BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Limba - ECPv6.16.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Limba X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://limba.net X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Limba REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20070311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20071104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20080309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20081102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20090308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20091101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080208T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080208T000000 DTSTAMP:20080208T050000Z CREATED:20080208T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20080208T050000Z UID:4278-1202428800-1202428800@limba.net SUMMARY:James Moore “Redevelopment Challenges and Opportunities”. DESCRIPTION:This morning our speaker was Dr James Moore of HDR Engineering. HDR is a nationwide firm that employs 6700 people throughout the country and will open an office on Long Island in a few weeks.\n \nThe nature of their work is large scale projects\, and they encompass buildings\, roads\, and rail systems.\nDr Moore began with the statement that estimated cost of bringing present infrastructure into class A  status is $2 trillion. Yes\, that’s trillion. In addition there are numerous opportunities for urban rebuilding. Moore stated that we have seen numerous pictures of visionary refurbishing and there is a long divide between pictures and reality. The reason according to Moore is the conventional zoning we have adopted will not let us get there. A whole new systemic approach is needed to make real progress.\n \nDr Moore explained in some detail the problems of zoning. We build parking lots near office buildings and then mandate that no housing can be built in the same relative space. If we had multi dwelling housing across from the office buildings the parking spaces would be used by the residents when the business day was closed and the residents returned to their homes. In addition any such mixed use campus must have transit interwoven into the fabric of the community. Sewers are also needed for a comprehensive plan.\n \nIt’s not that we are overbuilt\, but that we are dumbly built (my words\, not his). I brought up to Dr Moore an experience I had in London in 1985. While on a tour bus we passed a cemetery where 65\,000 people who perished during the plague were buried. I said to the tour guide "while 65\,000 people is a large number in relative terms with the size of London\, it does not seem like a large proportion of the population." He informed  me that there were only 100\,000 people in London at that time. London was "overcrowded"\, but overcrowding is relative to the infrastructure you have to support the population.\n \nOur present land use policies makes our present day Long Island overcrowded. There are ample redesign possibilities that would render being stuck in traffic a most unusual occurrence. Unusual because either a car was not needed to get to where you want to go\, as in downtown living such as Northport or Great Neck or easy and frequent inner city transit as we have in New York City.\n \nThe picture painted by James Moore was very encouraging. He showed numerous examples of redevelopment schemes that worked in other cities.  He also warned that one size does not fit all. Each situation needs to be looked at considering its unique geography\, and desired outcomes.\n \nLong Islanders who wish to maintain open space\, need to plan the space they want to use more thoughtfully.\nIn that way we will have ample living spaces\, mobility\, and easy access to entertainment and commercial centers. URL:https://limba.net/calendar/james-moore-redevelopment-challenges-and-opportunities/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080215T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080215T000000 DTSTAMP:20080215T050000Z CREATED:20080215T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20080215T050000Z UID:4277-1203033600-1203033600@limba.net SUMMARY:Presidents Day weekend NO MEETING DESCRIPTION: URL:https://limba.net/calendar/presidents-day-weekend-no-meeting-3/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080222T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080222T000000 DTSTAMP:20080222T050000Z CREATED:20080222T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20080222T050000Z UID:4279-1203638400-1203638400@limba.net SUMMARY:Kevin Law\, Chairman LIPA -Repowering and other issues DESCRIPTION:This morning’s meeting was blessed with snow. I say blessed because we had a  filled room\, and many people showed up "out of the blue". Accommodating those people and every person who indicated he or she would come\, would not have been possible. Our speaker was Kevin Law\, the recently appointed President and CEO of LIPA.\n\nMr. Law began by giving the audience an overview of what LIPA does and explained that the poles and distribution facilities are owned by LIPA\, but the generating facilities are not. To add further to the confusion the LIPA trucks are manned by Keyspan/Grid employees\, the trucks belong to LIPA\, but the employees wear LIPA helmets. Ya got it? It’s pretty confusing.\n \nThen Kevin explained the structure of the cost of power. 55% of your bill is dedicated to paying for the fuel that is used to produce electric. 13% is used to pay interest on the debt\, and another 11% is used to pay taxes or payments in lieu of taxes. Taxes on a municipal power company are unusual. Other municipal power companies do not pay taxes\, but to mollify the effected local school districts\, these concessions were made.\n\nAs difficult as may be to accept\, much of our LIPA bills are immutable. The good news is that while some municipal bonds are being hit with high interest rates at this time\, LIPA has not experienced this because of the way the contracts were written.\nRepowering is an agenda item for LIMBA because modern plants pollute a lot less while producing more power. But according to Mr. Law repowering is a very expensive proposition and at best\, could only be achieve incrementally.\n\nGoing forward LIPA will investigate conservation measures that may include time of day metering. Conservation is counter-intuitive to a utility company\, so rates may actually increase while total billing may fall. As an example a consumer who lowers his consumption by 50%\, may lower his billing by only 30%. That would bode well for the consumer without undermining the financial structure of the utility.\n \nAccording to Law\, alternative energy sources will be investigated with renewed vigor\, solar\, wind\, geothermal\, bio-fuels are all worthy of a new look.\n \nLastly\, Kevin stated that the gifts to charity are not condoned by state law\, and they will be discontinued without regard to the merit of these organizations. URL:https://limba.net/calendar/kevin-law-chairman-lipa-repowering-and-other-issues/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080229T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080229T000000 DTSTAMP:20080229T050000Z CREATED:20080229T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20080229T050000Z UID:4285-1204243200-1204243200@limba.net SUMMARY:Polemeni Tunnel Discussion- Vincent Polemeni DESCRIPTION: URL:https://limba.net/calendar/polemeni-tunnel-discussion-vincent-polemeni/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR