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<br />214 <br /> <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br />o <br />~ <br />" <br />~ <br /> <br />_..-..:'-~'. . <br />-=7 <br /> <br />~-"",._,..;.,- <br /> <br />o <br />> <br />o <br />o <br />o <br />o <br />g <br />a: <br /> <br />complete seven core courses and have 30 <br />hours of community service in land-use plan- <br />ning. Serving on a local land-use board fulfills <br />the service requirement. The program states <br />that over 14,000 local volunteers in Michigan <br />serve in the capacity of "local land-use deci- <br />sion maker." Its research indicates that "the <br />total membership of local planning commis- <br />sions and zoning boards changes, on aver- <br />age, every five years." <br />More than 75 instructors teach the core <br />courses and a few select elective programs to <br />groups of trainees averaging 30 participants. <br />Core course topics include the basics of plan- <br />ning and zoning, legal foundations, plan <br />implementation, innovative tools, citizen par- <br />ticipation, and conducting effective meetings. <br />Courses are conducted locally by on-site <br />instructors working in conjunction with county <br />extension offices operated by Michigan State <br />University. Participants are prepared to work <br />with other stal(eholders in the land-use <br />process and learn how to forge relationships <br />with their counterparts in other communities. <br />Most participants are zoning and planning <br />board members or members of local elected <br />bodies. <br />The Land Use Leadership Alliance <br />Training Program in New York and <br />Connecticut. The Land Use Law Center's <br />Land Use Leadership Alliance Training <br />Program (LULA) was also created with the <br />support of the New York State Extension <br />Program through the Natural Resources <br />Conservation Service (NRCS) of the USDA. <br />Using the extension model, this program <br />started in three counties in the lower <br />Hudson River valley region and has <br />expanded to include localland.use leaders <br />from 10 counties more than 250 municipali- <br />ties. It has been successfully transferred to <br />the Finger Lakes region in upstate New York <br />and the lower Connecticut River valley in <br />Connecticut, working through the <br />Colinectiwt NRCS. <br />LULA provi.des four-day and one-day <br />training programs and conducts strategic <br />workshops with its graduates in their commu- <br />nities. It recruits 30 to 35 local leaders for <br />each round of four-day training and selects <br />participants based on their respect in the <br />community, diversity of interests, and "open- <br />mindedness." Candidates for each round of <br />training are nominated by earlier graduates of <br />the program or by local chief elected officials. <br />Each group contains local board members, <br /> <br />ZONING PRACTICE 4.07 <br />AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION I page 6 <br />