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** CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 5.3.**
MEMORANDUM
TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: STEVEN B. ACH, CITY PLANNER .~/L-
DATE: JANUARY 27, 1994
SUBJECT: REQUEST TO ATTEND OUT OF STATE CONFERENCE
Each year the American Planning Association (AP A) organizes a national conference for
all professional, elected, and appointed officials involved with planning issues. This
year's conference is being held in San Francisco on April 16, 1994, through April 20,
1994.
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I have attached a list of conference sessions that will be conducted during the 4 1/2 day
event. The conference typically offers a wide variety of topics covering the entire gamut
of planning issues. Some of the topics that will be discussed that could be brought back
and applied to Elk River include:
. Growth Management Strategies
. Transportation Planning
. Update on Legal Issues
. Wetland Protection
. Trends in Housing Industry
· Computer Applications for Planning
. Economic Development
. Urban Design Standards
In addition to the conference sessions that are held at the hotel, numerous mobile
workshops are offered. These mobile workshops are opportunities to visit developments
and experience first hand the success and/or failures communities have discovered in
these particular developments.
The 1994 Planning Department Budget, as adopted by the City Council, programmed
expenses to cover attendance at a national conference. The cost for conference
registration, air fare, hotel and meals, will total approximately $1,200. Obviously, early
registration, scheduling a hotel room, and booking air fare in advance will provide the
opportunity to obtain the best rates to attend the conference.
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In conclusion, I respectfully request the City Council support to attend the National
Planning Conference in San Francisco.
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Conference sessions are listed planning, and key duties of . Planning in Rural . Planning Challenges
. here as scheduled at press planning commissions. You . Black America . in Africa
. time. Inevitably, a few will also discuss creating a . Sunday, 9:00 a.m.-1O:20 a.m. . Sunday, 10:40 a.m.-12:oo noon
sessions will be added, community vision, fostering a . Explore the long-neglected . Africa is a vast, politically and .
canceled, or rescheduled customer service attitude, and black communities of rural culturally diverse land.
. before the conference. All managing growth legally and . America. Special attention is . Explore the various political
. registrants will receive a final . equitably. . given to the plight of black . and social conditions, as well
program of events at the . farmers and the consequences . as the range of planning
conference. Alfred Bettman Symposium of lost agricultural lands. challenges faced by several
In addition to the regularly . Growth Management . Sponsor: Planning and the . countries. Hear the opportuni-
scheduled conference sessions, . in the Northwest . Black Community Division. . ties for professional planners
. the San Francisco local host . Sunday, 9:00 a.m.-ll:OO a.m. . CPDP: 1.5 . working in Africa. Sponsor:
committee has designed a . Oregon has been a leader in Planning and the Black
series of sessions focusing on growth management and now Urban Villages . Community Division.
the theme Region & City, Washington has taken the first . Sunday, 9:00 a.m.-1O:20 a.in. . CPDP: 1.5
with daily theme tracks. . such initiative in the 1990s. . The virtues of diverse uses and
. This session highlights lessons . building types have been . Global Sustainability
and innovations from these . rediscovered by Sunday, 10:40 a.m.-12:oo noon
. two states. CPDP: 2 neotraditionalists. Has a model Global sustainability is a key
. Sunday, Risk Assessment . emerged for urban villages . to the future health of natural
April 17 . that can be emulated? Is the . and human communities.
and Clean Up . concept in danger of being . Discuss sustainability at a
Sunday, 9:00 a.m.-1O:20 a.m. sold out? This session will variety of geographic scales
How "clean" is clean? The . explore the realities of existing . and within several political
AICP Workshop limits of technological . urban villages. Sponsor: . contexts, from the federal
. Eledronic Technology . answers to environmental . Urban Design and Preserva- . government to advocacy
and Citizen problems have led to new tion Division. CPDP: 1.5 organizations. Sponsor:
e . Participation approaches in risk assessment . Environment, Natural
Sunday, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon and clean up. Learn how . Planning Firms and . Resources and Energy
planners across the country . Cash Management . Division. CPDP: 1.5
Hear how a planner linked have determined acceptable . Sunday, 9:00 a.m.-1O:20 a.m.
together 24 sites in a broadcast . land reuse through successful . Alfred Bettman Symposium .
that reached 90,000 people Learn about cash management
. public participation. Sponsor: . and other administrative Regional Growth
and successfully launched a . Federal Installation Division. . management techniques, . Management Laws
major regional planning CPDP: 1.5 . including project budgeting, . Sunday, 11:20 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
process. Michael Hollinshead
. shows you how to bring public People Movers controlling labor and overhead Regional land-use problems
consultation and participation . costs, and various ways to . require regional solutions.
into the information age, from Sunday, 9:00 a.m.-1O:20 a.m. . monitor performance. . Experts from various states
electronic town meetings to People mover systems can . Cosponsors: American Society . will discuss regional tactics
computer accessible planning provide seamless connections of Consulting Planners and via county charters, joint
and zoning information. between transportation modes . Private Practice Division. . planning laws, interstate
CPDP: 3 and link regional nodes. Learn . CPDP: 1.5 . compacts, and bioregional
. the status of people mover . planning. CPDP: I
AICP Workshop . technology and how Seattle Government Affairs
Gender~ Speaking and Miami are planning new . Skills . AICP Workshop
Sunday, 9: a.m.-12:09 noon . systems. Sponsor: Transporta- . Sunday, 10:40 a.m.-12:00 noon . How to Deal with
Patricia Ball will lead this . tion Planning Division. . Discuss ways in which . Difficult People
. workshop exploring whether CPDP: 1.5 . planners can counteract the . Sunday, 2:00 p.m.-5:oo p.m.
. men and women speak the . Balancing Growth, wise use movement, and Explore with Patricia Ball
. same language. The workshop . explore legislative ideas . strategies for getting results
will emphasize techniques to . Transportation, . relating to the Agenda for . out of "problem people."
eliminate misunderstandings and Clean Air . America's Communities. . Discover how to recognize the
between the sexes, to recog- Sunday, 9:00 a.m.-1O:20 a.m. CPDP: 1.5 different types of difficult
nize and respect differences in Federal legislation leaves it to . people and learn the tech-
communication styles, and to . cities, regions, and states to . Private Pradice . niques that work best for each
achieve the leadership style of . achieve clean air, intermodal . and the Economy . type. CPDP: 3
the future. CPDP: 3 transportation efficiency, and . Sunday, 10:40 a.m.-12:00 noon
energy conservation. Needed . Examine how economic AICP Workshop
Planning Commissioners are new solutions for regional change has affected private . Computer-Based
. Workshop . growth, mobility, and clean . practice. Future outlook and . Visualization Tools
e . The Planning . air. Cosponsors: Transporta- . trends are discussed by . Sunday, 2:00 p.m.-5:oo p.m.
Commission at Work tion Planning and Environ- . consultants who will demon- . Visualization tools, including
Sunday, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon . me nt, Energy, and Natural strate how to survive and multimedia applications and
This interactive, introductory Resources Divisions. . thrive in the current economic . computer-aided design, are
workshop focuses on planning CPDP: 1.5 . climate. Sponsor: Private . powerful additions to the
fundamentals, tools of . Practice Division. CPDP: 1.5 . planner's arsenal that permit
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better communication with
government officials and the
. public. Cosponsors: City
Planning and Management and
Information Technology . ISTEA and
Divisions. CPDP: 3 . Local Government
. Sunday, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
. A significant aspect of ISTEA .
. gives urban areas, through
their Metropolitan Planning
. Organizations, a greater say
. and sometimes a choice in
. which projects are funded by
federal transportation dollars.
. Local governments are just
. awakening to the new
. possibilities. CPDP: 1.5
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. Planning Commissioners
Workshop
. Improved
. Decision Making
. Sunday, 2:00 p.m.-5:oo p.m.
. Planning commissions must
make fair, equitable, and
. legally correct decisions. This
. introductory, interactive
. workshop will focus on the
dynamics of the planning
. commission decision-making
. process and will identify
. strategies commissions can
use to improve the quality and
. consistency of their decisions.
. Alfred Dettman Symposium
Environmental and
. Traditional
. Regulations
. Sunday, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
Some environmental laws are
integrated with common land-
use controls while others are
. applied in tandem with them.
. Experts will discuss such
techniques as floating zones,
. special districts, performance
zoning, sensitive area
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regulations, and local
environmental impacts
. assessments. CPDP: 1.5
in rural economic develop-
. ment, bringing both benefits
. and drawbacks. Hear about
local and riverboat gambling,
. Native American reservation
gambling, and the impacts on
the social and economic fabric
of communities. Sponsor:
Small Town and Rural
. Planning Division. CPDP: 1.5
. Revitalizing
Older Resorts
Sunday, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
A visit to resorts of the 1950s
and 1960s often reveals
inadequate infrastructure,
outdated lodging, and
disrepair. Hear about the
resurgence of vintage
destination resorts, and case
studies on revitalization,
beautification projects,
marketing, financing, and
infrastructure rehabilitation.
Sponsor: Resort and Tourism
Division. CPDP: 1.5
. Federal Planning
in the Next Century
Sunday, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
Federal agency planners share
their views and successes in
defining the relationship
. between their agencies and
adjoining commUnities. They
will explore issues from
. quality service and facilities to .
. improving productivity . The Public and
. through automation. Sponsor: Electrical Facility
Federal Installation Planning . Siting I
. Division. CPDP: 1.5 . Sunday, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
. The electric utility industry
has conducted research on
public perceptions of new
facilities. Discuss the findings,
and planning responses. in the
first of two sessions. Cospon-
sors: Edison Electric Institute
and Environment. Natural
Resources and Energy
Division. CPDP: 1.5
. When Gambling
Comes to Town
Sunday, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
Gambling is the newest wave
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. Region & City
. The Bay Area Setting
. Sunday, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
. This session provides an
introduction to the Region &
. City theme tracks of the
. conference. CPDP: 1.5
The Public and
. Electrical Facility
. Siting II
. Sunday, 3:40 p.m.-5:oo p.m.
. In this second of two sessions,
. experts in utility programs and
public involvement will
. explore techniques for getting
. the public to participate in
. decisions about the siting of
electrical facilities. Cospon-
. sors: Edison Electric Institute
. and Environment, Natural
Resources, and Energy
Division. CPDP: 1.5
. Alfred Dettman Symposium
Update on Takings
Sunday, 3:40 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
There is new concern about
certain takings statutes
threatening some land-use
planning efforts. Solutions to
the takings issue will be
. explored, including interna-
. tional approaches. The latest
. actions of the courts on
takings will be highlighted.
. CPDP: 1.5
. Wetlands Protection
Sunday, 3:40 p.m.-5:oo p.m.
. Review recent sweeping
changes in federal and
. California wetlands policy and .
. the implications for planners
. and project applicants. Since
both policies rely heavily on
. wetlands restoration, success- .
. ful wetlands restoration and
creation methods will be
presented. CPDP: 1.5
. Transportation
. and Land Use
Sunday, 3:40 p.m.-5:oo p.m.
ISTEA legislation requires a
closer planning connection
between land use and
transportation. This session.
will compare U.S. and British
practices. Sponsor: Planning
and Law Division. CPDP: 1.5
Planners and
. Education Policy
Sunday. 3:40 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
. One of the papers prepared for
the Agenda for America's
Communities project deals
with how planners can get
. involved in the development
. of local education policy.
Author Jerry Kaufman will
present ideas on the latest in
educational thinking and how
. planners can be involved.
CPDP: 1.5
. The Long
. Rural Commute
Sunday, 3:40 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Americans are moving past the .
outer fringe of metro areas to
rural landscapes, seeking
affordable housing and more
safety in schools. But they get .
traffic jams on two-lane roads,
and increasing demands on
rural service-the problems
they fled the city to escape.
Sponsor: Small Town and
Rural Planning Division.
CPDP: 1.5
Sustainable
. Communities
Sunday, 3:40 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
. Presenters will discuss how to .
. integrate different aspects of
the community into a useful
. and intelligible whole.
Panelists will discuss
transportation mode, environ-
mental, and urban design
integration case studies, many .
. from the Bay Area. Sponsor:
. Planning and Women
Division. CPDP: 1.5
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Monday, . Lauber wrote APA's first PAS . Environment and Sustaina- . APAlAICP
. . report on the subject. Twenty . bility theme track. CPDP: 1.5 . Annual Meeting
. April 18 years later, Lauber reviews . Monday, 1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
e . ~nd explains what municipali- Transit-Responsive
ties must now do to adopt . Urban Design AICP Workshop
zoning for group homes, . Monday, 10:40 am.-12:oo noon . Using TQM
. Planning Commissioners . halfway houses, hospices, . Learn the best ways to . Monday, 2:00 p.m.-5:oo p.m.
Workshop . an~ other community . integrate transit facilities with . TQM is a management system
Land-Use Law resIdences to survive a court
. challenge. CPDP: 1.5 . city streets, and how to replan . that you will either love or
for Commissioners areas surrounding transit hate, but can't ignore. Paul
. Monday, 9:00 a.m.-12:oo noon Planning for Tourists . stations. Take stock of past . Zucker will teach the the basic .
. This introductory session will Monday, 9:00 a.m.-1O:20 a.m. . successes and failures. . concepts, explain the jargon
. review legal issues that relate . Cosponsors: Urban Design . and show you how it applies
. to the planning commissioner's The U.S. lags behind other and Preservation and Trans- to the kind of organization in
job. Topics include planning . countries in proactive tourism . portation Planning Divisions. . which you work. See what's
. statutes, local ordinances, case . planning. This session . CPDP: 1.5 . working and what isn't; decide
. law, due process consider- . highlights the issues affecting . if it's for you. CPDP: 3
. ations, fact finding, takings, tourism in the coming Performance-Based
and related issues. . decades, case studies in . Growth Management . Rural Regional
. tourism planning, and . Monday, 10:40 a.m.-12:oo noon . Planning and
. AICP Workshop . processes for implementing . This panel will focus on the . Development
Successful tourism plans and policies. . impacts of development other . Monday, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
Public Meetings . Sponsor: Resort and Tourism than measures of density and Is there neo-regional plan-
Monday, 9:00 a.m.-12:oo noon Division. CPDP: 1.5 . intensity. The approach . ning? Come and find out how
Elaine Cogan, author of Planning for . provides more certainty to the . regional planning has been
. Successful Public Meetings, the 21st Century . public and service providers, . revitalized and about new
will show how to prepare for . Monday, 9:00 a.m.-1O:20 a.m. more sustainable approaches, approaches to waste, transpor-
and conduct public meetings. . and more flexiblity for . tation, and economic develop-
. Many points are not covered . Envision how new technology, . developers. CPDP: 1.5 . ment at the regional level.
. elsewhere-how to create a . entrepreneurial management, . . Sponsor: Small Town and
. compatible environment, use sustainability, empowerment, RFPs and RFQs Rural Planning Division.
of visual aids, and nonverbal comprehensive planning, and . Monday, 10:40 a.m.-12:oo noon . CPDP: 1.5
communication. CPDP: 3 economic development issues . Discuss the process from
will transform planning. Learn . both the consultant's and the . Common Ground
. Region & City how planners are approaching . client's perspective: preparing, in Feminism
reinventing government. .
Environment . promoting, conducting, and Planning
e and Sustainability Sponsor: City Planning and responding to, and reviewing . Monday, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
Management Division.
. Monday, 9:00 a.m.-IO:oo a.m. CPDP: 1.5 . RFP/RFQs. Sponsor: Private . Feminist planning theory and
The leadoff speaker for the . Practice Division. CPDP: 1.5 . its relationship to planning are
Monday theme track will be Historic Preservation . discussed by panelists. Learn
. Jaime Lerner, former Mayor Planning ACSP/AICP Symposium how women's activities are or
of Curitiba, Brazil. CPDP: I Monday, 9:00 a.m.-1O:20 a.m. . Planners and the . are not addressed in planning
. Politics of Change . theory and what academics
. Tips for the This session will provide a . Monday, 10:40 a.m.-12:oo noon . and practitioners are doing
Female Planner model for historic preservation . Norman Krumholz and to forge the connections.
Monday, 9:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m. . planning. Experts will Charles Hoch, authors of two . Sponsor: Planning and
Panelists will discuss their . emphasize the 10 essential . new books on planning, . Women Division. CPDP: 1.5
. own strategies for success . components of a local historic . discuss what planners do to
preservation plan, present case Planning Commissioners
. and explore a variety of . studies, and show how plans . engage and cope with the
. issues. The panel will involve . are implemented. CPDP: 1.5 politics of change. Practitio- . Workshop
speakers from urban and . ners who have read the books . Planning Pursuit
. suburban points of view, the Central City Stores . will respond. CPDP: 1.5 . Monday, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
. public sector, private consult- and Supermarkets . Remember "Trivial Pursuit?"
. ants, and federal and local Monday, 9:00 a.m.-1O:20 a.m. Creative Interlocal Here's a planning adaptation,
agencies. CPDP: 1.5 / . Arrangements . with questions on technology, .
Providing basic retail facilities . Monday, 10:40 a.m.-12:oo noon . law, the planning department,
. Environmental . in central city neighborhoods . This session presents the . zoning, and "what's new."
Litigation Impact Fees presents special challenges. . results of the AICP-sponsored Join in the game and see how
Monday, 9:00 a.m.-1O:20 a.m. . This session will provide study of innovative collabora- . a game format promotes
Explore how two ideas are . examples and case studies of . tive arrangements among local . learning. CPDP: 1.5
. how to encourage central city
being brought together: retailing. CPDP: 1.5 . governments, regional entities, . Clearing the City Air
mitigating environmental . and state agencies. Sponsor:
. impacts of new development . Region & City Intergovernmental Affairs . Monday, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
and financing the mitigation . Ecosystems and . Division. CPDP: 1.5 . Explore new measures
through impact fees. The Urban Systems . Housing Nonprofits . employed by cities to meet
. authors of a forthcoming . Monday, 10:40 a.m.-12:00 noon . federal and state air quality
AP A Planners Press book . The bay, the ocean, redwoods, . Monday, 10:40 a.m.-12:oo noon regulations. Special attention
will present their innovative . Explore how nonprofits help . is paid to land use and
e findings. CPDP: 1.5 . the slopes, deer, hawks, meet a number of housing . transportation-oriented air
. whales, clean air and water- . pollution and control mea-
will they be sustained, . needs, with a look at the
. Group Home Zoning . interactions among nonprofit sures. Sponsor: City Planning
. Monday, 9:00 a.m.-l0:20 a.m. . protected, and restored in the . organizations, the public . and Management Division.
21 st century? How will the . CPDP: 1.5
Zoning for group housing has . Bay Area mesh metropolitan sector, and private sector.
come a long way since Daniel growth with its ecosystem? . Sponsor: Housing and Human
. Services Division. CPDP: 1.5
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Region & CiIT with residential abandonment,
Sustainability retail and industrial obsoles-
and Growth cence, congestion, and social
Monday, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m. disorders. Can central cities
It isn't simply the urban built . survive the urbanization of the
environment versus the natural . suburbs, the lure of edge
environment in a vacuum. cities, the surge in the
Rather, it is this issue in the telecommunications? Sponsor:
context of economic change Local Host Committee.
. at the regional, national, and CPDP: 1.5
. global levels that have local
impacts. Environment and
Sustainability theme track.
CPDP: 1.5
An Information Policy
for Planning
. Monday, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
. What does a national digital
. highway mean for planners?
What will be the effects of the
digitally-available data
explosion? Join in this
examination of the emerging
national information infra-
structure and its implications
. for policy development.
. Sponsor: Information
. Technology Division.
CPDP: 1.5
National Planning
. Awards
Monday, 3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
. Celebrate with the 1994 award
winners. APA's awards
include the National Planning
Awards, Journalism Awards,
. and the APA Journal Award.
The AICP A wards include the
Planning Landmarks A ward,
Planning Pioneer A ward, and
. the Student Project A wards.
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The Future of
Central Cities
Monday, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
Central cities have struggled
National Urban Policy
Monday, 3:40 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
The Association of Collegiate
Schools of Planning initiated a
. major review of national urban
policy following the Los
Angeles riots in 1992. This
. session will focus on spatial
and social aspects of national
domestic policy. CPDP: 1.5
. Region & City
Regional Open Space
Monday, 3:40 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
The Bay Area has one of the
most diverse and extensive
open space systems: national
and regional parks, water-
sheds, agricultural preserves,
and greenbelts. This panel
will discuss preservation and
acquisition mechanisms, and
the role of environmental and
citizen groups. Environment
and Sustainability theme track.
CPDP: 1.5
Planning Commissioners
Workshop
The Independent
Planning Commission
Monday, 3:40 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Some commissions have the
. independence to hire and fire
their own staff; others have
staff who report to the CEO
of the government body. Do
. independent commissions
. render more politically
independent decisions?
Which best serves the public?
Intergovernmental
Dispute Resolution
Monday, 3:40 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Intergovernmental coordina-
tion is one of the most difficult
. barriers to effective planning.
Learn dispute resolution
techniques for resolving
intergovernmental conflicts,
with a look at Florida's efforts .
to implement stronger state
mandates. CPDP: 1.5
. African-Americans
in Local Planning
Monday, 3:40 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
. This session presents recent
research into the dynamics of
African-American participa-
. tion in planning, particularly
the role of leaders in influenc.
ing decision making, gaining
. control of funding, and
bringing about change.
Sponsor: Planning and the
Black Community Division.
CPDP: 1.5
Regulating
. Environmentally
. Sensitive Lands
Monday, 3:40 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
. Regulations affecting wetlands
. and other environmentally
sensitive lands are at risk after
. Lucas. Planners and lawyers
will discuss how to regulate
. as much as is needed while
avoiding takings liability.
Sponsor: Planning and Law
Division. CPDP: 1.5
Reinventing
Planning's Decision
Support System
Monday. 3:40 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
The reinventing government
movement is rethinking
assumptions about the
availability of information and
the usefulness of predictive
models. Learn about emerging
decision support systems that
recognize new concerns and
analytic mandates, such as the
ISTEA legislation. Sponsor:
Information Technology
Division. CPDP: 1.5
Region & City
. Environmental
. Inequities
Monday, 3:40 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
This session will explore how
environmental issues affect
poor, working class, and
minority communities.
Environment and Society
theme track. CPDP: 1.5
AICP Exam
Review Course I
Monday, 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
. Learn the format and content
of the test, tips on taking the
multiple-choice exam, and
overview of exam topics.
(See Tuesday, 6:00 p.m. to
9:00 p.m. for Part II.)
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organize and manage them,
. and how to ensure fair and
. open participation. Gain tips
for keeping your hearing
process fair, orderly, produc-
. tive, and legal. CPDP: 1.5
. Growth Management: .
State and Local . Transportation
. Initiatives Planning
Tuesday, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon . Tuesday, 9:00 a.m.-1O:20 a.m.
Examine a range of ap- . The editors of Planning
. proaches to growth manage- . magazine will introduce the
. ment, from those that mandate . coming year's transportation
. planning to those that support . theme. CPDP: 1.5
and facilitate it. Results of an
. extensive research project will
. be presented. Sponsor: The
Lincoln Institute of Land
Policy. CPDP: 3
. Region & City
. Society and Diversity
Tuesday, 9:00 a.m.-lO:oo a.m.
This session will provide an
introduction to the Society
and Diversity theme track.
Sign Regulation
Tuesday, 9:00 a.m.-1O:20 a.m.
The session will explore the
latest legal developments and
. explain how to regulate signs
. without inviting legal
challenges. Sponsor: Planning
and Law Division. CPDP: 1.5
Planning Commissioners
Workshop
. Mock Hearing
Tuesday, 9:00 a.m.-1O:20 a.m.
Join in a hearing staged to
help you improve your hearing
procedures. Learn how to
prepare for meetings, how to
. Shaping
. Metropolitan Growth
. Tuesday, 9:00 a.m.-1O:20 a.m.
Many of the problems
confronting urban areas are
rooted in the pattern of
. development that has evolved
over the past 50 years. This
. session will explore urban
models that address the
. impacts of these patterns and
how they can be altered.
CPDP: 1.5
. Gays and Lesbians in
Urban Revitalization
Tuesday, 9:00 a.m.-1O:20 a.m.
This session explores the
. history, process, results, and
issues associated with
. increased visibility and
affluence of gay and lesbian
communities in several
American cities. Topics
include gays as urban
neighborhood pioneers, gay
. buying power, and perceived
displacement of less affluent
residents. CPDP: 1.5
. Sustainable Rural
. Communities
. Tuesday, 9:00 a.m.-1O:20 a.m.
. Some rural communities
become urban as metropolitan
. areas expand to include them;
. others face urban challenges
. because of natural features
that attract tourists. How to
. retain the desirable character-
. istics of rural communities
. while responding to the
. pressures of urban-scale
development. CPDP: 1.5
. Regional Defense
. Conversion Strategies
Tuesday, 9:00 a.m.-1O:20 a.m.
More than 50 regions are
. experiencing significant
. dislocation caused by the
. combined impacts of military
industry closures or
. downsizing and base closures.
. Cities, states, and federal
. government have been trying
to diversify regional econo-
. mies. What are the most likely
prospects? CPDP: 1.5
Negotiating with
. Big Box Retailers
. Tuesday, 9:00 a.m.-1O:20 a.m.
. Small town stores all over
. the U.S. have felt squeezed
when big box retailers and
superstores come to town.
. This session will explore
. techniques for negotiating
with national retailers to help
. their stores fit into the
. community and lessen the
. impact on downtowns and
the environment. CPDP: 1.5
. Region & City
. Housing Needs
. Tuesday, 10:15 a.m.-12:00 noon
This session will explore
. housing needs and programs in
. the San Francisco Bay Area.
. Society and Diversity theme
track. CPDP: 1.5
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. AICP Exam
Preparation Sessions
If you plan to attend AICP exam preparation sessions,
. please mail this form to:
Rosemary Jones
American Institute of Certified Planners
1776 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC :20036
fax:20:2-87:2-0611
Name
Title
Agency
Street
City/State/Zip
. Work Phone
Home Phone
. Agenda for America's
. Communities
. Tuesday, 10:40 a.m.-12:00 noon
. Learn about the progress of
activities related to APA's
. Agenda for America's
. Communities project.
Planning Commissioners
. Workshop
. You Be the Judge
. Tuesday, 10:40 a.m.-12:00 noon
. Learn the proper way to
conduct a hearing and how to
. use ordinances and legal
. criteria. Also covered are
. techniques for controlling
hostility, long-winded
. testimony, and other problems.
. CPDP: 1.5
I will attend: Monday Tuesday both sessions
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. The First Amendment .
. and Zoning
. Tuesday, 10:40 a.m.-12:00 noon.
. The ongoing evolution of First
Amendment law presents a
. continuing challenge to local
. governments trying to regulate .
. religious uses and public art.
Learn what is possible from
. attorneys who have trial
. experience with the issues
. involved. CPDP: 1.5
Rebuilding Beirut
. Tuesday, 10:40 a.m.-12:oo noon'
. Learn about the public-private .
. holding company formed to
. rebuild Beirut's city center,
with a look at urban design
. issues, financing, and land
. assembly powers. Sponsor:
. International Division.
CPDP: 1.5
. Economic
. Development
in a Recession
. Tuesday, 10:40 a.m.-12:oo noon
. What steps are jurisdictions
. taking to address job, income,
. and population losses? Case
studies from Long Beach,
. Baltimore, and elsewhere
. examine the successful
. strategies and politics used to
address those losses. Sponsor:
. Economic Development .
. Division. CPDP: 1.5
Regional Approaches
. to Restructuring
. Government
. Tuesday, 10:40 a.m.-12:oo noon .
. Speakers from organizations
such as 1000 Friends of
Oregon discuss institutional
. arrangements that permit more .
. effective ways to deal with
regional growth. Sponsor:
. Intergovernmental Affairs
. Division. CPDP: 1.5
. Getting Into GIS
Tuesday, 10:40 a.m.-12:00 n00n
How to buy a GIS system,
. prepare an RFP, and evaluate
. proposals. Get tips for
. convincing your boss to buy
into GIS, and how to deter-
. mine the real cost of training
. and maintenance. Discuss
. copyright and Freedom of
Information Act requirements
. related to computerized data.
. Sponsor: Information Tech-
. nology Division. CPDP: 1.5
. Governing the
. Intermodal Metropolis
. Tuesday, 10:40 a.m.-12:oo noon .
. This session examines the new
intergovernmental alignments
. under ISTEA, exploring
. jurisdictional issues between
. Metropolitan Planning
Organizations and cities,
. regional COGs, and state
. governments. CPDP: 1.5
e:
Plenary Luncheon
Tuesday, 12:15 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
The luncheon speaker will be
Clarence Page, columnist and
editorial board member of the
Chicago Tribune. Page, a
Pulitzer Prize-winning
journalist, appears regularly as
a commentator on "The
McLaughlin Group" and the
. "MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour."
Natural Gas Vehicles
Tuesday, 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
California has begun a pilot
. program that requires growing
percentages of the vehicles
sold in the state to use clean
fuels. Learn more about this
program that could put more
. than one million clean-fuel
vehicles on state roads within
five years. Sponsor: American
Gas Association. CPDP: 2
Public-Private
Economic
. Development
Ventures
Tuesday, 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Entertainment development
and waterfront redevelopment
are new economic develop-
.... ment tools. Learn how
.. communities identify
alternative reinvestment
methods and develop mutually
. supporting mixed-use
. developments. Sponsor:
Economic Development
Division. CPDP: 2
Region & City
Reinventing
. Regional Governance
. Tuesday, 3:00 p.m.-5:oo p.m.
Metropolitan areas, regions,
city states-whatever we call
. them-are increasingly
. important as the geographic
areas that compete in the
. global economy. Will this
. overcome traditional opposi-
. tion to real regional gover-
nance? CPDP: 2
. Planning in
Times of Disaster
. Tuesday, 3:00 p.m.-5:oo p.m.
. Your principal worry to date
has been how to support a
respectable planning program
in your community. Then,
. without warning, disaster
strikes-earthquake, hurri-
. cane, flood, fire. What now?
Sponsor: Local Host Commit-
tee. CPDP: 2
Region & City
Planning With
Diverse Populations
Tuesday, 3:00 p.m.-5:oo p.m.
People with disabilities, the
homeless, immigrant commu-
nities, people with mental
illness-all challenge
traditional planning processes
and standards. This session
focuses on innovative
planning solutions and ways
for the community to partici-
. pate in solving design
problems. Society and
Diversity theme track.
CPDP: 2
. AICP Workshop
. AICP Workshop Making Better Maps
. Using Focus Groups Tuesday, 3:00 p.m.-5:oo p.m.
Tuesday, 3:00 p.m.-5:oo p.m. Weak, ill-conceived, or poorly
Paul Zucker will show you done maps undercut planners'
how inexpensive focus groups efforts at communication.
. can improve the business . Learn how to make maps more
climate of planning and attractive and useful, with a
development processes. Focus special focus on the design
. groups have helped sell cars, . problems and opportunities
. soap, and politicians. Th~y can . presented by computers.
. help you, too. CPDP: 2 CPDP: 2
e
Housing Forum
. Housing Dependent
Populations
Tuesday, 3:00 p.m.-5:oo p.m.
Explore the difficulties
encountered by groups trying
to house dependent popula-
tions. How do you gain
community acceptance?
Discuss various strategies that
have been used. Sponsor:
Housing and Human Services
Division. CPDP: 2
AICP Exam
Review Course II
Tuesday, 6:00 p.m.-9:oo p.m.
. A review of the topics that
have caused the most
difficulty: budgeting and
. economic techniques, and
applying analytic methods.
(See Monday, 6:00 p.m. to
8:00 p.m. for Part 1.)
. Wednesday,
: April 20
. AICP Worksho()
How to Break
. a Deadlock
Wednesday,
. 9:00 a.m.-12:oo noon
. This interactive workshop,
. conducted by David Stiebel,
. explains practical steps to
break deadlocks and forge
agreement over development,
. NIMBYs, or other issues.
Learn to differentiate between
a communication problem and
. a real dispute, and learn when
. communication can backfire.
. CPDP: 3
. AICP Worksho~
. Tools for GUiding
. Urban Design
Wednesday,
9:00 a.m.-I 2:00 noon
This workshop will show how
. to work with communities to
establish community design
priorities. Learn how to work
with commissions and citizens
to improve their planning
knowledge, develop urban
design policy, reach consen-
sus, and choose methods of
implementing design guide-
lines. CPDP: 3
. AICP Workshop
. Visioning Case Studies
Wednesday,
9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
For the third consecutive year
we'll review a variety of new
case studies that show how
planning agencies get started
in involving local citizens and
leaders in strategic or
comprehensive planning.
CPDP: 3
Region & City
. Economy and
. Technology
. \\kdnesday, 9:00 a.m.-I 0:00 a.m.
This session will introduce the
Economy and Technology
theme track.
. Governance in
American and
Canadian Cities
. Wednesday, 9:00 a.m.-1O:20a.m.
Examine comparative issues
. of metropolitan planning
activities in several West
Coast urban areas. The
. emphasis will be on institu-
tional settings, relative
successes, emerging institu-
tional patterns, and implica-
tions for other urban regions.
CPDP: 1.5
. Gaming and Historic
. Preservation
\\kdnesday, 9:00 a.m. -10:20 a.m. .
. As gambling spreads through- .
out America, one particular
. problem is the impact of
gaming activities and
associated businesses on
historic areas. Can gaming and
preservation benefit from one
. another? This session will
. provide practical examples
and advice. CPDP: 1.5
. Teaching About
Planning
Wednesday, 9:00 a.m.-1O:20 a.m. .
. Learn how planning educators .
and others provide experiences
on planning for non-technical .
. groups. There will be an
opportunity for networking
and information sharing.
CPDP: 1.5
Urban and Regional
Economic
Development
Wednesday, 9:00 a.m.-I 0:20 a.m.
. Explore economic and
infrastructure financin!!
initiatives that reinforce and
enhance the vitality of central
cities. Sponsor: City Planning
and Management Division.
CPDP: 1.5
. The Challenge of
. Environmental Racism
Wednesday, 9:00 a.m.-l 0:20 a.m.
The burden of environmental
exploitation. disruption, and
contamination is borne
unevenly in our society. Learn
how communities have faced
these inequities and fought
unbalanced environmental
consequences. Cosponsors:
Planning and the Black
Community and Environment,
Natural Resources and Energy
Divisions. CPDP: 1.5
Manufactured Homes
. for Low-Income
Housing
Wednesday,
10:40 a.m.-I 2:00 noon
HUD-code manufactured
homes can produce top-quality .
neighborhoods where residents .
are happy to live. Sponsor:
Manufactured Housing
Institute. CPDP: 1.5
. Neighborhood
Planning
. Wednesday,
10:40 a.m.-I 2:00 noon
Learn how city planning
agencies are returning to
designing effective neighbor-
hood planning strategies.
CPDP: 1.5
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. Industrial Skills and together? What happens to . Local Host Committee.
. Performance . Knowledge of . jobs and housing, service costs . CPDP: 1.5
Standards . Entry-Level Planners . and revenues, the competition .
Wednesday, Wednesday, . for resources, and regional . Historic Black Towns
. . 10:40 a.m.-12:00 noon 10:40 a.m.-12:00 noon environmental issues? Wednesday, 3:40 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
. A panel discussion will be Several state university . Sponsor: Local Host Commit- . After the Civil War, many
led by the aut~or of a re~ent . systems require that planning . tee. CPDP: 1.5 . freed slaves formed towns and .
Planning AdvIsory ServIce . program graduates be assessed . Customer Service for . settlements throughout the
report on industrial perfor- to determine how their . country. Some prospered,
. mance standards-the first education fits their jobs. This . Zoning Administrators some vanished. Examine the
in a generation. Learn how . session gives both academics . Wednesday, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m. . rise and fall of black towns
communities are incorporating . and practitioners an opportu- . Take the concept of customer . and learn history and legacy
modem technical standards in . nity to discuss education and . service from business . long hidden, if not lost, to
. the context of state and federal practice. CPDP: 1.5 management literature and America. Sponsor: Planning
regulatory frameworks. Preserving Rural . apply it to the very practical . and the Black Community
CPDP: 1.5 . issues that planners face in . Division. CPDP: 1.5
. History and Culture . dealing with developers, the . SinQle-Family Zoning
Region & City Wednesday, public, and officials in
The New National . 10:40 a.m.-12:00 noon . administering land-use . DeSign Review
and Global Economy . Explore ways to develop . control. CPDP: 1.5 . Wednesday, 3:40 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, . community consensus in . . Glendale, California, has
. 1O:15a.m.-12:00noon identifying historic and Regulations and . developed a design review
Military base closings and cultural resources, how these . Compensation program for cities that wish to
shrinking defense industri~s relate to future land use and . Wednesday, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m. . achieve compatible infill and
require social and e.conomlc . economic development, and . This session asserts that the . renovation development. This .
adjustments, changmg the how to develop acceptable . planning profession should . program should be of
. community's character will land-use regulatory tech- acknowledge that compensa- particular interest to mid-size
be changed. How can regions niques. CPDP: 1.5 . tion is sometimes due, and . cities with existing developed .
adapt and regenerate them- . AICP Workshop . planners should begin . neighborhoods that have
selves? Economy and . developing regulations and a . opportunities for in fill or
Technology theme track. Subdivision system for providing it. rehabilitation. CPDP: 1.5
CPDP: 1.5 . Regulations and . Sponsor: Planning and Law
. Growth Management . Division. CPDP: 1.5 . Planning in Australia
Planning in China . Wednesday, 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. . . Wednesday, 3:40 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, . Robert Freilich will provide Region & City . A visiting delegation of
10:40 a.m.-I 2:00 noon an overview of the most . New Perception Australian planners will
. Liberalization of the Chinese important issues related to . of Transportation . provide an overview of urban
e economy brought problems in using subdivision regulations . Wednesday, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m. . and regional planning issues.
housing, infrastructure, and related growth manage- . Transportation truly needs to . Topics include the shift to and .
industrial development, and ment techniques. CPDP: 3 be multimodal. This session from metropolitan areas; the
the management of urban land. AICP Workshop will describe a systems . planning and development of
Hear from American planners approach toward planning and . Canberra, the only comprehen-
who toured and studied China How to Stop funding to explain a unique . sive planned city in Australia; .
to assess planning problems. Citizen Attacks . partnership of federal, state, and housing problems in rural,
Sponsor: International Wednesday, 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. and local transportation . remote areas. Sponsor:
Division. CPDP: 1.5 Why does public involvement . decision makers. Technology . International Division.
often intensify land-use . and Environment theme track. . CPDP: 1.5
Elected Officials . disputes, fomenting hostility, CPDP: 1.5
vs. Planners angry crowds, and unwanted . City Street
. Wednesday, . publicity? David Stiebel . How Planning . Classification
10:40 a.m.-I 2:00 noon . shows how to design public . and Zoning . Wednesday, 3:40 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Do elected officials respect . participation that produces Came to America . In an effort to link land use
planners? Do they trust agreement, not just venting. Wednesday, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m. . and transportation, the city of
planners? Where do they ~nd CPDP: 3 Sponsor: Society for American Phoenix has reworked the
planning approaches lackmg? . Region & City . City and Regional Planning . city's street classification
What approaches dothey like? . History. CPDP: 1.5 . system. The system recognizes
Will they "fess up" to ~h.oos- Biotech. . traditional transportation
ing expedience and pohtlcs Hi1.h-Tech. and the New Jersey's State objectives, but includes new
over planning? CPDP: 1.5 In ormation Highway . Planning Process . land-use planning objectives
Wednesday, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m. . Wednesday, 3:40 p.m.-5:00 p.m. . as well. The system addresses .
. Multiculturalism . Discuss reviving the engines . Hear how the state plan was . all users of the street environ- .
and the Planning . of reindustrialization, to lead . drafted, how the cross- ment-Iand uses, buses,
Community us out of recession into the acceptance process was built, . bicycles, and pedestrians.
Wednesday, 21 st century. What are the . and what the effect has been. . CPDP: 1.5
10:40 a.m.-12:00 noon impacts for cities and regions? . CPDP: 1.5
Using Los Angeles ~s a ca~e . Technology and Environment The Federal Housing
study in progress, thIS sessIOn theme track. CPDP: 1.5 The Information . Act of 1954
. discusses approaches to . Revolution . Wednesday, 3:40 p.m.-5:00 p.m. .
planning for ~nd. ~ith the new . Edge and . Wednesday, 3:40 p.m.-5:00 p.m. . A look at the origin and legacy
majority, capltahzmg on . Satellite Cities . Silicon Valley is an area of . of the largest federal effort
. multiculturalism, crosscultural . Wednesday, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m. toward urban renewal and
. bridge build,ing, an? .ne~ What happens when edge and . businesses and industries that . public housing. Sponsor:
are leaders in the information
techniques for parttclpatlOn . satellite cities supersede some revolution. What are the . Society for American City and .
and investment. CPDP: 1.5 . of the roles of the central city? . implications for planning and . Regional Planning. CPDP: 1.5 .
. How does the region hold . urban development? Sponsor:
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