Parameters For ASLA Public Positions Roxanne Blackwell, Hon. ASLA - - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Parameters For ASLA Public Positions

Roxanne Blackwell, Hon. ASLA - Director, Federal Government Affairs Elizabeth Hebron, Director, State Government Affairs

Queens Plaza, NYC

ASLA Public Policies

Federal Priorities Process

Call for Issues Survey GAAC & Staff Analysis Executive Committee Review Board of Trustees Input GAAC & Staff Analysis Executive Committee Endorsement April-May June July October November December

ASLA Government Affairs and Advisory Committee

Robin Gyorgyfalvy (VP) Eugenia Martin (Chair) Craig Coronato Tamas Deak Alyssa Black Conner Bruns Darrell Garrison Jonathon Geels Keven Graham Stephen Ibendahl Joy Kuebler Om Khurjekar Curtis LaPierre Robert Loftis Ian McRae Jon Milstead Jon Milstead Michael Nichols Adrian Smith Nicholas Tufaro

U.S. Capitol – Washington, D.C.

2015 ASLA Professional Award Winner Phil Hardberger Park – San Antonia, TX Firm: Stephen Stimson Associates Landscape Architects

Respondents totals for surveys since 2011

522 499 964 896

2011-2012 2013-2014 2015-2016 2017-2018

2017-2018 Respondents ASLA Membership Status

Full Member 20+ years – 33.03% Full Member 10-20 years – 24.64% Full Member less than 5 years – 12.21% Associate – 7.39% Other – 5.83% (lapsed) Student – 3.36%

Rankings of Federal Policy Issues

Transportation Design and Planning – 3.91 Water and Stormwater Management – 4.22 Climate Change – 4.93 NPS & Federal Lands - 4.99 Community Planning and Design – 5.29 Parks and Recreational Facilities – 5.41 Green Building and Site Design – 5.42 Environmental Education – 6.26 Small Business – 7.21 HALS and other historic preservation – 7.36

Rankings of Federal Policy Issues – Impact Employment

Transportation design and planning – 70.66% Water and Stormwater Management – 58.23% Parks and recreational issues – 47.93% Community planning and design – 47.59% Climate Change mitigation/adaptation – 40.54% Green Building and site design – 38.19% NPS and other federal lands – 32.81% Small Business – 21.84% Environmental Education – 15.12% HALS and historic preservation issues – 8.62%

Access to Federal Programs Funds

EPA Brownfields Remediation , 13.33% EPA Clean/Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Funds, 6.94% CMAQ, 9.85% Historic Landscapes/Cultural Resources/Historic Preservation Fund, 10.41% HUD Community Development Block Grants, 18.14% Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), 25.31% National Endowment for the Arts, 7.61% Recreational Trails Program, 24.97% Safe Routes to School, 24.89% Scenic Byways, 10.64% TIGER, 23.40% Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) formerly Transportation Enhancements, 29.45% U.S. Army Corps of Engineers programs, 15.75% HUD Sustainable Challenge , 6.72% USDA Community Forestry programs, 6.72% I/We do not use any federal program funds on projects, 38.17% Other (please specify), 10.83%

Federal Issues – What’s Missing

Stronger Advocacy for Active Transportation Licensure Pollinators Climate Change

Top Areas of Interest

Transportation Water and Stormwater Parks and Recreation Community Development

Federal Issues to Evaluate

Pollinators

Federal Issues to Evaluate

Pollinators

• Glad to see ASLA take a

leadership role on this issue

• Continue these leadership efforts
• Landscape architects beginning to

see more work as a result of pollinator-related RFPs

• Expand designing for pollinators

beyond rights-of-ways

Federal Issues to Evaluate

Climate Change

Federal Issues to Evaluate

Climate Change

issue is too polarizing risk losing political allies in Congress too big and too broad focus on how landscape architects and projects help mitigate impacts of climate change via active transportation, stormwater management, green infrastructure, parks and recreation, etc. working with FEMA on mitigation and recovery efforts is better choose issues and terms wisely – resiliency is code for climate change

Community Infrastructure and Development

Transportation Water and Stormwater Parks and Recreation

The Administration

The White House – Washington, D.C.

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ASLA Infrastructure Recommendations

• FIXING OUR NATION’S WATER

MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

• UPGRADING TO A

MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION NETWORK

• RECOGNIZING PUBLIC LANDS,

PARKS, AND RECREATION AS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

• DESIGNING FOR RESILIENCE

Washington Chaos

ASLA iAdvocate Network

Urge Congress to Reconsider Proposed Cuts to TIGER Urge the White House to Reconsider Cuts to Infrastructure Programs Urge Congress to Support Bipartisan LWCF Legislation Oppose H.R. 86, a bill to abolish the EPA Take Action: Support the Great Lakes Landscape Architects Stand up for Our Environment

ASLA Advocacy Day 2017

• 1. The issue should comport with at least one of ASLA’s Public Policies.
• 2. ASLA is a non-partisan organization, as such, ASLA does not endorse political candidates, party platforms,

policies, legislation, or regulations intended to promote a particular party or candidate.

• 3. The chapter should establish reasonable consensus on the issue within the membership.
• 4. After receiving adequate feedback and consensus on the issue, the chapter executive committee or relevant

chapter leadership should review and “sign off” on supporting or not supporting the issue.

• 5. The appropriate chapter member/leader should draft the letter or statement in support of or not supporting

the issue.

• 6. ASLA recommends sending the draft letter or statement to ASLA government affairs staff for review.
• 7. The statement or letter should be place on chapter letterhead and signed by appropriate chapter

leadership.

Chapter Checklist for State and Federal Policy

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2017 Licensure Activity

Federal Trade Commission Economic Liberty Task Force

Right to Earn A Living Model Law

Save the Date: 2017 Advocacy Summit

Milwaukee Waterfront

September 8-10, 2017 Milwaukee, WI