2ND ASSEMBLY OF PLANNERS’ 2016 SYMPOSIUM AGENDA

Agenda

Planning the Village of Tomorrow

 

November 30, 2016

 

 8:00 am – 8:30 am Registration and Light Refreshments

 8:30 am – 8:35 am Welcoming Remarks

Senator Elect William M. Castro, Director, Bureau of Statistics and Plans and

 

8:35 am – 9:00 am Opening Remarks

 

Office of the Governor

Department of the Navy

 

9:00 am – 9:45 am Pillars of Guam’s Economy: An overview of the future condition

 

• USMC Build-up on Guam

– Manuel Guarin, Deputy Director, Defense Policy Review Initiative, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Marianas

• Repositioning a Destination Guam Tourism v2.0

– Jon Nathan Denight, President & CEO, Guam Visitors Bureau

• Growth outlook and influence of commerce and real property development in a sustainable future

– Guam Chamber of Commerce Representative

-Joe Arnett, Senior Advisor, Deloitte & Touche LLP

 

9:45 am – 10:45 am Moderated Panel Topic 1. Setting the Stage:  Current planning initiatives and housing trends

 

• Development and land uses that can work for the South (Inalahan Historic District Revitalization Plan)

–  Mayor Doris Lujan, Inarajan Mayor, Southern Development Master Plan Task Force, Representative

• Imagine Guam 2065: Vision – Plan – Implement: Comprehensive Planning Crafted at the Village Level

– Pika Fejeran, Guam 2065, Land Use Chairwoman

• Guam State of Housing Market and Future Outlook

– Siska S. Hutapea, Cornerstone Valuation Guam, Inc.

 

10:45 am – 11:00 am  Break

 

11:00 am – 12:00 pm  Moderated Panel Topic 2.  Ideas That Can Help Shape The Land Use Plan Update

 

• Planning Concepts for a Smaller Footprint

– Daniel Guerrero, Regional Community Plans Liaison Officer, Assistant Regional Engineer Office, Joint Region Marianas

• Permitting and Land Use Laws / Innovation thru Permit Tracking

– Marvin Aguilar, Territorial Chief Planner, Department of Land Management

• USACE Planning Process

–Derek J. Chow, Chief, Civil & Public Works Branch, US Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District

 

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm  Lunch and Regulatory Asset Exercise

 

• Cataloguing agency mandates, policies, programs/assets, or rules to inform planning controls updated resources.

– Adrienne Loerzel, NOAA, Coral and Coastal Management Liasion, Guam

 

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm  Topic 3.  Making the Village of the Future

 

Facilitated Session: Jim Hollyer, Associate Director, University of Guam, College of Natural and Applied Sciences

• What good things are happening in the design and implementation on Guam?
• What problems are we currently being faced in design and implementation?
• Skill/Tool Building Needs

 

• The Village of Tomorrow

– Michael Blas Makio, AIA, LEED AP, Taniguchi Ruth Makio Architects

 

2:00 pm – 3:20 pm  Moderated Panel Topic 4.  Physical and Natural Planning Constraints

 

• An Environmental Planning Perspective of the USMC Build-up on Guam

– Albert Borja, Environmental Director, Defense Policy Review Initiative, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Marianas

• Climate Adaptation Considerations

– Tricee Limtiaco, Special Assistance, Office of the Governor

• Are They Worth Preserving and Can We Bring the Past Forward?

– Lynda Bordallo Aguon, State Historic Preservation Officer, Department of Parks and Recreation

• The importance of forests systems in urban, rural, and conservation districts.

– Joseph Mafnas, Chief, Forestry and Soil Resources Division, Department of Agriculture

 

3:20 pm -3:35 pm  Break

 

3:35 pm – 4:20 pm  Topic 5.  Suggesting the Goals and Objectives for the Southern Development Master Plan

 

Facilitated Session:  Randy Sablan, Joint Region Marianas

• Defining the Elements of the Plan

4:30pm Closing Remarks

– Michael Borja, Director, Department of Land Management