Public actions—such as investments in infrastructure and the provision of public services—can dramatically increase the dollar value of private land. While local governments seek to capture a portion of that value to address various needs, planners often don’t know how to determine if a given request is reasonable. This session shows how to calculate the increase in value of private land due to public actions and develop a reasonable figure for developer contributions.
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Kenneth W. Wire
McGuireWoods, LLP
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Bio: Land Use Attorney
Education: Juris Doctor - American University
Sarah Woodworth
Managing Member
W-ZHA, LLC
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Bio: Ms. Woodworth is Managing Member of W-ZHA, a national real estate advisory firm. Ms. Woodworth works with private developers, municipalities and non-profits to structure equitable joint development financing structures. Ms. Woodworth specializes in urban redevelopment and transit-oriented development. Ms. Woodworth's expertise is in market analysis, development feasibility, innovative financing techniques and public/private deal structuring.
Education: Middlebury College, Middlebury,VT - Bachelors UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC - Masters Program in City and Regional Planning
Karl William Moritz
Deputy Director for Long Range and Strategic Planning
City of Alexandria
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Bio: Karl Moritz serves the City of Alexandria as the Deputy Director for Long Range and Strategic Planning in the Department of Planning and Zoning. His specific areas of responsibility include neighborhood planning, community development, demographics and forecasting, and GIS. He has found Alexandria to be an excellent walkability laboratory – from the 18th century grid of Old Town to the successive waves of post-WWII suburbia. Alexandria recently adopted two new neighborhood plans that emphasize walkability: a plan to revitalize and retrofit an auto-oriented suburb (Landmark/Van Dorn) and a plan to replace a strip shopping center with a transit-oriented development to include a new Metro station (North Potomac Yard). Mr. Moritz joined the City staff in August 2008, following 16 years with the Montgomery County (MD) Planning Department and 8 years with the Northern Virginia Regional Commission.
Education: Master of Urban and Environmental Planning, The University of Virginia (School of Architecture). Bachelor of Arts in Geography, The Johns Hopkins University (GWC Whiting School of Engineering).
Past Assignments: 2008 APA National Conference: "Evolution of a Landmark Growth Policy." 1999 APA National Conference: "Growth Management and Housing Affordability."
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