CC - Authorization to attend 3rd annual martners for smart growthTO: HONORABLE MAYOR
AND MEMBERS
ROSEMEAD CITY COUNCIL
FROM: BILL CROWS, CITY MANAGER
DATE: JANUARY 6, 2004
RE: AUTHORIZATION TO ATTEND 3' ANNUAL PARTNERS FOR SMART
GROWTH: BUILDING SAFE, HEALTHY, AND LIVABLE COMMUNITIES
JANUARY 22-24,2004, PORTLAND, OREGON
Attached for your consideration is information regarding the aforementioned conference. The
goal of the conference is to implement policies that will improve land-use decisions. Sessions
include the topics: Place-Based Crime Prevention, Market Approaches to Land, Developing
Urban In-fill Communities and Creating Affordable Housing in a Smart Growth Environment.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council authorize the attendance of any Council Member and
staff as assigned by the City Manager.
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from a variety of professions-all working on the goal of making better land-use decisions. Every year I come home re-
energized, with new and exciting ideas that I can implement in my hometown."
--Connie Stewart, Vice Mayor, City of Arcata, California; Board Chair, Local Government Commission
ABUUT THE EVENT
The 2004 national conference will build on the tremendous success of
both the first and second annual New Partners for Smart Growth con-
ferences, held in 2002 in San Diego and 2003 in New Orleans. A lot of
progress has been made in the last year, and this conference will provide
the venue to showcase it! The program will feature cutting-edge smart-
growth issues, the latest research, implementation tools and strategies,
successful case studies, new partners, new projects, and new policies.
join us to catch up on what's new in smart growth!
= WHD WILL BENEFIT
The conference will draw a multidisciplinary audience of local elected
officials, city and county staff, developers, planners, transportation pro-
fessionals and traffic engineers, public health professionals, architects,
landscape architects, social equity advocates, bankers, crime prevention
professionals, realmrs, urban designers, parks and recreation professionals,
advocates for older adults and youth, bicycle and pedestrian advocates,
labor representatives, environmental advocates, and others committed to
building safer, healthier, and more livable communities everywhere.
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HDULD ATTEND
THE FRUMN'
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WHY
of local model projects. This
event also offers you the oppor-
tunity to network with your
peers as well. as practitioners from
many different disciplines, all
with the same goal-building
safe, healthy and livable com-
munities.
The program will include a dynamic mix of keynotes, plenaries, inter-
active breakout sessions, "hands-on" implementation workshops, and
opportunities for participants and speakers to network with each other.
It will also feature several optional sessions, including pre- and post-
conference tours of local model projects, preconference seminars, and
evening salon sessions.
"EPA is again proud to sponsor the New Partners for Smart
Growth conference. EPA recognizes that protection of the
natural environment requires attention to how we shape the
built environment. I hope you will join us in Portland."
-Marianne L Horinko, Acting Administrator, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
Conference Sponsors s +i
•Cente s^fofbisease Control and Prevention
• Federal Highway Administrarion n.
Smart'Geowth Network
• U.S "Environmental Protection Agency.
Major Funders ,
t ` •vAmertcan Society of Landscape Architects`, y i
Bank of America
II Federal Transit Administration _
1- - • National Association of REALTORSO
' National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
TriMet
Urban Land Institute
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There are many great reasons to attend this important event.
Depending on your specific discipline, you may be wondering what
this conference has to offer vou. To find the answer to that question,
you don't have to look far. Take a look at the list of over 50 dynamic
and cutring-edge conference sessions; the impressive list of national,
regional and local experts invited to present at the conference; and
the many additional conference
features, which include optional
preconference sessions and tours
Benefactors' ' ..ct±`
• American Association of Retired Persons
r.Ame'ricin Institute ofkchitects
• Inrernarional Ciry/County Management
t Association; - - -
' Patrons ~ ,-i
Ameiican Plan6ing Association '
• David Evans and Associates, Inc.
Hilton Ponland & Executive Tower Hotel
National Charrette Institute
• Oregon's Transponarion and Growth
Management Program
e - Urban' & Community
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co sponsoring orgamzitions that have'h'elped
shape and promote ihisevent; Please visit the
conference Web.site-for a coriipletelist of the r
over 115 conference co-sponsors
www.outieach piu;edu/C&I/
SmartGrowth/
"The best thing about the New Partners for Smart Growth conference is meeting hundreds of people from all over the country,
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2004
6:00-8:00 p.m.
Conference preregistration
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2004
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and
5:00-8:00 P.M.
Conference registration
SPECIAL PRECONFERENCE TOURS
9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Optional morning and afternoon tours
of local model projects (details in the
"Special Conference Features" section)
OPTIONAL PRECONFERENCE SESSIONS
9:00-11:00 a.m.
Portland as a Laboratory for Livable
Communities
9:00-11:30
Connecting Smart Growth and Social
Equity: Laying the Foundation
From Sidewalks to Policy: Moving Public
Health Interventions to New Levels
1:00-2:30 p.m.
How to Implement an Active Living Program
in Your Community
2:30-4:30
Livable Communities 101: Making the
Multidisciplinary Connections
Smart Growth for Local Elected Officials
MAIN CONFERENCE PROGRAM
7:00-7:30 p.m.
Conference Welcome and
Acknowledgments
7:30-8:45 _
Kickoff Keynote: Implementing Smart
Growth: From the Top Down and the
Bottom Up
8:45-9:45
Networking reception
FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 2004
7:00-8:30 a.m.
Conference registration/continental
breakfast
8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Conference sessions
PLENARIES
Morning Welcome
Social Equity and Smart Growth:
Addressing the Gaps and Building the
Bridges
Keynote Luncheon
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
(concurrent sessions in the morning
and afternoon)
Place-Based Crime Prevention: What We
Know That Really Works
Market Approaches to Land
Conservation: Creating Value with Green
Space
Planning for Improved Health:
Opportunities and Tools for Partnering
Context-Sensitive Design, Transportation,
and the Urban Environment: Impacts on
Community Livability
Brownfield Redevelopment
Social Equity and Smart Growth: Bridges
under Construction
Protecting Water Quality through
Regional Planning
"Planning" for Public Health: The Role of
Health-Impact Assessment Tools
What Really Improves Transit Ridership?
Why Is Housing So Darn Expensive?
Housing Trends in the Twenty-first
Century
Youth VOICE for Community Design
Promoting Community Safety and
Stability through Neighborhood
Revitalization
Our Children's Health: Livable
Communities Lead to Healthier Kids
Developing Urban In-fill Communities
Where the Rubber Meets the Road:
Creating Affordable Housing in a Smart
Growth Environment
How to Develop in Greenfields: Bringing
Smart Growth to the Fringe
"We encourage states and local
governments to link their land-use
and transportation decisions to
make transportation more efficient,
to be respectful of environmental
values, and to further raise the
quality of life."
-Mary Peters, Administrator,
Federal Highway Administration
Aging in Place: Addressing the Needs of
Our Aging Population
State Tools/Strategies for Improving
Transportation and Land-Use Investment
Decisions
IMPLEMENTATION WORKSHOPS
(concurrent sessions in the afternoon)
The Details of Making Communities
Walkable
Preserving Our Countryside: The Other
Side of Smart Growth
Intercepting the Code: Targeting Code
Reform for Smart Growth
Map Globally, Implement Locally: GIS
Tools Workshop
OPTIONAL EVENING SALON
SESSIONS
7:30-9:00 p.m.
The Paper Chase-Is This Plan Really
"Smart Growth"?
The Best in Pictures
Developing the Smart Growth Movement
Work Plan
Transportation Land-Use Focus Group
Session
SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 2004
7:00-8:30 a.m.
Conference registration/continental
breakfast
8:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m.
Conference sessions
PLENARIES
Morning Welcome
Getting Smart Growth Projects Built: The
Developers Have the Mic
Closing Keynote
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
_ (concurrent sessions in the morning
and afternoon)
Innovative MPO Practices: Integrating
Land-Use and Transportation Planning
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT): Out from under
the Shadow of Light Rail
Regional Equity Session: Lessons from
Portland, Oregon
The Smart Growth Assembly Line: What
Are the Best Smart Growth Policies for
Your Community
Schools: Building Smart Communities
REALTORS®: Selling Smart Growth
Zoning for Public Health: Creating Healthy
Communities through Healthy Zoning
Codes
Engaging the Labor Community as a Smart
Growth Partner
Working with Your Emergency Responders
Community Design: What Matters Most to
People with a Disability
Geoff Anderson, Director, DCED, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
John Anderson, Principal, Heritage Partners
Carl Anthony, Program Officer, Ford Foundation
Jonathan Barnett, FAIA, AIC$ Professor,
Department of City and Regional Planning,
University of Pennsylvania
Mark Bello, Senior Planner, City of Portland
Planning Bureau, Oregon
Michael Beyard, Senior Resident Fellow for
Retail Development, Urban Land Institute
Angela Glover Blackwell, President, PolicyLink
Earl Blumenauer, Congressman, Oregon's 3rd
Congressional District
Jim Bueermann, Police Chief, City of Redlands,
California
Dan Burden, Director, Walkable Communities,
Inc.
Ann Canby, President, Surface Transportation
Policy Project
Rick Cole, Ciry Manager, City of Asum,
California
Andrew Dannenberg, MD, MPH, Associate
Director for Science, DEEHS, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
Vera DeVera, Director, Western Regional Office,
Fannie Mae Foundation
Hank Dittmar, President, Reconnecting America
Hattie Dorsey, President, Atlanta Neighborhood
Development Partnership
John Fregonese, Principal, Fregonese Calthorpe
Associates
The Place-Making Dividend: Cashing in on
Smart Growth
Aging Suburbs, Aging Drivers-Building
Communities that Keep People Safely
Mobile
Open-Space Preservation: Linking Smart
Conservation to Smart Growth
Strategies for Increasing the Sustainability
of Community Water Supplies
Reinvesting in City Parks
Funding Smart Growth: Financing
Mechanisms That Make It Happen
IMPLEMENTATION WORKSHOPS
(concurrent sessions in the afternoon)
Getting to Yes-Addressing the "Not in
NIMBY
Certifying and Rewarding Smart Growth-
Building a System for Encouraging
Environmentally Sound Development
Getting Transit-Oriented Development on
Track
Rebuilding Neighborhood Retail: Principles
That Guide Success
Jeanne Geiger, San Antonio--Bexar County
Metropolitan Planning Organization
Robert Gibbs, Founder, Gibbs Planning Group
Fred Hansen, Executive Director, TriMer
Tasha Harmon, Project Coordinator, Coalition
for a Livable Future
James Heid, President, UrbanGreen, LLC
Pres Kabacoff, President, Historic Renovations,
Inc. .
Bruce J. Katz, Author, Brookings Institution
Vera Katz, Mayor, City of Portland, Oregon
Terri Kelly, Director, Community Outreach
and Support Department, National Crime
Prevention Council
Gayle Killam, Director, River Protection and
Restoration, River Network
Andrew Kochera, Senior Policy Adviser, Public
Policy Institute, AARP
Peter Lagerwey, Supervisor, Bicycle & Pedestrian
Program, Seattle Department of Transportation
Tom Lattimore, Executive Director, Impact
Capital
Michael Leavitt, Governor, State of Utah
Bruce Leonard, StreerSense
Greg LeRoy, Executive Director, Good Jobs First
Jake Mackenzie, Councilmember, City of
Rohnert Park, California
Carol MacLennan, Tri-County Health
Department, Colorado
Daniel T McCaffery, President, McCaffery
Interests, Inc.
Edward McMahon, Vice President, The
Conservation Fund
Connecting Smart Growth and Social
Equity: Implementation Tools and
Strategies
SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 2004
SPECIAL POST CONFERENCE TOURS
8:30 a.m: 11:30 a.m.
Optional morning tours of local model
projects (details in the "Special
Conference Features" section)
"The American Society of Landscape
Architects is pleased to continue
our support for the 3rd Annual New
Partners for Smart-Growth conference.
The coordination and integration of
the many factors that compose a safe,
healthy, and livable community are a
central focus for the profession of land-
scape architecture."
-Susan L. B. Jacobson, FASLA,
President-Elect, American Society
of Landscape Architects
Stuart Meek, Senior Research Fellow, American
Planning Association
Joseph Molinaro, Manager, Smart Growth
Programs, National Association of REALTORS®
Paul Morris, Senior Professional Associate, Parsons
Brinckerhoff, 2003 President, American Society
of Landscape Architects
Professor Barry Nalebuff, Yale School of
Management, Author, Why Nor? How to Use
Everyday Ingenuity to Solve Problems Big and
Small
Chris Nelson, Metropolitan Institute, Virginia
Tech
Peter Park, Planning Director, City of Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
Mary Peters, Administrator, Federal Highway
Administration
Michael Pyatok, FAIA, Pyarok Associates
Joe Riley, Mayor, City, of Charleston, South
Carolina
Mitt Romney, Governor, State of Massachusetts
Michael Ronkin, Manager, Bicycle and Pedestrian
Program, Oregon Department of Transportation
Joseph Schilling, Director of Community and
Economic Development, ICMA
.Jill Schwartz, Director of Marketing, American
Farmland Trust
Ethan Seltzer, Professor, School of Urban Studies
and Planning, Portland State University
Ed Wilson, Fire Chief, City of Portland, Oregon
Robert D. Yarn, President, Regional Plan
Association, New York
SPEEIAL CONFERENCE FEATURE S
Networking Reception
The main conference program will start on
Thursday evening with an opening keynote
session. In keeping with the conference theme
of collaboration, a "hosted" networking recep-
tion will immediately follow this session. This
social event is designed to get our multidisci-
plinary audience talking and networking with
each other early in the conference.
Tour 1: Reinventing Suburbia,
Part 1-Portland's Walkable,
Transit-Oriented West Side Suburbs
Thursday, January 22, 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m
Tour fee: 815
Tour 2: Green Roofs to Water
Gardens-Sustainably Managing
Storm Water
Thursday, January 22, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Tour fee: $30
Tour 3: Creating Opportunity from
Abandonment-A Tour of Portland's
Successful Vacant-Property
Revitalization Projects
Thursday, January 22, 1:00-4:30 p.m.
Tour fee: $15
Tour 4: Building for Bicycling-A
Cycling Tour of Portland's Bicycle
Infrastructure
Thursday, January 22, 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Tour fee: $25
Tour 6: Addressing Economic and
Social Equity through Rebuilding
Main Streets in Historic Northeast
Portland
Thursday, January 22, noon-4:00 p.m.
Tour fee: $35
Tour 7: Reinventing Suburbia,
Part 2-Portland's Walkable,
Transit-Oriented East Side Suburbs
Thursday, January 22, 1:0014:00 p.m.
Tour fee: $25
Tour 8: Portland Walk Audit with Dan
Burden
Sunday, lanuary 25, 8:30-11:30 a.m.
Tour fee: $15
Tour 9: Affordable Housing Projects
in Portland: A Cornerstone of
Livability
Sunday, January 25, 9:00-11:30 a.m.
Tour. fee: $25
Optional Pre- and Post-conference
Tours of Local Model Projects
Each tour carries an additional nominal charge
to cover transportation and refreshments.
It is possible to sign up for more than one
Thursday tour. Visit the conference Web site
for more tour details. Space on each tour is
limited, and preregistration is required.
Your 5: Thirty Years of Urban
Evolution and Innovation-Portland's
Vibrant Downtown
Thursday, January 22, 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Tour fee: $15
Tour 10: The Portland Streetcar
and Portland's Hot, New, Compact
Neighborhoods
Sunda}; January 25, 9:00-11:30 a.m.
Tour fee: $15
Tour 11: Mixed-Use Libraries:
Portland's Latest Planning Coup
Sunday, January 25, 9:00-11:30 a.m.
Tour fee: $25
"Why come to Portland to learn about smart growth? Because you can see it on the ground. Whether It's in a suburban down-
town revitalized by light rail and innovative development financing or in communities rebuilding themselves on a neighborhood
scale, you'll find it in Portland. And you can talk to the people who've made it happen, and take their lessons home with you."
-Rex Burkholder, Metro Council, Portland
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