8:00 - 9:00 A.M.
ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
Dollars and $en¢e for the Year
Hassayampa Inn Marina B

Come meet the current and newly elected officers at the annual chapter business meeting. This meeting will give all members an opportunity to present their ideas to the officers. Meeting is open to all APA members.

9:00 – 10:15 A.M.
HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS WALK - PARK AVENUE

Park Avenue, which comprises a portion of the West Prescott National Register Historic District, is a timeline from the turn of the century to 1950s architecture, starting with the Brinkmeyer House (1901) on the corner of Park Avenue and West Gurley streets. The neighborhood includes lots of Bungalows and several Revival styles. The tour is also conducted by Nancy Burgess and covers about four blocks, some of which is uphill.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT I
DEVELOPERS AND COMMUNITIES: WORKING TOGETHER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Hassayampa Inn Marina A

A panel discussion of public and private sector interests to give their perspective of how communities and developers can better work together to address the challenges and hurdles that we all face as we do business together. Hear first-hand about the issues that can turn from a “deal-breaker” into a “deal-maker” and how communities can make the difference.

Moderator: Jane Bristol, Economic Development Director, City of Prescott.

9:00 - 10:15 P.M.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: ETHICS WORKSHOP
(The ink is black, the page is white, and what really makes right – “right”?)
Hassayampa Inn Marina B

This workshop focuses on the application of ethics in a variety of circumstances that professionals, citizens and students may encounter in their day-to-day activities related to the planning profession. The workshop will include various skits and follow-up discussions regarding planners in various compromising ethical dilemmas. Beginning with a 20 minute overview of the new AICP ethics code effective on June 1, 2005, the workshop will discuss ethics models. These will be applied to a hypothetical case study acted out through a series of skits featuring some of our favorite planners and workshop participants. The purpose of this workshop is to enhance awareness of ethical standards, improve the way we apply ethics in our careers and is intended to be fun and memorable for all who attend.

Presenters: Kevin Kugler, AICP, AzPA Vice President Professional Development, RBF and Associates; Anne Eichberger, AICP, Long-Range Planning Manager, Yuma County.

LAW AND LEGISLATIVE UPDATES
(Plannerese Legalese)
Elks Opera House

Planning is a challenging profession, because much of what we do is governed by state statutes and recent court cases. This session provides planners with updates on the most recent court cases and enacted Arizona laws. Learn about the Supreme Court decisions on Lingle v. Chevron and Kelo v. the Town of New London. Find out what happened at the state legislature this year. In addition, the co-chair of the governor’s Growing Smarter Oversight Council will be on hand to recap the session on Thursday’s state-wide guiding principles and how it may affect Growing Smarter and Growing Smarter Plus.

Moderator: Debra Stark, AICP, AzPA Vice President of Legislative Affairs. Presenters: Stephen Anderson, Esq, Partner, Gammage and Burnham; Arlan Colton, FAICP, Co-Chair of the Governor’s Growing Smarter Committee.

STATE STANDARDS FOR FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT
(100 years is only 36,500 days - and counting!)
Hotel St. Michael Crystal Ballroom

This session discusses Section 48-3605(A) of the Arizona Revised Statutes which mandates that, “The director of water resources shall develop and adopt criteria for establishing the one-hundred-year flood and delineating floodplains.” In 1990, ADWR established the State Standards Work Group to assist with these responsibilities. The work group consists of volunteer floodplain managers from two rural and two urban counties, a representative of the Arizona Floodplain Management Association (AFMA), and representatives of the Department of Water Resources. The role of the Work Group is to develop technical standards, critiquing products, and training floodplain managers/administrators/engineers on the use of the standards. Learn all you need to know, and then some, of this important mandate in land planning.

Moderator: Ken Spedding, Director, Development Services Department, Yavapai County. Presenter: Brian Cosson, State Coordinator for the National Flood Insurance Program, Arizona Department of Water Resources.

10:30 – 1:45 P.M.
ARCOSANTI TOUR

Arcosanti - Italian architect Paolo Soleri’s experimental town - derives its name from the Italian word for “before things.” “Old Town” contains 12 passive energy designed mixed-use buildings with their concrete apses (quarter spheres or half domes) resembling a string of Soleri windbells. Within these buildings the gospel of “arcology” (the fusion of architecture with ecology with minimum human impact on the environment) is taught. This community is expected to grow to 7,000, albeit slowly, with everything--work, shopping, entertainment, restaurants--within walking distance of everything else. Leave Prescott about 10:30 and arrive in plenty of time in Arcosanti about 11:30. Arcosanti offers food and beverages in their café. Carpool the 33 miles to Arcosanti in the Cordes Junction area with fellow planners and return to spend the weekend in Prescott, or drive there, meet with your fellow planners, and then leave for home. Your tour hosts will be Ellie Bauer and Fred Hartshorn.