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Agenda
2nd Annual Smart Growth Conference
May 4, 2000, Albany, New York |
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:45 AM
Opening Plenary
Welcome Remarks
- David Miller, National Audubon Society of New York Stat
- Secretary of State Alexander Treadwell (Conference Co-Chair)
- Lieutenant Governor Mary Donohue (Conference Co-Chair)
Essential Elements of Smart Growth
Victor Dover, AICP, Dover, Kohl and Partners
Using images taken from the design and implementation of real-life
projects, Victor Dover will discuss Smart Growth issues as they
arise in the design and implementation of complete neighborhoods.
Drawing from national examples of successful projects that seek
to revitalize existing urban centers and retrofit suburbia, he
will describe how communities are recreating a sense of place
to reclaim their livability and economic prosperity.
9:50 - 10:00
Break
10:00 - 10:30
Smart Growth Ordinances
John Nolon, Director, Land Use Law Center, Pace University
School of Law
Until local governments adopt ordinances that ordain something
other than sprawl, we won't have much growth that is smart. Professor
John Nolon will highlight adopted and model ordinances that can
help local communities achieve the type of smart growth presented
by Victor Dover.
10:30-12
Smart Growth Lessons from the Trenches
Many states are implementing smart growth programs that seek
to protect open space, guide development and improve overall
quality of life. A panel of diverse perspectives will discuss
what's working and what's not and how New York State can benefit
from these lessons.
Moderators: Assemblyman Sam Hoyt and Senator Mary Lou
Rath (invited)
- Bob Yaro, Executive Director, Regional Plan Association
- Victor Dover, AICP, Dover, Kohl & Partners
- Virginia Lyons, Chair of the Select Board, Town of Williston,
Vermont
- TBA - Maryland Developer
12:00-1:20
Lunch
Speaker: Bruce Bonke, Board Member, New York State Builders
Association; Vice President, New York Planning Federation
1:30 - 3:00 pm
Breakout Sessions
New York Case Studies: Smart Growth in Action
Case studies from around New York state will highlight ways communities
are working to achieve smart growth.
Session A: Integrating County Plans with Local Community
Planning Goals
Representatives from four counties discuss plans to foster intermunicipal
efforts to preserve open space and farmland, guide development
and build local capacity.
Moderator: Beverly Sanford, Associate Director, Institute
for Local Governance and Regional Growth, University at Buffalo
-Roger Akeley, Commissioner, Dutchess County Department of Planning
and Development
-Karen Kitney, Planning Director, Syracuse-Onondaga Planning
Agency
-Larry Rubin, Commissioner of Environment and Planning, Erie
County
-Stephen M. Jones, Suffolk County Planning Department
Session B: Smart Growth and Redevelopment
Representatives from urban, suburban and rural communities discuss
efforts to revitalize downtowns, malls and neighborhoods
Moderator: Victor Dover, AICP, Dover, Kohl and Partners
-Larry Stid, Planning Director, City of Rochester
-Eric Alexander, Director, Vision Huntington/Sustainable Long
Island
-Jody Kass, New York City Partnership
-Kevin P. O'Brien, Chairman, Town of Clifton Park Planning Board
Session C: Linking Land Use and Transportation
A series of transportation cases will be examined, including
an interstate interchange setting, a regional access management
project, and village revitalization effort, to explore model
options for making smart transportation decisions.
Moderator: David Church, Executive Director, New York
Planning Federation
Transportation Analyst: Jeff Anzevino, Scenic Hudson
-Robert Dennison, Director of New York State Department of Transportation
Region 8
-Dan Sitler and Peter Fairweather, The Saratoga Associates
-Ronald Brand, Planning Consultant, Towns of Canandaigua &
Farmington
3:00 - 3:15
Break
3:15 - 4:15 pm
Open Forum
Open discussion on goals and direction and goals of Governor
Pataki's Quality Communities Task Force.
Moderators: Lt. Governor Mary Donohue and Secretary
of State Alexander Treadwell
-Task Force members (invited)
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