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SUMMARY:Meeting Management
DESCRIPTION:Summary\nWhat you will learn: \n\nYou’ll get samples of effective commission and board by-laws and learn what they should minimally contain. You’ll learn appropriate rules of procedures\, how to keep your meeting flowing and well-organized in a way that gives your meeting that stamp of professionalism. We’ll discuss recording and documenting meeting activities.\nYou’ll learn some practical and proven means to manage meetings\, how to defuse unruly or disruptive attendees\, and how best to manage large crowds. How to deal with the media on politically charged issues.\nYou’ll learn more about\, and practice some of the latest techniques to resolve conflict amicably.\nYou’ll learn some simple and proven mediation techniques for dealing with contentious disputes – with develops and others.\nWe’ll discuss some of the highlights of recent legislation affecting both commissions and boards.\nYou’ll also hear what changes may be on the horizon for municipal and county planning in Alabama and what they will mean for you as a commission or board member.\nAnd at the end of the day\, you will receive recognition as a “Certified Alabama Planning and Zoning Official” if you have completed the 30 hour course requirements.\n\nSpeaker\nKatherine Ennis recently retired as the Director of Planning & Inspections for the City of Northport\, Alabama\, where she oversaw the administration of the City’s zoning ordinance\, subdivision regulations\, comprehensive plan and building code standards. Katherine has over 28 years of experience in municipal\, county\, and regional planning. In addition to her work with Northport\, Katherine is an elected official sitting on the City Council of the City of Helena\, Alabama. She has also served on Helena’s planning commission\, design review board and chaired their greenway committee. Katherine is a member of the Auburn University Planning Advisory Council\, has served nine years in various positions on the Executive Committee of the Alabama Chapter of the American Planning Association\, currently as its President\, and sits on the Board of Directors of Your Town Alabama. Originally from Louisville\, Kentucky\, Katherine moved to Alabama in 1980. She is a Graduate of Auburn University with Masters Degrees in both Community Planning and Public Administration and holds an undergraduate degree in Marketing. Katherine began her career in public service in 1982 with the City of Auburn where she worked for 18 years in the planning department. In 2000 she joined the staff of Shelby County’s Planning Department as the Senior Planner in charge of land development. In 2002 she took a position with Central Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission as Senior Planner\, serving the three counties and ten cities in that region. \nCAPZO Credits\n0.6 credits are available for this event. \nRegistration / More Information\nTo register\, visit the Alabama Planning Institute’s website or call 1-800-825-5862\, ext. 4862. \nThis course is part of a six-course series that can be taken for CAPZO certification.
URL:https://alabamaplanning.org/event/meeting-management-7/
LOCATION:Arab City Hall\, 740 North Main Street\, Arab\, AL\, 36575\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Alabama Planning Institute":MAILTO:wjdixon@una.edu
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SUMMARY:Basic Zoning & Subdivision Regulations
DESCRIPTION:Summary\nYour zoning ordinance is arguably the most important device you have to implement your comprehensive plan. It provides you with the means to define the type and intensity of uses permitted on any piece of property. \nYour city’s subdivision regulations govern the manner in which vacant land is platted into streets\, blocks\, and lots in preparation for development. They are\, therefore\, very important in that they establish the street pattern and the type of improvements that must be made as land is brought into urban use. \nIn the “Basic Zoning and Subdivision Regulations” seminar\, you’ll learn the legal basis in Alabama law for regulating the use of land and its subdivision. The seminar also brings you up-to-date on how Alabama courts in the 1990s have been viewing land use issues. \nYou’ll also review: (1) How the Alabama Code defines your regulatory powers; (2) The form and content of a well-written zoning ordinance and subdivision regulations; (3) Approval processes and efficient methods of administration and enforcement; (4) Dealing with public vs. private conflicts in land use; (5) Challenges and appeals of your zoning and subdivision activities; (6) Many other timely issues \nMajor points will be well-illustrated with case studies and practical examples. \nSpeaker\nKatherine Ennis recently retired as the Director of Planning & Inspections for the City of Northport\, Alabama\, where she oversaw the administration of the City’s zoning ordinance\, subdivision regulations\, comprehensive plan and building code standards. Katherine has over 28 years of experience in municipal\, county\, and regional planning. In addition to her work with Northport\, Katherine is an elected official sitting on the City Council of the City of Helena\, Alabama. She has also served on Helena’s planning commission\, design review board and chaired their greenway committee. Katherine is a member of the Auburn University Planning Advisory Council\, has served nine years in various positions on the Executive Committee of the Alabama Chapter of the American Planning Association\, currently as its President\, and sits on the Board of Directors of Your Town Alabama. Originally from Louisville\, Kentucky\, Katherine moved to Alabama in 1980. She is a Graduate of Auburn University with Masters Degrees in both Community Planning and Public Administration and holds an undergraduate degree in Marketing. Katherine began her career in public service in 1982 with the City of Auburn where she worked for 18 years in the planning department. In 2000 she joined the staff of Shelby County’s Planning Department as the Senior Planner in charge of land development. In 2002 she took a position with Central Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission as Senior Planner\, serving the three counties and ten cities in that region. \nCAPZO Credits\n0.35 credits are available for this event. \nRegistration / More Information\nTo register\, visit the Alabama Planning Institute’s website or call 1-800-825-5862\, ext. 4862. \nThis course is part of a six-course series that can be taken for CAPZO certification.
URL:https://alabamaplanning.org/event/basic-zoning-subdivision-regulations-7/
LOCATION:Arab City Hall\, 740 North Main Street\, Arab\, AL\, 36575\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Alabama Planning Institute":MAILTO:wjdixon@una.edu
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SUMMARY:Comprehensive Planning: How to Prepare\, Update\, & Implement Your Plan
DESCRIPTION:Summary\nWhen your city decides to create a planning commission\, enabling legislation in Alabama states that your commission must prepare a master or comprehensive plan. Therefore\, preparing and adopting a master plan is a mandatory requirement\, not an option. When the comprehensive plan is adopted is must serve as the foundation for the city’s planning program and\, as such\, must be continually reviewed and periodically updated. The purpose of this workshop is to discuss ways your city can fulfill these responsibilities. \nYou’ll review: \n\nThe basic surveys and studies which form the foundation of the plan\nSuccessful approaches to involving the community in formulating goals and evaluating alternatives\nThe statutory requirements to adopting and updating the plan\nThe implementation of the plan through regulatory and functional planning\nThe political and institutional implications of the plan as a public statement of the city’s development policies.\n\nThe workshop provides a practical orientation and guide to those citizens who serve as appointed members of local planning commissions or as elected members of the city councils. Other local officials and staff\, engineers\, consultants\, and others will also benefit from a better understanding of the key role comprehensive planning plays in the development of their community. \nSpeaker\nKatherine Ennis recently retired as the Director of Planning & Inspections for the City of Northport\, Alabama\, where she oversaw the administration of the City’s zoning ordinance\, subdivision regulations\, comprehensive plan and building code standards. Katherine has over 28 years of experience in municipal\, county\, and regional planning. In addition to her work with Northport\, Katherine is an elected official sitting on the City Council of the City of Helena\, Alabama. She has also served on Helena’s planning commission\, design review board and chaired their greenway committee. Katherine is a member of the Auburn University Planning Advisory Council\, has served nine years in various positions on the Executive Committee of the Alabama Chapter of the American Planning Association\, currently as its President\, and sits on the Board of Directors of Your Town Alabama. Originally from Louisville\, Kentucky\, Katherine moved to Alabama in 1980. She is a Graduate of Auburn University with Masters Degrees in both Community Planning and Public Administration and holds an undergraduate degree in Marketing. Katherine began her career in public service in 1982 with the City of Auburn where she worked for 18 years in the planning department. In 2000 she joined the staff of Shelby County’s Planning Department as the Senior Planner in charge of land development. In 2002 she took a position with Central Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission as Senior Planner\, serving the three counties and ten cities in that region. \nCAPZO Credits\n0.35 credits are available for this event. \nRegistration / More Information\nTo register\, visit the Alabama Planning Institute’s website or call 1-800-825-5862\, ext. 4862. \nThis course is part of a six-course series that can be taken for CAPZO certification.
URL:https://alabamaplanning.org/event/comprehensive-planning-how-to-prepare-update-implement-your-plan-5/
LOCATION:Arab City Hall\, 740 North Main Street\, Arab\, AL\, 36575\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Alabama Planning Institute":MAILTO:wjdixon@una.edu
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SUMMARY:Powers\, Duties\, & Responsibilities of Planning Commissions and Boards of Adjustment
DESCRIPTION:Summary\nThis workshop is designed for local officials\, staff\, and others who want a more thorough understanding of the powers\, duties\, and responsibilities of planning commissions and boards of adjustment. \nWhat you will learn: \n\nThe legal authority and responsibility under Alabama law for planning commission and board of adjustment members – what each can do and cannot do.\nWhere the planning commissions’ authority ends and the board of adjustment’s authority begins; the relationship between the city council and the planning commission.\nHow the law says an aggrieved party can appeal a determination by boards of adjustment\, building inspector\, etc.\n\nTopics Include: \n\nHow Chapter 52 of the Code of Alabama assigns responsibility for local planning among four governmental entities\nHow the comprehensive or master plan is implemented in part through various regulatory devices. (The role of the zoning in land use planning.)\nHow the board of adjustment serves as a “safety valve” to minimize hardships\nProper and improper uses of variances\nAdministrative and legal issues in local planning: The test of “hardship\,” “takings\,” and other topics\nSetting basic standards for decision-making.\n\nSpeaker\nKatherine Ennis recently retired as the Director of Planning & Inspections for the City of Northport\, Alabama\, where she oversaw the administration of the City’s zoning ordinance\, subdivision regulations\, comprehensive plan and building code standards. Katherine has over 28 years of experience in municipal\, county\, and regional planning. In addition to her work with Northport\, Katherine is an elected official sitting on the City Council of the City of Helena\, Alabama. She has also served on Helena’s planning commission\, design review board and chaired their greenway committee. Katherine is a member of the Auburn University Planning Advisory Council\, has served nine years in various positions on the Executive Committee of the Alabama Chapter of the American Planning Association\, currently as its President\, and sits on the Board of Directors of Your Town Alabama. Originally from Louisville\, Kentucky\, Katherine moved to Alabama in 1980. She is a Graduate of Auburn University with Masters Degrees in both Community Planning and Public Administration and holds an undergraduate degree in Marketing. Katherine began her career in public service in 1982 with the City of Auburn where she worked for 18 years in the planning department. In 2000 she joined the staff of Shelby County’s Planning Department as the Senior Planner in charge of land development. In 2002 she took a position with Central Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission as Senior Planner\, serving the three counties and ten cities in that region. \nCAPZO Credits\n0.35 credits are available for this event. \nRegistration / More Information\nTo register\, visit the Alabama Planning Institute’s website or call 1-800-825-5862\, ext. 4862. \nThis course is part of a six-course series that can be taken for CAPZO certification.
URL:https://alabamaplanning.org/event/powers-duties-responsibilities-of-planning-commissions-and-boards-of-adjustment-5/
LOCATION:Arab City Hall\, 740 North Main Street\, Arab\, AL\, 36575\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Alabama Planning Institute":MAILTO:wjdixon@una.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140131T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140131T203000
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SUMMARY:The Legal Foundation of Planning and Zoning in Alabama
DESCRIPTION:Summary\nThe purpose of this workshop is to provide local officials and the citizens who serve on local planning commissions and boards of adjustment with a basic understanding of the constitutional and statutory framework for comprehensive and regulatory planning in Alabama. Although a number of constitutional issues and landmark cases will be included in the material presented\, it should be emphasized that they will be discussed from a laymen’s and not a legalistic point of view. \n Topics include: \n\nThe evolution of legal principles relating to the public regulation of private property.\nThe origins of the current Alabama planning enabling legislation and recent efforts to amend it; the landmark decisions of the US Supreme Court relating to the regulatory and planning powers of local governments.\nThe major constitutional issues being raised in current land use litigation.\nThe procedural and strategic aspects of land use litigation.\nAlternative approaches to the resolution of regulatory issues and developmental conflicts.\nThe discussion of these topics will include reviews and analyses of significant cases through which the Alabama courts have on the one hand established doctrines and precedents\, and on the other hand created confusion.\n\nSpeaker\nKatherine Ennis recently retired as the Director of Planning & Inspections for the City of Northport\, Alabama\, where she oversaw the administration of the City’s zoning ordinance\, subdivision regulations\, comprehensive plan and building code standards. Katherine has over 28 years of experience in municipal\, county\, and regional planning. In addition to her work with Northport\, Katherine is an elected official sitting on the City Council of the City of Helena\, Alabama. She has also served on Helena’s planning commission\, design review board and chaired their greenway committee. Katherine is a member of the Auburn University Planning Advisory Council\, has served nine years in various positions on the Executive Committee of the Alabama Chapter of the American Planning Association\, currently as its President\, and sits on the Board of Directors of Your Town Alabama. Originally from Louisville\, Kentucky\, Katherine moved to Alabama in 1980. She is a Graduate of Auburn University with Masters Degrees in both Community Planning and Public Administration and holds an undergraduate degree in Marketing. Katherine began her career in public service in 1982 with the City of Auburn where she worked for 18 years in the planning department. In 2000 she joined the staff of Shelby County’s Planning Department as the Senior Planner in charge of land development. In 2002 she took a position with Central Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission as Senior Planner\, serving the three counties and ten cities in that region. \nCAPZO Credits\n0.35 credits are available for this event. \nRegistration / More Information\nTo register\, visit the Alabama Planning Institute’s website or call 1-800-825-5862\, ext. 4862. \nThis course is part of a six-course series that can be taken for CAPZO certification.
URL:https://alabamaplanning.org/event/the-legal-foundation-of-planning-and-zoning-in-alabama/
LOCATION:Arab City Hall\, 740 North Main Street\, Arab\, AL\, 36575\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Alabama Planning Institute":MAILTO:wjdixon@una.edu
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