APA New York Metro Chapter Long Island Section

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DEADLINE SUBMISSION HAS BEEN EXTENDED  TO DECEMBER 2^nd at 5 pm.

The Long Island Section of American Planning Association’s (APA) NY Metro Chapter is pleased to announce that we will be awarding three Arthur Kunz Memorial Scholarships this year.  The scholarships will enable awardees to attend the 2012 APA National Planning Conference, April 14^th – 17^th in Los Angeles, California.

Download the Scholarship announcement here.

Arthur H. Kunz was a Long Island planner who was deeply committed to preserving and enhancing Suffolk County by balancing its growth and development with environmental protection and played an integral part in Suffolk County’s development for almost 30 years.  He worked for the Nassau County Planning Commission from 1958 to 1969.  In 1969, he became Assistant Planning Director for the Suffolk County Department of Planning and Director in 1989.  Arthur Kunz was a straightforward and highly regarded man whose planning knowledge, commitment to public service, and professionalism improved the quality of life in Suffolk County.  Since 1994, the Long Island Section has been awarding planning scholarships in his memory.

Eligible applicants include Long Island entry-level planners (five or less years out of college or five years or less in a professional planning position) or graduate students in a planning-related major.

The $1,500 scholarship will cover the majority of expenses related to the conference registration, APA membership for one year for non-members, and some additional expenses.  Mr. Kunz spent most APA conferences attending as many mobile workshops as possible and believed in the value of seeing planning in action in other parts of the country.  Therefore, a portion of the scholarship is to be used to pay for participation in least one mobile workshop.

If you are an entry level planner working on Long Island or a graduate student of planning or a related field from Long Island and wish to apply for a scholarship to attend the 2012 APA Los Angeles conference, please send a letter of interest and your resume to APALongIsland@gmail.com.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DEADLINE SUBMISSION HAS BEEN EXTENDED  TO DECEMBER 2^nd at 5 pm.

The One Region Funders’ Group and Tri-State Transportation Campaign
released the RFP for a second round of community assistance grants to
promote equitable transit oriented development in downstate New York,
northern New Jersey, and southwestern Connecticut.

Competitive grants between $10,000 and $50,000 are available for up to
ten communities to support initiatives that envision, plan, or design
local transit oriented development projects. Municipalities must apply
but grants can go directly to non-profit or private consultants. Initial
letters of interest are due December 16. The RFP is available at- www.tstc.org.

Senator Schumer announced as featured luncheon speaker; Keynote presentation: CNU President John Norquist; Introductory remarks: Suffolk County  Executive-Elect Steve Bellone

Friday, November 18th, 2011, 8:00am-4:00pm, Melville Marriott

AICP and CNU-A credits are available

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.

Please click the link below to register via PayPal or credit card.

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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.