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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Up to 1700 attendees had joined in on the fun at last week's 2018
APA CA Conference in San Diego! Congrats to the SD Section for throwing such an amazing shindig and looking forward to what Santa Barbara has to offer. This Webmaster had a great time and tried to experience it all as an attendee and as future host Section. Yes, that is right - the Inland Empire Section will be hosting the 2020 APA CA Conference in Riverside! As an attendee, the sessions were broad enough to satisfy all of our specialties as well as current and future challenges we are facing (housing, housing, housing!). The opening ceremony was pretty dang legit on the USS Midway! And overall, it was a great experience to re-explore areas such as Liberty Station, Point Loma and Shelter Island. It also didn't hurt that there were so many mixers to attend during the PM hours...for you know, networking purposes. As a takeaway for our future hosting, we will definitely need our IE'ers volunteerism and support to make our own conference wonderful. Riverside has much to offer - the Food lab just opened, mobile workshops exploring our great outdoors, and the ambiance that is of course the Mission Inn. Development is booming in the IE and we need to understand how this affects everyone else around us. So much to do, so much to plan for. But it is what we do best! So let's get out there and PLAN!
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YOU STAY CLASSY, SAN DIEGO!
Some takeaways from this past conference:
- Miguel A. Vazquez, CPR Liaison / ArtVULUPS Director: As always, I enjoy attending the conferences. I get to meet new planners and reconnect with many others. There were many highlights, but one particular one was the Pecha Kucha Night (PKN) at the Quartyard. Check out the links below!
- Karen Watkins, Section Historian: This year's CA APA Conference in San Diego was the best in my five years in California. I liked the location with the conference facilities in the hotel. A plus was not having any sit down and served meals. Instead, I thought the lunch on your own including a choice to purchase food to take outside and the outdoor Networking lunch were better. The keynote speakers were events rather than meals. I also like the auction and ticket sales happening outside the awards presentation. I also liked the registration process and mailing to each attendee with the ability to reprint badges if someone forgot. It saved long lines in checking in. The breakfasts were the best and simplest of any conferences with breakfast burritos or sandwiches each morning. The only negative was the few venues close by for the Consultant's parties, which will be a positive for us in Riverside. Also, I want to propose that we enlarge not only the first name on the name badges as they did, but also the firm or jurisdiction name. I find as I'm getting older that trying to read the small print looks like I'm investigating someone's belly button!
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IES-APA ELECTION PERIOD - OCT 5-31
Nomination package should include a candidacy statement and a resume or curriculum vitae.
Both elected positions are two-year terms, commencing on January 1, 2019 and ending December 31, 2020. These positions will also have the opportunity to participate with the 2020 CA APA Conference preparation, which will take place in downtown Riverside. For more information about these positions, please read the Section Bylaws or contact the Section Director (Admin@ies-apa.org)
Thank you for your interest in the IES-APA and we look forward to new partnerships!
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OCTOBER IS NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH!
October is
National Community Planning Month
, 31 days dedicated to recognizing the achievements of planners. This year's theme, "Housing as Community Infrastructure," underscores the critical role of housing in our social and built environment and emphasizes the important role planning plays in delivering housing to American communities. Thoughtful planning requires meaningful public participation. Try creative approaches to engage residents and public officials during Planning Month. For example:
- Share on social media how the planning department is addressing community housing challenges.
- Organize a walking tour for elected officials that showcases housing projects under way.
- Encourage local officials to proclaim October as Community Planning Month.
There are many more ways to share your planning stories. Need help? Use tools from APA's Resource Hub.
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2018 HISTORIC SYMPOSIUM: ONTARIO - OCT 23
Join us as we bring Historical Urban Agriculture to the fore in October. You will tour the
Graber Olive House
to discover 100 years of olive packing and receive a can of olives! You will then drive a few miles to the local, state and national APA award winning H
uerta Del Valle Garden
, a new urban oasis, for a lunch of delicious seasonal vegetables and fruits under the trees before a tour of this amazing urban garden!
The limit for the day is
50 people, so sign up soon.
Cost is $35 including lunch and olives.
More information will be provided as we move closer to the date.
For questions, please call Karen Watkins at 909-387-4218 or email Karen.Watkins@lus.sbcounty.gov.
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JOINT IES-APA || AEP MONTHLY WORKSHOP - OCT 25
Topic Overview:
The Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (Plan) provides a regional vision for balanced growth that will help conserve the Coachella Valley's natural heritage while also building a strong economy that is vital to our future. The Plan replaces the difficult process of project-by-project analysis of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife with a comprehensive plan with project analysis performed by the Coachella Valley Conservation Commission.
The Plan will conserve 240,000 acres of open space and protect 27 sensitive species while allowing developers to simply pay a fee. The Plan received its state and federal permits in 2008 after a 15 year planning effort and has made dramatic progress with over 40% of its conservation already completed. The Great Recession reduced development to a fraction of the boom years, while required infrastructure mitigations, such as $30 million from the Coachella Valley Association of Governments to cover regional roads, allowed the Plan to make many important acquisitions. The future looks bright as the Plan has begun management activities such as fencing the entire Morongo Wash area of Desert Hot Springs to restrict dumping and off-road vehicle activity. What was a large illegal dump of hundreds of acres is now a publicly accessible parkland.
Speaker:
Jim Sullivan, AICP
is the GIS Program Director for the Coachella Valley Association of Governments. He has worked on the Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan since 2001. Mr. Sullivan has extensive experience in regional planning and geographic information systems. He is the Vice Director for Administration of the Inland Empire Section of the American Planning Association and a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners. He holds a Master of Urban and Regional Planning from the University of California, Irvine and a Bachelor of Arts in Geography from UCLA.
When?
Thu, Oct 25, 2018
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Cost?
$25 for AEP/APA Members
$35 for Non-AEP/APA Members
Where?
Room 115 of the CVAG Building, 73-710 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, CA 92260
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Are you a young planner looking for opportunities to meet other planners and engage in the Inland Empire? If so, the IES-APA Board needs your help in sustaining a Young Planners Group. Be a part of this fun and exciting initiative and network with planners across the Inland Empire and Southern California. Contact John Hildebrand (IES-APA Section Director) to get involved at JHildebr@RIVCO.ORG.
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NOV 2018 AICP EXAM REGISTRATION DEADLINE - OCT 31
The next AICP Exam is in November 2018:
Registration deadline: October 31, 2018
Testing window: November 5-19, 2018
The APA's Chapter Presidents Council (CPC) offers its CPC Study Manual for those who are preparing to take the AICP written exam. The purpose of the study manual is to help review basic planning concepts and to practice skills that are necessary for taking a multiple-choice test. The Manual can be ordered through the Chapter office Study Guide Form.
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CPP SEEKS 2019 DALE PRIZE NOMINATION - NOV 26
The Department of Urban and Regional Planning at Cal Poly Pomona seeks nominations for the 2019 Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban and Regional Planning. The Dale Prize recognizes planning excellence, creates dialogue between scholars and practitioners, and enriches the education of planning students. The Dale Prize is awarded in pairs: a $5,000 award to a scholar and a $5,000 award to a practitioner. Awardees spend two days on the campus, meet with students in classes, and participate in a colloquium and other events.
The 2019 theme is From Blueprint to Resilience: Planning when Change is the Norm. The Dale Prize seeks a scholar and a practitioner who will address new ways that comprehensive plans are made and used. We are interested in procedural questions such as understanding innovative roles for social media and direct democracy, deliberative practices for finding ways forward with multiple visions, and how the broader range of concerns are in included in these plans. We ask, "How can planning guide ongoing decision-making under conditions of uncertainty and with a multiplicity of visions?"
Dale Prize events will be held March 20th and 21st, 2019, on the Cal Poly Pomona campus. Nominations are due on November 26, 2018. For more information, or to receive a nomination package, please visit http://env.cpp.edu/urp/dale-prize/2019. If you have questions, contact Dr. Do Kim at dohyungkim@cpp.edu or (909) 869-4645.
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ON DEMAND EDUCATION
Get up to speed on best practices with online courses for individual study. Topics in this convenient and cost-effective format include planning law, ethics, health policy, and transportation. Go here for more info: https://www.planning.org/ondemand/
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The Inland Empire Section of the American Planning Association (IES-APA) provides listings for planning and planning related jobs. If you are interested in listing your job, please visit the
Sponsorships
page (scroll down to the bottom) for more information. In addition, as a courtesy to our members - RFPs/RFQs may be submitted and posted on the IES-APA website free of charge. Please email us at
admin@ies-apa.org
for more information regarding RFPs/RFQs postings.
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JOBS
- Senior and Associate Planners at Civic Solutions
- Associate Planner at City of Riverside
- Planning Manager at City of Pomona
- Assistant, Associate, and Senior Planners at Interwest Consulting Group
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RFPs / RFQs
- Highway 111 Corridor RFP at City of La Quinta
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Board reports are available on our
board reports
page on our website. In addition, newsletter archives are available on our website as well. For any comments, questions, or inquiries of the Inland Empire Section of the American Planning Association (IES-APA), please contact
admin@ies-apa.org
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