WASHINGTON LAND USE LAW

Conference in Detail
Thursday • April 15, 2004

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8:30	Land Use Calendar—Milestones for the Next Ten Years Schedule of new Shoreline Master Program and GMA updates	Eric S. Laschever, Esq. Program Co-Chair Preston Gates & Ellis LLP Seattle, WA
9:00	Current Constitutional Issues in Land Use: Recent Decisions	P. Stephen DiJulio, Esq. Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC Seattle, WA
9:45	Break
10:00	Local Strategies for Implementing New Shoreline Rules Perspectives on how local governments are organizing their efforts on complying with the new Shoreline guidelines	Cynthia A. Kennedy, Esq. Moderator Preston Gates & Ellis LLP Olympia, WA Thomas R. Bjorgen, Esq. Bjorgen Bauer, PLLC Olympia, WA Will Hall, Senior Natural Resource Planner Golder Associates, Inc. Redmond, WA Jeffrey W. Randall, Esq. Director of Building and Community Development City of Port Townsend Port Townsend, WA
11:30	Special Address: Policy Perspectives on the Key Land Use Issues Facing Washington	The Hon. Rob McKenna, Esq. Council Member Metropolitan King County Council Seattle, WA Mark Sidran, Esq. McKay Chadwell, PLLC Seattle, WA
12:30	Lunch (on your own)
1:30	Critical Areas and “Best Available Science” GMA requirements, how to tell what science is “Best,” applying the “Science” in new contexts, balancing with other GMA objectives and obligations	Alan D. Copsey, Esq. Washington State Office of the Attorney General Olympia, WA A. W. “Sandy” Mackie, Esq. Perkins Coie LLP Olympia, WA
2:30	Concurrency and Infrastructure Balancing the GMA mandate to deny or delay if concurrency is not met with the recognition that much of the problem already exists and must be shared by others; are concurrency models used properly?	George A. Kresovich, Esq. Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson, PS Seattle, WA Elaine L. Spencer, Esq. Graham & Dunn PC Seattle, WA
3:30	Break
3:45	Redeveloping Property for Mixed Use	Keith Dearborn, Esq. Dearborn & Moss PLLC Seattle, WA Donald E. Marcy, Esq. Cairncross & Hempelmann, P.S. Seattle, WA
4:30	Hot Issues in Wetlands The Supreme Court 4/4 split on the Borden Ranch; withdrawal of the proposed isolated wetlands rulemaking; State regulation of isolated wetlands; new DOE Guidelines on freshwater wetlands	Andrew McMillan Washington State Department of Ecology Olympia, WA Alison Moss, Esq. Dearborn & Moss PLLC Seattle, WA
5:30	Adjourn

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