Transit-Oriented Development Summit 2010 | Los Angeles, CA

Transportation in Los Angeles is at a pivotal point. We face a historic opportunity to rethink how we plan, fund, and build our future communities. To contribute to this conversation, the Urban Land Institute Los Angeles is initiating its premier Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Summit 2010 to engage public and private sector leaders to discuss pressing transportation and land use challenges.

Policy Morning Session A
Funding Solutions for TOD
What new money is coming out of Washington, and will some of it help accelerate Measure R transit projects? What are the federal incentives for TOD? And what kind of projects is the Obama Administration favoring these days?

Featured Speakers:
Katherine Perez, Executive Director, ULI Los Angeles
Denny Zane, Executive Director, Move LA
Bill Fulton, Mayor, City of Ventura

Finance Morning Session A
Public Private Partnerships
The panel will address best practices in public private partnerships (PPP) while emphasizing aspects that are unique to transit-oriented development. Using PPP is often necessary in TOD given the proximity of public land and transit. PPP also can enhance the development process by lowering entitlement risk and bringing additional funding sources, such as tax-increment or tax credit funding.

Featured Speakers:
Marilee Utter, President, Citiventure Associates, LLC
Roger Moliere, Chief of Real Property Management &
Development, MTA
Dan Rosenfeld, Planning Deputy, Second District,
L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas

Design Morning Session A
Placemaking at Different Scales
There is no formula for creating a sense of place. Find out about the tools and techniques employed by talented architects to design thoughtful multi-family and mixed-use projects that enhance the pedestrian experience with a vibrant street edge.

Design Morning Session B
TED, TAD, TOD: A Case Study in Fullfilling Community Planning Objectives in Old Pasadena’s Transit District Westgate is the largest infill TOD site to be planned and built within walking distance of Pasadena’s well-known Del Mar Station. It exemplifies the City’s planning goals for redensification and place making in the South DeLacey Corridor immediately adjacent to Del Mar Station and Old Pasadena. The LEED Silver project has won planning awards from the AIA and CNU and is the first project to go through the City of Pasadena’s new Green Building Ordinance. The project will be presented by the project’s lead architect and master planner followed by an enlightening discussion including the project owner, consultants and representatives from the City.

Featured Speakers:
Ronald Altoon, FAIA, Partner, Altoon + Porter Architects
Bill Bogaard, Mayor, City of Pasadena
Richard Bruckner, Director, Department of Regional Planning,
County of Los Angeles
Nathan Carlson, Sares Regis Group
Eric Olsen, Principal, TCA Architects