The 2010 APACA Northern Section Awards Winners
Distinguished Leadership Award – Leadership and Service
George G. Mader, FAICP
Distinguished Leadership Award – Student Planner
Justin Meek, San José State University
Distinguished Leadership Award – Planning Firm
Grand Boulevard Initiative
Corinne Goodrich, San Mateo County Transit District
Special Recognition: The cities, organizations, and agencies in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties that are members of the Grand Boulevard Initiative
Planning Achievement Award – Advocacy/Diversity Planning
Alvaro Huerta, UC Berkeley
Planning Achievement Award – Academic
Alviso Community Assessment
Graduate Planning Students in UrbP–201 (Fall 2008) and UrbP–203 (Spring 2009), San José State University
Special Recognition: Walter Rask, AIA, AICP – San José Redevelopment Agency Jose Arreola, Principal – Downtown College Prep, Alviso
Planning Achievement Award – Hard-won Victories
Visitacion Valley Design for Development
Tom Evans, San Francisco Redevelopment Agency Fran Martin, Visitacion Valley Planning Alliance Sarah Dennis Phillips, San Francisco Planning Department Rick Williams, Van Meter Williams Pollack LLP
Neighborhood Planning Award
West Broadway Urban Village Specific Plan
David Early, Design, Community & Environment Diana Hurlbert, City of Seaside
Special Recognition: Fehr + Peers Transportation Consultants Schaaf & Wheeler Consulting Civil Engineers Bay Area Economics Pyatok Architects Urban Transformation
Media Award
Trail Planning for California Communities
Judith H. Malamut, AICP, LSA Associates, Inc. Julie Bondurant/Jim Townsend, East Bay Regional Park District Laura Thompson, San Francisco Bay Trail Project
Special Recognition: Patrick Tomay Miller/Jane Elizabeth Miller, 2M Associates Richard Taylor, IPartner Winter King, Shute Mihaly & Weinberger LLP Michelle DeRobertis, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Joe LaClair, BCDC Bill Long, Marin County Park and Open Space Trust
Education Project Award
Great Communities Collaborative
GCC Core Partners: TransForm Greenbelt Alliance Urban Habitat Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California The San Francisco Foundation Silicon Valley Community Foundation East Bay Community Foundation Reconnecting America
Best Practices Award
Envision San José 2040: Phase I & II Community Engagement Program
Envision San José 2040 Team, City of San José Department of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement
Focused Issue Planning Award of Merit
Bay Fair BART Station Area Improvement Plan
Bruce Brubaker, Design, Community & Environment Tim Chan, BART Mike Wells, Justice and Security Strategies, Inc. Terri O’Connor, Wilbur Smith Associates
Special Recognition: Alameda County ABAG Alameda County Sheriff’s Office AC Transit Bayfair Center Caltrans CHP City of San Leandro
Comprehensive Planning – Small Jurisdiction: Award of Merit
Emeryville General Plan
City of Emeryville Rajeev Bhatia, AICP, ASLA, Dyett & Bhatia
Comprehensive Planning – Small Jurisdiction Award of Merit
Integrated San Carlos 2030 General Plan and Climate Action Plan
Al Savay, City of San Carlos Design, Community & Environment Pacific Municipal Consultants
Innovation in Green Community Planning Award
City of Berkeley Climate Action Plan
City of Berkeley
Special Recognition: Berkeley Mayor, City Council, and the Berkeley Community
Planning Landmark Award
The East Bay Regional Park District
Larry Tong, Pat O’Brien, and Robert E. Doyle, East Bay Regional Park District
CALIFORNIA PLANNING FOUNDATION AWARDS
Outstanding Student Award: First Place
Emily Ehlers, UC Berkeley
PBS&J Scholarship
Jorge Rick Gosalvez, San José State University
Northern Section Awards
Monica Altmaier, UC Berkeley
Justin Meek, San José State University
Nathan Rogers, San Francisco State University
Honorable Mentions:
Kristopher Hartley, UC Berkeley
Paul Hierling, San José State University
Andrew Ross, San José State University
Adrianne Wheeler, UC Berkeley
Ayrin Zahner, UC Berkeley
Continuing Student Scholarships
Lisa Chen, UC Berkeley
Lauren Doud, San José State University
Graduating Student Merit Awards
Taryn Hanano, San José State University
Philip Olmstead, UC Berkeley
At the Awards dinner on May 14th, Northern Section presented a
“Special Recognition of Excellence”
to Donald Bradley, AICP, PhD.
Don received the award for his continuing and outstanding contributions and tireless training efforts as Northern Section’s AICP Director for the past 25 years. Dr. Bradley has led AICP exam preparation workshops at UC Berkeley, UC Davis, San José State University, and Stanford University, and he has helped hundreds of Northern Section members pass the AICP exam. His “first-time exam-taken pass rate” of 98 percent is unsurpassed across the country. In their everyday professional planning work, Don’s many former students give witness to his professionalism and dedication to the planning profession. Congratulations, Don. You are very deserving of this special recognition and honor.
