2007 AAPA Maritime Economic Development Committee Workshop

June 19, 2007
Oxnard, CA

Ports are under increasing pressure to meet growth demands while at the same time working to maintain their current footprint in the face of community development priorities. The workshop addressed best practices in dealing with the “gentrification” of port property and the use of eminent domain as a tool to meet the demand for more land area.

06/19/2007
Welcoming Remarks

• J. Ron Popham, Senior Director, Maritime Division, Port of San Diego, Chairman, AAPA Maritime Economic Development Committee
• Judy Cofer, Deputy Executive Director - Administration, Port of Hueneme/Oxnard Harbor District, Vice Chair AAPA Maritime Economic Development Committee

06/19/2007
Gentrification Pressures

SESSION ONE

Ports are increasingly being pressured by developers and other community interests to develop port or adjacent property for non-maritime uses and limiting the port’s future options.

• Introduction

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Competing Uses of Port Property

• Rick Armstrong, Director of Port Development, Massachusetts Seaport Advisory Council (Presenation 2)
• Greg Theisen, Associate Planner, Port of Portland

06/19/2007
Stakeholder Perspective

• Steve Kinney, Director of Economic Development, Port of Hueneme/Oxnard Harbor District, President of the Oxnard Economic Development Corporation

06/19/2007
Responding to Development Pressure

SESSION TWO 

Developing Strategies to Ease the Pressure and Create Win-Win Solutions with Stakeholders.

06/19/2007
Case Studies on Dealing with Development Pressures

• Mr. Theisen
• Irene McCormack, Director of Communications & Community Services, Port of San Diego

06/19/2007
Tools and Techniques for Port Property Management

• Ronald L. Everett, Project Manager/Senior Port Planner, JWD Group, a division of DMJM Harris

06/20/2007
Eminent Domain (ED)

SESSION THREE

Exploring the challenges in the use of Eminent Domain and Examining Successful Uses of this Important Development Tool. 

• Jay Stewart, Manager, Real Estate, Pot of Tacoma

06/20/2007
Impediments to the Use of ED: Involve and Educate

• Julie Collins, Director of Economic Development and Government Affairs, Port of Tacoma
• Jay Stewart, Manager, Real Estate, Port of Tacoma

06/20/2007
Case Studies in the Use of ED and Lessons Learned

• Joe Riccio, Executive Director, Port of Bridgeport
• David Kaufman, Senior Director, Planning and Properties, Jacksonville Port Authority

06/20/2007
Tour of Port Hueneme Facilities