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Agenda

Thursday, March 17 - Ahwahnee Hotel

Solarium
6:00-7:30pm Conference Registration

Tudor Lounge
7:30-9:30pm Pre-Conference Session - Form Based Codes, What You Need to Know

• Rick Cole, City Manager, City of Ventura [Presentation] (PDF, 3 MB)

Friday, March 18 - Ahwahnee Hotel

Solarium
6:00-7:30pm Conference Registration

Tudor Lounge
7:30pm Conference Welcome

• Conference Host: Councilmember Jake Mackenzie, City of Rohnert Park: Chair, Local Government Commission

7:45pm Participant Introductions

8:15pm Keynote Presentation - Health and the Environment

• Dr. Richard Jackson, State Health Officer, CA Dept of Health Services [Presentation] (PDF, 4.6 MB)

9:30pm Adjourn for the evening

Saturday, March 19 - Yosemite Lodge

Cliff/Falls Room
8:00am Continental Breakfast

8:45am Participant Introductions

9:00am Presentation of Ahwahnee Principles for Sustainable Water Resources

• Mary Nichols, UCLA Institute of the Environment
• Ahwahnee Water Principles for Resource Efficient Land Use

9:20am Green Retrofits for Existing Development

• Councilmember Richard Conlin, City of Seattle [Presentation] (PDF, 6.4 MB)
• Tom Phillips, Senior Development Manager, Seattle Housing Authority

10:20am Break

10:40am Better Patterns for New Development

• Ken Kay, Ken Kay Associates [Presentation] (PDF, 3.1 MB)

11:20am Tapping the Magic of Trees

• Andy Lipkis, President, TreePeople

12:00-4:30pm Boxed Lunch and Hiking Break

4:30pm Creative Parking Standards

• Patrick Siegman, Principal Associate, Nelson\Nygaard [Presentation] (PDF, 2 MB)

5:15pm Reception - No Host Bar

6:00pm Dinner

7:00pm The Role of Watershed Councils

• Rick Harter, former Executive Director, LA & San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council [Presentation] (PDF, 1.7 MB)

7:30pm Regional Cooperation and Watershed Management

• Daniel Iacofano, Founding Principal, MIG Associates

8:00pm Coordinating Watershed and Land Use Decisionmaking

• Moderator: Martha Davis, Executive Manager for Policy Development, Inland Empire Utility Agency
• Rick Harter, former Executive Director, LA & San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council
• Daniel Iacofano, Founding Principal, MIG Associates
• Bill Chiat, Executive Director, California Association of LAFCOs
• Former Mayor Marci Coglianese, City of Rio Vista
• Councilmember Susan Lien Longville, City of San Bernardino

9:20pm Adjourn for the evening

Sunday, March 20 - Ahwahnee Hotel

Tudor Lounge
8:15am Continental Breakfast

9:00am Open Space and Water: What the Polls Say People are Thinking

• John Fairbank, Partner, Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin & Associates [Presentation] (PDF, 156 KB)

10:00am Protecting Open Space, How Do You Do It?

• Terrel Watt, Owner, Terrel Watt Planning Consultants [Presentation] (PDF, 1 MB)

10:30am Investment Strategy for California Water

• Jonas Minton, Senior Project Manager, Planning & Conservation League [Presentation] (PDF, 448 KB)

11:00am Wrap - Up Presentation

• Mary Nichols, Director, UCLA Institute of the Environment

11:30am Adjourn