Bay Area Planning Directors ¾«¶«´«Ã½ (BAPDA)
The Bay Area Planning Directors ¾«¶«´«Ã½ (BAPDA) is a non-profit professional network of planning directors and community development directors throughout the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. Serving the region’s planners since 1977, BAPDA offers professional education, advice and leadership on planning policy and practice at the regional and local levels to provide support for planners and to explore the issues that impact our area.
BAPDA promotes communication and collaboration among planning professionals throughout the Bay Area, fostering long-term, cross-jurisdictional connections for the exchange of ideas, information and best practices. Our bi-annual General Assembly meetings bring together planning and community development directors and their staff members from jurisdictions, agencies, special districts and private firms within all nine counties, catalyzing ongoing, organic networks among local and regional planners. BAPDA also provides mentorship opportunities for young planners who want to become leaders in the field.
Committed to leadership, knowledge and strategic thinking, BAPDA champions best practices and education on leading-edge issues in our profession. With expert-led panels on the most cutting-edge topics in the field, our bi-annual General Assembly meetings invite planning and community development directors to explore the issues that affect our region, looking at solutions other communities have implemented, to support effective planning, policy and programs throughout the Bay Area.
Contact BAPDA
Al Savay, AICP, BAPDA Chair and San Carlos Community and Economic Development Director
Email: asavay@cityofsancarlos.org.
Steering Committee
- Al Savay, AICP, Director, Community & Economic Development, City of San Carlos; Chair
- Brent Cooper, AICP, Director, City of American Canyon Community Development, City of American Canyon; Vice Chair
- Allan Calder, AICP, Planning Manager, Solano County Department of Resource Management
- Jessica Fain, Director of Planning, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
- Bill Gilchrist, Director, City of Oakland Planning Department
- Sarah Bernstein Jones, Director, Marin County Community Development Agency
- Charlie Knox, Principal, Placeworks
- Alexis Morris, Director, City of Brentwood Community Development Department
- Erin Morris, AICP, Director of Community Development, City of Vacaville
- Darin Ranelletti, Assistant Director, Housing and Local Planning, ABAG/MTC
- Nell Selander, Director, Economic & Community Development Department, City of South San Francisco
Bylaws
Bay Area Planning Directors ¾«¶«´«Ã½ (BAPDA) Bylaws
As Amended: June 24, 1977, May 15, 1981, April 5, 2013, and April 13, 2018
The general purposes of the Bay Area Planning Directors ¾«¶«´«Ã½ (BAPDA) shall include, but not be limited to the following:
- To provide professional education, advice, support and leadership on planning policy and practice at the state, regional and local level;
- To foster the exchange of ideas, information and best practices among Bay Area planners;
- To take a position on proposed legislation or policy direction affecting the practice of planning in the Bay Area;
- To promote the need for and value of good planning and effective planning policy and programs in the Bay Area; and
- To encourage communication and collaboration among planning professionals in the various jurisdictions, agencies, special districts and private firms in the Bay Area.
- The Bylaws of the Bay Area Planning Directors ¾«¶«´«Ã½ (BAPDA) outline the General Membership and the nature of the partnership with MTC and ABAG. They include rules governing the Steering Committee and Officers, as well as Meetings and Amendments to these bylaws.