APA Audio Conferences:

For Planning Commissioners and Planning Professionals

Dates: Vary, see below
Location: MARC Conference Center (map)
Fee: Free! Registration is required.

What you'll learn:

Join us for a series of American Planning Association audio conferences on topics of interest to area planning commissioners and planning professionals.

Participants will be able to submit questions to the speakers, via e-mail or fax, both in advance of and during the sessions.

Although some audio conferences are targeted to either commissioners or planners, both are welcome at all sessions. There is no charge for the audio conferences, but registration is required.


Advanced Intensive Series

This series for professional planners and seasoned officials covers current topics in depth. You'll hear a panel of experts discuss the topic at hand. Ask your questions of the speakers, and expand upon your experience with a special program website that contains readings, note pages to use during the live event, and links to useful websites. Registered sites can choose to receive the program on CD-ROM (Option B) for future viewing.

Redevelopment and Revitalization for a New Era
March 17, 2010, 3-4:30 p.m.

The current economy coupled with the federal stimulus package provide new opportunities for redevelopment in many communities. What is being funded and what opportunities are emerging? Will mixed use continue to be a goal of redeveloped area? Will the desire to use resources more efficiently provide a good match with planning goals. One thread will focus on redevelopment financing such as TIF, special district financing, and joint development financing and how they are working as tools in this economic climate.

 

2010 Planning Law Review
June 30, 2010, 3-4:30 p.m.

The Supreme Court will have ended its deliberations for the year; so it is time to assess legal landscape of the past year. Did changes on the Court result in a new direction? How have states been addressing planning issues — are we seeing the demise of ballot box initiatives? What progress has been made on climate change legislation? Have any new cases changed the course for planning? A panel of attorneys and legislative experts provides analysis.

 

Intensive Encore Series

This encore series brings you the best of previous Advanced Intensive Series programs. Hear experts discuss noteworthy topics and ask them your questions in an online Q&A after the program. Expand your learning with a special program website that contains readings, note pages to use during the event, and links to useful websites. Registered sites can choose to receive the program on CD-ROM (Option B) for future viewing.

Project Management
September 30, 2009, 3–4:30 p.m.

Learn the five-phased process for managing projects, from initiating to closing. Learn about the scope of projects, stakeholders, estimating costs and effort, and evaluating risk. Learn to set up systems to manage, track, and archive projects. Gain insight into governmental and private sector project management. Project management is a necessary skill for all successful managers.

 

Development Finance and Pro Formas
April 21, 2010, 3–4:30 p.m.

Unravel the complexities of development and financial calculations that go into proposals and projects. Planners, developers, and finance experts explore examples in detail. You will learn to how to assess development projects and understand the financial considerations faced by private developers and public-sector project leaders. Learn how projects are financed and the impacts of various financing strategies.

 

Design Graphics for Planning
May 12, 2010, 3-4 p.m.

This program builds off Planning and Urban Design Standards (Wiley, 2006). It is critical for planners to convey planning information in graphic formats that are intelligible. Learn how to use accurate, clear, and well-designed graphics to communicate planning concepts to the public and non-planners. The focus is on design outside the building envelope.

 

Officials Topical Series

Planning commissioners and other officials will learn the fundamentals they need to serve on a board in this introductory series. In addition to the live program, attendees have access to a program website with reading materials, technical briefs on the topic, and note sheets. Attendees may ask questions of speakers. Registered sites can choose to receive the program on CD-ROM (Option B) for future viewing.

Planning with Large Institutions
November 18, 2009 (note new date), 3-4 p.m.

Hospitals, universities, and other large institutions have a dramatic impact on their host communities. At times the needs of the institution are in conflict with the community. In other situations, the institutions may be committed to sustaining the surrounding neighborhoods and local planners and officials are challenged to help guide investment and development. Learn how institutions and communities work successfully and the role the planning commission and other officials play.

 

Design Review for Officials
May 26, 2010, 3-4 p.m.

A challenging area for communities is how to identity and maintain its desired character. How far should regulation and control go? When should communities rely on voluntary guidelines? What legal considerations should be taken into account as communities establish design review functions. Learn how to create and sustain design review processes that achieve the community’s goal and support good planning

 

Register for these sessions online

From 1.5 to 3 credits of Continuing Professional Development Program hours are available for each presentation. More information about the CPDP is available at www.planning.org.

Presented by the Mid-America Regional Council and the Kansas City Metropolitan Section of the Kansas and Missouri Chapters of the American Planning Association.