An International Arid Lands Research and Development Conference is set for October 20-25 at the Holiday Inn/Broadway in Tucson, Arizona.
The conference will look into improved ways of managing and using renewable natural resources in arid lands. Conservation of unique landscapes and unusual organisms, and appreciation of their contributions to society will also be covered.
Registration fees are $125 (regular) and $85 (students).
The Attorney General for the State of California recently asked the California State Board of Landscape Architects to approve a stipulation on the licensure of two candidates in landscape architecture.
The candidates were accused of practicing without a license, performing tasks that require licensure, and advertising as landscape architects. They have been charged with violating the Business and Professions Code, Sections 5615, 5640, 5642, 5653, 5668, and 5669.
If approved by the board, the stipulation would require the candidates (only after they successfully pass the 1985 Uniform National Exam and oral exam) be placed on three years probation. The licenses, upon issuance would be suspended.
The terms of the three year probation would include the following: The respondents would be suspended from the practice of landscape architecture for a period of 60 consecutive days following the issuance of their landscape architect license The respondents would be required to obey all federal, state and local laws, and all rules governing the practice of landscape architecture in California. The respondents would be required to submit quarterly reports as required by the board. The respondents would have to comply with the board’s probation surveillance program.
In addition, periods of residency or practice outside California would not apply to the reduction of the three-year probationary period. The respondents would also be required to reimburse the board for costs of $250 each.
After successful completion of probation, the respondent’s license would be fully restored.
Toro Irrigation of Riverside, California has established an endowment fund to support the Landscape Architecture Foundation. Toro Irrigation will provide financial support to the fund for five years through direct contribution amounting to $50,000. The endowment fund will then become self-supporting from the interest generated by the donations.
The Landscape Architecture Foundation, operating out of Washington, D.C., was created to promote educational and scientific advancements in the landscape field. The LAF hopes to enable professional landscape architects express their ideas through research, publications, educational seminars, student scholarships, and various international forums.
A portion of the funds from Toro’s endowment will be used to create and develop educational materials. The initial project will be a course book on irrigation.
The book’s editorial staff will consist of Courtland P. Paul, president of the ASLA; Rick Robins, commercial marketing manager for Toro Irrigation; landscape architects Bob Cloud and Cal Olsen; and university professors John Roberts and John Carpenter.
The up-coming reference book will be geared to any university wishing to improve and expand its landscape curriculum.
By supporting the LAF through its endowment and its Landscape Industry Advancement Awards Program, Toro Irrigation hopes to provide recognition to industry innovators, practical educational tools for landscape architects, and support various organizations involved with t landscape and irrigation.
The Planning Department for the City of Tucson, Arizona, is looking for design professionals interested in serving on a recently formed subcommittee. The subcommittee’s goal will be the review of proposed design guidelines for Tucson’s AAB, Architectural Approval Board.
The AAB’s responsibilities include the review of development proposals for the city’s historical sites and retail centers.
California Polytechnic University, Pomona, recently, named G. Michael Abbate, Anna Marie MacLeod, Randall E. Robinson, Joan M. Safford, and Jeffrey T. Rule as recipients of various outstanding landscape architect student awards.
Abbate was selected to receive the Dean’s Award based on his outstanding academic and design achievements. He was also selected for the Howard O. Boltz Award for outstanding senior.
MacLeod was selected to receive the Jack Evans Award for outstanding junior.
Selected as outstanding sophomore in the program. Robinson is slated to receive the $250 Kawasaki/Theilacker Award
Safford was selected to receive Cal Poly’s Outstanding Graduate Student Award.
Each student listed above was chosen for their awards based in their GPA’s, their skills in graphics and construction, their leadership qualities, and their participation in the landscape architecture department’s activities.
Rule was selected to receive an t award by the Southern California Chapter of Landscape Architects based on his outstanding work in senior design.
The California Council of Landscape Architects has selected the Marquis Hotel in Palm Springs, California, as the site of its 1986 Conference.
Conference dates are May 9-12 According to Chairman Barry Jesmer, “We want the 1986 Conference to set new precedents both in excellence of educational programming and for product exhibition.”
In the past many consumers seeking the services of qualified landscape architects have been harmed by the activities of unlicensed landscape architects. To offset this problem the Board of Landscape Architects has recently received additional enforcement authority from the legislature with the passage of SB 2251. SB 2251 provides protection by implementing a citation program.
The Board of Architectural Examiners is looking into a similar program. Both agencies are working toward a joint administration of these programs. The joint venture will not only save money, but time, and enhance the working relationships between both agencies.
State Senator Ed Royce, R Fullerton, recently announced he was no longer pursuing the passage of his SB 392. The bill was intended to repeal the Landscape Architects’ Licensing Act.
CCLA Government Affairs Chairman Dennis Tsuboi expressed the council’s appreciation to all who opposed this legislation.
According to CCLA Legislative Council Richard E. Ratcliff, “It was his (Royce) belief that the public needed no protection in this field.” Overwhelming numbers of CCLA members made it clear to Royce that such was not the case, added Ratcliff. SB 392 was killed the day it was to have its first policy committee hearing.
Former CCLA President Rae L. Price of Newport Beach, California, has been selected to fill a newly formed position on the State Board of Landscape Architects.
Since 1976, Price has been a partner in the Peridean Group of Irvine, California. Prior to that he was manager for Corona del Mar based firm, C. Paul Beggs and Associates and a draftsman for Cortland Paul and Associates of Pasadena, California. He was graduated from California Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Executive Director for the California Council of Landscape Architects Donald Cariton Burns has been awarded the ASAE Key Award (the highest honor presented by the American Society of Association Executives).
Burns was presented the award in the ceremony at Chicago on August 18. Former President Gerald Ford took part in the ceremonies.
The ASAE Key Award has been presented to America’s exceptional association executives since 1960
Burns is president of Organization Management, Inc. of Sacramento, California, which he founded in 1969. Prior to that he served as executive vice president of the California Association of Life Underwriters for 13 years. He served as past president of the Northern California Society of Association Executives.
