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Posted 7/9/08
1. Special Election Results
2. Newsletter Correction
3. Angels Game 2-for1 with APA: Friday August 8th against the NY Yankees, and Bonus Game Sunday September 14th
against the Seattle Mariners
4. Scholarship Fundraiser: Back-to-School Gala Thursday October 23rd
5. Thanks to Chris Pyke, PhD, of CTG Energetics, Inc.
6. Fall CEQA Basics Workshop Friday November 14th
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1. Congratulations to Azurde Harris of the Planning Center on her new post as Co-Vice President of Programs.
Azurde will collaborate with Konnie Dobreva, also of the Planning Center, on our lunch presentations.
2. A correction to Page 5 our July/August/September 2008 newsletter:
The first sentence of the article on the Environmental Nature Center indicated that the building is LEED-Platinum
certified. OCAEP wishes to retract this sentence and replace it with the following:
“The ENC’s new visitor center is pursuing LEED Platinum Certification and would be the first Platinum building
in Orange County. What better way to celebrate this state-of-the-art learning facility than by hosting three summer
Open Houses!”
OCAEP regrets the error.
3. Angels Game 2-for-1 with APA
Please join the OCAEP, along with the Orange County Chapter of the American Planning Association, for our annual
Angels' Baseball Night at Anaheim Stadium. This year we have purchased 50 tickets for the Friday August 8, 7:05 p.m. game against the New York Yankees. Tickets are $25 and seats are in the Upper View section;
a complimentary second game is included (Sunday
September 14 at 12:35 p.m. versus the Seattle
Mariners in the Upper View section). Tickets for games versus the Yankees usually go faster than most others and
the Angels are in first place and looking for another World Series title this year, so please do not hesitate to
purchase yours before they are gone.
OCAEP will meet up with OCAPA under the Big A in the stadium for a tailgate party around 5 p.m. OCAPA will provide
goodie bags to each OCAEP ticket holder.
Contact Treasurer Vanessa Ko at vko@templetonplanning.com to reserve tickets and to arrange payment for these exciting events. We will have PayPal up on our website by Monday. Thanks to Special Events Coordinator Pat Maxon
for pulling this together!
4. Scholarship Fundraiser: Back-to-School Gala Thursday October 23rd
OCAEP’s first scholarship gala will take place Thursday
October 23rd. See the newsletter for details,
and contact Nicole Breznock at nbreznock@jsanet.com for sponsorship
opportunities.
5. Thanks to Chris Pyke, PhD, of CTG Energetics
Chris Pyke of CTG Energetics spoke at OCAEP’s June
18th luncheon on green building as mitigation.
His presentation is available by clicking here. Thank you!
6. Fall CEQA Basics Workshop Friday November 14th
Save the Date! OCAEP’s Fall CEQA Basics Workshop will be held Friday November 14th at Chapman
University School of Law. Details are forthcoming.
Posted 6/5/2008
1. Open Nominations for Special Election: Co-VP Programs
2. Pageant of the Masters
3. Irvine Green Ribbon Environmental Committee
4. Scholarship Sponsors Needed
5. Lunch Program June 18th
6.Have an Internship Opportunity?
7.Conferences and Summits
8. Legislative Update
9. OCAEP Committees
10. Board Meetings
11. Member Survey
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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1.
Open Nominations/Special Elections
for Co-Vice President Programs:
Effective immediately, OCAEP
is looking for nominations for the position of Co-VP Programs, to serve on the Chapter Board during the remainder
of the 2008 term. Currently, Konnie Dobreva of The Planning Center is serving as VP Programs, and we are
looking for nominations for another Co-VP Programs to work with her due to a newly created vacancy. The Co-VP
Programs is responsible for planning and executing OCAEP's chapter lunch programs. The nominees must be members
of OCAEP in good standing. Below is the detailed job description for this position:
1) Coordination of the speaker, facility, and any refreshments for regular Chapter meetings/lunch programs;
2) Preparation and distribution of notices, announcements, and nametags for regular Chapter meetings/lunch
programs; and
3) Provides information regarding attendance and payment to Treasurer for preparation of financial profit/loss
statements.
Please nominate candidates
who are interested in serving as the Co-VP Programs, and we welcome self-nominations. Please e-mail Lennie Rae Cooke, Administrative Vice President, (lrcooke@anchorenv.com) by Wednesday June 18, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. with the following information:
· Name of Nominee;
· Name of Nominator; and
· Brief “Statement of Interest” indicating why he/she is interested in serving as Co-VP
Programs
The Special Election will
open on Thursday June
19, 2008 and close on Thursday June 26, 2008. Please visit www.ocaep.com
to vote in this Special Election during the Special Election period.
2. Only Three tickets are still available for Pageant of the Masters!
This year's theme is "All the World's a Stage." The event is Wednesday July 9th, at 8:30 p.m., with entrance
to the Festival of Arts prior to the performance. Tickets are $35 apiece, and are first come, first served. Contact
Treasurer, Vanessa Ko (vko@templetonplanning.com) to
reserve your ticket. You may also sign up online by clicking here.
3. The City of Irvine is about to initiate an exciting new committee called the “Green Ribbon Environmental Committee.” The proposed Environmental Committee would make recommendations
directly to the City Council on matters related to climate protection, energy, recycling and waste management,
sustainability, transportation and water. Please see attached notice, staff report and City Council resolution
for further detail. Irvine residency is not a requirement to serve on this Committee. Applications are due in the
City Clerk’s office no later than 5:30 pm, Thursday June 12th, 2008.
Please contact Chandra Krout at 949.724.7447/ ckrout@ci.irvine.ca.us or the City of Irvine’s Clerk’s office with any questions. The direct link to the
application is as follows: http://www.ci.irvine.ca.us/council/comms/default.asp.
Download:
Council Resolution
Notice of
Committee Vacancies
Request for Council Action
4. Sponsors are needed to support
our Student Scholarship
Program! If you and/or your company/agency
are interested in supporting our scholarship program, please email mdrouse@cityofirvine.org. Stay tuned for details regarding our Back-To-School Gala event in October.
5. Please save the date for our next OCAEP lunch program to be held
on June 18th. Chris
Pyke of CTG Energetics will discuss whether
LEED can truly be considered mitigation in environmental documents. Stay tuned for program details.
6. Are you looking for a student
intern to support your company this summer
or next year? OCAEP is seeking to connect companies/agencies with students to enhance our relationship with
Orange County universities and provide our member companies/agencies with emerging industry professionals.
Please email mjameson@brandman.com if you have
an internship opportunity or if you are a student intern looking for an internship.
7. Conferences and Summits
· AEP Chapter Summit: OCAEP Chapter
Board members and Committees are invited to attend the Chapter Summit in Ontario on July 12th.
The leadership retreat is designed for chapters to provide feedback to the State AEP organization and share ideas
with other chapters. If you are interested in attending or if you have suggestions for OCAEP and the State
AEP organization, please email mdrouse@cityofirvine.org.
· Land Use & Climate Change Conference:
Attend a comprehensive two-day conference on Land Use & Climate Change, June 16 & 17, in Los Angeles, with John C. Condas & William
R. Devine, Esq. of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP.
· Various Conferences: Visit Green
Technology Magazine
8. Legislative Update
· SB 1165, perhaps the most significant
CEQA bill of 2008 and a measure strongly opposed by AEP, was defeated yesterday (May 29, 2008).
Needing
21 votes to pass SB 1165 (Kuehl) to the Assembly, the bill was defeated on the Senate Floor by a vote of 17-18
late yesterday afternoon.
In one-on-one discussions with her
colleagues on the floor, and in her opening remarks on the the bill, Senator Kuehl pledged to her colleagues to
delete Section 3 of the bill in the Assembly. (Section 3 effectively decertifies a final EIR after five years).
Even after making this pledge, the bill received only 17 "Aye" votes. When the "call"
on the bill was lifted, Senator Maldonado changed his position of "Not Voting" to "No."
The other Senate Members did not change their previous votes. The vote was pretty much along party lines.
The 17 Aye votes were all Ds. The 18 No votes included the entire Senate R caucus (15) plus three Ds (Calderon,
Correa, and Yee). The remaining five Senators recorded as Not Voting were all Ds (Cedillo, Ducheny, Negrete-McLeod,
Padilla and Torlakson). Senator Kuehl needed at least four of these five "not voting" senators
to win passage of her bill to the Assembly.
Surprisingly, a motion to "grant
reconsideration" was not made following the announcement of the vote and therefore SB 1165 is dead for the
year. Please note that the end of SB 1165 does not preclude the subject matter of SB 1165 being considered
in another bill. We'll keep a look-out for such a move but for the moment, any resurrection of SB 1165 provisions
would seem remote. For more information, please email ncarlsson@templetonplanning.com.
9. OCAEP Committees are a great way
for you to get involved in the organization and enhance your membership experience. Please email mdrouse@cityofirvine.org if you would like to join one or more committees.
· Sustainability/Climate Change Committee
– Addresses sustainability/climate change/global warming matters, which are among the most critical issues
for our profession
· Legislative Committee –
Works on all legislative matters that are prioritized by the State organization
· Newsletter Committee –
Charged with obtaining content for our quarterly newsletter and works directly with the Administrative Vice President
who serves as the newsletter editor
· Scholarship Committee –
Established to engage our students and emerging professionals in the field by providing scholarship support during
their academic tenure and planning fundraising activities
· Emerging Issues Committee –
Focuses on all emerging issues that are relevant to the environmental field to ensure that our organization is
prepared to provide programming accordingly
10. Board Meetings are held on the
first Tuesday of each month at 12pm (location varies). Board meetings are open to members, so if you are
interested in attending or have something to share with the Board, please email mdrouse@cityofirvine.org.
11. Participate
in our super short Member
Survey! The 2008 Board is always interested
in your feedback throughout the year. If you have any ideas on programs/events that you would like to see,
please share your thoughts. Click here to take the
super short survey.
Thanks,
Michelle Deniz
Drousé | OCAEP President | Associate Planner
City
of Irvine | Community Development |Redevelopment Office
mdrouse@cityofirvine.org
P. 949.724.6314 l
F. 949.724.7458
Mailing: P.O. Box 19575 | Irvine, CA 92623
http://www.ocaep.com/
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