At the 2016 conference of the Massachusetts Association of Planning Directors, the Dennis Town Planner moderated a session on Thursday, 19 May 2016, entitled “Seasonal Resort Zoning: Taking a Concept From the Past and Creating a New Future.” He was joined by two other speakers, Robert L Brennan Jr. (Brennan Law and Heritage Sands Inc.) and Douglas Kallfelz, AIA (Principal, Union Studios Architects). The slideshow of their presentation can be viewed online at: http://massplanningdirectors.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/1B-Seasonal-Resort-Zoning-Heritage-Sands-Cottage-Community-Dennisport.pdf
Later that same day, three fellows from the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) presented a session entitled “Ethics and Communication,” which the MAPD program describes as one which “will review the AICP Code of Ethics as it relates to communications” and “will explore how the code of ethics relates to effective communication.” The slideshow of that presentation can be viewed online at: http://massplanningdirectors.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2016-05-06-Ethics-of-Communications-Final-as-of-5.16.16.pdf
Worth noting in the “Ethics and Communication” session is Slide #6 entitled “Ethical Quicksand” and highlighting the importance of a planner’s “Framing Issues (honesty, clarity, completeness).”
Slide #12 about the AICP reads:
“Aspirational Principle 1 - Our Overall Responsibility to the Public
Our primary obligation is to serve the public interest and we, therefore, owe our allegiance
to our conscientiously attained concept of the public interest that is formulated
through continuous and open debate.”
And Slide #13 concerns the AICP members’:
“1. Responsibility to the Public
a) Always conscious of the rights of others
b) Special concern for long-range consequences of present actions
c) Attention to interrelatedness of decisions
d) Timely, clear and accurate information
e) Meaningful participation, including for those lacking influence”
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