Information Management Systems
Context-Sensitive Design for Local Governments
This one-day workshop is a modification of the three-day context sensitive design course offered to Mn/DOT employees. The class will discuss many of the non-transportation-related issues that arise due to different factors when working on transportation projects.
Registration
- Register online:
- May 1, 2007—University of Minnesota - Rochester, Rochester, MN
- May 2, 2007—Hennepin County Public Works, Medina, MN
(Medina site is full) - May 3, 2007— Ramada Inn, Brainerd, MN
- Register by mail:
- Download registration form (164 KB PDF)
- Mail to CCE Information Center, University of Minnesota, 20 Coffey Hall, 1420 Eckles Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108-6069
- Register by FAX:
- Download registration form (164 KB PDF)
- Fax to 612-624-5359
Mail or fax your registration or register online no later than one week prior to the program. Preregistration allows us to contact you if the workshop must be postponed due to weather or other factors. A refund of the registration fee, minus a $30 cancellation fee, will be made if written cancellation is received at least five working days before the workshop. Disability accommodations will be provided upon request.
Registration Contact
Julie Grazier, 612-624-3044, jgrazier@cce.umn.edu
Topics Covered
- Identifying the elements that make up a project's context, including physical, environmental, social, cultural, land use, and transportation factors
- How to involve local communities and other stakeholders in the project development process
- Creative design using the flexibility inherent in design guidelines and standards to fit a project to its context
- Incorporating aesthetics and landscaping as an integral part of the design
- Accommodating pedestrians and bicyclists in the design
- Documenting design commitments so that they are actually constructed
- Seeking a variance, if necessary, and creating the appropriate documentation
- Achieving an appropriate balance between transportation objectives and community and environmental objectives
Who Should Attend
Local transportation agency personnel, including those with work related to state-aid projects.
Credit
- 1.0 Roads Scholar Program elective credit
- To the best of our knowledge, this course/activity meets the continuing education requirements for 6.0 PDHs as outlined in Minnesota Statute 326.107. More information concerning continuing education for professionals is online at www.aelslagid.state.mn.us.
Instructor(s)
Frank Peloubet has more than 20 years of experience in sanitary engineering and water-related areas. His background includes 10 years as a wastewater and storm water utility manger, plus experience with the North Dakota environmental regulatory agency. Peloubet has worked on municipal and county drainage projects with a local engineering consulting firm to design culvert installations, and has taught water- and transportation- related courses. He is a graduate of North Dakota State University.
Fee
Category B—partially subsidized:
- Approximately $120
Workshop Schedule
Registration: 8:30 a.m.
Class hours: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.