3.8. SR 02-14-2000** Item # 3.8.**
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TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
Mayor and City Council
Scott Harlicker, Senior Planne~
February 14, 2000
Request to attend National Planning Conference
Overview
]?,ach year the American Planning Association (APA) organizes a national
conference for planning professionals, elected and appointed officials and
interested citizens. The conference offers a wide variety of workshops
covering various planning issues. This year's conference, to be held April 15-
19, 2000 in New York City, includes workshops covering:
· Riverfront Revitalization
· Downtown Development
· Commuter and Light Rail Planning
· Post Offices and Big Box Developments
· Legal Issues
· Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
· Urban Design and Cluster Development
· Transportation Planning
· Sustainable Development and Sprawl
The 2000 Planning Department budget programmed expenses to cover
attendance for one staff person, typically the Director of Planning, at the
national conference. For 2000, staff requests that the Senior Planner be
granted permission to attend the conference. The Planning Commission
budget included expenses for two Planning Commissioners to attend the
national conference, as there are specific workshops geared towards planning
commissioners. In the past the Council has approved sending staff and two
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Planning Commission members to the same conference. This year two of the
newly appointed commissioners have expressed an interest in attending the
conference.
Request
The City Council is asked to approve sending the Senior Planner and two
Planning Commission members to the National Planning Conference to be
held April 15-19, 2000 in New York City.