Calendar of Events

JANUARY

Early January
Northern Section Planning Awards 2010 application materials available here. Contact Award Co-Directors Eileen Whitty at (510) 287-1109, ewhitty@ebmud.com, or Andrea Ouse at (650) 985-2590, andrea.ouse@lsa-assoc.com, with any questions.

January 21
AEP Learning Event—Vibration Impacts and Analysis. 12 PM–3 PM, Hearing Room 3, Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland. This environmental planning learning event co-sponsored by AEP will cover how to identify potential vibration impacts, make an educated guess as to whether impacts might be significant or not, and ask the right questions of the noise and vibration consultants on project teams. For more information, contact Leslie Garlinghouse at leslie.garlinghouse@ch2m.com or (510) 587-7505.

January 23
APA California, Northern Section Board Retreat. 10 AM–3 PM, First Street Café, 440 First Street, Benicia. The Board will set its goals and budget for the year. All members welcome. RSVP to Hanson Hom at (408) 730-7450 or hhom@ci.sunnyvale.ca.us

January 30
Big Steps, Little Steps to Addressing Climate Change. 9 AM–2 PM, Metro Center, 101 Eighth Street, Oakland. The session will discuss the SB 375 implementation process and address reducing greenhouse gas emissions in air quality, transportation, housing, and land use. Registration deadlines to follow and will be via the League of Women Voters Bay Area (LWVBA) PayPal at http://www.lwvba.ca.lwvnet.org/. Cost is $25 with a light breakfast and bag lunch or $15 without lunch. Payments at the door are $30/$20 respectively. Speakers include Mary D. Nichols, CARB; Julia Lave Johnston, Governor’s Office; Jeremy Madsen, Greenbelt Alliance, and many others. For more information, contact Eileen Whitty at (510) 287-1109 ewhitty@ebmud.com
CM | 4.0

FEBRUARY

February 2
Closing the Climate Gap. 5 PM–8 PM, SPUR, 654 Mission Street, San Francisco. Free for SPUR and APA California Northern members, $5 for general public. Climate change affects us all, but has an even more severe effect on people of color and the poor. Professor Rachel Morello-Frosch, co-author of The Climate Gap (2009), will discuss the disproportionate effect climate change has on disadvantaged communities and offer recommendations for closing the gap. Following will be a reception and panel discussion on how Bay Area businesses and organizations are implementing solutions to close the gap. Find out what you can do to help those in your community. Co-sponsored by SPUR. CM | pending

February 11
APA San Francisco Social/Networking Event. 6 PM–8 PM, Press Club, a wine tasting bar, 20 Yerba Buena Lane (between 3rd/4th Street, south of Market). Wine and light snacks provided free to members, first-come first-serve. Come sample great wine and food, network, and tell us what types of events you’d like to see in The City in 2010. For more information, contact Danny Serrano at serranochile@hotmail.com or (619) 850-1527.

February 24
The High Cost of Free Parking. 6:30 PM–9 PM, San José City Hall, Council Wing Room 120, 200 E. Santa Clara Street. UCLA Professor Donald Shoup, author of The High Cost of Free Parking, will discuss how parking reforms can reduce vehicle travel, traffic congestion, air pollution, energy waste, and GHG emissions while increasing the supply of housing and improving public services. Free event co-sponsored by the Great Communities Collaborative (Greenbelt Alliance, Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition, and TransForm), City of San José, and San José State University Urban Planning Coalition (UPC). For more information, contact Justin Meek at justin.meek@gmail.com

February 24
Fox Theater Tour—East Bay RAC Social Event. 5:30 PM–7 PM, Fox Theater, 1807 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland (one block from 19th Street BART). Join East Bay planners for a free tour of the historic Fox Theater, which reopened in February 2009 after being shuttered for almost 40 years. City of Oakland staff and lead architect Jim Heilbronner will explain the history of this magnificent theater and how the ambitious, innovative restoration and reuse project became a reality. Networking in the Fox Den to follow. For more information or to RSVP, contact Joanna Jansen at joanna@dceplanning.com or (510) 848-3815.

MARCH

March12
Deadline for receiving Northern Section Planning Awards 2010 Applications. Materials available here. Contact Award Co-Directors Eileen Whitty at (510) 287-1109, ewhitty@ebmud.com, or Andrea Ouse at (650) 985-2590, andrea.ouse@lsa-assoc.com, with any questions.


APRIL
April 10–13
APA National Planning Conference, New Orleans, offers hundreds of sessions and workshops on leadership strategies, financing tools for lean times, and a major focus on sustainability. For a conference overview, click here. To view the conference program online, click here. To download the printed preliminary program (PDF), click here. To register online, click here. To reserve housing, click here.

ONGOING
Now through Tues, June 30, 2010
Planning for Healthy Places with Health Impact Assessments. This free online course is available through June 30, 2010.  Earn up to 6.0 CM credits online.  This online course will explain the value of conducting an HIA and the steps involved in conducting an HIA. A how-to guide for conducting health impact assessments (HIAs), developed by the American Planning Association and the National Association of County & City Health Officials, sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To participate, please visit http://professional.captus.com/Planning/hia/default.aspx Up to 6.0 CM credits online.

ONGOING
Free podcasts of APA National's Tuesdays at APA may also be obtained for CM credits. Members may browse the distance education listing from the CM Activities page to find podcasts eligible for CM credit: https://www.planning.org/cm/search/