ANNUAL CONFERENCE
FEBRUARY 26 AND 27, 2015
HOLIDAY INN SACRAMENTO CAPITOL PLAZA
Thursday, February 26th <updated 2015-02-24>
9:00 – 9:10 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
9:10 – 10:35 MEMBER ROUND TABLE: 3 MINUTES PER COUNTY
10:35 – 10:50 MARIA LORENZO-LEE, P.E, CFM, FLOOD COORDINATION LEAD, STATE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES SB 5 Guidance on General Plan Amendments
10:50 – 11:00 BREAK
11:00 – 11:45 KEN ALEX, DIRECTOR, GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF PLANNING AND RESEARCH - Key OPR efforts and timely issues including climate change, the Strategic Growth Council, California’s clean energy future and more.
11:45 – 12:15 CAROL ROLAND NAWI – CALIFORNIA STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER Preservation of archaeological and historical resources - Modernist resources and tract houses.
12:15 – 1:00 LUNCH
1:00 – 2:00 DR. LUCY JONES, SEISMOLOGIST - Dr. Jones is a seismologist and public voice for earthquake science and earthquake safety in California. She has been with the US Geological Survey and a Visiting Research Associate at the Seismological Laboratory of Caltech since 1983 and is currently a Seismic Risk Advisor to the Los Angeles Mayor.
2:00 – 2:30 CSAC UPDATE: KIANA BUSS AND CARA MARTINSON
2:30 – 3:00 CHRIS CALFEE, SENIOR COUNSEL, STATE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND RESEARCH
3:00 – 3:15 BREAK
3:15 – 4:45 BILL ABBOTT’S ANNUAL LAND USE LAW UPDATE: Bill Abbott and Katherine Hart
5:O0PM - EVENING RECEPTION HOSTED BY: Abbott and Kindermann, Mintier Harnish, Environmental Planning Partners and Kittleson and Associates.
Friday, February 27th
8:00- 8:50 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
9:00 – 9:30 ASSOCIATION BUSINESS:
• Election of Officers
• Financial Report
• Presentation of Member Plaques
• Planner Best Practices Awards
9:30 – 10:00 PETE PARKINSON, AICP - The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014: A Game-Changer for the
State and New Opportunities for County Planners
10:00 – 10:15 BREAK
10:15 – 11:00 MARK NECHODOM, DIRECTOR, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND JOHN LOWRIE, ASSISTANT
DIRECTOR - Key policy issues and initiatives from the Department of Conservation including agricultural
preservation, solar, fracking and more.
11:00 – 11:30 REGIONAL PRIZE RAFFLE – HOSTED BY TIM SNELLINGS
11:45 ADJOURN