7th Annual PA Land Conference

21st Annual PA Land Development Conference
February 20, 2013 - Housing Conference
February 21, 2013 - Land Development Conference
Nittany Lion Inn, Unviersity Park PA

PRESENTATIONS

(If you missed the conference, you can download the presentations below.)

CONFERENCE AGENDA

	Early Morning 8:30 — 10:15 am		Late Morning 10:30 am — 12:00 pm		Early Afternoon 1:00 — 3:00 pm		Late Afternoon 3:15 — 4:30 pm
	Welcome Opening Plenary Session: Innovative Community Development Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company As the real estate is rebounding after the recession, consumer demands have changed. New developments need to focus on more innovative community designs incorporating green principles to meet the desires of today's consumers. This session will provide a broad perspective of trends in development planning to address the wants of consumers.	Greenmoore Village: A NBGS Green Development Case Study in PA Mark Maloney - Halfmoon Development Following up the plenary session on Innovative Community Development, this session will present the first NGBS Level 4 Green land development project in Pennsylvania. Learn about how the NGBS land development principles can be applied within the regulatory and environmental constraints of Pennsylvania.	Green Development Techniques that Make "Cents" Peter Vargo - Nu-Tech Energy Solutions Kyle Macht - Envinity Green development can increase the marketability of a project and it can also save the developer money. This session will focus on easy to achieve green points and techniques that can cost less than traditional building approaches.	PHRC Guidelines for Subdivision and Land Development Katie Blansett, PhD, PE - PHRC The PHRC has developed and is updating guidelines for land development that encourage sustainable and green design practices. Learn about these design guidelines and how that can be used to support more innovative design.
	Water Quality Calculations for NPDES Permits Katie Blansett, PhD, PE - PHRC Permits are requiring more calculation and documentation of the water quality of stormwater runoff. Learn about water quality data sources and how to use Event Mean Concentration (EMC) data to calculate runoff loads for TMDLs plans and stormwater permits.	Stormwater Policy update: Chapter 102 Jennifer Orr - PA DEP Learn about practical issues related to the implementation of new Ch 102 regulations recent waivers granted. Stormwater Offset Policy Gregory Newell, PE - Nave Newell Learn about the new DEP policy allowing for offsite stormwater management.	Panel Discussion on Role of Authorities in Stormwater Management Steve Hann, Esq - Hamburg, Rubin Mullin, Maxwell, & Lupin Mark Bowan, PE - Kleinschmidt Mark BOWEN - Bringing Science to Stormwater.pdf Mark BOWEN - Funding Stormwater in PA.pdf James Wheeler - PSATS Bob Bender - North Wales Water Authority The topic of stormwater authorities comes up more and more frequently in discussions of how to pay for the increasing need for stormwater management facilities. This panel discussion will focus on the issues involved with local governmental financing, land developers' perspective, HOA ownership, the different ways that an authority might be structured including regional stormwater authorities and how they can be used to meet stormwater needs.

Early Morning
8:30 — 10:15 am

Late Morning
10:30 am — 12:00 pm

Early Afternoon
1:00 — 3:00 pm

Late Afternoon
3:15 — 4:30 pm

Welcome

Opening Plenary Session:
Innovative Community Development

Tom Shepstone
Shepstone Management Company

As the real estate is rebounding after the recession, consumer demands have changed. New developments need to focus on more innovative community designs incorporating green principles to meet the desires of today's consumers. This session will provide a broad perspective of trends in development planning to address the wants of consumers.

Greenmoore Village: A NBGS Green Development Case Study in PA
Mark Maloney - Halfmoon Development

Following up the plenary session on Innovative Community Development, this session will present the first NGBS Level 4 Green land development project in Pennsylvania. Learn about how the NGBS land development principles can be applied within the regulatory and environmental constraints of Pennsylvania.

Green Development Techniques that Make "Cents"
Peter Vargo - Nu-Tech Energy Solutions
Kyle Macht - Envinity

Green development can increase the marketability of a project and it can also save the developer money. This session will focus on easy to achieve green points and techniques that can cost less than traditional building approaches.

PHRC Guidelines for Subdivision and Land Development
Katie Blansett, PhD, PE - PHRC

The PHRC has developed and is updating guidelines for land development that encourage sustainable and green design practices. Learn about these design guidelines and how that can be used to support more innovative design.

Water Quality Calculations for NPDES Permits
Katie Blansett, PhD, PE - PHRC

Permits are requiring more calculation and documentation of the water quality of stormwater runoff. Learn about water quality data sources and how to use Event Mean Concentration (EMC) data to calculate runoff loads for TMDLs plans and stormwater permits.

Stormwater Policy update:

Chapter 102
Jennifer Orr - PA DEP
Learn about practical issues related to the implementation of new Ch 102 regulations recent waivers granted.

Stormwater Offset Policy
Gregory Newell, PE - Nave Newell
Learn about the new DEP policy allowing for offsite stormwater management.

Panel Discussion on Role of Authorities in Stormwater Management
Steve Hann, Esq - Hamburg, Rubin Mullin, Maxwell, & Lupin
Mark Bowan, PE - Kleinschmidt
Mark BOWEN - Bringing Science to Stormwater.pdf
Mark BOWEN - Funding Stormwater in PA.pdf
James Wheeler - PSATS
Bob Bender - North Wales Water Authority

The topic of stormwater authorities comes up more and more frequently in discussions of how to pay for the increasing need for stormwater management facilities. This panel discussion will focus on the issues involved with local governmental financing, land developers' perspective, HOA ownership, the different ways that an authority might be structured including regional stormwater authorities and how they can be used to meet stormwater needs.