85th Annual Conference Program - Florida League of Cities

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Friday
Friday, August 12 (continued)
Regional Economic Workshops
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Immediately after the presentation by Sean
Snaith, you are invited to participate in a
regional workshop to learn about economic
development resources in your area. There
will be presentations by area experts from
business, policy making and program points of
view. The panelists will share information about
best practices, funding sources and technical
assistance available now. Come prepared to
exchange information about what is happening
in your city with economic development.
The “regions” will meet in five different rooms
according to geographic areas. Bring plenty of
business cards!
Northwest Region
Canary Ballroom 1
Northeast Region
Canary Ballroom 2
Central Region
Canary Ballroom 3
Southeast Region
Canary Ballroom 4
Southwest Region
Crystal Ballroom L-M
Refreshment Break
4:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Crystal Ballroom Foyer
Please thank our refreshment break sponsors
listed on page 9 for their support of the
conference.
Florida League of Cities
Board of Directors Meeting
4:15 p.m.
Crystal Ballroom D-F
Round Three: Concurrent Sessions
Growth Management:
Changes in Law, Changes in Process
4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Canary Ballroom 1
Please join us for a discussion of the 2011
Community Planning Act and how it will affect
cities. The 1985 Growth Management Act
was overhauled during the 2011 legislative
session. The new law will change how cities
interact with the state on growth management
matters. This workshop will outline the major
revisions contained in the new law, including
new comprehensive plan amendment review
processes, scaled-back evaluation and
appraisal report processes and the ramifications
of optional transportation and school
concurrency.
Moderator: John Durso, Mayor, City of Longwood
Speakers: Thomas A. Cloud, Attorney,
GrayRobinson, P.A.; and Rep. Ritch Workman,
District 30, Melbourne
Collins Institute: Final Report
4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Canary Ballroom 2
Over the past two years, the LeRoy Collins
Institute has analyzed the sustainability of
pensions and Other Post-Employment Benefits
(OPEBs) in Florida’s local governments. The
Institute’s recent work has found that while
more than 40 percent of the defined-benefit
plans in the 100 largest cities garner grades of
As and Bs, some third of the plans get Ds and
Fs – raising concern for their sustainability. The
grades, annual costs of municipal pension plans
and funding and sustainability trends over time
will be discussed, along with findings related to
municipalities’ provision of OPEBs.
Moderator: Gow Fields, Mayor, City of Lakeland
Speaker: David Matkin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Askew School of Public Administration and
Policy, Florida State University
Government in Your Facebook
4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Canary Ballroom 3
This session will cover Florida’s public records law,
the appeal and use of social networking sites by
local governments, whether adequate controls