Talbot County Historical Society Auditorium 
Easton, Maryland

Presentations

Wednesday, October 29

8:30 - 9:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:30 - 10:00 Greetings

Kevin Brooks, Executive Director Maryland Rural Development Corporation
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Jeanne Haddaway, Maryland House of Delegates, District 37B
Honorable Robert Willey, Mayor, Town of Easton

10:00 - 10:30 Town Growing Pains - Identifying Problems and Potential Solutions

Joyce DeLaurentis, Community Development Director, MRDC
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Jay Corvan, Architect, Trappe, Maryland
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10:45 - 11:30 Getting the Community You Have Envisioned - Case Studies in Success in Directing Growth - If you Don't Have a Plan, a Developer Will Have a Plan For You!

Russ Brinsfield, Mayor of Vienna, Maryland
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Laschelle Miller, Town Administrator, Leonardtown, Maryland
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11:30 - 11:55 Successfully Navigating the Annexation and Development Review Process

Brynja McDivitt Booth, Esquire

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch

Regional Initiatives Affecting Small Towns
Scott Warner, Executive Director, Mid-Shore Regional Council
Dr. Michael Scott, Director, Eastern Shore Regional GIS Cooperative

1:00 - 2:30 Considering Alternate Scenarios Town Expansion Options in a Regional Context - Review of Past Trends and Consequences, Regional Case Studies - (Presentations and Panel Discussion)

Steve Allan, Maryland Department of Planning
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Jay Corvan, Architect
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Mark Gradecak, Planning Consultant
John Seward, Eastern Shore Land Conservancy
Dennis Haskins, Maryland Department of Transportation
Scott Warner, Executive Director, Mid-Shore Regional Council

2:45 - 4:15 Designing for Healthy Rural Communities - Developing Design Guidelines

Jay Corvan, Architect, Trappe, Maryland
- "Guidelines for Maintaining Rural Character for Infill and New Development"
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Bill Kastning, Town Planner, Town of Denton
-"Development and Use of The Denton Pattern Book"
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Dennis Haskins, Scenic Byways Program, MDOT, SHA
- "Context Sensitive Transportation Corridors Design for Enhanced Economic Development"
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4:30 - 5:15 Walking Tour of Easton Infill Development

Lynn Thomas, Long range Planner, Town of Easton
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5:15 - 6:30 Reception - Scossa Restaurant and Lounge

Speaker: Joe Alfandre, The Kentlands Company

Hors d'oeurves and cash bar, slideshow of growth scenarios

Dinner on your own

Thursday, October 30

9:00 - 9:25 Ecological Assessments as an Element of Comprehensive Planning

Ted Brown, PE, Water Resources Engineer, Biohabitats, Annapolis, Maryland
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Anne Roane, City Planner, City of Cambridge, Maryland

9:25 - 9:50 Source Water Protection in Comprehensive Planning

Lyn Poorman, Water Management Administration, Maryland Department of Environment
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9:50 - 10:15 Managing Your Stormwater Runoff - Environmental Site Design (ESD) in Maryland - Maximum Implementation in Residential and Commercial Development

Ken Pensyl, Program Manager of the Sediment, Stormwater and Dam Safety Program, Maryland Department of Environment
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Break

10:25 - 11:10 Development Rights and Responsibilities Agreements

Ryan Showalter, Esquire, Miles and Stockbridge, Easton, Maryland

11:10- 11:35 Development of Model Planning Documents for Small Towns - Review of Sample Plans and Ordinances- HB 1141 and Beyond

Dale Mumford, Maryland Rural Development Corporation
Mark Gradecak, Planning Consultant
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11:35 - 12:15 Feedback, Questions and Answers - Panel Discussions

Panelists Include:
John Leocha, Infrastructure Planner, Maryland Department of Planning
Jay Corvan, Architect
Lyn Poorman, Water Management Administration, Maryland Department of Environment
Joyce DeLaurentis, Maryland Rural Development

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