Planning Achievement Award – Academic
Graduate Students,
San Jose State University
(Urban Planning 260):
San Jose Urban Eco Park

Distinguished Leadership Award – Student Planner
Emilia Mendoza,
San Jose State University

Distinguished Leadership Award – Organization
Joseph Bellomo Architects, Inc., University Circle Development,
Palo Alto

Distinguished Leadership Award – Professional Planner
Wayne Goldberg, AICP,
Director of Advanced Planning and Policy Development,
Santa Rosa

Neighborhood Planning Award CommUniverCity San Jose,
San Jose State University

Education Project Award
Youth Planning Workshop Team,
San Jose State University

Grassroots Initiative Award
Solano Transportation Authority:
Safe Routes to School Plan

Best Practices – Award of Merit
City of Oakland, Fehr and Peers Transportation Consultants: MacArthur BART Access
Feasibility Study

Best Practices Award
City of San Pablo: 2
3rd Street Specific Plan

Focused Issue Planning –
Award of Merit
City of Santa Rosa:
Downtown Area Specific Plan

Focused Issue Planning Award
City of San Leandro,
BMS Design Group:
Downtown San Leandro
TOD Strategy Plan

Innovation in Green Community Planning – Award of Merit
City of Alameda: Local Action Plan
for Climate Protection

Innovation in Green Community Planning Award
City of Oakland, DC&E:
Tapping the Potential of
Urban Rooftops –
Rooftops Resources Assessment

Planning Project Award
City of Union City:
Implementation Efforts in Intermodal Station District

Planning Implementation,
Large Jurisdiction Award
City of San Jose:
County Island Annexation Plan

Comprehensive Planning,
Small Jurisdiction Award
City of Redwood City:
Downtown Precise Plan

Comprehensive Planning,
Large Jurisdiction Award
County of Marin:
Marin Countywide Plan

The 2009 APACA Northern Section Awards Program

2009 APA California Northern Section Awards Winners

Outstanding Planning Award - Innovation in Green Community Planning:
The San Mateo County Sustainable Green Streets and Parking Lots Design Guidebook
* Matthew Fabry, Kevin Robert Perry, & Robert Dusenberry, P.E.

Comprehensive Planning Award - Small Jurisdiction
Milpitas Transit Area Specific Plan
* City of Milpitas & Leslie Gould

Neighborhood Planning Award
Downtown Benicia Mixed Use Master Plan and Form-Based Code
* Charlie Knox, Daniel Parolek, Lisa Wise, & Dena Belzer

Focused Issue Planning Award
East Bay Greenway Concept Plan
* Milton Marks

Best Practices Award
The California Pedestrian Safety Assessment Program
* Chris Murphy of the Office of Traffic Safety, Dr. Ted Chivala of UC Berkeley Tech Transfer and Matthew Ridgway and Meghan Mitman of Fehr & Peers

Grassroots Initiative Award
Chinatown Economic Action Plan
* Alexander Quinn, Jennifer Phelps Quinn, Amy B. Cohen, & Holly Lung

Education Project Award
San Mateo SMART Public Outreach and Climate Change Campaign
* Christina Gilmore & Mary Hewitt

Media Award
"La Pulga: San Jose's Flea Market" Documentary
Henry Servin, Alina Kwak, & Rene Picazo

Distinguished Leadership Award - Student Planner
* Taryn Hanano

Planning Achievement Award - Academic Award
"Do Central Business District Redevelopment Investments have a Positive Influence on Surrounding Neighborhoods?"
* Amy Fauria

AWARDS OF MERIT:
Outstanding Planning Award of Merit - Innovation in Green Community Planning
The 2009 San Carlos Climate Action Plan
* Deborah Nelson & Michael McCormick

Focused Issue Planning Award of Merit
"Filling in the Gaps: How Cities in San Mateo County Can Promote Infill Housing"
* Duane Bay, James Im, & Eisen|Letunic

CALIFORNIA PLANNING FOUNDATION AWARDS:
CPF Outstanding Diversity Award
* Nadia Shihab, U.C. Berkeley

California Planning Roundtable / Richard G. Munsell Scholarship
* Eugene Waddell, San Francisco State University

CPF Northern Section Awards
* Dennis Freeman, San Jose State University
* Steven James, Sonoma State University
* M. Cherry R.G. Ordonez, U.C. Berkeley

CPF Honorable Mentions
* Brittany Montgomery, U.C. Berkeley
* Christina Mun, U.C. Berkeley

CPF Continuing Student Scholarships
* Seth Adams, San Jose State University
* Alexander Brennan, U.C. Berkeley

CPF Graduating Student Merit Awards
* Amy Fauria, San Jose State University
* Tessa Munekiyo, U.C. Berkeley