Planning Mistakes: Assessing, Learning, Adapting (Pelham)
Community Room @ Shelby County Services Building 1134 County Services Drive, 2nd Floor, Pelham, AL, United StatesEveryone makes them. But how do you address mistakes and learn from them? A panel of veteran planners working in a variety of settings discuss a common workplace problem and how they have addressed the issue. Learn how the fundamental issue of how you handle mistakes shapes you, your professional life, and your efficacy as a planner. How do you handle the public fallout and how can you turn mistakes into something beneficial? Find out.
The Legal Foundation for Planning and Zoning in Alabama
Alexander City - City Hall 4 Court Square, Alexander City, AL, United StatesThe purpose of this workshop is to provide local officials and the citizens who serve on local planning commissions and boards of adjustment with a basic understanding of the constitutional and statutory framework for comprehensive and regulatory planning in Alabama.
Powers, Duties, & Responsibilities of Planning Commissions and Boards of Adjustment
Alexander City - City Hall 4 Court Square, Alexander City, AL, United StatesWhat you will learn:
- The legal authority and responsibility under Alabama law for planning commission and board of adjustment members - what each can do and cannot do.
- Where the planning commissions' authority ends and the board of adjustment's authority begins; the relationship between the city council and the planning commission.
- How the law says an aggrieved party can appeal a determination by boards of adjustment, building inspector, etc.
Comprehensive Planning: How to Prepare, Update, & Implement Your Plan
Alexander City - City Hall 4 Court Square, Alexander City, AL, United StatesWhen your city decides to create a planning commission, enabling legislation in Alabama states that your commission must prepare a master or comprehensive plan. Therefore, preparing and adopting a master plan is a mandatory requirement, not an option.
Design: Philosophy and Theory into Practice
Dudley Hall, Room B-6 361 Graves Drive, Auburn, AL, United StatesThis is the final lecture in the 2013 APLA Spring Lecture Series.
APA National Conference
Unnamed Venue ALThe 2013 APA National Conference will be held in Chicago, IL from April 13-17.