Brainstorm Topics for Papers

• Transfer Development Rights
• Tie in w/ historic preservation.
• How used elsewhere: case studies, both empirical and theoretical
• How to implement in Berkeley
• Political issues
• Legal issues
• Height/density tie in.
• Historic Preservation
• What is protected?
• What else could be protected?
• Ordinances & mechanisms for designation
• Comparisons w/ other cities
• How to improve existing ordinances
• Impact on economic development
• Homelessness
• Relationship btw homelessness/crime and economic development
• Case studies?
• How has this played-out in Berkeley in the past?
• Infrastructure issues w.r.t. lighting, open spaces, etc.
• Existing Berkeley policies/laws
• Role of service providers
• Service providers’ take on PCEI
• Proposed solutions: redrafting ordinances
• Housing the homeless: alternatives
• How do federal policies/statutes bear on this?
• Infrastructure
• Pedestrian walk-way
• BRT/LRT proposal
• Parking issues
• Case studies from cities that have implemented info-dense systems
• Parking metering policies
• Height/density issues
• Maybe a better fit w/ TDR group?
• The Charles Hotel
• Capital crisis
• New Berkeley Museum
• What do students want downtown?
• Green development & greening the current infrastructure
• Current legislative/political regime
• Current economics
• Residential/commercial/mixed-use
• Open spaces & parks
• Where?
• How much?
• Water feature????