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Executive Seminar,
Coordinating Transportation and Land Development

Date: September 6-8, 2005, Irvine, CA

Intro | Agenda

Agenda

Tuesday, September 6, 2005
Four Seasons Hotel

3:30 pm — Sign-in/Registration

4:00 pm — Welcome

  • Jack Lettiere, Commissioner, New Jersey DOT, and Executive Seminar Panel Chair 

4:15 pm — Overview of the Workshop

  • Workshop Agenda – John Horsley, Executive Director, AASHTO
  • Workshop Logistics – Crawford Jencks, Manager, NCHRP

4:30 pm — Introductions and Discussion of Workshop Goals – Tim Jackson, President, Glatting Jackson Kercher Anglin Lopez Rinehart, Inc., Seminar Facilitator

  • Each Team’s Goals for the Workshop (5 min. each)

5:30 pm — Introduction of the Issues/Relevancy to Participants

  • Relevancy of Workshop Elements (State Policies, Regional Coordination, and Project Implementation) – Tim Jackson [Presentation (PDF, 421 KB)]
  • Integrating Land Use and Transportation: “State of the Practice” – Walter Kulash, P.E., Principal, Glatting Jackson Kercher Anglin Lopez Rinehart, Inc. [Presentation (PDF, 4.5 MB)]

6:30 pm — Reception

7:30 pm — Adjourn

Wednesday, September 7, 2005
Beckman Center

7:30 am — Breakfast at Beckman Center

Statewide Policies

8:30 am — Focus Session on Statewide Policies

  • Michigan Case Study:  Gloria Jeff, Director, Michigan DOT [Case Study (PDF); Presentation (PDF, 720 KB)]
  • Pennsylvania Case Study:  Allen D. Biehler, P.E., Secretary, Pennsylvania DOT, and Ken Klothen, Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development [Case Study (PDF); Presentation (PDF, 2.3 MB)]

9:30 am — Break

9:45 am — Breakout Sessions on Statewide Policies:  2 State Teams per room

  • Idaho and Michigan; Pennsylvania and Tennessee; California and New Jersey

12:00 pm — Lunch

12:45 pm — Lunch Speakers

  • The Fiscal Unsustainability of Sprawl –  Anne Canby, President, Surface Transportation Policy Project  and John Horsley, Executive Director, AASHTO

Regional Coordination

1:30 pm — Focus Session on Regional Coordination

  • California Case Study:  Gary Gallegos, Executive Director, San Diego Association of Governments, and Tom Larwin, Retired General Manager, San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board [Case Study (PDF); Presentation (PDF, 3.6 MB)]
  • Idaho Case Study:  Rick Yzaguirre, Commissioner, Ada County Commission [Case Study (PDF)]
  • Utah Case Study:  Ted Knowlton, Assistant Executive Director, Envision Utah [Case Study (PDF)]

2:30 pm — Break

2:45 pm — Breakout Sessions on Regional Coordination:  2 State Teams per room

  • California and Tennessee; Idaho and New Jersey; Michigan and Pennsylvania

5:30 pm — Reception

6:30 pm — Dinner

7:15 pm — Dinner Speaker

  • Housing Challenges in Rapidly Growing States Like California – Will Kempton, Director, Caltrans

Thursday, September 8, 2005
Beckman Center

7:30 am — Breakfast at Beckman Center

Project Implementation

8:30 am — Focus Session on Project Delivery and Implementation

  • New Jersey Case Study:  Gary Toth, State Transportation Engineer, New Jersey DOT, and Shing-Fu Hsueh, Mayor of West Windsor Township [Case Study (PDF); Presentation (PDF, 4.6 MB)]
  • Tennessee Case Study:  Jeanne Stevens, Director, Planning Division, Tennessee DOT [Case Study (PDF); Presentation (PDF, 556 KB)]

9:30 am — Break

9:45 am — Breakout Sessions on Project Delivery and Implementation: 2 State Teams per room

  • New Jersey and Michigan; California and Pennsylvania; Idaho and Tennessee

12:00 pm — Lunch

12:45 pm — Lunch Speaker

  • Why Infill Development is a Winning Proposition –  John Reekstin, Senior Vice President, The Olson Company
  • Developer Panel:  Overcoming the Obstacles to Infill Development

Coordinating Transportation and Land Use — Wrap Up and Next Steps

1:30 pm— Discussion by State Teams on Lessons Learned and Next Steps

2:30 pm — Closing Session: Reports Back from State Teams

4:00 pm — Adjourn