2024 Annual Business Meeting
APA Urban Design and Preservation Division
Sunday, April 14, 2024 | 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM CT
In-Person: Hilton Minneapolis, Symphony Ballroom 1
Virtual: via Microsoft Teams
If you wish to participate virtually, please register here.
Resources:
2024 Division Work Program and Budget
Division Volunteer Opportunities
AGENDA & MATERIALS
I. Introductions (Acosta)
II. Approve March 2024 Quarterly Meeting Minutes (Vote by Leadership Team)
III. Chair’s Report (Acosta)
- Division Election/Nominating Committee for Chair-Elect and Secretary/Treasurer
- APA Divisions Council Update
IV. Secretary/Treasurer Report (Wolf)
V. Design-Preservation Rapid Assistance Team Program Update – (Stuck/Krider)
- 2023 D-PRAT North Miami Final Report and APA Divisions Council Product Development Grant Close Out
- Preparing for 2024 D-PRAT Community Selection, Volunteers, and Site Visit
VI. Urban Design Update – (Krider/Rzomp Virtual)
- October 2023 AIA RUDC “Cities in Transition” Symposium Partnership
- 2024 APA Student Planning and Design Competition at NPC Minneapolis
- 2025 APA Student Planning and Design Competition at NPC Denver
VII. Historic Preservation Update – (Acosta/Wolf, Berg Virtual)
- Planning, Preservation, & Change partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation and National Alliance of Preservation Commissions (in-person conference panels)
- APA President's Comment Letter to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation - Draft Housing and Preservation Policy
- Update to 1997 APA Historic and Cultural Resources Policy (New Initiative)
- National Preservation Month UDP Division Webinars: May 3 - The Relevancy Guidebook: How We Can Transform the Future of Preservation and May 31 - Planning, Preservation, & Change: The Federal Perspective
VIII. Professional Development -(Acosta, Shenge/Morton Virtual)
- February Mentorship Pilot Event with Student Representatives Council
- Division Student Scholars Program Update
IX. Member Outreach and Communications Update – (Peterson)
- June 21 Summer-Theme Webinar: “Take Me Out to the Ballgame: Connecting Stadiums to Communities”
- Potential Webinar Collaboration with Arts and Planning Division
- Newsletter Schedule, Marketing, and Other Communications
X. Questions – (All)
Contact Marcel Acosta, Chair: e-mail.
Division Website: https://urbandesign.planning.org