Cracking the AICP

Richard Luedke, AICP

Mike McAnelly, FAICP
Barbara Holly, AICP
Kelly Porter, AICP

AICP Exam Workshop Houston

Texas Southern University
June 7, 2014
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Session Outline
• AICP background information
• Exam structure overview
• What you need to know
• Test tips
• Sample questions and discussion
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Reduced AICP Exam Fee Scholarships

• 3 scholarships offered for May 2014 exam by AICP
• 3 scholarships offered for November 2014 exam by the Texas Chapter
• First time applicant: $135 instead of $495 ($360 savings)
• Previous applicant: $65 instead of $ 425 ($360 savings)
• To apply, submit letter explaining financial hardship (maximum 2 pages)
• Preference is given to:
▫ Members of ethnic or racial minorities
▫ Applicants who otherwise will be unlikely to take the exam without reduced fee
▫ Applicants whose employer will not subsidize the exam fee
• Deadline: July 2014 (more information forthcoming)
• Submit letter to Texas Chapter PDO, Richard Luedke, AICP via email
rluedke@argyletx.com
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Upcoming AICP Exam Workshops

• Wednesday, October 15, 2014, from 12:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Frisco,
Texas, in conjunction with the Texas Chapter Conference;
Instructor: Dr. Jennifer Evans-Cowley

AICP Exam Study Groups

• Study Group list contains name and email address of all Texas
Chapter members registered for upcoming AICP Exams
• List will be sorted by geographic area
• Members are encouraged to set up study groups with others in their
area to prepare for the exam
• Contact Richard Luedke to receive copy of the list
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Chapter President’s Council Study Guide

• Available on CD for $20.00
• To order, send check, payable to Texas Chapter, APA to:
Mike McAnelly, FAICP
Texas Chapter APA
9629 Fallbrook Drive
Dallas, TX 75243
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Eligibility
• Final application deadline for the November exam is July 24th!
• Try to meet the “Early Bird” application deadline if you are taking
the November exam (June 17, 2014)
• Testing Window is November 3-17, 2014
• APA member
• Professional planning experience (essays, transcript/diploma, and
employment verification)– work on getting these together in
advance
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Test Background
• 170 Multiple Choice Questions (20 are
“pre-test” and not scored but you do not
know which ones these are)
• 4 Hours to Complete (including 30 min.
tutorial)
• Score Scale 25 – 75
• Passing is 55
• 72% of Test Takers Pass, on Average
• 48% of UTA graduates passed and 89%
of UT Austin graduates passed between
2004 and 2011
• Computer Test in Test Centers
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What to Study
• Official sources:
▫ AICP ExamPrep 2.0 ($195) (CD version- being phased out)
▫ AICP Exam Prep 3.0 ($249) 12 hour streaming videos-released June 10th
for 6-month access. $195 for 1st 30 days.
▫ Chapter Presidents Council Manual
▫ AICP Code of Ethics
▫ APA Policy Guides
▫ APA lists (awards, “firsts”, etc.)
▫ Planning.org
▫ Utah APA Free AICP Webinars
• Outside sources:
▫ PlanningPrep.com
▫ Oyez.org
▫ Planetizen.com
▫ Law.Cornell.edu
▫ Studystack.com (AICP)
▫ Word to the wise: Be cautious when using outside sources
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How to Study
• Try to focus on learning things to be a better planner instead of passing
the exam
• Make yourself a study schedule (whatever works best for you)
• Study group
• Binder
• Flashcards
• Books
▫ Carol Barrett’s Everyday Ethics
▫ Green Bible (or the summary)
• 80-100 hours of study time
• Memorization and relationships
• Don’t just study “trivia”– think bigger picture and practice scenario-
type questions
• Know your weaknesses
▫ Based on your job type, memorization skills, interests
• Understand the interrelatedness of material
▫ Linear studying is important to understanding the theme of an era,
but you must know how the information is related
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Alfred Bettman (1873-1945)

• Cincinnati Plan (1925)
• Argued Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty (1925)
• “Standard State Zoning Enabling Act” (1924)
• “A Standard City Planning Enabling Act” (1928)
• Drafted a bill passed in Ohio in 1915 enabling the creation of local
planning commissions
• First president of the American Society of Planning Officials (ASPO,
1934)
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Scenario-type/Bigger Picture
• When planning for the size of a new library (square footage) one must keep in
mind which of the following?

I) The size of the property owned by the library, or the size of the property they
can afford to purchase or lease, and any zoning requirements

II) The projected population of the city at build-out

III) The library's inventory of books, or the desired inventory, this may include
computers and meeting rooms

IV) The "design" population which is the population that they would like to
serve

A) I, II
B) II, III, and IV
C) III only
D) All of the above

Question courtesy of
www.PlanningPrep.com
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Test Tips
• Get to the testing center early and study in your car so you aren’t
rushed
• No amount of studying will help you on every question
• Answer every question as you go and use the “mark” tool
• Don’t spend too long on one complicated question your first run
through– choose an answer, mark it, and come back to work
through it
• Practice being timed
• Memorize all the court cases and historical figures
• The questions are subjective
• The answer was usually the “lesser” of four evils – or a combination
of them
• “Planning in a bubble” and “by the book”
• Study definitions – do not let terms trip you up
• THIS IS A NATIONAL CERTIFICATION
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What’s on the exam?

I. History, Theory and Law [15%]
II. Plan Making and Implementation [30%]
III. Functional Areas of Practice [25%]
IV. Spatial Areas of Practice [15%]
V. Public Participation and Social Justice [10%]
VI. AICP Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct [5%]

Spend your study time accordingly!

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History, Theory and Law [15%]

• History of planning
• Planning law
• Theory of planning
• Patterns of human settlement
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Planning Firsts
• Comprehensive Plan Cincinnati, OH (1925)
• Council of Governments Detroit, MI (1954)
• Downtown Pedestrian Mall Kalamazoo Mall (MI, 1956)
• “Earth Day” April 22, 1970
• Forestry Service Director Gifford Pinchot (1905)
• Planning Commission Employee Harland Bartholomew (1915)
• Garden Suburbs Forest Hills Gardens, NY (1911)
• Historic Preservation New Orleans, LA (1921)
• Land Use Zoning Ordinance Los Angeles, CA (1909)
• Model Tenement 1855
• National Conference on Planning Washington D.C. (1909)
• National Park Yellowstone (1872)
• Planning Board Hartford, CT (1907)
• Planning School Harvard (1929)
• Skyscraper Chicago, IL (1885)
• Statewide Zoning Hawaii (1961)
• U.S. Census 1790
• Zoning Ordinance New York City, NY (1916)
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Planning Fathers
• Regional Planning Patrick Geddes
• Planning, Sierra Club John Muir
• Appalachian Trail Benton MacKaye
• Public Power David Lilienthal
• Tennessee Valley Authority George Norris, Senator
• Zoning Edward Bassett
• Modern housing codes Lawrence Veiller
• American Environmentalism George Perkins Marsh
• Modern community organizing Saul Alinsky
• The Neighborhood Unit Concept Clarence Arthur Perry
• City Planning Harland Bartholomew
• The Environmental Movement Ian McHarg
• City Planning Daniel Burnham
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Top 25 People in Planning (Before 1978)

• Hippodamus 5th century B.C. • Alfred Bettman 1873-1945
• Benjamin Banneker 1731-1806 • Clarence Stein 1882-1975
• Pierre L'Enfant 1754-1852 • Le Corbusier 1887-1965
• Baron Haussmann 1809-1891 • Robert Moses 1888-1981
• Frederick Law Olmsted 1822-1903 • Lewis Mumford 1895-1988
• George Pullman 1831-1897 • Catherine Bauer 1905-1964
• Camillo Sitte 1843-1903 • William Levitt 1907-1994
• Daniel Burnham 1846-1912 • Jane Jacobs 1916-2006
• Jacob August Riis 1849-1914 • William Whyte 1917-1999
• Ebenezer Howard 1850-1928 • Kevin Lynch 1918-1984
• Patrick Geddes 1854-1932 • Ian McHarg 1920-2001
• Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. 1870-1957 • Paul Davidoff 1930-1984
• Clarence Arthur Perry 1872-1944
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Top 25 Law Cases

• Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon, 260 U.S. 393 (1922)
• Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co., 272 U.S. 365 (1926)
• Berman v. Parker, 348 U.S. 26 (1954)
• Cheney v. Village 2 at New Hope, Inc., 241 A.2d 81 (Pa. 1968)
• Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe , 401 U.S. 402 (1971)
• Calvert Cliffs' Coordinating Committee v. Atomic Energy Commission, 449 F.2d 1109 (D.C. Cir. 1971)
• Sierra Club v. Morton, 405 U.S. 727 (1972)
• Golden v. Planning Board of Ramapo, 285 N.E.2d 291 (N.Y. 1972)
• Just v. Marinette County, 201 N.W.2d 761 (Wis. 1972).
• Fasano v. Board of County Commissioners of Washington County, 507 P.2d 23 (Or. 1973)
• Young v. American Mini Theaters, Inc., 427 U.S. 50 (1976)
• Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp., 429 U.S. 252 (1977)
• Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill, 437 U.S. 153 (1978)
• Penn Central Transportation Co. v. City of New York, 438 U.S. 104 (1978)
• Agins v. City of Tiburon, 447 U.S. 255 (1980)
• Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego, 453 U.S. 490 (1981)
• Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp., 458 U.S. 419 (1982)
• Southern Burlington County NAACP v. Township of Mt. Laurel (II), 456 A.2d 390 (N.J. 1983)
• Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank, 473 U.S. 172 (1985)
• First English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Glendale v. Los Angeles County, 482 U.S. 304 (1987)
• Nollan v. California Coastal Commission, 483 U.S. 825 (1987)
• Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council, 505 U.S. 1003 (1992)
• Dolan v. City of Tigard, 512 U.S. 374 (1994)
• Babbitt v. Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a Great Oregon, 515 U.S. 687 (1995)
• Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, 535 U.S. 302 (2002)
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Top 25 Laws After 1978

• Urban Parks and Recreation Recovery Act (1978)
• Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (1980)
• Farmland Protection Policy Act (1981)
• New Jersey Fair Housing Act (1985)
• Tax Reform Act (1986)
• Community Reinvestment Act (1987)
• Rhode Island Comprehensive Planning and Land Use Regulation Act (1988)
• Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)
• Clean Air Act Amendments (1990)
• Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (1990)
• Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (1991)
• Washington Growth Management Act (1991)
• Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (1993)
• California Community Redevelopment Law Reform Act (1993)
• Minnesota Metropolitan Reorganization Act (1994) / Community Based Planning Act (1997)
• Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (1995)
• Pennsylvania Land Recycling Act (1995)
• Maryland Smart Growth Act (1997)
• Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act (1998)
• California Transportation Funding Suballocation / S.B. 45 (1998)
• Tennessee P.L. 1101 "Comprehensive Growth Policy Act" (1998)
• Georgia Regional Transportation Authority - S.B. 57 (1999)
• Disaster Mitigation Act (2000)
• Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (2000)
• Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act (2001)
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Planning Theories and Models

• Theory of Productive Expenditures - Georges Eugene Haussmann
• Concentric Ring Theory (1925) - Ernest Burgess
• Central Place Theory (1933) - Walter Christaller
• Sector Theory, (1939) - Homer Hoyt
• Multiple Nuclei Theory (1945) - Chauncey Harris/Edward Ullman
• Bid Rent Theory (1960) - William Alonso
• Urban Realms Model (1960’s) - James E. Vance Jr.
• Growth Machine Theory (1976) - Harvey Molotch
• Elite members drive development (1987) - John Logan/Harvey
Molotch
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Theories
• Rational Planning
• Incremental Planning
• Advocacy Planning
• Transactive Planning
• Radical Planning
• Utopianism
• Methodism
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Movements
• Conservation Movement
• City Beautiful Movement
• City Efficient Movement
• City Humane Movement
• City Functional Movement
• Council of Government Movement
• Advocacy Planning Movement
• Settlement House Movement
• Agrarian Movement
• Laissez-Faire Movement
• Public Health Movement
• Garden City Movement
• Healthy Cities Movement
• Broadacre City Movement
• Social Justice Movement
• Parks Movement
• Progressive Movement
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Plan Making and Implementation [30%]

a. Visioning and goal setting j. Budgets and financing options
b. Quantitative and qualitative k. GIS/spatial analysis and
research methods information systems
c. Collecting, organizing, l. Policy analysis and decision
analyzing, and reporting data making
and information m. Development plan and project
d. Demographics and economics review
e. Natural and built environment n. Program evaluation
f. Land use and development o. Communications techniques
regulations p. Intergovernmental
g. Application of legal principles relationships
h. Environmental analysis q. Stakeholder relationships
i. Growth management r. Project and program
techniques management
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Visioning Process
1. Getting started
2. First community workshop
3. Establishing taskforces
4. Second community workshop
5. Keeping on track
6. Third community workshop
7. Drafting the visioning statement
8. Fourth community workshop/celebration
9. Marketing and making the vision a reality
10. Action plan
11. Annual progress report
12. Vision adoption
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Quantitative and Qualitative Research

Methods
• GENERAL
• http://www.planningpa.org/quantitative.pdf
• http://www.planningpa.org/career_aicp_pdc_study.pdf (pp. 45-49)
• http://www.nc-
apa.org/images/stories/AICP%20Review/quant_methods.ppt
• http://www.orau.gov/cdcynergy/demo/Content/phase05/phase05_ste
p03_deeper_qualitative_and_quantitative.htm
•
• PLANNING COURSE [Multiple AICP Topics Covered]
• http://www-personal.umich.edu/~sdcamp/up504/
•
• WHEN QUALITATIVE TRUMPS QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
• http://www.planning.org/planning/2007/oct/research.htm
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Collecting, Organizing, Analyzing and Reporting

Data and Information

• LOGIC OF INQUIRY: http://krypton.mnsu.edu/~tony/courses/609/Logic/Logic1.html

• DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS
:http://krypton.mnsu.edu/~tony/courses/609/609Design.html
• PROJECTION ASSUMPTIONS:
http://www.planning.org/planning/2007/jan/assumption.htm
• STATISTICS
• http://krypton.mnsu.edu/~tony/courses/609/609StatsI.html
• http://krypton.mnsu.edu/~tony/courses/609/609StatsII.html
• http://www.firstcoastapa.org/documents/aicp%20presentations/2005planmaking.pdf
• http://www.planningpa.org/career_aicp_pdc_study.pdf (pp. 50-52)
• http://www.georgiaplanning.org/powerpoints/AICP_exam_reviews/2008_planning_methods_
blitz.ppt
• APA’S STATISTIC IN THE NEWS:
http://www.planning.org/planning/2010/apr/bythenumbers.htm
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Collecting, Organizing, Analyzing and Reporting

Data and Information
• GINI COEFFICIENT
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gini_coefficient
• http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTPOVERTY/EXTPA/0,,contentM
DK:20238991~menuPK:492138~pagePK:148956~piPK:216618~theSitePK:430367,00.html
• http://mathworld.wolfram.com/GiniCoefficient.html
• SPATIAL ANALYSIS
• http://krypton.mnsu.edu/~tony/courses/609/609Gravity.html
• PRESENTING DATA
• http://www.washington-apa.org/documents/07preppresentation.pdf (start slide 43)
• PHOTOGRAPHY – RESEARCH TOOL
• http://www.planning.org/planning/2008/mar/pixtrix.htm
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Demographics and Economics

• DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS
• POPULATION FORECASTING
• LOCATION QUOTIENT (LQ = local share / national share)
• SHIFT-SHARE ANALYSIS
• INPUT-OUTPUT ECONOMIC ANALYSES
• CENSUS – GENERAL
• CENSUS - AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY
• CENSUS – TRENDS
• U.S. POPULATION GROWTH IMPLICATIONS
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Natural and Built Environment

• GLOBAL WARMING
• CONTROLLING GREENHOUSE GASES
• CLIMATE CHANGE
• SOCIETAL CHANGES
• WATER CHANGES
• CHINA’S CHALLENGE
• PLANNER’S ROLE
• ANTICIPATING CLIMATE CHANGE:
• CLIMATE ACTION PLANS
• SEA-LEVEL RISE
• FARMLAND PROTECTION
• GREEN-BUILDING
• GREEN DEVELOPMENT
• GREEN ROOFS
• GREEN JOBS
• GREEN COMMUNITY RESOURCES
• GREEN COMMUNITY ARTICLES
• LIGHT POLLUTION REGULATION
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
• WETLAND BANKING
• SUITABILITY ANALYSIS & CARRYING CAPACITY
• URBAN FORESTRY
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Land Use and Development Regulations

• LOCAL LAND USE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
• SPECIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL LAND USE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
• ADMINSITRATIVE & JUDICAL REVIEW OF LAND USE DECISIONS
• ENFORCEMENT OF LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
• ZONING
• Conditional Uses
• Incentive Zoning
• Performance Zoning
• Sustainable Zoning
• Floating Zones
• Spot Zoning
• Watersheds
• Site Plan Basics
• TND Regulations
• LDR Code Writing:
• Home Occupation Zoning
• Landscape Ordinances
• Land Supply Monitoring
• Zoning Code Evaluations
• Hybrid Code
• Unified Development Codes (Zoning & Subdivision)
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Land Use and Development Regulations

(continued)
• ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL (ZBA) or (BZA)
• ZONING LAND USE CODING
• STANDARD CITY PLANNING & STATE ZONING ENABLING ACTS
• FORM-BASED ZONING
• SITE PLAN APPROVALS
• DEVELOPMENT REVIEWS
• SPECIAL PERMITS, & VARIANCES
• SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
• SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS
• COMMUNITY GUIDE TO PLANNING
• BILLBOARDS
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Application of Legal Principles

• TAKINGS
• FAIRNESS
• AESTHETICS
• TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996
• SIGN REGULATION
• ELECTRONIC MESSAGING BOARDS
• McMANSIONS
• VARIANCES & HARDSHIP
• 1ST AMENDMENT - ADULT
ENTERTAINMENT CENTERS
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Environmental
• NEPA
Analysis
• COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (CEQ)
• CLEAN AIR ACT
• CLEAN WATER ACT
• Section 404
• COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACT
• ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
• CERCLA (Superfund)
• RCRA
• SARA – “RIGHT TO KNOW” ACT
• HISTORIC PRESERVATION
• NPDES
• POLLUTION PREVENTION ACT
• TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT
• BROWNFIELDS
• SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT
• WATER RIGHTS
• WATER SUPPLY & INFRASTRUCTURE
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Growth Management Techniques

• APA PROPERTY TOPICS
• ADEQUATE PUBLIC FACILITY ORDINANCE
• ANNEXATIONS
• CLUSTER ZONING
• FLOATING ZONE
• INCENTIVE ZONING
• MORATORIUM
• OVERLAY ZONING
• PERFORMANCE ZONING
• PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD)
• PURCHASE OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS (PDRs)
• CONSERVATION EASEMENTS
• QUOTA SYSTEMS (Rate of Growth Ordinances)
• TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS (TDRs)
• UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE
• URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY
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Budgets and Financing Options

• FINANCING PLANNING
• CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLANNING:
• BENEFIT/COST:
• FISCAL IMPACT ANALYSIS:
• REAL ESTATE PRO FORMA:
• TAX INCREMENT FINANCING (TIF):
• TIF, TAX ABATEMENT & TAX EQUITY
• IMPACT FEES
• STRUCTURE OF AGENCIES & BUDGETING
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GIS/Spatial Analysis and Information Systems

• BEYOND GIS: GEODESIGN
• COMPUTER TERMS
• DIGITAL PLANNING TOOLS
• GIS HALL OF FAME
• GIS OVERVIEW
• HISTORY OF GIS
• MAP BASICS
• MAP PROJECTIONS
• MAP SCALES, TYPES & SURVEY
• FEMA FLOOD MAPPING
• FEMA FLOOD ZONE DESIGNATIONS
• FEMA GIS BASICS TUTORIAL
• TOWNSHIP, SECTION, RANGE
• CALCULATING SLOPE
• LAND USE COLOR CODING
• LAND USE CLASSIFICATION
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Policy Analysis and Decision Making

• TOOLS
• http://www.sustainable.org/Placemaking_v1_pt4.pdf
• http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/toolbox/
•
• GENERAL
• http://www.planningpa.org/aicpprep/aicp_pres_ray_reaves.pdf (p
ages 90–107)
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Development Plan and Project Review

• DEVELOPMENT IMPACT ANALYSES (Wisconsin site)
• INTRODUCTION
• http://www.lic.wisc.edu/shapingdane/facilitation/all_resources/imp
acts/analysis_intro.htm
• FISCAL
• http://www.lic.wisc.edu/shapingdane/facilitation/all_resources/imp
acts/analysis_fiscal.htm
• COMMUNITY SERVICES COSTS
• http://www.lic.wisc.edu/shapingdane/facilitation/all_resources/imp
acts/analysis_cost.htm
• TRAFFIC
• http://www.lic.wisc.edu/shapingdane/facilitation/all_resources/imp
acts/analysis_traffic.htm
• SOCIO-ECONOMIC
• http://www.lic.wisc.edu/shapingdane/facilitation/all_resources/imp
acts/analysis_socio.htm
• ENVIRONMENTAL
• http://www.lic.wisc.edu/shapingdane/facilitation/all_resources/im
pacts/analysis_environmental.htm
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Development Plan and Project Review

• DEVELOPMENT PROJECT REVIEW
• http://www.planningpa.org/zsbdnotes.pdf
• DESIGN REVIEW
• http://www.planning.org/thecommissioner/2001/sum.htm
• e-PERMITTING
• http://www.planning.org/planning/2007/oct/allonline.htm
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Program Evaluation
• GENERAL
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Program_evaluation
• http://www.managementhelp.org/evaluatn/fnl_eval.htm
• http://www.planningpa.org/career_aicp_pdc_study.pdf (pages 124-127)
•
• COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
• http://www.horizon-research.com/reports/1997/taking_stock.php
• http://www.tgci.com/magazine/A%20Basic%20Guide%20to%20Program%20E
valuation.pdf
•
• PROGRAM EVALUATION AT ITS BEST - GROWTH
MANANAGEMENT
• http://www.planning.org/planning/2006/nov/research.htm
•
• COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS
• http://www.planning.org/pas/reports/subscribers/pdf/PAS517.pdf
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Communications Techniques
• APA PLANNER’S COMMUNICATION GUIDE
• http://www.planning.org/communicationsguide/
• FULL GUIDE -
http://www.planning.org/communicationsguide/pdf/commguidefull.pdf
• QUICK HELP OUTLINE -
http://www.planning.org/communicationsguide/pdf/quickhelp.pdf
•
• GENERAL
• http://www.planningpa.org/career_aicp_pdc_study.pdf (pages 127-128)
•
• BEYOND PLAIN ENGLISH
• http://www.planning.org/planning/2007/oct/beyond.htm
•
• APA ARTICLES
• http://www.planning.org/planning/2007/mar/viewpoint.htm
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Intergovernmental Relationships
• APA DIVISION’S PRESENTATIONS
• http://intergovernmental.homestead.com/presentations.html
•
• GENERAL
• http://www.planningpa.org/career_aicp_pdc_study.pdf (pages
128-131)
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Stakeholder Relationships
• HOMEBUYERS
• http://www.planning.org/planning/2006/oct/innercircleside.htm
•
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Project and Program Management

• TERRY CLARK ARTICLE
• http://www.planning.org/planning/2004/oct/projectmgt.htm
•
• GENERAL
• http://www.planningpa.org/career_aicp_pdc_study.pdf (pages 131-132)
•
• GANTT, PERT & CPM
• http://studentweb.tulane.edu/~mtruill/dev-pert.html
• http://krypton.mnsu.edu/~tony/courses/609/609PERT.html
•
• GANTT CHART
• http://www.sil.org/lingualinks/literacy/referencematerials/glossaryofliteracyte
rms/WhatIsAGanttChart.htm
• http://www.learnthat.com/plainenglish/ganttchart.asp
• http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci331397,00.html
•
• PERT CHART
• http://searchsmallbizit.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid44_gci331391,00.html
•
• CRITICAL PATH METHOD
• http://www.netmba.com/operations/project/cpm/
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Functional Areas of Practice [25%]

a. Community development planning
b. Comprehensive or long range k. Historic preservation
planning l. Housing
c. Development regulation or m. Infrastructure
administration n. Labor force or employment
d. Economic development and o. Land use
revitalization p. Natural resources and the
e. Economic analysis and environment
forecasting q. Parks, open space and recreation
f. Educational, institutional, or
r. Planning law
military facilities planning
s. Policy planning
g. Energy policy
t. Public services
h. Food system planning
u. Social and health services
i. Growth management
v. Transportation
j. Hazard mitigation and disaster
w. Urban design
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Comprehensive Planning Process

1. Identify issues
2. State goals
3. Collect data
4. Prepare the plan
5. Create implementation plans
6. Evaluate alternatives
7. Adopt a plan
8. Implement and monitor the plan
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Military Planning
• AICUZ: Air Installation Compatible Use Zone
• JLUS: Joint Land Use Study
• BRAC: Base Re-Alignment and Closure
• Clear Zone (CZ), APZ I & II
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Food System Planning

Production Processing Distribution Consumption Disposal

7 general policies:
1. Support comprehensive food planning process at the community and regional levels;
2. Support strengthening the local and regional economy by promoting local and
regional food systems;
3. Support food systems that improve the health of the region's residents;
4. Support food systems that are ecologically sustainable;
5. Support food systems that are equitable and just;
6. Support food systems that preserve and sustain diverse traditional food cultures of
Native American and other ethnic minority communities;
7. Support the development of state and federal legislation to facilitate community and
regional food planning discussed in general policies #1 through #6
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Hazard Mitigation
• Major acts
▫ National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act (1977)
▫ Coastal Zone Management Act (1972)
▫ National Flood Insurance Act (1968)
▫ Coastal Barrier Resources Act (1982)
▫ Disaster Mitigation Act (2000)
• Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
• Know the impacts of Hurricane Katrina
• HUD and FEMA
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Transportation
• Parking ratios for common uses and calculations
• Level of service (LOS A-F)
• Functional classification system
• Four-step approach to forecasting travel demand
▫ Trip generation
▫ Trip distribution
▫ Modal split
▫ Route assignment
• Acts (SAFETY-LU, etc.)
• Peak times and volumes
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Functional Areas
• Focus on your weaknesses
▫ Study groups

• Resources:
▫ Summary study sheets
▫ PAS reports
▫ Policy guides
 http://www.planning.org/policy/guides/
▫ Check recent hot topics (as of one year ago)
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Spatial Areas of Practice [15%]

a. Planning at national level
b. Planning for multi-state or bi-state regions
c. Planning for state
d. Planning for sub-state region
e. Planning at county level
f. Planning for urban areas
g. Planning for suburban areas
h. Planning for small town
i. Corridors
j. Neighborhoods
k. Waterfronts
l. Historic districts or areas
m. Downtowns
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Neighborhoods Example Question

• According to the APA, in the Great Neighborhood program, most of
the neighborhoods recognized include at least one
_____________.

A) Bus Shelter
B) Mix of Housing
C) Public Space
D) Gateway Sign
• The correct answer is C (Public Space).
Most of the neighborhoods recognized in the APA Program include at least one public space
where people spend time. According to the American Planning Association, in 2007 it announced
its Great Places in America Program. In its first year it recognized 10 great neighborhoods, and 10
great streets out of 100 nominations forwarded by planners and others.
Source: American Planning Association, Planning Magazine, January 2008.

• Question courtesy of www.planningprep.com

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Public Participation & Social Justice [10%]

a. Public involvement planning
b. Public participation techniques
c. Identifying, engaging, and serving underserved groups
d. Social justice issues, literature, and practice
e. Working with diverse communities
f. Coalition building
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Public Involvement Planning

• Identify the “players” in the process…who should be involved
• Identify the decision maker
• Identify the decision
• How are you arrive at your decision…what steps need to be taken
• What is your schedule
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Public Participation Techniques

• Public Hearing
• Small Group (focus group, Delphi, Charette, stakeholder)
• Interviews
• Educational (information display, presentation, fact sheets)
• Participatory Land Use Mapping
• Open House
• Town Hall Meeting
• Tours
• Visual Preference Survey
• Web-based (online discussion forum, blogs, survey, websites,
social networking)
• Workshops
• Youth Outreach
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Ladder of Public Participation

Citizen Control

Degrees of Citizen Power Delegated Power

Who: Sherry Arnstein
Partnership
When: 1969

Placation

Degrees of Tokenism Consultation

Informing

Therapy

Non-participation
Manipulation
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AICP Code of Ethics and Professional

Conduct [5%]
• Only seven questions out of the 150 questions that count
• Dates
▫ Adopted March 19, 2005
▫ Effective June 1, 2005
▫ Revised October 3, 2009
• A: Principles to Which We Aspire
• B: Our Rules of Conduct
• C: Our Code Procedures
• D: Planners Convicted of Serious Crimes — Automatic Suspension
of Certification
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APA’s Ethical Principles in Planning &

AICP Code of Ethics
• Both available on APA website
▫ http://www.planning.org/ethics/ethicalprinciples.htm
▫ http://www.planning.org/ethics/ethicscode.htm
• Questions will place you in a scenario/predicament where you need
to make a choice
• Answer is sometimes the “most correct” one
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APA’s Ethical Principles in Planning

• The planning process exists to serve the ______
public interest.
• Citizen participation and availability of information
• Interrelatedness of decisions and the long range consequences of
present actions
• Integrity, disclosure and conflict of interest

• For example, the question will start with a planning director for a
city being placed in a situation where he/she has a decision to make
(ex. go out to lunch, take a gift, report hearing something, etc.)– err
on the side of caution! If you can’t justify your actions on the
nightly news with a reporter interviewing you, it’s best not to do
those things.
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APA’s Ethical Principles in Planning

• APA members who are practicing planners continuously pursue
improvement in their planning competence as well as in the
development of peers and aspiring planners.
• They recognize that enhancement of planning as a profession leads
to greater public respect for the planning process and thus serves
the public interest.
• Again…integrity, integrity, integrity!
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AICP Code of Ethics

• Four Sections:
1. Principles to which we aspire
2. Rules of conduct to which we are held accountable
3. Procedural provisions of the Code
▫ Formal/informal advisory ruling
▫ How a charge of misconduct can be filed
4. Procedural provisions that govern situations in which a planner
is convicted of a serious crime
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AICP Code of Ethics

Section A-Principles to Which We Aspire
• Our Overall Responsibility to the Public
• Our Responsibility to Our Clients and Employers
• Our Responsibility to Our Profession and Colleagues
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AICP Code of Ethics

Section B-Our Rules of Conduct
• Disclosure
• Integrity
• Conflict of Interest
• Common Sense
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AICP Code of Ethics

Section C-Our Code Procedures
1. Introduction
2. Informal Advice
3. Formal Advice
4. Published Formal Advisory Rulings
5. Filing a Charge of Misconduct
6. Receipt of Charge by Ethics Officer
7. Right of Counsel
8. Preliminary Responses to a Charge of Misconduct
9. Conducting an Investigation
10. Dismissal of Charge or Issuance of Complaint
11. Appeal of Dismissal of Charge
12. Answering a Complaint
13. Conducting a Hearing
14. Deciding the Case
15. Settlement of Charges
16. Resignations and Lapses of Membership
17. Annual Report of Ethics Officer
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Ethics Quiz
1. A planner’s primary obligation is:
a. To be conscious of the rights of others.
b. To serve the public interest.
c. To protect the environment.

Answer: b
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Ethics Quiz
2. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a
profession?
a. Responsibility to the public.
b. Self-regulation.
c. High salary.

Answer: c
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Ethics Quiz
3. A developer contacts you with an opportunity to use your
expertise as a paid consultant in a matter not pertaining to
your employer’s jurisdiction. You would work only on
weekends. You should:
a. Before accepting the job, notify your supervisor and personnel
department.
b. Accept the job.
c. Decline the position

Answer: a
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Ethics Quiz
4. Since budgets are overrunning, you have been directed by
your supervisor to charge your time to a different project.
What do you do?
a. Do as directed by your supervisor.
b. Explain to your supervisor that is unethical and may be
fraudulent.
c. Refuse and report the issue.

Answer: c
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Ethics Quiz
5. You have one final project to do to complete your
master’s degree at a local university. You are assigned an
advisor for this project who happens to have been a
consultant whose work has been reviewed by your
employer in the past. There is a potential that this advisor
may again be active on development projects under your
employer’s jurisdiction in the future. What do you do?
a. Keep the advisor.
b. Get another advisor.
c. Get another advisor, but ask the first advisor if he/she would be
available for technical advice/guidance if necessary.

Answer: b
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Ethics Quiz
6. You discover an AICP planner who was recently hired in a
position for which you, yourself, applied, claimed on his
employment application that he/she had work experience
in a particular planning area, but did not. What do you
do?
a. Discuss the matter with your supervisor.
b. Do nothing.
c. Discuss the matter with the AICP Ethics Officer.

Answer: c
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Ethics Quiz
7. A group of county planners participated in a charity golf
tournament. Besides the prizes for lowest score, closest to
the hole, etc., a sponsor supplied a large Waterford crystal
vase, a set of golf clubs, and a weekend getaway package
for a drawing. The sponsor is a developer who has active
projects that your department is reviewing. The drawing
is done behind closed doors. Much to your surprise, two
prizes go to county planners. What should you do?
a. Thank the sponsor, but request a public redrawing.
b. Do nothing.
c. After the tournament, request your lucky teammates to
donate the gifts to charity.

Answer: a
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Ethics Quiz
8. Which of the following is an actual conflict of interest?
a. Voting in a public election on an environmental issue that
directly affects your consulting business.
b. Making staff recommendations to the Development Review
Committee on a site plan that you developed when you were
previously employed in the private sector.
c. Accepting a coffee mug with a planning consultant’s business
logo at the vendor’s area of a conference.

Answer: b
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Ethics Quiz
9. You are presenting the preliminary work of a planning
study at the Texas APA conference. One of your colleagues
has just completed analysis of the collected data two days
prior to the presentation and has agreed to let you use the
results. You add a slide to your PowerPoint presentation
using this data. Your colleague’s name is not on the paper
because the abstract was prepared three months prior to
the conference. What is the most appropriate way to
recognize the contribution?
a. Mention in your talk that the analysis was performed by your
colleague.
b. There is no need to recognize your colleague’s contribution
because she/he agreed to let you use the results.
c. Add a statement on the PowerPoint slide that names your
colleague as the source of the data.

Answer: c
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Ethics Quiz
10. Planners are encouraged to seek informal ethics advice
from the Ethics Officer. Who is the Ethics Officer referred
to in the AICP Code of Ethics?
a. Executive Director of the Texas Chapter of the American
Planning Association.
b. Professional Development Officer of the Texas Chapter of the
American Planning Association.
c. Executive Director of the American Planning Association.

Answer: c
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Other Stuff You Need to Know

• Goals and Objectives • Subdivision
• SWOT Analysis • GIS
• Information Systems • Takings
• APA Code of Ethics • Location Quotient
• Survey Methods • Dates
• Community Participation • Budgeting and Finance
• Delphi Method • Federal Programs
• Research Methods • EVERYTHING
• Population Projections,
Estimates, and Forecasts
• Demographics
• Zoning
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Acronyms
• ADA - Americans with Disabilities Act • PERT - Program Evaluation Review Technique
• APFO - Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance • PPBS - Planning Programming Budgetary System
• AMI - Area Median Income • PUD - Planned Unit Development
• BANANA - Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere • RCRA - Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Near Anything • RFRA - Religious Freedom Restoration Act
• CDBG - Community Development Block Grants • RLUIPA - Religious Land Use and Institutionalized
• CERCLA - Comprehensive Environmental Persons Act
Response Compensation and Liability Act • SARA - Superfund Amendments and
• CIP - Capital Improvement Program/Plan Reauthorization Act
• EIS - Environmental Impact Statement • SLAPP - Strategic Lawsuit Against Public
• ETJ - Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Participation
• FAR - Floor Area Ratio • SOB - Sexually Oriented Businesses
• GDP - Gross Domestic Product • SWOT - Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunity,
• GIS - Geographical Information Systems Threats Analysis
• GNP - Gross National Product • TDR - Transfer of Development Rights
• HAP - Housing Assistance Plans • TIF - Tax Increment Financing
• ITE - Institute of Transportation Engineers • TIGER - Topological Integrated Geographic
Encoding and Referencing
• LULU - Locally Undesirable Land Uses
• TOADS - Temporarily Obsolete Abandoned Derelict
• LUST - Leaking Underground Storage Tank
Sites
• NAAQS - National Ambient Air Quality Standards
• TOD - Transit-Oriented Development
• NIMBY - Not in My Back Yard
• UGB - Urban Growth Boundary
• PDR - Purchase of Development Rights
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Census
• 2010 Census National Population: 308,745,538
• Know the changes from 2000 to 2010 Census
▫ 2000 Census Population - 281,421,906
▫ Fastest/slowest growing cities and overall trends
• Census Geographies
▫ Census Tracts
▫ Census Block
▫ Census Block Group
▫ Census Designated Place
▫ Urbanized Area
▫ Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
▫ Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area (PMSA)
▫ Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA)
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Measurements
• 5,280 linear feet = 1 mile
• 43,560 square feet = 1 acre
• 640 acres = 1 square mile
• 2.47 acres = 1 hectare
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Top Planning Books

• Town Planning in Practice (Sir) Richard Unwin 1909
• An Introduction to City Planning Benjamin Marsh 1909
• Wacker's Manual of the Plan of Chicago Walter D. Moody 1912
• Carrying Out the City Plan Flavel Shurtleff, Frederick L. Olmsted 1914
• Cities in Evolution Patrick Geddes 1915
• Neighborhood Unit Clarence Perry 1929
• The Disappearing City Frank Lloyd Wright 1932
• Modern Housing Catherine Bauer 1934
• Urban Land Use Planning F. Stuart Chapin 1957
• The Image of the City Kevin Lynch 1960
• The Death and Life of Great American Cities Jane Jacobs 1961
• Silent Spring Rachel Carson 1962
• The Federal Bulldozer Martin Anderson 1964
• The Urban General Plan T.J. Kent, Jr. 1964
• Design of Cities Edmund Bacon 1967
• Design with Nature Ian McHarg 1969
• Site Planning Kevin Lynch, Gary Hack 1971
• The Practice of Local Government Planning Frank So, et al. 1979
• A Theory of Good City Form Kevin Lynch 1981
• Making Equity Planning Work Norman Krumholz, John Forester 1990
• Rural By Design Randall Arendt 1994
• The Geography of Nowhere James Howard Kunstler 1994
• Bowling Alone Robert Putnam 2000
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Sample Questions
When/where was the first national conference on
planning?

Answer: Washington, DC / 1909

When/where was the first comprehensive plan?

Answer: Cincinnati, OH / 1925

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Sample Questions
Who said, “Make no little plans. They have no
magic to stir men’s blood and probably themselves
will not be realized...”?
Answer: Daniel Burnham

What was the publication written in 1912 to teach

children about Daniel Burnham’s 1909 Plan of
Chicago?
Answer: Wacker’s Manual of the Plan of Chicago by
Walter D. Moody
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Sample Questions
Who developed the concept of
the Neighborhood Unit?

Answer: Clarence Perry (1929)

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Sample Questions
What functional area of practice is Catherine
Bauer associated with?

Answer: Housing (Modern Housing, 1934)

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Sample Questions
What are sunk costs?

Answer: Retrospective (past) costs that have already

been incurred and cannot be recovered.

What does an LQ of 0.8 mean?

Answer: Imports > exports. LQ compares regional

share of a particular industry to the national
share.
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Sample Questions
Where/when was the first historic preservation
commission?

Answer: Vieux Carre, New Orleans, 1921

Where/when was the first historic preservation

ordinance?

Answer: Charleston, SC, 1931

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Sample Questions
Name the author and topic of the 1962 book Silent
Spring.

Answer: Rachel Carson / Environmental concerns

related to the use of pesticides.
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Sample Questions
What are SAFETEA-LU and TEA-21?

Answer: Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users
(2005-2009)

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century

(1998-2003)
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Sample Questions
Who was the book The Power Broker about? Who
wrote The Death and Life of Great American
Cities? What is the link between the two?

Answer: Robert Moses / Jane Jacobs

Moses: Massive infrastructure projects
Jacobs: Critic of urban renewal; supported mixed use and public involvement

Jacobs derailed Moses's plans to run two highways through lower Manhattan (one
in what would become trendy SoHo). But, Moses's tarnished reputation has been
undergoing rehabilitation recently as cities realize the value of reliable
infrastructure.
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Sample Questions
Who was the book The Power Broker about? Who
wrote The Death and Life of Great American
Cities? What is the link between the two?

Answer: Robert Moses / Jane Jacobs

Moses: Massive infrastructure projects
Jacobs: Critic of urban renewal; supported mixed use and public involvement

Jacobs derailed Moses's plans to run two highways through lower Manhattan (one
in what would become trendy SoHo). But, Moses's tarnished reputation has been
undergoing rehabilitation recently as cities realize the value of reliable
infrastructure.
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Sample Questions
Why were snail darter fish important in 1973?

Answer: Caused delay of the Tellico Dam construction on

the Little Tennessee River in 1973. The snail darters
were discovered in the Little Tennessee River during
research related to a lawsuit involving the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The lawsuit stated
that the Tellico Reservoir, to be created by Tellico Dam,
would alter the habitat of the river to the point of
extirpating the snail darter. The NEPA lawsuits slowed
the construction of the Tellico Dam but did not stop it.
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Concentric Zone
Burgess, 1925

Central Place Theory

Christaller, 1933

Name That Growth Theory!

Sector Model
Hoyt, 1939

Multi-Nuclei Zone Theory

Harris & Ullman, 1945
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Concentric Zone
Burgess, 1925

Central Place Theory

Christaller, 1933

Sector Model
Hoyt, 1939

Multi-Nuclei Zone Theory

Harris & Ullman, 1945
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Sample Questions
Frederick Law Olmstead Frederick Law Olmstead, Jr.

First President of AIP

Central Park, NY

Riverside, IL

National Park Service Organic Act

Biltmore Estate, Asheville, NC

Member of McMillan Commission

Emerald Necklace, Boston, MA

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Sample Questions
Who wrote The Back of Yards and Rules for
Radicals?

Answer: Saul Alinsky, community organizer

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Sample Questions
What is this and who
created it?

Answer: Ladder of citizen

involvement, by
Sherry Arnstein
(1969)
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Sample Questions
An ordinance was passed that zoned a large
property into multiple districts, restricting the
type of development that could occur. This 1926
ruling stated that zoning
Name is a Case!
That valid exercise of
police power.

Answer: Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty

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Sample Questions
An ordinance was passed that zoned a large
property into multiple districts, restricting the
type of development that could occur. This 1926
ruling stated that zoning is a valid exercise of
police power.

Answer: Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty

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Sample Questions
Which of the following cases are related to growth
management?
I. Golden v. Ramapo
II. Construction Industry of Sonoma Co. v. Petaluma
III. Kelo v. New London
IV. Home Builders v. Livermore

a) I only
b) II and IV
c) I, II, and IV
d) I, II, III, and IV

Answer: c)
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Sample Questions
A beachfront homeowner sought conditional
approval for a permit to rebuild a larger home that
could potentially block the ocean view. The
regional commission required the owner to
dedicate an easement to allow public access to the
beach. U.S. Supreme Court determined there
must be an essential nexus between a legitimate
state interest and the permit condition.

Answer: Nollan v. California Coastal (1987)

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Sample Questions
A hardware store owner applied for a permit to
expand her store and pave the parking lot. The
city’s planning commission granted conditional
approval, if she would dedicate land and develop a
pathway for public access along the nearby creek.
This ruling required an essential nexus AND that
the degree of exactions required by the condition is
roughly proportional to the impact being caused.

Answer: Dolan v. Tigard (1994)

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Sample Questions
What are the two constitutional amendments related
to takings?

Answer: 5th – Right to own/hold private property

14th – Due process (are the rules being followed?)
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Sample Questions
This 1954 case was related to slum clearance for
“local blight” in Washington, DC. U.S. Supreme
Court ruled that private property can be taken
with just compensation, and aesthetics can be
included in public well-being.

Answer: Berman v. Parker

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Sample Questions
Regional, rather than neighborhood, level
planning may be appropriate to each of the
following planning issues EXCEPT:

a. Wetland and floodplain protection

b. Airport accessibility
c. Facade design standards
d. Availability of grocery stores
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Sample Questions
Hurricane protection planning generally occurs at
which level:

a. National level
b. Corridor level
c. Neighborhood level
d. Downtown level
 107

Sample Questions
Between July 2005 and July 2006, the population
of which state grew by almost 580,000, more than
any other state?

a. Texas
b. Nevada
c. Arizona
d. California
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Sample Questions
The benefits of the Tennessee Valley Authority
(TVA) project including power generation and
flood control extend to which type of area:

a. National
b. Multi-State
c. County
d. Urban
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Sample Questions
Food planning may involve any of the following
EXCEPT:

a. Making recommendations about commercial

districts for grocery stores and restaurants
b. Developing strategies to protect farm and ranch
land from development
c. Evaluating the supply of Mexican, Chinese, and
other specialty restaurants in an area
d. Suggesting policies to encourage community
gardening
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Sample Questions
Which of the following are principles of environmental justice?

I. Environmental justice opposes exploitation of lands, people, and

cultures.
II. Environmental justice calls for informed consent.
III. Environmental justice recognizes the special legal relationship of
Native Peoples to the U.S. government through treaties and
agreements.
IV. Environmental justice requires a public hearing prior to making
final decisions.

a. I and II
b. II and III
c. I, II, and III
d. I, II, III, and IV
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Sample Questions
In a cold climate, planning to create covered and
heated walkways that are above the streets and
connect retail shops, restaurants, hospitals, and
hotels, is an example of which type of planning?

a. Evacuation planning
b. Downtown planning
c. Small town planning
d. Waterfront planning
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Sample Questions
Planners pay special attention to the interrelatedness
of decisions. This is an example of:

a. Our overall responsibility to the public as

indicated by the AICP Code of Ethics and
Professional Conduct
b. Obstacles to good planning practice
c. A rule of conduct in the AICP Code of Ethics and
Professional Conduct
d. A planning vision statement
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Sample Questions
This Supreme Court decision removed the
"substantially advances" test for takings cases:

a. Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. (1926)

b. Agins v. City of Tiburon (1980)
c. Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council (1992)
d. Lingle v. Chevron USA (2005)
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Sample Questions
APA filed a friend of the court (amicus curiae) brief in
support of an eminent domain action taken by a U.S. city.
The brief says that one way to reduce the advantage
developers currently see in greenfield development is to
use eminent domain to assemble tracts of land in high-
density urban areas. This brief was filed in support of
which case?

a. Kelo v. City of New London

b. Lingle v. Chevron USA
c. City of Rancho Palos Verdes v. Abrams
d. San Remo Hotel, L.P v. City and County of San
Francisco
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Contact Information
• Barbara Holly, AICP
Texas Chapter Certification Maintenance (CM) Coordinator
(903) 952-0396
rholly@spamarrest.com

• Richard Luedke, AICP

Texas Chapter Professional Development Officer (PDO)
(817) 938-4409
rluedke@argyletx.com

• Mike McAnelly, FAICP

Texas Chapter Executive Administrator
(214) 850-9046
m.mcanelly@att.net

• Kelly Porter, AICP

Houston Section APA Director
(713) 993-4529
Kelly.Porter@h-gac.com