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 Mixed Use Master Plan and Form-Based Code
* Charlie Patterson, 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
* Matthew Ridgway, AICP & U.C. Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies Technology Transfer Program
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
