Sustainability Committee Meeting - Tuesday at the Central Public Library
Join us this Tuesday, December 1 at 6:30pm at the Central Public Library (Meeting Room A) for our final regular meeting of this year. We'll be starting our planning process for the 2010 projects, discussing the details of the upcoming SDAT visit, and much more. For the complete agenda, please click here.
Next Committee Meeting - Tuesday, December 1
When: Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 6:30-7:50pm
Where: Central Public Library, Meeting Room A (630 W. 5th Street)
Celebrating One Year
MEETING AGENDA SC-17-120109
1. Welcome.
2. Public Comment on Non-agenda items including community announcements (3 minutes).
3. Review meeting minutes from the November meeting. Action Item: Approve minutes SC-16-091103 (all meeting attendees - 3 minutes).
4. Presentation by Zane Tatum on upcoming Green Block Party to be hosted Downtown on Saturday, December 12. More information about how the Sustainability Committee can get involved and support this effort to be presented. Motion: Sustainability Committee to consider partnering to provide outreach support. (5 minutes)
5. Sustainability Committee Public Vice Chair. Jennifer Regan is tendering her resignation effective immediately. We will be accepting nominations and letters of interest at sustainability@dlanc.com (1 minute)
6. Update: Harlem Place Project community meeting overview. Survey feedback will be online next weekend in a full report on the responses thus far. The Sustainability Committee has been invited to a meeting with CD9 the week of December 7 to present initial feedback and Bren School Project. (3 minutes)
7. ADDED: Big Bellies as a way of controlling litter and managing costs for street clean-up. Motion: Sustainability Committee to write a letter of support for co-support by the DLANC Public Health & Safety Committee.
8. Sustainable Community Projects Internship update. Marc Ross is working on an ordinance study for Project 1: Rooftop Container Gardens & Composting. (3 minutes)
9. The national SDAT (Sustainable Design Assessment Team) professionals will be in town on December 2-4, 2009 to meet with stakeholders and begin the planning process in our community. Sustainability Committee members are invited to participate throughout the process including a dinner on Friday, December 4 before the final public presentation. Please RSVP by December 2. (15 minutes) We still need your help organizing the visit – including venues, community participation, etc. Please contact Ashley Zarella Hand and Veronica Siranosian at sustainability@dlanc.com if you would like to get involved.
10. 2010 Project Discussion. In light of our learnings from the 2009 Projects, we are considering four projects for the next year. Discussion of our committee priorities, which projects can/should be continued, and how we will continue to meet our mission. (45 minutes) Committee mission: The Sustainability Committee is dedicated to empowering the downtown community to create a culture of sustainability. We will work with the community to increase accessibility to existing programs and services through outreach and public education. We will identify and create opportunities for new programming and partnerships to meet our goals for a more livable, affordable, and efficient urban center.
11. Agenda items for next meeting?
12. Adjournment
The public is requested to fill out a “Speaker Card” to address the DLANC SUSTAINABILITY Committee on any item of the agenda prior to the Committee taking action on an item. Comments from the public on agenda items will be heard only when the respective item is being considered. Comments from the public on other matters not appearing on the agenda that is within the Committee’s subject matter jurisdiction will be heard during the public comment period. Public comment is limited to 2 minutes per speaker, unless waived by the presiding officer of the Committee. As a covered entity under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Los Angeles does not discriminate on the basis of disability and upon request, will provide reasonable accommodation to ensure equal access to its programs, services, and activities. Sign language interpreters, assistive listening devices, or other auxiliary aids and/or services may be provided upon request. To ensure availability of services, please make your request at least 3 business days (72 hours) prior to the meeting you wish to attend by contacting Committee Board Chair Ashley Zarella at ashley.zarella@DLANC.com.
SI REQUIERE SERVICIOS DE TRADUCCION, FAVOR DE NOTIFICAR A LA OFICINA 3 dias de trabajo (72 horas) ANTES DEL EVENTO. SI NECESITA ASISTENCIA CON ESTA NOTIFICACION, POR FAVOR LLAME A NUESTRA OFICINA AL 323-224-2316.
Where: Central Public Library, Meeting Room A (630 W. 5th Street)
Celebrating One Year
MEETING AGENDA SC-17-120109
1. Welcome.
2. Public Comment on Non-agenda items including community announcements (3 minutes).
3. Review meeting minutes from the November meeting. Action Item: Approve minutes SC-16-091103 (all meeting attendees - 3 minutes).
4. Presentation by Zane Tatum on upcoming Green Block Party to be hosted Downtown on Saturday, December 12. More information about how the Sustainability Committee can get involved and support this effort to be presented. Motion: Sustainability Committee to consider partnering to provide outreach support. (5 minutes)
5. Sustainability Committee Public Vice Chair. Jennifer Regan is tendering her resignation effective immediately. We will be accepting nominations and letters of interest at sustainability@dlanc.com (1 minute)
6. Update: Harlem Place Project community meeting overview. Survey feedback will be online next weekend in a full report on the responses thus far. The Sustainability Committee has been invited to a meeting with CD9 the week of December 7 to present initial feedback and Bren School Project. (3 minutes)
7. ADDED: Big Bellies as a way of controlling litter and managing costs for street clean-up. Motion: Sustainability Committee to write a letter of support for co-support by the DLANC Public Health & Safety Committee.
8. Sustainable Community Projects Internship update. Marc Ross is working on an ordinance study for Project 1: Rooftop Container Gardens & Composting. (3 minutes)
9. The national SDAT (Sustainable Design Assessment Team) professionals will be in town on December 2-4, 2009 to meet with stakeholders and begin the planning process in our community. Sustainability Committee members are invited to participate throughout the process including a dinner on Friday, December 4 before the final public presentation. Please RSVP by December 2. (15 minutes) We still need your help organizing the visit – including venues, community participation, etc. Please contact Ashley Zarella Hand and Veronica Siranosian at sustainability@dlanc.com if you would like to get involved.
10. 2010 Project Discussion. In light of our learnings from the 2009 Projects, we are considering four projects for the next year. Discussion of our committee priorities, which projects can/should be continued, and how we will continue to meet our mission. (45 minutes) Committee mission: The Sustainability Committee is dedicated to empowering the downtown community to create a culture of sustainability. We will work with the community to increase accessibility to existing programs and services through outreach and public education. We will identify and create opportunities for new programming and partnerships to meet our goals for a more livable, affordable, and efficient urban center.
11. Agenda items for next meeting?
12. Adjournment
The public is requested to fill out a “Speaker Card” to address the DLANC SUSTAINABILITY Committee on any item of the agenda prior to the Committee taking action on an item. Comments from the public on agenda items will be heard only when the respective item is being considered. Comments from the public on other matters not appearing on the agenda that is within the Committee’s subject matter jurisdiction will be heard during the public comment period. Public comment is limited to 2 minutes per speaker, unless waived by the presiding officer of the Committee. As a covered entity under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Los Angeles does not discriminate on the basis of disability and upon request, will provide reasonable accommodation to ensure equal access to its programs, services, and activities. Sign language interpreters, assistive listening devices, or other auxiliary aids and/or services may be provided upon request. To ensure availability of services, please make your request at least 3 business days (72 hours) prior to the meeting you wish to attend by contacting Committee Board Chair Ashley Zarella at ashley.zarella@DLANC.com.
SI REQUIERE SERVICIOS DE TRADUCCION, FAVOR DE NOTIFICAR A LA OFICINA 3 dias de trabajo (72 horas) ANTES DEL EVENTO. SI NECESITA ASISTENCIA CON ESTA NOTIFICACION, POR FAVOR LLAME A NUESTRA OFICINA AL 323-224-2316.
AIA National SDAT Team Members: Biographies
The SDAT TEAM
The AIA SDAT grant provides $15,000 to bring a team of professionals to our community to help us address issues of sustainability as outlined in our project goals. The following team members have been confirmed as participants:
Walter Sedovic, AIA LEED AP SDAT Project Lead
Mr. Sedovic is Principal & CEO of Walter Sedovic Architects, established in 1986. Following his 10-year tenure with the National Park Service in Boston and New York, working with historical sites of national significance, he formed a highly specialized office, dedicated to historic preservation and sustainable design. The success of his firm’s approach is revealed in the consistent quality of its work since 1986; client satisfaction is demonstrated in the level of repeat business that the firm enjoys, particularly at sites where projects developed tend to be more comprehensive and complex. The firm’s numerous awards and media attention further attest to the respect and interest of its peers and the general population at large.
Mr. Sedovic received his professional degree at the University of Kansas and was selected as the U.S. representative for the Architectural Conservation program at the International Centre for Conservation in Rome, Italy (ICCROM). He holds multiple licenses and is NCARB-certified to practice in all 50 states. A LEED-Accredited Professional, Mr. Sedovic, who has been selected as guest editor for the APTI Bulletin Special Issue on Sustainability and Preservation scheduled for 2009, has lectured and published widely on the subject of sustainability and its symbiotic relationship with historic preservation. His paper, “History’s Green Genes,” first presented at the Second International Conference on Sustainability (Greenbuild ® 2003), explored the genesis of sustainable design found in traditional building practices and opened avenues for preservation professionals to become better acquainted with sustainability advocates, and vice versa. In the vanguard of incorporating sustainable design technologies into virtually every one of his firm’s preservation projects, the benefits of his vision and dedication are proving to have tangible and far-reaching effects.
Jane Jenkins Downtown Business Improvement Districts
Jane Jenkins is the new President and CEO of Downtown Oklahoma City, Incorporated. Previously, Jane was Executive Director of the Downtown Boulder Business Improvement District in Boulder, CO. With over 23 years experience in downtown revitalization and management, Jane is an internationally recognized speaker and expert on urban issues. She currently serves as Chairman for the International Downtown Association Board of Directors. As a former high school educator, Jane was named Teacher of the Year at Union High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Ms. Jenkins earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Arts Education from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa and a Master of Public Administration from the University of North Texas in Denton. She taught secondary school in Chandler and Tulsa before beginning her downtown management career in Wagoner, OK as the Main Street Manager. After serving in the same capacity in Pawhuska, Jane moved to Denton, Texas where she managed the downtown development program there for eight years before joining the staff of the National Trust for Historic Preservation as the Regional Director of the Southwest Office in Fort Worth, TX. She accepted the position as the first director of the Downtown Boulder Business Improvement District in 2000. Working through the National Main Street Center, Ms. Jenkins consults with many downtown programs across the US and Canada. She has also served on R/UDAT and SDAT teams for the AIA and been a member of IDA and ULI advisory panels.
Jim Diers Neighborhood Development & Governance
Participatory democracy has been Jim Diers’ preoccupation and career for the past 30 years. Mr. DIer moved to Seattle with his wife, Sarah Driggs, after graduating from Grinnell College in 1975 with a major in Colonialism and Nationalism in Third World Development. For six years Jim worked as an Alinsky-style community organizer in the low-income, racially diverse community of Rainier Valley. Bringing people together to take action on issues ranging from dangerous intersections to nuclear power plants, Jim helped the South End Seattle Community Organization grow to include 25 member churches and neighborhood organizations.
Mr. Diers spent the next six years with the Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, where he organized medical center councils to review budget and quality-of-care issues. In 1988, Mayor Charles Royer appointed Mr. Diers to direct Seattle’s new Office of Neighborhoods. he was reappointed by the subsequent mayors, Norm Rice in 1990 and Paul Schell in 1998. The Department supports $4.5 million Neighborhood Matching Fund and manages the City’s historic preservation program, a P-Patch Program of 75 community gardens, and a leadership training program.
Currently, Mr. Diers spends most of his time at the University of Washington, where he teaches courses in architecture and social work and supports community initiatives with faculty and students across all disciplines. Mr. Diers also speaks frequently in other cities as a faculty member for the Asset-Based Community Development Institute and as the author of Neighbor Power: Building Community the Seattle Way.
Mark McDaniel Neighborhood Revitalization
Mark McDaniel is senior research associate with the Center for Community Capital at the University of North Carolina. He consults with foundations, policymakers and others on strategies that help connect low-income populations to economic opportunities. These strategies include connecting neighborhoods to regional workforce opportunities, connecting the unbanked and underbanked to financial services and leveraging investment in low-income areas for housing, community facilities and other economic development opportunities. Mr. McDaniel brings a diverse set of experience in conceptualizing, designing and implementing initiatives intended to improve the socio-economic outcomes of low-income residents and the neighborhoods in which they reside.
He has demonstrated capacity in establishing and maintaining rapport with diverse constituencies including low-income community residents, public- and private-sector officials, direct service and policy practitioners, and evaluation/research professionals. Mr. McDaniel has particular interest in the economic challenges and pathways to opportunity taken by different subpopulations, including students, residents of public housing, youth and the formerly incarcerated. Mr. McDaniel has a B.A. in Geography from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a Master of City and Regional Planning from Morgan State University.
Eve Picker Urban Revitalization
Eve Picker’s expertise in inner city regeneration, specifically downtowns, has earned her much recognition in the Pittsburgh community at large, and nationally as well. Pittsburghers have called her their ‘folk hero’. Her professional interests lie in the redevelopment and revitalization of the inner City and its neighborhoods. Ms. Picker has led a varied professional career, as architect, city planner, urban designer, non-profit development specialist, real estate developer, publisher, event coordinator and economic development strategist.
After relocating to Pittsburgh, Ms. Picker became a senior urban designer at the City of Pittsburgh Planning Department at the same time launching a non-profit Community Development Corporation where she developed their first residential project and focused on the restoration of blighted buildings.
In 1997 Ms. Picker launched no wall productions, inc. She built an entrepreneurial real estate company focused on downtown and urban neighborhoods that others have ignored, transforming neglected buildings into highly desirable loft-style residences and offices, and using that experience to provide innovative consulting and marketing within her agenda of “all things urban”. In 2001 Ms. Picker launched we do property management, inc., to manage her portfolio, and to provide 3rd party management and brokerage services as well.
In early 2006, Ms. Picker launched an e-publication, Pop City, aimed at breaking the bad news cycle so typical of rust belt cities. In September 2007, she launched the cityLIVE! event series. Now heading into its third year, the purpose of the monthly series is to change the conversation about Pittsburgh and the region, and to expose creative and intellectual talent that the city owns, speak to its transformation and create a community of people interested in all things Pittsburgh.
Paula Reeves Bike/Pedestrian/Transportation
Paula Reeves has been developing transportation projects for the State, cities, counties, and transit agencies for seventeen years. She currently manages the Community Design Assistance Branch at Washington State Department of Transportation and serves on the Board of Directors for the American Planning Association Washington Chapter. In both these roles she provides a range of transportation planning and engineering services to cities, counties and transit agencies including: expert advise regarding transportation and livable communities, pedestrian and bicycle facility design expertise, safe routes to schools, scenic byways, and transportation planning support relative to Washington’s Growth Management Act.
Ms. Reeves has a broad transportation background that includes urban design, engineering, environmental experience, and is a trained mediator. She serves on the National Transportation Research Board’s Pedestrian Committee and the AASHTO committee responsible for developing national bicycle and pedestrian design guidance. She earned her master’s degree with engineering and law school course work in urban and regional planning from the University of Florida.
Sara Geddes Streetscape, Open Space & Sustainability
Sara Geddes, a graduate of the University of Oregon, is a Portland landscape architect in private practice with over 25 years of professional experience in Oregon and California. Her experience in urban, suburban and rural settings, located in valley wetland, high desert, chaparral, coastal, and inland environments has made her an expert at recognizing and responding to the unique character of places. She has planning and design expertise in a wide range of landscape architectural focus areas, including parks and open spaces, multi-modal transportation and streetscape corridors, educational and interpretive facilities, civic centers and commercial areas, neighborhoods, communities, and residential development including affordable housing.
In 1984 Ms. Geddes took a job at the Sea Ranch on the northern California coast as executive director of the architectural design committee, acting as liaison between the committee’s professionals, the board of directors, and the membership while overseeing development and landscape management along 10-miles of coastland. While there she also enjoyed her own private practice, designing coastal residences and working on the Mendocino Botanical Gardens master plan. In her more recent work with Satre Associates in Eugene, she has been project manager and lead designer, working in concert with owners, regulatory agencies, and consultant team members. As adjunct instructor at the University of Oregon, she has taught numerous design studios covering wetland interpretation, cluster housing, Native American culture, mass transit, botanical gardens, and open space. Ms. Geddes’s respect for the unique context of places, her passion for aesthetics and improving the quality of life, as well as her dedication to the sustainability of the natural and built environment are tenets that have guided her life and work throughout the years.
Robert Yakas, AIA Urban Design & Sustainability
With over 30 years in urban design, architecture, planning and transportation planning, in both the public and private sectors, Robert Yakas has led teams in all scales of community design projects. From individual site design to master planned residential communities utilizing Transit Oriented and Traditional Neighborhood Development strategies, He has worked successfully in the public and private sectors in short and long range planning, and on projects from concept through implementation. His international experience includes work in Mexico, Canada, Turkey, France, Japan and most recently in Johannesburg, South Africa.
As a leader of and key member of design teams Mr. Yakas has been involved in major development projects for towns and cities from Alaska to Florida; transportation projects in Washington, Oregon, California, Colorado and Utah, and has lectured and presented at forums for the American Planning Association and the National Light Rail Transit Conference. He was an adjunct professor in the department of Urban and Regional Planning at Portland State University for 12 years teaching all the core urban design and site design courses offered in the graduate curriculum.
The AIA SDAT grant provides $15,000 to bring a team of professionals to our community to help us address issues of sustainability as outlined in our project goals. The following team members have been confirmed as participants:
Walter Sedovic, AIA LEED AP SDAT Project Lead
Mr. Sedovic is Principal & CEO of Walter Sedovic Architects, established in 1986. Following his 10-year tenure with the National Park Service in Boston and New York, working with historical sites of national significance, he formed a highly specialized office, dedicated to historic preservation and sustainable design. The success of his firm’s approach is revealed in the consistent quality of its work since 1986; client satisfaction is demonstrated in the level of repeat business that the firm enjoys, particularly at sites where projects developed tend to be more comprehensive and complex. The firm’s numerous awards and media attention further attest to the respect and interest of its peers and the general population at large.
Mr. Sedovic received his professional degree at the University of Kansas and was selected as the U.S. representative for the Architectural Conservation program at the International Centre for Conservation in Rome, Italy (ICCROM). He holds multiple licenses and is NCARB-certified to practice in all 50 states. A LEED-Accredited Professional, Mr. Sedovic, who has been selected as guest editor for the APTI Bulletin Special Issue on Sustainability and Preservation scheduled for 2009, has lectured and published widely on the subject of sustainability and its symbiotic relationship with historic preservation. His paper, “History’s Green Genes,” first presented at the Second International Conference on Sustainability (Greenbuild ® 2003), explored the genesis of sustainable design found in traditional building practices and opened avenues for preservation professionals to become better acquainted with sustainability advocates, and vice versa. In the vanguard of incorporating sustainable design technologies into virtually every one of his firm’s preservation projects, the benefits of his vision and dedication are proving to have tangible and far-reaching effects.
Jane Jenkins Downtown Business Improvement Districts
Jane Jenkins is the new President and CEO of Downtown Oklahoma City, Incorporated. Previously, Jane was Executive Director of the Downtown Boulder Business Improvement District in Boulder, CO. With over 23 years experience in downtown revitalization and management, Jane is an internationally recognized speaker and expert on urban issues. She currently serves as Chairman for the International Downtown Association Board of Directors. As a former high school educator, Jane was named Teacher of the Year at Union High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Ms. Jenkins earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Arts Education from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa and a Master of Public Administration from the University of North Texas in Denton. She taught secondary school in Chandler and Tulsa before beginning her downtown management career in Wagoner, OK as the Main Street Manager. After serving in the same capacity in Pawhuska, Jane moved to Denton, Texas where she managed the downtown development program there for eight years before joining the staff of the National Trust for Historic Preservation as the Regional Director of the Southwest Office in Fort Worth, TX. She accepted the position as the first director of the Downtown Boulder Business Improvement District in 2000. Working through the National Main Street Center, Ms. Jenkins consults with many downtown programs across the US and Canada. She has also served on R/UDAT and SDAT teams for the AIA and been a member of IDA and ULI advisory panels.
Jim Diers Neighborhood Development & Governance
Participatory democracy has been Jim Diers’ preoccupation and career for the past 30 years. Mr. DIer moved to Seattle with his wife, Sarah Driggs, after graduating from Grinnell College in 1975 with a major in Colonialism and Nationalism in Third World Development. For six years Jim worked as an Alinsky-style community organizer in the low-income, racially diverse community of Rainier Valley. Bringing people together to take action on issues ranging from dangerous intersections to nuclear power plants, Jim helped the South End Seattle Community Organization grow to include 25 member churches and neighborhood organizations.
Mr. Diers spent the next six years with the Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, where he organized medical center councils to review budget and quality-of-care issues. In 1988, Mayor Charles Royer appointed Mr. Diers to direct Seattle’s new Office of Neighborhoods. he was reappointed by the subsequent mayors, Norm Rice in 1990 and Paul Schell in 1998. The Department supports $4.5 million Neighborhood Matching Fund and manages the City’s historic preservation program, a P-Patch Program of 75 community gardens, and a leadership training program.
Currently, Mr. Diers spends most of his time at the University of Washington, where he teaches courses in architecture and social work and supports community initiatives with faculty and students across all disciplines. Mr. Diers also speaks frequently in other cities as a faculty member for the Asset-Based Community Development Institute and as the author of Neighbor Power: Building Community the Seattle Way.
Mark McDaniel Neighborhood Revitalization
Mark McDaniel is senior research associate with the Center for Community Capital at the University of North Carolina. He consults with foundations, policymakers and others on strategies that help connect low-income populations to economic opportunities. These strategies include connecting neighborhoods to regional workforce opportunities, connecting the unbanked and underbanked to financial services and leveraging investment in low-income areas for housing, community facilities and other economic development opportunities. Mr. McDaniel brings a diverse set of experience in conceptualizing, designing and implementing initiatives intended to improve the socio-economic outcomes of low-income residents and the neighborhoods in which they reside.
He has demonstrated capacity in establishing and maintaining rapport with diverse constituencies including low-income community residents, public- and private-sector officials, direct service and policy practitioners, and evaluation/research professionals. Mr. McDaniel has particular interest in the economic challenges and pathways to opportunity taken by different subpopulations, including students, residents of public housing, youth and the formerly incarcerated. Mr. McDaniel has a B.A. in Geography from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a Master of City and Regional Planning from Morgan State University.
Eve Picker Urban Revitalization
Eve Picker’s expertise in inner city regeneration, specifically downtowns, has earned her much recognition in the Pittsburgh community at large, and nationally as well. Pittsburghers have called her their ‘folk hero’. Her professional interests lie in the redevelopment and revitalization of the inner City and its neighborhoods. Ms. Picker has led a varied professional career, as architect, city planner, urban designer, non-profit development specialist, real estate developer, publisher, event coordinator and economic development strategist.
After relocating to Pittsburgh, Ms. Picker became a senior urban designer at the City of Pittsburgh Planning Department at the same time launching a non-profit Community Development Corporation where she developed their first residential project and focused on the restoration of blighted buildings.
In 1997 Ms. Picker launched no wall productions, inc. She built an entrepreneurial real estate company focused on downtown and urban neighborhoods that others have ignored, transforming neglected buildings into highly desirable loft-style residences and offices, and using that experience to provide innovative consulting and marketing within her agenda of “all things urban”. In 2001 Ms. Picker launched we do property management, inc., to manage her portfolio, and to provide 3rd party management and brokerage services as well.
In early 2006, Ms. Picker launched an e-publication, Pop City, aimed at breaking the bad news cycle so typical of rust belt cities. In September 2007, she launched the cityLIVE! event series. Now heading into its third year, the purpose of the monthly series is to change the conversation about Pittsburgh and the region, and to expose creative and intellectual talent that the city owns, speak to its transformation and create a community of people interested in all things Pittsburgh.
Paula Reeves Bike/Pedestrian/Transportation
Paula Reeves has been developing transportation projects for the State, cities, counties, and transit agencies for seventeen years. She currently manages the Community Design Assistance Branch at Washington State Department of Transportation and serves on the Board of Directors for the American Planning Association Washington Chapter. In both these roles she provides a range of transportation planning and engineering services to cities, counties and transit agencies including: expert advise regarding transportation and livable communities, pedestrian and bicycle facility design expertise, safe routes to schools, scenic byways, and transportation planning support relative to Washington’s Growth Management Act.
Ms. Reeves has a broad transportation background that includes urban design, engineering, environmental experience, and is a trained mediator. She serves on the National Transportation Research Board’s Pedestrian Committee and the AASHTO committee responsible for developing national bicycle and pedestrian design guidance. She earned her master’s degree with engineering and law school course work in urban and regional planning from the University of Florida.
Sara Geddes Streetscape, Open Space & Sustainability
Sara Geddes, a graduate of the University of Oregon, is a Portland landscape architect in private practice with over 25 years of professional experience in Oregon and California. Her experience in urban, suburban and rural settings, located in valley wetland, high desert, chaparral, coastal, and inland environments has made her an expert at recognizing and responding to the unique character of places. She has planning and design expertise in a wide range of landscape architectural focus areas, including parks and open spaces, multi-modal transportation and streetscape corridors, educational and interpretive facilities, civic centers and commercial areas, neighborhoods, communities, and residential development including affordable housing.
In 1984 Ms. Geddes took a job at the Sea Ranch on the northern California coast as executive director of the architectural design committee, acting as liaison between the committee’s professionals, the board of directors, and the membership while overseeing development and landscape management along 10-miles of coastland. While there she also enjoyed her own private practice, designing coastal residences and working on the Mendocino Botanical Gardens master plan. In her more recent work with Satre Associates in Eugene, she has been project manager and lead designer, working in concert with owners, regulatory agencies, and consultant team members. As adjunct instructor at the University of Oregon, she has taught numerous design studios covering wetland interpretation, cluster housing, Native American culture, mass transit, botanical gardens, and open space. Ms. Geddes’s respect for the unique context of places, her passion for aesthetics and improving the quality of life, as well as her dedication to the sustainability of the natural and built environment are tenets that have guided her life and work throughout the years.
Robert Yakas, AIA Urban Design & Sustainability
With over 30 years in urban design, architecture, planning and transportation planning, in both the public and private sectors, Robert Yakas has led teams in all scales of community design projects. From individual site design to master planned residential communities utilizing Transit Oriented and Traditional Neighborhood Development strategies, He has worked successfully in the public and private sectors in short and long range planning, and on projects from concept through implementation. His international experience includes work in Mexico, Canada, Turkey, France, Japan and most recently in Johannesburg, South Africa.
As a leader of and key member of design teams Mr. Yakas has been involved in major development projects for towns and cities from Alaska to Florida; transportation projects in Washington, Oregon, California, Colorado and Utah, and has lectured and presented at forums for the American Planning Association and the National Light Rail Transit Conference. He was an adjunct professor in the department of Urban and Regional Planning at Portland State University for 12 years teaching all the core urban design and site design courses offered in the graduate curriculum.
Sustainability Planning at the Grassroots Level - Hosted by the Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council
Community members, steering committee, and other neighborhood councils are invited to the Public Presentation of the Preliminary SDAT Report. The SDAT will present their initial proposal and plan for the community and will provide a finalized report in early 2010. Your feedback is encouraged!
Friday, December 4, 2009
Starting at 6:00pm
Ronald F. Deaton Civic Auditorium
LAPD Police Administration Building
100 West First Street
Reception to follow.
SDAT Visit - Tour of Downtown Los Angeles
Wednesday, December 2
The SDAT will take a tour of the neighborhood with a few stops along the way. Due to limited capacity, the tour is not open to the public but we encourage media participation as this will be an opportunity to meet the national team of experts. Please contact us at sustainability@dlanc.com to participate.
View Sustainable Design Assessment Team Visit in a larger map
The SDAT will take a tour of the neighborhood with a few stops along the way. Due to limited capacity, the tour is not open to the public but we encourage media participation as this will be an opportunity to meet the national team of experts. Please contact us at sustainability@dlanc.com to participate.
View Sustainable Design Assessment Team Visit in a larger map
Harlem Place Project - Community Meeting
Harlem Place is one of many interstitial spaces in our Downtown community that could potentially be transformed into active open space for our neighborhood to use. How might you use this alley? Would you walk your dog here? Does your business access it for deliveries? Is this a potential park space for our community?
Harlem Place Project Community Meeting
Thursday, November 19 6:30pm-8:30pm
LATC - 514 S. Spring Street
There is a team of students from Bren School for the Environment (UC Santa Barbara) working to develop a tool to allow us to understand the environmental impact through transformation of this space. As part of their final project, they will present three scenarios - and your input at this meeting will help them understand what the community wants. For more information on the project, check out the project website. Join us!
If you can't make the meeting, please complete this survey and let us know your thoughts.
SDAT Steering Committee - Invited Members
As part of the SDAT process, a steering committee of community leaders and stakeholders has been invited to participate in a several key conversations with the SDAT. The following stakeholders have been invited to participate, as approved by the Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council:
City Council District 1 (Ms. Lisa Flores)
City Council District 9 (Mr. Greg Fischer)
City Council District 14 (Ms. Kelli Bernard)
City of Los Angeles Community Development Department (Ms. Sharon Morris)
City of Los Angeles Planning Department (Mr. Simon Pastucha)
City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works (Mr. Ron Milo)
City of Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (Mr. Serge Haddad)
Clean Tech LA (Mr. Alex Fay)
CRA Los Angeles (Mr. Dave Neubecker)
Mayor's Business Team (Ms. Krista Kline)
Metro (Mr. James Rojas)
AEG (TBC)
Bicycle Coalition (Mr. Stephen Box)
Central City Association (Ms. Veronica Perez Becker)
Central City East Association (Ms. Qathryn Brehm)
Chrysalis (Ms. Neidy Portillo-Tseng)
Downtown Center Business Improvement District (Ms. Carol E. Schatz)
Downtown Economic Development (Mr. Brady Westwater)
Fashion District Business Improvement District (Mr. Kent Smith)
Gerding Edlen Development Co. (Mr. Dennis Wilde)
Gilmore Associates (Ms. Suzanne Ekerling)
Historic Downtown Business Improvement District (Mr. J. Russell Brown)
Los Angeles Conservation Corps (Mr. Bruce Saito)
Melendrez Partners (Ms. Valerie Melendrez)
MOCA (Mr. Lyn Winter)
Related Companies (Mr. Bill Witte)
Rotary Club of Los Angeles (Mr. Gus Oppermann)
SCI-Arc (Mr. Eric Owen Moss)
Skid Row Housing Trust (Ms. Theresa Hwang, Rose Fellow)
South Park Business Improvement District (Mr. Kent Smith)
US Green Building Council - LA Chapter (Dr. Lance Williams)
City Council District 1 (Ms. Lisa Flores)
City Council District 9 (Mr. Greg Fischer)
City Council District 14 (Ms. Kelli Bernard)
City of Los Angeles Community Development Department (Ms. Sharon Morris)
City of Los Angeles Planning Department (Mr. Simon Pastucha)
City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works (Mr. Ron Milo)
City of Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (Mr. Serge Haddad)
Clean Tech LA (Mr. Alex Fay)
CRA Los Angeles (Mr. Dave Neubecker)
Mayor's Business Team (Ms. Krista Kline)
Metro (Mr. James Rojas)
AEG (TBC)
Bicycle Coalition (Mr. Stephen Box)
Central City Association (Ms. Veronica Perez Becker)
Central City East Association (Ms. Qathryn Brehm)
Chrysalis (Ms. Neidy Portillo-Tseng)
Downtown Center Business Improvement District (Ms. Carol E. Schatz)
Downtown Economic Development (Mr. Brady Westwater)
Fashion District Business Improvement District (Mr. Kent Smith)
Gerding Edlen Development Co. (Mr. Dennis Wilde)
Gilmore Associates (Ms. Suzanne Ekerling)
Historic Downtown Business Improvement District (Mr. J. Russell Brown)
Los Angeles Conservation Corps (Mr. Bruce Saito)
Melendrez Partners (Ms. Valerie Melendrez)
MOCA (Mr. Lyn Winter)
Related Companies (Mr. Bill Witte)
Rotary Club of Los Angeles (Mr. Gus Oppermann)
SCI-Arc (Mr. Eric Owen Moss)
Skid Row Housing Trust (Ms. Theresa Hwang, Rose Fellow)
South Park Business Improvement District (Mr. Kent Smith)
US Green Building Council - LA Chapter (Dr. Lance Williams)
SDAT Working Group/Stakeholder Meeting 4: Neighborhood Governance & Community Leadership
Invited: City of Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, CD1, CD9, CD14, Central City Association, Rotary Club of Los Angeles
• How are local residents, workers, elected officials, and other community stakeholders engaged with one another and service providers around issues of sustainability;
• What programs or structures exist that can be used to improve grassroots involvement in support of sustainability;
• What services are currently available to improve sustainability and what gaps in services or access to services exist; and
• How can other Neighborhood Councils get more involved with issues of sustainability?
• How are local residents, workers, elected officials, and other community stakeholders engaged with one another and service providers around issues of sustainability;
• What programs or structures exist that can be used to improve grassroots involvement in support of sustainability;
• What services are currently available to improve sustainability and what gaps in services or access to services exist; and
• How can other Neighborhood Councils get more involved with issues of sustainability?
SDAT Working Group/Stakeholder Meeting 3: Housing & Neighborhood Amenities
Invited: Gilmore Associates, Mayor’s Office of Commercial & Residential Development, Skid Row Housing Trust, Chrysalis, Brady Westwater
• What is the current housing market like in downtown for renters, owners, and the homeless population;
• What are the main issues related to affordability and how can these be addressed;
• What services are available to those who live, work, or visit downtown;
• How much and what quality are existing open spaces; and
• What opportunities exist to improve open space, amenities, and housing?
• What is the current housing market like in downtown for renters, owners, and the homeless population;
• What are the main issues related to affordability and how can these be addressed;
• What services are available to those who live, work, or visit downtown;
• How much and what quality are existing open spaces; and
• What opportunities exist to improve open space, amenities, and housing?
SDAT Working Group/Stakeholder Meeting 2: Streetscape, Open Space, Placemaking & Transportation
Invited: City of Los Angeles Planning Department, City of Los Angeles Dept. of Public Works, Metro, Pershing Square, Bike Advocate Stephen Box, Los Angeles Conservation Corps, Melendrez Design Partners
• What are the main issues and opportunities in Downtown’s streets and sidewalks;
• What projects are underway and what projects are needed to support a pedestrian-friendly environment;
• What transit services exist downtown and how these services can be sustained; and
• How can local neighborhoods within downtown relate to each other physically and nodes of activity be connected?
• What are the main issues and opportunities in Downtown’s streets and sidewalks;
• What projects are underway and what projects are needed to support a pedestrian-friendly environment;
• What transit services exist downtown and how these services can be sustained; and
• How can local neighborhoods within downtown relate to each other physically and nodes of activity be connected?
SDAT Working Group/Stakeholder Meeting 1: Downtown Business Improvement Strategies & Redevelopment
Invited: Downtown BIDs, CRA/LA, Clean Tech LA, AEG, USGBC LA Chapter, SCI-Arc/Eric Owen Moss, Bringing Back Broadway
• What redevelopment has occurred in recent years;
• How is new development in downtown shaping the community and changing existing neighborhoods;
• How can redevelopment be harnessed to foster overall improvements in downtown outside of specific locations;
• How might redevelopment be sustained in a declining economic environment; and
• What can targeted redevelopment do to sustain, attract, and improve local businesses?
• What redevelopment has occurred in recent years;
• How is new development in downtown shaping the community and changing existing neighborhoods;
• How can redevelopment be harnessed to foster overall improvements in downtown outside of specific locations;
• How might redevelopment be sustained in a declining economic environment; and
• What can targeted redevelopment do to sustain, attract, and improve local businesses?
November Regular Sustainability Meeting
When: Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 6:30-7:50pm
Where: Central Public Library, Meeting Room A (630 W. 5th Street)
Celebrating One Year
MEETING MINUTES SC-16-110309
1. Public Comment included a brief presentation by Mike Bonifer of Hollywood Sign Goes Solar, a recently incorporated nonprofit to introduce solar panels and light the Hollywood sign. There is a multi-pronged approach to introduce solar panels to the sign to potentially power security cameras, a fire protection system, or lighting the sign itself. There is some concern by adjacent community about lighting the sign as they do not want any intrusion or unwanted traffic in the neighborhood. The initiative is also looking to raise funds for solar panel installation throughout Los Angeles in partnership with Grid Alternatives. Sustainability Committee members discussed potentially supporting this group but would like more information about other outreach to adjacent Neighborhood Councils and other community groups in the immediate area. Sustainability Committee has agreed to consider a letter of support in the future pending more information on the program, plans, community response, and forthcoming website. To date: no information has been received.
2. Motion to approve minutes from the September meeting (SC-14-090901) approved.
3. Motion to approve minutes from the October meeting (SC-15-091006) approved.
4. Harlem Place Project community meeting planned for Thursday, November 19 at the Los Angeles Theater Company. Sustainability Committee members completed a survey on open space and Harlem Place during the meeting. For more information on the project, click here.
5. Sustainable Community Projects Internship update. Marc Ross is working on an ordinance study for Project 1: Rooftop Container Gardens & Composting. Committee member T.Blackman offered some advice and leads on where to look for more information and leads on existing rules and ordinances that might be relevant to this project.
6. 2009 Project 1 Update: Rooftop Edible & Composting Containers. D. Nolan is absent but J. Regan provided an update on a recent DLANC PROS meeting she attended (November 2, 2009). The PROS committee is considering portable agbins as an approach to community gardens with the guarantee that the placement is temporary but with the intent of community support for maintenance. J. Regan has proposed that the Sustainability Committee consider collaborating with PROS on our upcoming outreach event on garden education (per our Project 1 scope) in early December/January. Action to be determined.
7. 2009 Project 3-4 Update: Increase Participation in Cost-Saving Efficiency Programs: Energy, Water & Waste. C. Prost is absent due to illness but plans to schedule a follow-up meeting in December for the project. More details to follow.
8. 2009 Project 6 Update: Community Greening Strategy & The Sustainable Design Assessment Team (SDAT) Grant (Veronica Siranosian). SDAT visit scheduled for December 2-4.
9. Agenda items for next meeting (December 1, 2009): Will consider adding letter of support for Hollywood Sign Goes Solar pending receipt of requested information.
10. Adjournment
Where: Central Public Library, Meeting Room A (630 W. 5th Street)
Celebrating One Year
MEETING MINUTES SC-16-110309
1. Public Comment included a brief presentation by Mike Bonifer of Hollywood Sign Goes Solar, a recently incorporated nonprofit to introduce solar panels and light the Hollywood sign. There is a multi-pronged approach to introduce solar panels to the sign to potentially power security cameras, a fire protection system, or lighting the sign itself. There is some concern by adjacent community about lighting the sign as they do not want any intrusion or unwanted traffic in the neighborhood. The initiative is also looking to raise funds for solar panel installation throughout Los Angeles in partnership with Grid Alternatives. Sustainability Committee members discussed potentially supporting this group but would like more information about other outreach to adjacent Neighborhood Councils and other community groups in the immediate area. Sustainability Committee has agreed to consider a letter of support in the future pending more information on the program, plans, community response, and forthcoming website. To date: no information has been received.
2. Motion to approve minutes from the September meeting (SC-14-090901) approved.
3. Motion to approve minutes from the October meeting (SC-15-091006) approved.
4. Harlem Place Project community meeting planned for Thursday, November 19 at the Los Angeles Theater Company. Sustainability Committee members completed a survey on open space and Harlem Place during the meeting. For more information on the project, click here.
5. Sustainable Community Projects Internship update. Marc Ross is working on an ordinance study for Project 1: Rooftop Container Gardens & Composting. Committee member T.Blackman offered some advice and leads on where to look for more information and leads on existing rules and ordinances that might be relevant to this project.
6. 2009 Project 1 Update: Rooftop Edible & Composting Containers. D. Nolan is absent but J. Regan provided an update on a recent DLANC PROS meeting she attended (November 2, 2009). The PROS committee is considering portable agbins as an approach to community gardens with the guarantee that the placement is temporary but with the intent of community support for maintenance. J. Regan has proposed that the Sustainability Committee consider collaborating with PROS on our upcoming outreach event on garden education (per our Project 1 scope) in early December/January. Action to be determined.
7. 2009 Project 3-4 Update: Increase Participation in Cost-Saving Efficiency Programs: Energy, Water & Waste. C. Prost is absent due to illness but plans to schedule a follow-up meeting in December for the project. More details to follow.
8. 2009 Project 6 Update: Community Greening Strategy & The Sustainable Design Assessment Team (SDAT) Grant (Veronica Siranosian). SDAT visit scheduled for December 2-4.
9. Agenda items for next meeting (December 1, 2009): Will consider adding letter of support for Hollywood Sign Goes Solar pending receipt of requested information.
10. Adjournment
November meeting - Tuesday at the Central Public Library
When: Tuesday, November 4, 2009 6:30pm-7:45pm
Where: Central Public Library, Meeting Room A
MEETING AGENDA SC-16-110309
1. Welcome.
2. Public Comment on Non-agenda items including community announcements (3 minutes).
Review meeting minutes from the September meeting. Action Item: Approve minutes SC-14-090901 (all meeting attendees - 3 minutes).
3. Review meeting minutes from the October meeting. Action Item: Approve minutes SC-15-091006 (all meeting attendees - 3 minutes).
4. Harlem Place Project community meeting planned. Survey feedback from committee.
Sustainable Community Projects Internship update. Marc Ross is working on an ordinance study for Project 1: Rooftop Container Gardens & Composting.
5. 2009 Project 1 Update: Rooftop Edible & Composting Containers (Dawna Nolan)
6. 2009 Project 2 Update: Tree Planting - Skid Row Pilot (Gunnar Hand) Tree Planting Day was on Saturday, October 24. Thank you to the 65+ volunteers who came out to help. Motion: Sustainability Committee to approve using $500 allocated to Tree Planting Project for tree maintenance.
7. 2009 Projects 3-4 Update: Increase Participation in Cost-Saving Efficiency Programs: Energy, Water and Waste (Corey Prost)
8. 2009 Project 5 Update: Online Toolkit of Existing Resources (Ryan Saucerman). Additional update on progress of Sustainability Committee website. Motion: Sustainability Committee to approve fund allocations for website.
9. 2009 Project 6 Update: Community Greening Strategy & The Sustainable Design Assessment Team (SDAT) Grant (Veronica Siranosian). SDAT visit scheduled for December 2-4.
10. 2009 Project 7 Update: Event and Education Programming & Calendar.
11. 2009 Project 8 Update: Green Living Program (Pamela Tuttle).
12. Agenda items for next meeting?
13. Adjournment
The public is requested to fill out a "Speaker Card" to address the DLANC SUSTAINABILITY Committee on any item of the agenda prior to the Committee taking action on an item. Comments from the public on agenda items will be heard only when the respective item is being considered. Comments from the public on other matters not appearing on the agenda that is within the Committee's subject matter jurisdiction will be heard during the public comment period. Public comment is limited to 2 minutes per speaker, unless waived by the presiding officer of the Committee. As a covered entity under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Los Angeles does not discriminate on the basis of disability and upon request, will provide reasonable accommodation to ensure equal access to its programs, services, and activities. Sign language interpreters, assistive listening devices, or other auxiliary aids and/or services may be provided upon request. To ensure availability of services, please make your request at least 3 business days (72 hours) prior to the meeting you wish to attend by contacting Committee Board Chair Ashley Zarella at ashley.zarella@DLANC.com.
SI REQUIERE SERVICIOS DE TRADUCCION, FAVOR DE NOTIFICAR A LA OFICINA 3 dias de trabajo (72 horas) ANTES DEL EVENTO. SI NECESITA ASISTENCIA CON ESTA NOTIFICACION, POR FAVOR LLAME A NUESTRA OFICINA AL 323-224-2316.
Where: Central Public Library, Meeting Room A
MEETING AGENDA SC-16-110309
1. Welcome.
2. Public Comment on Non-agenda items including community announcements (3 minutes).
Review meeting minutes from the September meeting. Action Item: Approve minutes SC-14-090901 (all meeting attendees - 3 minutes).
3. Review meeting minutes from the October meeting. Action Item: Approve minutes SC-15-091006 (all meeting attendees - 3 minutes).
4. Harlem Place Project community meeting planned. Survey feedback from committee.
Sustainable Community Projects Internship update. Marc Ross is working on an ordinance study for Project 1: Rooftop Container Gardens & Composting.
5. 2009 Project 1 Update: Rooftop Edible & Composting Containers (Dawna Nolan)
6. 2009 Project 2 Update: Tree Planting - Skid Row Pilot (Gunnar Hand) Tree Planting Day was on Saturday, October 24. Thank you to the 65+ volunteers who came out to help. Motion: Sustainability Committee to approve using $500 allocated to Tree Planting Project for tree maintenance.
7. 2009 Projects 3-4 Update: Increase Participation in Cost-Saving Efficiency Programs: Energy, Water and Waste (Corey Prost)
8. 2009 Project 5 Update: Online Toolkit of Existing Resources (Ryan Saucerman). Additional update on progress of Sustainability Committee website. Motion: Sustainability Committee to approve fund allocations for website.
9. 2009 Project 6 Update: Community Greening Strategy & The Sustainable Design Assessment Team (SDAT) Grant (Veronica Siranosian). SDAT visit scheduled for December 2-4.
10. 2009 Project 7 Update: Event and Education Programming & Calendar.
11. 2009 Project 8 Update: Green Living Program (Pamela Tuttle).
12. Agenda items for next meeting?
13. Adjournment
The public is requested to fill out a "Speaker Card" to address the DLANC SUSTAINABILITY Committee on any item of the agenda prior to the Committee taking action on an item. Comments from the public on agenda items will be heard only when the respective item is being considered. Comments from the public on other matters not appearing on the agenda that is within the Committee's subject matter jurisdiction will be heard during the public comment period. Public comment is limited to 2 minutes per speaker, unless waived by the presiding officer of the Committee. As a covered entity under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Los Angeles does not discriminate on the basis of disability and upon request, will provide reasonable accommodation to ensure equal access to its programs, services, and activities. Sign language interpreters, assistive listening devices, or other auxiliary aids and/or services may be provided upon request. To ensure availability of services, please make your request at least 3 business days (72 hours) prior to the meeting you wish to attend by contacting Committee Board Chair Ashley Zarella at ashley.zarella@DLANC.com.
SI REQUIERE SERVICIOS DE TRADUCCION, FAVOR DE NOTIFICAR A LA OFICINA 3 dias de trabajo (72 horas) ANTES DEL EVENTO. SI NECESITA ASISTENCIA CON ESTA NOTIFICACION, POR FAVOR LLAME A NUESTRA OFICINA AL 323-224-2316.
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