This course will survey skills for contemporary planning to help prepare entry level planners for working on current planning issues in city planning departments. Faculty member Ann Markusen will coordinate the course and evaluate student performance.
Discussions center on current planning issues with the guest planner using specific examples.
A significant portion of each session would be dedicated to questions, answers and discussions. Ken Ford, former Planning Administrator, City of St. Paul, coordinator of the city's new Comprehensive Plan of 1999. Possible class projects identified. Caroline Braun, Planning Director, City of Anoka Basic administrative procedures in working with planning commission and council as well as the content and data resources for writing up a staff report. Discussion on issues the planner needs to cover in the report.