Current Projects
Environmental Justice Phase III

Client/Funder:
Environmental Protection Agency--Environmental Justice Phase III (posted July 10, 2002)

Purpose and Scope:
During the third phase of study of environmental justice in the permitting process, the Academy panel will document, examine, and analyze a variety of local land use, planning, zoning and permitting laws, practices, and procedures to determine their impacts on issues related to environmental justice. The Academy will work with the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) to research and document whether local land use and zoning laws, policies and practices play a part in creating or alleviating environmental justice problems. Recommendations will include appropriate tools and procedures that local governments and members of the public can use to address environmental injustice problems, identify and engage high-risk communities, measure progress, and establish standards of accountability in land use, planning, and zoning decisions.

Center:
Center for the Economy and the Environment

Project Director:
Suellen Keiner, Director, Center for the Economy and the Environment

Project Status:
Ongoing

Panel Members:

The public may send comments on the composition of the panel for a period of seven (7) days after the posted date to skeiner@napawash.org.

Phillip J. Rutledge (74) - Chair - Professor Emeritus, School of Public Environmental Affairs and former Special Assistant to the President, Indiana University. Former Director, Department of Human Resources, District of Columbia; Professor of Public Administration, Howard University; Director of Policy Analysis, National League of Cities and U.S. Conference of Mayors; Deputy Administrator, Social and Rehabilitation Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; Deputy Manpower Administrator, U.S. Department of Labor.

A. James Barnes (99) - Professor and former Dean, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University. Former positions with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Deputy Administrator; General Counsel; Special Assistant to Administrator/Chief of Staff. Former General Counsel, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Partner, Beveridge & Diamond; Campaign Manager, Governor William G. Milliken (Michigan); Assistant to Deputy Attorney General and Special Assistant/Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice.

Teodoro J. Benavides (00) - City Manager, City of Dallas, Texas. Former City Manager, City of Denton, Texas. Former positions with the City of Dallas, Texas; Assistant City Manager; Director of Budget and Research Department; Assistant Director of Health and Human Services; Assistant Director of Capital Programs; Capital Budget Administrator; Budget Analyst.

Jonathan B. Howes (86) - Special Assistant to the Chancellor and Professor of Planning and Policy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Former Secretary, Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources (DEHNR), State of North Carolina; Research Professor and Director, Center for Urban and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina; Mayor, Town of Chapel Hill; Director, Urban Policy Center, Urban America, Inc.; Director, State and Local Planning Assistance, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

David Mora (92) - City Manager, Salinas, California. Former City Manager, Oxnard, California; Manager, Los Gatos, California; Increasingly responsible positions with Santa Barbara, California, including: Director, Community Relations; Assistant to City Administrator; Deputy City Administrator.

James Murley (98) - Director, Joint Center for Environmental and Urban Problems, Florida Atlantic University. Former Secretary and Director, Division of Resource Planning and Management, Department of Community Affairs, State of Florida; Executive Director, 1000 Friends of Florida. Former positions with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce: Director, Coastal Program Office, Office of Coastal Zone Management (OCZM); Congressional Officer; Gulf Coast Regional Manager, OZCM.

Sylvester Murray (81) - Director, Public Management Program, College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University. Former Manager, Government Consulting Services, Coopers & Lybrand, C.P.A. Former City Manager: San Diego, California; Cincinnati, Ohio; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Inskter, Michigan.

Meetings:

Meeting 1: September 17, 2002 (posted 7/16/2002) (closed)

Meeting 2: October 25, 2002 (posted 7/16/2002)

Meeting 3: May 28, 2003 (posted 5/28/2003)

For information on panel meetings, please contact Charlene Walsh at cwalsh@napawash.org or by phone at (202) 347-3190.