2018 Summer Conference Materials

  1. Regulating Game Rooms & Poker Rooms
    Curtis Howard and Michelle D’Andrea, City of Plano
  2. Hot Issues in Zoning: Tiny Houses, Shipping Containers, and RV’s
    Leonard Schneider, Liles Parker, Kingwood
  3. Navigating the New Annexation Requirements
    Scott Houston, Texas Municipal League, Austin
  4. When Can My City Delete a Facebook Comment?
    Heather Lockhart, City of Austin
  5. Updating Your Right of Way Ordinance
    Denise Cheney and Kelli Fuqua, Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta, LLP, Austin
  6. Hot Topics in Municipal Finance
    Derrick Mitchell, Bracewell LLP, Houston
  7. Employment Law Update
    Sheila Gladstone and Ashley Thomas, Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C., Austin
  8. Recent State Cases of Interest to Cities
    Laura Mueller, Bojorquez Law Firm, Austin
  9. Top 5 (Or So) Home Rule Charter Issues
    Charles E. Zech, Denton Navarro Rocha Bernal & Zech, San Antonio
  10. Avoiding Procurement and Purchasing Mistakes: Recent Case Law and Practitioner’s Tips
    Jeff Chapman, The Chapman Firm, Austin
  11. Suing the Code Enforcement Scofflaw
    Ron Stutes, Potter Minton, Tyler
  12. Hot Topics in Election Law
    Christina Adkins, Secretary of State’s Office, Austin
  13. Mapping and Navigating the Path Forward on Automated and Connected Vehicles: A Road Trip Through Preemption to Code Considerations for Safe Deployment
    Gregory Rodriguez, Best Best & Krieger, San Diego; Thomas Bamonte, North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG); David Johnson, City of Arlington
  14. Purchasing Property for Groundwater Supply Development
    Theresa James, City of San Angelo; Jason Hill, JT Hill & Co., Austin
  15. Texas Competitive Low Income Housing Tax Credits
    Dean Roggia, City of Irving
  16. Of Brewpubs and Breweries, Growlers and Crowlers: Craft Brewing and Distilling and the Texas Municipality
    David Ritter, Brown & Hofmeister, L.L.P., Richardson
  17. Integrating the Morton Act and Colorado County v. Staff into Law Enforcement Disciplinary Practices
    George Hyde, Russell Rodriguez Hyde Bullock, LLP, Georgetown
  18. How High’s the Water? Public Entity Flood Litigation and Liability in Texas
    Jose de la Fuente and James Parker, Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C., Austin
  19. Animals in the City – from Ordinances to Enforcement
    Bianca Bentzin and Leela Fireside, City of Austin; Jonathan Koury, City of Bryan
  20. Common Municipal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Issues
    Miles Risley, City of Corpus Christi
  21. Drafting a Municipal Code of Ethics
    Alan Bojorquez, Bojorquez Law Firm, Austin