HomeMy WebLinkAboutBreakout Session Schedule FINALLehua - 50 banquet style (round tables)Milo - 112 (all theatre style)Hau - 84 (all theatre style)Koa - 112 (all theatre style)
Session 1:
Park it Right, Hawaiʻi
Parking reforms remain crucial to advancing our transportation, climate, health, and aina-based goals. The session will introduce the Reinventing Parking board game, as well as a new Parking Management Toolkit & case studies to help set strategies
and communication that build support for innovative concepts, policies, and
management approaches.
Kathleen Rooney, Director of Transportation Policy and Programs, Ulupono Initiative
Chris Clark, AICP, Chief Planner, City and County of Honolulu, Dept. of Transportation ServicesKatia Balassiano, AICP, Planning Program Administrator, Land Use Division, State
Office of Planning & Sustainable Development
Tyler Saenz, Chief Executive Officer, PARKLINQ
(panel)
CM 1.5
Session 2:
Crossing the Islands: Lessons and Action in State and County Climate Planning
The State of Hawaiʻi and each of the four counties has adopted (or will soon adopt) plans responding to the climate emergency. These plans both reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to anticipated climate change impacts like sea level rise, severe
weather, and wildfires. The counties also coordinate and share lessons learned
through the Four County Sustainability Network.
Ron Whitmore, AICP, Raimi & Associates (Moderator)
Alexander Yee, AICP, Coastal and Water Program Manager, City and County of Honolulu, Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and ResilienceJoshua Cooper, County of Maui, Office of Innovation & Sustainability
Kendra Obermaier, County of Hawaiʻi, Climate Change Specialist
Ana Espanola, County of Kauai
Udi Mandel, State of Hawai‘i Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission
(panel)
CM 1.5 SR
Session 3:
Sustainable Food Systems
How can planners effectuate an environment that promotes the growth of local, sustainable food production? This session will explore how producers are creating soil, growing, processing, and creating value added food products sustainably, and
explore some of the successes and impediments to their efforts.
Ashley Kierkiewicz, County of Hawaiʻi, County Council Member (Moderator)
Stephen Yundt, Owner, Puna Gold Farm and Peleʻs Restaurant
Maureen Datta, Adaptations, Inc.Dennis Flemming, Hāmākua Institute and The Hawaiʻi Island Agriculture PartnershipSaleh Azizi, Project Director, USDA Regional Food Business Center
Justin Clayton- Hawaiʻi Food Basket
(panel or other)
CM 1.5
Session 4:
Confronting Hawaiʻi's Housing Challenges
Hawaiʻi has become the most expensive housing market in the country. This session will address strategies and solutions in addressing Hawaiʻi's unique housing challenges, including pro-housing legislation, housing affordability and
attainability, and knowing where and how to build housing.
Mitali Ganguly, Opticos (Moderator)
Caroline Cochran, Opticos (Moderator)
Kate Blystone, County of Maui, Planning DirectorJodi A. Higuchi Sayegusa, County of Kauai, Deputy Planning DirectorMarie Williams, AICP, KCounty of Kauai, Long Range Division Manager
(panel)
CM 1.5
Lehua - 50 banquet style (round tables)Milo - 112 (all theatre style)Hau - 84 (all theatre style)Koa - 112 (all theatre style)
Session 5:
Innovative Approaches to Assess Alternative Commuters Transportation Needs
Explore innovative methods for understanding the travel needs of 'alternative
commuters', which are commuters that typically travel during off-peak hours such as caretakers, kupuna, and shift workers. The panelists will speak on experiences implementing the Department of Health's Transportation Options for Shift Workers
in Hawaiʻi study, which identified transportation solutions for shift workers in Kalihi
and Hilo.
Abbey Seitz, Director of Transportation Equity, Hawaiʻi Appleseed Center for Law and Economic JusticeKiana Otsuka, Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization
Jess Thompson, Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute
Paul Alee, Hawaiʻi Island Community Health Center
Nelson Salvador, Hawaiʻi Workers Center
(panel w interactive group polling)
CM 1.5 (1.0 Eq)
Session 6:
Exploring Transfer of Development Rights for Managed Retreat in Hawaiʻi
We will explores the feasibility and considerations around the use of Transfer of
Development Rights (TDR) for managed retreat in Hawaiʻi, including efforts to enact TDR legislation, analyze TDR feasibility , and discuss considerations for applications of TDR in urban and rural contexts.
Melissa May, AICP, Associate, SSFM
Makena Coffman, Director, UHM Institute of Sustainability & Resilience
Alexander Yee, AICP, Coastal and Water Program Manager, City and County of Honolulu, Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resilience Ka'aina Hull, County of Kauai, Planning Director
(panel, will add an interactive element)
CM 1.5 SR
Session 7:
Whole-Community Approaches to Disaster Recovery and Strategies to Build Long-
Term Resilience
Communities across Hawaiʻi have faced significant disasters in recent years with the volcanic eruption at Kīlauea in 2018 and the devastating wildfires on Maui. We have also seen an increasing frequency and intensity of heavy rain events, tropical
storms and wildfires impacting homes, farms, businesses and infrastructure. This
session will engage the audience in a multi-faceted discussion on whole community
approaches to disaster recovery that engages with building community capacity,
priorities around cultural and ecological revitalization, housing, infrastructure, and economic regeneration.
Douglas Nam Le, AICP, Disaster Recovery Officer, County of Hawaiʻi Planning Dept.
Kate Blystone, County of Maui, Planning Director
Luke Myers, State of Hawai'i Governor's Office
Zoe Callahan, County of Hawai'i Planning Department
(panel, with focus on participant Q&A and interaction)
CM 1.5 (0.5 Eq & 0.5 SR)
Session 8:
Infrastructure Planning with Regional Investment, Including a Focus on
Community Facilities Districts (CFDs) and Tax Increment Financing (TIF), and
Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Financing
Hear the highlights of OPSD's recently released report, TOD Infrastructure Finance and Delivery Strategy, and discuss how the 2022 State Infrastructure Master Plan
for Iwilei can be a model for regional infrastructure planning and funding. Then,
take a deeper dive into a few value capture, public-private partnership (P3)
infrastructure funding tools that are getting a lot of attention in Hawaiʻi now (CFDs,
TIF, and PACE), how they are being used in California, and how they can be utilized effectively in Hawaiʻi, either separately or together.
Katia Balassiano, AICP, Planning Program Administrator, Land Use Division, State
Office of Planning & Sustainable Development
Zendo Kern, County of Hawaiʻi, Planning Director
Ann Bouslog, PBR HawaiʻiDave Freudenberger, Goodwin Consulting GroupAndrea Roess, David Taussig & Associates
(panel)
CM 1.5
Lehua - 50 banquet style (round tables)Milo - 112 (all theatre style)Hau - 84 (all theatre style)Koa - 112 (all theatre style)
Session 9:Hawaiʻi AI: A Round Table Exercise
Discussion of the utility of AI in the planning workplace as well as cautions and
opportunities for AI’s effect on the planning profession in Hawaiʻi. Attendees will
have the opportunity to share and discuss their exposure and application of AI to their professional planning duties. Particpants will be facilitated to apply AI to real-life planning scenarios in an interactive round-table format. Results and outcomes
will be presented and discussed in terms of planning’s core competencies for final
‘take-aways’.
Kevin Sullivan, AICP, Long Range Planner, County of Hawaiʻi Planning Dept. Alex Roy, Senior Coastal Planner, County of Hawaiʻi Planning Dept.Robert Gutierrez, Systems Analyst, County of Hawaiʻi Planning Dept.
(group discussions)
CM 1.5
Session 10:Ka‘ūpūlehu o ka ‘āina kaha: Ahupua‘a Restoration from Theory to Action
Explore different perspectives of ahupua‘a restoration and stewardship for the
ahupua‘a of Ka‘ūpūlehu in North Kona, Hawaiʻi, including concepts of natural,
cultural, and marine resource management in concert with commercial development. The panel will dive into how land planning, entitlement, and development activities have evolved over the course of a development cycle and have been shaped by legal
intervention that have changed the course of how communities can actively preserve
their resources and how landowners, developers and agencies have changed their
practices to work in concert with eachother.
Jason Jeremiah, Kamehameha Schools & Ka‘ūpūlehu Foundation Hannah Springer, Descendent and Hui Kahuwai
Ulalia Woodside, The Nature Conservancy
Natalie Kurashima, Kamehameha Schools
CM 1.5
Session 11:Climate Change is Now: Integrating Sea Level Rise and Coastal Threats into
Planning for Beach Parks
Presentation of a recent vulnerability assessment for county beach parks that also
includes adaptation strategies, an interactive GIS-based application, and “Readiness Plans”. The session will outline the project’s methodology, demonstrate the app, and describe how it’s now being used by the Parks Department. The project
provides a template that could be used by other jurisdictions to conduct their own
vulnerability assessment.
Kitty Courtney, Senior Marine Environmental Scientist, Tetra Tech, Inc.David Yamashita, Planner VI, County of Maui, Department of Parks & Recreation
(panel, GIS tool)
CM 1.5
Session 12:“Trails Are Not Highways”: What We Have Learned about Building Trails with
Federal Funding
Federal funding is available for the development and maintenance of trail systems
in the State of Hawai'i . Often times, extensive trail plans are created but trails still go unbuilt. This session will explore success strategies in overcoming these challenges from non-profit public organizations to federal, state and local agencies
in the hopes of expanding Hawai'i's trail network.
Amy Ford-Wagner AICP, Hawaiʻi Recreational Trails Program Manager, FHWA
(Moderator)Ron Terry, Geometrician Associates & Hilo Bayfront TrailsJackson M. Bauer, Hawaiʻi Island Na Ala Hele Trails and Access Program Manager
Marie Williams, AICP, Long Range Planning Division Manager, County of Kauai
Joel Rathje, Program Manager, Hawaiʻi County Planning Dept.
Laura Kaakua, Climate Mitigation Adaptation & Culture Manager, Hawaiʻi Dept. of
Transportation
(panel)
CM 1.5
Lehua - 50 banquet style (round tables) PLANNING DEPT A/V Hau - 84 (all theatre style) PLANNING DEPT A/V
Session 14:
AICP Exam Preparation
Learn about what to expect when preparing for the AICP exam, including subject matter covered, study guides and resources, suggestions for the more challenging sections, and addressing specific questions from attendees.
Peter Flachsbart, Ph.D., AICP, Associate Professor, Department of Urban and
Regional Planning, University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa
No CM
Session 13:
Got Ethics? What Would You Do?
We will focus on real-life situations and how the daily management of people, projects, and processes can create conflicts with aspirational principles and the ethics code. The session will be interactive with electronic polling for audience
participation. Plausible solutions will be offered to various scenarios, some of which
may be grey areas in the code.
Leo R. Asuncion, Jr., AICP, Chairperson, Hawaiʻi Public Utilities CommissionCynthia A. Bowen, FAICP, LEED AP, Partner, Rundell Ernstberger Assoc.
CM 1.0 E
Session 15: Planning Law
A lively discussion covering various planning related topics with federal and state case
law examples, and the latest on coastal regulations. This panel will provide
foundational knowledge and translate the decisions into takeaway, practical guidance for the day-to-day work of planners who necessarily must apply the law in their work.
Calvert G. Chipchase, Esq., Partner, Cades Schutte LLP
David L. Callies, FAICP, ACREL, Professor of Law Emeritus, William S. Richardson
School of Law, University of Hawaiʻi
Brad T. Saito, Esq., Deputy Corporation Counsel, City & County of Honolulu
CM 1.75 L
(9:15 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.)
Ballroom - 380 banquet style (round tables)
(8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.)
THURSDAY, September 12, 2024
(10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.)
(1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
(3:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.)
FRIDAY, September 13, 2024