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Heritage Parks and Planning
<br />Monday, 4:00 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
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<br />Cities and regions are undertaking the
<br />challenge of integrating preservation,
<br />urban design, and economic development
<br />through heritage park planning. Learn the
<br />keys to success and the financial and
<br />technical resources available. Sponsor:
<br />Urban Design and Preservation Division.
<br />CPDP: 1.5
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<br />GIS and Travel Demand
<br />Forecasting
<br />Monday, 4:00 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
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<br />Learn how to use GIS in travel demand
<br />modeling. Panelists demonstrate how GIS
<br />will improve the accuracy of data
<br />aggregation and also decrease the time
<br />needed for data collection. CPDP: 1.5
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<br />Transportation and Growth
<br />Management in Oregon
<br />Monday, 4:00 p.m.-5:i5 p.m.
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<br />Discover how Oregon distributes ISTEA
<br />funds to local governments for planning
<br />projects linking land use and
<br />transportation. Learn how to apply
<br />innovative growth management and
<br />transportation concepts in your
<br />community. CPDP: 1.5
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<br />Planning for Post-Disaster
<br />Recovery
<br />Monday, 4:00 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
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<br />Examine the pressures for rapid
<br />reconstruction that follow a natural
<br />disaster, and understand the need for
<br />predisaster planning for dealing with the
<br />immediate aftermath. Presenters will
<br />ontline planning measures necessary to
<br />prepare for successful post-disaster
<br />recovery and reconstruction. CPDP: 1.5
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<br />Sustainable Watershed
<br />Management
<br />Monday, 4:00 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
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<br />Water resources problems can come from
<br />sprawling, land-consuming development
<br />patterns in metropolitan areas. Identify
<br />strategies to implement sustainable
<br />watershed management, with particular
<br />focus on the municipal level. CPDP: 1.5
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<br />AICP Workshop
<br />AICP Exam Review Course I
<br />Monday, 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
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<br />Learn the format and content of the test,
<br />get tips on taking the multiple-choice
<br />exam, and gain an overview of exam
<br />topics. (See Tuesday, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00
<br />p.m. for Part II.)
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<br />Tuesday, April 1 6
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<br />AICP Workshop
<br />Signage and Economic
<br />Development
<br />Tuesday, 8:45 a.m.-I 1:30 a.m.
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<br />Review sign regulation from the
<br />industry's perspective and examine case
<br />studies of sign valuation issues. Topics
<br />include signage as a part of storefront
<br />revitalization, regulatory vs. design
<br />review processes, and legal questions.
<br />CPDP: 3
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<br />AICP Workshop
<br />GIS: What Every Planning
<br />Director Should Know
<br />Tuesday, 8:45 a.m.-I 1:30 a.m.
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<br />See page 15 for description. Sponsor:
<br />ESRI. CPDP: 3
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<br />Nuts and Bolts of
<br />Unconstitutional Takings Claims
<br />Tuesday, 8:45 a.m.-I 1:30 p.m.
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<br />Learn to draft findings supporting
<br />conditions of approval capable of
<br />surviving constitutional scrutiny.
<br />Understand thc nature and extent of
<br />evidence required to support findings
<br />regarding conditions of development
<br />approval. CPDP: 3
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<br />AICP Workshop
<br />Community Design Charettes
<br />Tuesday, 8:45 a.m.-I 1:30 a.m.
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<br />Design charettes not only provide the
<br />public with insights into issues, but also
<br />allow citizens to actively determine their
<br />community's design character. Learn how
<br />to design and conduct exciting charettes
<br />that integrate planning and urban design.
<br />CPDP: 3
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<br />Costs of Sprawl
<br />Tuesday, 8:45 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
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<br />This symposium will analyze sprawling
<br />developments from the perspectives of
<br />resources, transportation, governance,
<br />finance, land use, social equity, and the
<br />quality of life. Learn about the functional
<br />and dysfunctional characteristics of
<br />sprawl. CPDP: 3
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<br />AICP Workshop
<br />Definitive Guide to the
<br />Development Process
<br />Tuesday, 8:45 a.m.-I 1:30 a.m.
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<br />Compare your development process to
<br />219 criteria developed by Paul Zucker
<br />over a decade and field-tested in eight
<br />states. Topics include policy documents,
<br />office space, technology, lay bodies, and
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<br />customer feedback as well as the entire
<br />development process. CPDP: 3
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<br />Planning Commissioners Workshop
<br />Parliamentary Procedure for
<br />Commissions
<br />Tuesday, 8:45 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
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<br />This session is designed to familiarize
<br />commissioners with the rationale,
<br />sequencing, and wording of motions.
<br />Learn to make parliamentary procedures
<br />more manageable, enabling you to focus
<br />your attention on important community
<br />issues.
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<br />Planning China's Cities
<br />Tuesday, 8:45 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
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<br />Examine current problems and
<br />opportunities of China's rapid
<br />urbanization and transition to a socialist
<br />market economy. Hear from senior
<br />Chinese officials on the professionaliza-
<br />tion of planning in China. Sponsor:
<br />International Division. CPDP: 1.5
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<br />Land-Use Classification Systems
<br />Tuesday, 8:45 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
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<br />This session outlines multiagency efforts
<br />to update the Standard Land Use Coding
<br />Manual, along with examples and uses for
<br />a unified classification systmn.
<br />Incorporates regional, state, and federal
<br />program mandates. CPDP: 1.5
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<br />Developments of Regional
<br />Impact
<br />Tuesday, 8:45 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
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<br />DRI programs regulate large-scale
<br />developments with muhijurisdictional
<br />impacts. Panelists will describe trends in
<br />regulation and mitigation that are being
<br />incorporated into many state growth
<br />management programs. Discussion also
<br />includes how a DRl-type review process
<br />may be applied to siting LULUs and
<br />NIMBYs. CPDP: !.5
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<br />Metropolitan Mega-Projects
<br />'Tuesday, 8:45 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
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<br />Understand what a mega-project is and
<br />how it challenges the community. Examine
<br />why Disney withdrew from its proposed
<br />history park project in Virginia, and learn
<br />what the valuable lesson~ are for
<br />developers and communities. CPDP: 1.5
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<br />A Plan for America's Capital
<br />Tuesday, 8:45 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
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<br />The Monumental Core Plan represents the
<br />final act of a planning drama that began
<br />more than 200 years ago with the
<br />L'Enfant plan. This session gives you the
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<br />opportunity to contribute to the plan and
<br />learn techniques for dealing with 21 st
<br />century issoes. Sponsor: City Planning
<br />and Management Division. CPDP: 1.5
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<br />New Planners in the Job Market
<br />Tuesday, 8:45 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
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<br />New planners, recent graduates, and those
<br />seeking internships will hear how to guide
<br />their job search in today's market.
<br />Practitioners will explain what their
<br />agencies look for in new planners.
<br />Sponsor: Student Representatives
<br />Council. CPDP: 1.5
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<br />Congestion Pricing and Equity
<br />Tuesday, 8:45 a.m.-10:0{) a.m.
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<br /> Sponsor: Transportation Division.
<br /> CPDP: 1.5
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<br />K-1 50 Highway Plan
<br />Tuesday, 8:45 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
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<br />Learn how four governmental
<br />jurisdictions snccessfully participated in a
<br />joint planning exercise. Find out how
<br />land-use planning and transportation
<br />planning were used concurrently, and
<br />examine how to implement a joint plan.
<br />CPDP: 1.5
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<br />Planning Commissioners Workshop
<br />Our Town Commission Meeting
<br />Tuesday, 10:15 a.m.-I i:30 a.m.
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<br />This mock hearing is set in Thornton
<br />Wilder's Ottr Tow,t! community of
<br />Grovers Corners. Review meeting
<br />preparation issues and proper public
<br />hearing procedures. A variety of graphics
<br />techniques to improve your meetings will
<br />be demonstrated.
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<br />Monitoring Change in Global
<br />Cities
<br />Tuesday, 10:15 a.m.-I 1:30 a.m.
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<br />As part of the national preparation process
<br />for Habitat Il, the Journal of the American
<br />Planning Association is preparing a
<br />special issue focusing on the use of urban
<br />indicators within global cities. The
<br />authors' conclusions will be discussed,
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<br />with particular emphasis on
<br />transportation, the environment, and local
<br />government. CPDP: i.5
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<br />Indian Gaming and Tourism
<br />Tuesday, 10:15 a.m.- i 1:30 a.m.
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<br />Can an area like the Smoky Mountains
<br />support a major lndian casino? Explore
<br />the expected economic, environmental,
<br />social, and transportatiou impacts and
<br />ways in which the Cherokee Nation and
<br />National Park Service intend to mitigate
<br />these impacts. Sponsor: Resort and
<br />Tourism Division. CPDP: 1.5
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<br />RFPs, RFQs, and the Brooks Act
<br />Tuesday, 10:!5 a.m.-I 1:30 a.m.
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<br /> What is the difference between RFPs.
<br /> RFQs, and competitive bidding? }low do l
<br /> prepare them? Learn all this while
<br /> reviewing the Brooks Act. which created
<br /> the federal criteria for choosing
<br /> consultants. Sponsor: Private Practice
<br /> Division. CPDP: 1.5
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<br /> Assessing Specialization and
<br /> Skills Demand
<br /> Tuesday, 10:15 a.m.-i 1:30 a.m.
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<br /> A panel of planning practitioners and
<br /> APA chapter professional development
<br /> officers will discuss the results of a recent
<br /> survey assessing the skills needed for
<br /> future professional practice. Learn how to
<br /> improve these linkages through chapter
<br /> level PDO activities. CPDP: 1.5
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<br /> National Rural Development
<br /> Partnership
<br /> Tuesday, 10:15 a.m.-I 1:30 a.m.
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<br /> The National Rural Development
<br /> Partnership (NRDP) seeks to improve
<br /> rural conditions by involving federal,
<br /> state, tribal, and local government
<br /> officials with the private sector to build
<br /> consensus at the state level. Examine how
<br /> the NRDP has streamlined local planniug
<br /> requirements. CPDP: 1.5
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<br /> Collaborative Transportation
<br /> Planning
<br /> Tuesday, 10:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
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<br /> Examine the theory of collaboration and
<br /> its basis in cognitive psychology and
<br /> group processes, then consider its
<br /> importance for transportation planning.
<br /> Review past successes. Sponsor:
<br /> Transportation Division. CPDP: 1.5
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<br /> Can Airports Be Good
<br /> Neighbors?
<br /> Tuesday, 10:15 a.m.-I 1:30 a.m.
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<br /> This session will introduce the role
<br /> airports play in local and regional
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<br />econmnies. Analyze existing
<br />environmental and social impacts,
<br />particularly noise. Discover how to get
<br />public participation and gain support for
<br />airport expansion. CPDP: 1.5
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<br />Tree Ordinances
<br />Tuesday, 10:15 a.m.-I 1:30 a.m.
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<br />Panelists from cities with cutting-edge
<br />tree/landscape ordinances describe how to
<br />set up a successful ordinance and the role
<br />of public/private partnerships in
<br />championing such initiatives. Stndy
<br />examples from Austin, Texas; Davis,
<br />California; and three North Carolina
<br />cities, as well as others. CPDP: 1.5
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<br />AICP Workshop
<br />GIS: What Every Planning
<br />Director Should Know
<br />Tuesday, 2:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
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<br />See page 15 for description. Sponsor:
<br />ESRI. CPDP: 3
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<br />Urban Design in Transportation
<br />Planning
<br />Tnesday, 2:30 p.m.-5: i 5 p.m.
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<br />Understand how integrating urban design
<br />into multimodal highway planning helps
<br />with political acceptance. Learn how
<br />citizen ideas were incorporated into
<br />innovative DOT processes, and see how
<br />GIS can be used to improve and
<br />communicate highway design and
<br />planning. Cosponsors: Transportation and
<br />Urban Design and Preservation Divisions.
<br />CPDP: 3
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<br />Reinventing the Planning
<br />Organization
<br />Tuesday, 2:30 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
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<br />Organizations must change to meet the
<br />challenge of new demands, changing
<br />work environments, and political
<br />evolution. Topics include customer
<br />service, setting the missions, flattening
<br />the organization, motivation, use of
<br />measurement, and more. CPDP: 3
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<br />Planning Commissioners Workshop
<br />Practical Guide to Sign Control
<br />Tuesday, 2:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
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<br />Examine the objectives of sign control
<br />ordinances, possible legal and policy
<br />impediments, and practical methods for
<br />achieving the objectives. This session is
<br />intended for commissioners from small to
<br />medium-sized communities.
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<br />Rebuilding Kobe, Japan
<br />Tuesday, 2:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
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<br />U.S. and Japanese planners who helped
<br />advise Japan on the rebuilding of Kobe
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