Tom Smith to Co-Teach UCLA Extension Seminar
January 20, 2004
Thomas E. Smith, Jr., AICP, FSMPS, Founding Principal of BonTerra Consulting, a leading environmental consulting firm with offices in Pasadena and Costa Mesa, CA, will co-teach a “Managing EIRs and EISs: Strategies for Success” seminar for the UCLA Extension, Public Policy Program on Feb. 5, 2004. The Public Policy Program provides a forum for bringing together public officials, planners, attorneys, private sector representatives, community groups, and the research community to critically examine the public policy issues that are confronting Southern California, the state, and the nation. Through its conferences, seminars, custom programs, and other activities, the program emphasizes sharing public policy information, analyses, perspectives and strategies.
Offerings include seminars that provide practical and timely information about changing laws and policies, planning practices, technologies, and analysis tools in the areas of urban planning, land use and planning law, environmental policy, public infrastructure finance, and transportation policy, planning and management.
This is the third year that UCLA has asked Mr. Smith to conduct a seminar to educate both the public and private sectors on the requirements and managing the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) processes required by state and federal laws.
Assisting both private sector clients and public agencies for over 30 years, Tom Smith is considered one of the leading experts on preparing and managing EIRs, EISs, and other CEQA and NEPA documentation.
The seminar offered by UCLA Extension is targeted to individuals involved in the environmental process, including public agency and consultant project managers, applicants and report reviews. Topics to be covered include the challenges of EIR and EIS Management, Selecting and Contracting Consultants, Managing an In-House Team, Scoping Public Involvement, Tools, Problem-Solving Examples and Ethical Considerations.
Further information concerning the UCLA Extension, Public Policy Program course offerings can be found at www.uclaextension.edu/publicpolicy
Link: UCLA Extension
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