CURRENT PROJECTS
United States Environmental Protection Agency – Development of national guidance on stormwater controls to meet new regulatory requirements, as well as model ordinance language for joint smart growth and stormwater programs (as a team member of Tetratech).
Trust for Public Land/Smart Growth Leadership Institute - Assessment and alignment of State water and land devleopment programs. See www.landusewater.org
Ventura County, California - Development of watershed plans to integrate new water and stormwater requirements with land use programs and General Plans (as a team member with the Local Government Commission).
Los Angeles Department of Public Works - Team member as part of Tetratech's on-call panel of experts for watershed planning and management.
State of California - Development of materials for statewide implementation of Low Impact Development (with Tetratech).
National Environmental Education and Training Foundation – Development of material for weathercasts, focusing on the intersection of the built and natural environments as it relates to common weather related events such as urban heat island and localized flooding.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND LINKS
2007 - "Regulating Stormwater, Nov/Dec issue of Urban Land magazine.
2006 – “Zoning Practice,” American Planning Association (order information included in the link).
2006 – “Ahwahnee Water Principles,” the Local Government Commission, Contributor (free download).
2006 – “Using Smart Growth Techniques as Stormwater Best Management Practices” EPA publication (free download).
2006 – "Development District and Street Design and Pattern Best Management Practice Fact Sheets,” EPA (free download – go to “Post-Construction Section for these and many other Fact Sheets).
2006 “Why 2006 Matters for Transit Oriented Development,” January issue of Getting Smart, ICMA publication.
2005 – “Hidden Credits – Using Smart Growth Techniques to Manage Stormwater under Phase II,” October issue of Public Management magazine.
2005 – “New Stormwater Laws - What Smart Growth Advocates Need to Know,” published in Planetizen
2003 – “Getting to Smart Growth, Volume II,” contributor, EPA publication.
RECENT PRESENTATIONS
2007 - California Association of Stormwater Quality Administrators. "Low Impact Development and Smart Growth" workshop
2007 - Stormcon conference, Phoenix, Arizona, co-instructor for regulations workshop
2007 - New Partners for Smart Growth conference, Los Angeles, California,
1) Workshop - "Barriers to Smart Growth and Infill."
2) Workshop - "What Drives Impervious Surface? Zoning from a Watershed's Point of View."
2006 - National Stormwater Coordinators Meeting, Burlington, Vermont
2006 – Stormcon conference, Denver, Colorado, co-instructor for regulations workshop
2006 - The Coastal Society, Keynote speech, St. Petersburg, Florida
2006 – New Partners for Smart Growth conference, Denver, Colorado, instructor for water planning workshop 