APA New York Metro Chapter Long Island Section

WHEN: Friday, June 21, 2013 – 8:30-3:00 pm
WHERE: Suffolk County Community College’s Culinary Arts & Hospitality Center, 20 East Main St, Riverhead, NY
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

More information HERE.

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is sponsoring a series of workshops throughout New York State to help facilitate the deployment of electric vehicles and charging infrastructure. At the workshop, attendees will learn about  the current electric vehicle landscape in New York State and projects that will expand the use of electric vehicles. Attendees will hear from local planners and installers about how electric vehicle infrastructure was planned and constructed in each area, and what best practices can help improve the chances for success with future projects. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions of the expert panelists in interactive sessions, and gather information on the latest resources for electric vehicle information.

WHEN: June 18 (Tuesday morning) from 8:30am  – 12:15pm

WHERE: at New York Institute of Technology’s Old Westbury Campus in Long Island, Northern Boulevard at Valentines Lane,  in Salten Hall.

Attendance at the meeting is free, but registration is required. To register, email your name, company, and contact information to info@gliccc.org. Please also indicate the parallel session (Planners/Building Code Officials or Installers/Inspectors) that you plan on attending. For more information, please download HERE.

When: Friday September 20, 2013

Car Free Day is an international event celebrated every September during which people are encouraged to use alternative modes of transportation such as mass transit, carpooling, walking, biking, and telecommuting.

Using cars less helps reduce traffic, conserve energy, reduce harmful emissions, reduce parking problems, and save money.

Please join us in making the 1^st annual Car Free Day Long Island a success. There are many ways to get involved.

Make a pledge to nor use your car – take a train, bus, bicycle, or walk to work. Or if you must use a car, carpool. Walk or ride a bike to run errands.

Whatever you do, please register your pledge at www.carfreedayli.com.

For more information call 516-242-8121, visit www.CarFreeDayLI.com, or email info@CarFreeDayLI.com.

Our Annual 2013 Memorial Kunz Breakfast event was a great success, with about 60 people attending. APA Long Island Section would like to  thank our guest speakers, scholarship winners, our sponsors and all attendees.

APA LI relies on corporate sponsorships to underwrite the workshops, conferences, and other events it offers throughout the year for planning and development professionals, municipal officials and involved community members.  A portion of all sponsorships are directed to the Arthur Kunz Memorial Fund for young planner scholarships. We appreciate your support, so we can continue to serve the Long Island planning community.

Please contact us at any time with recommendations for future panels and any suggestions on  improving our services for you, our members of the planning community.

Annual Arthur Kunz Memorial Scholarship Breakfast

Friday, May 10, 2013, 8AM – 10 AM

Individual Sponsors: 

Andrew P. Freleng, Chief Planner, Suffolk County Planning 

On May 10th, the APA Long Island Section will hold its annual Arthur Kunz Memorial Scholarship Breakfast between 8:00 AM  and 10 AM at Molloy College’s Suffolk Center at Republic Airport (see directions).  Each year, the best and brightest of Long Island’s future and young planners strive for the Arthur Kunz Scholarship, which allows for the recipient to attend the annual American Planning Association Conference.

This year, the need for continued planning efforts was showcased when Hurricane Sandy rumbled up the eastern coast, directly hitting the region and changing the way the public perceived the role of municipal government and its planners.  The region is rebuilding stronger than ever, and these young planners are carrying out the tradition that Arthur Kunz started in Suffolk County: furthering their planning education while helping Long Island once again set the national precedent in creating the balance between both regional sustainability and economic prosperity.

Planning is crucial to helping Long Island become resilient to the challenges that lay ahead, and the Arthur Kunz Scholarship helps ensure the best and brightest are given the tools to succeed.

Keynote Speaker:

Rich Schaffer, Town of Babylon Supervisor

Long Island Planners and Sandy Recovery: Integrating GIS and Web-based Tools

A panel discussion moderated by

James Rausse, AICP, President, NY Metro Chapter

   FEATURED GUEST SPEAKERS:

Sean Sallie, AICP, Nassau County DPW – Planning Division

Dave Genaway, Town of Islip Planning Commissioner

Award of APA Scholarships to the two planners that were selected through a competitive process to attend the 2013 APA National Planning Conference:Andrew Amakawa, Suffolk County

Alyxandra Sabatino, Town of Southold

A healthy breakfast buffet will be provided.

Registration Costs: $15 students; $20 municipal, APA members, non-profits;$25 pre-registration; and $30 at the door

All net proceeds fund future scholarships, donations are welcome!

To sponsor this event, please send information (company logo and a company profile paragraph for Platinum and Gold levels) to keiseman@nelsonpopevoorhis.com and mail a check payable to “LI Section” to:   APA – LI Section, c/o Kathryn Eiseman, Treasurer, Nelson, Pope & Voorhis, LLC, 572 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, NY 11747

If using payment by check: please mail checks payable to “Long Island Section” to Kathy Eiseman (NP&V, 572 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, NY 11747)

Or- Register and pay now by credit card or PayPal, by clicking to appropriate link  below 

The Long Island Section of the APA New York Metro Chapter will be hosting two CD seminars – 2010 Planning Law Review & Ethics in Planning (2005) – on Thursday April 18th at Huntington Town Hall, Main Street, Huntington in the Town Supervisor’s Conference Room.

Each CD is 1.5 hours long and is worth 1.5 CM credits.

Save the date for our Annual Kunz Breakfast on May 10th at  8:30 AM,  at Molloy College in Farmingdale.

The key note speaker: Town of Babylon Supervisor Rich Schaffer.

The panel discussion on “How the Planners Used Technology in the Aftermath of the Storm” will be lead by James Rausse, AICP, President of the APA NY Metro Chapter, and will include panelists:  Dave Genaway, Town of Islip Planning Commissioner; Sean Sallie, Nassau County DPW, Planning Division. The winners of the 2013 Kunz Scholarship will be presented, and a light breakfast will be served. Stay tuned for more details.

ADDITIONAL EVENTS AND IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES : 

1. April 12, 8AM- 2PM Seventh Annual Sustainability Conference “The Road To Recovery”at Carlyle on the Green at Bethpage State Park. Keynote Speakers: Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano confirmed; U.S. Secretary for Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan invited. Sustainable Long Island’s Seventh Annual Sustainability Conference will be attended by hundreds of leaders from the business, nonprofit, and government sector, community advocates, planning professionals, and important decision makers. They will all be in attendance during this year’s keynote address given by Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano. Ed Mangano took the lead in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy; providing countless forms of assistance, distribution, and relief to millions of Nassau County residents. Mangano continues to raise funds, influence Sandy relief decision-makers, and connect those in need to the resources and tools available to help in recovery. Also invited to provide a second keynote address is U.S. Secretary for Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan. Although not yet confirmed for the event, we hope Mr. Donovan will be able to give his insight as President Obama’s Chairman of the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force. He has devoted his career to ensuring access to safe, decent, and affordable housing, and has continued that effort in the Obama Administration. Secretary Donovan believes that America’s homes are the foundation for family, safe neighborhoods, good schools, and job creation. Stay tuned! For more information, please visit Sustainableli.org
2. April 25, 10AM- 3PM Alternative Fuel Fleets: Solutions for Long Island’s Future at Town of North Hempstead’s platinum LEED Yes We Can Community Center, Westbury AND  April 26, 10AM- 3PM  at Suffolk County Community College Culinary Arts Center, Riverhead.  The Greater Long Island Clean Cities Coalition and Long Island’s Climate Smart Communities Coordinators, Cameron Engineering and the Sustainability Institute at Molloy, are hosting free alternative fuel vehicle and fueling station symposia in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. The morning sessions (10AM-12PM) will focus on electric vehicles and charging stations and the afternoon sessions (1PM-3PM) on compressed natural gas and propane vehicles and fueling stations. Vendors and refreshments will be available from 12PM to 1PM. The events will bring together municipal leaders, fleet managers, and vehicle and fueling station experts to explore new technologies and strategies to develop cleaner, more efficient fleets. State representatives will discuss financing and incentives and fleet case studies will be presented. Cooperative fleet initiatives, including shared charging/fueling stations and group purchasing plans will be discussed. Space is limited, reserve a seat at info@gliccc.org.
3. Deadline- May 10:  10th Anniversary NYS Environmental Excellence Awards. Applications must be completed and post marked by May 10th. Get visibility and recognition for your outstanding, innovative and sustainable project or program that is improving and protecting New York’s environmental resources and contributing to a viable economy. Eligible applicants include: businesses (including but not limited to small, medium and large businesses, manufacturing, power generation, retail, agri-business, hospitality etc.); not-for-profit organizations; education, health care and recreational facilities, individual(s) and local, state, federal or Indian Nation government agencies (except NYSDEC). DEC is interested in receiving applications about projects that demonstrate significant environmental benefits achieved by green infrastructure projects; initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; adaptation to climate change; cutting-edge pollution prevention technologies; initiatives to “green” businesses, farms, schools, recreational, health care and hospitality facilities; innovative wind, solar and biomass projects; creative natural resource/habitat protection or restoration efforts; energy efficiency improvements; innovative education and training programs; waste reduction and recycling efforts;manufacturing process improvements; and creative approaches to urban forestry or farming, programs advancing “grown locally.” To get application materials and learn more about the award program, please go to DEC’s website at http://www.dec.ny.gov/public/945.html. Contact DEC’s Pollution Prevention Unit at (518) 402-9469 or send an email to eeawards@gw.dec.state.ny.us
4. May 15, 5:30-9:30 PM:   SCVOA Zoning and Planning Training at Hotel Indigo, 1830 W Main Street, Rte 25, Riverhead, NY. New Topics and updated Presentations. Contact: mail@scvoa.com
5.  June 1, 10AM – 4PM: Pine Barrens Discovery Day,at Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge www.pbdiscoveryday.org
6.  June 14, 11:30- 2:00 PM: 2013 Smart Growth Awards. Vision Long Island will hold their annual event at the Huntington Hilton in Melville, NY.  For over a decade, Vision Long Island has honored the individuals and organizations that display true Smart Growth leadership in advancing projects, policies, regulations and initiatives. Specific focus areas include mixed-use development, affordable housing, environmental health and safety, open space and historic preservation, traffic calming and pedestrian safety, transportation enhancements, clean energy, downtown revitalization and/or community-based planning.Applications Being Accepted for the
7. June 27, Annual APA Long Island’s East End Conference. 
8. October 10, 2013: Suffolk County Planning Federation Autumn Planning Conference,  at BNL http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Planning/UpcomingEvents.aspx

Principal Planner: The Town of Southampton is seeking a professional planner in the Current Planning Division of the Department of Land Management. Please download  a full description of the position HERE.

Principal Planner – Part Time 20 hrs per week:  The Town of Southampton is seeking a part-time professional planner in the Long Range Planning Division of the Department of Land Management. Please download  a full description of the position HERE.