DRAFT AGENDA (as of 5/05/06)

(Agenda subject to change)

GROWING PAINS:

PLANNING FOR WYOMING’S CHANGING COMMUNITIES AND LANDSCAPES

Little America, American Ballroom

Cheyenne, WY

May 9-10, 2006
 

Tuesday, May 9, 2006

8:00 – 8:30 am            Registration, outside American Ballroom

8:45 – 9:00 am            Welcome and Opening Remarks

-    Harold Bergman, Director, Ruckelshaus Institute

-    Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming State Treasurer

 9:00 – 10:15 am         Session I

                                    Setting the stage:  How is the West and Wyoming Growing?

Presenter:                     -   Dr. Bill Travis, Center of the American West, University of Colorado,

Boulder, CO.  

10:15 – 10:30              BREAK

10:30 – 12:00              Session II

                                    Growing Pains: Land Use Trends and Drivers – Panel discussion

-          Laurie Latta, Energy and land use

-          Sarah Van de Wetering, Public Policy Research Institute, University of Montana, Water and growth

-          Don McLeod, Associate Professor, Department of Agriculture and Applied Economics, University of Wyoming - Natural Amenities

-          Jack Knudson, Laramie County Commissioner, Wyoming land use policy

Moderator:                  -    Anne MacKinnon, Commissioner, WY Water Development        Commission

12:00 – 1:00 pm          LUNCH TO BE PROVIDED

1:00 – 1:45 pm            Session III

What IS land use planning? – Overview of planning concepts

-   Dr. William Gribb, Associate Professor and Director of the Graduate Program of Planning, University of Wyoming Department of Geography

1:45 – 2:30 pm            Session IV

Growing Solutions – Planners’ Perspectives:   county planner, city/county planning consultant

Presenters:                    -    Mark Reid, Laramie County Planner

-          Joanne Garnett, Senior Planner, Worthington, Lenhart and Carpenter

2:30 – 2:45 pm            BREAK

2:45 – 4:00 pm            Session V

Wyoming examples of innovative solutions

Presenters:                   -  Mike Abel, City of Cheyenne Planning Services and Matt Ashby,  Cheyenne Metropolitan Planning Office

-  Melissa Badley and Sally Morton, Board Members, Sheridan Community Land Trust           

4:00 –5:00 pm             Session VI

                                    Political Will vs Public Will – Panel Discussion

Panelists:                      -    Linda Flemming, Former Carbon County Commissioner

-          Betty Fear, Sublette County Commissioner

-          Rich Cathcart, Former Wyoming State Senator

Moderator:                   -     Harold Bergman, Director, Ruckelshaus Institute of Env. & Nat. Res.

5:00 pm                       ADJOURN

5:15 – 6:15 pm            Keynote Address

-          Ed McMahon, Charles Fraser Senior Resident Fellow for Sustainable Development; nationally recognized author, lecturer and expert on the topics of sustainable development, land conservation, urban design and historic preservation with the Urban Land Institute

-          Introduction by former Wyoming First Lady, Jane Sullivan

6:15 – 7:15 pm            No-host reception, Little America, outside American Ballroom

-          Demonstration of planning technology tools by Jeff Hamerlinck, Director, Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center and Scott Lieske, Research Associate, Ruckelshaus Institute of Environment and Natural Resources

7:15 pm                       Dinner on your own

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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 PARTICIPANT WORKSHOP

8:00 – 8:05 am            Opening Remarks

8:05 – 9:00 am            Tim Davis, Montana Smart Growth Coalition

                                    - Land use planning tools and innovative solutions

9:00 – 10:30 am          Facilitated breakout sessions, based on topics previously identified by participants

                                    - Sara Flitner, Facilitator

10:30 – 10:45 am       BREAK

10:45 – 12:00 am        Reports from breakout groups and group discussion – Plenary session

-          Sara Flitner, Facilitator

12:00 noon                  ADJOURN