Sonoma State University’s Annual Planning Commissioners Conference
2013 Planning Commissioners Conference
Join us for the 30th Annual Planning Commissioners Conference on Saturday, December 7, 2013, 9:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M. Presented by SSU’s Department of Environmental Studies & Planning, Center for Sustainable Communities, and Student Planning Association.
The Planning Commissioners Conference provides an update on planning practice and law and is designed especially for planning commissioners and agency staff. Watch for registration materials. Registration: $80 per person, including continental breakfast.
I am coordinating the event this year so please feel free to contact me directly with any questions you may have at 707.664.2112 or email me at musick@sonoma.edu. If you have any new staff that you would like added to our email list, please let me know.
Planning Commissioners Conference Archive
Sonoma State University’s 29th Annual Planning Commissioners Conference Saturday, December 1, 2012 9:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.
Presented by SSU’s Department of Environmental Studies & Planning, Center for Sustainable Communities, and Student Planning Association. An update on planning practice and law specially designed for planning commissioners and agency staff.
Seminar Handouts
SSU Center for Sustainable Communities Update: 2012 - Alext Hinds & Wayne Goldberg
Effective Housing Planning - Cathy Creswell
Integrated Water a New Design Ecology - Josiah Raison Cain
Is there a disconnect of water and land use? - Elizabeth A. Patterson, AICP
Sonoma State University’s 28th Annual Planning Commissioners Conference Saturday, December 3, 2011 9:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.
Presented by SSU’s Department of Environmental Studies & Planning, Center for Sustainable Communities, and Student Planning Association. An update on planning practice and law specially designed for planning commissioners and agency staff. The 2011 SSU PC Conference Flyer and registration form are now available. Recognizing the ongoing fiscal challenges facing many local governments, we are maintaining our reduced registration fee this year at $75 per person and not providing lunch at the end of the day’s program. We hope this helps and we’ll see you in December. Questions? Contact Jo-Ann Smith at 707.664.2306 or email at joann.smith@sonoma.edu
Seminar Handouts
Effective Communication for Planning Commissioners - Janet Ruggiero
How to Review a Development Proposal
Sonoma State University’s, 27th Annual Planning Commissioners Conference, Saturday, December 4, 2010, 9:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.
Presented by SSU’s Department of Environmental Studies & Planning, Center for Sustainable Communities, and Student Planning Association. The Registration Form and Conference Flyer are now available. Questions? Contact Jo-Ann Smith at 707.664.2306 or email at joann.smith@sonoma.edu
Sonoma State University’s 26th Annual Planning Commissioners Conference Saturday, December 5, 2009 9:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.
Presented by SSU’s Department of Environmental Studies & Planning, Center for Sustainable Communities, and Student Planning Association An update on planning practice and law specially designed for planning commissioners and agency staff Watch for registration materials Recognizing the ongoing fiscal challenges facing many local governments, we are maintaining our reduced registration fee this year at $75 per person and not providing lunch at the end of the day’s program. We hope this helps and we’ll see you in December. Questions? Contact Jo-Ann Smith at 707.664.2306 or email at joann.smith@sonoma.edu
Seminar Handouts:
Practical approaches to today's planning challenges: Effective city council-planning commission-staff relations Planning for planning commission success;
CEQA, general plans, global warming, and local government action;
What does SB 375 really mean for local planning and livable communities?;
Climate change and planning: bringing it home to the North Bay;
The land use/public health connection: Preview of a new project in Sonoma County