The results are in! Come celebrate the best of Northern California planning at our annual Awards Gala on Friday, June 7, at the Starline Social Club. To purchase tickets or find our more information regarding the benefits of sponsorship, visit our Awards webpage.
Our jurors were: Martin Alkire, Principal Planner, City of Mountain View; Hanson Hom, AICP, planning consultant and APA California Chapter Board Vice-President of Conferences; Rebecca Kohlstrand, AICP, Vice President, Parsons Brinckerhoff; and Aaron Welsh, Senior Associate, Raimi + Associates.
And here are our 2019 award winners!
Awards of Excellence
Advancing Diversity and Social Change in Honor of Paul Davidoff
L. Robert Ulibarri, AICP
Best Practices
San Mateo County Second Unit Center —21 Elements | Home for All | San Mateo County
Comprehensive Plan, Large Jurisdiction
Central SoMa Plan —San Francisco Planning Department
Comprehensive Plan, Small Jurisdiction
Vallco Town Center Specific Plan —City of Cupertino | Opticos Design
Hard Won Victory and Planning Agency
City of Santa Rosa Resilient City Development Measures Ordinance —City of Santa Rosa, Planning Division
Innovation in Green Community Planning
Santa Clara Valley Agricultural Plan —County of Santa Clara | Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority
Public Outreach
Housing Voices Community Outreach Process —City of Santa Cruz
Transportation Planning
Elimination of Minimum Parking Requirements Citywide —Office of San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim | San Francisco Planning Department
Urban Design
Pier 70 Project —Brookfield Properties | Port of San Francisco | SITELAB urban studio
Awards of Merit
Best Practices
Albany Residential Design Guidelines —Albany Planning & Zoning Commission | Albany Planning Department
Comprehensive Plan, Small Jurisdiction
Alameda Marina Master Plan (above) —KTGY Architecture + Planning | Alameda Marina Development | Bay West Group
Bayfair TOD Specific Plan (below) —City of San Leandro | Raimi + Associates | VWMP | Strategic Economics | Kittleson & Associates |Rincon Consultants| Wood Rodgers
Economic Planning and Development
Priority Area 1 Specific Plan (above) —City of Brentwood | De Novo Planning Group
Zoning Ordinance Modifications to Support Small Businesses (below) —City of Berkeley
Hard Won Victory
Mill Valley Lumber Yard Adaptive Reuse Project —Matt and Jan Mathews |Christopher Raker | Mark Rhoades | Michael Heacock| David Parisi
Innovation in Green Community Planning
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Climate Action Plan (above) —Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Santa Clara Agrihood (below) —City of Santa Clara | Core Companies | Steinberg Hart
Public Outreach
Downtown Livermore Facilitation Project (above) —City of Livermore | PlaceWorks
Last Chance Grade Project (below) —Caltrans District 1|MIG, Inc.
Transportation Planning
Safe Routes to Schools Safety Assessments —City of Fremont | Fremont Unified School District | Alta Planning + Design
Urban Design
Windsor Civic Center Visioning Plan —City of Windsor, WRT
Section-only Awards
Great Places
San Pedro Square, San Jose, California —San Jose Downtown Association | San Jose Downtown Property-Based Improvement District | City of San Jose
Special Recognition Award: Accomplished Planner
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Special Recognition Award: Mid-Career Planner
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Special Recognition Award: Emerging Planner
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