Ball State University CAP:IC

AICP Professional Development Offerings

BOTH SUMMER COURSES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.

Expert Testimony on Indiana Planning & Land Use Law
4 Sessions, 4CM Each (16CM Total) (All Sessions Also Satisfy Law Requirement, Session 4 Also Satsifies Ethics Requirement)
Saturdays 9am-1pm June 14-July 12 CANCELLED
Ball State Indianapolis Center, 50 South Meridian Street
Instructor Professor Bruce Frankel, PhD, AICP

The course is intended for the professional planner, the practicing planner, planning students, lawyers in the field of land use law and related fields, allied professionals [architects, landscape architects, civil engineers, etc.], public officials [elected officials, Plan Commissioners, Community Development, Redevelopment], civic leaders and community action heroes. The course aims for an understanding of Indiana planning and land use law, and within the contexts of its history, defining case law in Indiana, other states and at the Federal level, both Federal and Indiana constitutional protections, and the AICP Ethical Code. The course presents a practical guide to planners as expert witnesses in both preparing and delivering their testimony, and to lawyers in examining such testimony. To others the course provides insight into planning and land use law, and the role of courts and plan commissions, BZA’s and local governing bodies in planning and land development controls.

The format is lecture [PowerPoint] and discussion-based. No text is required, but several texts are recommended.

Session	Date	Topic
1	Saturday June 14	1. Evolutionary History of Planning and Land Development Control enabling statutes in Indiana 2. Indiana and Federal constitutional, statutory and administrative law contexts, and historic precedents in Common Law and torts
2	Saturday June 21	3. Structure, logic and key provisions of Title 36, Article 7 of the Indiana Code 4. Judicial interpretation of the Code as a matter of case law
3	Saturday June 28	5. Landmark state [not covered under # 4 and in states other than Indiana] and Federal cases with relevance to judicial issues of IC 36-7
4	Saturday July 12	6. The planner as an expert before judicial and quasi-judicial hearings: role, preparation and testimony, relevant procedural rules, relevant professional ethics [AICP Code]

Redevelopment Strategies for Indiana
4 Sessions, 4CM Each (16CM Total) (All Sessions Also Satisfy Law Requirement, Session 1 Also Satisfies Ethics Requirement)
Saturdays 2:30pm-6:30pm June 14-July 12 CANCELLED
Ball State Indianapolis Center, 50 South Meridian Street
Instructor Professor Bruce Frankel, PhD, AICP

The course is intended for the professional planner, the practicing planner, planning students, allied professionals [architects, landscape architects, civil engineers, etc.], public officials [elected officials, Plan Commissioners, Community Development, Redevelopment Commission], civic leaders and community action heroes. The course combines classroom and field-based study in understanding the problems faced by Indiana’s essential cities and towns and, through case studies, effective strategies in addressing them. It reviews the community development plan and the emergence of “enterprise planning” in performing the adopted actions of that plan. An understanding of the history of urban renewal, as well as Indiana Redevelopment law and its provision of key policy instruments lays the basis for creative strategies. Students shall consider an urban policy for the state that promotes problem solutions. The course presents a practical guide to planners, redevelopment officials and community organizers in the redevelopment process.

The classroom format is lecture [PowerPoint] and discussion-based. One of the four sessions will conduct a field investigation of redevelopment in the Indianapolis area, and guided by the Instructor. No text is required, but several texts are recommended.

Session	Date	Topic
1	Saturday June 14	1. Evolutionary History of Planning and Redevelopment enabling statutes in Indiana 2. Indiana and Federal constitutional, statutory and administrative law contexts, and their limitations on the police power of eminent domain, and the guiding principles of the AICP Ethics Code 3. Structure, logic and key provisions of Title 36, Article 7, Chapters 14-26 of the Indiana Code regarding the powers of the Redevelopment Commission and Authority.
2	Saturday June 21	4. Judicial interpretation of these Chapters of the Indiana Code [refer to topic # 3 above] as a matter of case law, and landmark state and Federal cases, inclusive of recent Indiana limitations in reaction to the landmark Kelo decision 5. Redevelopment Tools as grouped: [a] acquisition and assemblage of land; [b] public inducements to private investment in a redevelopment area; [c] collective actions and community organizing
3	Saturday June 28	6. Redevelopment Strategies as grouped for the following conditions: [a] downtown core; [b] gray zones; [c] historic preservation and conservation districts; [d] allied strategies 7. Variety of case studies of strategies in their innovation, application and impact.
4	Saturday July 12	8. Field investigations in the Indianapolis area: Uses if TIF, HoTIF, various tax credits, Federal funds, community organization, impactful public facilities, impactful mistakes, etc.

About Certification Maintenance Requirements
The four sessions for each course are progressive in content but may be taken separately.

All sessions have been approved by AICP and listed through the online AICP CM system.

Each session earns 4 CM credits. Each session also satisfies the Law requirement and select sessions satisfy the Ethics requirement.

Contact your professional [e.g., law, architecture, landscape architecture] organization [e.g., ICCLE/ ICLEF, AIA, ASLA] for the application of this course to its continuing education and re-certification requirements.

About the Instructor
These courses are taught by Dr. Bruce Frankel, Professor of Urban Planning at Ball State University, and with prior faculty service in planning at Rutgers University and the University of Pennsylvania. He presents twenty-four years of full-time professional experience as a licensed and certified planner [NJ, AICP], land developer on a range of residential, commercial and industrial projects, and consulting economist and project manager to production homebuilders, affordable housing sponsors, industrial corporations, and real estate investment groups. He has performed planning assignments for local governments and state authorities. Dr. Frankel lends his applied knowledge of redevelopment strategies that have transformed economically impacted commercial downtowns and residential neighborhoods in Indiana and elsewhere in the U.S. Beyond these best practices he offers a formulation of promising strategies. His work has been performed in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and, since 2002, in Indiana. He has conducted numerous public and professional education workshops and courses, including re-certification courses for AIA and ASLA.

Fees
Each course is four sessions in length, and each session is $100. The four sessions for each course are progressive in content but may be taken separately. Fees increase to $110 per session after the pre-registration deadline of June 11.

Registration
Prepaid registrations are required. You may choose all, or a portion, of the sessions listed. Pre-registration rates available through June 11!

Cancellations will incur a $50 fee. For cancellation or other payment questions please contact Pat Quinn at 765-285-5879 or pquinn2@bsu.edu.

Ball State University College of Architecture and Planning Indianapolis Center
50 South Meridian Street Suite 302 Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
capic@bsu.edu