Intro | Agenda

Conference Agenda

Thursday, March 16 - Ahwahnee Hotel

Solarium
6:00-7:30pm Conference Registration

Colonial Room
7:30-9:30pm Low Cost Ways to Meet Clean Water Act Requirements

• Celeste Cantú, Executive Director, CA State Water Resources Control Board [Presentation (PDF, 2.8 MB)]
• Moderator: Judy Corbett, Executive Director, Local Government Commission

Friday, March 17 - Ahwahnee Hotel

Solarium
6:00-7:30pm Conference Registration

Tudor Lounge
7:30pm Conference Welcome

• Councilmember Jake Mackenzie, City of Rohnert Park: Chair, Local Government Commission and Conference Host
• Supervisor Kathy Long, Ventura County & Chair, LGC Board of Directors

7:45pm Participant Introductions

8:15pm State Board's Role in Smart Growth Water Issues and Introduce Keynote

• Art Baggett, former LGC Board member, current Boardmember of the State Water Resources Control Board

8:30pm Keynote Presentation — Water: The Natural Resource We Can't Live Without

• Retired Assemblymember Fred Keeley, currently the Santa Cruz County Tax Collector

9:30pm Adjourn for the evening

Saturday, March 18 - Yosemite Lodge

Cliff/Falls Room
8:00am Continental Breakfast

8:45am Participant Introductions

9:00am Introduction of the Ahwahnee Water Principles and the Status of Their Implementation

• Councilmember Jake Mackenzie, Rohnert Park, LGC Board of Directors and Conference Host

9:15am Making the Connection Between Smart Growth and Water

• Judy Corbett, LGC Executive Director [Presentation (PDF, 2.2 MB)]

10:15am Break

10:30am Smart Growth, Form-Based Codes, and Water: Form-Based Codes — What and Why

• Rick Cole, Ventura City Manager [Presentation (PDF, 4.4 MB)]

11:15am Greening the Form-Based Codes in San Jose

• Ken Kay, Principal, KenKay Associates
• Laurel Prevetti, Deputy Director of Planning, City of San Jose

12:15-4:15pm Boxed Lunch and Hiking Break

4:15pm Greening Existing Development

• Greg Acker, Architect, Office of Sustainable Development, City of Portland [Presentation (PDF, 5.7 MB)]
• Commissioner Sam Adams, City of Portland [Presentation (PDF, 2.7 MB)]

5:30pm Reception

6:00pm Dinner

7:15pm The Critical Importance of Watersheds

• Martha Davis, Executive Manager of Policy Development, Inland Empire Utilities Agency, Chair of the CA State Watershed Task Force

7:30pm Influencing Smart Growth and Water Sustainability: The Many Hats You Wear

• Moderator: Jeff Loux, Director of Land Use & Natural Resources, UC Davis Extension
• As a LAFCO Member: Dr. Roger Anderson, CALFACO Board of Directors, Commissioner, Santa Cruz LAFCO, Professor, Chemistry Department , UCSC
• As a COG/ MPO Boardmember: Councilmember Susan Longville, City of San Bernardino
• As an Air Quality Boardmember: Larry Greene, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District
• By Working with your Water Utility: Martha Davis, Executive Manager of Policy development, Inland Empire Utilities Agency, Chair of the CA State Watershed Task Force
• By Working with Neighboring Jurisdictions: Councilmember Jake Mackenzie, City of Rohnert Park
• By Working with Citizen Activists: Supervisor John Woolley, Humboldt County

9:30pm Adjourn for the evening

Sunday, March 19 - Ahwahnee Hotel

Tudor Lounge
8:00am Continental Breakfast

9:00am Brief Overview of the Proposed Infrastructure Bonds and Infrastructure Funding

• Dennis O'Connor, Principal Consultant, Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water

9:45am Working With Developers Toward Smart Growth and Water Sustainability

• Curt Johansen, Executive Vice President. Triad Communities [Presentation (PDF, 2.6 MB)]
• Kate Klimow, Western Regional Director, KB Home

11:00am Annual Sunday Morning 'Ode to the Ahwahnee Principles'

• Jake Mackenzie, Councilmember, City of Rohnert Park

11:15am Adjourn