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<br />better communication with <br />government officials and the <br />. public. Cosponsors: City <br />Planning and Management and <br />Information Technology . ISTEA and <br />Divisions. CPDP: 3 . Local Government <br />. Sunday, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m. <br /> <br />. A significant aspect of ISTEA . <br />. gives urban areas, through <br />their Metropolitan Planning <br />. Organizations, a greater say <br />. and sometimes a choice in <br />. which projects are funded by <br />federal transportation dollars. <br />. Local governments are just <br />. awakening to the new <br />. possibilities. CPDP: 1.5 <br /> <br />e. <br /> <br />. Planning Commissioners <br />Workshop <br />. Improved <br />. Decision Making <br />. Sunday, 2:00 p.m.-5:oo p.m. <br /> <br />. Planning commissions must <br />make fair, equitable, and <br />. legally correct decisions. This <br />. introductory, interactive <br />. workshop will focus on the <br />dynamics of the planning <br />. commission decision-making <br />. process and will identify <br />. strategies commissions can <br />use to improve the quality and <br />. consistency of their decisions. <br /> <br />. Alfred Dettman Symposium <br />Environmental and <br />. Traditional <br />. Regulations <br />. Sunday, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m. <br /> <br />Some environmental laws are <br />integrated with common land- <br />use controls while others are <br />. applied in tandem with them. <br />. Experts will discuss such <br />techniques as floating zones, <br />. special districts, performance <br />zoning, sensitive area <br /> <br />e: <br /> <br />regulations, and local <br />environmental impacts <br />. assessments. CPDP: 1.5 <br /> <br />in rural economic develop- <br />. ment, bringing both benefits <br />. and drawbacks. Hear about <br />local and riverboat gambling, <br />. Native American reservation <br />gambling, and the impacts on <br />the social and economic fabric <br />of communities. Sponsor: <br />Small Town and Rural <br />. Planning Division. CPDP: 1.5 <br /> <br />. Revitalizing <br />Older Resorts <br /> <br />Sunday, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m. <br />A visit to resorts of the 1950s <br />and 1960s often reveals <br />inadequate infrastructure, <br />outdated lodging, and <br />disrepair. Hear about the <br />resurgence of vintage <br />destination resorts, and case <br />studies on revitalization, <br />beautification projects, <br />marketing, financing, and <br />infrastructure rehabilitation. <br />Sponsor: Resort and Tourism <br />Division. CPDP: 1.5 <br /> <br />. Federal Planning <br />in the Next Century <br />Sunday, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m. <br /> <br />Federal agency planners share <br />their views and successes in <br />defining the relationship <br />. between their agencies and <br />adjoining commUnities. They <br />will explore issues from <br />. quality service and facilities to . <br />. improving productivity . The Public and <br />. through automation. Sponsor: Electrical Facility <br />Federal Installation Planning . Siting I <br />. Division. CPDP: 1.5 . Sunday, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m. <br />. The electric utility industry <br />has conducted research on <br />public perceptions of new <br />facilities. Discuss the findings, <br />and planning responses. in the <br />first of two sessions. Cospon- <br />sors: Edison Electric Institute <br />and Environment. Natural <br />Resources and Energy <br />Division. CPDP: 1.5 <br /> <br />. When Gambling <br />Comes to Town <br />Sunday, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m. <br /> <br />Gambling is the newest wave <br /> <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />. Region & City <br />. The Bay Area Setting <br />. Sunday, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m. <br /> <br />. This session provides an <br />introduction to the Region & <br />. City theme tracks of the <br />. conference. CPDP: 1.5 <br /> <br />The Public and <br />. Electrical Facility <br />. Siting II <br />. Sunday, 3:40 p.m.-5:oo p.m. <br /> <br />. In this second of two sessions, <br />. experts in utility programs and <br />public involvement will <br />. explore techniques for getting <br />. the public to participate in <br />. decisions about the siting of <br />electrical facilities. Cospon- <br />. sors: Edison Electric Institute <br />. and Environment, Natural <br />Resources, and Energy <br />Division. CPDP: 1.5 <br /> <br />. Alfred Dettman Symposium <br />Update on Takings <br />Sunday, 3:40 p.m.-5:00 p.m. <br />There is new concern about <br />certain takings statutes <br />threatening some land-use <br />planning efforts. Solutions to <br />the takings issue will be <br /> <br />. explored, including interna- <br />. tional approaches. The latest <br />. actions of the courts on <br />takings will be highlighted. <br />. CPDP: 1.5 <br /> <br />. Wetlands Protection <br />Sunday, 3:40 p.m.-5:oo p.m. <br /> <br />. Review recent sweeping <br />changes in federal and <br />. California wetlands policy and . <br />. the implications for planners <br />. and project applicants. Since <br />both policies rely heavily on <br />. wetlands restoration, success- . <br />. ful wetlands restoration and <br />creation methods will be <br />presented. CPDP: 1.5 <br /> <br />. Transportation <br />. and Land Use <br />Sunday, 3:40 p.m.-5:oo p.m. <br /> <br />ISTEA legislation requires a <br />closer planning connection <br />between land use and <br />transportation. This session. <br />will compare U.S. and British <br />practices. Sponsor: Planning <br />and Law Division. CPDP: 1.5 <br /> <br />Planners and <br />. Education Policy <br />Sunday. 3:40 p.m.-5:00 p.m. <br /> <br />. One of the papers prepared for <br />the Agenda for America's <br />Communities project deals <br />with how planners can get <br />. involved in the development <br />. of local education policy. <br />Author Jerry Kaufman will <br />present ideas on the latest in <br />educational thinking and how <br />. planners can be involved. <br />CPDP: 1.5 <br /> <br />. The Long <br />. Rural Commute <br />Sunday, 3:40 p.m.-5:00 p.m. <br /> <br />Americans are moving past the . <br />outer fringe of metro areas to <br />rural landscapes, seeking <br />affordable housing and more <br />safety in schools. But they get . <br />traffic jams on two-lane roads, <br />and increasing demands on <br />rural service-the problems <br />they fled the city to escape. <br />Sponsor: Small Town and <br />Rural Planning Division. <br />CPDP: 1.5 <br /> <br />Sustainable <br />. Communities <br />Sunday, 3:40 p.m.-5:00 p.m. <br /> <br />. Presenters will discuss how to . <br />. integrate different aspects of <br />the community into a useful <br />. and intelligible whole. <br />Panelists will discuss <br />transportation mode, environ- <br />mental, and urban design <br />integration case studies, many . <br />. from the Bay Area. Sponsor: <br />. Planning and Women <br />Division. CPDP: 1.5 <br /> <br />19 <br />