May 8, 2004 - Planning and Zoning Conference

TRACK I - PLANNING BOARD BASICS

• Session A. Getting Organized - William R. Drescher, Esquire - Drescher & Dokmo, P.A
• Session B. Roles and Responsibilities - Ben Frost, Senior Planner - NH Office of Energy and Planning and Clay Mitchell, Town Planner - Newmarket NH
• Session C. You’ve Got Mail! - Sylvia Von Aulock, Town Planner - Town of Exeter NH

TRACK II - BASICS FOR ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT

• Session A. Getting Organized - Ben Frost, Senior Planner - NH Office of Energy and Planning
• Session B. Roles and Responsibilities - Susan Slack, Esquire - New Hampshire Municipal Association
• Session C. ZBA Role Play - Chris Northrop, Principal Planner - NH Office Energy and Planning (and his supporting cast!)

TRACK III - BEYOND THE BASICS

• Session A. Legal Update - Tim Bates, Esquire - Mitchell and Bates
• Session B. Preparing for a Master Plan - Jack Munn, Senior Planner - Southern New Hampshire Planning Commission ; Carol Ogilvie, Director of Community Development - Town of Peterborough NH ; and Jeff Taylor, President - Jeffrey H. Taylor and Associates
• Session C. CommunityViz Demonstration - Brad Anderson - Farmington Community Preservation Guild / UNH Cooperative Extension and Ken Gallager, Principal Planner - NH Office of Energy and Planning

TRACK IV - ENERGY PLANNING TOPICS

• Session A. State Building Codes - Joseph C. Broyles, Energy Program Manager - NH Office of Energy and Planning and Michael Santa, President of the NH Building Officials Association and Building Department Manager - City of Nashua NH
• Session B. Energy Performance - Gary O’Connell, Energy Project Manager - NH Department of Administrative Services CANCELLED
• Session C. PSNH Energy Park Tour - PSNH and OEP Staff

TRACK V - PLANNING FOR NATURAL RESOURCES

• Session A. Shoreland Protection - Gary A. Springs, Shoreland Outreach Coordinator - NH
• Session B. Groundwater Supply Issues: What Planning Boards Should - Ted Diers, Planner - NH Coastal Program, NH Office of Energy and Planning and Dr. David Wunsch, State Geologist - NH Geological Survey
• Session C. National Flood Insurance Program - Meredith Cooper, Regional Planner - Southwest NH Planning Commission and Eric Twarog, Regional Planner - Southwest NH Planning Commission

TRACK VI - SMART GROWTH

• Session A. Traditional New England Village Design: Model Ordinances for NH Towns - Jill Robinson, Regional Land Use Planner - Rockingham Planning Commission
• Session B. Wildlife Conservation Planning - Darrel Covell - Extension Specialist, Wildlife - UNH Cooperative Extension
• Session C. Smart Moves in Manchester - Robert MacKenzie, Director of Planning and Economic Development - City of Manchester NH

TRACK VII - HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLANNING

• Session A. Getting Started with Historic District and Heritage Commissions - Attorney Carolyn Baldwin - Baldwin, Callen & Hogan; Jeananne Farrar, founding member and Chair - Keene Heritage Commission; and Bill Veillette, former member - Amherst Historic District Commission and founding member - Amherst Heritage Commission
• Session B. When Big Box Comes to Town - Jason Hoch, Town Manager - Littleton, NH; first director of the Littleton Main Street Program and Cristina Prochilo, NH Field Representative - National Trust, and the Trust’s national contact for drugstore proposals that endanger historic places
• Session C. Historic Preservation Tools & Techniques for NH Communities - Linda Wilson, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer - NH Division of Historical Resources and James McConaha, Director & State Historic Preservation Officer - NH Division of Historical Resources

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