Program
For an overview of this year's program see our Program at a Glance PDF
Session topics and speakers are subject to change.
AICP Certification Maintenance (CM)
* CM hours identified are approved and posted to http://www.planning.org/cm/log/. For more information, contact Nancy Eklund, AICP, at nancye@ci.puyallup.wa.us or 253-841-5462.
Monday, October 4, 2010
1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Conference Check-In
Exhibit Set-Up
1:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Washington State Short Course on Local Planning
- Moderator
- Pete Dickinson, City of Pullman
- Presenters
- Richard Hendricksen, Columbia County
- Phil A. Olbrechts, Ogden, Murphy Wallace
- Emily Terrell, AICP, PMC
This “Planning 101” training will introduce elected officials, planning commissioners, staff, consultants, citizens and stakeholders to land use and natural resource planning in Washington. The course includes three presentations by professionals with expertise in the legal basis of planning, comprehensive planning and implementation, public participation and the roles and relationships of the planning commission. Short Course attendees will become familiar with the online Short Course Manual and gain knowledge and skills to more effectively participate in local government. This pre-conference workshop is open to anyone who would like to attend, however, registration is required through the Washington–APA Conference Registration Form. There is no charge to attend. Jointly sponsored by the Washington State Department Commerce and the Planning Association of Washington, the course is hosted by the Washington Chapter of the American Planning Association.
2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
APA Washington Board Meeting
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
APA Washington Board Members’ Hosted Reception
Location: Renaissance Suite, Red Lion Kennewick
Plan to arrive in time to join the APA Washington Board Members and other conference attendees for an informal gathering. Enjoy some appetizers and wine from Convergence Zone Cellars (Chapter President Scott Greenberg’s new commercial winery). This is an excellent opportunity to connect with others before the conference starts.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
7:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Conference Check-In
7:00 – 8:30 a.m.
Breakfast with Exhibitors and Student Posters
8:30–10:00 a.m.
Opening General Session
Welcome Comments
Opening Presentation: Downtown and Waterfront Revitalization CM: 1.0*
Tim Arntzen, Executive Director, Port of Kennewick
Tim Arntzen will speak about the daunting task of downtown and waterfront revitalization efforts. This speaker will focus on the vision necessary to begin the planning and implementation efforts, as well as the process to have a definable beginning, middle and end.
10:00–10:30 a.m.
Beverage Break with Exhibitors and Student Posters
10:30–11:45 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions
Beverage Break with Exhibitors and Student Posters
T1 Keys to Collaboration for Regional Economic Development CM: 1.25*
- Moderator
- Barbara Kincaid, AICP, Lewis County Department of Community Development
- Presenters
- Nancy Bird, AICP, AECOM
- Dick Larman, Lewis County Economic Development Council
- Dan Penrose, AICP, City of Lakewood
- Roger Wagoner, FAICP, AIA, BHC Consultants, LLC
Competing interests, scarce resources and parochialism are a few of the challenges facing planners. What are the keys to getting diverse stakeholders with rival demands working together? Come hear how the 2010 Joint Base Lewis-McChord Growth Coordination Plan and the South Lewis County Subarea Plan are collaborating on complex issues.
T2 Reinventing Walla Walla’s Agricultural Heritage CM: 1.25*
- Moderator
- Gary Mabley, AICP, City of Walla Walla
- Presenters
- Elio Agostini, Downtown Walla Walla Foundation
- Valerie Fayette, Walla Walla Community College, Enology and Viticulture Center
- Jim Kuntz, Port of Walla Walla
Walla Walla’s agricultural base is shifting from orchard, field and row crops to vineyards, with associated changes to the local economy. This is a case study of the symbiotic relationships and strategies, as well as the primary and secondary economic impacts associated with developing Walla Walla’s wine industry.
T3 Building and Sustaining High Performing Teams: Councils, Boards, Commissions and Staff CM: 1.25*
- Moderator
- Deborah Munkberg, AICP, Blumen Consulting Group
- Presenters
- Carol Moser, Richland Planning Commission
- Melinda Posner, MPC
Can elected officials, commissioners and staff develop trusted and productive relationships where members are able to share freely, think creatively and make good decisions for your community? Yes, they can! This interactive session will provide practical tools to build a high performing team in your jurisdiction.
T4 Embracing Transit in Central Puget Sound: Challenges and Community-Building Opportunities CM: 1.25*
- Moderator
- Kevin McDonald, AICP, City of Bellevue
- Presenters
- Colie Hough-Beck, ASLA, HBB Landscape Architecture
- Emil King, AICP, City of Bellevue
- Barb Wilson, Seattle Planning Commission
This session describes the process of selecting a light rail alignment and the techniques to create vibrant, walkable neighborhoods around transit. Panelists will describe the collaborative work with Sound Transit to analyze light rail routing and station location alternatives, as well as strategies for developing complete communities around transit.
Noon–1:30 p.m.
Lunch
Legislator of the Year Award: Representative Sharon Nelson (D), 34th District
Presentation: Leveraging New Media in Public Participation CM: 1.0*
Wes Wood, Wisdom and Treachery
Public participation is becoming easier with new technology at our disposal. This session is about using digital resources and current methods to increase public participation from your municipality. Topics include how to use Facebook pages, Twitter feeds and blogging from city hall to increase public participation. Plan your digital geography!
1:45–3:00 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions
T5 Improving Civic Engagement with New Technology CM: 1.25*
- Moderator
- Joshua C. Allen Brower, Tupper Mack Brower PLLC
- Presenters
- Sandy Fischer, AECOM
- Mark Kulaas, AICP, Douglas County
- Jennifer Kenny, City of Olympia
- Barb Wilson, Seattle Planning Commission
Local governments are beginning to use a host of web applications and tools to facilitate interactive information sharing and rich dialogues within our communities. These new technologies have tremendous potential to expand public involvement processes and reach broader and more diverse audiences than traditional outreach methods.
T6 Planning Law, Legislative Update and Interactive Call to Action (ends at 3:15 p.m.) Law CM: 1.5*
- Moderator
- Esther Larsen, J.D., APA Washington Legislative Committee Co-Chair
- Presenters
- Ivan Miller, AICP, Puget Sound Regional Council
- Representative Sharon Nelson (D), 34th District, Washington State House of Representatives
This presentation will focus on the Chapter’s legislative work program and proactive process for proposing legislation with the audience providing input for the 2011 Legislative Agenda. The Chapter’s Legislator of the Year will comment on the legislative process and the Chapter’s role in shaping legislation related to planning in Washington.
T7 Energy Trends and Technologies: Meeting Goals and Moving Plans into Projects CM: 1.25*
- Moderator
- Sharon Wright, AICP, LEED® AP, HDR, Inc.
- Presenters
- Jack Baker, Energy Northwest
- Paul J. Kimmel, Avista Corporation
- Tracy Yount, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Avista Corporation, Energy Northwest and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will share their roles and perspectives on Washington’s energy future. Join in a lively discussion about energy efficiency, renewable energy and Smart Grid projects. Let’s talk about the role of planning and collaboration that can benefit our communities.
T8 Planners and Police Officers Working Together to Create Livable Communities: Using CPTED to Encourage Smart Design CM: 1.25*
- Moderator
- Steve Butler, FAICP, City of SeaTac
- Presenter
- Doug Reynolds, CPP, ICPS, King County; City of SeaTac
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) principles focus on how a building, site and neighborhood could be designed or re-designed in a manner to reduce crime opportunity and increase livability. Learn how to enhance urban design by teaming up with your police department to apply CPTED principles in a planning context.
3:00–3:30 p.m.
Beverage Break with Exhibitors and Student Posters
3:30–4:45 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions
T9 Psycho Planning: Behavioral Incentives in Practice CM: 1.25*
How do you encourage better planning decisions? This active and lively audience-centered presentation will train participants in the design of devastatingly effective behavioral incentives for both current and advanced planning applications. Applying cutting-edge academic research to the realities of field practice, learn over 40 ju-jitsu behavior modification techniques for planners.
T10 Raising Entiat from the Columbia CM: 1.25*
- Moderator
- Connie Krueger, City of Leavenworth
- Presenters
- Susan Driver, City of Entiat
- Mark Epstein, ASLA, ESA Adolfson
- Mark Hafs, ESA Adolfson
Master planning for economic and community revitalization of Entiat, a small town in central Washington, whose main street was flooded by construction of the Rocky Reach Dam half a century ago.
T11 Making Transfer of Development Rights Work for Your Community CM: 1.25*
- Moderator
- Taylor Carroll, Cascade Land Conservancy
- Presenters
- Heather Ballash, AICP, Washington State Department of Commerce
- Nicholas Bratton, Cascade Land Conservancy
This session focuses on how communities can advance their unique growth and conservation goals through transfer of development rights programs. The interactive session will include case studies, highlight the differences between TDR programs across the region and the newest state legislative efforts and provide guidance resources for designing programs.
T12 From a Lawyer’s Viewpoint: Shoreline Program Updates (ends at 5:00 p.m.) Law CM: 1.5*
- Moderator
- Nicole Faghin, LEED® AP, AECOM
- Presenters
- Robert Beattey, Futurewise
- Brent Carson, GordonDerr LLP
- Susan Elizabeth Drummond, Law Offices of Susan Elizabeth Drummond
- Richard L. Settle, Foster Pepper PLLC
This session will include a panel of expert land use attorneys who will share their opinions on the legal implications of some significant issues jurisdictions need to consider when updating their Shoreline Master Program. Key issues to be discussed include public access, bulkheads and critical area ordinance integration.
4:45–6:30 p.m.
Networking Reception with Exhibitors
Plunge into a vibrant reception, mingle with exhibitors and student poster participants, connect with colleagues and make new contacts while nibbling on an array of appetizers and no-host beverages.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
7:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Conference Check-in
7:30–8:30 a.m.
Breakfast with Exhibitors and Student Posters
8:30–9:45 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions
W1 Main Street Highways: Can We Make Them for Everyone? CM: 1.25*
- Moderator
- Paula Reeves, AICP, Washington State Department of Transportation
- Presenters
- Robert Maul, City of Battle Ground
- Fred Satterstrom, AICP, City of Kent
- Joe Tovar, FAICP, City of Shoreline
In cities and counties across Washington, state highways range from those that focus on regional mobility to those intended to provide access to local destinations. This panel will present a variety of different approaches to addressing main street highways as panelists share their histories, experiences, challenges and successes.
W2 Columbia Park West: The Cities and the River CM: 1.25*
- Moderator
- John White, BergerABAM
- Presenters
- Russ Burtner, City of Kennewick
- Bill King, City of Richland
- Read Stapleton, AICP, BergerABAM
Hear how strategic public outreach allowed a community to move beyond rancor and into a constructive master planning process for a 146-acre waterfront park. Panelists will discuss how the project team developed an outreach process structured enough to manage vast public input while also accommodating unexpected opportunities along the way.
W3 Community Gardens: Growing Healthy Communities from the Grassroots CM: 1.25*
- Moderator
- Jeff Aken, Cascade Land Conservancy
- Presenters
- Kristen McIvor, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Washington
- Ginger Baird Wireman, Confluence Community Action Network
As planners, we discuss the need for equitable, healthy communities, active and engaged neighborhoods and the policy changes that are needed to achieve these outcomes. Community Gardens are one visible way to work towards these objectives.
W4 Workplace Ethics (ends at 10 a.m.) Ethics CM: 1.5*
- Presenters
- Steve Butler, FAICP, City of Mill Creek
- Nancy Eklund, AICP, City of Puyallup
- Paul Inghram, AICP, City of Bellevue
This ethics training session offers specific training related to ethical situations that planners may encounter in the workplace. The training explores specific requirements of the AICP Code of Ethics as well as a panel discussion on specific ethical situations.
9:45–10:15 a.m.
Beverage Break with Exhibitors and Student Posters
10:15–11:30 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions
W5 Equity Through Inclusive Public Engagement CM: 1.25*
- Moderator
- Dr. Sebhat Tenna, D. Miss., City of Seattle; Department of Neighborhoods
- Presenter
- Kerry Annette Wade, City of Seattle; Department of Neighborhoods
Planners will learn best practices as they relate to race and social justice (equity) in neighborhood planning processes. Participants will be exposed to practices for inclusive civic engagement. The session will address identifying historically underrepresented communities, policies and procedures for equitable engagement and modifying practices that lead to acceptable outcomes.
W6 Recruiting Talent: A Tale of Three Cities CM: 1.25*
- Moderator
- Gary Ballew, CEcD, City of Richland
- Presenters
- Diahann Howard, Port of Benton
- Traci Jao, Tri–City Development Council
We all know the new economy is fueled on talent, but most communities face an uphill battle in recruiting and retaining talent in their region. Learn how creating a sense of community can help recruit and retain rock stars, roadies and groupies in this high-energy session.
W7 Health Impact Assessment: Practical Applications for Local Government Planning CM: 1.25*
- Moderator
- Karen Swenson, AICP, Blumen Consulting Group
- Presenters
- Kirsten Frandsen, Tacoma–Pierce County Health Department
- Julia Walton, AICP, AHBL
- Julie West, Public Health – Seattle and King County
This session will bring together planners and public health professionals on the topic of HIA’s – what they are and how they are used in public planning and decision-making. Case studies of local health impact assessments will be presented that address HIA applications to comprehensive planning, sub-area planning and site-specific projects.
W8 Why Are Washington State Planners So Charged About Electric Vehicle Infrastructure? CM: 1.25*
- Moderator
- Ivan Miller, AICP, Puget Sound Regional Council
- Presenters
- Rich Feldman, ECOtality NW
- Carol Naito, Puget Sound Regional Council
- Anna Nelson, AICP, GordonDerr LLP
Electric vehicles and EV infrastructure are coming to Washington. Jurisdictions must allow EV infrastructure and must satisfy 100% of their fuel usage for public vessels, vehicles and construction equipment from electricity or biofuel by 2015. Learn about infrastructure siting, code development, implementation and get plugged into planning for electric vehicle infrastructure.
Noon–1:30 p.m.
Lunch
Annual Meeting
National Leader Presentation
1:15–2:30 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions
W9 Innovative Federal Programs for Community Assistance CM: 1.25*
- Moderator
- Bryan Fiedorczyk, AICP, EPA – Region 10
- Presenters
- Amanda Leiker Fagan, Office of Economic Adjustment, Department of Defense
- Jack Peters, HUD, Seattle Regional Office
- David R. Porter, U.S. Department of Commerce
- Susan Rosebrough, National Park Service
Federal agencies are helping local communities create and enhance the places in which people live, work and play. This session will highlight examples of research, tools, partnerships, case studies, loans, grants and technical assistance provided by HUD, EPA, DOD, EDA and NPS.
W10 Making Connectivity a Part of Your Smart Growth CM: 1.25*
- Moderator
- Andy Mortensen, Transpo Group
- Presenters
- Thera Black, Thurston Regional Planning Council
- Chris Comeau, AICP, City of Bellingham
- Dan Penrose, AICP, City of Lakewood
- Sophie Stimson, City of Olympia
Smart Growth and sustainability rely on non-motorized transportation systems to encourage bicycling, walking and transit access. This session highlights three cities that applied Route Directness Index, an emerging connectivity metric, to provide a more robust measure of access within a non-motorized transportation system and assess the value of individual connections.
W11 Incorporating Biodiversity Conservation into County and Regional Planning CM: 1.25*
- Moderator
- Leonard Bauer, AICP, CPRP, Washington State Department of Commerce
- PresenterS
- Katherine Brooks, Pierce County Public Works and Utilities
- Karen Dvornich, University of Washington
- Nancy Warner, M.S., Initiative for Rural Innovation and Stewardship
The Washington Biodiversity Council has partnered with two community initiatives that incorporate biodiversity conservation into county and regional planning. Find out how efforts in Pierce County and North Central Washington have used different strategies and developed a menu of programs that can help communities build and enhance conservation planning efforts.
W12 You Be the Judge: A Guide to Making Legally Defensible Land Use Decisions CM: 1.25*
- Moderator
- Jonathan Maland, City of Walla Walla
- PresenterS
- Ted Hunter, Sound Law Center
- Leland Kerr, Attorney
Planning commissions and elected officials rely on planners to guide them in proper procedures when making decisions on land use applications and appeals. This session provides a guide to making legally defensible land use decisions in a way that enhances the acceptability and credibility of those decisions.
2:35–3:45 p.m.
Closing General Session
Keynote Presentation: Mega Regions: Innovation and Planning in a Global Economy CM: 1.0*
Dr. Ross will build on last year’s discussion and bring her perspective on Megaregions, which are cities and surrounding areas connected by their transportation, economic and environmental ties. Megaregions are new economic footprints framing a different planning paradigm. Dr. Ross will examine the potential of the Megaregion to contribute to the creation of healthy places, keeping local jobs in a global economy and global competitiveness. Her research provides solutions and ideas for problems and opportunities like global warming, affordable housing, transportation and healthy communities. You can now read a stimulating interview with Dr. Ross in the May 2010 issue of Planning Magazine: http://www.planning.org/planning/2010/may/catherineross.htm
Session topics and speakers are subject to change.