BRE Fall Forum

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		PLAN BAY AREA & PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT AREAS Presented by the BIA\|Bay Area's Bureau of Real Estate Committee
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		Lisa Vorderbrueggen Director of Governmental Affairs, East Bay, BIA\|Bay Area Introduces Plan Bay Area and the role of Priority Development Areas (PDAs)
		Mark Shorett Senior Regional Planner, Association of Bay Area Governments Shorett provides an overview of the Bay Area’s Priority Development Area program, its history, how it ties into Plan Bay Area and how it is meant to allow the region to provide adequate housing while minimizing the impacts on the environment and allowing for economic growth.
		Rich Carlston Mayor, City of Walnut Creek Carlston discusses how PDAs are playing out in his community, given his residents’ general opposition to more housing, especially in the downtown area where the city’s PDAs are located. Walnut Creek has yet to adopt a specific plan associated with any of its PDAs although it has one specific planning effort fairly well along and another in process.
		Denise Pinkston Partner, TMG Partners TMG Partners’ Denise Pinkston discusses the underlying causes of the Bay Area’s housing shortage and why we are unlikely to see large-scale home production anytime soon despite the focus on planning initiatives such as PDAs.
		Jonathan Fearn Vice President of Development, SummerHill Apartment Communities and SummerHill Homes Fearn discusses the realities on the ground of doing an actual infill development project – more neighborhood opposition, longer entitlement processes, greater approval uncertainties, etc. He will also address the misconception that developers can easily increase densities without disproportionally increasing production costs.
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