Site
Planning Roundtable Management Training Workshop building
consensus for changing
development
rules
Participants
in the Site Planning RoundtableWorkshop learn that communities
have ways that together allow them to develop land while preserving
water resources. They can integrate water quality considerations into
their planning process - the focus of our Land Use Planning for
Water Quality
Workshop. They can integrate best practices into their development rules
- the focus of this workshop. They learn how to build consensus for a
different approach to managing growth. They get detailed information
about why water
quality might be important to their community. Through lectures and interactive
sessions, participants learn how to organize and lead a Site Planning
Roundtable in their community. Through a Roundtable, community
leaders will reccommend changes
to existing development rules and processes. They choose from a menu
of 22 model development principles formulated by national experts
convened
by the Center for Watershed Protection. Implementing these principles
can produce economically viable and environmentally sensitive development.
Objectives
and goals:
Participant gain the following:
• knowledge of why water quality is important to communities
•
familiarity with 22 model development principles formulated by national experts
•
practice evaluating their existing codes and ordinances against these principles
•
experience with materials they can use to conduct a Site Planning Roundtable
Prerequisites:
Participants work for or with local governments
to address land use or water quality issues. They have taken the Leadership
Training Workshop. This is not mandatory, particularly if local elected officials
and key opinion leaders support changing their community’s development
rules.
Materials needed:
Participants receive a notebook and disk
containing worksheets, presentations, sample agendas, work plans and report
formats for implementing a Site Planning Roundtable in their community. They
receive a copy of the Center for Watershed Protection’s Better Site
Design Handbook and Consensus Agreement.
Certification:
Participants receive a certificate of completion.