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Memorandum
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To: Councilmember Lynn Norman, Chair, Planning and Community Development
Committee
Councilmember Nancy Backus, Vice- Chair, Planning and Community Development
Committee
Councilmember John Partridge, Member, Planning and Community Development Committee
From: Elizabeth Chamberlain, AICP, Planning Manager/ Kevin Snyder, AICP, Director of
Planning and Development
cc: Mayor Pete Lewis
Date: April 6, 2011
Re: Conceptual Agenda for Green Zone Summit
Staff seeks the Committee's feedback on the attached conceptual agenda (Exhibit 1) for the
Green Zone Summit previously discussed by the Committee. Specifically, staff requests
feedback on the following questions:
Questions:
1. Are the Summit Goals specified on the conceptual agenda consistent with the Committee's goals forthe Summit?
2. Do the forums specified on conceptual agenda match the Committee's expectations for the
Green Zone Summit?
3. Are there any other subject matters the Committee would like to see discussed at the
Summit?
4. Does the Committee have any specific recommendations for potential moderators and/or
panel members?~
Exhibits:
1. Conceptual Green Zone SummitAgenda
~ Staff is currently identifying potential moderators and panel members, but would appreciate the Committee's
feed back.
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Exhibit 1
Auburn Green Zone Summit-Conceptual Agenda
Thursday, July 14, 2011
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location: TBD
Summit Goals:
• Gain better understanding of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (S.W.O.T.) facing the
establishment of Auburn's Green Zone as a location for green/clean technology businesses;
• Understand what the City of Auburn for "placemaking" the Green Zone such that green/clean technology
businesses are attracted to move or start their businesses to the Zone;
• Increase knowledge of the financial, economic, competitive and other factors shaping and influencing the greenltechnology business marketplace; and,
• Draw on the collective knowledge, perspectives experience and creativity of Summit participants to envision
how to move the City's vision for the Green Zone closer to reality
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Optional Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:10 a.m. Welcome & Introductions
Kevin Snyder, AICP, Planning & Development Director, City of Auburn
9:10 - 9:30 a.m. Summit Overview & Charge
Peter B. Lewis, Mayor, City of Auburn
9:45 -11:30 a.m. Mobile Tour of Auburn's Green Zone & Auburn Environmental Park
11:45 a.m. -12:45 Forum 1: "The Good, Bad & Ugly" -Observed Opportunities and Challenges in the Green
p. m. Zone (AI I Participants)
Moderator: TBD
12:45 -1:30 p.m. Hosted lunch/Keynote Speaker: Placemaking from the Ground Up -the South lake
Union Experience & Lessons learned
Speaker: Invited Representative from Vulcan Real Estate
1:45 - 2:45 p.m. Forum 2: The Green/Clean Technology Marketplace -What is it and Where does
Auburn's Green Zone fit in?
Moderator: TBD
Panel: TBD, but could include representatives from University of Washington Center for
Commercialization, Washington State Dept. of Commerce, WSU Institute for Sustainable
Design, local and regional green/clean tech businesses
2:45 - 3:45 p.m. Forum 3: Financing Green/Clean Technology Companies -What it takes to go from a
creative idea to a successful business
Moderator: TBD
Panel: TBD, but could include representatives from Northwest Energy Angels (early stage
funding group), OVP Ventures (clean tech venture capital firm), real estate developers
and newly launched or existing businesses
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Forum 4: Auburn's Green Zone - Brainstorming on how to take the Green Zone from
Vision to Reality (All Participants)
Moderator: TBD
5:00 p.m. Conclusion