Building Design in the Era of Terrorism
Track: Homeland Security
Designing and constructing safe buildings has always been an important consideration. However, increasing threats of terrorism are requiring a reevaluation of building design and codes to better protect tenants and the general public from such threats. This session will focus on technologies, designs and standards being used in the construction of buildings to increase safety and security from terrorist threats, but also from crimes of theft, vandalism, unauthorized access and workplace violence.
Moderator: Linda Edwards, Acting Planning & Development Services Manager, Town of Gilbert
Speakers: Paul Winslow, Orcutt/Winslow, John Hamilton, J. Hamilton & Associates; Bill Sheely, Orcutt/Winslow

Developers, Part I
Track: Development Dynamics
Do you know the difference between a homebuilder, developer, commercial developer and industrial developer? If you are in charge of negotiating a development agreement, you had better actually know, and not just think that you do. Find out how different entities within the development community do business, and what is and is not actually important to them.
Moderator: Steve Hohulin, RBF Consulting, Inc.
Speakers: Pike Oliver, Vanderbilt Farms; John Ward, Pulte Homes; Jackie Peterson, Insight Holdings; Bill Fisher, Liberty Property Trust; David Larcher, Vestar

Forty Years of Housing Conditions in Phoenix–- Strengthening Our City Core
Track: Professional and Housing
To foster smart growth, our core cities must remain attractive and viable places to live, work and play. As Arizona approaches its centennial, we look to strengthen our aging and changing cities and what better bell weather of neighborhood health than housing conditions. The City of Phoenix has studied its housing conditions with a snap shot windshield study every ten years since 1972, sampling the older census tracts and measuring yard conditions, structural, mechanical and ventilation. The study, including a subset study of our target neighborhoods, has much to tell us about how our neighborhoods have changed. This panel will present the findings of the latest study and track the findings over the forty years, focusing primarily on the past ten and draw inferences about city policies and programs that are encouraging healthy, viable neighborhoods. Specifically, the panel will focus on several target neighborhood programs, code enforcement and civic engagement in planning and neighborhood revitalization.
Moderator: Jerome Miller, Director, Neighborhood Services Department, City of Phoenix
Speakers: Dr. Marilyn Dantico, Associate Professor of Politics, Arizona State University Department of Political Science; Debra Stark, AICP, Director, Planning Department, City of Phoenix; Kate Krietor, Acting Deputy Director, Neighborhood Services Department, City of Phoenix; Roberto Frietz, Garfield Team Leader, City of Phoenix.

Microenterprise and Asset-Building for Downtown Border Revitalization
Track: Economic Development
In small, rural communities, local business leaders are increasingly realizing that part of the way to build a thriving, revitalized business district is by assisting lowincome residents in becoming successful entrepreneurs. This session highlights how Nogales Community Development (NCD) has worked with the City of Nogales to launch a microenterprise district in the heart of Nogales, Arizona. This session discusses how NCD developed the project, what it has learned in the process, and how it has partnered with local government to make site improvements that made the project possible.
Moderator: Angela Donelson, Donelson Consulting
Speakers: Yvonne Delgadillo, Executive Director, Nogales CDC; Nils Urman, Commerce and Economic Development Director, City of Nogales

Land Stewardship in Conservation Planning
Track: Sustainability
Conservation based development is occurring more frequently, where open space is conserved and valued as part of a master planned community. With this trend, more developers and/or homeowners associations seek conservation planning assistance with land stewardship. This session focuses on using proven techniques for planning, funding and implementing land conservation in large-scale projects.
Moderator: James Feldman, SWCA Environmental Consultants
Speakers: Kristine Bentz, Sonoran Institute; Joe Porter, UrbanGreen

Public-Private Partnerships in Mixed-Use Developments
Track: Nuts & Bolts
We are hearing more about the use of Public Private Partnerships (P3), but questions still abound. Public Private Partnerships are cooperative ventures between the public and private sector, bringing together the strengths and resources of both sides. How can P3s assist us in creating places people want to go? We'll hear about how P3s are being considered and applied in the planning of mixed-use developments in Arizona.
Moderator: Michael LaBianca, Planner, HDR Engineering
Speakers: Jon Froke, AICP, Planning Director, City of Glendale; Dean Brennan, AICP, Principal Planner, City of Phoenix

10:15 – 10:30 a.m.
Morning Break
Grand Ballroom

Special Risks for Arizona
Track: Homeland Security
Although disasters such as wildfires, floods, and drought are not unique in Arizona, they do present special concerns for our state. Not only are these some of the most widely recognized disasters, but they are often interrelated and can have widespread social, economic and environmental impacts on both rural and urban areas, and on large and small communities alike. This session will focus on how some of these special risks impact planning at various levels and how state and local agencies are working to mitigate such risks.
Moderator: Darren Gerard, AICP, Deputy Planning Director, Maricopa County Planning and Development Department
Speakers: Bruce Greco, First Staff Officer, Coconino National Forest; Tim Phillips, Director of the Maricopa County Flood Control District; Mimi Diaz, Phoenix Branch Chief of the Arizona Geological Survey

Developers, Part II
Track: Development Dynamics
Do you know the difference between a homebuilder, developer, commercial developer and industrial developer? If you are in charge of negotiating a development agreement, you had better actually know, and not just think that you do. Find out how different entities within the development community do business, and what is and is not actually important to them.
Moderator: Steve Hohulin, RBF Consulting, Inc.
Speakers: Pike Oliver, Vanderbilt Farms; John Ward, Pulte Homes; Jackie Peterson, Insight Holdings; Bill Fisher, Liberty Property Trust; David Larcher, Vestar

Advancing Smart Growth Principles in a Sprawling Environment
Track: Nuts & Bolts
Why is it so difficult to accommodate principles of smart growth, new urbanism, and traditional neighborhood development in Arizona? How can planners and city officials help to foster better communities? The panel will provide planners and city officials with local examples of how their firms have employed Smart Growth principles in an effort to advance better community design in a sprawling environment.
Moderator: Brett Burningham, AICP, Planner III, City of Goodyear
Speakers: Joe Porter, Principal, Montage Holdings; Rex Ross, Director of Revenue Management, DMB Associates

Employment/Housing Connections: Regional and Community Perspectives
Track: Professional and Housing
Understanding and analyzing the employment/housing connection is an important aspect of community planning, economic development, and identifying impacts on transportation system. Access to current and potential employment areas is a key factor in housing choice decisions. Firms, considering expanding or relocating in a community, seek to understand the availability of current and future labor pools prior to making their siting decisions. In any specific period of the development in an area of the region, the employment-housing connection may be leaning toward one part of this relationship. The discussion will include insights into the lifecycle and other characteristics of the connection between employment and housing development within areas of the region. MAG is developing information and analysis, which communities, regional and state organizations and the general public can use to better understand the current and projected employment-housing connections within the region.
Moderator: Rita Walton, Maricopa Association of Governments
Speakers: Jeff Romine, MAG, Senior Regional Economist; Heidi Pahl, MAG, Regional Planner II

Creative Master Planning: Developing Within the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan
Track: Sustainability
This session will explore the practical application of the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan, resulting in a sustainable development model for the Verano community.
Moderator: Mary K. Davis, The Caliber Group
Speakers: Priscilla Storm, Diamond Ventures; Linda Cohen, The Caliber Group; Ken Abrahams, Diamond Ventures

Public-Private Partnership’s Role in Managing Water Scarcity in Rural Arizona
Track: Economic Development
Managing water scarcity is a current reality in rural Arizona. As the state’s thriving economy drives unprecedented growth into new areas, the water infrastructure investment necessary to meet the economic development requirement is daunting. Balancing these objectives may be achieved through partnerships that embrace private capital, progressive outreach and regional planning.
Speaker: Trevor Hill, Global Water Resources