VisionA world where the built and natural environmentscoexist in harmony and sustainable balance; whereall peoples can express their diverse heritage andtheir individual desires to grow and thrive; andwhere we, as a profession, can substantially con-tribute to the process of achieving these ends.

MissionTo lead, to educate and to participate in the carefulstewardship, wise planning and artful design of ourcultural and natural environments.

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January 2010

January20 Historical American Landscape

Survey Workshop – 9 am to 5 pm.Balmer Annex at La Jolla HistoricalSociety, 780 Prospect St., La Jolla,CA 92037. Register by calling415.495.0349 or by email atcpf@californiapreservation.org.See enclosed flyer.

20 Pecha Kucha Night – More info atwww.sdarchitecture.org.

21 Executive Committee Meeting,Schmidt Design Group, 6 pm.

February11 Kick Off Event – Grounded

Landscape Architecture &Planning, Encinitas, 6 pm.

18 Executive Committee Meeting,Schmidt Design Group, 6 pm.

March4 Sustainable Soils Program, Hosted

by Agri Service Inc, 5:30 pmRegistration/Networking,6:30 pm Program (Location TBA).

18 Executive Committee Meeting, TheLightfoot Planning Group, 6 pm.

Thank You to Our 2009 Sponsors!

VISIT US ON THE WEB AT www.asla-sandiego.org

SDASLA would like to thank our sponsors for providing us with the financial support

to provide a very successful 2009 Lecture Series. Through their contributions, we were

able to host two very inspirational, southern California landscape professionals who

shared their design philosophy and several of their projects: Mia Lehrer and Mark

Rios, FASLA. The Lecture Series was held in October and November at The

Neurosciences Institute, who generously donated their auditorium for these

outstanding events.

We are already beginning to plan for this year. If you have speaker ideas, would

like to volunteer, or would like to be a sponsor for the 2010 Lecture Series, please use

the enclosed sponsor form and e-mail Brooke Pietz at brooke@ktua.com.

A record setting 54 landscape architecturalprojects designed by members of ASLA SanDiego were submitted and reviewed by amulti-industry jury in November 2009. Theprestigious jury included: Mark Rios, RiosClementi Hale Studios; Bernard Trainor,Bernard Trainor & Associates; AnnaMendiola, City of Long Beach ParksDepartment; Mark VonWodtke, ClaremontEnvironmental Design Group; MichaelStepner, NewSchool of Architecture &Design; Brooke Peterson, TierraEnvironmental Services; and WayneCarlson, San Diego Home/GardenLifestyles Magazine. Design AwardsChairman Jon Wreschinsky with JohnGallup & Associates; Robin Shifflet, City ofSan Diego; and Terry Barker, LandscapeArchitect, guided the all day jury review ofprojects.

The project submittals included SingleFamily Residential, Commercial, Multi-Family Residential, Institutional and UrbanDesign, Landscape Details, Planning andAnalysis, Communications, and Un-builtWorks.

The following 19 projects received 15Merit Awards, 3 Honor Awards, and thetop President’s Award for their outstandingwork.

President’s AwardStone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens

Landscape Architects:Schmidt Design Group, Inc.

Jury comments:•Fulfills a lot of things – environmentally

sustainable, very human and usable

•Not elitist – it’s a place for everybody•Our century’s version of Ghiradelli

Square with a basis in sustainability•Not just sustaining the environment, but

socially and culturally sustainable

Honor Award RecipientsHamilton Children’s Garden at theSan Diego Botanic Garden

Landscape Architects:Dugmore Design Studio and DeneenPowell Atelier, Inc.

Sony Electronics Corporate HeadquartersLandscape Architects:MW Peltz & Associates, Inc.

Water LitesLandscape Architects:Schmidt Design Group, Inc.

Merit Award RecipientsFour Seasons Resort Bora Bora

Landscape Architects:Burton Landscape Architecture Studio

Park Center Plaza San JoseLandscape Architects:Nowell & Associates LandscapeArchitecture, Inc.

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Thanks for Great Lectures - 2010 Planning Begins

Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens bySchmidt Design Group Inc., winner

of the President’s Award

2009 Design Awards: Sustaining Excellence

February 11 - ASLA Kickoff EventJoin us Thursday, February 11 from 6 to 8 pm for the annual Kickoff Event at thenew Grounded Modern Landscape Architecture and Garden Store located at 897South Coast Highway 101, #105 in Encinitas for the best design professional socialevent of the year. ASLA San Diego will kick off its program line up and introducethe new Chapter leadership. Grounded is both a landscape architecture studio anda cutting edge furniture and garden store with furniture for indoor/outdoor living.

Cost is $10 at the door for non-ASLASD members. RSVP by February 10th toASLASD@sbcglobal.net or call 619.225.8155. Carpool with friends and office matesor consider taking the Coaster to reduce your carbon footprint.

From the President

2010: Making Connections

By the time you read this, we will have made it through the holiday sea-son and into the new year. Without belaboring the fact that the last coupleof years have been tough business-wise for mostof you, I want to share some good news regardingour Chapter.

Due to great leadership over the last few years,our Chapter remains on solid ground both from afinancial and professional standpoint. Despite ourrelative small chapter size, on a National levelour Chapter is recognized for a number of things,including great leadership as evidenced by the2007 ASLA Presidency of Pat Caughey. We are alsoone of the few Chapters with a Strategic Plan, andwe were the first Chapter to press for and achievea Student Affiliate Chapter at Cuyamaca College.

Financially, our Chapter is also doing well.Despite lower than anticipated fund raising in2009, we have been able to fund most of ourprograms and events and have money in reserve.Last year, we had a fantastic Kick Off event, fullyfunded our Community Grant and ended the year with an outstandingDesign Awards event.

The current Board continues to embrace the Vision and Mission of ourChapter. To help achieve this in 2010, our Chapter theme is MakingConnections. Our goal as a Board is to maintain and enhance our connec-tions to our members, sponsors, allied professionals, Student Affiliates,and the public. We are all in this together working towards a commongoal - taking leadership positions on those issues that confront design pro-fessionals today.

We need to connect with our past chapter Presidents, to help mentorand develop new Chapter leaders. We need to connect with our sponsorsand support the use of their products and services. We need to connectwith allied professionals, to show our leadership abilities, form partner-ships and develop strategies for better collaborations.

Most of all, we need to encourage our members to retain their member-ship in and their connection to ASLA. Kim Douglas, of the ASLA ColoradoChapter, wrote a piece called, “When the Going Gets Tough, the ToughTurn to Professional Associations.” She outlines how your membershipprovides visibility, opens doors and cements relationships through net-working, lends professional credibility and provides exposure to newideas and practices. A link to her entire article is on our website homepage(left column), so take a minute to read it, and encourage anyone you knowwho might be debating the value of ASLA membership or participation inChapter activities, to read it too.

As a Board, we optimistically look forward to another productive yearin which we can promote the profession, ASLA and our Members.Happy New Year! � � �

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PresidentJim Taylor, ASLA 760.692.1924The Lightfoot Planning Groupjim@lightfootpg.comPresident ElectDavid Reed, ASLA 619.239.3300David Reed Landscape Architectdavid@drasla.comTreasurerDavid Preciado, ASLA 619.236.0143 x 210Estrada Land PlanningDpreciado@EstradaLandPlan.comSecretaryKasia Trojanowska 760.429.7113Art Mode Solutionskasia@artmodesolutions.comPast PresidentDavid McCullough 619.296.3150 x2#McCullough Landscape Architecture Inc.david@mlasd.comVP Community OutreachTim Jachlewski Jr., ASLA 619.795.7603In-site Landscape Architecture Inc.tim@insitelandarch.comVP MembershipDarren Solano, ASLA Cell: 858.692.9765dmsolano@gmail.comVP Programs/EducationBrooke Pietz, ASLA 619.294.4477KTU+Abrooke@ktua.comVP Visibility/Public RelationsMarian Marum 619.992-9533Marum Partnershipmarian@marumpartnership.comVP Programs/Social ActivitiesNavid Mostatabi, ASLA Cell: 646.943.2793nmostatabi@gmail.comChapter TrusteeGlen Schmidt, FASLA 619.236.1462Schmidt Design Group, Inc.gschmidt@schmidtdesign.comCalifornia Council of ASLAJon Wreschinsky, ASLA, 619.234-0063John Gallup & Associatesjon_wreschinsky@johngallup.comStudent Affiliate Chapter PresidentCarol Fuller 619.660.4261cmfuller@cox.netAssociation ManagerTracy Morgan Hollingworth (619) 225-8155PO Box 81521, San Diego CA 92138-1521aslasd@sbcblogal.net FAX (619) 225-8151

S a n D i e g o C h a p t e r2009/10 Executive Board

S a n D i e g o C h a p t e rPast Chapter Presidents

2009 D. McCullough2008 Jon Wreschinsky2007 Chris Gustard2006 Chris Langdon2005 Stephen Copley2004 David A. Taylor2003 David Strickland2002 Gary Pryor2001 Laura Burnett2000 Larry Sheehan1999 Teresa Barker1998 Joseph Esposito1997 Gary Ruyle1996 Robin Shifflet1995 Mark Steyaert1994 Kelly Broughton1993 Patrick Caughey

1992 Glen Schmidt1991 Marian Marum1990 Nick DeLorenzo1989 Keith Simon1988 Rick Garbini1987 Bill Burton1986 Frank Kawasaki1985 Gerald Garner1984 Roger DeWeese1983 Robert DeLacy1982 Dennis Otsuji1981 Vickie Estrada1980 William Briggs1979 Ralph Stone1978 Ron Teshima1977 Stephen Halsey Visit www.asla-sandiego.org

Jim Taylor, ASLA

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Fairbanks Ranch Balancing ActLandscape Architects: GroundedModern Landscape Architecture

Salt Works Site AssessmentLandscape Architects:Schmidt Design Group, Inc.

Sunset Cliffs ResidenceLandscape Architects: ENVIRONSLandscape Architecture

SDSU Bike and Skateboard AccessSafety Study

Landscape Architects:KTU+A Planning and LandscapeArchitecture

Quarry Falls – LEED-ND Pilot ProgramLandscape Architects: Wallace Roberts & Todd, Inc.

Installation Appearance Plans and Smart Landscape MasterPlan for Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest

Landscape Architects: DeLorenzo, Inc.City of Oceanside Bicycle Master Plan &Pedestrian Master Plan

Landscape Architects:KTU+A Planning and Landscape Architecture

Paradise Creek Educational ParkLandscape Architects: Schmidt Design Group, Inc.

Otay Valley Regional Park TrailsLandscape Architects: Wallace Roberts & Todd, Inc.

Montevalle Community ParkLandscape Architects: Spurlock Poirier

Baldwin Hills Scenic OverlookLandscape Architects: Wallace Roberts & Todd, Inc.

The New Children’s Museum ParkLandscape Architects: Spurlock Poirier

At right: Awards hostMark Steyaert withMichael Peltz, MW Peltz& Associates, Inc. (SonyElectronics CorporationHeadquarters).

At left: Glen Schmidt, SDASLA Trustee andTed and Margaret Godshalk (Paradise CreekEducational Park).

Above: Awards host Mark Steyaert with Kathleen Garcia of WRT,Inc. and Marco Sessa and Mark Radelow with Sudberry Properties(Quarry Falls – LEED ND Pilot Program).

Go to www.asla-sandiego.org to see all the 2009 Design Awards recipients.

Cuyamaca CollegeSan Diego ASLA Student Affiliate Chapter NewsBy Carol Fuller, Chapter President

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Stewardship Committee Year in Review

The ASLA Stewardship Committee has completed numerous educational andpublic outreach objectives over the past year. Its efforts to promote sustainabil-ity in the region and offer a ‘Voice at the Table’ include:

At the Chapter level:•January: Chairperson Marum continues to serve as ASLA liaison at AIA’s

Committee on the Environment.•February: Chairperson Marum serves as ASLA liaison at USGBC’s Advocacy

Committee.•March: Committee member Ruth Stafford presents an overview of the

‘Sustainable Sites Initiative’ to the Chapter at the New School of Architecture.•April: Chairperson Marum and member Ruth Stafford offer 2 presentations

(Sustainable Sites Initiative and ‘San Diego’s Sustainable Sites’) at CuyamacaCollege’s Sustainable Urban Landscapes forum.

•May: Chairperson Marum presents a lecture on ‘Water Conservation in theLandscape’ to the San Diego Regional Sustainability Partnership.

•June: Committee holds a joint meeting with CLCA to promote use of recycledwater and meets with the San Diego Foundation to discuss mutual goals fora more sustainable San Diego.

•July: Committee member Michelle Landis represents ASLA at SANDAG’sQuality of Life Ad Hoc Committee.

•August: Committee members Kasia Trojanowski and Sharon May begin plan-ning a “Dialogue with Vendors: What it means to be Green” (early 2010) inan effort to ‘raise the sustainability bar’.

•September: Chairperson Marum provides ongoing input for 2010“Sustainable Urban Landscapes’” forum at Cuyamaca College (helpsformulate direction, topics, speakers, etc..)

•October: Chairperson Marum participates in the “Bright Green Future”Conference at UCSD, representing ASLA on a panel regarding “Grey Water &Rainfall Harvesting: Using Every last Drop”.

•November: Chairperson Marum represents ASLA as a new member of theSan Diego Regional Sustainability Partnership on its Energy & WaterCommittee.

•December: Committee member Jon Wreschinsky leads the effort to focus theASLA Design Awards program around sustainable practices.

At the National Level:Committee Member Ruth Stafford serves as an officer with ASLA National’sSustainable Design and Development Professional Practice Network (SDDPPN) meeting with other SDD PPN members at the ASLA national meeting inChicago to discuss goals and activities. The officers are also involved in out-reach on behalf of the Sustainable Sites Initiative (SSI).

Anyone wishing to learn more about or participate on the StewardshipCommittee should contact Marian Marum at (619) 992-9533 or by email atmarian@marumpartnership.com.

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Southern California ChapterBaxter Miller (President) 951/737-1124Ken Andrew (Vice President) 949/450-0056Northern California ChapterDave Mitchell (Govt Affairs) 408/793-5528Juanita Salisbury 650/269-2051

San Diego ChapterJon Wreschinsky (Secretary) 619/916-6956David McCullough 619/296-3150Sierra ChapterJohn Nicolaus (Treasurer) 916/447-7400Susan Collopy 916/447-7400State Lobbyist for ASLATerri V. ThomasThomas Advocacy Inc. 916/325-1010LATC ResourceStephanie Landregan 310/825-9419CCASLA Executive DirectorTracy Morgan Hollingworth 619/225-8155

ASLA National PresidentGary D. Scott, FASLAASLA National President ElectJonathan Mueller, FASLAImmediate Past PresidentAngela Dye, FASLAVice President EducationRichard Hawks, FASLAVice President CommunicationLiz Birkholz, ASLAVice President FinancePamela Blough, ASLAVice President Professional PracticeGary A. Brown, FASLAVice President MembershipBrian J. Dougherty, FASLAVice President Government AffairsStephanie Landregan, ASLAASLA National Headquarters636 Eye Street, NWWashington, D.C. 20001-3736Phone 202/898-2444 • Fax 202/898-1185www.asla.org

Newsletter Editor,Advertising Manager and ProductionJerrie Beard Ph 800/605-1701Beard and Associates1024 Simon Dr. G jsb@beardassociates.comPlacerville CA 95667

The SD/ASLA Newsletter is a quarterly newsletter, pub-lished by and for members.Articles: All articles, including editorial, announcements,and/or calendar events should be emailed toaslasd@sbcglobal.net by the 1st of the month precedingpublication.Advertising: Contact Jerrie Beard and Associates for alladvertising rates, deadlines and artwork requirements.

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The Cuyamaca College Student Affiliate Chapter (CSAC) ofthe American Society of Landscape Architects has been verybusy in its second year. We now have 23 members and lookforward to adding a few more next semester.

Two design competitions were arranged for members of thecollege’s Horticulture Society last year. One was for the Mt.Helix Park Foundation. The entrance to the park was to beredesigned with some very strict parameters -- there was noirrigation and it had to deter after hours entrance to the park.There were four participants; David Clarke, Sylke Clark, EllenLandfear and Carol Fuller. Ellen Landfear was our winner witha beautifully rendered design.

The second design competition is for the San DiegoFireman’s Relief Association which includes a statue dedicatedto the Firefighter’s of San Diego County and a piece of 9/11steel. This design competition is still in the planning stages andan announcement will be out soon.

San Diego’s Habitat for Humanity is re-designing theentrance to their corporate facility and is hoping we can help.This is still in the design stage but it is another opportunity forCSAC ASLA to become an active part of our community. Wehave been working with Habitat and the Jimmie JohnsonFoundation, to locate homes near the college in need oflandscape design and installation.

Another project in the works is the restoration of a house inEl Cajon. This should be another fun project researching howthe house looked when it was first built and deciding how bestto restore it to its former glory. We are looking forward toworking with a member of the San Diego Chapter of the ASLAwho specializes in restoration work.

Members of the San Diego Chapter of the ASLA who areready, willing and able to retain students to fill paid or non-paid positions with their firms for work experience creditwould help our Student Affiliate members obtain creditrequired to finish our two year certificate program. Hopefully,we will soon have a number of positions for our student clubmembers to choose from. Contact me at cmfuller@cox.net formore information on student backgrounds and qualifications.

The National Meeting of the American Society ofLandscape Architects will be in San Diego in 2011, and plansfor the convention are starting now. We plan to have an activepart in the convention since we are the first ever StudentAffiliate Chapter for ASLA at a 2 year institution of learning.

As always, we look forward to working with the CuyamacaCollege Botanical Society on the 2010 Sustainable UrbanLandscape seminar, Spring Garden Festival and theScholarship Dinner.

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National Trustee ReportBy Glen Schmidt, FASLA, National Trustee

The national ASLA membership forecast for the end of theyear is in the lower sixteen-thousands, which represents aseven percent drop from end-of-year 2008. Member ServicesCommittee and staff efforts to promote membership continue;providing chapters with up-to-date information and promo-tional materials, and encouraging one-on-one contact are toppriorities. With solid management by Executive VP/CEONancy Somerville it looks like ASLA national will end theyear in the black, which is a tribute to Ms. Somerville’s proac-tive response to declining revenues. Prior to the annual meet-ing in Chicago, the ASLA national website was upgraded witha graphic refresh and for The Dirt blog, which is beingpicked up by other blogs and has hit a milestone with 100,000page views in less than a year. From December 2008 throughDecember 2009 the ASLA web site (ASLA.org) had a total ofalmost 4.5 million page views and 1.2 million unique visits.

The San Diego regional model water conservation ordinancehas been completed and can be viewed at http://www.water-conservationsummit.com. A number of municipalities aremoving to pass new landscape standards to comply with AB1881 by January 2010. The City of San Diego passed their newstandards on November 10, 2009, and the County of SanDiego passed theirs on December 9, 2009. Glen Schmidt testi-fied on behalf of ASLA San Diego at both hearings.

Our Chapter’s Water Conservation Committee produced14 Position Papers which have been approved by ourChapter’s Executive Committee and are posted on the website at http://www.asla-sandiego.org/reference.html. Thepapers include positions regarding the following industry is-sues: Water Conservation; Fire Safety and Landscaping; GolfCourse Water Conservation; Gray Water and Rainwater Usefor Irrigation; Home Owner Association Water Conservation;Reclaimed, Recycled and Re-Purified Water; RegionallyAppropriate Landscapes; Revegetation/Restoration; TheValue of Native Plants; and The Value of Parks.

California Council of ASLA - Your Voice in SacramentoBy Jon Wreschinsky, CCASLA Representative

The past year has shown us that there are many issuescritical to us as practitioners of landscape architecture andas California citizens. The California Council of ASLA(CCASLA) is continuing to monitor these and many otherlegislative and regulatory actions on behalf of the fourCalifornia ASLA Chapters and our members.

Water, as usual, remains a huge issue. The State ofCalifornia recently passed a number of pieces of legislationrelated to water conservation, monitoring of groundwatersupplies, and protection of the state’s water supplysystem. Senate Bill (SB) 1 x 7 – was recently negotiated inthe state legislature and signed by the Governor. The billwas designed to reform state policies, programs andgovernance for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Delta)protection and establish guidelines for developing a newDelta Plan including achieving the two co-equal goals ofproviding a more reliable water supply for California andprotecting, restoring, and enhancing the Delta ecosystem.The co-equal goals will be achieved in a manner thatprotects and enhances the unique cultural, recreational,natural resources, and agricultural values of the Delta asan evolving place. This bill provided a marked departurefrom previous efforts to enact legislation to protectCalifornia’s state water system. As a result of this bill’senactment, there will be a series of public works projectsunprecedented in California’s history, many that willinclude the need for participation by landscape architects.

The protection of our vested interests in the designprofession is another issue being followed. Senate Bill (SB)189, Mechanics Lien – as proposed, this legislation willreorganize and restate the statutory mechanics lien lawand will provide the ability of landscape architects to filea lien for recovery of fees owed to them for design servicesrendered under contract. A number of landscape architects/firms have recently lost substantial design fees as clientshave chosen to ignore billing leaving many with no legalrecourse. CCASLA continues to work diligently with itslobbyist to affect inclusion of landscape architects in this

legislation.Another issue that CCASLA continues to monitor is

continuing education as a licensure requirement.Currently, continuing education credits are not requiredfor landscape architects. The state Architects Board hasrecently adopted the need for credits for licensed architectsbut is having issues with administering this requirement.There have been no serious discussions to include such arequirement for landscape architects. However, as otherstates adopt continuing education requirements, and asCalifornia works through these issues for other designprofessions, this may become an issue we all need toseriously consider here in California as a way to furtherdifferentiate ourselves as practitioners.

Finally, CCASLA has been closely monitoring proceed-ings on our state licensure sunset review process, which isscheduled to occur in the next two years. As developmentsplay out, CCASLA will remain actively involved and keepyou informed when and where you can get involved.

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March 4: Sustainable Soils ProgramJoin us on March 4, for networking and an informationalprogram on sustainable soils covering the following areas:•Promoting soil enhancement and protection with

Sustainable Sites Initiative protocols – Ruth Stafford,ASLA, Wallace Roberts & Todd, Inc.

•Overview of Soils for Landscapes – Testing protocols,soil test results, critical factors – Garn Wallace, PhD,Wallace Laboratories.

•Soil Preparations, Amendments, Topsoils, Specs forLandscape Architects – Garn Wallace.

•Science of Composting – Sharon May, Agri Service, Inc.Check-in/reception co-hosted by Stewardship Committeeand Agri Service Inc. at 5:30 pm, program 6:30 pm (loca-tion TBA). RSVP by March 1, to ASLASD@sbcglobal.netor 619.225.8155. Non-members: $10 at the door.

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