2015 APA-Wisconsin Annual Workshop Presentations The Tech Side of Planning Track A – A Picture is Worth a 1,000 Words Transform Milwaukee Taking Graphics to the Next Level Presentation starts with a brief description of the Transform Milwaukee Initiative, its Strategic Action Plan, the timeline, goals, areas of focus, and the role of communications and critical thinking. This is followed by a demonstration of how to capture the complexity of the Plan and its contents while nurturing engaged communication through user-friendly layouts. This discussion includes examples of taking graphics to the next level using ArcGIS, AutoCAD, Adobe InDesign, and Adobe Illustrator. Craig Huebner – Urban Planner, GRAEF Tanya Fonseca – Urban Planner, GRAEF Larry Witzling, PhD, AIA, ASLA – Principal, GRAEF Stephanie Hacker, AICP, LEED AP – Planner, GRAEF Visit www.transformmilwaukee.com to learn more about the Initiative & view the Strategic Action Plan. Transitioning From 2D to 3D 3D Digital Modeling & Animation Technology Over the past year, SmithGroupJJR started to integrate animations into complex urban design and planning projects. Integration of this technology enables a higher level of public understanding - extremely importance for large scale planning projects. Our approach combines 3D digital modeling and animation technology that clearly communicates ideas. Three presenters – the client, the project manager and the urban designer - will describe their recent collaboration on a waterfront planning project in Euclid, Ohio that transitioned from 2D plans to 3D modeling and animations. The Client will introduce Euclid’s waterfront planning challenges (in person, or remotely via WebEx video-conference as is routinely used as part of the project as well), and then transition into the Client and PM describing the benefits of moving their first project from 2D to 3D. The Urban Designer will dive into the process of planning and animating in 3D including a discussion of when is it appropriate to move into 3D, how to utilize old and new 3D models for animations, why we chose Lumion verse other sophisticated animation programs, and setting realistic time expectations. Jason Stangland, PLA, ASLA – Principal/Project Manager, SmithGroupJJR Eric Schuchardt, Associate ASLA – Urban Designer, SmithGroupJJR Frank Pietravoia, AICP – Asst to the Mayor for Development, City of Euclid, Ohio Animation Software Focus: Lumion 5.0 http://lumion3d.com/ Reader-Friendly Documents Tips From a Graphic Designer Environmental and planning documents can be complex and cumbersome, presenting challenges in achieving readability for the public and legal sufficiency. Our presentation will be a question-and-answer session in which a planner consults a graphic designer/editor to obtain guidance on and learn the best tools for producing a reader-friendly, appealing and functional document. Such tools can include style guides for consistency; use of appropriate software; building in time for copy editing for terms, grammar and active voice; adding interactive elements for web-posted documents; and adding in the use of graphic elements such as navigation tools, color, images, graphics and column layouts Caron Kloser, AICP – Principal Planner, HNTB Map Makeover Jodi Drosner – Graphics Supervisor, HNTB Nobody Wants to Look at Your Ugly Map A map that works best is one that intuitively tells a story and ugly map just makes it harder for people to figure out what you are saying and realize the importance of your really cool data. The good news is that there are easy things you can do to make your map beautiful and a better communicator. Here’s what you’ll learn: matching map type and a symbology to data type how to encode information in multiple ways why shades of grey are your friend rules of thumb (so you appear to have graphic design experience) For map makers of all experience levels. Danielle Lee, GISP – GIS Specialist, AE2S Track B – GIS Is More Than a Pretty Map GIS has changed. This isn’t your father’s GIS anymore Esri I In the presentation I will update attendees’ notions about what GIS is, what it can help with, and why planners, specifically, can benefit from embracing GIS in their practices, workflows and responsibilities. For the presentation, my primary take-home messages will be: A. GIS has changed. Big time. This isn’t your father’s GIS anymore. B. Two major (and seemingly paradoxical) reasons GIS use hasn’t become more pervasive amongst the planning community are: 1. It is too difficult to use. It takes too much of an investment to get even simple maps done. It takes an “expert” or “specialist” to do what planners need to get done. 2. It isn’t sophisticated enough to do what a planner really needs to do, which is to create plans, get those plans reviewed and commented on, and present those plans—especially visualizations of plans and plan alternatives—to quickly and effectively communicate them to the intended audience. C. GIS has advanced to where it offers the planning community the ease-of-use and the power needed to be a very useful technology in their work. D. The emergence of the field of Geodesign is providing a powerful professional and academic context for the application of GIS in the planning practice. This will help drive GIS to continue to progress to support the evolving role of the planner in society. E. One now easily-accomplished task is site assessment, e.g., for economic development. I want to show how anyone can incorporate demographics, consumer lifestyle characteristics, spending patterns, business location data, and dozens of landscape characteristics, into a solid site assessment, using only a browser, in very little time. Mike Koutnik – Account Manager, Esri New Ways to do GIS browsers, smartphones and tablets Esri II This workshop will provide a VERY basic introduction to a new way to do GIS, with browsers, smartphones and tablets. Among the things covered in this section: A. What is the ArcGIS browser app? What can it do? Where can I find ready-to-use layers to map with it? B. How can I access existing parcel (and other) layers from Wisconsin units of government and view them in a browser? C. How can I create a map with my own data? 1. For instance, create a map of a subject parcel for development. Maybe sketch out a tentative outline for a building. 2. Then, I need to “circulate it” for comments and redlining by colleagues. What will setback requirements be? Where are utilities? What easements or other potential conflicts exist? 3. How do I do that? D. How can I take that map and allow it to be viewed on a tablet or smartphone? And edit those data on that device, if desired? E. How can I take my map and integrate it into our website? A PowerPoint presentation? Facebook? Tweet it? Mike Koutnik – Account Manager, Esri GIS Data: Different Sources, Similar Environments Aerial Imagery, LiDAR, 3D In this discussion, we will examine two on-going programs that exemplify the multi-dimensional interaction of GIS data derived from distinctly different sources, but for similarly urban environments. The first example illustrates the power of GIS analysis as it relates to demographic patterns and public CIP funding patterns. The Milwaukee Public School District commissioned a system-wide inventory and analysis of their athletic facilities, from which the planning team provided long term infrastructure improvement and budget forecasting utilizing advanced GIS overlays. The results yielded sound, practical, and defensible recommendations for public funding expenditures. In the second example, we will look at the GIS Consortium in the Chicago area and observe how a group of 27 municipalities are incorporating aerial imagery and LiDAR into their traditional GIS platforms. These cities and villages are relying on 3D data to help make informed decisions every day for public works, engineering, planning and zoning, public safety, and urban forestry. Jason Krueger, CP, GISP – Project Manager, Ayres Associates Blake Theisen, PLA, ASLA – SAA Design Group Targeting Priority Working Lands & Operations CommunityViz & ArcGIS The Targeting Working Lands and Operations (TWLO) pilot project aimed to provide local decision-makers in Calumet and La Crosse County with the tools and training necessary to identify Priority Working Lands and Operations (important farms and farmlands) where protection efforts are desirable and help attain community goals and objectives. Recognizing that local people know their communities the best, the project engaged a committee of local volunteers to customize a Land Evaluation and Site Assessment (LESA). The LESA used seven digital suitability layers, including characteristics such as quality of soil, compatibility with surrounding land uses, distance from urban features, proximity to protected working lands, and more. The analysis included some 50 variables and 55 dynamic attribute formulas that automatically calculated suitability scores for each non-developed parcel in the county. The LESA Committee assigned weights, or values, to the characteristics so that important characteristics have more influence over the final result than less important ones. Scenario 360 allows for committee members, planners, or zoning administrators to change scoring variables and weights and in real time does overlay analysis and recalculates scores that normally takes hours of manual manipulation. It also allows for real time comparison of scenarios and to see the results displayed with maps and charts. Tom McClintock – Outreach Program Manager, UW-Madison LICGF See Placeways.com for information about CommunityViz Scenario 360 Track C – Public Process Online VISION 2050 Engaging the Public with Interactive Tools As part of the Regional Planning Commission’s current effort to develop VISION 2050—a longrange land use and transportation plan for Southeastern Wisconsin—the Commission staff has conducted extensive public outreach. This presentation will touch upon online ways staff has engaged the public, including a dedicated website, several online surveys, and an interactive online tool. In general, these online engagement techniques have been employed to replicate activities conducted at interactive public workshops for VISION 2050. The presentation will also discuss the use of iClicker keypad polling devices as a way to gather feedback as well as keep attendees interested during public workshops. The VISION 2050 website serves as a centralized source for up-to-date information on VISION 2050, and allows comments to be submitted at any time. The interactive online tool (www.vision2050sewis.org/scenarios) allowed interested residents to explore and provide feedback on a series of conceptual year 2050 land use and transportation scenarios. The tool, developed with Urban Interactive Studio, provides information on the scenarios and their evaluation in a way that allows residents to explore, rather than simply review and comment. Included in the tool are navigable maps with layers that can be turned on and off, and an application that ranks the scenarios in real-time according to answers to a series of questions. Eric Lynde – Principal Transportation Planner/Engineer, SEWRPC www.vision2050sewis.org www.vision2050sewis.org/scenarios Online Public Engagement in Planning: Increasing Public Trust in the Planning Process Citizens have been increasingly going online to engage with family, friends, businesses and organizations. Accordingly, planners are increasingly interested in how to go online for civic engagement regarding their planning projects. However, online civic engagement has challenges that planners need to address in order to build public trust in government (not erode public trust). These challenges include the potential for, (1) non-residents to overly influence the feedback, (2) bullies and their vitriol to impede participation, (3) planning staff becoming overwhelmed with the online engagment, (4) broken brainstorming that results in popular ideas that are infeasible for planners to purse, and (5) referendum effects that lead participants to presume that the response with the most clicks should prevail -- regardless of what planning staff and leaders think (AKA "click-tivism"). Join us in a discussion of how to implement online civic engagement for planning projects in ways that are inclusive, transparent, insightful and increase public trust in government. Michael Cohen – Co-founder, Peak Democracy, Inc Impactful Community Engagement Beyond Tweeting How do you reach a broad audience accessible to the collective community and gather the feedback needed to make the best possible decisions? Online conversations are happening right now that have potential to impact communities, leaders and the decisions they are making. Here, we will introduce the “new local” and how attendees can leverage this medium to better engage constituents. We’ll identify community expectations, discuss where residents are currently weighing in on civic issues and uncover how you can play a role in leading the conversations that are building better communities. We’ll present a series of case studies about communities across the country who have successfully implemented best online engagement practices that embrace the new local. These groups, while diverse in size, initiative and organization type, have all harnessed the power of a meaningful conversation and used it to build a better community. While initiating a powerful conversation is crucial, it doesn’t mean much without the ability to measure the feedback collected. Our last portion of the presentation will demonstrate how to close in on the ideas generated by online conversations and initiate actionable next steps by utilizing data. Mike Wirth, FAICP – CEO, MindMixer *Attendees will be introduced to a new form of community engagement during the session that they can access on their smart devices. This platform is optimized for any mobile device and/or tablet. Selecting the Correct Medium for Scenario Planning Right Tool, Wrong Job Technology is a wonderful thing! But the most appropriate tool may be one that you already have in your toolbox and haven’t considered using. One of the major challenges in planning is meaningful public input and civic engagement. Like any successful communication, this comes down to relaying information that is understandable to your audience, ensuring that they have meaningful input in the process, and providing feedback or showing outcomes that are timely and relevant. But selecting and calibrating the right tool for the job is rarely that straightforward. Capital Area Regional Planning Commission (CARPC) staff have been working with area communities to develop 25-year growth scenarios. Selecting the appropriate tools to conduct scenario planning workshops and surveys has been an evolving process. In the latest incarnation of the process we developed an interactive spreadsheet that provides real-time visual feedback in response to user selections and we conducted physical modelling exercises. When we began this process we had high hopes for a number of community modelling programs. But barriers like software calibration time, on-site technological capacity, availability of quality data, not to mention the high levels of knowledge and sophistication required by the programs proved to be too great to overcome in short charrettes with members of the general public. In the end, we were able to simplify the content and reach more of the people with ubiquitous programs like Microsoft Excel than we could have with a more specialized tool. All it took was a little bit of ingenuity. Sean Higgins, AICP – Community Planner, CARPC Dan McAuliffe – Planner, City of Madison Track D – There’s An App for That Online Zoning Made Easy Civic Webware – InSight Code Viewer Common zoning questions include: “What can I do with my property?” “What are the dimensional standards for my property?” “What are the review procedures?” Answers to these questions are typically answered by referring to a zoning code and map. Traditional zoning documents require flipping back and forth between the zoning map and many pages of text or looking at a static map and PDF posted online Some communities in Wisconsin are moving past this outdated and ineffective approach by putting their zoning regulations online in a user-friendly format. InSight Code Viewer, a new webbased tool that merges the functionality of an interactive zoning map, with the zoning code, and administrative functions, is being used by several Wisconsin communities. Hear from Village of East Troy staff on how using InSight has made planning and project review easier, more transparent, and more efficient. The process of using InSight has been easy and affordable for the Village, making development and zoning review easier for elected officials, staff, and residents. Carolyn Esswein, AICP, CNU-A – Owner, CePlanning Studio and faculty, UW-M Urban Planning Randy Timms – Village President, East Troy Eileen Suhm – Clerk-Treasurer, Village of East Troy http://www.civicwebware.com/products/insight/overview.aspx SAMPLE site http://villageofeasttroy.insightcodeviewer.com/home Website works for all desktop, tablet, and phone formats. Carbon Positive Approaches to Neighborhood Planning Software - Eliminating GHG Emissions Using Leading Edge Greater than half of the global population inhabits cities, consuming only 2% of the land mass, but contributing 75% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, inspiring the Clinton Foundation to create the Climate Positive Development (CPD) Program. The CPD Program, now run by C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, supports the creation of neighborhood-scale developments to meet urban population demands while achieving net-zero (or better) GHG emissions - in an economically viable manner. These projects create places that are not just buildings, roads and sidewalks, but systems that produce energy, distribute electricity, heat and cool places, process waste, provide water and lighting, and access transportation. CPD projects reduce emissions they create and offset the remainder by removing emissions from adjacent communities. The design and construction of developments reduces the overall GHG emissions to achieve what is considered a Climate Positive outcome. The CPD program requires the extraordinary environmental performance standard of 100% reduction of operational GHG emissions for campus scale multi-building pilot projects. This investigation utilized UW-Madison metrics to develop a base case and optimized scenarios to determine the number and type of strategies needed to realize the CPD Program standard for a portion of the Campus. By using the software tool that optimizes the key indicators of Operational Carbon (mtonCO2e/yr), Energy Use (MWh/yr), Potable Water Use (ML/yr), Waste Landfilled (mton/yr), and Passenger Km Traveled (PKT/day); each of the CPD program pilot projects demonstrate how net-zero operational GHG emissions level can be reached. This research effort, utilizing the software tool provided by C40 Cities and focusing on University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus operations, describes the process of using leading edge software to develop a local sustainability approach aimed at eliminating GHG emissions at their source. (Co-author John Harrington, Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, UW-Madison, with supportive funding for this report provided by the UW-Madison Office of Sustainability through the Sustainability Innovation in Research and Education (SIRE) Grant Program.) Christine Scott Thomson, AICP, LEED AP – Nelson Institute, UW-Madison Open Data Mapping the Entire World OpenStreetMap OpenStreetMap is an open source, grassroots map database providing data for anyone to use and distribute. Launched originally in 2004, OSM now exceeds over 1.5 million registered users and has an active global mapping community. This presentation provides an overview of OpenStreetMap. It will cover the open philosophy of OSM, discuss data contribution methods, introduce ways to access OSM data, and show applications using OSM data. Many high-profile websites and applications already use data from OpenStreetMap, which is constantly being updated by community members and serves as a catalyst for open data and collaborative editing. Ethan Nelson – Dept of Atmospheric & Oceanic Studies, UW- Madison http://www.ethan-nelson.me/osm First Impressions Qualitics Survey Instrument The UW-Extension First Impressions program has become a widely used effective community assessment tool by community development professionals around the world. In this program small teams learn about their community’s strengths and shortcomings through the eyes of firsttime visitors. Volunteer teams undertake unannounced visits, record observations, and give constructive feedback to the exchange community. These reports are often used as part of broader community assessment or planning processes to inform community policy and action. Participants in this workshop will learn about a technology adaptation of First Impressions. A Qualtrics survey instrument is employed to enable program participants to record impressions online and upload photos. The learning format will feature a case study of Kenosha-Joliet Urban Impressions Program and include hands-on demonstrations of First Impressions community assessment online tools. Participants will receive materials to implement the program in their own communities, including copies of relevant First Impressions participant and coordinator manuals. http://goo.gl/ad12AQ Amy Greil – Natural Resources & Economic Development Educator, Kenosha County UW-Ext Information Is Through a Story ArcGIS Online Sometimes the best way to share spatial information is through a story. Creating an interactive geographic presentation is an excellent means for planners to convey spatial information to their audience. You will find the presentation capability within ArcGIS Online easy to use. An ArcGIS Online presentation is a set of slides that can show different map themes, basemaps, scale, popup windows, and specific locations. However, these are far from static slides because at any point during the presentation, the presenter can interact with the map, allowing for richer and fuller presentation with the audience as question are fielded and discussion ensues. This presentation will demonstrate the dynamic presentation capabilities of ArcGIS Online. Dan McFarlane – GIS Research/Specialist, Center for Land Use Education, UW-Stevens Point Track E – Smart Toys and Facebook & Beyond Death and Taxes: Using GIS to map the world's only two certainties For over 40 years, Southwestern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission has assisted communities to do more with less by working with them to adopt new technology to achieve more efficient use of staff time and more informed decision-making. We’ll share how we accomplish this, and identify the challenges and opportunities we found, on two recent projects that demonstrate the value of planning in a resource-limited region. These projects reflect the value of investing in technology to realize long term savings and increased productivity. We will also engage the audience in identifying how they can use these techniques in their work and also facilitate an idea session based on the goals of these projects. Our update to the Lafayette County Land and Water Resource Management Plan utilized the DNR’s EVAAL tool to analyze county data in conjunction with DNR-provided resources. The result was a priority farm map that allows the County’s conservation technician to make better decisions on how to spend his time working with thousands of landowners across a 700 square mile area. In assisting the City of Dodgeville modernize its East Side Cemetery records, we created a program that will save the city thousands of dollars annually through increased productivity. On this project, we created an interactive online Cemetery map that allows individuals to find family members in the cemetery. Before this project, City staff spent hundreds of hours annually looking up cemetery information in several books and card catalogs. Troy Maggied – Planning Program Manager, SWWRPC Katherine Burk – Project Manager, Dodgeville Cemetery GIS Project Smart Toys Transportation Data & Applications Bluetooth/GoPro Cameras This session will demonstrate three different technologies and applications that can be used by planners to illustrate transportation impacts to the public and collect transportation data: microsimulation and visualization for transportation and impact analysis, data collection using cellphone Bluetooth signals, and data collection using inexpensive video recorders. First, transportation microsimulation and visualization will be demonstrated to illustrate vehicle, pedestrian, bicycle and bus transit traffic flows and impacts for a recent roundabout project in downtown Oconomowoc. Second, we will show how Bluetooth signals in mobile telephones are used to track vehicles and bicyclists, determine vehicle speeds, and estimate traffic volumes on individual route corridors. Third, examples from the WisDOT Southwest Region Park-and-Ride System Study will be used to show how inexpensive GoPro cameras can be used to collect lot and trail usage data. Rich Kedzior, AICP – Transportation Planner, TranSmart Technologies Mike Gingrich - Senior Transportation Designer, TranSmart Technologies Faceboook & Beyond Social Media Time to Demonstrate Your Value Social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and You Tube have become a fixture in communications and public involvement campaigns. Many organizations, however, are still struggling with how to apply these tools effectively and to demonstrate their value. This session will provide actionable strategies to implementing social media for planning processes based on real-world examples, research and case studies. Shane Peck – Senior Communications Manager, Parsons Brinkerhoff Social Media 101 A Start-Up Guide This session is intended for anyone that thinks they should be doing more with “social media” in some way in their planning work, but needs a little more information and a push to get started. We will review what social media is and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the most frequently used platforms, including Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instragram and Twitter. We will tackle common hurdles to social media use such as privacy concerns, etiquette, and the meaning and use of hashtags, to help you enhance your social media presence in 2015. Jason Valerius, AICP - Team Leader Planning & Design Studio, MSA Professional Services Becky Binz – Planner, MSA Professional Services Lunch Plenary Session Community Lessons Panel Using Social Media Tools Facilitated lunch panel to discuss how local communities of various sizes have integrated social media into their planning activities, lessons learned, and how using the media has improved their planning efforts. Lessons learned will include legal issues of implementing the use of social media, staffing implications, and day-to-day management. Each community will highlight the tools they use. The panel will also include a consultant who specializes in the legal aspects of how municipalities implement the use of social media tools. Facilitator: Carolyn Esswein, AICP, CNU-A Panel: Amy Bennett, AICP – Planner, City of New Berlin Chris Swartz – Village Administrator, Shorewood Neil Stechschulte – Director of Economic Development, Sun Prairie KateLynn Schmitt – Village of Richfield Julie Ferris, PhD - public relations supervisor & content marketing specialist, CramerKrasselt
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