Agenda - Planning Commission - 04/07/2011

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March, 2011 Event Calendar For updates and more event details, visit MnAPA.com and click on Member Events. Tuesday, March 1 Webinar: Green Streets as a Community Revitalization Strategy 12:00 noon to 1:30pm Central time. Explore how Green Streets can be a sustainable storm water manage- ment strategy that also contributes to community redevelopment. Many Midwestern cities are using 'green street' strategies in place of routine street rehabilitation to address storm water, transportation, and neighbor- hood stabilization goals. By combining transportation choice with environmental strategies, a green street product can support redevelopment efforts from multiple stakeholder perspectives. Attendees will see a blend of planning, engineering, and neighborhood revitalization strategies from each panelist in a case study format. HUD, DOT, and EPA representatives will highlight the federal and state options to use agency funding to im- plement green streets projects in your community. No webinar cost, however, attendees need to reserve a webinar seat in advance at: https: / /www2.gotomeetinq.com /register /968278187 Thursday, March 3 American Society of Landscape Architects - Minnesota Chapter Legacy Project 6:00 to 9:OOpm (includes reception following panel discussion) University of Minnesota College of Design, 100 Rapson Hall, 89 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Presented by the U of M Department of Land- scape Architecture. Please join us for "THE FOUNDERS ", a panel discussion with Herb Baldwin, Roger Clemence, Roger Martin, and Peter Olin on the early days of the Department of Landscape Architecture and reflections on the impact that landscape architects have had on shaping the Minnesota environment. Moderators: Carrie Christensen (MLA '08), principal -in- charge, ASLA -MN Legacy Project Professor John Koepke (BLA '81) ASLA. Event is free but registration is requested: http: / /z.umn.edu /founders In collaboration with American Society of Landscape Architects Minnesota Chapter (ASLA -MN), the University of Minnesota College of Design Department of Landscape Architecture will undertake a process of oral history gathering, focusing on the stories of key landscape architectural contributors from the second half of the 20th century. The histories will be archived with the Northwest Architectural Archives, University of Minnesota Li- braries. For more information about the project and event, contact aslamnlegacv(@,gmail.com or call 612 -250- 1320. Thursday, March 3 Bi Annual AICP Exam Panel APA Minnesota is sponsoring its bi- annual AICP exam panel on Thursday, March 3rd from 2:00 to 4:OOpm at the St. Louis Park City Hall, 5005 Minnetonka Boulevard. The event will feature panelists who took the exam in November 2010. If you are taking the May exam, or thinking about becoming a candidate in the future, this panel discussion will provide an overview of the exam and ideas on how to prepare. Please RSVP for the event by contacting Rita Trapp at 612- 252 -7135 or ritahkqi.com. Thursday, March 10 Historic Preservation and Form - Based Codes 12 noon to 1:30pm Central time. An urban designer joins with an historic preservationist for an interesting webinar in March. Please join us for Historic Preservation and Form -Based Codes on Thursday, March 10, beginning at 12 noon. Also, FBCI continues to offer three recorded webinars about form -based codes. More information follows, below. AIA CES and AICP CM credits available for the March 10 webinar. AICP CM credits available for recorded webinars. 90 minutes. REGISTER HERE Form -based codes and historic preservation districts begin from the same point: an analysis of existing com- munity fabric. Jim Lindberg and Stefan Pellegrini combine the unique insights of a preservationist and a city designer in a lively 90- minute presentation. They'll provide examples of form -based codes within historic dis- tricts, and discuss how to treat historic districts within form -based codes, using case studies from towns large and small. Q/A will follow. 1.5 AIA CES and AICP CM (approval pending). planning minnesota March, 2011 13