View Calendar for: View by Date Range: From:   (mm/dd/yyyy) To:   (mm/dd/yyyy) February 8 2010 Mon      Event:  Planning and Design for a Great City: A Dialogue with Mayor McGinn Location:  Architecture Hall 147, UW Seattle Campus Time:  6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Mike McGinn got his start in politics as an advocate for safe sidewalks in his Greenwood neighborhood. His commitment to healthy communities grew as he founded Great City and led campaigns for transit, parks, and other green infrastructure. Mike’s grassroots mayoral campaign was successful in large part because he brought diverse people together around a vision for an equitable, green, and urban Seattle. He considers excellent planning and design to be critical to creating this future and will be visiting the College of Built Environments to exchange ideas about how we get there. February 17 2010 Wed      Event:  Brown Bag Series: Planning in the Vicinity of Transmission Pipelines Location:  Renton City Hall, 1055 S. Grady, 7th floor Time:  12:00 PM - 1:15 PM This session will present information concerning a broad range of “recommended practices” for land development near major energy pipelines, including zoning, permitting procedures and the need to adopt a risk informed approach that reflects the unique risks of transmission pipelines. Speakers: Jim Doherty, MRSC, Carl Weimer, Pipeline Safety Trust      Event:  In Search of Sustainable Urbanism: Systems and Territories with Mark Johnson, FASLA Location:  Architecture Hall 147, UW Seattle Campus Time:  6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Mark Johnson, FASLA, will discuss the development of both theory and projects, shedding light on the most current work and thinking about what it really takes to design cities for the next generation of urban life. His work is currently addressing significant waterfront regeneration in San Diego, Los Angeles, Miami, St. Louis and New York; projects that reveal his thinking on the systems that make cities healthy and the territories that we design for living.  February 24 2010 Wed      Event:  Brown Bag Series: Greening of Non-profits Location:  Mercer Island City Council Chambers, 9611 SE 36th St. Time:  12:00 PM - 1:15 PM A view through the lens of the State of Washington Evergreen Sustainable Development Standard. Discussion will include ways that City and County jurisdictions can encourage sustainable development in affordable housing through the use of various incentives and waivers in the development and permitting process. Habitat for Humanity will discuss the philosophy for choosing green products and house features, including the associated benefits of improving the indoor environment and promoting energy-efficiency. Discussion will touch on the agencies and funding sources which support Habitat for Humanity projects, and their mandates for compliance with standards for sustainability. Speakers: Kate Stineback, Capitol Hill Housing, Tom Gaylord, Habitat for Humanity, Kelly Morgan, Habitat for Humanity, Jonathon Wright, Habitat for Humanity March 3 2010 Wed      Event:  Brown Bag Series: Planning and Food Policy Location:  Mercer Island City Council Chambers, 9611 SE 36th St. Time:  12:00 PM - 1:15 PM This brown bag will focus on how to incorporate food systems policy into local planning processes.  The panel presentation will include background on food security and access issues in King County and the city of Seattle, as well as research and case studies for neighborhood development programs that have increased the supply of healthy food in traditionally underserved neighborhoods. Speakers: Andrea Petzel and Laura Raymond, City of Seattle, Branden Born, University of Washingtonm Kara Martin, Martin and Sanders Consulting March 30 2010 Tue      Event:  Rainwise: Installing Rain Gardens and Cisterns Location:  NHS Hall, UW Center for Urban Horticulture, Seattle Time:  8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Rain gardens and cisterns are two of the Low Impact Development methods that are coming into local stormwater codes in many towns around Puget Sound, creating a new business opportunity for landscape, irrigation, plumbing, and general contractors as well as design/build professionals. These classes are FREE, but are limited to licensed contractors and design professionals who do work in Seattle.  If this class fills, it will be repeated May 4th.