This is the second session of the "21st-Century Planning Commission" short course. Seasoned planning commissioners and planners will present a framework commissioners can use to make clear, fair, and defensible decisions. Learn how rules, regulations, and procedures shape commission decisions. Gain a deeper understanding of appropriate conditions to impose in a decision. And glean tips for writing the decision itself.
Speaker Details
W. Shedrick Coleman
Vice Chairman - MPC
Chatham Cnty-Savannah MPC
Robert P. Mitchell, FAICP
Principal
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Bio: Bob Mitchell FAICP is the principal of his own consulting business in Boston MA. He specializes in sustainable development, land use and zoning, strategic & comprehensive planning and housing and TOD development. He also provides training programs for public officials and professionals on land use topics as well as ethics,and management and adminsitrative issues. He was formerly the Special Assistant for Planning & Sustainable Development for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Planning Director for Amherst MA and Director of Planning & Zoning for Burlington VT. He is a co-founder, board member and trainer for the MA Citizen Planner Training Collborative a statewide training program for public officials and professionals.
Education: Master of Regional Planning - University of Massachusetts AB - History - Providence College
Key Publications: APA The Commissioner - Recusing Yourself from Meetings APA CD Training program - Ethics for Planning Commissioners APA CD Training program - Creating Successful Meetings
Past Assignments: Ethics for Public Officials - APA National Conference 1997 to present. Have spoken at more than 200 international, national, regional and state conferences on a wide variety of planning, land use and management topics.
Laurie Marston, AICP
Consultant
Laurie Marston & Associates
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Bio: Consultant - Laurie Marston and Associates; Technical Advisor - Chaddick Institute at DePaul University; LAI - Central Regional Vice President; Director of Community Development - Wilmette, IL; Citizen Member of Plan Commission - Evanston, IL
Education: University of Chicago - MA Urban Studies; Bucknell University - BA Sociology
Key Publications: Lambda Alpha International, Ely (Chicago) Chapter, 2010 Richard T. Ely Distinguished Chapter Service Award for co-chairing the committee that published The Plan of Chicago @100:15 Views of Burnham's Legacy for a New Century
Other Publications: Adding Green to Urban Design (GUD): A City for Us and Future Generations. I co-wrote the document based on work by city staff, civic organizations, landscape and design firms. In 2011 ASLA recognized the City of Chicago with an Honor Award in the planning category.
Past Assignments: APA-IL 2012 Distinguished Service Award for providing Plan Commission training workshops; Moderator - Northwest Municipal Conference workshops; Speaker - Chicago Bar Association and the Association of Licensed Architects
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