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Please note: The next Planning Academy session will be held from September 3 through November 5, 2008. The Planning Department will make applications for the Fall 2008 session available beginning on July 1, 2008. The Planning Academy is not accepting applications at this time.

 

What is Planning Academy?

The Fall 2008 Planning Academy is a ten-week course designed to educate and engage citizens in the City’s planning process.  As part of the City’s Smart Growth Implementation Strategy, the objective is to assist participants in becoming more effective and informed advocates for smart growth in future City of Sacramento planning efforts.

Sessions are designed to include discussion, presentations, Q&A, interactive group exercises, and field trips. Presenters/speakers include City staff , local architects and planning professionals, elected officials, and building industry leaders.  

Classes cover a broad spectrum of planning topics and issues, including:

  • An overview of planning in Sacramento
  • How development projects are reviewed
  • The City’s General Plan Update
  • Smart growth and the regional context
  • Affordable housing and infill development
  • The transportation–land use connection
  • Sustainability, health, and livability
  • Economic development

 

The Planning Academy will give students the tools needed to:

  • Identify the regional benefits and impacts associated with urban sprawl versus smart growth
  • Identify elements of successful development projects
  • Participate in future City of Sacramento planning efforts
  • Educate other community members about smart growth and how they can support smart development proposals

 

When is the Next Planning Academy Session?

The next session will occur over a ten-week period from September 3 to November 5, 2008. Classes will be held every Wednesday evening from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at New City Hall, 915 I Street. Complimentary dinners are provided.

There will also be two Saturday morning field trips from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Field trip locations and other travel details will be arranged during the course.

Each class will be limited to approximately 25 participants. The Planning Department will make applications available starting on July 1, 2008. Participants should be willing to devote ten weekday evenings and two Saturday mornings over a period of ten weeks. Participants who finish the ten-week course will participate in a graduate reception with the City Council and the Mayor.

 

Tentative Schedule

Wednesday evening classes will be held on the following dates:

  • September 3, 10, 17, 24
  • October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
  • November 5

Dates of the two Saturday morning field trips are to be determined during the course.

Planning Academy graduation/reception will be held the evening of November 13.

 

How Can I Participate?

The Planning Department will make applications available beginning on July 1, 2008. Since class size is limited to approximately 25 students, not all applicants can participate. Selected applicants will be notified by e-mail and U.S. mail after August 15, 2008.

For more information, contact:

Helen Selph,

Associate Planner

(916) 808-7852

hselph@cityofsacramento.org

or

Greg Sandlund,

Assistant Planner

(916) 808-8931

gsandlund@cityofsacramento.org

 

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