Building Livable Communities: 2012 Ahwahnee Conference for Elected Officials – Agenda

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11 years ago

Conference Agenda

PDF files of all the PowerPoint presentations collected from speakers at the conference are posted on the conference agenda below. They are posted below the speaker’s name. If you do not see a PDF file for a particular speaker, they did not use PowerPoint.

Pre-Conference Session: Thursday, March 15 — Colonial Room, Ahwahnee Hotel
7:30 pm	Pre-Conference Session: *Implementing the Ahwahnee Principles without Redevelopment Funds*
	Moderator: Judy Corbett, Executive Director, Local Government Commission Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski Cecilia Estolano, Estolano LeSar Perez Advisors LLC Presentation (PDF, 4.3 MB)
9:30 pm	*Adjourn for the evening*
Conference: Friday, March 16 — Tudor Lounge, Ahwahnee Hotel
7:15 pm	*Conference Welcome*
	LGC Chair: Mayor Jean Quan, City of Oakland Conference Host: Mayor Jake Mackenzie, City of Rohnert Park
7:25 pm	*Participant Introductions*
8:20 pm	Keynote: *Making Decisions in a Chaotic World — Some Perspective from the Private Side*
	Will Fleissig, President and Managing Director, TransACT Presentation (PDF, 6.7 MB)
9:30 pm	*Adjourn for the evening*
Saturday, March 17 — Cliff/Falls Room, Yosemite Lodge
8:00 am	*Continental Breakfast*
8:45 am	*Participant Introdcutions (Continued)*
9:15 am	*West Davis Zero Net Energy Community*
	Will Fleissig, President and Managing Director, TransACT
10:00 am	*Break*
10:15 am	*The Energy Challenge: Reducing Energy Use in New and Existing Buildings — Finding the Financing to make it Possible*
	Moderator: Frank Spasaro, Manager, Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Southern California Gas Howard Choy, General Manager, Office of Sustainability at County of Los Angeles Presentation (PDF, 6.2 MB) Liz Yager, Energy and Sustainability Manager, County of Sonoma Presentation (PDF, 1.3 MB) Cisco DeVries, President, Renewable Funding Presentation (PDF, 2 MB) Joseph Oldham, Sustainability Manager, Sustainable Fresno Division, City of Fresno Presentation (PDF, 3.3 MB)
11:15 am	*Renewable Energy in California*
	J.R. DeLaRosa and Randall Winston, Office of California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. Presentation (PDF, 1.1 MB)
12:15 pm	*Boxed Lunch and Hiking Break*
4:30 pm	*Looking to the Future: What Can We Expect?*
	Don Weden, former planner (retired), Santa Clara County Handout One (PDF) Presentation Two (PDF)
5:30 pm	*Reception*
6:00 pm	*Dinner*
7:15 pm	*Looking to the Future: The Developers Respond*
	Moderator: Mayor Virginia Madueno, City of Riverbank Tom Low, AIA CNU LEED, Partner and Director of Town Planning, Duany Plater-Zyberk and Company Will Fleissig, President and Managing Director, TransACT Meea Kang, President, Domus Development Company and President, California Infill Builders Association Presentation (PDF, 6 MB) Randall Lewis, Executive Vice President, Lewis Operating Corporation
9:30 pm	*Adjourn for the evening*
Sunday, March 18 — Tudor Lounge, Ahwahnee Hotel
8:30 am	*Continental Breakfast*
9:00 am	*City and County Partnerships that Save Money*
	Supervisor Don Saylor, Yolo County Councilmember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, City of Winters Presentation (PDF, 1 MB)
10:00 am	*Local Government and Business Partnerships that Save Money*
	Steve Frisch, President, Sierra Business Council
10:45 am	City Approaches to Economic Development
	Jeffrey Lambert, AICP, Community Development Director, City of Ventura Presentation (PDF, 1.4 MB)
11:45 am	*Conference Adjourns*