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<br />. Tuesday,
<br />. April 19
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<br />organize and manage them,
<br />. and how to ensure fair and
<br />. open participation. Gain tips
<br />for keeping your hearing
<br />process fair, orderly, produc-
<br />. tive, and legal. CPDP: 1.5
<br />
<br />. Growth Management: .
<br />State and Local . Transportation
<br />. Initiatives Planning
<br />Tuesday, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon . Tuesday, 9:00 a.m.-1O:20 a.m.
<br />Examine a range of ap- . The editors of Planning
<br />. proaches to growth manage- . magazine will introduce the
<br />. ment, from those that mandate . coming year's transportation
<br />. planning to those that support . theme. CPDP: 1.5
<br />and facilitate it. Results of an
<br />. extensive research project will
<br />. be presented. Sponsor: The
<br />Lincoln Institute of Land
<br />Policy. CPDP: 3
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<br />. Region & City
<br />. Society and Diversity
<br />Tuesday, 9:00 a.m.-lO:oo a.m.
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<br />This session will provide an
<br />introduction to the Society
<br />and Diversity theme track.
<br />
<br />Sign Regulation
<br />Tuesday, 9:00 a.m.-1O:20 a.m.
<br />The session will explore the
<br />latest legal developments and
<br />. explain how to regulate signs
<br />. without inviting legal
<br />challenges. Sponsor: Planning
<br />and Law Division. CPDP: 1.5
<br />
<br />Planning Commissioners
<br />Workshop
<br />. Mock Hearing
<br />Tuesday, 9:00 a.m.-1O:20 a.m.
<br />Join in a hearing staged to
<br />help you improve your hearing
<br />procedures. Learn how to
<br />prepare for meetings, how to
<br />
<br />. Shaping
<br />. Metropolitan Growth
<br />. Tuesday, 9:00 a.m.-1O:20 a.m.
<br />
<br />Many of the problems
<br />confronting urban areas are
<br />rooted in the pattern of
<br />. development that has evolved
<br />over the past 50 years. This
<br />. session will explore urban
<br />models that address the
<br />. impacts of these patterns and
<br />how they can be altered.
<br />CPDP: 1.5
<br />
<br />. Gays and Lesbians in
<br />Urban Revitalization
<br />Tuesday, 9:00 a.m.-1O:20 a.m.
<br />
<br />This session explores the
<br />. history, process, results, and
<br />issues associated with
<br />. increased visibility and
<br />affluence of gay and lesbian
<br />communities in several
<br />American cities. Topics
<br />include gays as urban
<br />neighborhood pioneers, gay
<br />. buying power, and perceived
<br />displacement of less affluent
<br />residents. CPDP: 1.5
<br />
<br />. Sustainable Rural
<br />. Communities
<br />. Tuesday, 9:00 a.m.-1O:20 a.m.
<br />
<br />. Some rural communities
<br />become urban as metropolitan
<br />. areas expand to include them;
<br />. others face urban challenges
<br />. because of natural features
<br />that attract tourists. How to
<br />. retain the desirable character-
<br />. istics of rural communities
<br />. while responding to the
<br />. pressures of urban-scale
<br />development. CPDP: 1.5
<br />
<br />. Regional Defense
<br />. Conversion Strategies
<br />Tuesday, 9:00 a.m.-1O:20 a.m.
<br />
<br />More than 50 regions are
<br />. experiencing significant
<br />. dislocation caused by the
<br />. combined impacts of military
<br />industry closures or
<br />. downsizing and base closures.
<br />. Cities, states, and federal
<br />. government have been trying
<br />to diversify regional econo-
<br />. mies. What are the most likely
<br />prospects? CPDP: 1.5
<br />
<br />Negotiating with
<br />. Big Box Retailers
<br />. Tuesday, 9:00 a.m.-1O:20 a.m.
<br />
<br />. Small town stores all over
<br />. the U.S. have felt squeezed
<br />when big box retailers and
<br />superstores come to town.
<br />. This session will explore
<br />. techniques for negotiating
<br />with national retailers to help
<br />. their stores fit into the
<br />. community and lessen the
<br />. impact on downtowns and
<br />the environment. CPDP: 1.5
<br />
<br />. Region & City
<br />. Housing Needs
<br />. Tuesday, 10:15 a.m.-12:00 noon
<br />This session will explore
<br />. housing needs and programs in
<br />. the San Francisco Bay Area.
<br />. Society and Diversity theme
<br />track. CPDP: 1.5
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<br />
<br />. AICP Exam
<br />Preparation Sessions
<br />
<br />If you plan to attend AICP exam preparation sessions,
<br />. please mail this form to:
<br />
<br />Rosemary Jones
<br />American Institute of Certified Planners
<br />1776 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
<br />Washington, DC :20036
<br />fax:20:2-87:2-0611
<br />
<br />Name
<br />
<br />Title
<br />
<br />Agency
<br />
<br />Street
<br />
<br />City/State/Zip
<br />
<br />. Work Phone
<br />
<br />Home Phone
<br />
<br />. Agenda for America's
<br />. Communities
<br />. Tuesday, 10:40 a.m.-12:00 noon
<br />. Learn about the progress of
<br />activities related to APA's
<br />. Agenda for America's
<br />. Communities project.
<br />
<br />Planning Commissioners
<br />. Workshop
<br />. You Be the Judge
<br />. Tuesday, 10:40 a.m.-12:00 noon
<br />
<br />. Learn the proper way to
<br />conduct a hearing and how to
<br />. use ordinances and legal
<br />. criteria. Also covered are
<br />. techniques for controlling
<br />hostility, long-winded
<br />. testimony, and other problems.
<br />. CPDP: 1.5
<br />
<br />I will attend: Monday Tuesday both sessions
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<br />. The First Amendment .
<br />. and Zoning
<br />. Tuesday, 10:40 a.m.-12:00 noon.
<br />. The ongoing evolution of First
<br />Amendment law presents a
<br />. continuing challenge to local
<br />. governments trying to regulate .
<br />. religious uses and public art.
<br />Learn what is possible from
<br />. attorneys who have trial
<br />. experience with the issues
<br />. involved. CPDP: 1.5
<br />
<br />Rebuilding Beirut
<br />. Tuesday, 10:40 a.m.-12:oo noon'
<br />. Learn about the public-private .
<br />. holding company formed to
<br />. rebuild Beirut's city center,
<br />with a look at urban design
<br />. issues, financing, and land
<br />. assembly powers. Sponsor:
<br />. International Division.
<br />CPDP: 1.5
<br />
<br />. Economic
<br />. Development
<br />in a Recession
<br />. Tuesday, 10:40 a.m.-12:oo noon
<br />
<br />. What steps are jurisdictions
<br />. taking to address job, income,
<br />. and population losses? Case
<br />studies from Long Beach,
<br />. Baltimore, and elsewhere
<br />. examine the successful
<br />. strategies and politics used to
<br />address those losses. Sponsor:
<br />. Economic Development .
<br />. Division. CPDP: 1.5
<br />
<br />Regional Approaches
<br />. to Restructuring
<br />. Government
<br />. Tuesday, 10:40 a.m.-12:oo noon .
<br />. Speakers from organizations
<br />such as 1000 Friends of
<br />Oregon discuss institutional
<br />. arrangements that permit more .
<br />. effective ways to deal with
<br />regional growth. Sponsor:
<br />. Intergovernmental Affairs
<br />. Division. CPDP: 1.5
<br />
<br />. Getting Into GIS
<br />Tuesday, 10:40 a.m.-12:00 n00n
<br />How to buy a GIS system,
<br />. prepare an RFP, and evaluate
<br />. proposals. Get tips for
<br />. convincing your boss to buy
<br />into GIS, and how to deter-
<br />. mine the real cost of training
<br />. and maintenance. Discuss
<br />. copyright and Freedom of
<br />Information Act requirements
<br />. related to computerized data.
<br />. Sponsor: Information Tech-
<br />. nology Division. CPDP: 1.5
<br />
<br />. Governing the
<br />. Intermodal Metropolis
<br />. Tuesday, 10:40 a.m.-12:oo noon .
<br />. This session examines the new
<br />intergovernmental alignments
<br />. under ISTEA, exploring
<br />. jurisdictional issues between
<br />. Metropolitan Planning
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