Catch thelast Wave ISLAND. June 18-20, 2014 Isla Grand Beach Resort Hours MCLE Credit, Including 1 Ethics Hour

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1 TEXAS CITY ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION SUMMER CONFERENCE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND This summer conference will be the last in South Padre, so don t miss this chance to: Catch thelast Wave June 18-20, 2014 Isla Grand Beach Resort 10.5 Hours MCLE Credit, Including 1 Ethics Hour

2 Special Thanks to Our Sponsors Reception Sponsors Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta, LLP Denton, Navarro, Rocha, Bernal, Hyde and Zech P.C. McKamie Krueger, LLP Cooler Sponsor Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C. Additional Sponsors Bojorquez Law Firm, PLLC Boyle & Lowry, L.L.P. Agenda Wednesday, June 18 1:30-4:00 p.m. Registration and Refreshments 2:00-2:30 p.m. State Water Plan Planning 101: Emily Rogers, Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta, Austin (.5 hour) 2:30-3:00 p.m. Legislative Prayer, Allison E. Burns, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, Newport Beach, CA (.5 hour) 3:00-4:00 p.m. Affordable Care Act, TBA (1 hour) 4:00-5:30 p.m. TCAA Board of Directors Meeting 5:30-7:30 p.m. Welcoming Reception at Isla Grand Beach Resort hosted by Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta, LLP Thursday. June 19 Brown & Hofmeister, L.L.P. Davidson, Troilo, Ream & Garza, P.C. Drayovitch, P.C. Law Offices of Ryan Henry, P.L.L.C. McKibben & Villarreal, L.L.P. Messer, Rockefeller and Fort, PLLC Municipal Code Corporation Nichols, Jackson, Dillard, Hager & Smith, L.L.P. Olson & Olson, L.L.P. Potter Minton, P.C. Ross, Banks, May, Cron & Cavin, P.C. Russell, Rodriguez & Bullock, LLP Taylor, Olson, Adkins, Sralla & Elam, L.L.P. Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool 7:30 a.m. Registration and Breakfast 8:00-8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks, Mary Kay Fischer, City Attorney, Angleton and TCAA President Presentations, Awards and Honorary Members 8:30-9:00 a.m. Pitfalls in the Use or Taking of Park Land, Dean Roggia, Assistant City Attorney, Waco (.5 hour) 9:00-9:45 a.m. Recent Federal Cases of Interest to Cities, Randy Montgomery, D. Randall Montgomery and Associates, Dallas (.75 hour) 9:45-10:00 a.m. Break 10:00-10:45 a.m. Recent State Cases of Interest to Cities, Laura Mueller, Assistant General Counsel, Texas Municipal League (.75 hour) 10:45-11:15 a.m. Trends in Construction Contracting, Jeff Chapman, The Chapman Law Firm, Austin (.5 hour) 11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Lunch on Your Own 12:45-1:15 p.m. Concrete Ways to Improve Your Legal Drafting, Chris Bowers, First Assistant City Attorney, Dallas (.5 hour)

3 Thursday. June 19 continued 1:15-2:15 p.m. 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 (1 hour) 2:15-2:30 p.m. Break 2:30-3:00 p.m. 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 (.5 hour) 3:00-3:30 p.m. Is Your Personnel Manual Up-to-Date? Sheila Gladstone, Lloyd Gosselink, Austin (.5 hour) 3:30-4:00 p.m. Municipal Regulation of Firearms, Bobby Gervais, Olson & Olson L.L.P., Houston (.5 hour) 4:00-4:30 p.m. Grandfathered Permits, Scott Bounds, Olson & Olson L.L.P., Houston (.5 hour) 4:30 p.m. Adjourn 5:30-7:00 p.m. Reception at Louie s Backyard, 2305 Laguna Boulevard hosted by McKamie Krueger, L.L.P. 5:30-10:00 p.m. Parent s Night Out - For kids 5 and up. Pizza, games, and movies in the Key Largo Room (nominal charge). Friday, June 20 8:00-8:30 a.m. Breakfast 8:30-9:30 a.m. Ethics: Should You be Using Your Cell Phone? Thomas Gwosdz, City Attorney, Victoria (1 hour) 9:30-10:30 a.m. Eminent Domain: The Pendulum Swings, Preston Dobbs and Scott Doggett, Burford & Ryburn, Dallas (.5 hour) 10:30-10:45 a.m. Break 10:45-11:15 a.m. Are Proprietary Contracts Putting Cities at Risk? Jose de la Fuente and Amy Emerson, Lloyd Gosselink, Austin (.5 hour) 11:15-11:45 a.m. Does TOMA Allow a Town Hall Meeting? Scott Houston, TCAA General Counsel, Austin (.5 hour) 11:45 a.m. Adjourn 5:30 p.m. Shrimp Boil at the Isla Blanca Pavilion hosted by Denton, Navarro, Rocha, Bernal, Hyde & Zech P.C.

4 Travel and Lodging: Lodging: Isla Grand Beach Resort (formerly the Radisson Resort) 500 Padre Boulevard Rate: $180 for cabana rooms and $295 for condominiums until May 6, Reservations in the TCAA room block at the Isla Grand Beach Resort will open at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 2, Refer to the TCAA Summer Conference room block when making your reservations at the Isla Grand to receive the conference rate. Please Note the Isla Grand s Reservation Policy: All reservations at the Isla Grand will require a deposit of one night s room and tax (non-refundable, non-cancelable, and non-transferable). The number of rooms that each caller is allowed to reserve will be limited to four. Each reservation will require a name to be assigned to each room (e.g., no duplicate names will be allowed). Overflow Hotels in Alphabetical Order (Reservations at these properties can be made beginning on Monday, April 1, 2014, at 9:00 a.m.): The Inn At South Padre, located at 1709 Padre Boulevard, is offering a rate of $89 until June 2, For reservations, call Pearl South Padre Hotel, located at 310 Padre Boulevard, is offering a rate of $185 until May 6, For reservations, call For more information on this property, go to Go to for a listing of other accommodations on South Padre Island. Airport Shuttle: South Padre Shuttle offers service from Valley International Airport in Harlingen. Call or book online at Rates are $25 one-way or $40 roundtrip but are subject to change. Special Accommodations: Let us know on the registration form if you need special accommodations of any kind. In order to respond to any special requests, we would appreciate as much advance notice as possible. Continuing Education Credit: Attorneys can earn up to 10.5 total MCLE hours (including 1 ethics hours). Elected officials (mayors and councilmembers) can earn Texas Municipal League Institute (TMLI) credits. For further information on the TMLI program, please call us at , or log on to the TML Web site at The dress is strictly CASUAL NO TIES ALLOWED. For more information, call JJ Rocha at , or jj@tml.org. Registration: Please complete the attached form or register online at (click on Training then Calendar ). Tuition includes refreshment breaks. Early After May 6 After May 20 Members $250 $270 $290 Non-Members $290 $310 $330 Special Note on Seminar Materials: TCAA does not provide binders for speaker papers or printed materials of any kind. Instead, TCAA puts all speaker papers on the TCAA Web site under Seminar Materials for attendees to download in advance, if they so desire. No written materials are provided at the seminar location. Cancellation and Substitution Policy: A $45 fee will be assessed on all registration cancellations. Only written cancellations received prior to May 30, 2014, will be honored. Telephone cancellations will not be accepted. You may send cancellations by to acct@tml.org or by fax to If the registrant is unable to attend, the registrant may send a substitute. This course has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of Texas Committee on MCLE in the amount of 10.5 credit hours, of which 1 credit hour will apply to legal ethics/professional responsibility credit.

5 Texas City Attorneys Association 2014 Summer Conference Registration You may copy this form as needed for additional registrations. 1 2 TWO WAYS TO REGISTER: (Your registration will not be processed until payment is received.) Register online with credit card payment at: (click on Training ) Mail this form with payment to: TML Administrative Services 1821 Rutherford Lane, Suite 400 Austin, TX Cancellation and Substitution Policy: A $45 fee will be assessed on all registration cancellations. Only written cancellations received prior to May 30, 2014, will be honored. Telephone cancellations will not be accepted. You may send cancellations by to acct@tml.org or by fax to If the registrant is unable to attend, the registrant may send a substitute. Registration Fee: Early After May 6 After May 20 Members $250 $270 $290 Non-Members $290 $310 $330 Full Name: Badge Name: Title: City/Organization: Address: City: State: Zip: Phone: Fax: I require the following special accommodations: