Summit Focus:

Lancaster County is a special place with a community that works hard to ensure it stays that way. Over the past number of years that work has entailed creating and implementing community based plans for how we will balance growth and development with open space and farmland preservation. These efforts have earned Lancaster the reputation as being a model community throughout the nation.

In recent months, we have been called upon to focus our attention to an issue of great national concern. With economic growth and
farmland preservation has come the challenge of dealing with our community’s impact upon the water quality of the Chesapeake Bay.

For years, there has been interest in attacking the pervasive problem of continued deterioration of the ecosystem which makes up the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Officials from both the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Chesapeake Bay Commission have found Lancaster County already hard at work addressing issues related to agricultural practices, municipal waste systems, and development activities.

The people of Lancaster County are willing to increase their efforts to address this challenge and the Coalition for Smart Growth is proud to
serve as a resource. The 2010 Smart Growth Summit is designed to assist in this process.

Join us for a day of enlightening and engaging discussions on how the Principles of Smart Growth can assist us in facing these challenges. We look forward to your participation.

Keynote Speaker:

The Summit will feature Senator Mike Brubaker who
is a Lancaster County native born in 1957 and has been
married to wife Cindy since 1981. He is an agronomist
by education and profession, and an entrepreneur by
nature. In the private sector, Senator Brubaker owned and operated successful businesses in agricultural production, environmental enhancements and international trade. Senator Brubaker was elected to office in 2006 as a State Senator representing constituents of Pennsylvania’s 36th Senatorial District. He is Chairman of the Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee and Vice-Chairman of the Aging and Youth Committee. He also serves on the committees for Appropriations, Labor and Industry, Local Government, Policy, and State Government.

Outside of the Senate, the Senator serves on the State
Agriculture and Rural Leaders Board of Directors, and is
Chair of the Pennsylvania Delegation to the Chesapeake
Bay Commission.

Summit Agenda:

REGISTRATION: Continental Breakfast 7:30- 8:00

WELCOME: 8:00- 8:10

KEYNOTE: The Choices Before Us:
State Senator Mike Brubaker 8:10 - 9:10

WORKSHOP 1: 9:20- 10:20

• SESSION A- Storm Water Design Initiatives
  Jenny Molloy, Environmental Protection Agency
  
• SESSION B- State and Federal Policies and Regulations
  John T. Hines, PA Department of Environmental Protection

BREAK 10:20 -10:35

WORKSHOP 2: 10:35 - 11:35

• SESSION C- Urban Storm Water and the Restoration of
  Hydrologic Function in the Urban Landscape
  Fritz Schroeder, LIVE Green
  Stuart Schwartz, University of Maryland
  
• SESSION D- Water Resource Management in Rural
  Lancaster County
  Mary Gattis, AICP, Senior Environmental Planner, LCPC
  Justin Evans, AICP, Senior Community Planner, LCPC

WORKSHOP 3: 11:45- 12:45

• SESSION E- Local Ordinances and Regulatory Issues
  Jake Romig, Ecostruction, LLC
  
• SESSION F- Agricultural Practices to Improve Water Quality
  Chuck Wunz, Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc.
  Don McNutt, Lancaster County Conservation District

LUNCH 12:45 -2:15
How to Educate and Involve the Public
Stuart Sirota, TND Planning Group

WRAP-UP: 2:15 - 2:30
Matt Ehrhart, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Mark Hackenburg, Coalition for Smart Growth