The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 requires that most local government entities perform a self-evaluation of their facilities and programs, services, and activities (PSA) to identify physical and programmatic access to persons with disabilities and prepare an ADA Transition Plan to lay out a plan for removing those barriers over time. Evaluations are required within both public areas and employee areas that are common use and involve reviews for compliance with applicable standards developed by the U.S. Access Board and others. The City of Lakewood, Ohio, recognized the need to be compliant with these requirements and enlisted the assistance of DLZ Ohio, Inc. to prepare their ADA Transition Plan. DLZ worked closely with City staff and the ADA Transition Plan Task Force, a group comprised of City staff and residents, with many of the residents having a disability. The ADA Transition Plan for Lakewood was completed in the fall of 2023 and the City is currently implementing recommendations to address identified barriers. This presentation will review the specific ADA requirements for local governments, provide details about the scope of the project completed for the City of Lakewood, and the current and planned steps for implementation of the Transition Plan by the City as they move to eliminate barriers to access to City programs.

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What happens when four planning firms ditch the pitch and come together? Real talk planners actually need—no competition, just collaboration. In this interactive session, four principals share hard-won lessons from the field, proving that collaboration and healthy competition can coexist to level up people and places. You’ll gain practical, ready-to-use insights on consultant-client alignment and visualization best practices; uncovering authentic community stories that humanize data and strengthen plans; and mobilizing partners, resources, and momentum to move from planning to implementation. Whether you’re a seasoned professional or a new planner, you’ll leave with actionable strategies, fresh perspectives, and renewed confidence in the power of collaborative planning.

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The APA Private Practice and Planning Law Divisions are co-sponsoring this webinar on risk management guidelines and professional liability. The session presenters include two attorneys, an insurance agent, and a private sector planner. They will discuss risk management guidelines and liability issues for planners and other design professionals and how to obtain liability insurance.

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The Colorado Water Plan is a statewide planning document created first by legislation, and then refined through years of robust stakeholder input and complex modeling to provide a data-driven understanding of our current water supply and potential future scenarios. This plan highlights Colorado’s water vision, assigns work to the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) and its sister state agencies, and provides a framework for the critical efforts requiring collaboration from partners across the state. The 10-year schedule set forth in the Water Plan allows time to work on these important issues while setting a deadline for its update before it becomes outdated. The CWCB leads this collaborative action through guiding principles, funding, and technical support, but cannot do the work alone. This webinar will open with a summary of water and land use planning requirements in the 50 states, and will then feature presentations explaining how the Colorado Water Plan is organized and implemented from the state level to the boots-on-the-ground partners, resulting in a statewide cooperative effort -- developed over many years -- to both develop and conserve water resources.

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Access to city or neighborhood-level data is essential for refining public health strategies, but communities feel stuck relying on state- and county-level data to understand what’s happening locally. In this webinar, you'll learn how to access more granular data via the City Health Dashboard and Congressional District Health Dashboard, two freely available and interactive websites that provide data on over 40 measures of health and the factors that shape health, including Frequent Mental Distress, Broadband Connection, Air Pollution, and more. Participants will also learn how to use visualizations—like engaging metric maps—to identify, connect, and tackle neighborhood challenges. With this information, planners can foster meaningful community dialogue, support informed decision-making, and design health‑focused interventions that address the needs of the residents they serve. Learning objectives include: accessing and leveraging local-level data through the City and Congressional District Health Dashboards; utilizing Dashboard technical assistance; and learning how other communities have used Dashboard data to strengthen community health and well-being.

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