE & WATER HOT TOPICS PLANNING TOOLS WESTERN SPACES 2020 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE FRIDAY, MARCH 6TH
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
LAW 165 Carver Colloquium — The Rights of Nature: CREDITS: L Should Bodies of Water Have Legal Rights?
The Carver Colloquium is an annual event that presents divergent or alternative viewpoints on cutting-edge issues in these fields in a debate format. Held this year in conjunction with the annual conference, the Carver Colloquium features a debate about the Rights of Nature—whether or not natural entities should have their own legal status. Should we pursue this out-of-the-box thinking Must have RSVP’d about how to preserve and protect our environment and natural to attend. Live resources or rely on the tried and true regulations already in place? Streaming in the Law Forum. Moderator: Jan Laitos, Local Resilience Program Manager, Colorado Resiliency Office Speakers: Laura Chartrand, Founding Partner, Chartrand Law, LLC Grant Wilson, Executive Director & Directing Attorney, Earth Law Center
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Take advantage of some free time to network with other attendees and visit the exhibitors.
TOUR: 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM driscoll ballroom Learning from What Denver Did Right: OFFSITE Multimodal Transportation, Microclimates, & River Access Must have RSVP’d to attend. Take a short walking tour highlighting some of the community design aspects of Meet in the LAW Denver that have influenced transportation, walkability, microclimates, and natural Lobby at 1:30pm. resources. Denver’s urban form has been changing over time to accommodate shifting The group will demands for transportation and community amenities. With climate change impacts depart promptly already being felt across the West, adaptation and mitigation go hand in hand at the at 1:45pm. local level. While microclimates combat urban heat islands, multimodal transportation helps to ensure we do our part to curtail the cause. We will explore Denver’s successes in these areas so that other communities can build on them. Moderator: Summer Waters, Founder, Colorado Walking Tours, LLC Speakers: Chessy Brady, Transit-Oriented Development Manager, Denver Regional Transportation District Kevin Logan, Project Manager, Pivotal Architecture
HOT, DRY & CROWDED HOUSING & EQUITY LEGAL UPDATES MOBILITY & TRANSPORTATION 21 LAND USE & WATER HOT TOPICS PLANNING TOOLS WESTERN SPACES 2020 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE FRIDAY, MARCH 6TH
1:45 PM – 3:15 PM
LAW 165 Building Watershed Resilience through Innovative Partnerships CREDITS: L
In the Rocky Mountain West, the vast majority of the water we depend on for human uses starts as snow on lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service. Increasingly, water providers are working in partnership with public land managers and other partners to plan for and implement forest management practices to ensure resilient, secure water supplies in a warming climate. This session will examine innovative partnerships aimed at protecting and restoring watershed integrity, and will connect these examples to a larger, West-wide movement for building watershed resilience. Moderator: Sarah Bates, Regional Deputy Director & Senior Director of Western Water, National Wildlife Federation Speakers: Claire Harper, Program Manager, U.S. Forest Service Region 2 Mike McHugh, Environmental Permitting Coordinator, Aurora Water Brad Piehl, Principal, JW Associates
LAW 190 What's Up with Planning on the Front Range
This session is the report out from a morning retreat of city and county planning directors from along the Front Range, from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs. Topics come from the morning agenda set by the directors themselves, but typically deal with issues such as affordable housing, infrastructure, economic development, and land use planning techniques to improve quality of life. The session is structured to encourage individual directors to provide their perspectives. No speeches, no powerpoints. Moderator: Peter Pollock, FAICP, Planning from the Porch Speakers: Laura Aldrete, Executive Director, City and County of Denver Department of Community Planning & Development Dale Case, Director, Boulder County Land Use Department Lesli Ellis, Director, Larimer County Department of Community Development Cameron Gloss, Planning Manager, City of Fort Collins Jill Jennings Golich, Director, Adams County Department of Community & Economic Development Brad Mueller, Director of Community Development, City of Greeley Travis Parker, Planning Director, City of Lakewood Peter Wysocki, Director, City of Colorado Springs Department of Planning & Development
HOT, DRY & CROWDED HOUSING & EQUITY LEGAL UPDATES MOBILITY & TRANSPORTATION 22 LAND USE & WATER HOT TOPICS PLANNING TOOLS WESTERN SPACES 2020 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE FRIDAY, MARCH 6TH
1:45 PM – 3:15 PM
LAW 155 Homeless in the West: What Can Communities Do? CREDITS: L
One results of the hot, dry, and crowded Rocky Mountain West is an increase in homelessness. As with any issue, there are a number of ways communities can address this challenge. One of the first challenges for communities is assessing the size of the homeless population, and then developing programs and regulations to address the issue. This session showcases some assessment tools to better understand localized homelessness and to develop data-informed homelessness supports, services and prevention strategies. In addition, the discussion will include a review of the policies communities are adopting—both positive and negative—and explore a case study of a new program in Adams County, Colorado. Moderator: Daniel Brisson, Director, University of Denver Burnes Center on Poverty and Homelessness Speakers: Paolo Diaz, Poverty Reduction and Neighborhood Outreach Manager, Adams County Nantiya Ruan, Professor of Law, University of Denver Sturm College of Law Sallie Strueby, Research Associate, University of Denver Center for Housing and Homeless Research
LAW 280 Putting Stewardship on the Map: Using Mapping Tools to Build Partnerships
The Stewardship Mapping and Assessment Project (STEW-MAP) answers the question: who takes care of our environment? Panel members used STEW-MAP to survey civic groups who conserve, manage, monitor, transform, educate on and/or advocate for the environment across Denver. It is both a study of the area’s civic environmental stewardship resource and a publicly available online database and visualization tool to support a range of practical applications. We discuss how partners from government, universities, and non-profits have used STEW-MAP in the Denver Metro to understand and strengthen the civic capacity to care for the natural resources of Denver’s neighborhoods. Moderator: Travis Warziniack, USDA Forest Service, Research Economist Speakers: Dana Coelho, Director, Metro Denver Nature Alliance Austin Troy, Professor & Chair, University of Colorado Denver Department of Urban and Regional Planning
HOT, DRY & CROWDED HOUSING & EQUITY LEGAL UPDATES MOBILITY & TRANSPORTATION 23 LAND USE & WATER HOT TOPICS PLANNING TOOLS WESTERN SPACES 2020 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE FRIDAY, MARCH 6TH
1:45 PM – 3:15 PM
LAW 180 Modes in Motion: Connected, Automated, Shared & Electric Vehicles CREDITS: L
Technology is changing the way we travel at an unprecedented pace. As the transportation system evolves, communities across the West are considering the impacts and opportunities for connected, automated, shared and electric vehicles. Panelists from the public and private sector will speak to the importance of partnerships and pilots that are changing transportation. Attendees will learn about new modes of transportation and how they fit into the transportation network. Speakers: Crissy Fanganello, Director of Applied Innovation, Panasonic Lauren Isaac, Director of Business Initiatives, Easy Mile Cindy Patton, Interim Director of Transportation Operations, City and County of Denver Sophie Shulman, Colorado Department of Transportation Celeste Stragand, Mobility Strategist, Ford Smart Mobility
3:15 M – 3:30 PM sponosored by
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3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
LAW 190 What Does Our Future Hold? Utility Leadership Report Out
Water utility leaders met recently to discuss water and land use integration. Topics of discussion included what new directions utility planning might take; innovations in policy, planning, programs, and projects; and what they see on the horizon as growth continues and our communities face a water deficient future. For the final session in the Land Use & Water Come listen, learn, ask, and converse with utility leaders about what they think of our regional and state future. Moderators: Kevin Reidy, State Water Conservation Technical Specialist, Colorado Water Conservation Board Christy Wiseman, Land Use & Water Planner, Colorado Department of Local Affairs Speakers: Lisa Darling, Executive Director, South Metro Water Supply Authority Mary Ann Dickinson, President & CEO, Alliance for Water Efficiency Mark Marlowe, Director, Castle Rock Water Peter Mayer, Principal & Founder, WaterDM
HOT, DRY & CROWDED HOUSING & EQUITY LEGAL UPDATES MOBILITY & TRANSPORTATION 24 LAND USE & WATER HOT TOPICS PLANNING TOOLS WESTERN SPACES 2020 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE FRIDAY, MARCH 6TH
3:15 PM – 5:00 PM
LAW 155 Fast & Furious
This session gives speakers just ten minutes to talk, but covers a range of topics. This session is always fun and allows us to explore some topics not covered in the rest of the conference. Moderator: Lisa Loranger, Program Coordinator, Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute Speakers: Chaz Baculi, Junior Research Assistant, Babbitt Center for Land and Water Policy, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Natalie Gubbay, Research Fellow, Colorado College State of the Rockies Report Grace Harmon, Research Fellow, Colorado College
LAW 180 Nature-Based Solutions to Our Region's Most Wicked Problems
Green infrastructure planning and implementation at landscape and regional scales is increasingly demonstrating the power and possibility of nature-based solutions in addressing some of the biggest challenges facing rapidly growing places like Metro Denver. The panelists will present two local case studies—the High Line Canal Conservancy’s Stormwater Transformation and Enhancement Program and the Metro Denver Nature Alliance’s emerging Regional Vision for People + Nature—and others from Atlanta, Georgia and Kansas City, Missouri. Using these examples, we will explore opportunities to develop resilient and thriving regions in the face of climate change and its variable impacts and continued urban growth. Moderator: Dana Coelho, Director, Metro Denver Nature Alliance Speakers: Chandi Aldena, Project Manager, The Trust for Public Lands Claudia Browne, Resource Specialist, Biohabitats Gordon Robertson, Director of Park Planning & Design, City and County of Denver
HOT, DRY & CROWDED HOUSING & EQUITY LEGAL UPDATES MOBILITY & TRANSPORTATION 25 LAND USE & WATER HOT TOPICS PLANNING TOOLS WESTERN SPACES 2020 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE FRIDAY, MARCH 6TH
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
LAW 165 Hot, Dry and Flammable: CREDITS: L Community Survival in The Age of Climate Change
As climate change makes the west hotter and drier and we’re increasingly building into the wildland-urban interface, fires are not only increasing in numbers and size, they are also harder—and more costly—to contain. While fire has traditionally been the purview of fire fighters and emergency managers, fighting fires successfully starts with how we design communities. This session shows that our first line of defense depends on how planners, architects and developers accommodate growth while making existing—and future—communities safer. We want tomorrow’s firefighter to view well-planned communities as assets rather than liabilities when controlling fire. Moderator: Erik Kingston, Board Member, Idaho Rural Partnership Speakers: Stephen Miller, Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Professor of Law, University of Idaho College of Law Jaap Vos, Professor of Bioregional Planning, University of Idaho Department of Natural Resources and Society Deanna Smith, Program Coordinator, Idaho Smart Growth
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