APA New York Metro Chapter Long Island Section

The APA LI Section invites you to the Downtown Valley Stream Walking Tour

Friday May 29, 2015 at 4:00pm

{CM Credits are being requested}

Participants will be taken on a group tour of downtown Valley Stream in the vicinity of the LIRR Valley Stream Station.  Downtown Valley Stream in southwest Nassau County has a great history of being a main street with “mom and pop” businesses. Today, the downtown is mostly one or two story buildings comprised of service oriented businesses with some retail and restaurant uses.  Several new multiple-family residential projects have been approved and constructed in the past few years with many additional projects in the pipeline.  The Village has also taken steps to revitalize the downtown by moving Village Court to a vacant building along Rockaway Avenue in the heart of the downtown.  Ultimately, the Village seeks to capitalize on its proximity and accessibility to JFK Airport and south shore beaches.

Please RSVP for the Tour by May 27th to dsabatino@rpa.org

An informal networking event will immediately follow the tour.

Please see below for the Tour Itinerary:

Meet in front of Henry Waldinger Memorial Library
60 Verona Place, Valley Stream, NY 11580

1) Meeting at the Valley Stream Village Green in front of Library (use library address for directions) Henry Waldinger Memorial Library, 60 Verona Place, Valley Stream, NY 11580

Introductions and beginning of walking tour – 10 minutes – David & Mayor Fare
Walk to LIRR station – 5 minutes

2) Valley Stream LIRR Station (arrive between 4:15pm – 4:20pm)

Discuss Valley Stream Infill Redevelopment Study – as we walk – Sean Sallie
Discuss development potential around LIRR station
Walk to Sun Valley Tower via Sunrise Highway – 6 minutes
Discuss traffic calming on Sunrise Highway

3) Sun Valley Tower (arrive between 4:30pm – 4:35pm)
Pause to discuss development specs and design issues – Vincent Ang and Mayor Fare – 10 minutes
Discuss developer interest in Sun Valley 2 immediately south of Sun Valley Towers
Discuss office development on Rockaway south of Sunrise Highway

Walk north on Rockaway Avenue to E. Hawthorne Ave, East on E. Hawthorne to Hawthorne Court – 7 minutes – Vincent Ang and Mayor Fare giving specs on Hawthorne Court as we walk

4) Hawthorne Court (arrive between 4:50pm – 4:55pm)
Update on occupancy and top reasons why people are moving here – Patrick Trimboli – Assistant Property Manager / Leasing Coordinator – 10 minutes
Walk west on Jamaica Ave back to Rockaway Avenue – 5 minutes
Discuss Village Court building as we are walking – Mayor Fare

5) Downtown Tour (between 5:15pm and 5:30pm)
Walk north on Rockaway Avenue to PJ Harpers (Bar) – 5 minutes

6) Arrive at PJ Harpers (between 5:30pm and 5:45pm)
**From PJ Harpers it is an 11 minute walk back to Village Green / Library – head south on Rockaway Avenue and west on W. Valley Stream Blvd to get back to the Village Green / Library**

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Sustainable Long Island (SLI) will host its 9th Annual Sustainability Conference “Sustainable Solutions” on Friday, April 17, 2015 from 8am – 2pm at the Carlyle on the Green in Bethpage State Park, 99 Quaker Meeting House Road, Farmingdale, NY  11735.

This year’s Conference will focus on Long Islanders’ commitment to sustainable lifestyles, strategies, and responsibilities – touching on how individuals, organizations, and businesses can make informed choices for the future. This event will feature keynote speaker Bernadette Castro, former Commissioner of the New York Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; interactive workshops; and an awards ceremony honoring Long Island leaders who move beyond the talk to “get things done.”

Registration is $75/person; register now at www.sustainableli.org.

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The NFIP Community Rating System (CRS) is an incentive program that encourages communities to exceed the minimum NFIP standards for development in the floodplain. The CRS provides flood insurance premium discounts for property owners of 5-45% in communities that provide floodplain management activities beyond the minimum requirements.

Long Island’s Climate Smart Community Coordinators are creating a CRS users group for Long Island. Please attend the inaugural meeting on March 23, 2015, from 8:30 am – 10:30 am, in person at the Sustainability Institute at Molloy College’s Suffolk Center or sign in for the webinar (see details below).

WebEx information:
Topic: Community Rating System
Date: Monday, March 23, 2015
Time: 8:30 am, Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00)
Meeting Number: 646 790 516
Meeting Password: Flood1

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To join the online meeting (Now from mobile devices!)
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1. Go to https://meetny.webex.com/meetny/j.php?MTID=ma7cc72bb3276647163dfebfb0317c62a
2. If requested, enter your name and email address.
3. If a password is required, enter the meeting password: Flood1
4. Click “Join”.

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For more information, please click HERE

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Come & Learn from the Premiere Corporate Relocation and Site Selection Experts.  Phil Schneider, as the President of the Site Selectors Guild and owner of Schneider Consulting will give his insight as to what Long Island must do to become more competitive with other regions. He will discuss how to build upon our existing strengths and how we can overcome the obstacles that have historically stood in our way.

Date:  March 26, 2015

Time:  8:00am – 10:00am

Where:  RXR Building, Lower Level Theater, 58 South Service Road, Melville, NY

Tickets:  FREE

RSVP:  Space is Limited, Please RSVP by email at nyabli@optonline.net or by phone: 631-951-2410

Co-organized by LIBI, ABLI, CIBS and LI Board of Realtors

For more information, click HERE

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Gina Tirinnanzi, AICP, was a founding member of the New Urbanism Division of the American Planning Association. Gina graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Landscape Architecture, which was followed by a Master’s Degree in planning from George Washington University, where she discovered the still‐young New Urbanism movement. During her career in both the public and private sectors, she had a passion for implementing the principles of New Urbanism on the site and neighborhood levels.  In an effort to commemorate Gina’s contribution to the Division and to further the Division’s desire to spread the word about New Urbanism to our next generation of planners, we established the Gina Tirinnanzi Memorial Scholarship in 2011.

Applications are invited from students enrolled in PAB, NAAB, or LAAB‐accredited programs (both bachelors and masters) and recent graduates from across the U.S. The $500 scholarship will be awarded on the basis of a letter of recommendation from a faculty member and an original student paper or work. The original student submission should be 2,000 to 2,500 words and speak to practitioners about a substantive topic related to New Urbanism and planning.

Please click HERE for more details and application forms.

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2015 Scholarship recipients will be honored at the Arthur Kunz Scholarship Breakfast to be held on Friday, May 15th, 2015 from 8:00-10:30am at The Sustainability Institute at Molloy College in Farmingdale.  See below for the SAVE THE DATE (click below for a larger image) The APA Long Island Section is pleased to announce the recipients of the Arthur Kunz Memorial Scholarship for 2015. Congratulations to this year’s recipients: Gabrielle Alper, Emily Humes and Megan Porter Gabrielle is from East Islip and is currently working as an associate with Sustainable Long Island located in Farmingdale, NY. Gabrielle is interested in transportation planning and is currently a member of APA’s Transportation Planning Division. Gabrielle is looking forward to attending the 2015 APA National Conference and learning about best practices for civic engagement and technical tools to bolster stakeholder involvement. Emily is from Oceanside and is currently in attending Hunter College in pursuit of a Masters of Urban Planning. Emily is also a part-time assistant planner with the City of Long Beach Department of Economic Development. Emily is particularly interested in resiliency planning and looks forward to gaining valuable insight into pre and post-disaster planning from professionals around the country. Megan  is from Long Beach and is currently working as a Planner in the City of Long Beach Department of Economic Development. Meghan is interested in planning for the diversity and affordability of housing, transit-oriented development and resilient infrastructure. Meghan looks forward to gaining valuable insight from practicing planners around the nation to address complex  issues such as climate change and building more resilient communities. The scholarship provides $1,500 for each recipient to cover the cost of attending this year’s APA National Conference in Seattle! The recipients will be formally announced at Annual Kunz Memorial Scholarship Breakfast on May 15, 2015 (see above for the Save the Date) The APA Long Island Section Steering Committee would like to take this opportunity to thank all applicants for their interest in the Arthur Kunz Memorial Scholarship and to encourage them to submit an application next year. Once again, congratulations to all recipients! Sean Sallie, AICP LI Section Director

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Technical Assistance & Consultation Services for the Site Design & Preparation of a Form-Based Code for East Farmingdale

Due Date:  February 20, 2015

The Town of Babylon hereby requests proposals from highly creative and qualified professional architectural/planning/urban design consultants for the preparation of a specific community driven and market responsive Preliminary Site Plan, Regulating Plan, and Form-Based Code to allow for the development of the East Farmingdale Downtown Center in the unincorporated hamlet of East Farmingdale within the Town of Babylon. This work is being performed in conjunction with the Cleaner, Greener Communities (“CGC”) Program and is funded through the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (“NYSERDA”). Note that the work may be supplemented by funds from Empire State Development (“ESD”) as part of a separate grant to the Town for East Farmingdale. Town intends to utilize a form-based code as a tool for recreating a rich and vibrant commercial node and corridor—linking neighborhoods, rebuilding the public realm, and creating a more predictable process and certain outcome for both the Town and future developers. It is hoped that the creation of a preliminary site plan and form-based code will facilitate the creation of transit-centered, mixed-use development around a reopened Republic Station linked to a regional BRT, and that such development will attract businesses that are economically viable and sustainable, while also helping to enhance the quality of life for the residents of East Farmingdale.

All proposals, whether mailed or hand delivered, must be delivered to:
Town of Babylon
Purchasing Department
200 East Sunrise Highway
Lindenhurst, NY 11757-2598
Attn: Kathy Lynch

For questions about this RFP, please contact:
Kathy Lynch, Town of Babylon Purchasing Department
Phone: (631) 957-7434
Email: klynch@townofbabylon.com

Click HERE to view the full RFP

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If you are a new planner working on Long Island or a student of planning (or related field) from Long Island and wish to apply for a scholarship to attend the 2015 APA National Conference, please send a letter of interest and a copy of your resume to keiseman@nelsonpopevoorhis.com.  The letter of interest should at least include your interest in the planning field, goals for a career in planning on Long Island and what you hope to gain from attendance at the National Conference. The deadline for submissions is February 6, 2015.

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