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Title: Sustainability 3: Green Transportation and Smart Growth

This is part of the "Sustainability Series" series, which also included the following events:
* Sustainability 4: Low Impact Development for Public Works
Date(s): January 15, 2009
Location: Audio/Web Broadcast
Cost: Members: $175.00
Non Members: $225.00
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Description: The road to green is about minimizing the long-term impact of public works operations on the environment while enhancing organizational effectiveness. This webcast series will help you identify opportunities to embed concepts into your organization and create a vision of sustainability for the future.

After attending this session, participants will be able to:
- explain the long term benefits of sustainable growth
- better connect land use and transportation planning
- advocate a plan utilizing incentives and collaboration



This program has been approved for .2 CEUs or 2 PDHs. The form to request these credits is included in the handouts for this program. Please note there is a $5 fee per individual requesting CEUs.
Speaker: Coleen Clementson, Principal

San Diego Association of Governments

Coleen Clementson is Principal Regional Planner with the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) heading up the Land Use Coordination section which focuses on better connecting local land use plans with regional transportation investments.

Coleen has 18 years of professional public sector land use planning experience.

Before her work at SANDAG, she oversaw the update to the City of San Diego's 1979 General Plan --which included the City of Villages- a smart growth planning strategy for the City's future growth and development.

Coleen will be sharing with you an overview of planning in the San Diego region including the SANDAG Regional Comprehensive Plan and smart growth initiatives.
Speaker: Jeff Weir, Air Pollution Specialist

Air Resources Board
Sacramento, CA

Jeff Weir is an Air Pollution Specialist with the Transportation Strategies Group of the California Air Resources Board (ARB). Jeff is ARB’s main contact on transportation demand issues. He works closely with the executive staff at ARB on issues related to the air quality impacts of alternate modes of transportation, land use policies, and other transportation strategies. Jeff recently was responsible for writing the State air quality plan staff proposal. And he is currently the lead staff person for the land use, transportation and vehicle travel section of the AB 32 Scoping Plan.
Speaker: Matt Carpenter

Manager of Transportation Planning
Sacramento Area Council of Governments
Sacramento, CA

Matt is the Transportation Planning Manager for the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) where he leads a broad range of transit, road and bike/pedestrian transportation projects. Most recently Matt was the project manager for the award winning long-range Metropolitan Transportation Plan 2035 (MTP2035) - the region's first to implement policies that explicitly address climate change and match transportation investments with a smart-growth land use.

Matt received a Masters in Urban Engineering from the University of Tokyo and a Masters in City Planning with a Certificate in Urban Design from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Speaker: Ron Norris, Public Works Director

City of Lenexa, KS

Ron Norris is currently the Director of Public Works for the City of Lenexa, Kansas. His past experience includes Director of Design and Construction for the State of Missouri, Deputy Director of Public Works for Clark County, Nevada and Director of Community Development for Liberty, Missouri. He has also worked with the Missouri Department of Transportation and Mid-America Regional Council in transportation planning.

Mr. Norris is an active member of the American Public Works Association (APWA). He served as National President of APWA in 1992-93. In 1991, Mr. Norris also served as President of the National Association of State Facility Administrators. He was selected to receive the APWA Top Ten Public Works Leader of the Year Award in 2001. Mr. Norris presently chairs the APWA Certification Council and most recently chaired the APWA Sustainability Task Force.
Speaker: MODERATOR: Doug Brown, Director of Public Works

City of Overland Park, KS
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