Track A

Track B

Track C

8:00 – 9:00

Registration, Continental Breakfast, Vendor Exhibits

9:00 – 10:00

A1 Bicycle and Pedestrian Supportive Code Language, Robert Torzynski Genesee Transportation Council and Jason Haremza, City of Rochester

This session will cover using zoning codes and subdivision regulations to provide bicycle and pedestrian-friendly environments through the presence of sidewalks and parking design and layout along with discussing how the form, layout, and design of buildings and adjoining public spaces can create pedestrian and bicycle-friendly environments.

• Bicycle and Pedestrian Supportive Code Language

• Creating Pedestrian and Bicycle Friendly Communities

B1 Construction Site Erosion Control for CEOs, Paula Smith, NYSDEC

 An introduction to the most effective measures (both from a cost and environmental perspective) for protecting your local streams, rivers and lakes from construction related soil erosion.

C1 Protecting, Maintaining, and Investing in Your Wastewater Infrastructure - Ten Step Towards Sustainability, Richard Malaczynski, NYSDEC

This interactive session will provide a quick review of wastewater treatment technology, discuss how to protect and maintain your huge wastewater capital investment, and offer up a model or approach for capital improvement planning. The key concepts and management issues are summarized with the 'Ten Steps Towards Sustainabilty."

• Wastewater 101: Be in the Know, Go With the Flow

• Protecting and Maintaining

• Capital Improvement Program

10:00 – 11:00

A2 Planning Board Overview, Dave Treacy, Esq. and Erin Thomas, NYSDOS

 This session will address the powers and duties of town, village and city planning boards and commissions. Administrative and regulatory roles of the planning board will be discussed, including comprehensive planning, site plan review, special use permits, subdivision review, the role of the board in making recommendations to the zoning board of appeals, the importance of board procedures,  referral to the county planning agency, and making findings. (CEO, CLE, and AICP credit)

B4 SEQR 101: Guiding the Process, Robert Ewing and Daniel Whitehead, NYSDEC

 Have you wondered what this "Seeker" thing is, or what a Type I, Type II or Unlisted Action is?  This session is an introduction to the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR).  It will include a review of the regulations and the role of local government in complying with SEQR.

11:00 – 12:00

C2 Tax Incentives Available for Historic Preservation in NYS, Greg Donofrio, Cornell University

 Tax incentives are widely used throughout the US to promote historic preservation and economic development.  This session introduces the incentives that are currently available in NYS including tax credits and abatements for historic residential property, commercial property, and barns.

12:00 – 1:00

Lunch, Vendor Exhibits

1:00 – 2:00

 A3 Sign Control, Dave Treacy, Esq. and Christopher Eastman, NYSDOS

The regulation of signs is both a zoning issue and a free speech issue. At this session you will become better informed about what you may and may not regulate where it comes to commercial or non-commercial signs. Other issues to be addressed include community aesthetics; developing a sign control law; the possible content of local sign control regulations; billboards and other off-premises signs; and techniques for eliminating illegal or undesirable signs. (CEO, CLE, and AICP credit)

B3 Enforcement of Zoning and Local Laws, Natasha Phillip, Esq.  and Linda King, NYSDOS

A review of the history and background of the NYS Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code. This session will include an explanation of the role of the NYS Department of State Codes Division and the services it provides to local governments, including technical assistance, the Codes Council, code interpretations, training and variances. Also addressed will be the responsibility of the elected official in administering the code and the role of the third party inspectors in enforcing the code. (CLE. CEO and AICP credit)

C3 Historic Preservation Planning for Municipalities , Jayme Breschard, G/FLRPC

Many municipalities in New York State are recognizing that they have significant historical and cultural resources and are looking for ways to protect and enhance these resources.  This session provides an overview of municipal regulatory authority for the protection of historic buildings and districts.  The session will close with a special discussion on how local law powers of home rule can also protect historic properties in the natural environment.

2:00 – 3:00

A4 Watershed Planning and Implementation, Stephanie Wojtowicz and Andrew Labruzzo, NYSDOS Division of Coastal Resources

 The Department of State Division of Coastal Resources (DCR) and the Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Water have developed a new multi-media package including a video, guidebook and web pages, entitled Watershed Plans: Restoring and Protecting Water Quality.  The package was designed to assist communities with the preparation and implementation of watershed management plans.  The DCR will go over the watershed planning process and provide examples of watershed planning from throughout the State. 

3:00 – 4:00

A5 Local Regulation of Wind Energy Systems, Dave Treacy, Esq. and Linda King, NYSDOS

This session will address the adoption of local laws to regulate both large and small wind energy systems.  We'll also discuss the environmental, aesthetic, and economic issues of interest to local governments.  Finally, we'll discuss applicable state and federal regulations and programs relating to wind energy systems.

B2  Zoning Board of Appeals Overview, Natasha Phillip, Esq.  and Christopher Eastman, NYSDOS

This course will address the powers and duties of zoning board of appeals and its interrelationships with enforcement officials, the municipal planning board, and county planning agencies. The statutory requirements relating to the issuance of use and area variances, handling of zoning interpretations, board procedures and findings will be discussed. (CEO, CLE, and AICP credit)

C4 Understanding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Regulatory Responsibilities over Wetland and Waterways, Diane C. Kozlowski, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

This workshop will present an overview of the Section 404 Clean Water Act program and the regulatory responsibilities of the Corps in the Genesee/Finger Lakes Region of New York State.  The primary objectives of the workshop are to provide a general understanding of the Corps jurisdictional limits, introduce the various types of permits and when they apply, discuss means of avoiding and minimizing wetland impacts, identify available tools and resources to assist in project planning and design, and recommend steps local governments can take to assist themselves, the general public and the Regulatory agencies in reducing regulatory delays.    

4:00 – 5:00