The following CDs are currently available to members of the PA Chapter of the American Planning Association from our lending library. Click a title to view the description and faculty for the program. All CD’s are PC and MAC compatible.
Please note Lending Library CDs are in high demand and we encourage you to allow extra time in the event of waiting lists for individual CDs.
- Economics of Density, CM 1.25
- Effective Community Parking Standards, CM 1.0
- Ethics in Planning, CM 1.5 ETHICS
- Farmland Preservation, CM 1.0
- Form-Based Zoning, CM 1.25
- Green Community Planning, CM 1.5
- LEED for Neighborhoods, CM 1.5
- Meeting the Sign Regulation Challenge, CM 2.25
- New Urbanist Codes, CM 1.25
- Planning for a Low-Energy Future, CM 1.25
- Planning Law Review 2008, NEW! - CM, 1.5 LAW
- Preparing a Downtown Revitalization Plan, CM 1.25
- Public Anger and Community Decision Making, CM 1.0
- Renewable Local Energy, NEW! - CM 1.5
- Smart Growth Street Design, CM 1.25
How to Borrow a CD:
One CD may be borrowed at a time, for a period of up to five days. There is a $10.00 charge for shipping and handling. Complete and submit a CD Lending Library Agreement Form (see below) to order. Once you have viewed the CD, return it to the office with a completed evaluation (see below). Please note Lending Library CDs are in high demand and we encourage you to allow extra time in the event of waiting lists for individual CDs.
The Chapter office processes requests on Mondays and Wednesdays. Please give yourself adequate time for processing when placing your order.
To obtain more information about the lending library, or to discuss with Chapter staff availability of various titles, please call the PA Chapter office at 717-671-4510, or email info@planningpa.org.
CD Lending Library Agreement Form
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CD Descriptions:
Economics of Density – CM 1.25
Using moderator-led discussion of lessons learned in practice, an economist, planning director, developer, and financial consultant discuss what works and what doesn't in implementing dense development. Which types of residents, retailers, and employers like density? Does density drive land value? Is adding density a good strategy for increasing the supply of affordable housing? How do investors approach density's risk/reward calculation? How can density pay for public facilities? Are there measurable environmental benefits to density? What incentives for density work?
This session is from APA's 2005 National Planning Conference. CD-ROM contains an audio recording synchronized with the panelists' PowerPoint presentation, program transcript, PowerPoint presentation note sheets, and supplemental reading materials.
Faculty:
William R. Anderson, AICP, Economics Research Associates
L. Carson Bise II, AICP, TischlerBise
Robert Brosnan, County of Arlington
Patrick Kennedy, Panoramic Interest
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Effective Community Parking Standards – CM 1.0
Can communities ever have enough parking? Can they have too much? This program examines the ever-vexing problem of how much parking is necessary for each type of business or use. Find out what a comprehensive parking plan contains. Learn how to conduct a parking analysis. Explore techniques that have worked in other communities, such as shared parking. Learn how to decide whether to charge for parking, and if so, how much. Plus, panelists address design issues that can lessen the visual impact of automobiles and parking on the community character.
CD-ROM includes a recording of this audio session synchronized with a PowerPoint presentation, program transcript, PowerPoint presentation note sheets, and supplemental reading materials.
Faculty:
Frank S. Koppelman, Northwestern University
Jim Roberts, Redmond (Washington) Planning Department
John Dorsett, Walker Parking Consultants
Moderator: Stuart Meck, FAICP, American Planning Association
Ethics in Planning, CM 1.5 ETHICS
Hear the AICP Ethics Officer, Executive Director and CEO Paul Farmer, FAICP, and two other panelists discuss issues surrounding ethical behavior in planning practice. Panelists discuss ethics scenarios as encountered on the job. This session is eligible for CM Ethics Credit.
Faculty:
Paul Farmer, FAICP, American Planning Association
William Harris, FAICP, M.I.T.
Michael Davolio, AICP, Triway Enterprises
CD-ROM includes a recording of this national conference session synchronized with a PowerPoint presentation, program transcript, PowerPoint presentation note sheets, and supplemental reading materials.
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Farmland Preservation – CM 1.0
The impact of lost farmland extends beyond aesthetics into lost food sources, a way of life, and balance between rural and urban areas. In the past 15 years, a set of sophisticated new tools, such as tax devices and Right to Farm laws, has created a new playing field. Learn how this relates to urban sprawl issues, urban growth boundaries, creative state policies, and truly inclusive community planning.
CD-ROM includes a recording of this audio session synchronized with a PowerPoint presentation, program transcript, PowerPoint presentation note sheets, and supplemental reading materials.
Faculty:
Sam Santell, Kane County (Illinois) Development Department
Paul Thibault, Lancaster County (Pennsylvania) Commission
Jill Schwartz, American Farmland Trust
Moderator: Stuart Meck, AICP, American Planning Association
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Form-Based Zoning – CM 1.25
In most U.S. cities, zoning codes may hinder the building of neighborhoods and towns using the proven urban patterns that once were commonplace. Conventional zoning codes may result in a brutal, placeless landscape that alienates residents and degrades the built environment. Learn about form-based codes and see developments where conventional codes have been replaced.
This session is from APA's 2004 National Planning Conference. CD-ROM contains an audio recording synchronized with the panelists' PowerPoint presentations, program transcript, PowerPoint presentation note sheets, and supplemental reading materials.
Faculty:
Paul C. Crawford, FAICP, Crawford Multari and Clark Associates
Bill Dennis, Moule and Polyzoides Architects and Urbanists
Geoffrey Ferrell, Geoffrey Ferrell Associates
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Green Community Planning, CM 1.5
A green community is much more than a green roof or open space plan. Find out how to increase the energy efficiency of your community, create green affordable housing, and learn how to use indicators to benchmark your green performance. Experts provide international and domestic case studies, explain how you can start planning for a sustainable community, and discuss fiscal implications and funding sources for greening your community.
CD-ROM includes a recording of this audio session synchronized with a PowerPoint presentation, program transcript, PowerPoint presentation note sheets, and supplemental reading materials.
Faculty:
Dana Bourland, AICP, Director, Green Communities, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
Tim Beatley, Professor of Sustainable Communities, University of Virginia, Urban & Environmental Planning
Richard MacMath, Green Building Program, Austin Energy, City of Austin, Texas
Moderator: Megan Lewis, AICP, Senior Research Associate, American Planning Association
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LEED for Neighborhoods – CM 1.5
The green building movement, which focuses on the environmental quality and impact of the design, construction, and operation of buildings, has expanded to the neighborhood level. Find out how green building practices are being linked to smart growth, urban design, and public health through LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) for Neighborhood Development. Learn about tried-and-true practices and new techniques and tools that can improve the environmental quality of your community, making it more sustainable for the future.
CD-ROM includes a recording of this audio session synchronized with a PowerPoint presentation, program transcript, PowerPoint presentation note sheets, and supplemental reading materials.
Faculty:
Christopher J. Duerksen, Clarion Associates
Bert Gregory, Mithun
Walker Wells, AICP, Global Green USA
Jennifer Henry, U.S. Green Building Council
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Meeting the Sign Regulation Challenge – CM 2.25
Two programs explore how to create effective and defensible sign regulations. Keep your community beautiful and safe from legal challenges to your sign ordinance.
Program #1 - Issues in Sign Regulation: Explores one of the most contentious issues in planning. Bring your knowledge up to date, examine new legal challenges, and learn to make your community's sign program legally defensible.
Program #2 - Context-Sensitive Signs: Speakers explain how to make signs an urban design asset and an economic development tool. Learn the legal requirements of constitutionally sound sign ordinances and examine case studies of signs that blend visually with other aspects of design.
CD-ROM includes a recording of both of these programs synchronized with a PowerPoint presentation, program transcript, PowerPoint presentation note sheets, and supplemental reading materials.
Faculty - Issues in Sign Regulation:
Eric Damian Kelly, FAICP, Ball State University
Faculty - Context-Sensitive Signs:
Leslie Bethel, Clarion Associates
Marya Morris, American Planning Association
Randal Morrison, Attorney and Land Consultant on Sign Regulation
Mark Young, Principal Planner, Flagstaff, Arizona
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New Urbanist Codes - CM 1.25
More and more communities are adopting regulations to implement the principles of new urbanism. New urbanist code models are now being published and used. Discover what legal issues these regulations raise and learn the dos and don'ts of drafting new urbanist regulations and using model codes.
This session is from APA's 2004 National Planning Conference. CD-ROM contains an audio recording synchronized with the panelists' PowerPoint presentations, program transcript, PowerPoint presentation note sheets, and supplemental reading materials.
Faculty:
Dwight H. Merriam, FAICP, Robinson & Cole LLP
Robert J. Sitkowski, AICP, Robinson & Cole LLP
Victor B. Dover, AICP, Dover Kohl and Partners
Christopher J. Duerksen, Clarion Associates LLC
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Planning for a Low-Energy Future – CM 1.25
How can communities, businesses, and individuals work toward greater sustainability? Explore a rich array of case studies demonstrating how communities of all sizes are reducing their use of energy and preserving resources.
CD-ROM includes a recording of this session from the 2007 APA National Planning Conference synchronized with a PowerPoint presentation, program transcript, PowerPoint presentation note sheets, and supplemental reading materials.
Faculty:
Steven Whitman, AICP, Senior Planner, Jeffrey H. Taylor & Associates
Christa Koehler, Community Planner, Clear Air Cool Planet, Inc.
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Planning Law Review 2008, NEW! - CM, 1.5 LAW
In 2007 and 2008, state and federal courts across the country handed down hundreds of decisions affecting the practice of planning and land use law. This program highlights some of the more important decisions and explains their significance. In addition, through the panel members' ongoing analysis of trends in planning law, you will gain insights and practice tips into some of the cutting edge challenges facing planners and lawyers including the integration of green development principles with local planning and zoning. This past year there seemed to be a growing number of federal court cases addressing a wide range of topics such as the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, and signs and billboards (and in particular billboards that frequently flash or change messages). This program satisfies the CM law credit requirement.
CD-ROM includes a recording of this audio session synchronized with a PowerPoint presentation, program transcript, PowerPoint presentation note sheets, and supplemental reading materials.
Faculty:
Timothy D. Bates, Robinson & Cole LLP Land Use
Jason L. Jordan, American Planning Association
Daniel A. Spitzer, Hodgson Russ LLP
Alan Weinstein, Cleveland Marshall College of Law
Moderator: Patricia E. Salkin, Albany Law School
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Preparing a Downtown Revitalization Plan - CM 1.25
Do you remember spending time downtown with friends and family-shopping, strolling, or going to the movies? You can recapture that vibrancy. Learn how to revitalize your small town downtown through the combination of physical improvements that enhance the historic setting and a targeted marketing effort to recruit new businesses.
CD-ROM includes a recording of this session from the 2007 APA National Planning Conference synchronized with a PowerPoint presentation, program transcript, PowerPoint presentation note sheets, and supplemental reading materials.
Faculty:
Lisa C. Nagle, AICP, Principal, Elan Planning & Design, Inc.
Melissa M. McManus, Director of Community Development, Village of Rouses Point, New York
Patricia A. Tatich, AICP, County of Warren, New York Planning Department
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Public Anger and Community Decision Making – CM 1.0
This program is a follow-up to APA's Dealing With an Angry Public CD-ROM training package. Have local governments failed in the ways they treat citizens in planning and decision making? Learn the skills planning commissioners and staff need to handle public meetings and develop an effective review process. Find out who is angry and why. Explore issues that influence public meetings. Learn to handle public anger and manage the commission's meetings. Hear techniques to sidetrack public anger.
CD-ROM includes a recording of this audio session synchronized with a PowerPoint presentation, program transcript, PowerPoint presentation note sheets, and supplemental reading materials.
Faculty:
George Bochanis, Planning Commissioner, Henderson, Nevada
William Lamont, AICP, Former Planning Director, Denver, Colorado
Debra Stein, President, GCA Strategies
Rodney Cobb, Staff Attorney, American Planning Association
Moderator: Stuart Meck, AICP, American Planning Association
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Renewable Local Energy - CM 1.5
Today's emerging energy crisis means that many individuals and communities are increasing locally produced energy. Explore which plans and codes enable and encourage infrastructure for renewable energy such as wind and solar power. Experienced presenters discuss stumbling blocks including neighborhood opposition and aesthetic concerns. Find out what role neighborhood-scale utilities can play in improving community sustainability.
CD-ROM includes a recording of this audio/web conference synchronized with a PowerPoint presentation, program transcript, PowerPoint presentation note sheets, and supplemental reading materials.
Faculty:
Gail Feldman, City of Berkeley, Calif., Energy and Sustainable Development Department
Erica Heller, Clarion Associates of Colorado
Roger Taylor, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Moderator: Suzanne Rynne, AICP, American Planning Association
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Smart Growth Street Design – CM 1.25
Slower streets improve livability and can be designed to meet traffic engineering requirements and improve safety. Learn about changing standards and successes in implementing street design using smart growth.
This session is from APA's 2005 National Planning Conference. CD-ROM contains an audio recording synchronized with the panelists' PowerPoint presentation, program transcript, PowerPoint presentation note sheets, and supplemental reading materials.
Faculty:
James Daisa, Kimley-Horn and Associates
Joseph Kott, AICP, City of Palo Alto, California
Paul Zykofsky, AICP, Local Government Commission
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