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8:00
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Registration and continental breakfast | |
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8:30
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Welcome and Introduction - Reclaiming the Bayou City: Learning to Live in the Houston Gulf Coast Watersheds. John Jacob, Environmental Quality Specialist, Texas Sea Grant |
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9:00
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The Floods of the Gulf Coast - Historical overview of flooding in the area, with special emphasis on Tropical Storm Allison Mike Talbott, Director, Harris County Flood Control District. |
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9:30
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Natural Urbanism: A "new old fashioned way" to Make Communities with Lighter, Cheaper, Greener Infrastructure. Patrick Condon, James Taylor Chair in Landscape and Liveable Environments, University of British Columbia. |
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10:30
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Break and Poster sessions. | ||
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11:00
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Conservation Subdivision Design as a Tool for Building Community-wide Open Space Networks. Randall Arendt, Senior Conservation Advisor at the Natural Lands Trust Examples of developments that are "twice green", both economically and environmentally. |
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12:00
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Luncheon Address: Hidden Creek at the Darby: A Case Study on Environmentally Sensitive and Economically Profitable Development Robin Green, Developer |
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1:30
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Panel Discussion I - Flower Mound, Texas, Experience A case study in development, incentives, and regulations of a Texas Smart Growth development. Willard Baker, Dallas area developer; Van James, Flower Mound Town Manager; Randall Arendt. Moderator: Mary Ellen Whitworth, Director, Bayou Preservation Association |
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2:30
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Break | ||
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2:45
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Panel Discussion II. Protecting Green Infrastructure and the Floodplain Discussion of the continuum from conservation easements and incentives to regulations–--What is working here and elsewhere, what might work best in our region. George Oswald, City of Austin Watershed Management Division Director; Mike Howard, Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission, State NFIP coordinator; Mike Talbott, Harris County Flood Control District, The Harris County Frontier Program. Moderator: Jennifer Lorenz, Legacy Land Trust, |
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4:00
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Break | ||
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4:15
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Panel Discussion III. Where do we go from here? The public will have a chance to participate here and in the reception to follow. Let the conversation begin!
Patrick Condon; Jeff Taebel, Manager, Community and Environmental Planning, Houston Galveston Area Council; Judi Foster, area Realtor. Moderator: David Crossley, President, Gulf Coast Institute. |
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5:30
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Reception with hors d'oeuvres and cash bar | ||