Program
Attendee List
Wednesday, June 18
State Water Plan Planning 101
Emily Rogers, Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta, Austin
Paper
PowerPoint
Legislative Prayer
Allison E. Burns, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, Newport Beach, CA
Paper
PowerPoint
Affordable Care Act
Rena Jenkins, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., Georgetown
Paper
PowerPoint
Thursday, June 19
Pitfalls in the Use or Taking of Park Land
Dean Roggia, Assistant City Attorney, Waco
Paper
PowerPoint
Recent Federal Cases of Interest to Cities
Randy Montgomery, D. Randall Montgomery and Associates, Dallas
Paper
PowerPoint
Recent State Cases of Interest to Cities
Laura Mueller, Assistant General Counsel, Texas Municipal League
Paper
PowerPoint
Trends in Construction Contracting
Jeff Chapman, The Chapman Law Firm, Austin
PowerPoint
Concrete Ways to Improve Your Legal Drafting
Chris Bowers, First Assistant City Attorney, Dallas
Paper
PowerPoint
Synthetic Drug Enforcement: Multi-Department Strategies
Dan Santee, City Attorney; Jon James, Director of Planning and Development Services; and Theresa James, Assistant City Attorney, Abilene
Paper
Appendix
PowerPoint
Economic Development Panel: Recent Developments and the Tools to Deal with Them
J. Grady Randle, Chris Nichols, Tim Kirwin, Catarina Cron, and Byron Brown, Randle Law Office, Houston
Paper
Appendices
PowerPoint
Is Your Personnel Manual Up-to-Date?
Sheila Gladstone, Lloyd Gosselink, Austin
Paper
PowerPoint
Municipal Regulation of Firearms
Bobby Gervais, Olson & Olson L.L.P., Houston
Paper
PowerPoint
Grandfathered Permits
Charles Williams, Olson & Olson L.L.P., Houston
Paper
PowerPoint
Friday, June 20
Ethics: Should You be Using Your Cell Phone?
Thomas Gwosdz, City Attorney, Victoria
Paper
PowerPoint
Eminent Domain: The Pendulum Swings
Preston Dobbs and Scott Doggett, Burford & Ryburn, Dallas
Paper
PowerPoint
Are Proprietary Contracts Putting Cities at Risk?
Jose de la Fuente and Amy Emerson, Lloyd Gosselink, Austin
Paper
PowerPoint
Does TOMA Allow a Town Hall Meeting?
Scott Houston, TCAA General Counsel
Paper
PowerPoint