F 20 22 PC ORLANDO FLORIDA PLANNING CONFERENCE 2022 HILTON ORLANDO DESTINATION PARKWAY SEPTEMBER 6 - 9, 2022 Florida Planning Conference floridaplanningconference.orgOverview#FPC22
Wiatt Bowers, AICP APA Florida President
Welcome back to Orlando! The Florida Planning Conference was last here in 2013, and we had planned to be back in 2020. For the past two years many of us have been eagerly awaiting a “return to normal.” But what does that mean and is it even possible? I’m not so sure – many things may have permanently changed. But this is what planners are built for. We are changemakers and we help our communities adapt to changing conditions. And there is no better place to experience our rapidly chang ing world than here in central Florida. The conference host committee has put together a diverse, thought-provoking, and forwardthinking program. In addition to our regular keynote addresses and awards programs, we’ll also be looking back at 50 years of growth management in Florida and ponder what comes next. The host committee has literally been planning this conference for nearly three years! Their dedication has been unprecedented, and they deserve all our gratitude. I’d also like to thank our numerous sponsors and exhibitors, and encourage you to visit with many of them in the exhibit hall throughout the conference. This will be one of our largest conferences ever, as we are expecting nearly 800 regis trants. I look forward to catching up with many of you, as we learn together and celebrate the best of our profession!
THE GAME HAS Changed
Lara Bouck, AICP, Mobile Tours
Jason Burton, AICP, CNU-A, LEED-AP, Logistics Croney, Sessions Chair Flynn, AICP, Speakers Co-Chair
Roxann Read, AICP, Conference Chair
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Emily Hanna, AICP, CPM, Mobile Tours Chair Hull, Volunteers Chair Noto, AICP, Marketing Chair
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Claudia Ray, Logistics Dagmarie Segarra, Sessions Katie Shannon, AICP, Sessions, Logistics Lindsay Slautterback, AICP, Sessions Alison Stetner, AICP, Sessions
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Patricia Tice, AICP, Ph.D., PE, Mobile Tours Kierra Zuokemefa, Speakers
12022 Florida Planning STATEWIDEConferenceOFFICERS President Wiatt Bowers, AICP President-Elect Whit Blanton, FAICP Immediate Past President Laura Everitt, AICP, Esq., LEED GA VP Membership/Outreach Ennis Davis, AICP VP Section Affairs Tony Palermo, AICP VP Professional Development Henry Bittaker, FAICP VP Conference Services Thuy Turner, AICP, LEED AP BD+C VP Continuing Education Jill Quigley, AICP VP Communications Melissa Dickens, AICP Secretary Lara Bouck, AICP, PE Treasurer Allara Mills Gutcher, AICP SECTION CHAIRS Atlantic Coast Brad Parrish, AICP Broward Daniel Keester-O’Mills, AICP Capital Area Macy Falcon, AICP Emerald Coast Randy Woodruff, AICP First Coast Ray Spofford, AICP Gold Coast Fabian De La Espriella, AICP Heart of Florida LauraAICP,Lockwood-Herrscher,CPM Orlando Metro Luis Nieves-Ruiz, FAICP Promised Lands Jason Green, AICP San Felasco Juan Castillo Sun Coast Katrina Corcoran, AICP Treasure Coast Kori Benton, AICP OTHER Student Representative Bob Bernhart University Liaison Laura Dedenbach, AICP, Ph.D. EPG Representative Sofia Garantiva, AICP ADMINISTRATION/STAFF Executive Director Julia “Alex” Magee Communications Manager Patti Shea Admin. Assistant/Bookkeeper Suzie Gray Legislative Representative Lester Abberger Conference Graphics Summer Taylor HOST COMMITTEE
Corinne Arriaga, Sessions Merissa Battle, Speakers Bob Cambric, Sessions
Mindy Heath, AICP, Speakers
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Jennifer Stults, AICP, CTP, CPM, FCCM, Speakers Co-Chair
Lori Cox, AICP, Sessions Tina Demostene, AICP, Sessions Roberta Fennessy, AICP, AIA, Marketing
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Doug Kelly, AICP, CSI, Sessions
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John Cooper, Sessions Jacques Coulon, AICP, Sessions
Jeremie Chastain, AICP, Sessions
Kyla Luna, Sessions Doug Metzger, AICP, Mobile Tours
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APA FLORIDA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE & CONFERENCE HOST COMMITTEE TABLE OF CONTENTS President’s Message Inside Front APA Florida Executive Committee & Conference Host Committee 1 Sponsors/Exhibitors 3 Mobile Workshops 4 Receptions and Nightlife 5 Workshops and Seminars 6 Main Sessions and Guest Speakers 7 Wellness Sessions 8 Breakout Sessions 9 Schedule at a Glance 24 Sponsors/Exhibitor Ads 26 Exhibit Hall Information 48 Hotel Floorplan Inside BackConference Code of Conduct The Florida Planning Conference is a professional development opportunity. Attendees are expected to act accordingly and maintain the dignity of the profession in their interactions with colleagues, students, volunteers and others at the conference. APA Florida strongly disapproves of any action or conduct by attendees or volunteers which can be construed to be inappropriate, harassment or intimidating. Conduct of this nature can result in an immediate request to leave the venue and the potential for not being allowed at future events. Anyone who has a concern should bring the issue to the attention of the APA Florida Executive Director or the designated Conference Liaisons, and can be reported confidentially. All concerns will be promptly handled.
Chair Heather
The Orlando Metro Section is pleased to finally host in person the 2022 Florida Planning Conference in Orlando! After having to pivot to a virtual conference with only months to spare in 2020, we look forward to completing the plans we had made to see you all in person. We have dynamic plenary speakers lined up to enlighten us about transportation, equity, and Florida history. Break-out sessions center on game themes to illustrate the fact that our planning game has indeed changed quickly in the past two years: Field Day, Community Cards, Tug of War, At the Arcade, and Last Piece of the Puzzle. Mobile tours will take us from Agriculture in the City to Downtown Orlando. Several Hello, A PA Florida friends and family!
AICP CM CREDITS
THE GAME HAS CHANGED - CONFERENCE TRACKS
All breakout sessions and mobile workshops are approved for AICP CM credits as indicated. For AICP credits, use Event Number 9250998. Members of the Florida Bar should use Course 2207076N to submit CLE credits.
TUG OF WAR
CM codes: SR = Sustainability & Resilience, EQ = Equity
LAST PIECE OF THE PUZZLE
Roxann Read, AICP, CFM
This track features sessions on equity, diversity and inclusion, changes in the planning profession, women in planning, childcare and wellness, bicycle and pedestrian plans, and preserving cultural heritage through participatory planning.
FPC22 Local Host Committee Chair sessions will meet the new Equity and Sustainability/ Resilience CM credits as well as the much-needed Law and Ethics CM credits. Our pre-conference workshops will help you get ready for the AICP exam, inform planning commissioners about best planning practices, encourage planners to become leaders in their communities, and educate us about the intersection of philanthropy and planning. Receptions at Howl at the Moon and Wonderworks will provide the fun we need to complete our day I hope you’re ready to meet up with us to learn about the latest challenges and planning practices while enjoying your Orlando experience!
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COMMUNITY CARDS
This track includes strategies for agefriendly and legacy communities, school and transportation planning, community engagement, addressing COVID 19 disruptions, providing a variety of housing options including missing middle housing, dealing with rapid growth, choosing career paths, current planning education, and the future of planning.
This track will provide information on ethics, planning law, challenges with city boundaries and neighborhood commercial land uses, and innovative code processes.
This track centers on comprehensive planning, inclusive placemaking, urban mobility, equitable communities, ecological and economic diversity, infrastructure and land use needs.
FIELD DAY This track concentrates on community health and equity, rural planning, regional and local planning, wildlife corridors and trails, sustainability and resilience planning, green infrastructure, preservation, redevelopment, and floodplain management.
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HANNIBAL SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD: HOW PLANNING IMPACTS COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
DOWNTOWN WINTER GARDEN –URBAN LIVING ROOMS
TUESDAY September 6
7:30am - noon l Cost: $35 Credits: 4.5 CM Since its creation in 1881, the Hannibal Square neighborhood has served as a residential as well as cultural, social, and faith-based nuclei for Blacks in Winter Park and Central Florida. In 1887, Hannibal Square was included in the original plat for Winter Park, with voters from Hannibal Square being vital to approve the city’s incorporation. Also, two Black Hannibal Square residents were elected to the City Commission in 1887. This inaugural and auspicious start has not been replicated by a Black candidate since. Today, Hannibal Square is a neighborhood affected by and responding to multiple, planning maelstroms that also are impacting communities of color in Florida and nationally. These include, but are not limited to, how to (1) maintain and provide affordable housing options, (2) retain the historic and cultural integrity of the community, and (3) navigate redevelopment and revitalization outcomes intended to redress blight determinations from a Community Redevelopment Agency while also averting gentrification, and (4) foster and support meaningful residents’ engagement with the city and other partners.
Walking is involved, please wear comfortable shoes, and bring a hat and sunscreen. Lunch will be provided.
Walking is involved, please wear comfortable shoes, and bring a hat and sunscreen.
*Tours will meet in the Group Pick Up & Drop Off Area on the lower level. There will be signs to direct you to this location.
DOWNTOWN ORLANDO ENTERTAINMENT VENUES AND CREATIVE VILLAGE
THURSDAY September 8 SOLDOUT SOLDOUT
Walking is involved, please wear comfortable shoes, and bring a hat and sunscreen.
8am - noon l Cost: $35 Credits: 4 CM Winter Garden’s historic downtown has experienced a renaissance over the past 30 years, transforming from a blighted area known locally as “Winter Garbage” into a charming, vibrant downtown that is beloved by residents and visitors alike.
MOBILE WORKSHOPS
The Hannibal Square tour will afford attendees the opportunity to learn from representatives of several community-based organizations about their past, present, and proposed activities on behalf of Hannibal Square residents and the diaspora in Central Florida.
10am - 5pm l Cost: $60 Credits: 7 CM Did you know that Florida produces the second highest value of vegetables in the United States? As Florida’s population continues to surge we have more people to feed than ever before with a limited supply of land and farmers. Farms in urbanizing counties face special challenges making it difficult to find sustainable long-term solutions. Farms grow more than just food. Landscape plants and houseplants are big business in Florida, too! We will tour farms big and small, rural and urban, and learn about the challenges, successes, and opportunities to plan for feeding a growing Florida!
1:15 - 5:15pm l Cost: $35 Credits: 4 CM “Build them all. Build them now” was the chant when the City of Orlando and Orange County voted to spend $1.1 billion dollars for a new arena, a new performing arts center, and a renovation of the Citrus Bowl stadium. Now, 15 years later the plan has come to full fruition. Steinmetz Hall, the new benchmark in acoustic theaters opened this year completing the vision for the Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center, and the Citrus Bowl, now Camping World Stadium, is completing its second renovation. Join us on a tour of the Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center, the Amway Arena, home of the NBA’s Orlando Magic, Exploria Stadium, home of the MLS’s Orlando City Soccer Club, and Creative Village, the redeveloped former arena and performing arts center site that is now home of the University of Central Florida’s downtown campus, Electronic Arts Regional Headquarters, and Luminary Green.
CASSELBERRY AND WINTER PARK COMPLETE STREETS
WEDNESDAY September 7
AGRICULTURE IN THE CITY
Please wear comfortable shoes and bring a hat and sunscreen.
8am - noon l Cost: $35 Credits: 4 CM This mobile tour will feature some of the latest complete streets projects in Central Florida, built by the Cities of Casselberry and Winter Park. The tour will include (in order) North Oxford Road and Casselton Drive in Casselberry, and Denning Drive in Winter Park. All of these projects were the result of multi-year efforts that culminated in the “right-sizing” and enhancement of these streets in order to improve safety and comfort for people walking and biking. The tour will include three walking tours to highlight the features of the projects, contrast them with previous conditions, and identify future opportunities.
Walking is involved, please wear comfortable shoes, and bring a hat and sunscreen.
Part of the City’s redevelopment strategy has involved activating the urban realm by creating a series of comfortable outdoor spaces that entice visitors to stay and engage. This placemaking strategy of creating a series of “outdoor living rooms” will be explored on the walking tour, covering several locations in Historic Downtown including the Splash Pad, Plant Street Market, Downtown Fountain, the SOBO Art Gallery, and more.
CLOSING RECEPTION 6 - 8pm Location: Howl at the Moon, 8815 International Drive, Orlando, FL 32819
REIMAGINING MOBILITY IN LAKE NONA
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1:45 - 5:45pm l Cost: $35 Credits: 4 CM Lake Nona is one of the fastest growing and most innovative places in America. The key to Lake Nona’s success is Tavistock’s focus on innovation and mobility. This tour will familiarize attendees with Lake Nona’s Town Center and its Local Area Mobility Network, demonstrate how autonomous vehicles and other multi-modal components will tie into existing and future infrastructure, and how these efforts are integrated with Lake Nona’s overall sustainability efforts. The tour will include a ride on Lake Nona’s fleet of autonomous shuttles and a presentation on what will be the country’s first eVTOL vertiport hub. Walking is involved, please wear comfortable shoes, and bring a hat and sunscreen.
Calling all students and emerging planners. Make sure you brush up on your song catalogue. Come sing, dance, and howl as the most versatile and talented musicians perform your favorite songs from 80s rock, 90s pop, and today’s dance hits on pianos, guitars, and more in a high-energy show! Appetizers and one beverage ticket provided.
Welcome to Orlando! Join colleagues for an opening reception in the Exhibit Hall at the hotel. Mingle with the exhibitors and catch up with old friends.
SUNTRAX: ACCELERATING THE FUTURE OF 1:45TRANSPORTATION-5:45pmlCost: $35 Credits: 4 CM Centrally located on 475 acres off I-4 in Polk County between Orlando and Tampa, SunTrax is a large-scale, cutting-edge facility being developed by the Florida Department of Transportation and Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise, dedicated to the research, development, and testing of emerging transportation technologies in safe and controlled environments. The site is composed of a 2.25-mile-long test track. The multi-lane track will make it the only high-speed autonomous vehicle (AV) testing facility in the southeastern United States. The 200-acre infield will focus on connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) testing and will feature multiple simulated transportation environments. This mobile tour will include the highlights of the SunTrax facility, including a brief overview of the facility and the current and future testing opportunities at the welcome center, and a driving tour of the track and infield areas.
STUDENT & EPG RECEPTION 8 - 10pm Location: Howl at the Moon, 8815 International Drive, Orlando, FL 32819
Get ready for the most unique nightlife experience in the country! Come sing, dance, and howl as the most versatile and talented musicians perform your favorite songs from 80s rock, 90s pop, and today’s dance hits on pianos, guitars, and more in a high-energy show! Appetizers and one beverage ticket included.
Shuttle buses will loop between the Hilton Orlando and Howl at the Moon from 5:45 - 8:15pm.
EDI MEETUP 5 - 6pm Room: Lake Concord
6:30 - 8pm Location: Exhibit Hall, Orange Ballroom Foyer
A gathering place to meet friends and learn about APA Florida’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee, created in 2019 to promote excellence in service to Florida’s communities. We’re working to make our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion integral to APA Florida and want to engage people of all backgrounds and experiences to foster a culture of respect, openness, learning, integrity, and honesty.
ORLANDO WETLANDS PARK 8am - noon l Cost: $35 Credits: 4 CM This mobile tour will feature an internationally renowned, successful reconstructed wetland project. Spread over 1,650 acres, the park provides advanced treatment for approximately 14 million gallons of reclaimed water daily, and a habitat for multiple wildlife, including birds (more than 230 species), deer, turtles, and alligators. The guided tour, led by the Park Manager, will begin with a brief overview of the park’s creation and function in the Education Trailer, with an opportunity to see permanent and seasonal exhibits. Then tour members will explore the park on a truck-pulled trailer to see the inflows and outflows; the transition of wetland cells from the vegetated deep marsh, mixed marsh, to hardwood swamp; and the abundance of flora and fauna. As this is an outdoor tour, we recommend comfortable clothes and closed-toe shoes.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT RECEPTION 6 - 9pm Location: WonderWorks, 9067 International Drive, Orlando, FL 32819
After a busy first day, wander over to WonderWorks for this do-it-yourself reception. We have rented out the place so grab your colleagues and explore the more than 100 hands-on exhibits and interactive displays in I-Drive’s iconic upside-down building. You can go anytime during this three-hour period.
OPENING RECEPTION
Appetizers and one drink ticket included.
Entry to WonderWorks and one beverage ticket included.
TUESDAY September 6 WEDNESDAY September 7
THURSDAY September 8
Shuttle buses will loop between the Hilton and WonderWorks from 5:45 - 9:30pm.
Shuttle buses will loop between the Hilton and Howl at the Moon between 7:45 - 10:30pm.
RECEPTIONS & NIGHTLIFE
SOLDOUT SOLDOUT
Amy Elmore, AICP, EXP Susan Swift, AICP, BBE-Boggs Engineering LLC
The APA Florida Chapter’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee will be hosting a pre-conference workshop for mid-career planners and emerging professionals aspiring to leadership and agency management positions within the planning field. All attendees are welcome, and students may register at no cost.
AICP EXAM TRAINING
Patricia Steed, Central Florida Regional Planning Council Melissa Zornitta, FAICP, Hillsborough County City-County Planning Commission George Kramer, AICP, LEED AP, S&ME
Where, and how, do the efforts of local philanthropists interact with the communities that planners work to build? These are communities where our citizens partner, and we ourselves, live, work and play. How do their efforts invent, influence, and invigorate the community, and how can we, as planners and members of our community, support and influence the causes we care about?
APA FLORIDA ANNUAL MEMBER MEETING
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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7 EPG ANNUAL MEETING
9:30am - 5:15pm l Room: Orange C Cost: $40 l Credits: 6 CM Speakers: Merle Bishop, FAICP Thomas Baird, AICP, Esq. Bob NickCambricLepp,AICP, CTP Owen Beitsch, FAICP, Ph.D.,RE Are you an appointed advisory board member or an elected official making planning and zoning recommendations or decisions for your local government? If so, then this one-day workshop is tailored just for you! Breakout sessions will cover underlying law and planning principles that shape the development and approval process in Florida, as well as focused discussions on citizen participation techniques, complete streets and other transportation initiatives, the economics of new development/growth/redevelopment, sustainability, emerging trends in planning, and perspectives/ advice from fellow board members. Each participant will leave the workshop with a Certificate of Completion and a copy of the training materials and information sources.
Join us for this pre-conference workshop where presenters will discuss a wide range of community shaping work in the Orlando area: providing needed health and wellness services at a local high school, working to provide food solutions and explore a better food future, making places and moments meaningful through immersive experiences and art, how women influence philanthropy, and how planners can use their power and influence to support and enhance philanthropy, live intentionally and effectively shape a community’s future.
6 - 6:30pm l Room: Orange A At this meeting, members will be asked to vote on the 2023 Budget, the 2023 Strategic Operational Plan, and the 2023 Legislative Program and Position Statements. Copies of the documents will be available at the meeting.
John Cooper, City of Rockledge
PLANNING OFFICIALS TRAINING & WORKSHOP
Heather M. Urwiller, AICP, CFM, City of Sanford Alissa Barber Torres, FAICP, Orange County
The APA Florida Executive Committee will conduct its regular meeting.
PLANNER TO LEADER: A MID-CAREER BOOTCAMP
WORKSHOPS6 & SEMINARS
9:30am - 5pm l Room: Orange A Cost: FREE Speakers: Henry F. Bittaker, FAICP Susan M. Coughanour, FAICP Gain an overview of the AICP exam, its content, and topic areas. In the morning, learn about what the exam covers, available resources for the exam, how to address the five types of questions on the exam, review past test takers’ comments, and try out some practice questions. In the afternoon, gain training in several important exam topic areas (History/ Law/Ethics), work on answering related practice questions, and learn how to access the Florida Chapter study materials, including presentations, materials, and practice exams from the ongoing Treasure Coast Section AICP Exam Study Group. Plenty of time will be available for your questions.
September 6
5:30 - 6pm l Room: Ruby Lake
The workshop will feature Florida’s planning leaders, directors, and managers with diverse backgrounds providing strategies, resources, and reflections to help attendees advance in their careers.
Steven R. Cover, AICP, City of Sarasota Jennifer Fierman, AICP, Swiftly Inc. Tina M. Ekblad, MPA, AICP, Stearns Weaver Miller
1 - 4pm l Room: Lake Concord
Speakers: Tanika Bango-Cooper, Jones H.S. Community Partnership School
TUESDAY, SEPT. 6
THE INTERSECTION OF PHILANTHROPY, COMMUNITY, AND PLANNING
APA FLORIDA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
10am - 1pm l Room: Orange B Cost: $40 l Credits: 3 CM Speakers: Alexis Crespo, AICP, LEED AP, RVi Planning + Landscape Architecture Claudia Ray, RVi Planning + Landscape Architecture Allara Mills Gutcher, AICP, The Planning Collaborative Mary Moskowitz, AICP, Seminole County Brad Cornelius, AICP, CPM, CFM, Wade Trim, Inc.
Jeannie Infante Sager, Women’s Philanthropy Institute Cole NeSmith, Creative City Project John Rivers, 4Rivers Smokehouse
TUESDAY
4:30 - 6pm l Room: Orange B Cost: FREE l Credits: 1.5 CM
Carlton is a former civil servant whose career with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency spanned twenty years. He was the first urban planner hired by the Office of Environmental Justice at EPA. Carlton distinguished himself as an accomplished expert on the topic of equitable development while working for the federal government. He managed national workshops; conducted community technical assistance; and published multiple articles that explore the intersection of equity and community planning.
Carlton Eley is Senior Director for Federal Strategies. He comes to Race Forward following a long career of encouraging planning and policy solutions that are responsive to the needs of underserved communities and vulnerable populations. Prior to joining Race Forward, Carlton worked
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THE INTERSECTION OF MOBILITY AND WelcomeHOSPITALITYbyMayor Buddy Dyer
FRIDAY Closing Brunch & Leadership Awards
THE SWAMP PEDDLERS: HOW LOT SELLERS, LAND SCAMMERS, AND RETIREES BUILT MODERN FLORIDA AND TRANSFORMED THE AMERICAN DREAM 11am - 1pm l Orange Ballroom D | 1 CM credit Jason Vuic, Author Florida has long beckoned retirees seeking to spend their golden years in the sun, but, for many, the American dream of owning a home there was financially impossible. That changed in the 1950s, when the so-called “installment land sales industry” seemingly appeared out of nowhere to hawk billions of dollars of Florida residential property, sight unseen, to retiring northerners. For only $10 down and $10 a month, working-class pensioners could buy a piece of the Florida dream: a graded homesite that would be waiting for them in a planned community when they were ready to build. The result was Cape Coral, Port St. Lucie, Deltona, Port Charlotte, Palm Coast, and Spring Hill, among many others – sprawling exurban communities with no downtowns and little industry but millions of residential lots. As Jason Vuic recounts in this fascinating presentation, these communities allowed generations of northerners to move to Florida cheaply, but at a price: High-pressure sales tactics begat fraud; poor urban planning begat sprawl; developers cleared forests, drained wetlands, and built thousands of miles of roads in grid-like subdivisions, which, 50 years later, played an inordinate role in the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis.
8:30 - 10:10am l Orange Ballroom D l 1 CM credit Christine Kefauver, Brightline, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development Christine Kefauver has more than 30 years of transportation planning and policy experience in the public and private arena. Prior to joining Brightline in Spring 2021, she worked as the operations lead for Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi for HDR Engineering. Prior to joining HDR, Christine served as the Transportation Policy Advisor for Mayor Dyer at the City of Orlando for seven years. While at the city, Christine focused her efforts on advancing Central Florida’s first commuter rail line, SunRail. In addition, she served as the city’s direct liaison to all national, state, and local transportation partners. Christine served nine years on the Coalition for the Homeless in Central Florida and is a past President of WTS (Women in Transportation) of Central Florida. In addition, Christine serves on the East Orlando Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, is the Transportation Co-Chair for the Tampa Bay Partnership, and is a member of the Orlando Economic Partnership. Christine holds a Bachelor of Urban Planning from the University of Maryland and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Central Florida.
THURSDAY Keynote Lunch DRIVING EQUITY NOW!: THIS IS NOT A GAME Welcome by Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings 12:15 - 1:45pm l Orange Ballroom D | 1.25 CM credit Carlton Eley, Senior Director, Federal Strategies Since 2020, U.S. cities and towns have weathered the malady of a public health crisis; an economic crisis; as well as institutional and structural racism. Exposing the severity of social blind spots – as pre-existing conditions – has given planners an opportunity to take stock as well as reflect on opportunity costs. Sixty years ago, professional planners were encouraged to share in the responsibility of advancing equity as a means to facilitate better community outcomes, especially for underserved populations and vulnerable groups. The shortcomings of failing to plan for equity are clear today. Although opportunities have been missed, professional planners can still serve as key facilitators to advance equity in towns and cities right now. This keynote address will explore equitable development and reacquaint planners with equity as the reoccurring theme in planning practice for nearly sixty years. Participants will learn why equitable development is a pragmatic solution for making communities better.
Carlton is featured in the PBS documentary Redlining: Mapping Inequality in Dayton & Springfield. He was named the 2021 Sojourner Truth Fellow for Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. In 2003, Carlton participated in the Ian Axford (New Zealand) Fellowship in Public Policy sponsored by Fulbright New Zealand. Carlton has a Master in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Iowa as well as a BA in Sociology/Social Work Curriculum from Elizabeth City State University.
MAIN SESSIONS & GUEST SPEAKERS
WEDNESDAY Opening Plenary & Project Awards
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Lori Cox is a certified planner as well as a certified Mindset & Manifestation Coach who has been practicing mindfulness and manifestation techniques in career and home life for decades.8
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How connected do you feel to yourself and those around you? Are your energetic boundaries firm? We know Planners are social and technical professionals, but we’re also spiritual. What we do in our work transforms communities. In this session, we will practice mindfulness techniques to bring more peace and calm to our lives, protect our energetic boundaries, and connect us to our collective consciousness. No prior experience or special equipment is necessary; just bring your open mind and willingness to play along.
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7:30 - 8am l Room: Ruby Lake Instructor: Adrienne Burke, AICP, RYT-200, Miami-Dade County
WELLNESS SESSIONS WEDNESDAY September 7 FRIDAY September 9 THURSDAY September
How often do you stop to genuinely rest? In this mindfulness session, learn techniques and benefits from restorative yoga that invite you to hit pause, reduce stress, and refresh your mind, body, and spirit. No prior mindfulness or yoga training is necessary; in restorative yoga, the goal is relaxation, not a vigorous physical practice. This session encourages you to take rest with you as you navigate busy conference days. Please bring your yoga mat.
7:30 - 8am l Room: Ruby Lake Instructor: Lori Cox, AICP, East Central Florida RPC
RESTORATIVE MINDFULNESS
7:30 - 8am l Room: Ruby Lake Instructor: Tara Salmieri, AICP, 300RYT, PlanActive Studio
Chair yoga can improve your flexibility, concentration, and strength, while boosting your mood, and reducing stress and joint strain. During these 30 minutes, Tara will lead you through a simple chair sequence that you can do in the office, at home, or even on a plane. Chair yoga is a gentle practice in which postures are performed while seated and/or with the aid of a chair and modifications will be provided for all participants.
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CHAIR YOGA
Tara is a certified planner and founder of PlanActive Studio has been a yoga practitioner for 20 years and is a 300-hour certified yoga instructor.
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We are interested in hearing about your priorities for the upcoming Florida Legislative Session. Here is your chance to give input on what planning issues the APA Florida Legislative Policy Committee should follow. You can also sign up to be an advocacy volunteer! This QR Code to Our 2023 Legislative Priorities Survey
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Sara Roberts McCarley, City of Lakeland Teresa Maio, AICP, City of Lakeland Patricia Steed, Central Florida RPC Resilience Leagues: Leveraging Partner ships to Build Environmental Health and Equity Room: Orange G Creative partnerships, capacity, and nature-based solutions are key Team Resilience players. Stetson University coaches on natural-based climate adaptation that improves a community’s social fabric.
Whit Blanton, FAICP, Forward Pinellas Cynthia Lambert, APR, MetroPlan Orlando TSMO Eric Hill, MetroPlan Orlando TSMO David L Hutchinson, Sarasota/Manatee MPO Beth Alden, AICP, Hillsborough TPO Greg Stuart, Broward MPO 40 Acres and a Mule: Historic AfricanAmerican Community of Royal –Maintaining Identity in a High Growth County Room: Orange C The Community of Royal in Sumter County is a rural community that was founded at the end of the Civil War by freed Black slaves from the Old Green Plantation near the Withlacoochee River. Today, some residents of Royal are direct descendants of the freed Black slaves. In this session, you will hear from a resident and leader of the Royal community, an anthropologist from the University of Central Florida, and a land use planner on how this special community continues to fight to maintain its identity in the face of significant development pressures that threaten the survivability of Royal.
92022 Florida Planning Conference We’ll show you strategies used to support more equitable planning outcomes through a case study in affordable housing. The session will include an interactive portion to practice applying the concrete skills we present.
Creating a Lean But Comprehensi ve Plan Room: Orange F Follow the innovative community-vision-directed approach to the development of a compliant, but pared down, comprehensive plan for a rapidly growing mid-sized city. The City of Lakeland’s Comprehensive Plan: Our Community 2030 balances the future economic, social, physical, environmental, and fiscal management of development and redevelopment, creating a multimodal city with a thriving downtown. The plan aims to support a vibrant and inclusive community; ensure reliable services that support human and environmental health; provide safe and convenient mobility options; maintain an attractive and environmentally friendly community, and provide a responsible and accessible government. (It also reduced the Plan by 500 pages!)
Adam Lubinsky, AICP, Ph.D., Columbia University Leticia Solaun Ph.D., Jacobs Ali Ankudowich, AICP, MURP, Benesch Transportation (R)evolutions Room: Orange E Lightning round of transportation planning innovations from across the state. During the pandemic, MPOs tested digital tools to give citizens a voice in their transportation future; created new ways to assess and prioritize climate change vulnerability reduction strategies; took advantage of emerging IoT technologies to collect data and optimize systems; and brought together their regions’ elected officials around strategic initiatives connecting transit, redevelopment, and attainable housing. Approximately seven to ten panelists, selected by their peers for their noteworthy practices, give innovation highlights and take questions.
Brad Cornelius, AICP, CPM, CFM, Wade Trim, Inc. Beverly Steele, The Steele Organization, LLC Edward Gonzalez Tennant, Ph.D., University of Central Florida
Katrina Locke, Volusia County Jason Evans, Ph.D., Stetson University Shilretha Dixon, Dr. Joyce M. Cusack Resource Center Tara McCue, AICP, East Central Florida RPC Brenda Defoe Suprenant, East Central Florida RPC A Winning Exchange: Effecti ve, Inclusi ve Communications and Engagement on Charged Topics Room: Orange A Do you cringe when you think about leading public engagement activities on those sticky problems you’re trying to plan for? Join us to learn effective, inclusive communications and outreach strategies for better planning outcomes when you’re navigating polarized opinions and power imbalances. We’ll share our top tips on how to prepare and structure your efforts to engage with diverse audiences. -
As Cape Canaveral prioritizes remaining open space for mitigation and protection, they are fostering innovative partnerships to enhance resilience and community quality of life. Volusia County and partners are working to understand climate-induced ecosystem evolution and plan for natural lands as a key resilience player. The community of Spring Hill, joined the team using nature to mitigate flood issues. From the Boys and Girls Club to neighborhood residents, this engaged team is leading the pack.
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WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 7 1:20 - 2:20p 1 CM 1 EQ CM Fifty Year s Later: Reflections on Florida’s Growth Management and What Now?
Courtney Reynolds, TDM, CP, VHB Alana Brasier, AICP, City of Tampa Kathrin Tellez, AICP, PTP, RSP1, Fehr & Peers
How the Transportation Safety Crisis Limits Mobility Choices Room: Orange F Walking as a transportation option may not significantly reduce vehicle miles traveled (VMT), but it is an essential element of every trip, no matter your mode choice. Asking commuters to incorporate walking into travel may be asking more than we realize, especially when you consider the statistics on pedestrian safety in the U.S. How does this reality impact the choices that commuters have access to? How can the perception of imminent danger limit transportation options? Why are Communities of Concern disproportionately affected? How can improving transportation safety outcomes lead to more resilient communities? Learn how you can consider transportation safety in your projects.
Choosing the Career Path that is Right for You Room: Orange C Over the last few years, planning professionals have witnessed a lot of workplace turnover COVID-19’s effect on the workplace has been drastic as both public and private planners seek out new employment opportunities, a phenomenon referred to as the Great Resignation. In this session, participants will get to hear from a diverse group of planners who have changed career paths to take on new planning passions, leadership roles, or start their own consulting businesses. The panel also includes a job placement and mentorship specialist
Transportation Pathways to Community Health: MetroPlan Orlando’s Health Strategic Plan Room: Orange B Based on substantial research, transportation, sustainability, and health are deeply intertwined. Knowing this, MetroPlan Orlando is pushing the boundaries of regional transportation planning by integrating community health and equity goals into their efforts to move people and goods safely and efficiently, when and where they need to go. This session describes the collaborative development, and application to the Health Strategic Plan, of the new PATHS (Planning and Analysis for TransportationHealth Strategies) Framework, which articulates linkages between community health outcomes, social and environmental determinants of health, and points in the transportation system where changes can lead to measurable community health improvement.
Promoted … Now What? A Female Per specti ve on Becoming a Successful Leader as a Planning Manager Room: Orange E This panel discussion includes the perspective of female planning leaders at various career levels, offering some tips and tricks discovered along their career journeys. Being a female planning leader presents a unique set of challenges. As exciting as it is to watch your career take off, being promoted or hired into your first planning leadership role can come with fear, anxiety and thoughts of what do I do next? Being a female manager is never easy. However, women bring a unique perspective to management and leadership roles. They lead with compassion, empathy and grit.
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Florida’s growth management framework has changed significantly since that time, particularly over the last decade. Join three experts, who have been involved in this evolution for decades, for an engaging conversation focused on their thoughts and experiences in the initial years, reflections on the changes over time, and contemplation of what may or should be next.
Heather Urwiller, AICP, CFM, City of Sanford Janie Barron, Lake County BOCC Alison Stettner, AICP, FDOT District 5 Heather Croney, City of Eustis
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Environmental Land and Water Management Act, viewed widely as the beginning of Florida’s planning framework. This act restructured the land-use decisionmaking process to reflect a state role in representing the broader public interest in those land use decisions that have a significant regional or statewide impact.
Bob Rhodes, Attorney & Real Estate Consultant David Powell, Attorney Jim Murley, Miami-Dade County Moderator: Alex Magee, APA Florida
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Sarah Larsen, MetroPlan Orlando Jeri Brittin, Ph.D., HDR Jeffrey Arms, AICP, PE, HDR
Jennifer Wolfe, AICP, Florida Trust for Historic Preservation Jaime D. Perkins, MPA, PMP, City of St. Augustine Ethics Game Night Room: Orange A Join your fellow planners for a fun “Game Night” session, where your knowledge and experience of the AICP code of ethics will be tested and expanded. Bring your party hats (as well as your thinking caps) and review the code of ethics in an interactive game/games format. This session will highlight the major provisions of the code, recent changes, and case trends. Don’t forget to bring a snack to share….
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Integration of Regional & Local Scenario Planning Room: Orange B Staff from the Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization (TPO), Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), and the Palm Beach Transportation Planning Agency (TPA) will discuss regional and local scenario planning. These three MPOs represent the Miami Urbanized Area and are responsible for developing and implementing its Regional Transportation Plan, in addition to the production of their respective Long Range Transportation Plans. Participants will learn about scenario planning and regional coordination in the context of long-range planning. Key regional scenarios will analyze the effects of autonomous, connected, electric, and/or shared vehicles, resiliency, and COVID-19 disruption on the Southeast Florida transportation network.
Celebrating Planning, Part 1: Planning Education, Its Evolution, Current State, and Future Outlook Room: Orange B This session takes a critical look at planning education by asking, What did I learn in planning school? Does it serve me well today? The session centers on a review of planning education in Florida and gaps among the requirements of a planning degree, APA’s own requirements for certification, and skills or methods overlooked. Participants include faculty from planning programs in Florida and students associated with those programs. Both young and older planners will have the means to counsel planning programs that routinely update their mission statements while also reflecting on the content and value of their curriculum.
Providing Missing Middle Housing Through Commercial Conversion Room: Orange A Rising construction costs, coupled with COVID’s effect on tourism, accelerated a trend of motel conversions. Conversions provide a form of “missing middle” housing, in some cases the only affordable housing being provided without subsidy. Still, some projects encounter NIMBY and local government resistance. This session examines conversions from an economic and planning perspective, including where conversion fits in the continuum of housing types; locations where it makes sense from a planning perspective; how it’s regulated; the general business model for owners (funding and operations); and opportunities it offers for lowerincome households (that they don’t get from longterm motel living).
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Mindy Heath, AICP, AECOM Tina Demostene, AICP, M/I Homes Orlando Jennifer Stults, AICP, CTP, CPM, FCCM, Florida Turnpike Enterprise Alison Stettner, AICP, FDOT, Central Office
Poorna Bhattacharya, AICP, LEED AP, ASHA Planning Whit Blanton, FAICP, Forward Pinellas Jessica Frye, AICP, City of Orlando Katie Shannon, AICP, CNU-A, LEED GA, VHB Chia Yuan Yu, Ph.D., University of Central Florida
If your work involves historic or older areas you may be a preservationist or benefit from preservation tools that may be unfamiliar or seem complicated. Because redevelopment occurs most often in the historic or older areas, it can also make a positive impact in underrepresented communities. Incorporating preservation goals into land use planning, overlay zones, and incentive programs can ensure this benefit with the leadership of community representation and accountability. St. Augustine is continuing to evolve and learn from these benefits with a preservation plan and community redevelopment area program.
Franchesca Taylor, AICP, Miami-Dade TPO Peter Gies, AICP, Broward MPO Andrew Uhlir, Palm Beach TPA
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Chia Yuan Yu, Ph.D., University of Central Florida Peter Henn, AICP, JD, Florida Atlantic University who can provide insight on how young professionals might assess all that planning has to offer.
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Alissa Barber Torres, FAICP, Ph.D., CLTD, Orange County Cristina Pichardo Cruz, Orange County Lauren Torres, EIT, RSP 1, Orange County
Changing the Narrative, Part 1: Tools and Applied Approaches to Mainstream Green Infrastructure in the Built Environment Room: Orange F Green Infrastructure (GI), the incorporation of nature and natural processes into infrastructure, yields many ecosystem services. However, challenges have prevented them from becoming mainstream. This session introduces GI concepts, implementation challenges and novel applied examples of overcoming these challenges. It will cover tools to remove regulatory, technical, and other barriers to GI, GI certification courses providing workforce development to underrepresented communities, innovative and meaningful collaborations with unconventional partners to advance GI, and other related topics. While innovative approaches do not always consider inclusivity and equity, a concerted effort was made to consider these important societal aspects in the examples presented.
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Beating Burnout: Conversation and Strategies Around Wellness for Planners Room: Orange E Planning as a profession is increasingly discussing the intersection of community health and planning, especially since the pandemic, and historically, has foundations in public health. Community health and well-being is critical, and so is our own personal well-being as we show up in our work. How can we as planners integrate wellness into our own lives as a means of beating burnout and aiding our mental health? This interactive session will demonstrate strategies, as well as discuss initiatives from other professional associations, share the concepts of compassionate planning, and initiate dialogue to be continued beyond the conference.
Christianah Oyenuga, Ph.D., LEED GA, The Nature Conservancy Eban Bean, Ph.D., PE, University of Florida IFAS Lesley Bertolotti, MS, University of Florida IFAS Jennison Kipp, University of Florida IFAS Claire Lewis, MLA, University of Florida IFAS
Owen Beitsch, FAICP, Ph.D., CRE, GAI Community Solutions Group Patrick Panza, AICP, GAI Community Solutions Group Jeffrey Brown, Ph.D., Florida State University Creating Safer and More Inclusive Streets Room: Orange C
Dennis Smith, AICP, Florida State University Robert Hunter, FAICP, Sustainable Solutions Caitlyn Beasley, Florida State University Dahiana Cedeno, Oceanside Farms
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Intentional Partnerships for International Sustainable Development Room: Orange G International coastal development has often led to the creation of monopolized mega tourist sites in Latin America, displacing the local native residents and destroying the local economy. The threat of international developers poses a major concern for sustainable equitable development in already urban poor communities. Puerto Cayo, a coastal city in Ecuador of ~4,000 residents, is already experiencing a lack of planning initiatives protecting its local population. In this session, we explore how building intentional partnerships can create community resilience and sustainable initiatives through community-first plan creations.
Tara Salmieri, AICP, PlanActive Studio Lori Cox, AICP, East Central Florida RPC Ennis Davis, AICP, Benesch Adrienne Burke, AICP, Esq, Pasco County
Changing the Narrative, Part 2: Tools and Applied Approaches to Mainstream Green Infrastructure in the Built Environment Room: Orange F Green Infrastructure (GI), the incorporation of nature and natural processes into infrastructure, yields many ecosystem services. However, challenges have prevented them from becoming mainstream. This session introduces GI concepts, implementation challenges and novel applied examples of overcoming these challenges. It will cover tools to remove regulatory, technical, and other barriers to GI, GI certification courses providing workforce development to underrepresented communities, innovative and meaningful collaborations with unconventional partners to advance GI, and other related topics. While innovative approaches do not always consider inclusivity and equity, a concerted
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Trying to help your community create safe and inclusive streets for all? Hear from transportation planners and a traffic engineer about Orange County’s awardwinning Land Development Code updates and traffic engineering initiatives to promote mobility, accessibility, and safety. The session includes recommendations for standards, resources, and technical guidance to help make your job easier. Topics include pedestrian safety, Americans with Disabilities Act accessibility in public rights-of-way, crosswalks, road diets, Complete Streets, and addressing technologies like micromobility and personal delivery devices (delivery robots), as well as the county’s longer-term planning efforts for safe and inclusive streets.
Insights into Reform and Street Restorations in Florida Room: Orange A Decades ago, First Street, in downtown Winter Haven, was widened to five lanes which required the condemnation of several businesses. The result was a hostile street that devalued the downtown and the adjacent neighborhoods. The Florida Department of Transportation Planning Studio joined forces with the city to collaborate on a street design that would restore value and be more inclusive than the original street. This positive experience is instructive as to what is feasible when adopting a context-sensitive planning and design approach. Learn the steps that your community can take to create inclusive, equitable, and business-friendly streets.
Jim Studiale, AICP, City of Lakeland (Retired) Max Forgey, AICP, Forgey Planning
ImagineGNV: How Gainesville is Advancing Racial EquityThroughTheir Comprehensive Plan Room: Orange E
The latest edition of the Master Plan proposes a system of 156 miles of new trails and multiuse paths within Leon County and Tallahassee. This system effort was made to consider these important societal aspects in the examples presented.
The City of Gainesville has been a center for business, education, and more for over a century, but not all residents have benefitted from Gainesville’s growth in the same way. ImagineGNV, or “Imagine Gainesville” confronts longstanding racial disparities to help make Gainesville a place for everyone by broadening access to affordable housing, quality education, good-paying jobs, and thriving neighborhoods. This session will explore how the plan centers on Black, non-white, low-income, and other underrepresented neighbors, how the city navigated community engagement during COVID-19, and how the plan shapes policy for affordable housing, equitable development and environmental justice, inclusionary/exclusionary zoning, and more.
Incorporation, Annexation, and Dis-incorporation: A Primer on Florida’s Processes for Creating New Cities, Expanding Existing Cities, and Shrinking Their Room:BoundariesOrangeC Florida counties have most of the municipal powers that cities have, but there are good reasons why new cities are still being chartered, and why existing cities want to get bigger. There are also rare situations where cities’ residents want to disincorporate, which happened to a large portion of North Port in 2021. The speakers who will provide a primer on these three processes have the perfect blend of experience -- one has led incorporation drives for several aspiring cities; one has led four election cycle municipal annexations, and one led a legal battle to shrink city limits.
Celebrating Planning, Part 2: The Planning Profession in Florida, Its Evolution, Current State, and Future Outlook Room: Orange B In Florida, planning legislation evolved from a broad statute, advancing to highly centralized controls. Now planning is comprised of a system balanced by state and local needs. COVID, climate change, community diversification, housing, and other issues have spawned both competing and complementing priorities, elevating questions about the future of planning to the present. In this session, FAICP members, representing diverse parts of Florida and engaged in varied areas, open a conversation about their practices, obstacles, directions the profession may take, and necessary skills.
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Christianah Oyenuga, Ph.D., LEED GA, The Nature Conservancy Eban Bean, Ph.D., PE, University of Florida IFAS Lesley Bertolotti, MS, The Nature Conservancy Jennison Kipp, University of Florida IFAS Claire Lewis, MLA, University of Florida IFAS
Luke Lirot, Esq., Law Offices of Luke Lirot Joseph Mazurkiewicz Jr, Ph.D., BJM Consulting, Inc.
Deborah Chesna, CPM, FCCM, Pedestrian Bicycle Planning Coordinator Andrea Ostrodka, AICP, LEED AP, Toole Design Michael Carnevale, City of Winter Haven Ian Lockwood, PE, Toole Design Kristof Devastey, PE, PTOE, PTP, Toole Design
The Tallahassee – Leon County Greenways Master Plan sets the scope and extent of the local greenways program, which has conserved since the early 1990s nearly 7,500 acres of environmentally sensitive lands throughout Leon County and the City of Tallahassee.
Whit Blanton, FAICP, Forward Pinellas Susan Trevarthen, FAICP, JD, Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman Paul Lewis, FAICP, City of Orlando Silvia Vargas, FAICP, Calvin, Giordano & Associates, Inc Owen Beitsch, FAICP, Ph.D., CRE, GAI Community Solutions Group
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Andrew Persons, AICP, LEED GA, City of Gainesville Juan Castillo, City of Gainesville Nathaniel Chan, City of Gainesville Anne Wolf, Ph.D., CPCC, City of Gainesville Lydia Gaby, HR&A Advisor
Connecting and Collaborating: Planning for Ecological and Economical Diversity Room: Orange G
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While it is regarded as an essential community service, the supply of quality childcare can be unreliable and cost prohibitive for many low-moderate income and single-parent-headed households. The lack of affordable childcare also has a direct effect on the female labor force participation rate and the overall economic performance of our communities. Moreover, the childcare workforce is primarily comprised of women of color, which brings important issues such as pay disparities. This interactive session will explore the role that planners can play in developing a more equitable childcare system.
Jason McHugh, AICP, City of Wildwood Chris Silewski, RLA, Ayres Associates Binoy Panicker, AICP, Ayres Associates Janice Walker, Black Girls Do Bike Michael Alfano, JD, MSP, MPA, Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency Stephen Hodges, AICP, MSP, Tallahassee-Leon County Planning Department Innovati ve Approaches to Preserving Legacy Communities Room: Orange G
Child’s Play – Closing the Equity Gap through the Provision of Quality and Affordable Childcare Room: Orange C
The History and Culture Trail project features interpretive kiosks and public art installations that will share the tangible and intangible histories of some of the legacy African-American communities in South Central Tallahassee. How do forms of erasure impact community memory? What are some material ways to memorialize community history? How are African-American artists and communities preserving, interpreting, and sharing their community stories? This session will share tips for centering diversity and inclusion in the project process, community engagement best practices, inclusive-oriented preservation, and grassroots research collection methods. Tatiana Daguillard, Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency Charlie Johnson, PLA, ASLA, Kimley Horn Creating the Water-Centric Community: Winter Haven’s One-Water Plan for a Sustainable Future Room: Orange E One Water Winter Haven is a transformative, comprehensive plan addressing the fundamental relationship between the built environment and the stewardship of our water resources in Winter Haven. This plan demonstrates a paradigm shift in how water is managed: from water as waste to water as a resource. Every drop matters for the health of our regional economy, communities, and environment.
2022 Florida Planning Conference14 is intended to allow citizens and visitors to access existing and proposed parks and greenways via walking, bicycling, and other non-automotive means of transportation, as well as protection of major ecosystems, and surface and subsurface water quality, and plant and animal habitat. This session provides a brief overview of the development of the plan, the efforts to implement these connections, and the impacts on the local community these trails will provide. The Wildwood Master Plan is a collaborative planning exercise, focused on implementation. The planning process brings together stakeholders including CSX, FDOT, Sumter County, and private developers to implement the aspirations of this diverse, middle-income railroad community and position itself well for future growth. Discuss and learn firsthand from our experience of successfully connecting and planning for diverse communities.
The results of an FDOT/MPO survey will highlight the big picture, presenting transportation organizations’ adaptation to the new USDOT guidance on Equity/ Justice 40. The session will include VHB’s Healthy Mobility Model to identify vulnerable communities for chronic disease. The session will conclude with an update of the Lee County Rail-Trail Study, the Rail-Trail (SUN Trail) Study, and pertinent bike/ped initiatives.
Luis Nieves Ruiz, FAICP, East Central Florida RPC Lori Cox, AICP, East Central Florida RPC Jennifer Grant, Early Learning Coalition of Seminole County Erin Smeltzer, Association of Early Learning Coalitions
Curt Ostrodka, AICP, LEED AP, VHB Noel P Comeaux, AICP, PMP, Healthy Communities, LLC Ned Baier, AICP, Volkert Daniel Crotty, AICP, SEPI, Inc.
The Winter Haven One Water Plan is an initiative that crosses all aspects of natural resources, infrastructure, land development, conservation, health, recreation, and quality of life to ensure a sustainable future for the Chain of Lakes City Wes Shaffer, AICP, GAI Mike Britt, PE, City of Winter Haven Eric Labbe, AICP, City of Winter Haven Keeli Carlton, City of Winter Haven Jon Dinges, PE, Black & Veatch Healthy Communities & Equity in Urban/Transportation Planning Room: Orange F The session will address Florida’s response to “equity” for healthcare access, trail development, land use, and transportation planning. The session will first consider equity versus capitalism and then provide examples of equity and healthy communities converging in Florida.
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Leslie Olson, AICP, District Planning Group Eric Luttman, AIA, WGI, Inc. Samantha Kanach, AICP C, WGI, Inc. Jennifer Bryla, AICP, WGI, Inc.
Learn how Little Havana’s Pedestrian Priority Zones, the Wynwood Street Tree Master Plan, and the Gainesville Downtown Plan were established and implemented and why they are the perfect companion for the complete streets and vision zero initiatives. Planners will share how they were successful in moving these projects forward, best practices, and lessons learned with outcomes that are focused on strengthening connections to historically disconnected communities.
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Pedestrian Priority Zones and Complete Streets: Rethinking Streets Design in Urban and Culturally Diverse Communities Room: Orange B A moderated panel discussion highlighting how three planning initiatives are breaking ground to create safer streets that put the pedestrian first in ethnic and culturally diverse neighborhoods.
Florida’s Post Pandemic Growth, Part 1: Planning Implications for the Future Room: Orange A How Florida grows is an issue planners have grappled with for a century. Florida’s climate, environment, and lifestyle continue to attract new residents — even through uncertain periods like the COVID-19 Pandemic. As the Pandemic ends, a new wave of growth has begun as Florida is among the top five growing states. This growth will impact every section of community development — economy and workforce, development patterns, housing and housing affordability, schools, transportation, and the environment. This double session will assess Florida’s Post Pandemic Growth by considering the interconnectedness of these planning sectors. First, the session will focus on growth and development trends. Second, it will focus on implications for Florida’s community assets.
Nilgun Kamp, AICP, Benesch Lynn Dehlinger, RMA Brad Cornelius, AICP, CPM, CFM, Wade Trim Teresa Lamar-Sarno, AICP, City of Port St Lucie Silvia Vargas, FAICP, Calvin, Giordano & Associates
Accommodating aging in place, intergenerational living, and opportunities for income streams puts the spotlight on alternatives like co-living and accessory dwelling units. Learn how our profession is handling co-living, through case studies and best practices.
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Integrating Neighborhood Commercial: An Update of Hillsborough County’s Commercial Locational Criteria Room: Orange B As one of the fastest growing regions in the nation, unincorporated Hillsborough County continues to see significant increases in population year after year. To ensure that residents can satisfy their daily needs for goods and services within a reasonable distance from their homes and those commercial activities are seamlessly integrated into nearby residential neighborhoods, the county is updating the Commercial-Locational Criteria provisions of their comprehensive plan. This process has included a variety of public engagement methods, an evaluation of the county’s current regulatory mechanisms, and an examination of best planning practices from across the nation—all of which will be discussed within this informative panel by the project team.
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Melissa Hege, AICP, LEED AP, MHCP COLAB Matthew Hege, MHCP COLAB Darren Meyer, AICP, ASLA, PLA, MKSK David Snow, City of Miami Jeremy Calleros Gauger, RA, LEED AP, MHCP COLAB Not Your College Dorm: An Analysis of Co-Living and Affordable Housing Options Room: Orange A As the housing crisis rages throughout Florida, solutions for providing equitable and affordable housing to residents are critical. Land is scarce, expensive, and difficult to develop, requiring innovative solutions to address this gap in safe and equitable housing. While once isolated to student and aging populations, the need for alternative forms of housing has opened the concept of co-living up to the entire population.
Decarbonizing Suburbs with New RMobilityoomOrange E Because transportation is the top contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in the US, reducing and eliminating auto trips, particularly in suburban areas, is a priority for urban and transportation planners. This session covers three promising resilience solutions: mobility hubs, transit innovation, and emerging mobility technologies for packages and people. Speakers will address each topic’s value for meeting resilience and other goals, and address new skills needed to 1) define carbon metrics related to sources and solutions; 2) lay a foundation for successful and equitable placemaking; and 3) anticipate and incorporate emerging technologies into plans, policies, and projects.
Curt Ostrodka, AICP, LEED AP, VHB Alissa Barber Torres, FAICP, Ph.D., CLTD, Orange County Peter Westlake, Orlando Utilities Commission
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will provide up to $5 billion for states, including an initial $200 million to Florida, to implement a national electric vehicle (EV) charging network and make EV charging more accessible to all Americans. Accessing these funds requires cities, counties, and utilities to collaborate on EV needs assessment, master planning, site design, technical specifications, and related implementation activities. This panel will include municipal, county, and utility perspectives on how to meet those needs, best practices and case studies from a variety of communities, and EV planning resources to help position your community for success.
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An overview of mentoring, recruitment, youth engagement, student support, community/town and gown partnerships, career development, and emerging planner initiatives from multiple organizations will be featured, with a focus on strategies that are replicable for a wide variety of institutions – public and private sector planning, universities, and APA Sections or Divisions.
Melissa Dickens, AICP, Hillsborough County CityCounty Planning Commission Fatima Elkott, University of South Florida Melissa Zornitta, FAICP, Hillsborough County CityCounty Planning Commission Evangeline Linkous, AICP, Ph.D., University of South Florida
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This presentation will focus on the shift from reactionary planning to an equitable execution and tracking of projects year-over-year Jennifer Musselman PE, Kittelson & Associates Brandie Miklus AICP, City of Tampa Riva Heinrich AICP, Kittelson & Associates Enhancing Di ver sity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Planning Profession –Strategies for Today and Tomorrow Room: Orange G This session outlines strategies to strengthen diversity, equity, and inclusion within all levels of the profession – now and in the future. It describes innovative approaches to promoting community awareness of planning and planning education, increasing representation in planning, and supporting multiple paths to planning leadership.
People, Places, Prosperity: The Many Facets of Community Resiliency Room: Orange C Resiliency has increasingly become a prime focus for the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council (ECFRPC). Over the past five years, the ECFRPC has helped the region’s communities become more resilient against a variety of acute shocks and structural vulnerabilities by identifying and strengthening their people, economic, and place-based assets. This involves using a resiliency framework to address socioeconomic vulnerabilities in addition to more standard sea level rise and flooding vulnerabilities. Panelists will discuss how they applied the resiliency lens to develop innovative projects to protect business corridors, strengthen regional food systems, and lower regional greenhouse gas emissions.
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Luis Nieves Ruiz, FAICP, East Central Florida RPC Michelle Morrison, East Central Florida RPC Tamara Pino, East Central Florida RPC Project Prioritization and Equity in Tampa Room: Orange F The City of Tampa in partnership with its consultant will outline the project prioritization methodology implemented as part of the Tampa Mobility Plan, known as Tampa M.O.V.E.S. The City will present the adjustments made to form an equitable engagement process through the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and how this process has informed project prioritization. Elements of this framework include (but are not limited to) identifying Communities of Concern and addressing corridors on the city’s High Injury Network.
Lisa Nisenson, WGI Andrew Crozier, AICP, WGI Racquel Asa, WGI Charge On! Preparing for Florida’s Electric Future Room: Orange E
Completing a City’s Primary Street (Uni ver sity Avenue in Gainesville) Room: Orange G University Avenue and 13th Street in Gainesville have been the focus of student safety issues for all of 2020. Come learn how partners quickly came together to analyze alternatives and develop innovative multimodal solutions that fully accommodate all modes. The developed concept included enhanced sidewalks, lane eliminations, landscaping, transit accommodations, and a cycle track. The recommended concept fully addressed the four primary goals of safety and speed management; mobility and access; placemaking and community development; and cost and ease of implementation.
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Women in Planning -> Making Moves Room: Orange F Exploring the lives of four diverse women planners from across the state who have made significant moves in their careers whether it be from the public sector to private sector, starting their own business, or taking on a completely unique role they never thought they’d be in. The panelists will discuss their process for deciding to make that big move, including their trials and tribulation both in their professional and personal lives. The panelists will also disclose how their decision impacted their lives and how they feel about it today.
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Jeffrey Arms, AICP, PE, HDR Malisa McCreedy, AICP, City of Gainesville Megan Ferguson, PE, HDR Making and Moving Our Way to 2030: Florida’s Trade, Logistics, and Manufacturing Opportunities Room: Orange C This panel will present an overview of the recently completed Florida Trade and Logistics 2030 study developed by the Florida Chamber Foundation to support the growth of Florida’s trade, logistics, and manufacturing sectors. The focus of the panel will be on local governments and other partners can plan for growth in these sectors, including workforce, infrastructure, and land use needs.
Kevin Carr, FloridaMakes John Kaliski, Cambridge Systematics, Inc. Beth Cicchetti, CEcD, Florida Economic Development Council Dave Sobush, CEcD, Florida Chamber Foundation Sustainability from a Planning Perspective Room: Orange B The term “sustainability” conjures up visions of solar power, recycling, LEED and LID, and other actions that help our environment. While discussion of the three pillars – environmental, economic, and social – broadens the concept, sustainability professionals still tend to be engineers and environmentalists more so than planners. From a planning perspective, sustainability focuses on communities. A sustainable community should work for all, but many communities don’t work well for older people, children, people with disabilities, or lower-income families. This session focuses on how to plan for the whole community in a way that addresses all three pillars of sustainability Susan Caswell, AICP, Osceola County Jennifer Gardner, PLA, ASLA, Logan Simpson Reverend Mary Downey, The Hope Partnership
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Kathie Ebaugh, AICP, Lee County School District Wiatt Bowers, AICP, Atkins Saralee Morrissey, FAICP, Private Consultant Amber Dickerson, AICP, Urban Planning Innovations
Florida’s Post Pandemic Growth, Part 2: Planning Implications for the Future Room: Orange A How Florida grows is an issue planners have grappled with for a century. Florida’s climate, environment, and lifestyle continue to attract new residents — even through uncertain periods like the COVID-19 Pandemic. As the Pandemic ends, a new wave of growth has begun as Florida is among the top five growing states. This growth will impact every section of community development — economy and workforce, development patterns, housing and housing affordability, schools, transportation, and the environment. This double session will assess Florida’s Post Pandemic Growth by considering the interconnectedness of these planning sectors. First, the session will focus on growth and development trends. Second, it will focus on implications for Florida’s community assets.
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Foundational to thriving, equitable, and sustainable communities, a safe and comfortable active transportation network depends on a strong State Highway System (SHS) to connect neighborhoods, commercial centers, and major transit routes. The SEPTEMBER 8 1:50 - 2:50p
Vinette Godelia, Stearns Weaver Miller Building a Safe and Complete Transportation Network: Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plans for FDOT’s Districts One and Seven Room: Orange G
Bonnie Landry, AICP, Bonnie C. Landry and Associates Yexsy Schomberg, URBANA
Alessandria Palmer, Kimley Horn Leslie Olson, AICP, District Planning Group
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Jennifer Jurado, Ph.D., Broward County Rhonda Haag, Monroe County Erin Deady, AICP, Esq, LEED AP, Erin L. Deady, P.A.
Important to these efforts is the ability to identify and navigate local government liability, harmonize implementation with policy and tie efforts to other programs to leverage benefits such as FEMA’s Community Rating System. The panel will discuss numerous resiliency planning, comprehensive planning, CRS linkages, adaptation planning and legal issues across the state. The program will also discuss updates to the state’s Resilient Florida program.
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Broadband Feasibility: Bridging the Rural Digital Divide Room: Orange A Broadband has become a national priority, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Rural areas without substantial revenue sources are often lacking in their ability to compete and successfully incentivize internet service providers to extend high-speed broadband into their communities. This session uses Liberty and Wakulla County feasibility studies as a case study to explore options for rural broadband provision as a way to bridge the “Digital Divide.”
The Story of Lake County’s Efforts to Plan for the Next Generation Room: Orange B Lake County is one of the fastest-growing counties in Florida. Known for its beautiful hills and lakes, Lake County is addressing the challenges of rapid growth by partnering with its 14 cities to develop a countywide JPA and Conservation Strategy to include mapping of wildlife corridors, TDRs, trail connectivity between all cities, and conservation design standards for new growth. This session will also present a real discussion on the challenges of cities and counties working together. This session ends with a brief discussion on the countywide effort to address attainable housing.
Dennis Smith, AICP, Florida State University Marcia Mardis, EdD, Florida State University Kwentin Eastberg, AICP, Apalachee RPC Jennifer Hudgins, Liberty County BOCC Will Lake County Really Be ‘Real Florida, Real Close’ or Just Another Suburb?
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Florida Department of Transportation District Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plans guide investments in bicycle and pedestrian facilities on the SHS. By directing investments on the SHS and integrating recommendations from local and regional plans, these plans help improve and expand multimodal transportation choices, connectivity, and safety. This session highlights the approach taken by District One and District Seven in building an equitable and robust active transportation network.
Angelo Belluccia, PE, Burgess Niple Law, Legislation, and Case Studies in Resiliency Planning for Climate Change Room: Orange E This session focuses on the legal and planning aspects of resiliency to climate change impacts including technical approaches, liability for planning (or not planning), floodplain management, legal theory, funding strategies, and case studies.
Creating a Complete Street Ecosystem Room: Orange C Hillsborough County has adopted a Comprehensive Plan Mobility Section, with a focus on safety, connectivity, equity, multimodal choices, and context-sensitive road design. To ensure that these policy directions are implemented at the project level, a Complete Streets Guide was created to provide interpretive direction for the plan. This guide refines the plan policies, allowing engineers to better calibrate road design to comprehensive plan goals.
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This presentation will show how a Comprehensive Plan and Complete Streets Guide work together to create a foundation for the implementation of complete streets in any community.
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Built-to-Rent: Insights on Navigating the Regulatory Struggle Room: Orange F Join us for a panel presentation addressing regulatory obstacles associated with “built-torent” residential communities. Whether known as single-family rentals, cottage apartments, or horizontal multifamily, this emerging trend provides several unique benefits and challenges to Florida communities. This panel of developers, planners, and real estate professionals will discuss strategies for navigating the design and regulatory obstacles associated with this emerging development trend and provide examples of successful communities in Florida.
Resiliency Corn Hole: Targeting Enhancements with State and Regional Perspectives Room: Orange G Florida is no stranger to extreme weather and climate risks and agencies are at the forefront of tackling community needs such as flooding, sea level rise, wildfires, and heat. While needs may be local, there is much work going on at the state and regional levels. Come hear about actions the Florida Department of Transportation is taking as it develops a resilience action plan to improve the resilience of the state highway system and actions the Central Florida Regional Planning Council is providing for the Heartland Regional Resiliency Coalition to address rural and inland hazards and improve resilience in the heartland of Florida.
Mary Moskowitz, AICP, Seminole County Eliza Harris Juliano, CNU-A, Canin Associates Alberto Vargas, M.Arch, Orange County
A Tale of Two Counties: Innovations in Coding for a Vision Room: Orange C In fast-growing Central Florida, key counties are innovating their land development regulations to encourage mixed use development and address the lack of attainable housing while ensuring new growth enhances their communities and builds support among residents and stakeholders. Orange Code and Vision 2050 are ambitious ground-up rewrites of Orange County’s Code and Comprehensive Plan to sustainably accommodate the next 435,000 residents expected in the unincorporated area by 2050. Seminole County’s targeted approach includes a complete reorganization of its zoning chapter accompanied by strategic updates to better implement the How Shall We Grow Vision embedded in the Comprehensive Plan.
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Claire Jubb, AICP, CFM, Florida Floodplain Managers Association Michael Rimoldi, MPA, CBO, CFM, Florida Floodplain Managers Association
Anie Delgado, AICP, RVi Planning + Landscape Architecture Gregg Logan, RCLCO Danville Ledbetter, Soltura Development Group Jeremy Frantz, AICP, RVi Planning + Landscape Architecture Adam Mendez, Lee County Community Development
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Floodplain Management and Planning: A Partnership for Future Success Room: Orange A Floods and flooding are the most common natural disaster in the United States. All states can and have experienced flooding in recent years. Historically, Floodplain Management (FPM) has been a specialization of building departments and hazard mitigation specialists. As FPM has become a more necessary part of many public organizations, the work done in FPM has evolved into that which incorporates planners and planning. FPM is no longer just a “responsive” aspect but a “proactive” science. This presentation will discuss the importance of FPM in the field of planning and how planners are essential to an organization’s FPM strategy.
The AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities is growing rapidly throughout Florida, and local planners are forging new paths, building new partnerships, and developing creative and innovative approaches to make communities more livable, future-ready, and age-friendly. Such collaboration has resulted in new and sometimes surprising community networks and planning approaches that are both multi-disciplinary and inclusive. Hear the stories of the unique paths each of these planners have taken in developing their age-friendly work along with examples of successful programs, projects, and activities.
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The in Between: School Planning, Shifting Demographics and How to Plan for Infrastructure with Funding Gaps Room: Orange B School planning is one of the more challenging areas of planning, which has only gotten more so during the pandemic. This session will discuss the experiences of three School Districts with different demographics and issues. While Orange and Hillsborough Counties are younger, high-growth counties, Volusia County is an older community with a slower growth rate. Topics discussed will include challenges faced by school boards addressing exponential growth and declining populations within the same district, shifting demographic trends post-pandemic, and choosing between new schools and repurposing schools all while balancing impacts of funding and lack thereof for this public infrastructure. -
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Cindy Campbell, Seyfarth Shaw LLP Trevor Hall, Colliers Dan Kirby, FAICP, FAIA, Jacobs Carmen Rasnick, MBA, CNU-A, City of Orlando Luis Nieves Ruiz, FAICP, East Central Florida RPC
In response to the longstanding inequities facing our nation, many organizations have started to prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Realizing there is power in numbers, several real estate, and land use organizations began collaborating in 2020 to develop an actionable approach to advancing DEI initiatives in Central Florida. GetREAL is comprised of leaders from AIA Orlando, APA Florida Orlando Metro Section, CREW Orlando, NAIOP Central Florida, and ULI Central Florida. The panelists will share their experiences implementing DEI programs, strategies to diversify their respective professions, and how to develop strong regional partnerships to tackle DEI issues.
Pipeline to Better Placemaking: Using Digital Realities to Observe, Teach & Engage in the Creation of Place Room: Orange C When done correctly, great Placemaking is a delicate process that creates a cultural hub in the community bringing arts, recreation, socialization, economic vitality, equitable access, and a place for celebration and mourning. Pipeline to Better Placemaking (PBP) focuses on the very needs of humanity in a specific community. We have created the PBP as a guideline using Digital Realities to Observe, Teach, & Engage in the creation of Place. Providing analytical data of an existing Place’s built environment and human behavior, we are creating an equitable and engaging platform allowing community members to paint their own vision of tomorrow.
Stephanie Doster, Volusia County School District Renee Kamen, AICP, Hillsborough County Public Schools Nilgun Kamp, AICP, Benesch Thomas Moore, Orange County Public Schools
Colonial Lanes, a historic mid-century bowling alley in downtown Orlando’s Milk District, was on the brink of demolition in recent years to make room for a self-storage facility until residents banded together to save it. In this panel conversation, you’ll hear from Main Street members, a city planner, the owner, and the architect of the newly renovated venue. Learn how the Main Street program has empowered residents to take action to guide the neighborhood’s growth, and hear how this redevelopment saga over the past five years helped birth the vision of a new, contemporary entertainment space that honors the property’s history 4:30 -
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This session will present the methodology and key insights from an analysis aimed at identifying the diverse communities we serve as planners and focus planning efforts to benefit historically marginalized populations and areas of greatest need. In addition to sharing how to integrate equity into current transportation planning practices, perspectives from the non-profit sector seeking to address equity through transportation will be shared.
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Florida Growth Management: A Way Forward Room: Orange E This forward-looking session centers upon a discussion of the future of growth management policy in Florida. Panelists will briefly recount prior Florida growth management initiatives before turning their attention to a needed “fourth wave” of state land planning policy. Panelists will outline the core elements of a new growth management model, one that reinvigorates local comprehensive planning and employs land planning principles and meaningful incentives to reinstate Florida as a national leader in environmental protection, placemaking, development finance, and equitable development outcomes. Session participants will then engage in a discussion of the path forward for pursuing the rebirth of growth management in Florida.
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Silvia Vargas, FAICP, Calvin, Giordano & Associates Merle Bishop, FAICP, Pennoni Associates Mary Kay Delk, FAICP, MKPeck Associates Valerie Hubbard, FAICP, Retired Streets, Roads, Stroads & SMART STEP: Prioritizing Mobility Options Room: Orange E
DeWayne Carver, AICP, FDOT Patricia Tice, AICP, Ph.D., PE, LEED AP, CREWS/UCF Aileen Bouclé, AICP, Miami-Dade TPO Planning Principles for Equitable Outcomes Room: Orange F This session will highlight approaches used by the City of Tallahassee’s Neighborhood First Plan and FDOT District One’s Planning Studio, and the City of Sarasota to engage and enhance the quality of life in underserved communities, tell unique community stories and motivate active participation in the visioning and planning of place-based investment strategies that are supportive of community desires. Lessons learned from the Greater Bond Neighborhood First Plan, the FDOT’s rural town planning initiatives in Fort Meade and Wauchula, and Sarasota’s Newtown Pedestrian Connectivity will be shared. Strategies for strengthening proactive engagement with underserved communities for more equitable outcomes will also be discussed.
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Claudia Ray, RVi Planning + Landscape Architecture Julie Matura, Milk District Main Street Chris Deloatche, City of Orlando Romi Mawardi, Team Marketing Group Joel Setzer, Dap Design Healthy Communities from the Ground Up: Building Trails and Activation through Strategic Partnerships Room: Orange G The West Orange Healthcare District understood that Trails and Green Spaces were key to a healthy community, but that for any investment to be effective, it needed the buy-in and feedback from a broad set of partners. They partnered with local municipalities and key stakeholders to build a vision and plan that would support a connected and activated trail system in west Orange County. This session will cover how the collaborative worked together to identify goals and objectives through a health lens, and how we have begun working on implementation.
Emily Hanna, AICP, CPM, Bike/Walk Central Florida Ginger Corless, AICP, City of Ocoee Lesa Boettcher, Foundation for a Healthier West Orange Tracy Swanson, West Orange Healthcare District 2022 Ethics Cases of The Year Room: Orange A Each year the AICP Ethics Cases of the Year provides several relevant ethics scenarios based on real ethics cases over the previous year. These cases illustrate ethical dilemmas faced by planners working within challenging political arenas, while trying to stay true to their ethical principles. The question raised in the 2022 cases will resonate with planners at all levels. Join the Florida AICP Fellows in an interactive discussion on how the AICP Code of Ethics applies to real-world situations.
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The growth in pedestrian and bicycle crashes over the last 15 years has forced designers to rethink how to design safe streets. Ultimately it comes down to choices: which user gets the priority? This session will discuss these prioritization choices from three perspectives: driver psychology, statewide design manual changes, and project implementation. Dr. Patricia Tice will summarize a paradigm-shifting 8:30 - 9:30a
Alvimarie Corales, MURPR, City of Sarasota Corinne Arriaga, MPH, CPH, City of Sarasota Vitor Suguri, Ph.D., FDOT Frank Kalpakis, AICP, Renaissance Planning John Baker, City of Tallahasse Bessie Reina, CNU-A, FDOT Engaging with Diverse Communities: Examples from the City of Tallahassee’s Southside Action Plan Room: Orange B
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The focus of this session is on engagement with diverse communities in order to achieve a more inclusive planning process for the City of Tallahassee’s Southside Community. Examples of successful community engagement from the Southside Action Plan are used to show how challenges such as capturing the voices of underrepresented citizens and adapting to changing social distancing requirements, created opportunities to try new engagement methods in predominantly lower income and minority neighborhoods. This session provides specific examples of engagement strategies that worked, as well as lessons learned that can be used to improve planning processes to be more inclusive.
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Roxann Read, AICP, CFM, City of Wildwood Doug Kelly, AICP, ETM, Inc. Allara Mills Gutcher, AICP, The Planning Collaborative Kathie Ebaugh, AICP, Lee County School District Tina Demostene, AICP, M/I Homes Orlando Creating a Housing Resilience Strategic Plan, Part 2: Protecting Vulnerable People and Room:PropertiesOrangeC This two-part workshop is focused on sustainability and resilience planning that is based on the disproportionate impact of hazards on underserved communities. Attendees will be trained on practical tools designed for local governments to incorporate housing resilience into local planning frameworks in response to the impacts of sea-level rise and climate change on housing inventories and vulnerable and low-income populations. In Part 2, attendees will receive training in the following components essential to preparing a Housing Resilience Strategic Plan which are focused on planning, equity, and community engagement:
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Planners Take to the Skies Room: Orange G New technologies that power electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) vehicles will soon change the way we transport people and goods between and within cities. Quieter and more energy efficient than conventional aircraft, eVTOL do not need long runways and can operate in dense urban environments. Rooftop vertiports can become new TOD hubs that no longer require miles of linear rightof-way for roads, bridges, and rail. Learn what ideas are shaping Advanced Air Mobility in the Central Florida region and how communities across Florida can prepare their own future networks. The sky (and FAA airspace regulations) is the limit!
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• The Housing Coastal Flood Hazard Exposure Tool Christopher Emrich, Ph.D., GISP, University of Central Florida Gladys Cook, Florida Housing Coalition CJ Reynolds, Tampa Bay RPC Andrea Galinski, University of Florida Overcoming No: Ethical Responses to Contentious Situations
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Room: Orange A Planning is a collaborative profession. Our Code of Ethics requires that we ensure that our practice brings together different backgrounds, perspectives, interests, needs, and goals. We are expected to be consensus builders who build common ground—or at least help learn to agree to disagree. Our planning ethics implore us to view difficulties not as problems or obstacles but as challenges. However, at times we work with citizens, communities, colleagues, clients, and elected officials that are difficult. Sometimes while trying to build consensus, we encounter discord. This session teaches us to better address these challenges through practical tools and strategies that ethically identify, assess, and tackle such realworld situations more effectively.
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• Building a community engagement platform to connect residents and stakeholders for equity inclusion and diversity in disaster mitigation and recovery Gladys Cook, Florida Housing Coalition Daphne Green, AICP, East Central Florida RPC Sara Haas, Enterprise Community Partners Dayna Lazarus, Florida Housing Coalition SEPTEMBER 99:50 - 10:50a
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The State of Content Neutrality Post Austin v. Reagan Room: Orange A Is your community’s sign ordinance content-neutral?
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Mark White, AICP, Esq, White & Smith LLC Susan Trevarthen, FAICP, JD, Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman, P.L. David Hickey, International Sign Association
Some of Florida’s Toughest Challenges Room: Orange G In this session, a diverse panel of resilience planning experts will share their experiences in tackling some of Florida’s toughest challenges. From adopting progressive policy, protecting critical assets in preparation for sea level rise, confronting affordable housing crises, preparing for climate migration, bolstering local ecosystems, reducing GHG emissions, and more, Florida’s resilience planners are constantly working with and for their communities to make them more resilient both now and into the future. Panelists will showcase specific projects and programs implemented to enhance equity, adapt the built environment, and aid help people recover from manmade or climate risks.
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Equitable Capital Ecosystems Room: Orange B For cities to prosper depends on a steady flow of various forms of investment such as business loans, home mortgages, and real estate investment. Private sector “market,” “mission-driven” and public sector investors looking to achieve community development outcomes provide this capital. Whether these flows are equitably accessed across place is a key driver of sustainable economic health. This workshop focuses on how to analyze investment flows, and for what purposes, into a city/region’s racially concentrated areas of poverty. Attendees will gain an understanding of how to assess their community’s capital needs and flows and chart an implementation path that addresses increased equitable capital and development finance.
It’s one thing to throw on spandex shorts, your helmet, and jump on your bike. But how would you ride in a skirt? To a meeting? With kids? With groceries? These commuters will share their perspectives in a roundtable format on cycling, not only as women but in one of the most statistically dangerous places to do so, Central Florida. Learn how they have turned their pedal power into a true change in their communities and how they use their first-hand experience to plan and advocate for better active transportation options for people of all ages and abilities.
Katie Shannon, AICP, CNU-A, LEED GA, VHB Courtney Barker, AICP, City of Satellite Beach Susan Caswell, AICP, Osceola County Zachary Eichholz, City of Cape Canaveral Jenifer Rupert, East Central Florida RPC 1 CM 1 SR CM 1 EQ CM 1 CM
The Court has clarified how to legally regulate billboards and on-premise signs, and it’s imperative that communities in Florida get up to speed on the important legal issues raised by these two decisions.
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This session includes a panel of planning, legal, and industry experts who will discuss how the Reed and Austin v. Reagan decisions will affect best practices for local officials. Communities interested in ensuring that they have constitutionally-compliant sign ordinances will want to attend.
Mary Moskowitz, AICP, Seminole County Eliza Harris Juliano, CNU-A, Canin Associates Lisa Portelli, Bike/Walk Central Florida Courtney Reynolds, TDM, CP, VHB Sarah Elbadri, Orlando Bike Coalition
Lara Bouck, AICP, PE, City of Tampa Jeremie Chastain, AICP, Hole Montes Bob Cambric, Private Consultant Amy Elmore, AICP, EXP Women Ride Bikes, Too! Celebrating the Trials and Tribulations of Being a Female Cyclist in Central Florida Room: Orange F
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The landmark Reed v. Town of Gilbert decision affected every single jurisdiction in Florida, and now the U.S. Supreme Court has issued another ruling affecting sign regulations, City of Austin v. Reagan.
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2022 Florida Planning ConferenceExhibit48 Hall Information
HOTEL FLOOR PLAN LOBBY LEVEL (L) HOTEL LAYOUT HILTON ORLANDO RestroomsElevatorsStairsEscalator KEY Self-Parking Garage Spencer’sGrandFrontBoardroomsDeskStaircaseforSteaks and Chops Main Lobby / Guest Room Elevators Bell stand, Concierge Desk, Boarding Pass Station David’s Club Lobby Bar Main Entrance / Valet Parking The 24-hr. Marketplace Gift Shop / Destination Essentials UPS Store Lake Meeting Rooms Meeting Planner Office / Registration Desk Walkway to Convention Center Entrance to eforea spa & 24-hr. Fitness Center eforea spa 24-hr. Fitness Center Grand Staircase The GroupBistroPick-up / Drop-off Orlando Ballroom Orange Ballroom Florida Ballroom The MeetingPromenadePlanner Office / Registration Desk Key West Key Largo LOBBY LEVEL (L) LOWER LEVEL (LL) POOL AND RECREATION 16151413121110987654321 13121110987654321 Poolside 9-holeTennisLazyVolleyballWaterslideBasketballCabanasCourtCourtRiverEntranceCourtPuttingGreen / 1/4 mi Jogging Track Tropics Pool Bar & Grill Main Pool Quiet PoolJIHGFEDCBA
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