2018

Land Use Fundamentals

Austin Mar 21, 2018 AT&T Conference Center
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Live Webcast Mar 21, 2018
Conference Concluded

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SPONSORS
Brown & Ortiz, P.C.
Jackson Walker LLP
Nichols, Jackson, Dillard, Hager & Smith L.L.P.
Taylor, Olson, Adkins, Sralla & Elam, L.L.P.
Wilson, Cribbs & Goren, P.C.

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Overview

Land Use Fundamentals provides concepts and procedures, plus practical tips to some of the more complex areas of land use law, including zoning, platting, and development incentives available in Texas. It is the ideal introduction for new entrants to the field or a refresher for seasoned practitioners.

Stay on for the Land Use Conference for in-depth coverage of land use development.

Event Schedule

Program is subject to change.
All times are Central Time Zone.

Time

Credit

Subject

Speaker
Wednesday Afternoon, Mar. 21, 2018
Presiding Officer:
Dorothy Palumbo, Bojorquez Law Firm, PC - Austin, TX
12:30 pm
Austin Only

Registration Opens

Includes light refreshments.
1:20 pm

Welcoming Remarks
1:30 pm

0.50 hr

Overview

This presentation will explain the fundamentals of city regulation, including a discussion of the different types of cities in Texas.

Christy Drake-Adams, Texas Municipal League - Austin, TX
2:00 pm

0.75 hr

Subdivision and Platting

A review from the basics to the complex, addressing the legal basis, exceptions, process, limitations, and plat notes.

Reid C. Wilson, Wilson, Cribbs & Goren, P.C. - Houston, TX
2:45 pm

0.75 hr

Zoning

Review zoning legal requirements and procedures, how to make zoning decision, and how zoning interacts with the comprehensive plan.

Brenda N. McDonald, Messer, Rockefeller & Fort, PLLC - Frisco, TX
3:30 pm

Break
3:45 pm

0.50 hr

Non-Conformities and Chapter 245

Explore Chapter 245 "Issuance of Local Permits" of the Texas Local Government Code issues, including processes for the recognition of rights, "fair notice" and attorney fees awards in recent litigation. Relevant cases and statutes that impact Chapter 245 will also be discussed along with best practices for the municipal and development community. In addition, there will a discussion of nonconformities as nonconformities relate to Chapter 245.

Dorothy Palumbo, Bojorquez Law Firm, PC - Austin, TX
4:15 pm

0.50 hr

Exactions and Subdivisions

Consider the methods and requirements related to developer participation toward the costs of public improvements.

Patty Akers, Akers & Akers, L.L.P. - Austin, TX
4:45 pm

0.50 hr

Bring it all Together: A Synthesis of Zoning, Platting, Comprehensive Planning, Building Code, and More

Brenda N. McDonald, Messer, Rockefeller & Fort, PLLC - Frisco, TX
5:15 pm

Adjourn

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Conference Faculty

Patty Akers

Akers & Akers, L.L.P.
Austin, TX

Christy Drake-Adams

Texas Municipal League
Austin, TX

Brenda N. McDonald

Messer, Rockefeller & Fort, PLLC
Frisco, TX

Dorothy Palumbo

Bojorquez Law Firm, PC
Austin, TX

Reid C. Wilson

Wilson, Cribbs & Goren, P.C.
Houston, TX

Planning Committee

Dorothy Palumbo—Chair

Bojorquez Law Firm, PC
Austin, TX

Patty Akers

Akers & Akers, L.L.P.
Austin, TX

Arthur J. Anderson

Winstead PC
Dallas, TX

Alan J. Bojorquez

Bojorquez Law Firm, PC
Austin, TX

Barbara A. Boulware-Wells

The Knight Law Firm, LLP
Austin, TX

William S. Dahlstrom

Jackson Walker LLP
Dallas, TX

James L. Dougherty Jr.

Attorney at Law
Houston, TX

Christy Drake-Adams

Texas Municipal League
Austin, TX

Joseph J. Gorfida Jr.

Nichols, Jackson, Dillard, Hager & Smith L.L.P.
Dallas, TX

David Hartman

Smith, Robertson, Elliott, & Douglas, L.L.P.
Austin, TX

Camm C. Lary III

Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP
Austin, TX

Charlie F. McNabb

City of Georgetown
Georgetown, TX

Mark McPherson

McPherson LawFirm, PC
Dallas, TX

Kimberley Mickelson

City of Houston Legal Department
Houston, TX

E. Scott Polikov

Gateway Planning Group, Inc.
Dallas, TX

Melinda Ramos

City of Fort Worth
Fort Worth, TX

April Rogers

The University of Texas School of Law
Austin, TX

E. Allen Taylor Jr.

Taylor, Olson, Adkins, Sralla & Elam, L.L.P.
Fort Worth, TX

Misty M. Ventura

Shupe Ventura, PLLC
Dallas, TX

Ed Walts

The University of Texas System
Austin, TX

Terrence S. Welch

Brown & Hofmeister, L.L.P.
Richardson, TX

Reid C. Wilson

Wilson, Cribbs & Goren, P.C.
Houston, TX

Charles E. Zech

Denton, Navarro, Rocha, Bernal, Hyde & Zech, P.C.
San Antonio, TX

MCLE Credit

Texas – 3.50 hrs
Legal Specialization(s): Administrative Law, Oil, Gas and Mineral Law, Real Estate Law

You may claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the State Bar of Texas. A Certificate of Attendance will be provided in Your Briefcase for your records. The system reports Texas CLE credit every Tuesday. If you are claiming credit in the last week of your birth month, self-report your CLE credit directly to the State Bar of Texas at texasbar.com, using the course number provided on your certificate of attendance.

California – 3.50 hrs

You must claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records. UT Law CLE is required to provide the State Bar with electronic attendance records for any MCLE participatory activity within 60 days of completion of the activity. The California licensee is responsible for reporting their compliance/credit hours earned to the State Bar at the end of their reporting period directly to the State Bar of California at calbar.ca.gov. UT Law CLE will maintain Attendance Records for four years.

Oklahoma – 4.00 hrs

You must claim and certify your credit online in Your Briefcase, then you will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records. UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the Oklahoma Bar Association within 30 days after the conference.

Other Credit

TX Accounting CPE – 4.20 hrs

The University of Texas School of Law (Provider #250) live conferences are presumptively approved by The Texas State Board of Public Accountancy for Texas Accounting CPE credit based on a 50-minute credit hour. Approved for general CPE credit only.

At the conference, you are welcome to sign in on the Accounting CPE Record of Attendance form at the registration desk, but we are now reporting all credit online. You will receive a Texas Accounting Certificate of Completion in Your Briefcase. Self-report your CPE credit directly to TSBPA. UT Law CLE will maintain Attendance Records for four years.

Contact us at accreditation@utcle.org if you have additional questions.

TX Appraiser (ACE) – 3.00 hrs

UT Law CLE will report your ACE credits to TALCB within 10 days of the conference, using the activity code listed. For more information, visit: https://www.talcb.texas.gov/

TX Professional Engineer – 3.50 hrs

This course may qualify for self-reporting credits with PELS (TX Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors) - please use the link below to find information on how to track your credit with PELS. When you select this credit type, you will receive a downloadable Certificate of Attendance with date and course information for your records.

https://pels.texas.gov/pecep.htm

TX Real Estate Commission (TREC) – 3.50 hrs

To request continuing education elective credit for real estate related courses approved by the State Bar of Texas for minimum continuing legal education participatory credit, a license holder is required to file an Individual Credit Request for State Bar Course.

https://www.trec.texas.gov/sites/default/files/pdf-forms/CE_CLE-1%2004.10.23.pdf
Use this link to obtain the TREC MCE form for self-reporting your TREC credit. To obtain your Certificate of Attendance you will need to claim credit in your UTCLE account and once claimed you will be able to download a Certificate of Attendance to include with your credit request form.

MCLE Credit

Texas – 3.50 hrs
Legal Specialization(s): Administrative Law, Oil, Gas and Mineral Law, Real Estate Law

You may claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the State Bar of Texas. A Certificate of Completion will be emailed to you upon claiming credit. The system reports Texas CLE credit every Tuesday. If you are claiming credit in the last week of your birth month, self-report your CLE credit directly to the State Bar of Texas at texasbar.com, using the course number provided on your certificate of attendance.

California – 3.50 hrs

To claim California MCLE credit, California credit option must be selected PRIOR to viewing the live webcast. This accreditation requires attendance verification. UT Law CLE monitors and records attendee responses to questions that randomly appear during the live webcast presentation. Verification pop-ups will NOT display when the webcast video player is in "full screen" mode. Furthermore, the notification sound effect alerting pop-ups, will NOT play on mobile devices. We recommend viewing from a computer, as opposed to a mobile device, should MCLE credit, other than Texas, be needed. The response record is detailed on the Certificate of Completion.

You must claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records. UT Law CLE is required to provide the State Bar with electronic attendance records for any MCLE participatory activity within 60 days of completion of the activity. The California licensee is responsible for reporting their compliance/credit hours earned to the State Bar at the end of their reporting period directly to the State Bar of California at calbar.ca.gov. UT Law CLE will maintain Attendance Records for four years.

MCLE credit is presented based on a 60-minute credit hour.

Oklahoma – 4.00 hrs

To claim Oklahoma MCLE credit, Oklahoma credit option must be selected PRIOR to viewing the live webcast. This accreditation requires attendance verification. UT Law CLE monitors and records attendee responses to questions that randomly appear during the live webcast presentation. Verification pop-ups will NOT display when the webcast video player is in "full screen" mode. Furthermore, the notification sound effect alerting pop-ups, will NOT play on mobile devices. We recommend viewing from a computer, as opposed to a mobile device, should MCLE credit, other than Texas, be needed. The response record is detailed on the Certificate of Completion.

The University of Texas School of Law (Provider #169) live webcast presentations meet the requirements and are presumptively approved by the Oklahoma Bar Association for MCLE credit based on a 50-minute credit hour. Upon claiming credit, a Certificate of Completion will be emailed to you. UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the Oklahoma Bar Association within 30 days after the webcast.

Other States – 3.50 hrs

Note on Self-Reporting Your Credits in Another State

If you wish to satisfy MCLE or other professional education requirements in another state for a program offered by the University of Texas School of Law, please check with the state bar or other licensing authority in that state to ensure it will qualify for self-reporting your credits.

To claim Other States MCLE credit, Other States credit option must be selected PRIOR to viewing the live webcast. You must claim and certify your credit online in Your Briefcase, you will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records and to provide to other licensing authorities as needed.

This accreditation requires attendance verification. UT Law CLE monitors and records attendee responses to questions that randomly appear during the live webcast presentation. The response record is detailed on the Certificate of Completion.

MCLE credit is presented based on a 60-minute credit hour.

Other Credit

TX Accounting CPE – 4.20 hrs

The University of Texas School of Law (Provider #250) live webcast presentations meet the requirements and are presumptively approved by the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy for Texas Accounting CPE credit based on a 50-minute credit hour. Approved for general CPE credit only.

This accreditation requires attendance verification. In compliance with the rules, UT Law CLE monitors and records attendee responses to questions that randomly appear during the live webcast presentation. The response record is detailed on the Certificate of Completion.

To claim Texas Accounting CPE credit, the Texas Accounting CPE credit option must be selected PRIOR to viewing the live webcast. Upon claiming credit, a Certificate of Completion will be emailed to you. Self-report your CPE credit directly to the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy.

Contact us at accreditation@utcle.org if you have additional questions.

TX Appraiser (ACE) – 3.00 hrs

UT Law CLE will report your ACE credits to TALCB within 10 days of the conference, using the activity code listed. For more information, visit: https://www.talcb.texas.gov/

TX Professional Engineer – 3.50 hrs

This course may qualify for self-reporting credits with PELS (TX Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors) - please use the link below to find information on how to track your credit with PELS. When you select this credit type in the webcast, you will receive a downloadable Certificate of Attendance with date and course information for your records.

https://pels.texas.gov/pecep.htm

TX Real Estate Commission (TREC) – 3.50 hrs

Key Dates

Austin – Mar 21, 2018 – AT&T Conference Center

Conference Concluded

Live Webcast – Mar 21, 2018

Conference Concluded

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Austin
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Individual
Last day for $150.00 Regular pricing: Mar 14, 2018

$200.00 for registrations received after this time

Group (5 registrants minimum)
Last day for $135.00 Regular pricing: Mar 14, 2018

$185.00 for registrations received after this time

Group (10 registrants minimum)
Last day for $120.00 Regular pricing: Mar 14, 2018

$170.00 for registrations received after this time

Last day for cancellation (full refund): Mar 16, 2018

$50 processing fee applied after this date

Last day for cancellation: Mar 19, 2018

Individual
Group (5 registrants minimum)
Group (10 registrants minimum)
Last day for cancellation (full refund): Mar 16, 2018

$50 processing fee applied after this date

Last day for cancellation: Mar 19, 2018

Venue

AT&T Conference Center

The University of Texas at Austin
1900 University Avenue
Austin, TX
877.744.8822 (reservations)
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Accommodations

Our room block at the AT&T Hotel has been exhausted. Please see below for a list of nearby hotels.

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Austin - University Area
Hampton Inn and Suites at The University/Capitol
D oubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Austin
Inn Pearl

Parking Information

Free daily self-parking at UT garages. Separate fees apply for valet and overnight parking.

Our Sponsors

Thank you to our sponsors! Click each logo below to learn more.

Brown & Ortiz, P.C.

The law office of Brown & Ortiz, P.C., provides over 30 years of experience representing and collaborating with developers to spearhead projects throughout San Antonio, Bexar County, and the State of Texas. Our arsenal of expertise includes specialized knowledge of land entitlements, zoning, economic development incentives, and environmental compliance, with a diverse background in design, construction, and urban planning. With an extensive practice dedicated to land use and development matters, we have helped guide large-scale development projects from inception to completion. Our attorneys maintain strong relationships with elected officials, public administrators, and key stakeholders, and are well versed in state, county, and local laws and regulations. The land use attorneys at Brown & Ortiz, P.C. provide highly effective representation to clients by consistently delivering desired results.
brownortizpc.com/
Jackson Walker LLP

For more than 130 years, Jackson Walker has played a vital role in the growth and development of Texas business. Since our founding in 1887, our attorneys have represented some of the most influential companies in the state in key industries that shaped the course of Texas history, including railroads, the media, and oil and gas exploration. Today, we remain firmly rooted in Texas while serving clients around the globe. With more than 375 attorneys in our seven offices, we serve clients around the world in a broad range of practices and industries. Our clients know they can count on us to deliver personalized service, legal experience, and added value. The firm is ranked nationally in 27 practice areas in the U.S. News “Best Law Firms” rankings, has twelve Chambers-ranked practices, and was recognized in the BTI Client Service A-Team list in 2017 and numerous other times in recent years.
jw.com
Nichols, Jackson, Dillard, Hager & Smith L.L.P.

Founded in 1895, Nichols, Jackson, Dillard, Hager & Smith, LLP is one of Texas’ oldest and most respected full-service government law firms. Our entire team of highly skilled attorneys are devoted exclusively to public and municipal law, and we focus on serving the legal needs of a broad range of municipal clients across Texas. Our attorneys understand the unique challenges faced by municipalities, including preserving the character and values of the community as it grows, staying abreast of the increasingly complex regulations affecting cities, and carefully handling matters that may become politically divisive. We are extremely passionate about the work we do and committed to providing an unparalleled level of legal service to the clients we serve.
www.njdhs.com/
Taylor, Olson, Adkins, Sralla & Elam, L.L.P.

The law firm of Taylor, Olson, Adkins, Sralla, & Elam, L.L.P. is located in Fort Worth, Texas. We provide a broad range of legal services to municipalities and other governmental entities throughout Texas.

We currently serve as city attorney and special counsel to over 37 cities throughout the state, providing general civil representation and advice in areas including planning and zoning, subdivision development, economic development, police liability, municipal prosecution, general litigation and appeals, public construction, real estate, code enforcement, eminent domain, and employment law.

The attorneys in our firm possess high academic credentials, communicate effectively, and demonstrate the strictest personal and professional ethics as well as the utmost concern for our clients. Our attorneys collectively have over 250 years of combined experience representing municipalities. We have represented our clients at every level of the United States and Texas state court systems.
www.toase.com
Wilson, Cribbs + Goren, P.C.

No Texas law firm is more focused on real estate law than Wilson Cribbs + Goren, PC. As one of only a few Texas firms focused exclusively on commercial real estate law, we pride ourselves on providing the highest level of expertise and legal service to the real estate industry.

With more attorneys Board Certified in Commercial Real Estate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization than any firm in Houston and second most among all Texas law firms, we are well regarded within the real estate industry. US News & World Report has ranked us as one of the Best Law Firms and we were ranked in Commercial Property Executive’s list of Leading Real Estate Law Firms.

Reid Wilson, the firm’s Chairman and head of our Land Use practice, is recognized as one of southeast Texas’ leading land use attorneys. He is a Fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL) and holds the Counselors of Real Estate (CRE) designation.
wcglaw.com

2018

Land Use Fundamentals

Austin Mar 21, 2018 AT&T Conference Center Conference Concluded

Live Webcast Mar 21, 2018 Conference Concluded

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Related products: eConference Materials

Overview

Event Schedule

Wednesday Afternoon, Mar. 21, 2018

Conference Faculty

Patty Akers

Christy Drake-Adams

Brenda N. McDonald

Dorothy Palumbo

Reid C. Wilson

Planning Committee

Dorothy Palumbo—Chair

Patty Akers

Arthur J. Anderson

Alan J. Bojorquez

Barbara A. Boulware-Wells

William S. Dahlstrom

James L. Dougherty Jr.

Christy Drake-Adams

Joseph J. Gorfida Jr.

David Hartman

Camm C. Lary III

Charlie F. McNabb

Mark McPherson

Kimberley Mickelson

E. Scott Polikov

Melinda Ramos

April Rogers

E. Allen Taylor Jr.

Misty M. Ventura

Ed Walts

Terrence S. Welch

Reid C. Wilson

Charles E. Zech

Credit Info

MCLE Credit

Other Credit

MCLE Credit

Other Credit

Key Dates

Venue

AT&T Conference Center

Accommodations

Parking Information

Our Sponsors

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Austin Mar 21, 2018 AT&T Conference Center
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Live Webcast Mar 21, 2018
Conference Concluded