Previous Short Course Presentations

2022:

• Housing Development and Financing 101
  • Recording of 11/2/22 webinar (YouTube)
  • CPC/Doug Olcott slide deck (.pdf)
     
• Affordable, Accessible Housing – Strategies for Putting Housing Within Reach (and Keeping it There)
  • ​​​​​​​Recording of 10/27/22 webinar (YouTube)
  • Shane Phillips slide deck (.pdf)
     
• Zoning Board of Appeals Overview
  • Recording of 6/2/22 webinar (YouTube)
  • DOS slide deck and handouts (.pdf)
     
• Hudsonia's Local Habitat Maps Go Virtual 
  • Recording of 5/24/22 webinar (YouTube)
  • Hudsonia slide deck (.pdf)
  • Dutchess County Habitat Mapper
• Understanding the 2022 Dutchess County Housing Needs Assessment
  • Recording of 5/5/22 webinar (YouTube)
  • CZB Presentation slide deck (.pdf)

2021:

• County Referral – A DOS Overview of GML 239, and Dutchess County Highlights
  • Recording of 11/10/21 webinar (YouTube)
  • DOS presentation and handouts (.pdf)
  • Dutchess County Highlights presentation (.pdf)
     
• Land Use Issues for Legalized Adult-Use Cannabis and Perspectives from Massachusetts
  • Recording of 9/28/21 webinar (YouTube)
  • Gamils/Gordon Presentation (.pdf)
  • Nelson Presentation (separated into multiple files due to large file size)
    • Perspectives from Massachusetts, Part 1 (.pdf)
    • Perspectives from Massachusetts, Part 2 (.pdf)
    • Perspectives from Massachusetts, Part 3 (.pdf)
    • Perspectives from Massachusetts, Part 4 (.pdf)
    • Perspectives from Massachusetts, Part 5 (.pdf)
    • Perspectives from Massachusetts, Part 6 (.pdf)
       
• Planning and Zoning - An Introduction
  • Recording of webinar, 4/29/2021 (YouTube)
  • Presentation handouts (.pdf)
     
• Zoning for Food Trucks
  • Recording of webinar, 4/13/2021 (YouTube)
  • Presentation and resources (.pdf)

2020:

• Floodplain Regulation for Local Review Boards
  • Recording of November 12th webinar, Part 1 (YouTube)
  • Recording of November 12th webinar, Part 2 (YouTube)
  • Slides and handouts (.pdf)
     
• Skills that Make Great Board Members
  • Recording of July 16th webinar (YouTube)
  • Slides and handouts (.pdf)

• The 5G Wireless Revolution – Pointers and Pitfalls for Land Use Boards
  • Recording of June 3rd webinar (YouTube)
  • HDR presentation handouts (.pdf)
  • Keane & Beane presentation handouts (.pdf)
  • Examples of local codes:  Beacon NY  |  Bedford NY  |  New Castle NY
  • Examples of aesthetic guidelines:  Albany NY  |  New Castle NY  |  Syracuse NY  |  White Plains NY
     
• Conducting Public Meetings During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Recording of April 20th webinar (YouTube) 
  • NYSDOS Committee on Open Government presentation (.pdf) 
  • Keane & Beane presentation (.pdf)

2019:

• Understanding and Preparing for Battery Energy Storage Systems (.pdf)
• Illuminated! How to Plan for Site Lighting in Your Community (.pdf)
• Aquifer and Stream Corridor Protection sessions: Aquifer Protection (.pdf) and Planning for Stream Corridor Protection (.pdf)
• Biodiversity in Dutchess County: Municipal Planning for Conservation (.pdf)
• Spring 2019 NYS DOS sessions: Planning Board Overview (.pdf) and SEQR Basics with New Regulations (.pdf)
• Streamlining the Land Use Review and Approval Process (.pdf)

2018:

• Practical Issues in Deciding Area Variances: A Hands-On ZBA Workshop (.pdf)
• Making Your Community More Farm Friendly through Planning and Zoning presentation (.pdf) and Resources List (.pdf)
• Common Mistakes in the Land Use and SEQRA Processes (.pdf)
• Making Complete Streets a Reality: Local Lessons Learned (.pdf)
• Spring 2018 NYS DOS sessions: Zoning Board of Appeals Overview (.pdf), Public Meetings & Hearings (.pdf), and Adaptive Reuses for White Elephants (.pdf)

​​​​2017:

• The Ongoing Relationship Between Your Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Code (.pdf)
• Fall 2017 NYS DOS sessions: Form-Based Zoning (.pdf) and Sign Regulation (.pdf)
• Agricultural Districts: Balancing Farmers Needs and Local Concerns (.pdf)
• Shifting Your Perspective: Experience and Plan for Accessibility Challenges (.pdf)
• Spring 2017 NYS DOS sessions: Planning and Zoning: An Introduction (.pdf) and Hot Button Land Uses (.pdf)

2016:

• Economic Development: The Power of the Plan (.pdf) and The Land Use System: Setting the Stage (.pdf)
• Designing for Density: Meeting Your Community's Changing Land Use Needs: Hoffman Property TND (.pdf), Queen City Lofts (.pdf), and Van Wagner Place (.pdf)
• Tackling Difficult SEQR Topics: Community Character, Historic/Archaeological Resources, and Habitats/Endangered Species (.pdf)
• Supporting Agriculture with Community Planning (.pdf)
• How to Read a Site Plan (.pdf)
• Caselaw Update 2015–2016 (.pdf)
• Spring 2016 NYS DOS sessions: Behind the Scenes: Roles and Responsibilities of Planning Board and ZBA Secretaries (.pdf) and Planning and Zoning: An Introduction (.pdf)