APA New York Metro Chapter Long Island Section

2015 East End Planning Conference
Thursday, September 24, 2015, 3 PM – 7:30 PM

Tour of Marine Sciences Center 2pm – 3pm

Stony Brook University
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS)
Marine Sciences Center (Tour) & Chancellor’s Hall (Conference)
Tuckahoe Road, Southampton, NY 11968

Thank you to all who attended the 2015 East End Planning Conference and to all of our panelists and generous sponsors!  The afternoon and evening sessions were very informative and we are already looking forward to next year’s event!  Check out below for a few photos.

Session 1 – Transportation Challenges

Session 2 – Supporting Aquaculture Communities

CLICK to download Conference Flier

On September 24th, the APA Long Island Section will hold its annual East End Planning Conference in a new location. This year the conference will be held at the Stony Brook University School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) Chancellor’s Hall located on Tuckahoe Road in Southampton. The LEED Silver-rated Marine Sciences Center showcases state-of-the-art indoor and outdoor seawater labs, all visible from the central lobby. The program will include:

• Behind the Scenes Tour of the new Marine Sciences Center and outdoor research grounds (2:00 – 3:00 pm) [Optional]  [Meet at Marine Sciences Center]

• Registration and Networking (3:00 – 3:30 pm) Sponsor Exhibits  [Chancellors Hall: Duke Lecture Hall]

• Welcoming Remarks (3:30 pm) – Hon. Anna Throne-Holst, Supervisor, Town of Southampton

• Session 1 (4:00 – 5:30 pm): East End Transportation Challenges {1.5 CM credits pending}
  This panel discussion will be moderated by Gerry Bogacz, Planning Director, New York Metropolitan Transportation Council, and feature presentations by Thomas F. Neely, Transportation & Traffic Safety Director, Town of Southampton, Andrew Lynch, Vice President, Hampton Jitney, and Steve Bate, Executive Director, Long Island Wine Council. The panelists will discuss balancing the interests of North and South Fork residents who prefer a quieter, agrarian quality of life, with the needs of the middle-income commuters and the “trade parade” and tourism visitors who fuel the region’s continued economic growth and success.

•  Dinner Buffet & Networking (5:30 – 6:00 pm) Sponsor Exhibits [Chancellors Hall: Kanas Lobby]

• Session 2 (6:00-7:30 pm): Needed Infrastructure to Support Burgeoning East End Aquaculture Communities {1.5 CM credits pending} This panel discussion will be moderated by Gregg Rivara, Aquaculture Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension, and feature input from Scott Carlin, Ph.D., Chairman, Southampton Sustainability Committee, Ed Warner, Southampton Trustee, Dewitt Davies, Ph.D., Chief Environmental Analyst, Suffolk Co. Dep’t of Econ Development & Planning, Donna Lanzetta, Manna Fish Farms, and Dr. Konstantine Rountos, SOMAS. The panel will discuss infrastructure gaps that exist for protecting and enhancing the water quality of our bays while promoting sustainable water-dependent industries and economic opportunities.

To register and/or sponsor this event (via PayPal), please see below; or, send a check payable to APA Long Island Section and mail to Kathryn Eiseman, APA LI Section Treasurer, c/o Nelson, Pope & Voorhis, LLC, 572 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, NY 11747 (please also send an email to keiseman@nelsonpopevoorhis.com if sending a check by mail after September 18th).

Sponsorship Opportunities

It is because of our sponsors that we are able to continue to support planner education and scholarships.  We are grateful to all of our sponsors who have so generously supported our work in the past and hope you will continue to support us again this year.

Three corporate and one individual sponsorship levels are available. All sponsorship levels include thanks in our upcoming announcements and conference brochure and on our website at http://www.apalongisland.org. Additional benefits included:

• Gold: $500 includes 6 Tickets, company profile on our website, extra‐large logo and company name displayed on poster during event, option to display marketing materials during the event, recognition during the presentation, and opportunity to present for a few minutes during the event.
• Silver: $250 includes 4 tickets, company profile on our website, large logo and company name displayed on poster during event, with option to display marketing materials at table before the event.
• Bronze: $150 includes 2 tickets, logo displayed on our website, logo and company name displayed on poster during event.
• Individual: $75 includes 1 ticket and name displayed on poster board during the event.

Note: Gold, Silver and Bronze sponsorship levels make complimentary tickets possible for municipal planners.

Gold Sponsor

Silver Sponsor

Bronze Sponsor

 Register Now!!

Registration Costs: $15 students; $20 municipal, APA members & non-profits; $25 Non-APA Member and $40 at the door (day-of).  Register and pay now by credit card or PayPal, by clicking to appropriate link below:

$20.00 APA Members, Municipal and Non-profit employees

$25.00 Non-Members

$15.00 Student Rate

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Mobility in Suffolk Summit

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

H. Lee Dennison Building, 100 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge, NY

11:30am – 2:00pm

Click HERE for the full event announcement!

20th Annual Pine Barrens Research Forum

October 1 & 2, 2015

Brookhaven National Laboratory, Berkner Hall, Upton, NY

For more information, click HERE

To register, click HERE

APA LI Section is happy to sponsor the following event:

Hofstra University and the Nassau County Planning Commission present the

2015 Land Use Training Program for Municipal Planning and Zoning Officials

Monday, September 21, 2015

5:15 – 9:30pm

Multipurpose Room, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus

See ANNOUNCEMENT for the full program and registration details

[AICP CM Credits Requested]

Through funding from State Farm, Sustainable Long Island has launched a Disaster Preparedness Program. The focal point of this program is a Storm Readiness Assessment, which aims to collect data to determine if Long Islanders are better prepared for natural disasters since Superstorm Sandy. If you have not done so already, residents of Nassau and Suffolk Counties can be entered into a drawing to win an Apple iPad Mini (16GB Wi-Fi + Sprint) by taking the online survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/liprepared.

 For more information, click HERE.

Annual East End Planning Conference

Thursday, September 24, 2015; 3:00pm – 7:30pm (mobile workshop to begin at 2pm)

Stony Brook University
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS), Marine Sciences Center
Little Neck Road, Southampton, NY 11968

More Details to Follow…..

Download flier by clicking HERE

Keep and eye out for the following Touro Land Use & Sustainable Development Law Institute professional development and subject-based workshops this fall:

• In collaboration with the Long Island Housing Partnership, Touro Law’s Aging & Longevity Institute, and the American Planning Association, the Institute is hosting a program on Land Use & Zoning for Fair and Accessible Housing on Friday, Oct. 16, 2015, from 9 am – 2:30 pm. For more information and registration, please visit www.tourolaw.edu/landuseinstitute.

• Our Bagels with the Boards programs will feature speakers on the future of sign regulations after Reed v. Town of Gilbert, planning for disaster resilience, the power of eminent domain, religious land uses, and more. The dates for our fall Bagels programs are Friday Sept. 25, Oct. 30, and Nov. 20. As always, the programs begin with continental breakfast at 8:30 am and the substantive presentation runs from 9-10 am.

• Please also save the date for our Second Annual Long Island Coastal Resilience Summit on Friday, March 11, 2016. The theme of this year’s summit is Resilience Oriented Development. The program will feature speakers on the integration of transit-oriented and resilience-oriented development, planning and zoning for renewable energy, overcoming wastewater management constraints, an update on the latest climate projections for the region, and more.

More information about training opportunities is available at www.tourolaw.edu/landuseinstitute.

The APA LI Section invites you to the

Downtown Riverhead Walking Tour

Thursday, July 9th, 2015 from 4:00pm – 6:00pm

{1 CM Credit Pending}

Thank you to Supervisory Walter and his staff for a terrific and informative tour of Downtown Riverhead!  From environmental and accessibility improvements to Grangabel Park to new shared workspace at Thirty West Main and the renovated Suffolk Theater, Downtown Riverhead is in the midst of a true renaissance.  Below are some photos from along the tour route.  Be sure to check back a www.apalongisland.org for future tours!

Grangabel Park

Community Garden, E. Main St.

Come out and join your fellow planners, engineers and community development colleagues for an afternoon touring the recent development and economic development activity taking place in Riverhead.  Tour hosts include Supervisor Sean Walter; Jill Lewis, Deputy Supervisor; Chris Kempner, Community Development Director; and Jefferson V. Murphree, AICP, Building and Planning Administrator.

An informal networking event will immediately follow the tour.

RSVP“s and Questions should be sent to murphree@townofriverheadny.gov or (631)-727-3200

Click HERE for a Tour Agenda/Flier

Tour Itinerary

 Tour Highlights (Time Permitting) Summerwinds/Joe’s Garage Peconic River/Grangebel Park/Water Fire Peconic Crossing Crooked Ladder Brewery 30 West Main Street Suffolk Theater Former Woolworth building East End Arts

Other Downtown Highlights

Microbreweries Long Ireland Brewery Mustache Brewing Company Arts/Entertainment Long Island Aquarium Hyatt Place Hotel – Conference Center Education Suffolk County Community College Culinary Arts Center Government Supreme Court Town Hall Community Community Garden Farmer’s Market

Waterfire on the Peconic River – Informational Meeting

Saturday, June 20, 2015

6pm – 8pm

Duke Chancellor’s Hall, Stony Brook University Southampton , 39 Tuckahoe Road, Southampton

Imagine seeing a hundred bonfires floating above the Peconic River…stroll a boardwalk surrounded by mood setting music that enters your being and puts you at ease… the fires crackle as young and old enjoy music, dance, food and community through a series of free events.

Come meet the artist and founder of WaterFire and his team who have come here to help our communities make this a reality!

Light refreshments will be provided.

For more information, click HERE, or email:  jfitzgerald@southamptontownny.gov  631-283-6055

facebook.com/WaterFireOnThePeconic

2015 APA Northeast Planning Conference:  Getting Ahead of the Future!

American Planning Association’s Northeast Regional Conference is in beautiful Saratoga Springs from June 26-28, 2015. We expect that over 700 architects, engineers, attorneys, government officials and other industry professionals from the nine states in Region 1 will attend.

‘Getting Ahead of the Future’ is this year’s conference theme and it will include a keynote address from Chris Leinberger, President of Locus; Responsible Real Estate Developers and Investors. Also included are special sessions on demographics and emerging trends, nearly 40 educational programs, ten mobile workshops, and terrific networking events.

For more information and registration, please click:  http://aparegion1.org/2015-conference-program/

We hope to see you there!!