URBS 300 March 9, 2015. James Ring Scholarships $1,000; 2 awarded Requirements URBS Major 60 units completed by end of spring semester Not a.

PARTICIPATORY PLANS & CASE STUDIES

URBS 300March 9, 2015

James Ring Scholarships

$1,000; 2 awarded Requirements

URBS Major 60 units completed by end of spring semester Not a graduating senior Essay of 500 words on how scholarship will help for

career objectives Attend ceremony

Strong candidates Cumulative GPA >3.2 URBS Major GPA >3.5 Service activity in campus or community

organizations

Due March 13, 2015 to Prof. Henrik Minassians http://

www.csun.edu/social-behavioral-sciences/urban-studies-planning/james-ring-scholarship-awards

California Planning Foundation Scholarship

$1,000 Excellent academic record Senior in 2015-16 academic year 500 word essay why planning is important to

you, how scholarship will help, short- and long-term career goals

2 letters of recommendation Demonstration of financial need Due March31, 2015 http

://www.csun.edu/social-behavioral-sciences/urban-studies-planning/california-planning-foundation-scholarships

Railway Association of Southern California Scholarship 2 undergraduate scholarships or $3,000 Enrolled in Fall 2015 in degree program related to

rail transportation industry Minimum GPA of 3.0 Interest in profession in rail transportation

industry Need a letter of recommendation and personal

statement Due March 30, 2015

http://www.railwayassociation.org/scholarship.html

WTS: Ava Doner Memorial Undergraduate Scholarship

2 awarded: $4,000 or $6,000 Open to women only Due in October, awarded in

November http://www.wtsinternational.org/losan

geles//scholarships/

Association for Women in Architecture Foundation

$1,000 California resident or accredited

California school Due April 22 Application form, transcript, 2 sealed

recommendations, personal statement, portfolio

Can be senior year http://awaplusd.org/scholarships/

Pacific Water Quality Association

“Major of Study Related to Potable Water Quality Scholarship”

$1,000 Proof of enrollment Essay on usefulness of education and how money

will help Transcripts Application Letter of recommendation

http://www.pwqa.org/images/shared/scholarship_application.pdf

Mail-in, must be received by April 1, 2015

California Transportation Foundation: Bimla G Rhinehart Memorial Scholarship $2,500 Dues April 1, 2015 Application, Essay, Letter of

Recommendation, and Resume Will post to URBS website

What is a Participatory Plan

Participatory Plan

Framework Plan Proposal Strategy Pre-work …before the big job starts The rational planning in

communicative planning!

Public Participation Planning

Decision Analysis• Clarify the decision being made• Specify the steps and schedule• Decide need and purpose of

public participation

Process Planning• Specify anticipated

accomplishments of each step• Indentify stakeholders

• Identify techniques for each step• Link techniques into a plan

Implementation Planning• Plan implementation of each

activity

HP Office Building

Arizona Orme Dam

Chula Vista, California

Three Case Studies

HP Office Building

HP Office Building: Site

2-year abandoned factory site

HP’s first factory (closed in 1995)

Palo Alto, CA 2 sides have

residential housing

City planners had designated area as mixed use

HP Office Building: Issues

Affordable housing

Housing values Avoid traffic Activists

speaking for the neighbors

HP: Neighborhood Outreach

Met with city planning director Immediate neighbors (within 300ft) “Bring me a winner”

Communication brochure Visit neighbors and businesses Neighborhood meeting: 25 attendees

Minimize traffic Increase landscape Avoid a monolith Improve street view

Neighborhood leaders

HP Outcomes

2nd meeting and mailing Presented designs Landscaping over

affordable housing 3rd meeting and mailing

8 attendees (others satisfied)

Outcome Residents pleased No major concerns Held in a neighbor’s

home

HP Office Building: Approval Review Process

Architectural Review Board

Controversy goes to City Council

4 or 5 neighbors spoke in favor

Architectural Review Board had minor changes

Opened in 1999

Arizona Orme Dam

Central Arizona Water Control Study: Orme Dam

Phoenix, AZ: Salt and Verde River Confluence

Authorized in 1968 as part of Central Arizona Project Irrigation Flood protection

Opposition Fort McDowell Indian

Community Environmentalists: Bald

eagle sites Proponents

Business: flooding in 1978-79

New study with Bureau of Reclamation and Army Corps of Engineers

Started around 1980

Orme Dam: Advisory Committee

24 Governor-appointed stakeholders Water users Environmentalists Fort McDowell Indians Downtown business interests Mayor of Phoenix

Governor would promote committee decision Monthly meetings

Newsletter with 5,000 subscribers Sent every 2-3 months

Orme Dam: Advisory Committees Environmental Group

Evaluate wildlife habitat Social Impact Group

Evaluate impact on Indian tribes

Both had experts from federal, state, and local agencies

Orme Dam: Meetings

3 rounds of workshops Each round met at 6-7 locations around Phoenix

Round 1: Criteria Environmentalists set up pamphlets to cheat the system Review point: Met with environmentalists to work out

issues

Round 2: Elements and separate actions Multi-attribute alternative analysis result presented

Round 3: Alternative plans Near consensus

Orme Dam: Multi-attribute Utility Analysis Branches: Twigs

Economics : Benefit/Cost ratio; Total cost amortized; Local economic benefits

Environmental: Endangered species habitat; Game species habitat; Water quality; Air quality

Staff evaluate how well each option fulfills the twigs

Each homogeneous groups ranks the branches Each groups rankings allow identification of preferred

option Business and agriculture interests not the Orme Dam Environmental interests same alternative as business

Orme Dam: Outcome Build two dams

(23-1) Verde: blocked by

lawsuit Aqua Fria built:

New Waddell Dam Positive feedback

on the process

2005: Arizona Republic article describing water problems (releasing run-off) a result of not building these dams

Orme Dam Victory Days

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBjPo-ja4Eg

Chula Vista Beachfront

Chula Vista Beachfront

Unique land swap agreement Met legal requirements Used innovative ideas to achieve results

Consensus was built Developers Port Neighbors Environmentalists

Video

Public Participation Group Projects

From Groups and Discuss Topic Work in groups of 4 Will generate a public participation

plan on a controversial subject Don’t choose a project that has been

decided Do choose something that is of interest Want to figure out a plan to deal with the

controversy