Thanks to the ABA State and Local Government Law Section, the popular Land Use Institute organized by Frank Schnidman, Esq. is back! This year Andy Gowder, Esq. and Robert Thomas, Esq. have joined to bring back the program.
The registration link is at the bottom of the agenda.
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
1:00 p.m. Registration
1:30 p.m. Welcome – Neisen Kasdin, Managing Partner, Akerman, Miami, FL; Ellen F. Rosenblum, Oregon Attorney General, and Chair, ABA Section of State and Local Government Law, Salem, OR; Mayor Tomas Regalado, City of Miami, FL; Kieran Bowers, President, Swire Properties, Inc., Miami, FL.
Course Overview – Mr. Schnidman.
2:00 p.m. Update on Planning, Land Use, and Eminent Domain Decisions – Moderator: Mr. Schnidman; Panel: Dean Salkin; Mss. Agrimonti; Boulris, Kellington, and Rosenthal; Messrs. Gowder and Merriam.
3:45 p.m. Networking and Refreshment Break
4:00 p.m. Ethical and Professionalism Considerations for the Land Use Practitioner and Government Lawyer – Moderator: Mr. Schnidman; Panel: Dean Salkin and Mss. Cagel, and Rundle.
6:00 p.m. Adjourn for the Day
6:30 p.m. Tour of Brickell City Centre by Swire Properties, Inc.
Thursday, February 2, 2017
8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Federal Laws, Regulations, and Programs Affecting Local Land Use Decision Making – Moderator: Mr. Schnidman; Panel: Dean Salkin, Mss. Agrimonti, Kellington and Rosenthal; Messrs. Gowder, Merriam, Murley and Thomas.
10:30 a.m. Networking Break
10:45 a.m. Annual Richard F. Babcock Faculty Keynote Address: “From the Ground Up: Unshared Assumptions in Law and Planning” – Introduction by Mr. Schnidman; Speaker: Ms. Deborah Rosenthal; Response Panel: Messrs. Merriam and Zelkowitz.
12:00 noon Lunch Break (Sponsored On-Site Box Lunch)
Women in the Law Luncheon Session
Young Practitioners Luncheon Session
1:00 p.m. CONCURRENT HOT TOPICS SESSIONS
Nuts and Bolts of Land Use Practice: Vested Rights and Regulatory Takings: Where Are We Now — Moderator: Prof. Eagle; Panel: Messrs. Roston, and Thomas.
Public Private Partnerships – Moderator: Mr. Gowder; Panel: Messers. Kasdin, Zelkowitz and Marquez.
Climate Change and Resilient Development Moderator: Mr. Murley; Panel: Ms. Torriente; Mr. Pathman
2:30 p.m. Networking and Refreshment Break
2:45 p.m. CONCURRENT HOT TOPICS SESSIONS
Nuts and Bolts of Land Use Practice: Client Representation-Developer, Government and Citizen Groups– Moderator Mr. Gowder; Panel: Messrs. Marques, and Merriam.
Regulating Navigable Airspace: The Drones are Here –Moderator: Mr. Schnidman; Panel: Ms. Kellington; Mr. Merriam.
Housing Supply and Affordability – Planning Alternatives and Legal Consequences – Moderator: Dean Salkin; Panel: Prof. Callies and Mss. Agrimonti and Emami.
4:15 p.m. Networking Break
4:30 p.m. HOT TOPICS IN ADDRESSING DISPARITY
Moderator: Ms. Rosenblum
–Community Benefits Agreements—Commissioner Cava
–Environmental Justice—Mr. Wilson
–Access to Housing—Ms. Emami
(Panel Coordinator: Mr. Gowder)
6:00 p.m. Adjournment
6:30 p.m. Networking Reception – Join with the ABA Section of State and Local Government Law for Reception)
Total 60-minute hours of instruction: 11.5, including 2 hours of Ethics
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