◊ What is Planning Academy
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◊ Fall 2006 Class Schedule

What is Planning Academy

The Planning Academy is a course designed to educate and engage residents and business and community leaders in the City’s planning process. Sessions are designed to include discussion, Q&A, interactive group exercises, and field trips. Classes cover a broad spectrum of planning issues and practices including:

• The New General Plan process
• Legal and implementation framework for planning
• Smart Growth and sustainable development
• Elements of classic, older neighborhoods
• Infill strategy and implementation program
• Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)
• Community involvement in planning decisions

The Planning Academy will give students the tools needed to:

• Identify the regional costs and impacts associated with urban sprawl versus smart growth
• Identify the elements of successful projects
• Participate in the planning and development review process
• Educate other community members about smart growth and how they can support smart development proposals

Instructors include City staff, local planning professionals, faculty from area universities, building industry and business leaders. Each class will include approximately 25 participants.

How can I participate
Recruitment for the Fall 2006 Planning Academy is closed.

Fall 2006 Class Schedule

Class 1 - Planning 101, Part 1

Presentation: Overview of Planning & Project Review

Informational Links:

1. The Population and Housing Report
2. The Quarterly Development Activity Report
3. Standardized Application Forms:

   Design Review Application & Fees

   Historic Preservation Application & Fees

   Planning Permit Application & Fees

4. City's Infill Incentive Programs
5. Natomas Basin Conservancy Website

Class 2 - Planning 101, Part 2

Presentations:

1. Design Review
2. CEQA

Class 3 - The New General Plan

Presentations:

1. General Plan Update
2. Public Input

Class 4 - Regional Planning for Smart Growth and Livability

Presentations:

1. SACOG
2. Affordable Housing

Class 5 - What Does Smart Growth Look Like?

Class 6 - Facilitating Smart Growth in Sacramento

Presentation: Land-Use Planning for Sustainability and Livability

Class 7 - Getting Around in Sacramento: The Land-Use and Transportation Connection

Presentation: TOD

Class 8 - Sustainability

Presentations: Ecological Building

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