PL405 - Planning Studio
This page last updated on 27 April 1999

NEW - View Your Grades Online

(Read a detailed explanation of the Grade Points used in this class)

Link to Online WORKLOG Form

ASSIGNMENTS
Many of these assignments are only partially presented below. Full details on each assignment will be sidtributed in class, and the information below will be updated accordingly.

FYI - The Best in Public Planning Websites

Cyburbia.org - www.cyburbia.org - a comprehensive directory of web and other resources related to planning, architecture, urbanism and the built environment. This is THE place to start a search for planning-related material on the WWW.

DUE DATE: Before class on Wed 13 January 1999

READINGS - Good Communities
(1) Cities that Work - http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/980608/8citi.htm - US News & World Report article on 8 June 1998. (For some reason, when you print this article, it will take some 6 to 9 pages, depending on your font sze setting, followed by another 6 to 9 pages that are blank, except for a wide black strip. To avoid an wasting your laser printer's precoous ink, use the Print Preview option under the File pulldown menu and only print the pages that have text on them.)
(2) The Ahwahnee Principles: Toward More Livable Communities - www.lgc.org/clc/ahwnprin.html - an influential concept from the Local Government Commission organization.
(3) Read: Flagstaff 2020 Vision - at: http://www.flagstaff.az.us/Flagstaff_2020/flag1.html - Work your way through the table of contents. Read the first two sections in detail. You can skim the rest, starting with the long 'Target Area Visions' section.

Read these article and come to class ready to discuss them. It would be agood idea toprint them out and bring them with you. Otherwise, you should at least bring a good set of notes with you to class.

JOIN the PL405 Conference on the NAU Virtual Online Conference Center

Important: Follow these directions to set up your "personal folder" in the Virtual Conference Center. This is where all of your course assignments will be posted.

1. Be sure you know your DANA (or other) e-mail address. If you don't know your DANA e-mail address get it from the NAU Solutions Center at 520-523-1511.
2. Click here to view and print the VCC Instructions.
3. Click here to go to the NAU Online Virtual Conference Center and set up your personal folder or 'item' in the "P L 405" VCC web site as soon as possible. - This folder is where you will put most of your assignments. Also notice the question and answer areas where you can post comments and questions for everyone to see.

NOTE: You may also want to get started soon on the ASSIGNMENT DUE: Before class on Wed 27 January 1999
Initial visits to the 2 Study Sites. The core of each area is fairly well defined, but it will be up to you to determine the outer boundary. Visit these sites in any way that you widh and come prepared to discuss them in terms of the readings that you have done in this class up to this point in time.

DUE DATE: Before class on Wed 20 January 1999

DISCUSSION LIST Subscription
The cyburbia.org website includes a comprehensive list of Internet mailing lists on planning www.ap.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/pairc/mai_plan. You are required to sign up for two (or more) of the following lists (there will be a signup list in class):

- Instructions on how to subscribe can be found at the Cyburbia website.
- You can also suggest another discussion from the Cyburbia list (or other source) that you would like to subscribe to.
- Once you are subscribed, you will be responsible for reporting to the PL405-L discussion on interesting items that come up from the list. This is part of your assignment/participation grade.
- You MUST be subscribed by 20 January 1999. You must forward the confirmation that you received to Dr. Lew. If you do not know how to do this, please arrange to meet with Dr. Lew outside of class for help.
- The reason you are subscribing to two of these lists is to better ensure that you receive information that you can share with the rest of the class. Some lists have extremely low traffic, while others are overflowing. If you subscribe to Urban-L, you do not need to subscribe to another list as you may receive more mail than you will know what do to with. You can also change the lists that you subscribe to after a week or two, just let me know. Remember to keep any directions that you receive on how to unsubscribe from the lists you join.

You also might be interested in the following Planning Student lists found on the Cyburbia list. These, however, are not included in the requirement for this class:
- APAPSO-L - planning student organizations
- UPLANFEM - Urban planning female undergraduates
- URBANET- Urban planning student network

READINGS for 20 JANUARY CLASS - Sustainable Development and Design

(1) The Sustainability Movement: Rhetoric or Reality? - www.sustainable.doe.gov/articles/rhetoric.html - from Friends of the Earth, 1996. READING on WWW - Sustainable Design
(2) Sustainable Communities: An Idea Whose Time has Come? - www.sustainable.doe.gov/articles/suscon.htm - from Wingspread Journal, spring 1996.
(3) 'Sustainable Planning,' Part of the Arizona Department of Commerce's Community Planning Program series, Common Questions About Planning in Arizona, #11, Sept. 1994. (Distributed in class).
(4) What are Sustainable Communities? - www.sustainable.doe.gov/articles/whatare.htm - from the Rocky Mountain Institute, 1996.
(5) Principles for Designing and Planning Homeownership Zones - www.louisville.edu/org/sun/planning/principle/ii.html - short and insightful axioms from the Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods project at the University of Lousiville. This site is very graphic intensive, so make sure that you have a good connection to the web.
(6) Take another look at the Flagstaff 2020 Vision Flagstaff 2020 Vision in terms of Sustainability - http://www.flagstaff.az.us/Flagstaff_2020/flag1.html - Bring this to class.

Jan 25 & 27 - Mixed Use and Infill

ASSIGNMENT - DUE before class on Mon 25 January 1999
Learning to use the VCC (part 1)
- Go to the VCC
- Enter the PL405 Conference
- Enter the Good Communities Item
- Answer the Following Question in the Box: What are the Characteristics of a Good Community/Neighborhood?
(Your answer will be posted for other students to see.)

READINGS on Mixed Use and Infill - DUE before class on Mon 25 January 1999
(1) Preservation, Mixed Use and Urban Vitality - www.dnai.com/~kvetcher/MixedUse.html - a historical look at mixed use from the website of a private consulting company. (This page is set up with White Text on a dark background. To print it out in Netscape, go to File -> Page Setup, check the box next to 'Black Text', then click on 'OK'. Then print.)
(2) Infill in the Marketplace: Alternatives to Sprawl - www.sustainable.doe.gov/articles/infillalt.htm - from On the Ground magazine (no longer published), 1994.
(3) Transform Urban Sprawl into Quality Development Patterns - www.dos.state.fl.us/fgils/agencies/sust/ch2d.htm - A section of a comprehensive regional plan for south Florida. Pay particular attention to goals and action steps taken to achieve those goals.
(4) Mixed-Use Development Handbook - Chapter 1 - Introduction and History - pp. 1-46

READING DUE Before class on Wed 27 January 1999
(5) Mixed-Use Development Handbook - Chapter 7 - Case Studies - THESE WILL BE ASSIGNED, you do not need to read them all, only the assigned cases.

ASSIGNMENT DUE Before class on Wed 27 January 1999 (this is the same assignment that was noted above)
Initial visits to the 2 Study Sites. The core of each area is fairly well defined, but it will be up to you to determine the outer boundary. Visit these sites in any way that you widh and come prepared to discuss them in terms of the readings that you have done in this class up to this point in time.

1 Feb 1999 - Class Meets in City Hall - meet in Lobby Area

3 Feb 1999 - Midterm Exam - covering the readings and discussion for the first part of the class

DUE DATE: Before class on Monday, 8 February 1999 - And Every Monday thereafter

WORK LOG
Work logs will be due by class time each Monday during the project phase of this class.
These must be typewritten and may be submited by e-mail.
At a minimum, youmust include:
(1) a detailed list of tasks undertaken in the past week (including compilation of the work log)
(2) an estimate on the amount of time spent on each task
(3) an assessment of whether goals were met for the previous week, including problems encountered (if any) and important resources uncovered
(4) a list of specific tasks and goals for the coming week

READING for Feb 8 - Site Assessment and Project Planning - Mixed-Use Development Handbook - Chapter 2

READINGS for Feb 15 - data collection Feb 22-24 - Feasibility and Public Sector Involvement - Mixed-Use Development Handbook - Chapters 3 & 4

READINGS for Mar 15 - Planning and Design - Mixed-Use Development Handbook - Chapter 5

READINGS for Mar 29 - Marketing and Trends - Mixed-Use Development Handbook - Chapters 6 and 8

Apr 19-21 - Presentation of Project Results

May 3-5 - Final Exams Week - Project Report and Personal Summary Statement Due MONDAY (May 3) at 5pm