Attendees will learn about the importance of, and opportunities to address regional compatibility between defense communities and the military, and learn about the Compatibility Assessment Mapping Tool and how it can support effective decision-making in other Texas defense communities.
This session focuses on regional compatibility in the San Antonio area between 4 counties, 22 municipalities, 34 regional organizations, utilities, real estate industry, and the military installations comprising Joint Base San Antonio, with an emphasis on strategies and tools to enhance resilient development through coordination, partnerships, and informed land use decision-making. The presentation will explain why regional compatibility is important for San Antonio communities and the military and discuss key mitigation strategies to balance continued military capability, resiliency, and economic growth to promote a high standard quality of life. The presentation will feature the GIS-based Compatibility Assessment Mapping Tool that considers 25 planning factors assigned to four topic areas – existing land use, future growth, environmental factors, and coordination, to provide communities with a comprehensive perspective for informed planning and decision-making based on different development scenarios.
Patrick Small
Invited Speaker
"Biographies of the proposed session speakers:
Patrick Small, AICP, Principal Planner, Matrix Design Group
Patrick has 23 years of professional planning experience in both the public and private sectors, serving municipal and county governments, and federal agencies and departments across the nation. As a community planner, he has developed long-range …
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"Biographies of the proposed session speakers:
Patrick Small, AICP, Principal Planner, Matrix Design Group
Patrick has 23 years of professional planning experience in both the public and private sectors, serving municipal and county governments, and federal agencies and departments across the nation. As a community planner, he has developed long-range and regional plans, authored land development regulations and zoning codes, and developed master plans to solve complex planning challenges through collaborative partnerships and solutions. His compatibility planning experience includes numerous compatible use studies and military resiliency projects in dynamic defense communities affected by complex military mission requirements.
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Celeste Werner
Invited Speaker
Celeste Werner, FAICP, Executive-Vice President, Matrix Design Group
Celeste is an industry leader and AICP Fellow with more than 35 years of experience delivering cutting-edge planning solutions. She has successfully executed projects for municipal, state, federal, and military clients throughout Texas, the United States, and its territories. She has served …
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Celeste Werner, FAICP, Executive-Vice President, Matrix Design Group
Celeste is an industry leader and AICP Fellow with more than 35 years of experience delivering cutting-edge planning solutions. She has successfully executed projects for municipal, state, federal, and military clients throughout Texas, the United States, and its territories. She has served in both the public and private sectors and cultivated in-depth knowledge and technical expertise in land use and growth management planning, compatibility planning, comprehensive and master planning, redevelopment/renewal, and urban design. Celeste is a nationally recognized public facilitator who focuses on conflict resolution, collaboration, and consensus building as key to the successful adoption and implementation of planning strategies and solutions.
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Diane Rath
Invited Speaker
Diane Rath, Executive Director, Alamo Area Council of Governments
Diane is currently the Executive Director of the Alamo Area Council of Governments in San Antonio, Texas. She began her service in December 2014 and is transforming the agency to respond to the current environment. AACOG is responsible for 11 program …
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Diane Rath, Executive Director, Alamo Area Council of Governments
Diane is currently the Executive Director of the Alamo Area Council of Governments in San Antonio, Texas. She began her service in December 2014 and is transforming the agency to respond to the current environment. AACOG is responsible for 11 program areas across the 13-county region. The $80 million budget includes 350 employees for both service delivery and planning. Immediately prior to joining AACOG, Rath was Senior Vice President for ResCare Workforce Services overseeing all U.S. operations totaling $250 million, with operations in 30 states. Diane was appointed Commissioner of the Texas Workforce Commission by Gov. George W. Bush in 1996 and reappointed by Gov. Rick Perry, serving until April 2008. In July 2007, Rath was nominated as Assistant Secretary at U.S. Health and Human Services."
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