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

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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

Suggestions for Success

 

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