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ADAPTATIONINNOVATION & OPPORTUNITY

Preparing for the Next Decade

2018

Annual Planning Conference

October 18-19, 2018The Riverhouse on the Deschutes Convention Center

Bend, Oregon

2018 OAPA Planning ConferenceOctober 18-19, 2018 • The Riverhouse on the Deschutes Convention Center

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CertificationCertification Maintenance:Members of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) are required to engage in continuing education to maintain certification. AICP members must earn a total of 32 Certification Maintenance (CM) credits every two years. Reporting periods for new AICP members begin the January after they become AICP members. A minimum of 1.5 credits must be on the topic of ethics, and another 1.5 credits must be on the topic of current planning law. AICP members may carry over a maximum of 16 credits from one reporting period into the subsequent reporting period; however, ethics and planning law credits cannot be carried over to the next two-year reporting period.

How Can I Earn CM Credits?Thousands of continuing education opportunities are available on the web and at meetings around the country. The APA (www.planning.com) and Oregon APA websites (www.oregonapa.org) have extensive information on activities that qualify for CM credit. This conference qualifies for up to 16 credit hours. CM credit hours approved are noted next to each session description.

How Can I Log CM Credits?Every AICP member has a personal online CM log. Use your APA ID and password to log in at www.planning.org, search for CM activities, rate them, and submit them to your CM log. All workshops and sessions identified herein, where CM is shown, are approved for credit. Select the activity, then enter the credits for the sessions or workshops attended. If you have questions about how to do this, email OAPA at [email protected].

Other Questions?To find out more about Certification Maintenance, check out APA’s frequently asked questions page: www.planning.org/cm/faq.htm, or send them an email at [email protected]. APA is committed to making the Certification Maintenance program work for you and responding to your comments and feedback.

Table of ContentsCertification Maintenance .................................................................................2Meeting Rooms .................................................................................................3Schedule at a Glance ..................................................................................... 4-5Session Descriptions .................................................................................... 6-14Awards .............................................................................................................14OAPA Board of Directors ..................................................................................15Conference Committee ....................................................................................15Sponsors ..........................................................................................................16


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Meeting Rooms

Cascade Rooms

On Lower Level:Annual Business MeetingThursday Awards LunchPlanners Networking ReceptionFriday Keynote Lunch


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ScheduleWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17

MOBILE WORKSHOPS8:30 am 12:30 pm The New West Side of Bend

(Leaves from Convention Center)

9:00 am 12:00 pm From Abandoned Ranch to Nature Reserve(Leaves from Convention Center)

1:30 pm 5:30 pm Corridor of Opportunities & Innovation(Leaves from Convention Center)

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18 ADAPTATION INNOVATION OPPORTUNITY LOOKING AHEAD

7:00 am 8:00 am REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING(Cascade Lobby)

8:00 am 9:00 am OAPA Annual Business Meeting and Strategic Plan (Lower Level)Come interact with the nearly final Strategic Plan Update and learn about the past year at OAPA.

9:15 am 10:30 am Beat the Wave! Planning for a Local Tsunami

(Cascade C)

Innovation, Failure and Success in Multi-cultural Engagement

(Cascade D)

Strategies for Identifying and Protecting the Places that People Love

(Cascade E)

Housing Affordability in Oregon: Causes, Concerns and Solutions.

(Cascade F)

10:30 am 11:00 am BREAK (Cascade Lobby)

11:00 am 12:15 pm Gaming the Eclipse: Strategies for Economic Resilience Across Oregon

(Cascade C)

Building Small and Living Large: State, Regional and Local Catalysts for ADU Policy Innovation

(Cascade D)

No Stone Left Unturned: Bend’s Approach to Affordable Housing

(Cascade E)

Community Engagement in Rural Oregon: Lessons Learned with Portland State University Students and the City of Umatilla

(Cascade F)

12:30 pm 1:30 pm LUNCH AND OAPA ANNUAL AWARDS(Lower Level)

1:45 pm 3:00 pm Wildfire Planning & Mitigation: Interagency Collaboration

(Cascade C)

Vision to Action: Implementing Eugene’s Community Vision

(Cascade D)

This is Where Planning Really Gets Hard – UGB Implementation

(Cascade E)

Planners as Leaders(Cascade F)

3:00 pm 3:30 pm BREAK (Cascade Lobby)

3:30 pm 5:00 pm Wildfire Planning:A Comprehensive Approach

(Cascade C)

Non-Planners: They Do Exist! How to Effectively Explain Your Planning Process to the Public

(Cascade D)

Challenges as Opportunities: An Interactive Discussion on Social Equity and Inclusive Growth

(Cascade E)

Ruralism Next: The Future is Not Limited to the City

(Cascade F)

5:15 pm 7:00 pm PLANNERS NETWORKING RECEPTION(Lower Level) Sponsored in part by 3J Consulting

7:00 pm PUB CRAWLMaps available at Registration


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At-A-GlanceFRIDAY, OCTOBER 19

ADAPTATION INNOVATION OPPORTUNITY LOOKING AHEAD6:30 am 7:30 am Early Morning Bike Ride, Run or Walk (See maps at registration. Meet at the Convention Center.)

7:30 am 9:00 am A Better Way to Zone – Book Club Discussion and Workshop(Cascade G)

8:00 am 9:00 am REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING(Cascade Lobby)

9:00 am 10:15 am The Next 40 Years of the Oregon Planning Program

(Cascade D)

Complete Streets 2.0: Evolving Toward Safer, More Equitable, and Multi-Modal Streets

(Cascade C)

Value Planning for Capital Infrastructure Projects: Six Steps to Improve Project Definition

(Cascade E)

Engaging the Future: Creating Youth Decision Makers

(Cascade F)

10:15 am 10:45 am BREAK (Cascade Lobby)

10:45 am 12:00 pm Scenario Planning for an Uncertain Future

(Cascade D)

From Shuttle Buses to Sidewalk Gaps: Transit Access and Mobility in Washington County

(Cascade C)

The Benefits of Community Involvement in Engineering (How to Freak-Out Engineers)

(Cascade E)

Toward a Brighter Future: Commercial Solar Development in Rural Oregon

(Cascade F)

12:15 pm 1:15 pm LUNCH AND KEYNOTE SPEAKER(Lower Level)

1:30 pm 2:45 pm Tiny Houses in Oregon: Just What Are We Talking About?

(Cascade D)

Landslides! A Guide for Oregon Planners

(Cascade C)

Airport Planning in Oregon(Cascade E)

Oregon’s New Transportation System Planning Guidelines

(Cascade F)

2:45 pm 3:15 pm BREAK (Cascade Lobby)

3:15 pm 4:30 pm Innovative Advanced Planning for Future Development and Wetland Mitigation Opportunities

(Cascade D)

The Math Doesn’t Work: Planning for Regional Large Lot Industrial Lands

(Cascade C)

Party Like It’s 1999: Rural Events and the 2018 Eclipse

(Cascade E)

Measuring Success in Transportation

(Cascade F)

Cat Goughnour, award-winning, Oregon-born and raised human rights advocate specializing in applied equity policy, holds a MSc: Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies from London School of Economics and a BA in Socio-political Philosophy from Portland State University. Through Radix Consulting Group, her certified B Corp (established 2014), Cat employs a solution-focused approach to re/address the root causes of disparity while catalyzing social change. Since 2015, Radix’s Right 2 Root System has been capacitating African Americans impacted by displacement and gentrification using a holistic, upstream Public Health intervention to leverage planning tools, public interest design and community assets to create healthy, innovative places. Right 2 Root demonstrates how we can co-create a

people+place-based, health+wealth community stabilization process for African American/ Black residents to reduce disparities, increase opportunities and generate prosperity.

FRIDAY KEYNOTE LUNCHInnovate, Make, Heal: Equitable Development for the 21st Century


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Mobile Workshops8:30 am – 12:30 pm

The New West Side of Bend SPEAKERS: Dale Van Valkenburg, Brooks Resources • Michael Zilis, ASLA, Walker Macy • David Ford, Brooks ResourcesThis mobile work session will include a tour of NorthWest Crossing, its expansion area, called Discovery West and adjoining Tree Farm rural cluster development. NorthWest Crossing includes context-sensitive site planning, alley-loaded homes, narrow streets, green design, mixed-use, mixed-density, missing middle housing, public schools, and integrated parks, all things that were once common in American communities but were discarded in post-war suburban growth patterns. Miller Tree Farm is a thoughtfully designed fire-adapted community that includes fifty 2-acre home sites grouped in a cluster style development. Discovery West’s master plan seeks to complete the “transect” of decreasing density from urban to rural uses as contemplated in Bend’s Comprehensive Plan where the City of Bend hits large swaths of public forest lands and future UGB expansion is not anticipated. This 4-hour tour will include walking and shuttle service.

Meet in Cascade Lobby .................... 3 CM ($65)

9:00 am – 12:00 pm

From Abandoned Ranch to Nature ReserveSPEAKERS: Quinn Keever, Bend Park and Recreation District • Steve Roelof • Jeff Amaral, Bend Park and Recreation DistrictVisit one of Bend Park and Recreation District’s (BPRD) newest parks. From the natural processes that sculpted the area, to Native American activity and early homesteads, at 184 acres Riley Ranch Nature Reserve has a fascinating history. Learn about the public input and planning efforts that helped shape the management plan for the site, and led to the BPRD’s decision to not allow dogs or bikes in the park–a first for BPRD. This session is relevant to all planners, and communities of all sizes facing rapid population growth, development pressures and loss of open space.


1:30 – 5:30 pm

Corridor of Opportunities & InnovationSPEAKERS: Heidi Kennedy, AICP, City of Bend • Brian Harrington, AICP, City of Bend • Damian Syrnyk, AICP, City of Bend • Pauline Hardie, AICP, City of BendThis mobile workshop will include a tour of Colorado and Arizona Avenues, south of downtown Bend, and will focus on redevelopment, infill, and development spurred by market-force/demographic changes and supported by plan and code changes adopted with the 2016 UGB Expansion. The tour will include visiting the new Pavilion, followed by a walk to Bend’s new Whitewater Park and to the 100-year old former box and crate factory known as the ‘Box Factory’. The tour will end at Spoken Moto with a discussion about KorPine – an opportunity to transform an industrial area into a vibrant urban mixed-use district. This tour will include walking and shuttle service.


WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2018

CM Credits Pending


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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2018

7:00 am – 8:00 am

REGISTRATION & NETWORKINGCascade Lobby

8:00 am – 9:00 am

OAPA Annual Business Meeting & Strategic PlanJoin us over coffee and snacks to finalize OAPA’s Strategic Plan Update, discuss chapter membership benefits, and hear about the chapter’s year in review and look ahead.

The hour will be kicked off by Board President, Kirsten Tilleman, with highlights from this past year at OAPA; followed by an overview of the Strategic Plan Update process to-date from OAPA’s Program and Policy Support staff, Susan Millhauser; and rounded out with a discussion led by Board Vice President, Alex Dupey, focused on finalizing the Strategic Plan and exploring membership benefits of OAPA.

This is sure to be the most engaging meeting you’ve ever attended with the words “Annual Business Meeting” in the title!

Lower Level

9:15 am – 10:30 am

Beat the Wave! Planning for a Local TsunamiSPEAKERS: Meg Reed, DLCD • Laura Gabel, DOGAMI • Jill Rolfe, Coos CountyThis presentation will focus on: the novel tools provided to Oregon’s coastal communities through this federally-funded project; the land use process for evaluating natural hazards; challenges and lessons learned throughout; and how Oregon can continue to increase community resilience to natural hazards and disasters.

Cascade C ....................................................................................... 1.25 CM

Innovation, Failure and Success in Multi-Cultural EngagementSPEAKERS: Brian Martin, AICP, City of Beaverton • Cassera Phipps, City of Beaverton • Emily Bower, Gresham Redevelopment Commission/City of Gresham • Ping Khaw, PKS International Multi-cultural engagement is essential to making sure everyone is included in problem identification, goal setting and decision making – whether one is planning the future of a small town, a city or an organization. But how do you do it? What methods are most effective? How do you make it meaningful? How does one get started? This moderated panel discussion will consider different methods and their pros and cons, and the audience will learn successful and not-so-successful practices through stories and examples from real projects. Panelists will use examples from projects such as Beaverton’s Allen Boulevard District Plan, Gresham’s Rockwood Rising Project and various efforts utilizing the community engagement liaison model of multi-cultural engagement.

Cascade D ....................................................................................... 1.25 CM

Strategies for Identifying and Protecting the Places that People LoveSPEAKERS: Matthew Davis, AICP, Architectural Resources Group • Carrie Richter, Bateman Seidel • Kimberli Fitzgerald, AICP, City of Salem • Brett Estes, AICP, City of AstoriaThis session will focus on how recently revised Statewide Planning Goal 5 codifies the assessment and protection of historical resources and what that means for planners. We have convened experts from around the state to host a lively, interactive discussion about the new Goal 5 regulations. Kimberli Fitzgerald (Salem) and Brett Estes (Astoria) will offer insightful lessons from the field, while Matthew Davis and Carrie Richter will present an overview of SHPO’s new model historic preservation ordinance, along with a preview of how the state’s historic resource regulations may change in the near future. The focus throughout will be on identifying the tools planners need to implement the new statewide regulations.

Cascade E ....................................................................................... 1.25 CM

Sessions

CM Credits Pending


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Housing Affordability in Oregon: Causes, Concerns and SolutionsSPEAKERS: Rebecca Lewis, PhD, University of Oregon • Kim Travis, Oregon Housing and Community Services • Beth Goodman, ECONorthwest • Gordon Howard, JD, DLCDAccording to a recent report from the Urban Institute, the lack of housing affordability is an issue facing urban and rural areas alike. Nationally, 21 “inexpensive and livable units” are available for every 100 extremely low-income renter households (Urban Institute, 2017). Oregon is no exception, and the issues of housing affordability in Oregon are pervasive across urban and rural places. Learn how local governments have begun to address the regulatory barriers to constructing housing by updating development codes. Also learn about options on other zoning barriers, many of which are controversial, such as lowering parking requirements for multi-family housing or identify alternative ways to ensure that residents of new multifamily units have places to park their cars.

Cascade F ........................................................................................ 1.25 CM

10:30 am – 11:00 am

BREAKCascade Lobby

11:00 am – 12:15 pm

Gaming the Eclipse: Strategies for Economic Resilience Across OregonSPEAKERS: Josh Bruce, AICP, LEED AP, University of Oregon • Scott Aycock, COIC • Jessica Morey-Collins, Institute for Policy Research and Engagement • Molly Bradley, University of OregonThis session will discuss research, findings, and strategies from a project conducted by the University of Oregon Community Planning Workshop, in conjunction with five Economic Development Districts across the state: Cascades West (CWEDD), Mid-Willamette Valley (MWVCOG), Central Oregon (COIC), Greater Eastern Oregon (GEODC), and North Eastern Oregon (NEOEDD). This project analyzed the preparation and response to the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse. The findings are currently being used to develop a toolkit of strategies for communities across the state. Attendees to this session will learn actionable strategies that they can implement today that will improve the economic resilience of their communities.

Cascade C ....................................................................................... 1.25 CM

Building Small and Living Large: State, Regional and Local Catalysts for ADU Policy InnovationSPEAKERS: Elizabeth Decker, JET Planning • Frankie Lewington, Metro • Laura Buhl, AICP, DLCD • Kol Peterson, author and owner of Caravan– The Tiny House HotelThis panel will share a real-time story of innovative policy changes to ADU regulations in the greater Portland region driven by catalysts at the state, regional and local level, highlighting specific lessons learned about ADUs and broader implications for future policy innovation to support a variety of housing solutions.

Cascade D ....................................................................................... 1.25 CM

No Stone Left Unturned – Bend’s Approach to Affordable HousingSPEAKERS: Carolyn Eagan, City of Bend • Lynne McConnell JD, City of Bend The City of Bend has an innovative affordable housing program and a community that has asked a number of hard questions about how to provide housing for a variety of income levels. Bend was the first City in Oregon to adopt an affordable housing fee. In 2006, the City Council adopted a fee that is now one third of one percent of the valuation of all building permits. Since 2006, the City has leveraged the funds collected to assist in funding the construction of over 600 units of affordable housing. The fee has also helped the City in competing for state and federal housing funds. It demonstrates that the community of Bend is willing to spend real local dollars to address a community issue. Recently, the City’s Affordable Housing Advisory Committee and the community group Bend 2030 have requested the city to analyze how different regulations and processes impact the ability to provide more housing. The City is analyzing a variety of items, including zoning code regulations to see if there are ways to ease the crunch.

Cascade E ....................................................................................... 1.25 CM

Community Engagement in Rural Oregon: Lessons Learned with Portland State University Students and the City of UmatillaSPEAKERS: Tamra Mabbott, City of Umatilla • Nathaniel MillerThis session will describe the unique and diverse methods to garner public involvement in a rural town with ethnic diversity. Overarching goal is revitalization of downtown core.

Cascade F ........................................................................................ 1.25 CM

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

AWARDS LUNCHLower Level


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1:45 pm – 3:00 pm

Wildfire Planning and Mitigation: Interagency CollaborationSPEAKER: Doug Green • Alison Green, Project FireThis session will be valuable for planners representing communities of all sizes. Project Wildfire is an innovative program that can be replicated throughout the country. Brooks Resources is a well-known developer that has proven success with developing resilient, Firewise-certified communities. Their success stories will highlight how developers can design projects that are wildfire resilient and profitable. Our representative from the Bend Fire Department was once an urban planner and brings a unique perspective in merging wildfire prevention best practices with local land use regulations, which is an important skill for planners throughout the state.

Cascade C ....................................................................................... 1.25 CM

Vision to Action: Implementing Eugene’s Community VisionSPEAKER: Terri Harding, AICP, City of EugeneParticipants will learn how Envision Eugene is not just a Planning project, but community-wide, and thus local government-wide framework for how we will grow, change and prepare for the future. Participants will learn about unique cross-city collaborations that support the community vision on the ground. Finally, participants will come away with ideas of how their local government can collaborate internally to implement their own community vision.

Cascade D ....................................................................................... 1.25 CM

This is Where Planning Really Gets Hard – UGB ImplementationSPEAKERS: Brian Rankin, City of Bend • Russ Grayson, PE, City of Bend • Jon Skidmore, City of BendOregon’s unique land use planning system is now 45 years old and was adopted when Oregon had roughly 2.3 million residents. Oregon is now amongst the fastest growing states in America with a population of roughly 4.2 million. The accelerated pace of growth due to Oregon’s popularity will challenge the system in ways we haven’t experienced. Bend is the fastest growing city in a fast growing state and in our experience, the UGB land use planning to accommodate that growth may have been the easy part. Figuring out how to pay for infrastructure necessary to accommodate that growth and how to prioritize where to focus first may be harder. We have landowners ready to develop and waiting for infrastructure, a Council and community eager for more housing, hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of needed infrastructure and the lowest tax rate in the state. Where’s the EASY button? Come discuss the process the City of Bend is using to sequence projects, set proper expectations and deliver upon an award winning growth plan.

Cascade E ....................................................................................... 1.25 CM

Planners as LeadersSPEAKER: John Morgan As professional planners, we are often given the opportunity to provide leadership to interdisciplinary teams, as leaders of complex projects, and within the community. Yet, there is always a question of the role we play and the appropriateness of assuming leadership roles, especially within the community. This session explores how we can step into positions of leadership to help further not only our community’s goals, but to further our own professional and personal missions. And, it is not dependent on having a title of leader, but on how we step up to provide needed leadership regardless of title. This presentation by John Morgan in his role as Executive Director of the Chinook Institute for Civic Leadership will focus on leadership models proven to make a positive difference in communities facing difficult challenges, and on what we have within us to bring to the table and how best to do so in taking up needed leadership roles.

Cascade F ........................................................................................ 1.25 CM

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm

BREAKCascade Lobby

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Wildfire Planning: A Comprehensive ApproachSPEAKERS: Adrian Freund, FAICP • Ryan Krueger, City of Troutdale • Will Smith, Wasco County • Rick Stratton, US Forest Service The panelists will discuss an array of tools planners have to better protect development in and near the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI). As fire seasons become longer and hotter, affecting even large cities and suburbs, these tools become increasingly vital to Oregon planners. Better awareness of how fire behaves and how firefighters respond to it will help planners understand the role they can play in increasing overall resilience of their community.

Cascade C ......................................................................................... 1.5 CM

CM Credits Pending


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Non-Planners: They Do Exist! How to Effectively Explain Your Planning Process to the PublicSPEAKERS: Michael Walter, AICP, City of Happy Valley • Nicole McDermott, BergerABAM • Melissa Uland • Emma Johnson, AICPAs planners, we know the documents we produce contain a lot of useful information, but we may not understand that the way in which we communicate the information is often just as important as the information itself. Planning documents, and the land use processes that uphold the goals of these documents, are often hard to understand. The lingo and the length of these documents often turn off non-planners, the very people who need to comprehend and use them. So how can you make your technical planning documents more user-friendly? The simple answer: better design. In this session representatives from the City of Happy Valley will describe how they transformed their comprehensive plan and application packets into easy to understand, usable documents specifically designed to increase their accessibility to the public. The panel will present the Happy Valley documents as well as several of the case study examples from other jurisdictions that were used by Happy Valley as they evaluated and revised their own documents. Effectively communicating with the public is essential to all planners. These examples from Happy Valley and the lessons learned from their case studies are transferable to any community that wants to improve public access to its planning process. Whether you are a planner in a large city or a small, rural community, your job can be made easier with planning documents that are well-designed, simple, and easy to understand.

Cascade D ......................................................................................... 1.5 CM

Challenges as Opportunities: An Interactive Discussion on Social Equity and Inclusive GrowthSPEAKERS: Mari Valencia, City of Portland • Karen Guillen-Chapman, Portland Parks & RecreationThis session will focus on how more affirmative practices along the spectrum from student, staff, and faculty recruitment in planning school to agency and organization hiring practices to project team development and public involvement can generate more equitable engagement and outcomes. Planners attending the conference can connect with Portland State University planning school and City of Portland equity strategies and actions as these initiatives relate to their work across the state in various fields of planning.

Cascade E ......................................................................................... 1.5 CM

Ruralism Next: The Future is not Limited to the CitySPEAKERS: Becky Steckler, AICP, University of Oregon • Rebecca Lewis, PhD, University of Oregon • Zach Galloway, AICP, City of Eugene • Heather Richards, AICP, City of McMinnvilleAdvances in emerging technologies – such as autonomous vehicles (AV’s), E-commerce, and the sharing economy – are having profound effects not only on how we live, move, and spend our time in cities, but also on urban form and development itself. These new technologies are changing the systems of transport, the layout of cities, and the places we spend our time. While the potential impacts will likely first be felt in large urban areas, they will not be confined to them. What happens when a critical mass of people in rural areas order so many goods online that it threatens the viability of the retail and commercial area of rural towns? Will autonomous vehicles mean people are willing to commute further from jobs, intensifying population growth and pressures on rural areas? How many driving and auto-related jobs are in jeopardy of being automated? How will rural economies adapt to a swiftly changing transportation market? Significant disruption is expected in urban and rural communities alike. This session will describe some of the potential secondary impacts and how those impacts will differ between urban and rural areas. We will use a non-traditional format to engage the audience to examine how Urbanism Next might morph into Ruralism Next.

Cascade F ........................................................................................ 1.25 CM

5:15 pm – 7:00 pm

PLANNERS NETWORKING RECEPTIONSPONSORED IN PART BY 3J CONSULTING

Lower Level

7:00 pm

PUB CRAWLMaps available at registration.

CM Credits Pending


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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2018

6:30 am – 7:30 am

Early Morning Bike Ride, Run or WalkMaps available at registration. Meet in front of Convention Center.

7:30 am – 9:00 am

“A Better Way to Zone” Book DiscussionJoin the OAPA Planners Book Group for a session discussing the book “A Better Way to Zone: Ten Principles to Create More Livable Cities”, Friday, October 19 between 7:30-9:00 am at The Riverhouse on the Deschutes. To register, contact Laura Buhl at [email protected] or (503) 934-0073.

Read the book and bring your city’s zoning code to the session so that specific changes can be proposed and discussed. This session will be a deep dive into the topic of zoning and is intended to result in real ideas and solutions for improving local zoning codes.

Cascade G ......................................................................................... 1.5 CM

8:00 am – 9:00 am

REGISTRATION & NETWORKINGCascade Lobby

9:00 am – 10:15 am

The Next 40 Years of the Oregon Planning ProgramSPEAKERS: John Morgan • Walter Wendolowski, AICP, City of LebanonA compilation of experiences, issues, and especially ideas on needed reforms in the Statewide Planning Program. The speakers all have real in-the-trenches experiences with a broad spectrum of both urban and rural community development issues and planning projects over the decades. The focus of the presentations will not be on prior, poor experiences, but instead focus on two key topics: ideas for needed reform, and the possibility of actually seeing needed reforms come to pass. The presentations will be relatively short with much of the session time devoted to a facilitated conversation between the panel and participants on the two key topics. Come with your own ideas to share and suggestions on how they might be realized.

Cascade D ....................................................................................... 1.25 CM

Complete Streets 2.0SPEAKERS: Jean Crowther, AICP, Alta Planning + Design • Derek Abe, Alta Planning + Design • Nick Falbo, City of PortlandOver the last twenty years, the complete streets movement revolutionized our streets. That framework created a new way to connect policy and design standards with broader outcomes for a safe, accessible, and efficient multi-modal transportation system. Now, experts in the transportation planning and design field are seeing a shift toward Complete Streets 2.0 (and even 3.0). Portland’s Vision Zero program has underscored the need for bold and targeted investments to reduce pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries now – not 10 or 20 or 50 years from now. Concurrently, new and emerging technologies such as rideshare (Uber, Lyft, etc), carshare (car2go, ReachNow, etc), micro-transit, and even autonomous vehicles are re-shaping how we use our streetscape now, with the potential to continue to dramatically challenge our traditional approaches to designing streets and networks. Learn about Portland’s new policy for people movement, which puts pedestrian on top of the Portland mobility hierarchy. Key implementation actions include updated crossing spacing and crossing enhancement guidelines designed to create fre-quent, safe crossings for every context. Participates will walk away with an understanding of Complete Streets 2.0 (and 3.0) as an evolving concept toward increased multi-modalism and safer more equitable streets.

Cascade C ....................................................................................... 1.25 CM

Value Planning for Capital Infrastructure Projects – Six Steps to Improve Project DefinitionSPEAKERS: Ann Jamison AICP, Certified Value Specialist This workshop will introduce Value Planning and the six-phase job process – information, function identification, creativity, evaluation, development, and implementation – to the audience and, through audience participation activities, provide experiential application of the principals of Value Planning for transit infrastructure projects. Audience participation segments will include function identification, creativity and evaluation. Workshop participants will gain hands-on experience with value planning, and an understanding of how the six-phase job process can be an effective tool during transit project development.

Cascade E ....................................................................................... 1.25 CM

Engaging the Future: Creating Youth Decision MakersSPEAKERS: Miranda Bateschell, City of Wilsonville • Eryn Deeming Kehe, AICP, Metro • Molly Cooney-Mesker, MIG Young people are the future of equitable cities and towns, but they are also the now. They are the creators of their place, culture, and communities. While youth today are deeply impacted by the decisions made by planners and elected officials, they are often excluded from planning processes.

Cascade F ........................................................................................ 1.25 CM


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10:15 – 10:45 am

BREAKCascade Lobby

10:45 am – 12:00 pm

Scenario Planning for an Uncertain FutureSPEAKERS: Jean Crowther, AICP, Alta Planning + Design • Tyler Frisbee, Metro • Alex Steinberger, Cascade PartnersEmerging technologies such as autonomous vehicles, virtual reality, and machine learning have the potential to reshape cities and regions. There is still a lot we don’t know about how these trends will impact the economy and the built environment, but that doesn’t mean it’s not too early to start planning for them. Starting the conversation with the public is a crucial first step toward preparing for an uncertain future. Join experts in the scenario planning, transportation planning, and policy fields as they share their experiences and best practices in dealing with disruptive trends. Through a series of hands-on exercises that include exploratory scenarios and live audience polling, participants will learn how to incorporate scenario planning techniques into their civic engagement regimen and how to use cutting-edge planning tools to test-drive policy options with the public before they are implemented.

Cascade D ....................................................................................... 1.25 CM

From Shuttle Buses to Sidewalk Gaps: Transit Access and Mobility in Washington CountySPEAKERS: Erin Wardell, AICP, Washington County • Jeff Pazdalski, Westside Transportation Alliance • Tom Mills, TriMet • Dyami Valentine, Washington County Washington County’s predominantly suburban land use development pattern, large campus developments, and street layout has led to high levels of drive alone mode share, and make it especially difficult for all residents, and particularly residents within historically marginalized communities to access jobs, goods and services using transit. There are significant geographic barriers that constrain the number of available travel routes in and out of the county. These factors have created distinct challenges with traffic and transportation that require considering trade-offs between the need to alleviate increasing levels of automobile congestion, and the desire to improve transit service and pedestrian and bicycle access to make it easier to travel without a car. Washington County is working with local and regional partners to prioritize new and more frequent transit service to its growing communities, looking at connections for rural populations, and considering innovative first mile/last mile solutions to connect residents and employees with existing high capacity transit.

Cascade C ....................................................................................... 1.25 CM

The Benefits of Community Involvement in Engineering (How to Freak out Engineers)SPEAKERS: Tom Hickmann, PE, City fo Bend • Jon Skidmore, City of Bend • Libby Barg, Barney & WorthSewer and Water Master Plans have traditionally been within the domain of engineers yet as communities are increasingly left with footing the bill for infrastructure projects, involving the community in these technical exercises can have beneficial results. In 2012, the City of Bend was facing a necessary update to its Collection System Master Plan (CSMP) to not only catch up with growth and but also to plan for the future. This followed on the heels of an extremely controversial water project that had grown into an election campaign issue for the City Council race. Meanwhile, the City had begun constructing one piece of a major sewer line and was planning to solicit bids for completing additional phases of that project. Much to the chagrin of the City’s lead CIP engineer (Tom Hickmann), the leadership team made the hard decision to halt construction so that the public could be involved in creating a CSMP for the entire community. The engineers were extremely concerned fearing that a typical technical exercise could get mired in politics and controversy. At the end of the 24-month process, the Sewer Infrastructure Advisory Group (SIAG) unanimously recommended a CSMP to the City Council who unanimously approved it without one comment in opposition. This was an unheard of occurrence in Bend. This experience has changed how the City engages with the public on all types of issues – including those that were once the sole domain of specific professionals.

Cascade E ....................................................................................... 1.25 CM

Toward a Brighter Future: Commercial Solar Development in Rural OregonSPEAKERS: Ann Beier, Crook County Community Development • Matt Hutchinson, Avangrid Renewables • Brian Walsh, Avangrid RenewablesThe session is intended to share the experience of planners and project developers in siting commercial solar facilities in Oregon. We’ll discuss challenges and opportunities associated with current land use law, energy siting requirements, technology, and financial incentives.

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12:15 pm – 1:15 pm

KEYNOTE LUNCH: Innovate, Make, Heal: Equitable Development for the 21st CenturySPEAKER: Cat GoughnourMs. Goughnour will be discussing the multigenerational, complex trauma forcibly disinvested and dislocated community members often experience, and the ways design and development can become salutary, upstream interventions.

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1:30 pm – 2:45 pm

Landslides! A Guide for Oregon PlannersSPEAKERS: Bill Burns, Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries • Tricia Sears, DLCD • Marian Lahav, AICP, DLCD Planners throughout Oregon have been clamoring for updated landslide maps and information on how to use them to reduce landslide risk. The Oregon Departments of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI) and Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) have teamed up to answer the call by producing a guide to using DOGAMI’s new lidar-based landslide susceptibility maps. The guide is tailored to Oregon land use planning, addressing specific concerns raised by Oregon planners and geology professionals. It includes model code useful for communities large and small. In this session you will learn how to interpret the new landslide susceptibility maps and use them to reduce risk through best practices in comprehensive planning and development regulation in Oregon.

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Tiny Houses in Oregon: Just What are We Talking About?SPEAKER: John MorganJust what is a Tiny House anyway? What is a Tiny House development? The answers to both questions are complex as there are so many different options. And, when a citizen or builder calls you to ask about putting in a tiny house, how do you answer? The real answer is, “It depends!” This session will explore the world of tiny houses and tiny house developments, real world experiences in several communities, and best practices in terms of development code language and processes. It will also discuss constraints and changes in the definition and permitting for certain types of tiny houses by the Oregon Building Codes Division which have hampered many new housing opportunities, and what has happened and what will be happening in the 2019 Legislative Session to help address these issues. Participants will be given access to a large library of tiny house resources including several code examples from around Oregon.

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Airport Planning in OregonSPEAKERS: Gary Judd, Bend Municipal Airport • Mike Dane, AICP, Century West Engineering • Jeff Caines, AICP, Oregon Department of Aviation • Peter Russell, Deschutes CountyTo provide an overview of the airport master planning process and the requisite steps after the plan has been adopted. To increase participant knowledge and prepare airport sponsors, stakeholders, local planners, and planning consultants with the information required to adopt and implement airport master plans within communities of all shapes and sizes within Oregon.

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Oregon’s New Transportation System Planning GuidelinesSPEAKERS: Matt Hughart, AICP, Kittelson & Associates • Nancy Kraushaar, PE, City of Wilsonville • Ann Bier, Crook County Community DevelopmentA new web-based planning tool is available to help jurisdictions of differing sizes; in varied geographies addressing a range of mobility needs and challenges to prepare or update their Transportation System Plan (TSP). The TSP Guidelines assist local jurisdictions in the preparation and update of TSPs that meet local needs and comply with state planning regulation and policy direction. The TSP Guidelines have been prepared with multiple audiences in mind. To help inform policy makers, the guidelines answer the What/Why/When questions surrounding TSPs. To help steer practitioners, the guidelines provide more detailed direction on scoping, developing, and administering TSPs. This session will include an overview of the TSP Guidelines and how the planning tool has evolved since initial development in 1995. An interactive tour of the new web-based platform will be provided, highlighting new guidance elements to improve system planning. Session panelists will demonstrate the effectiveness of the tool for different sized jurisdictions with varying modal needs; they will provide unique perspectives of the tool and how they intend to implement the guidance for future TSP updates and modal refinement plans.

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2:45 pm – 3:15 pm

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3:15 pm – 4:30 pm

Innovative Advanced Planning Tools for Wetland Development and MitigationSPEAKERS: Jevra Brown, Department of State Lands • Lauren Brown, Department of State Lands • Jacob Callister, Lane Council of Governments “The easy land has been developed and budgets are tight.” There is a need for more innovative tools for advanced planning to identify resource locations that may constrain future development and to find mitigation opportunities for those potential impacts. Some regions of Oregon have limited identified wetland mitigation options. At the same time, local governments may have goals in their comprehensive or master plans that include wetlands or waters restoration to enhance greenway, trail, park, flood storage or water quality projects. Some of those projects may provide opportunities for mitigation to compensate for future development impacts. Different mitigation options exist that may foster partnerships to accomplish both the municipal goals and development mitigation. This session presents an overview of the Department of State Lands’ removal-fill permitting program, a new Statewide Wetlands Inventory, Local Wetlands Inventories, functional assessment, web tools and various compensatory mitigation options that may be used to aid long-range planning and development goals. These methods and tools also may assist in formulating a more accurate buildable lands inventory.

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AwardsThe OAPA Distinguished Leadership — Lifetime Achievement AwardJohn Anthony Fregonese (Aug. 22, 1951- June 16, 2018) in honor of his lifetime commitment and contribution to the field of planning over the course of a 42-year career.

Distinguished Leadership – Professional PlannerDebra Nicholson, AICP, Senior Planner

Public Involvement and Participation AwardCity of Wilsonville Planning DivisionWilsonville Town Center Plan

Student Achievement AwardQueets Village Relocation VisionPortland State University, School of Urban Studies and PlanningRipple Planning: Sachi Arakawa, Ayano Healy, Steve Rosen, Thomas Scharff, Victor Tran, and Nate White

Special Achievement – Individual Contribution to Public EngagementQuinn Keever, Park Planner, Bend Park & Recreation DistrictBend Park & Recreation District’s new Comprehensive Plan

Special Achievement – Innovation in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Elevating People: Planning for Equitable Travel to Marquam Hill for OHSUPortland State University School of Urban Studies and PlanningPlan 581: Reed Brodersen, Jen Davidson, Madison Levy, Stephanie Lonsdale, Maria Sipin, Rob Zoeller

The Math Doesn’t Work: Planning for Regional Large Lot Industrial LandsSPEAKERS: Nicholas Snead, AICP, City of Madras • Scott Aycock, Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council • Tom Hogue, Marion County Learn about how the Regional Large Lot Industrial Needs Analysis was prepare, adopted by counties, utilized by cities, and managed with a regional governance model. This innovative project required immense collaboration and collaboration to allocate the 50-500 acre large lot industrial sites within the region, create policy and regulatory structures to manage the allocation of industrial sites, and address stakeholder concerns. Eight years later, the City of Madras has utilized the Regional Large Lot Industrial Needs Analysis to expand its UGB for Daimler Trucks North America’s High Desert Proving Ground. This session will discuss how this program could be replicated in other areas of the state, discuss vignettes of challenges and solutions, and the value of the regional needs analyses to cities large or small, urban or rural, or with thriving or struggling economies.

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Party Like It’s 1999? Rural Events and the 2018 EclipseSPEAKERS: Jefferson Spencer, Jefferson County • Ann Beier, Crook County Community Development Outdoor mass gatherings have grown in number and popularity. Increasingly, rural communities host festivals that draw from hundreds to tens of thousands of attendees. What goes into local government planning for these events? What benefits do the rural communities hope to receive? Experiences from the 2018 eclipse provide examples of how rural governments plan for and respond to mass outdoor gatherings. From code changes to steering committees, to dealing with the post-event issues, there are many opportunities and challenges to consider. Crook County and Jefferson County will present their experiences with mass outdoor gatherings and the 2018 eclipse, ending with a question and answer session.

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Measuring Success in TransportationSPEAKERS: Richard N Ross, AICP • Bob Cortright • Mike Sweeney, Public Works in Boulder, Colorado • Tom Kloster, AICP, MetroThis session addresses communities of all sizes that develop local and regional transportation system plans. Presenters will highlight the innovative use of performance measures in local and regional transportation plans in Oregon and Colorado. The session will also provide an overview of Oregon’s Transportation Planning Rule and the growing use of performance measures in Oregon at the state, regional, and local levels.

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Committees & BoardPRESIDENTKirsten Tilleman, AICP

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENTJeannine Rustad, JD

VICE PRESIDENTAlex Dupey, AICP

SECRETARYMatthew Davis, AICP

TREASURERJohn Roberts, AICP

MEMBERS AT LARGEKarl Lisle, AICPJohn David (JD) Tovey III, AICPTheresa Cherniak, AICPTom Humphrey, AICP

CITY PLANNING COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVESherry Grau

COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVEBrad Bennington

LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY AFFAIRSDamian Syrnyk, AICP

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICERAaron Ray, AICP

AWARDS COMMITTEE CHAIRJeannine Rustad, JD

EDUCATION AND OUTREACH COMMITTEE CHAIRBrian Campbell, FAICP

EMERGING PLANNERS GROUP CHAIRAnna Dearman, AICP

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE CHAIRKarl Lisle, AICP

FACULTY LIAISONSUniversity of OregonRichard D. Margerum, PhD

Portland State UniversityGreg Schrock, PhD

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVESUniversity of OregonMary Augustine

Portland State UniversityAdrienne Chaillé

OAPA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OAPA StaffCHAPTER ADMINISTRATOR: Stephanie Kennedy

PROGRAM & POLICY SUPPORT: Susan Millhauser

2018 CONFERENCE COMMITTEEPeter Gutowsky, Deschutes County, Co-ChairNick Lelack, Deschutes County, Co-Chair

Serah Breakstone, AICP, DOWLTaylor Campi, Portland State UniversityAlex Dupey, AICP, MIGPauline Hardie, AICP, City of BendBrian Harrington, AICP, City of BendAnn Jamison, AICP, RHA, LLCEmma Johnson, AICP, BergerABAMHeidi Kennedy, AICP, City of BendTamra Mabbott, City of UmatillaAaron Ray, AICP, Port of PortlandDanielle SchulteDamian Syrnyk, AICP, City of BendScott Whyte, AICP, City of Dallas

CONFERENCE PROGRAM COMMITTEEAaron Ray, AICP, Port of Portland, Chair

Serah Breakstone, AICP, DOWLDrew DeVitis, JacobsDavid Krogh, AICP, Krogh PlanningKate Rogers, Otak, Inc.

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