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Unless otherwise noted, all programs are one hour long from 1-2 PM Eastern. Additionally, IMLA will be offering 10 FREE programs for members. In addition to one free Ethics program that will be broadcast live from our seminar and one free program broadcast live from our annual conference, the other free programming is noted below.
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The U.S. Supreme Court's 2015 decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project brought clarity to the question of whether disparate impact liability exists under the Fair Housing Act. Disparate impact looks at discriminatory effects of facially-neutral policies and practices, including zoning laws. In upholding the use of disparate impact, the Supreme Court kept intact one of three ways that local governments can be held liable under the Fair Housing Act, but with some important limitations. This program will review the Inclusive Communities Project case and outcome, and will talk about its implications for local governments.
Speakers: Dwight Merriam, Dan Mandelker & Brian Connolly.
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This free, one-hour presentation will focus on the advantages of public finance to incentivize private development with Public-Private Partnerships (P3).
Speakers: Arthur C. Nelson, Dwight Merriam & Dan Mandelker
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Dr. Gregory S. McNeal will share updates from the FAA's new rules for flight over people, check in on Part 107's first six months, and preview the regulatory updates to come in 2017. How will the regulatory landscape shift in the coming year? What is the FAA saying about local drone ordinances and federal preemption?
Speaker: Gregory McNeal
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While you were messing around last year, paying no attention to the most recent, important statutory and case law developments, our panel of national experts had their noses to their computer monitors and yanked every relevant Tweet off their smartphones. You can have the benefit of their collective knowledge by dialing in to this kickoff session of our annual land-use law teleconference series and getting the highlights of the past year in a way that will help you in 2016.
Speakers:Nancy Stroud, Peter Salsich, Stuart Meck, Carol Brown, Dwight Merriam & Dan Mandelker
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**This is a non-CLE event**
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We won't know for sure until the end of June when the Supreme Court will most likely issue its opinion in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association. But we may have a better idea after the Court hears oral argument on January 11. Discuss the legal issues in this case and what's at stake for state and local governments if the Supreme Court rules that public-sector "agency shop" arrangements are unconstitutional with Michael Carvin, Jones Day, who will argue this case on behalf of the teachers objecting to fair share.
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The ABA model rules tells us that a "lawyer shall provide competent representation to a client," and notes that "competent representation requires the legal knowledge, skill, thoroughness and preparation reasonably necessary for the representation." How far does the ethical obligation of technological competence extend and how can non-geek lawyers satisfy it? This presentation will provide insights into this topic and provide a discussion of ABA Model Rule 1.1, Comment 8.
Speaker: Peter Haskel
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Municipalities understand the obligation to address sexual harassment in the workplace. Unfortunately, some individuals view sexual harassment training and education as a means of learning the ropes of how to harass instead of how not to engage in harassment. This seminar provides a template for sexual harassment training, including preventing and addressing retaliation, along with substantive and practical guidance in helping employer, supervisors and employees in recognizing and distinguishing acceptable and unacceptable workplace conduct.
Speaker: Dan Crean, Roberta Cross, Warren Kraft
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Federal Law Landscape: Since 1998 and the U.S. Supreme Court's Decision in Sacramento v. Lewis, the likelihood of a federal claim in a pursuit case has greatly diminished. A portion of the webinar will cover the U.S. Supreme Court cases involving pursuits including: Scott v. Harris (2007); Plumhoff v. Rickard (2014); and Mullinex v. Luna (2015 per curiam) and the impact of these decisions on potential federal civil rights actions in pursuit cases.
State Discussion: A view of several different state emergency vehicle operation codes that provide some protection for injuries caused during pursuits.
Generally accepted practices on pursuits: This portion focuses on the varying policies and training being utilized by law enforcement around the country with respect to the decision to pursue; the tactics used to end pursuits; and agency reviews of pursuits.
Speaker: Jack Ryan
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Officer involved shootings and the potential for police liability in those shootings have become a focal point in the American consciousness. Considering this, it is important to understand what is needed to successfully defend officers involved in these shootings. "Anatomy of a Shooting Trial" will provide an introductory look at the trial tactics, strategies, and logistics of the civil defense of an officer and assist you in your next officer involved shooting trial.
Speaker: John Wilkerson
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No question about it, Reed v.Gilbert, Arizona, the US Supreme Court's recent decision on content-based signage is the big deal and has been the subject of much discussion, speculation, and angst. We will certainly address that decision and its fallout, with some real "take-home" advice on how to patch up local regulations, parts of which have been rendered unconstitutional on their face as a result of the Reed decision. However, we will go beyond that to look at recent developments in electronic signage and the always nettlesome problem of temporary signs. Finally, we will top it off with what probably should be the first question in most cases: is it a sign?
Speakers: John Baker, Brian Connolly, Susan Trevarthen, Dwight Merriam & Dan Mandelker
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Panelists, who developed the IMLA Model Employment/Retainer Agreements, will discuss best practices and identify the terms and conditions that should be considered in any employment agreement for a full-time in-house chief legal counsel, or a law firm or individual who is retained to serve as chief legal counsel utilizing the recently developed IMLA Model Employment/Retainer Agreements.
Speakers: Marion Radson, Howard Friedman, Susan H. Churuti & Charles W. Thompson
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Properly conducted internal investigations can be key to successfully solving workplace conflicts and defending complaints involving municipal employees. Common mistakes in investigation techniques can lead to adverse consequences, especially in the public sector. Join popular IMLA presenter and employment lawyer Sheila Gladstone for guidance on how to "do it right" and avoid traps and missteps along the way.
Speakers: Dan Crean & Sheila Gladstone
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Local governments nationwide are faced with debilitating defined benefit pension costs and deficits. Without modification, these pension plans threaten financial crisis, and may result in layoffs of public employees, reduced governmental services and increased taxes. The decision to modify a pension plan is not simple, however. The public employer's ability to amend its pension plans is regulated by state laws which protect the retirement income of public employees. Pension modification is an arduous process that likely will result in litigation.
In 2011, the City of Atlanta faced an approximately 1.3 billion dollar unfunded pension deficit. Atlanta City Attorney Cathy Hampton and the Law Department were integral to the City of Atlanta's historic pension reform by drafting the reform legislation, facilitating implementation and successfully defending it against a legal challenge. On November 10, 2014, the Fulton County (Georgia) Superior Court granted the City's Motion for Summary Judgment. In a 34-page opinion, the court affirmed the constitutionality of the reform and dismissed the class action lawsuit in its entirety. (Stephen Borders, et al. v. City of Atlanta, et al., Fulton County Superior Court Case No. 2013-CV-23902).
On November 2, 2015, the Supreme Court of Georgia unanimously affirmed the Fulton County Superior Court's grant of summary judgment. (Supreme Court of Georgia Case No. S15A0816) The Supreme Court held that the City's increase of employee pension contributions did not impair Plaintiffs' employment contracts. In so holding, the Court ruled that the contribution increase did not alter the employees' protected pension benefits, but instead altered the employees' unprotected pension obligations. This legal victory provides a roadmap for other local governments seeking to remediate escalating pension costs rather than suffer from escalating debt.
City Attorney Cathy Hampton, Chief Counsel Robin Joy Shahar and Assistant City Attorney Seth Eisenberg will bring a breadth of knowledge for the development and legal defense of strategic pension reform.
Speakers: City Attorney Cathy Hampton, Chief Counsel Robin Shahar & Assistant City Attorney Seth Eisenberg
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There is a great deal of discussion across the country regarding the benefits and drawbacks of body cameras, but with 120 cameras in the field for the past year, Duluth is in a unique position to take it a step further and demonstrate the "boots-on-the-ground" impact of this emerging technology on both police work and trials (tech issues, costs, retrieval and preservation of evidence, impacts on courtroom dynamics, and so on). This presentation will focus on the manner in which body cameras are changing police considerations in the field, as well as the approach of prosecutors at trial.
Speaker: Nathan N. LaCoursiere
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Between abortion and immigration, takings and malicious prosecutions, energy and drunk driving, the Supreme Court's 2015-2016 docket is full of cases of interest to state and local government. Join Clifton Elgarten, Crowell Moring, who will argue an energy case this term, Mike Scodro, Jenner & Block, and Mark Walsh, Education Week, ABA Journal, and SCOTUSblog, in a discussion about the cases of most interest to state and local government.
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**This is a non-CLE, FREE event**
Local governments can single-out adult entertainment businesses for special regulatory treatment so long as the regulations allow such businesses to open and operate and are not motivated by a distaste for the content of the entertainment presented in such businesses. This webinar will discuss what cities should do to ensure that the zoning or licensing regulations they apply to adult entertainment businesses will be upheld if challenged.
Speakers: Prof. Alan Weinstein, Dwight Merriam & Dan Mandelker
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In cases big and small, involving issues ranging from race to religion, federalism to free speech, many, if not most, Roberts Court decisions have affected states and local governments. Join Tom Goldstein, SCOTUSblog and Goldstein & Russell, Adam Liptak, New York Times, and David Savage, Los Angeles Times, in a discussion about the significant impacts over the last ten years of the Roberts Court on states and local governments.
**This is a non-CLE event**
Employee handbooks and personnel policies can provide necessary and appropriate guidance and direction for employees based on long-standing and updated laws. Workplace rules should be reviewed to ensure that the workplace is presently current and compliant with laws and regulations. Periodic updating of handbooks and policies is an important practice to ensure compliance of workplace standards and to avoid risk of future claims. As Labor and Employment management counsel for both public and private sector employers, Messrs. Lee and Brown will present information on the key employment policies that you may need to add or revise as a measure of employer protection.
Speakers:Dan Crean, Lawrence Lee & Adam Brown
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March 24 – Police – PO3
Given the present climate in police-community relations, it is not uncommon for a law enforcement agency to face protests and ever increasing calls for state, federal and/or civilian oversight following a widely publicized officer-involved death. This webinar will present a case study of one suburban, Southern California city that faced such a challenge, the policing issues involved, the competing state and federal interests, the resulting reforms, and the lessons learned as told by the city attorney who negotiated the stipulated judgment and its dissolution five years later.
Speaker: Gregory Priamos
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Local governments can generate long term revenues by leasing land, water towers and buildings for cellular communications towers and antennas. The key to a successful lease is the rental terms, plus the right terms and protective conditions so as to avoid potential legal landmines. John Pestle, Esq. and Jonathan Kramer, Esq. are highly experienced local government telecommunications attorneys who regularly craft and enforce municipal cell tower leases. In this 90-minute webinar, they will walk you through the process of dealing with the cell tower providers and their contractors to help get the best financial terms in leases, and identify and avoid the legal landmines commonly found in industry boilerplate provisions, including the risk of accidentally triggering property reverters. They will also provide helpful practice pointers about the cell tower leasing and sales process. The program will cover both key aspects of cell leases, and the potential sale by municipalities of such leases, as well as long-term leasing rights. Extensive handouts in PDF format will be provided to participants, which commonly include local government attorneys, city managers and the real estate property managers working for local governments. A lively and interactive Question and Answer session will follow the presentation.
***This webinar is 90 minutes ***
Speakers: John W. Pestle & Jonathan Kramer
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The program will discuss the basic requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The first part of the presentation will be on Title I of the Act and duties public agencies have in responding to reasonable accommodation requests made by employees. The second part will discuss Title II and the duty that public agencies have to make all services, programs and activities accessible. This part will focus on public facilities that are subject to Title II, and ensuring that cities maintain facilities, including the public right-of-way, in a manner that provides access to all citizens.
Speakers: Alison Alpert, Michael Maurer
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Don't Bogart that Joint My Friend!
Things are smokin'! The U.S. Supreme Court just decided not to even hear the claim of Nebraska and Oklahoma, complaining that Colorado's recreational marijuana was wafting crime over state lines. What's happening all across the country with medical marijuana and recreational initiatives? How can you plan and regulate for these uses? It's not going away; it's expanding rapidly and you're either dealing with it now or will be soon. Our expert panelists live and work at ground zero and have, shall we say, the latest dope on the subject.
Speakers: J. Marcus Painter, Tom Ragonetti, Dwight Merriam & Dan Mandelker
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Across the nation, persons with mental illness and co-occurring substance abuse repeatedly circulate through the criminal justice system causing significant challenges for municipalities. This webinar will examine the challenges municipalities face regarding these issues from the police officer arresting the mentally ill suspect through that person's trial and detention and provide insight into possible solutions municipalities may wish to implement to combat these problems. The presenters will discuss alternatives to traditional criminal court for these individuals, including behavioral court and the need to allow for competency screenings on the municipal level.
Speaker: Martha Means & Bruce Eddy
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The future is arriving via the fast lane. The impending deployment of driverless vehicles is coming, with pilot projects already in place across the country. Regulations are already being developed and implemented in multiple states, and the federal government is actively funding the safe development of autonomous vehicle technologies. The advent of driverless cars will mean huge changes to both transportation planning and infrastructure, and given the long life and cost of infrastructure development, local governments need to begin thinking about these issues today. Cities must be prepared to integrate driverless vehicles, including cars and buses, into the existing transportation network in a safe and orderly manner. This new technology will impact many areas of local government, including public safety, parking, and traffic. Understanding this new technology and planning ahead will allow for smoother integration of autonomous vehicles onto our roads. This presentation will explore the legal and policy questions autonomous vehicles raise and discuss ways to be a smart leader in the forthcoming driverless revolution.
Speakers: Steven De Baun, Greg Rodriguez, Jamey Wyman, Jordan Ferguson
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The webinar will provide an introduction to new psychoactive substances (emerging synthetic drugs) affecting cities across the U.S., such as synthetic cannabinoids, synthetic cathinones, and synthetic opioids. The discussion will address the associated health risks to users, as well as the related stress on local emergency medical services and hospitals that synthetic drug use and overdoses can cause. The webinar will provide details on local law enforcement efforts used to tackle synthetic drug cases, will discuss challenges to drug and chemical testing issues, and will also highlight various community outreach efforts that can be used to effectively address synthetic drug abuse.
Speakers: Marta Markowska, Melissa Shear and Argatonia Weatherington
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This session would focus on plaintiff's attack on officer use of force when dealing with person's of diminished capacity. I note that the American with Disabilities Act's application is still up in the air follow SCOTUS decision that the ADA portion of San Francisco's appeal was improvidently granted. The session will also look at training that plaintiff will utilize as spring board for failure to train claim as well as to show an inappropriate response by the involved officers.
Speaker: Jack Ryan
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Municipal Management of Millennials: Millennials have many special needs and desires and we will address these, particularly in the land use and transportation context. Our guest has researched and reported on the travel choices of Millennials, choices that profoundly affect how we plan and regulate for land use. Get out ahead of the emerging trends by joining us for this unique view into the ever-changing landscape being shaped by the Millennials. You'll ad a new word to you vocabulary, too: "automobility"!
Speakers: Noreen C. McDonald, Dwight Merriam & Dan Mandelker
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As federal law and FCC regulations carve more deeply into local government zoning authority, and federal courts hand down decisions interpreting those law and regulations, cell tower zoning and regulation by state and local governments has materially changed. The new FCC Wireless Siting/6409(a) rules; the FCC Shot Clock; new-builds of macros, small cell, and DAS sites creates new challenges for local governments to balance the federal rules with preservation of local land use controls. Governments around the country are in the process of altering their local processes to comply with the new legal reality. This 90-minute webinar, presented by two national experts, will provide a summary and overview of the Federal law of cell tower zoning, including: (1) Key court cases, principles and practical advice from the two decades since Congress passed the 1996 cell tower zoning amendments; (2) the 2012 Federal statute (Section 6409(a)) as recently interpreted by the FCC; (3) the current FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on radio frequency emissions safety standards; and (4) dealing with the wireless industry under the new rules. This live webinar, taught by John Pestle, Esq. and Jonathan Kramer, Esq. (highly experienced local government telecommunications attorneys) includes two narrated PowerPoint presentations, an 85+ page paper summarizing many of the relevant cases and proceedings, and substantial practical guidance for municipal attorneys dealing with wireless tower siting ordinances and planning matters. A lively and interactive Question and Answer session will follow the presentation.
***This Webinar is 90 minutes***
Speakers: John W. Pestle & Jonathan Kramer
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The average American city today partners with private parties to provide 23 out of 65 basic services. The key to redevelopment and new development in terms of leveraging the advantages of public finance to incentivize private development is in Public-Private Partnerships (P3). Those of you new to P3 will get the basics and those of you who are veterans of P3 will be brought up to sped on the latest developments by Prof. Arthur "Chris" Nelson, the country's leading expert and author of the recent book Foundations of Real Estate Development Financing: A Guide to Public–Private Partnerships http://islandpress.org/book/foundations-of-real-estate-development-financing
Speakers: Arthur C. Nelson, Dwight Merriam & Dan Mandelker
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Popular ADA presenter Jonathan Mook returns to review and analysis selected, timely topics involving ADA and reasonable accommodation. Discussion may include some of these topics:
• EEOC's final regulations on wellness plans;
• EEOC's new guidance on employer-provided leave;
• When is pregnancy a disability and accommodating pregnant employees;
• Performance and conduct standards and the disabled employee;
• Fitness for duty examinations: staying within the ADA and HIPAA legal requirements;
• Establishing a "direct threat" under the ADA;
• But for causation under the ADA.
Speaker: Jonathan Mook & Dan Crean
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The US Supreme Court shook up First Amendment jurisprudence with this sign regulation decision on June 18, 2015. The ripples from Reed have touched a wide range of federal, state and local regulations of speech. This webinar will take stock of the impact of Reed on its one-year anniversary, and share lessons learned from the cases that have interpreted and applied Reed to local government regulations of speech.
Speakers: Susan L. Trevarthen
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Civil rights lawsuits often include allegations both against a police officers and the City for which the officer works. An attorney assigned to represent both the officer and the City needs to be mindful of the potential for conflicts. "The City and the Cop: Representing Both Without Harming Either" will outline the important rules of professional conduct, where one client's interest may be adverse to another's, and what exceptions allow an attorney to represent both parties without facing the risk of disqualification, including a discussion of Model Rule 1.7.
Speaker: John Wilkerson
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Short term rentals (STR) have had great impacts, some good and some bad, on communities and individuals. Learn about the challenges that come with regulating STRs from the example of Austin, Texas, which has been one of several "ground zero" cities coping with STRs and how its regulations have evolved over time. Our guest will be Trish Link, an attorney with the City of Austin's Law Department, Land Use-Real Estate Division (B.A. Louisiana State University; J.D. Texas Tech University). Email our co-moderator, Dwight Merriam, with your questions and what you would like to see covered, and we will do our best to address them (email will be given when registered).
Speakers: Dwight Merriam, Dan Mandelker & Patricia "Trish" Link
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Managing employee medical leaves often leaves human resources and legal counsel scratching their heads – or worse, with a medical condition of their own! In "Your Leave is Giving Me a Migraine!", we will examine through hypotheticals the employee's eligibility and notice requirements as well as the employer's obligations under the Family and Medical Leave Act. The exhaustion of or non-eligibility for FMLA leave does not wholly encompass an employee's leave entitlement, and we will also therefore examine the "leave as a reasonable accommodation" requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Speakers: Crystal Clark, Dan Crean and Robin Cross
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In this lively webinar, Brian Jackson and Jennifer Will address the impact of social media on the workplace – pros and cons. Social media has changed how employers go about hiring, conducting background checks and communicating with customers and constituents, but it can also lead to decreased productivity, confidentiality breaches and unintended overtime. While addressing both risks and rewards, this session will touch on federal labor and employment trends as well as some interesting ways employees have gotten fired through their use of social media!
Speakers: Dan Crean, Jennifer Will & Brian Jackson
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As the debate about drones continues to evolve, one fact remains — local government attorneys are on the front line where precedent-setting action will take place. Municipal attorneys are on their own in a pioneering environment where they have to publicly debate, draft, and defend new ordinances governing the public and private uses of drones; manage local residents' concerns about public safety and privacy, and still allow for innovative uses of technology. Old ways of making laws may not address these new, digitally connected devices.
This presentation will analyze case studies, demonstrate technology, and provide a framework to help local government attorneys understand and proactively solve numerous expected and unexpected issues that they will encounter in the new drone-related era of municipal law both in regulating the use of drones and in the government's own use of drones. It will also provide an update on the status of the FAA law and regulations as they pertain to drones and discuss preemption issues that local governments need to be aware of with regard to drones. The presentation will also provide practical tips and a discussion of how to draft an effective and enduring drone ordinance.
Speaker: Gregory McNeal
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More and more municipalities are facing balance sheet problems caused by underfunded pension liabilities and too much outstanding debt. On top of that, many municipalities are having trouble funding needed ongoing capital expenditures on the water, sewer and other systems they own. A sale or long-term lease of such systems can generate money to address these unfunded liabilities. The presenters will review how such asset transactions are accomplished through a process that encourages the highest bids.
Speakers: Benjamin A. Haverstick & David Unkovic
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Local government attorneys, as soon as the first quarter of 2017, will be called upon to assist their local government clients negotiate their community's use of FirstNet, a nationwide interoperable public safety wireless broadband network. Local attorneys may also need to examine how to extend current agreements for wireless public safety communications as FirstNet proves its case and prior to equipment becoming universally available. Or, local government attorneys may be called upon to negotiate a similar agreement with a state run network should the governor of your state "opt out" of FirstNet. But we are getting ahead of ourselves.
The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act [Public Law No. 112-96 (enacted February 22, 2012)] signed into law on February 22, 2012, created the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet)[See Sections §§6000-6704.] The law provides FirstNet's mission is to build, operate and maintain the first high-speed, nationwide wireless broadband network dedicated to public safety. FirstNet will provide a single interoperable platform for emergency and daily public safety communications. Of primary importance to this presentation are Sections:
• 6206(c)(2) which created an obligation for FirstNet to consult with regional, State, tribal, and local jurisdictions on network elements and construction; and
• 6302(e)which provides that after a 90 day review period, the governor or each state may "opt in" or "opt out" of FirstNet, but if the governor opts out, that states has only 180 days to develop an alternate plan that must be approved by the FCC.
This presentation will explain the law, share insights from participants that have been actively engaged in the FirstNet process and provide a framework to help local government attorneys understand and proactively solve numerous expected and unexpected issues that they will encounter in the next 6 to 9 months as FirstNet decisions are being made and will seek to impart provide practical guidance to protect your community in an environment where they must react to the decision of others.
Speakers:Barry Fraser, General Manager, BayRICS Authority & Gerard Lederer
Moderator: Michael Watza
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The affordable housing crisis continues and in many areas has worsened. Join us with a guest scholar on the subject to learn more about the nature and extent of the problems, what municipalities have tried with and without success, what strategies are proven and promising, and what you, as local government lawyers and planners can do to help meet the demand for more affordable housing.
Speakers: Brian Stromberg, Dwight Merriam & Dan Mandelker
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This perennial IMLA webinar reviews and analyzes the 2015 and 2016 Employment Law Decisions from the United States Supreme Court and selected federal court along with selected decisions from state courts.
Speakers: Dan Crean & Douglas Haney
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This course will discuss the development of Dillon's Rule and how it may apply to local governments around the country. The course will also discuss the Home Rule movement, the different forms of Home Rule and the intersection of Home Rule with Dillon's Rule – where they align, where they conflict and where they work tangentially or in tandem. Examples of how Dillon's Rule applies and how Home Rule applies tend to be state specific, but in discussing state specific examples the course will use those examples to explain how these principles may apply across jurisdictional and jurisprudential boundaries.
Speaker: Chuck Thompson
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Disasters are neither acts of God nor acts of nature. They are the collision of hazardous natural events with the built environment, which means that every decision our society makes about where to build and how to build has a direct impact on the nature and extent of the damages we suffer when these collisions occur. In effect, we create our own disasters, whether deliberately or unwittingly. We can reduce their impact by taking responsibility for the environments we create. Municipal lawyers, always on the frontline of disasters, have a special need to get out ahead of the problem. This webinar will provide the knowledge necessary to be truly proactive.
This logic leads inexorably to the question of what we do before disaster strikes to minimize those damages. In its landmark study, Planning for Post-Disaster Recovery: Next Generation, APA delineates important distinctions and considerations with regard to what can reasonably be planned ahead of disaster with regard to facilitating recovery, and what must await knowledge of the pattern of damages afterwards. Earlier work by APA also discussed integrating hazard mitigation priorities throughout the local planning process, rather than isolating it in stand-alone plans that have no legal standing as public policy. Together, these initiatives can provide most communities with a viable package for significantly reducing their vulnerabilities and dramatically increasing their resilience in the face of known hazards.
Jim Schwab will walk listeners through an essential summary of this suite of tools and techniques and highlight cases of communities with best practices, complemented by a brief look at future directions in public policy in this arena.
Speakers: James C. Schwab, FAICP, Dwight Merriam & Dan Mandelker
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Once your local government leases its property or a structure for a cell tower, you will routinely receive offers to buy the cell tower lease for a lump sum payment (often plus a percentage of future revenues), coupled with a long term (or perpetual) easement. The most common question is whether these are good deals for governments. This program, taught by John Pestle, Esq. and Jonathan Kramer, Esq., both highly experienced local government telecommunications attorneys, covers (1) how to determine whether a sale of a cell lease and future leasing rights is in a municipality's best interest, (2) descriptions of the non-binding bid process which will commonly lead to the best price and terms, and (3) the significant legal and business issues and potential pitfalls involved in selling the lease and the traps hidden in the lengthy "Communications Easement" you will be asked to execute. This program will help you spot the major issues in the very one-sided documents typically offered by buyers. Key points to be addressed include (a) making sure the municipality is not hindered in using its property for its primary public use; (b) ensuring that future sums and duties promised by the purchaser in fact are performed; (c) unique insurance and bankruptcy issues; (d) special questions of municipal authority; (e) compliance with bond obligations and IRS tax-exempt bond regulations; (f) municipal finance/procurement statutes; and (g) prohibitions on waste. Extensive handouts in PDF format will be provided to participants, which commonly include local government attorneys, city managers and the real estate property managers working for local governments. A lively and interactive Question and Answer session will follow the presentation.
***This Webinar is 90 minutes***
Speakers: John W. Pestle & Natalia Shparber
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*FREE for IMLA Members, 90 minute presentation. Seats are LIMITED!!
This presentation will cover the Securities and Exchange Commission's Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation (MCDC) Initiative and lessons learned for issuers and underwriters.
The discussion will cover the nature of the MCDC Initiative, allegations made by the SEC in MCDC actions, with examples of the antifraud violations identified, and the remedies and other consequences for issuers, underwriters and the market as a whole consequences. This includes the movement toward issuer adoption of disclosure policies and procedures, and the structuring and implementation of such policies and procedures. In addition, the presentation also covers the expanding SEC reliance upon antifraud enforcement actions as a means of indirectly regulating municipal securities issuers, why the Commission is utilizing that approach, recent actions of interest, and notable SEC "firsts" since early 2013.
Speakers: Robert Doty, Elaine Greenberg, John McNally & Kevin Guerrero
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Additionally, IMLA is publishing Robert Doty's book. Click here to view the description/order form.
This webinar will explore how the evolving caselaw about "government speech" applies in various local government settings, including public meetings, public buildings, and virtual settings such as websites and social media. When do these settings create forums for expression by citizens under the First Amendment, and when are they considered to be outlets exclusively for government speech, including speech by third parties chosen by the government? Discussion will include an overview
Speaker: Frayda Bluestein
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Are people complaining you have too many chain stores and retsuarnst in town such that you can't hardly tell if you're even in your own town and not some other place? The antidote is to consider planning and regulating to minimize the impact of "formula retail." In this webinar you learn all about it from the country's leading expert, Stacy Mitchell, co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and director of its Community-Scaled Economy Initiative, which produces research and analysis, and partners with a range of allies to design and implement policies that curb economic consolidation and strengthen community-rooted enterprise.
Speakers: Stacy Mitchell, Dwight Merriam & Dan Mandelker
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Experienced public construction attorneys Christopher Petrini and Christopher Brown, from the firm of Petrini & Associates, P.C., located in Framingham, Massachusetts, will present an informative discussion regarding risk allocation issues for public owners, specifically regarding performance and payment bonds and liability insurance. The discussion's specific focus will be on the flaws in industry standard bond forms and how to strengthen bond forms for the public owner, as well as potential pitfalls in contract insurance and indemnity requirements based on the recent updates in ISO forms for CGL policies. Time will be reserved during the discussion for audience participation and Q&A.
Speakers: Christopher Petrini & Chris Brown
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Posted 08 June 2009 - 11:37 AM
Well, a lot has happened since my last post about the matches. NO I have not had anyone come in because I feel in my gut that if I did it would only make things worse. My friend told me to bless all our entry doors inside & out with olive oil, but I haven't because again, I am worried it will stir up more trouble...
Everyone might be pleased to know I've quit smoking since my last post. Because of this, my sense of smell has come back with incredible clarity. I can smell someone down the block smoking a pipe or a cig!
At any rate, I thought I'd post again because there has been an interesting development in the phantom smell department. For the past week or so, I have been smelling barbecue chicken. It's only one spot in the hallway upstairs, and you can walk through it. It is there about 2 or 3 times a day. It will stay for a couple hours, then go away.
Ok. The significance of the smell of bbq chicken in my life:
When I was a kid, I hated bbq of any kind, but bbq chicken in particular would make me WRETCH! I had no idea why - I have a more than healthy appetite (read: hefty hefty hefty!) and eat almost anything just fine, thank you.
When I was about 9 or 10, my Mom told me a little story. She thought it was a coincidence that I got sick at the smell of bbq chicken, because when she was pregnant with me, the night she went into labor she ate bbq chicken and it made her aboslutely sick. A few hours later, I appeared, red-headed & mean, and that was that!
But I couldn't stand bbq of any kind even the smell until in my mid-twenties. Now I don't have a problem with it, but I think of my Mom & my birth when I eat it since hearing that story.
So... I think the smell of the bbq is my Mom visiting. Which is strange because I haven't felt her around since she died, although my sisters have. Anyway, I was lying in bed, and bam! BBQ smell. Then in my minds eye I got a picture of my Mom and she was kind of tending to me since I was having bad cramps at the time. (Sorry, guys!) She gave me a message mentally that I was paying for my good fortune to come, and don't worry - it would be soon. And then I got a mental picture of us winning the lottery, and my Mom gave the mental message: See? It will be worth it!
So that's my phantom BBQ smell story!
Posted 08 June 2009 - 01:50 PM
Your ghosts sound quite friendly and harmless. Im glad your mother was able to visit with you. It sounds to me like she was trying to tell you that you would have a baby soon... hehe ... I dont know.
When I read your original post from last year, I wondered if your statement to the ghost might be the reason they are still around.
I announced: "You are not welcome here and must leave, now. Only goodness and godliness is welcome here."
If the ghosts are good and godly they may figure that theyre welcome. Do you have a deceased loved one that used to smoke and used matches?
I have lots of ghosts/spirits around me. I just talk to them as if they were still alive. Of course, I dont do that in front of other people.
Posted 08 June 2009 - 02:21 PM
Jeeze I hope she's not telling me that I will have a baby soon. (Although that would be meanly like her!)
I think it's more because I am writing (for the purpose of publishing) a collection of essays about myself, my childhood, etc. Now this would be something she was interested in, and I think the smell of bbq is just her way of letting me know she's around.
I was really angry at her for a number of years after she died, and only now am I starting to soften toward her - and that may be why she waited? Anyway, I hope it is. She was a writer too and would be interested in my project. I hope.
LOL Thanks for replying!
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As the medium was bringing him through in conversation, suddenly the smell of old Havana Cubano cigar became quite dominant in the immediate area, a small modern condo kitchen eat-in. The smell persisted and was so pervasive the medium came out of her light trance momentarily to ask me "do you smell smoke?" I replied that I did and proceeded to check around the condo, finding nothing to explain it. When I returned the smoke smell was still there, just as in the OP's case, and it was localized to that one area.
The smell was strong enough and persisted long enough that I actually got a headache. When we resumed communciations with Whaley, he informed us that he was presenting the smell so I would know it was indeed him. In fact that exact smell has been one of the most commonly reported events at Whaley House over the decades.
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Posted 09 June 2009 - 03:48 PM
Yeah I think my Mom did the same thing. She probably thinks it's funny to come visit me as the smell of BBQ chicken. She was like that! Well, I guess you can say that personality sure crosses over with you!
Posted 27 June 2009 - 05:25 PM
Is that true?
I really doubt it.
Posted 27 June 2009 - 07:17 PM
This thread is so long I forget if I already replied LOL.. I smoke but NEVER in the bedroom or bathroom, just the living room. I will he woken up with the odor of smoke it makes me sick. I did find out I have a man here, and of course he is dead lol that is my protector, his name is John. He was a heavy smoker and drinker around 100 years ago and resided here. I just tell him "No smoking John" and within minutes its gone. Also occasionally I wake with a horrid odor of alcohol and tell him nicely to "leave and drink elsewhere". Its the same with matches, perfume, flowers etc. As long is no one here is under attack, I would say these are human spirits, that come and go. Its possible the matches is due to someone who once lived there or the land, and lit matches cause they didnt have cig lighters back then. Maybe take some pics or like another poster said, call in a PI team and see who is visiting you. Good luck..
Sorry for thumb typing...
I haven't smelled matches in a while. But actually lighters were invented before matches, believe it or not. What scared me wss that I thought ot might be something bad at first and it freaked me out. Things have been going sp well for me lately I no longer think it's that. As far as smoking, almost ALL my dead relatoves smoked. It's nearly a genetic requirement! But, since there's been nothing lately I'm going to let sleepong dogs lie. I'm pretty sure there are more than a few ghosts in this house but I dinn't want to stir things up by investigating. Sorry for the typos but thanks for your reply.
Posted 31 March 2010 - 06:57 AM
These visitors that you mention who smoke, drink and light matches, are not to be played with or entertained. These are not ghost but demonic forces who will play along with you for awhile and when you least expect it, attack you.
Once a person has passed on from this life, they will not return to this world again... but if they were demon possessed, the demon that possessed their body will begin to search for someone else to inhabit. The evil spirit doesn't die neither is it a ghost.
Ephesians 6:12 in the NIV Bible says, "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." 'Heavenly' in this since meaning different things around us within this world - not on high heavenly where Jesus Christ is, but evil spirits in this world that watch us and wait for the opportunity to attack us.
I pray you will come to Christ soon and cast that force out of your house. NO JOKE, it's not safe having it around you and your family.
Posted 24 August 2012 - 11:05 PM
One night, by our computer, and about 2:00a.m., my daughter and me both smelled it, we looked at each other and prayed to Jesus to make it go away.
It stopped for awhile, but every now and then, we still smell it. We are confused to what it is, but feel that it's not good, so we call upon Jesus to help us and it seems to work!
Posted 25 August 2012 - 02:56 PM
I have had times were I smell a ghost before I feel it or see it. I remember sitting in my friends room and I started smelling pipe tobacco. I described the smell then as I was describing the smell I started to see her father. I asked if her husband smoked pipes. She said no. Then I started to describe the person I was seeing and the smell of the pipe. She said that is my dad.
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The same day that the singer announced she was dating "Nurse Jackie" creator Linda Wallem, Tammy Lynn took to her blog expressing her feelings on Melissa's new relationship in poem form.
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"one never even said one was breaking up with me, one only says things in song and string, and then i listened to the album, and i understood, oh, you don't want to work it out," Tammy Lynn wrote.
"i trusted there was, no one else, i didn't know, there was someone moving in as i was moving out," she continued in the lengthy post.
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"i have had some time to let it digest, rip my stomach apart, digest some more, and i think i'm in a better spot now. sometimes reality takes a moment to settle in," she continued.
Melissa and Tammy Lynn announced their split in April 2010.
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Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing
Carnegie Mellon's Creative Writing program is one of the oldest undergraduate programs in the country, and one of the few offering a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing degree. While studying with faculty members who are practicing poets and prose writers, Creative Writing students develop their talents in writing fiction, poetry, screenwriting, playwriting and nonfiction.
The program, based on a conservatory model, is made up of faculty and students who have an intense commitment to their work. Students who do not exhibit a high level of commitment and promise in the introductory classes will not be encouraged to continue in the major.
At the heart of the program is the workshop, where in small, roundtable classes, student work is considered and critiqued by peers and a professor. The workshops emphasize constructive criticism and the incorporation of criticism in revision. The workshop process gives students the chance to practice their craft, to experiment, and to grow as writers.
The capstone project for many of our students is the Dietrich College honors thesis program. Creative writing majors often complete a book of poems, short stories, a novel, or a screenplay, working one-on-one throughout their senior year with a faculty advisor.
Because the Creative Writing program provides a disciplined atmosphere in which to study and write, it appeals especially to students who are as concerned with their personal growth as with vocational goals.
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The mud and rain may not be the cause of schedule shuffling Saturday, but a no-show band is.
Lollapalooza announced Saturday that they were canceling a performance by the experimental rap group Death Grips and their 8:45 p.m. slot on the Grove stage will be filled by Los Angeles rock band Bad Things.
UPDATE: Death Grips chose not to appear at #lolla. Their headlining set at The Grove Stage will now feature @badthings w/ Shaun White.
— Lollapalooza (@lollapalooza) August 3, 2013
The change marks the third adjustment in Saturday's Grove stage lineup in three days.
Death Grips was reportedly a no-show for a festival after-party Friday at the Bottom Lounge.
Thanks to everyone last night for being so great, despite having been very disappointed at the no show. We were as surprised as you were.
— Bottom Lounge (@thebottomlounge) August 3, 2013
The Bottom Lounge issued refunds for Friday's tickets.
The California hip hop and noise band was formed in late 2010 and features Stefan "MC Ride" Burnett on vocals, production and drums from Zach Hill and Andy Morin on keyboard.
According to Lollapalooza's website, Death Grips was named the most legally downloaded band on the internet for the first half of 2012, racking up an impressive 34 million downloads on BitTorrent.
The band could not be reached for comment.
Saturday's lineup at the Grove stage was already shuffled once this week after Thursday's cancelation of Azealia Banks' performance due to a throat infection.


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Walking Away
This is a Poem I wrote for my Husband on our first cruise being married...only
married 10 months. We have now been married eight years!!!
Walking away, with a tear in my eye.......
It's not easy having to say good-bye.....
We'll only be apart a little while,
My love for you will exceed the miles.
I love you more with every beat of my heart,
Even though it hurts when we're apart.
When I lay down at night to dream,
It's then I know what true love means.
You are always in my heart and on my mind,
And a love like ours is one of a kind.
Jimmy, you hold my hearts very key,
You'll never know what you mean to me.
Lisa Rene'
March 9, 1994