Urban Planing Term Paper
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week8_mon_2015_030915.pptxParticipatory Plans & Case Studies
URBS 300
March 9, 2015
James Ring Scholarships
$1,000; 2 awarded
Requirements
URBS Major
60 units completed by end of spring semester
Not a graduating senior
Essay of 500 words on how scholarship will help for career objectives
Attend ceremony
Strong candidates
Cumulative GPA >3.2
URBS Major GPA >3.5
Service activity in campus or community organizations
Due March 13, 2015 to Prof. Henrik Minassians
http:// www.csun.edu/social-behavioral-sciences/urban-studies-planning/james-ring-scholarship-awards
California Planning Foundation Scholarship
$1,000
Excellent academic record
Senior in 2015-16 academic year
500 word essay why planning is important to you, how scholarship will help, short- and long-term career goals
2 letters of recommendation
Demonstration of financial need
Due March31, 2015
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Railway Association of Southern California Scholarship
2 undergraduate scholarships or $3,000
Enrolled in Fall 2015 in degree program related to rail transportation industry
Minimum GPA of 3.0
Interest in profession in rail transportation industry
Need a letter of recommendation and personal statement
Due March 30, 2015
http:// www.railwayassociation.org/scholarship.html
WTS: Ava Doner Memorial Undergraduate Scholarship
2 awarded: $4,000 or $6,000
Open to women only
Due in October, awarded in November
http://www.wtsinternational.org/losangeles//scholarships /
Association for Women in Architecture Foundation
$1,000
California resident or accredited California school
Due April 22
Application form, transcript, 2 sealed recommendations, personal statement, portfolio
Can be senior year
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Pacific Water Quality Association
“Major of Study Related to Potable Water Quality Scholarship”
$1,000
Proof of enrollment
Essay on usefulness of education and how money will help
Transcripts
Application
Letter of recommendation
http:// www.pwqa.org/images/shared/scholarship_application.pdf
Mail-in, must be received by April 1, 2015
California Transportation Foundation: Bimla G Rhinehart Memorial Scholarship
$2,500
Dues April 1, 2015
Application, Essay, Letter of Recommendation, and Resume
Will post to URBS website
What is a Participatory Plan
Participatory Plan
Framework
Plan
Proposal
Strategy
Pre-work
…before the big job starts
The rational planning in communicative planning!
Public Participation Planning
Decision Analysis
Clarify the decision being made
Specify the steps and schedule
Decide need and purpose of public participation
Process Planning
Specify anticipated accomplishments of each step
Indentify stakeholders
Identify techniques for each step
Link techniques into a plan
Implementation Planning
Plan implementation of each activity
HP Office Building
Arizona Orme Dam
Chula Vista, California
Three Case Studies
HP Office Building
HP Office Building: Site
2-year abandoned factory site
HP’s first factory (closed in 1995)
Palo Alto, CA
2 sides have residential housing
City planners had designated area as mixed use
HP Office Building: Issues
Affordable housing
Housing values
Avoid traffic
Activists speaking for the neighbors
HP: Neighborhood Outreach
Met with city planning director
Immediate neighbors (within 300ft)
“Bring me a winner”
Communication brochure
Visit neighbors and businesses
Neighborhood meeting: 25 attendees
Minimize traffic
Increase landscape
Avoid a monolith
Improve street view
Neighborhood leaders
HP Outcomes
2nd meeting and mailing
Presented designs
Landscaping over affordable housing
3rd meeting and mailing
8 attendees (others satisfied)
Outcome
Residents pleased
No major concerns
Held in a neighbor’s home
HP Office Building: Approval
Review Process
Architectural Review Board
Controversy goes to City Council
4 or 5 neighbors spoke in favor
Architectural Review Board had minor changes
Opened in 1999
Arizona Orme Dam
Central Arizona Water Control Study: Orme Dam
Phoenix, AZ: Salt and Verde River Confluence
Authorized in 1968 as part of Central Arizona Project
Irrigation
Flood protection
Opposition
Fort McDowell Indian Community
Environmentalists: Bald eagle sites
Proponents
Business: flooding in 1978-79
New study with Bureau of Reclamation and Army Corps of Engineers
Started around 1980
Orme Dam: Advisory Committee
24 Governor-appointed stakeholders
Water users
Environmentalists
Fort McDowell Indians
Downtown business interests
Mayor of Phoenix
Governor would promote committee decision
Monthly meetings
Newsletter with 5,000 subscribers
Sent every 2-3 months
Orme Dam: Advisory Committees
Environmental Group
Evaluate wildlife habitat
Social Impact Group
Evaluate impact on Indian tribes
Both had experts from federal, state, and local agencies
Orme Dam: Meetings
3 rounds of workshops
Each round met at 6-7 locations around Phoenix
Round 1: Criteria
Environmentalists set up pamphlets to cheat the system
Review point: Met with environmentalists to work out issues
Round 2: Elements and separate actions
Multi-attribute alternative analysis result presented
Round 3: Alternative plans
Near consensus
Orme Dam: Multi-attribute Utility Analysis
Branches: Twigs
Economics : Benefit/Cost ratio; Total cost amortized; Local economic benefits
Environmental: Endangered species habitat; Game species habitat; Water quality; Air quality
Staff evaluate how well each option fulfills the twigs
Each homogeneous groups ranks the branches
Each groups rankings allow identification of preferred option
Business and agriculture interests not the Orme Dam
Environmental interests same alternative as business
Orme Dam: Outcome
Build two dams (23-1)
Verde: blocked by lawsuit
Aqua Fria built: New Waddell Dam
Positive feedback on the process
2005: Arizona Republic article describing water problems (releasing run-off) a result of not building these dams
Orme Dam Victory Days
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBjPo-ja4Eg
Chula Vista Beachfront
Chula Vista Beachfront
Unique land swap agreement
Met legal requirements
Used innovative ideas to achieve results
Consensus was built
Developers
Port
Neighbors
Environmentalists
Video
Public Participation Group Projects
From Groups and Discuss Topic
Work in groups of 4
Will generate a public participation plan on a controversial subject
Don’t choose a project that has been decided
Do choose something that is of interest
Want to figure out a plan to deal with the controversy
