Twelfth Annual Two-Day Conference on
GROWTH MANAGEMENT
IN WASHINGTON
New Challenges, New Pitfalls
November 17 & 18, 2003
Seattle, Washington
Renaissance Seattle Hotel
| A B O U T T H E C O N F E R E N C E “Each year new challenges and new pitfalls accompany the State’s efforts to manage growth. Lawyers, real estate developers, planners, consultants and government officials need to be aware of critical new developments in 2003. As jurisdictions revise their comprehensive plans, recent impact fee legislation and decisions threaten to profoundly affect them. Can a jurisdiction collect impact fees if its comprehensive plan is not fully compliant? How do you do Critical Area ordinances? Can you pull them into the Shoreline code? How do you use Best Available Science? How do jurisdictions plan for telecommunications and what opportunities will emerging wireless and digital communications systems present? Can we streamline permit review in Urban Growth Areas legislative actions? Agricultural lands are becoming a larger issue for many communities; the ESA and water planning continue to be major players in the area’s growth. What is the meaning of the GMA in the context of sex predator sites and other essential public facilities? Should these facilities be exempt from GMA or SEPA? Finally, something is being done in transportation and there is much to learn about planning and permitting big infrastructure projects. These and other issues will be presented by a distinguished panel of land use experts at this year’s conference.” Program Co-Chairs: Roger A. Pearce, Esq. of Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC, and Adrienne E. Quinn, Esq. of Buck & Gordon, LLP Credits: WA 13.5 CLE including 1 ethics; Call about others. Who Should Attend? Attorneys, developers, city and county officials, planners, consultants, real estate professionals, and anyone else involved in managing growth and development in Washington. |