APA New York Metro Chapter Long Island Section

This year, the daylong portion of the conference, themed, The Future of Planning: A New Paradigm, will take place on Thursday, October 20th from 9:00am to 5:00pm at Columbia University, and will include continental breakfast, two plenary sessions, and lunch, awards before breaking out into panel discussions during the afternoon.

Plenary Sessions
We are honored to have our keynote presentation by Hon. Amanda Burden FAICP Director, New York City Department of City Planning Chair, City Planning Commission, on Vision 2020: New York City Comprehensive Waterfront Plan and its implications for future planning and design of the waterfront. Followed by a panel discussion by professionals who have represented the APA, AIA, and ASLA during the advisory process and will describe key issues and explore Vision 2020’s new opportunities for planners, architects, and landscape architects.

Panelists:

• Donald Burns, AICP, APA Metro Chapter, President (Moderator)
• Bonnie Harken, AIA, President, Nautilus International
• Rick Bell, FAIA, Executive Director, NY Chapter, AIA
• Susannah Drake, ASLA, Principal, dlandstudio

Additionally, the second morning Plenary Panel is titled Robert Moses: Visionary or Villain? Robert Caro’s Pulitzer Prize winning book, “The Power Broker: and the Fall of New York” (1974), and the revisionist work, edited by Hillary Ballon and Kenneth T. Jackson, “Robert Moses and the Modern City: The Transformation of New York” (2007), portray contrasting views of Moses. So, in your view, was he a visionary, who shaped this metropolis more than any other person in the 20th century, or in the process was he a villain by demolishing buildings and relocating people, in some instances?

Panelists:

• Dr. Floyd Lapp, FAICP, Executive Director, South Western Regional Planning Agency, Connecticut (Presenter)
• Richard Anderson, FAICP, President, New York Building Congress (Respondent)
• Jaquelin Robertson, FAICP, Founding Partner, Cooper Robertson (Respondent)

APA NY Metro Chapter Biennial Conference
Panel Discussions

There are one-and a half hour panel discussions in the afternoon on the following topics:

• The Future of Climate Regulation and the Planning Profession;
• Ethics in Planning;
• The Next Development Wave: NYC Neighborhoods Still Trembling On the Verge – St. George on Staten Island, Greater Jamaica in Queens and Coney Island in Brooklyn;
• The 3 R’s of the New Economy: Reposition Redevelop Regenerate;
• Transit-Oriented Development in an Age of Constrained Funding; and
• Planners in a Non-Planning World: A Discussion.

Mobile Workshop
The mobile workshop October 19, 2011 This mobile workshop will be led by Environmental Protection Agency (Christos Tsiamis, EPAs Gowanus Canal Project Coordinator and Natalie Loney, Community Coordinator for EPA) and the discussion will focus on the EPA work program and current status as well as the long term planning efforts for reuse along the Gowanus Canal. You do not need to register for the conference to register for the mobile workshop. Please register below.

Sponsorships are still available, please click here for the sponsorship letter and here for the brochure.

For more information about the conference please, click here to view the conference program.

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MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT, Thursday, October 20, 2011

• Location: Arthur’s Tavern, 237 Washington Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030 (201) 656-5009
• For Agenda, Details and Reservation, please visit HERE

• Oct 12, 3:00-9:40 pm at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Berkner Hall

• Free event, CM credit eligible

• Hosted by: Suffolk County Planning Commission & The American Planning Association

The Suffolk County Planning Federation invites you to attend its annual training conference to be held at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton. A selection of ten courses will be offered ranging from Planning & Zoning Case Law to Food System Planning.

Participation in the program is recommended for planning and zoning board members, town and village board members, practicing planners, architects, environmental specialists, attorneys and other land use professionals, as well as civic and community representatives. A Suffolk County Planning Federation certificate of completion will be provided to all attendees and may serve as proof of training required.

2011 Speakers Include:

• Welcome: Sarah Lansdale, Director, Suffolk County Department of Planning
• Opening Remarks: David L. Calone, Chairperson, Suffolk County Planning Commission
• Host: Michael Bebon, Deputy Directory of Operations, Brookhaven National Laboratory
• Keynote Speaker: Nancy R. Douzinas, President, Rauch Foundation

Attend the APA Long Island Sponsored Session, “Social Media and Planning: Community Outreach”

• Moderator: Jaci Clement– Executive Director, Fair Media Council
• Presenters:
  • Mike Lydon, Principal of The Street Plans Collaborative
  • Brandon Palanker, VP for Marketing & Public Affairs, Renaissance Downtowns
  • Daniel Latorre, VP, Digital Placemaking, Project for Public Spaces
    

    CONFERENCE PROGRAM:
    

    2:45     Refreshments/Registration

    3:00     General Session I

    • Planning Board Overview
    • Brookhaven National Lab – Sustainability Plan
    • Town Planning Directors Roundtable

    4:40     Light Dinner – (sponsor/exhibit space)

    5:15     Plenary Session

    • Opening Remarks/MC: David L. Calone – Chairman, Suffolk County Planning Commission
    • Host: Michael Bebon – Deputy Director of Operations, Brookhaven National Laboratory
    • Sponsor: Suffolk County Water Authority
    • Keynote Address: Nancy R. Douzinas – President, Rauch Foundation

    6:00     General Session II

    • Zoning Board of Appeals Overview
    • Suffolk County Critical Regional Issues
    • Social Media in Planning: Community Outreach

    7:40     Refreshments

    8:00     General Session III

    • Planning and Zoning Case Law Update
    • Food System Planning
    • Striking the Sustainability Balance: Wastewater Infrastructure

    New Track-Movies! Three selected planning related movies for your viewing running concurrent with the conference

    • LI Index Films
    • Street Films
    • APA Audio

For more information and detail visit HERE

Sixteenth Annual Pine Barrens Research Forum will be held on  October 6 & 7,  at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Berkner Hall, Upton, New York. To get more information and register, please download this form.

The Hofstra University School of Law, along with the Nassau County Planning Commission and the Institute of Real Estate at Hofstra University present a FREE Land Use Training Program for Municipal Planning and Zoning Officials, on Monday, September 26, 2011, from 5:15pm to 9:30pm.  The event will take place in the Multipurpose Room, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus, Hofstra University. More information is available for download here.

Please be aware that 3.5 CLE credits in areas of Professional Practice and 1 CLE credit in Ethics for non-transitional attorneys will be available.  The training workshops will also satisfy State-mandated municipal planning/zoning officials yearly training requirements.

Check our events section: Sunday, August 14: Premiere Screening “Suburban America: Problems & Promise”  Limited Number of Tickets Available!

The Village of Port Jefferson is seeking a qualified planner with code review and writing,
economic development and SEQR experience to formulate a revitalization plan for Upper Port
Jefferson’s commercial district and adjacent professional and residential areas. Located on the
north shore of Long Island within Brookhaven Township, Upper Port Jefferson lies south of
North Country Road and north of the LIRR tracks and Port Jefferson Station. Work is
anticipated to span approximately 4 months and will follow an accelerated time schedule.

Respondents must address a Request for Consultant Services that is due 7/29/11. This
Request can be obtained from Denise Harrington at 631-473-4744 or dharrington@portjeff.com.
The Village anticipates that this Upper Port Redevelopment Plan will build upon existing
recommendations from the Draft 2030 Comprehensive Plan Update and include specific
measures to be implemented. While this consultant will make recommendations as to the
necessary features of the successful revitalization of Upper Port; the emphasis of the
consultant’s work will be to provide the specific ingredients needed for the rebirth of Upper Port.
Below the Village has identified potential constituents of the Upper Port revitalization. Yet, it is
the consultant’s responsibility to identify the most important revitalization tools, assess their
usefulness in Upper Port and provide the most pertinent ones in a format so they can be
actualized by the Village in a timely manner.

Appointed planners must take the civil service exam at such time as it is offered and must do well enough to be reachable.  The starting salaries are about $38,000.

For additional information contact the Smithtown Planning Department at 631-360-7540 or smithtownplanning@tosgov.com.

APA NY Metro Chapter Presents a Web Conference Series – 2011 Planning Law Review

When: 06/29/2011    Wednesday 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm 04:00 PM – 05:30 PM ET
Where:   CAMERON ENGINEERING & ASSOCIATES, LLP , 100 Sunnyside Boulevard, Suite 100, Woodbury, NY  11797

RSVP:   to Denise Harrington at dharrington@portjeff.com or 631 473 4744
New judges on the U.S Supreme court and an active docket are reshaping constitutional law. The states continue to take the lead on climate change, but a backlash is mounting against voter referenda in a recessionary economy. Property rights and fairness, first amendment issues, and the proper role of government are examined is this up-to-the-minute review of the courts and legislations during the past year. Keep current and join our legal panel for this important discussion.

CM |1.5 Law

Registration and networking 3:30 to 4:00 pm and session 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm.

On June 8th, the APA Long Island Section will hold its annual East End Conference at the Suffolk County Community College Culinary Arts & Hospitality Center in Riverhead. There will be two 1.5 hour sessions with dinner served between sessions.

AICP credits are being sought. APA sessions are regularly approved to satisfy training requirements for Planning and Zoning Board Members.

• OPENING REMARKS BY Hon. Sean Walter, Supervisor, Town of Riverhead

SESSION 1- CARMANS RIVER WATERSHED PROTECTION PLAN – The topic of this session will be to discuss ways different interest groups can come together and formulate a comprehensive plan. The Carmans River Watershed Protection Plan is an excellent example of this type of effort. The session will be moderated by Tom Isles, AICP, recently retired Suffolk County Planning Director, and the panelists are:

• Richard Amper, Executive Director, Long Island Pine Barrens Society
• Hon. Mark Lesko, Town Supervisor, Town of Brookhaven
• Mitchell Pally, Chief Executive Officer, Long Island Builders Institute

SESSION 2- SOCIAL MEDIA AND PLANNING –

The session on Social Media and Planning is moderated by Jaci Clement, Executive Director of Fair Media Council and will look at the ways the Social Media is influencing the change in communication and community participation process. The panelists will present an overview of new technology they have been utilizing, and will present new strategies of engaging the community and developing relationships. While social media helps to build community, improve government transparency, and develop connection with citizens, it brings the new challenges. The session will examine the impacts on the planning profession and will present an overview of the new planning practitioner’s tool kit. The panelists are:

• Frank Hebbert, Director of Civic Work, Open Plans
• Aurash Khawarzad, Associate, PPS- Project for Public Spaces
• Michael Levine, AICP, Planning Commissioner, Town of North Hempstead

Dinner to be provided by the culinary center included in the price.

($20 for APA members, $12.50 for students, $25 for non-members or at the door).

If using payment by check: please mail checks payable to “Long Island Section” to Kathy Eiseman (NP&V, 572 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, NY 1174)

Two economical sponsorship levels are available for this event.

§  Gold Level:  $250 includes 5 tickets, company profile on our website, large logo and company name displayed on poster board during event, with option to display marketing materials in the lobby during the event.

§  Silver: $100 includes 2 tickets, logo displayed on our website and logo and company name displayed on poster board during event.

Please contact Kathy Eiseman at keiseman@nelsonpopevoorhis.com or LI Section Directors at APALongIsland@gmail.com