This session focuses on why communities are undertaking multi-jurisdictional planning efforts? Approaches to multi-jurisdictional planning, including Separate Plans, Collaborative Planning, and Integrated Regional Approach and will highlight the differences between the approaches and lessons learned in different projects.

This presentation shares various perspectives on wind energy development. Professional planners will share their experiences on how planning documents might be updated to address potential wind energy developments in your community. An engineering professor will describe the inner-workings and physics behind wind turbine design, providing clear explanations on how the conversion of wind energy to electricity is optimized. And finally, a local planning commission member from a rural township in Michigan will describe his community’s experience with a wind developer. The process, from site plan submittal through the construction of a wind farm, including lessons learned, will be highlighted.

Discussion of the roots of Historic Preservation.

Transportation is the backbone of many states’ economy and impacts the public’s quality of life. The current method for funding and managing transportation is broken, resulting in ever increasing congestion, wasted fuel, environmental degradation and a lack of meaningful choices for the public. This session will present a new paradigm of how to fund and manage transportation in a manner that is sustainable. Highlights of sustainable I- 95 Managed Lanes project will be discussed.

Much of what planners do impacts private property rights – comprehensive planning, land use regulation, environmental management, urban redevelopment are a few of many examples. Americans have a particular and historically-linked affinity for what they own. Americans also tend to view their right of ownership and the government’s right to manage that ownership as a Constitutional issue, with their rights trumping those of society at large. The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2005 Kelo decision highlighted these issues and brought them into intense public and state-legislative discussion. This webinar explores both the veracity of historical and contemporary claims about private property rights, and how to talk effectively about property rights with those who feel threatened by planning proposals.

Best implementation practices of Historical Preservation.

Electronic signage has been expanding in communities across the U.S. Learn about legal basis for regulating electronic signage. Regulatory strategies for electronic signs are also discussed.

This session will cover how planners are using social networking tools.

What’s the difference between an RFP and an RFQ? When do public agencies use them? How should consultants evaluate when to respond—or not? A good RFP will attract the best consultants and get clients the product they want. Session presenters will share the secrets to excellent RFP’s and RFQ’s and tell war stories based on their years of in-depth experience.

This session provides the legal foundation for undertaking the American with Disabilities Act and what it means for planners.

This session will discuss how planners can effectively use the information available in the American Housing Survey.

In the fast-changing world of planning information technology, it’s difficult to know when to invest in something new. In this session, attendees will learn about the functions of a wide range of planning support instruments, their potential value, and their associated implementation requirements and costs. Drawing on recent research on technology use in local government planning, presenters will provide both urban and rural planners with valuable insight on how best to select and use tools for their specific needs.

How to modify your zoning ordinance to comply with the ADA and Fair Housing Acts. You’ll learn how to ensure that your development codes are compliant with these acts and protect your community from civil rights lawsuits.

This session will describe the efforts underway to create a plan focused on the National Capital.